title: Karolina Chrapek

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Karolina Chrapek (born 18 January 1990 in Würzburg, Germany) is an alpine skier representing Poland. She competed for Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events. She finished 17th in the combined, 33rd in the downhill and giant slalom, and failed to finish the slalom and super-G. She also competed at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in 2011 and 2013. In 2011, she finished 20th in the super combined, 33rd in the slalom and 34th in the super-G, while in 2013 she finished 27th in the super combined. Chrapek also competed at the 2013 Winter Universiade, where she finished second in the super-G and third in the downhill.

References

1990 births
Polish female alpine skiers
Polish expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic alpine skiers for Poland
Universiade medalists in alpine skiing
Sportspeople from Würzburg
Skiers from Bavaria
Living people
Universiade silver medalists for Poland
Universiade bronze medalists for Poland
Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade
21st-century Polish sportswomen


title: Battle of Walk

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The Battle of Walk on July 8, 1657 between forces of Sweden commanded by Friedrich von Löwen on one side, and Russian forces led by stolnik Matvey Sheremetyev, who for the first time in his career commanded an army by himself, on the other side. The largest part of the Russian army disobeyed Sheremetyev and left the battle at the beginning, forcing him to rely on the 250 reiters of Colonel Denis Fonvizin, who played the key role in the breakthrough and allowed the rest of the army to escape. The Swedish forces won the battle, and according to their sources they defeated an army of 8,000 men, 32 standards, banners and other field declarations had been captured in the battle and 1,500 Russians were dead or wounded along with their commander Matvey Sheremetyev, who later died in captivity. However, a recent analysis of Russian 17th-century archive documents related to the battle demonstrates that the entire Russian force, most of which escaped, consisted of only 2,193 men, 353 additional troops failed to arrive in time, and even Tsar Alexis I in his correspondence expected his army to be no larger than 3,000, while the casualties included 108 killed, 28 wounded, 5 captured. The Swedish declaration has been criticized by Oleg Kurbatov, an expert in the Russian military history of the 17th century, as often tendentious and inaccurate in its description of the Russian army and having inflated numbers.

Before succumbing to his wounds in Swedish captivity, Sheremetyev had said that the task of his force was to force the Swedes to retreat either into Tallinn or Riga, to then loot and burn the land, creating a scorched earth buffer against the Swedes.

References

Conflicts in 1657
17th century in Estonia
Walk (1657)
Walk (1657)
1657 in Sweden
1657 in Russia


title: Adán Amezcua

text:
Adán Amezcua [ah-mess'-coo-ah] (born March 9, 1974) is a Mexican professional baseball player. Listed at 6' 3" (1.90 m), 198 lb. (90 k), he bats and throws right handed.

Career
Through the years, Amezcua has established himself as one of the most distinguished catchers in Mexican baseball history. Though he never has played in a Major League game, Amezcua has spent more than two decades in the minor leagues while playing in part or all of 21 seasons spanning 1993–2013.

A fine handler of pitchers, he is known for his fine defense, as well for his ability to call a game and frame pitches to influence an umpire's strike zone. Besides, he has showed off a strong arm with fast release and accuracy backed up by a great instinct of the game. He is equally competent as a line drive hitter with occasional power, and works the count to give other hitter opportunities to see the pitcher.

A native of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, he was born as Adán Amezcua Magallón to parents of Basque origin. He was signed as a 19-year-old by the Houston Astros organization in 1993, playing for them eight years before joining the Baltimore Orioles (2000–2001) and San Diego Padres (2002) systems, reaching Triple-A level with the Rochester Red Wings in the International League and the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League.

Amezcua has also played from 1997 in the Mexican League, most prominently for the Sultanes de Monterrey, winning a title with the team in the 2007 season. In addition, he helped the Tomateros de Culiacán win the 2001–2002 Mexican Pacific League championship. As the league champions, the team represented Mexico in the 2002 Caribbean Series. And Amezcua excelled in the tournament, guiding Culiacán to the Series title after hitting .455 with three home runs and nine RBI, to claim MVP honors and an All-Star team selection.

He returned to the Series in its 2004 edition with Culiacán and was named to the All-Star team for a second time. In 2005, with the Tomateros eliminated in the playoffs, Amezcua reinforced the Venados de Mazatlán in the 2005 Caribbean Series. His contribution was creditable without being notable, as the Mexican representative team captured the title. At the end he received a high praise for his work with the pitching staff, which included Francisco Campos (2-0, 23 strikeouts, 1.13 ERA), Jorge Campillo (1-0, 0.00 ERA) and Pablo Ortega (1-0, 1.13 ERA).

Having caught more than 1200 games in his career, Amezcua has collected a very solid .984 fielding average and nailed 35 percent of potential base-stealers (319 of 582). An extremely productive hitter in terms of a catcher, he has amassed a slash line (BA/OBP/SLG) of .284/.360/.424 in 1264 games.

At 39, Amezcua joined the Tigres de Quintana Roo in the 2013 Mexican League season. He posted a .294/.402/.511 line in 81 games, including 10 homers and 81 RBI. After that, he completed a streak of 21 straight seasons with the Tomateros de Culiacán, a record for most consecutive seasons played for the same club in Mexican baseball history.

Entering 2014, Amezcua has not indicated an intention to retire.

Sources

External links
Baseball Reference
Mexican League career statistics

1974 births
Living people
Auburn Astros players
Baseball players from Sinaloa
Bowie Baysox players
Broncos de Reynosa players
Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen players
Gulf Coast Astros players
Jackson Generals (Texas League) players
Kissimmee Cobras players
Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
Mexican League baseball catchers
Mobile BayBears players
Sportspeople from Mazatlán
Portland Beavers players
Quad Cities River Bandits players
Rieleros de Aguascalientes players
Rochester Red Wings players
Sultanes de Monterrey players
Tigres de Quintana Roo players
Tigres del México players
Tomateros de Culiacán players
Tuneros de San Luis Potosí players


title: Carlos Ohene

text:
Carlos Ohene (born 21 July 1993) is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Bulgarian First League side Hebar Pazardzhik as a midfielder.

References

External links

1993 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Cypriot First Division players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Saudi Pro League players
Alki Larnaca FC players
AEL Limassol players
PFC Beroe Stara Zagora players
Ohod Club players
FC CSKA 1948 Sofia players
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Men's association football midfielders


title: Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1866–1868

text:
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866 to the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868.

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.

 Fellows resigned in February 1868; replaced by John O'Shanassy, sworn-in March 1868.
 Lowe died 17 January 1867; replaced by Robert Hope, sworn-in April 1867.
 Rolfe was unseated in March 1867; replaced by Thomas Learmonth, sworn-in March 1867.

References

 Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.

Members of the Parliament of Victoria by term
19th-century Australian politicians


title: 25P-NBOMe

text:
25P-NBOMe (2C-P-NBOMe, NBOMe-2C-P) is a derivative of the phenethylamine 2C-P. It acts in a similar manner to related compounds such as 25I-NBOMe, which are potent agonists at the 5HT2A receptor. 25P-NBOMe has been sold as a drug and produces similar effects in humans to related compounds such as 25I-NBOMe and 25C-NBOMe.

Legality

United Kingdom

See also
 25E-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-E)
 25D-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-D)
 25I-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-I)
 25B-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-B)
 25C-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-C)
 25TFM-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-TFM)
 25T7-NBOMe (NBOMe-2C-T-7)

References

25-NB (psychedelics)
Designer drugs


title: Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel

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Maryna Gąsienica-Daniel (born 19 February 1994) is a World Cup alpine ski racer from Poland. She competed for Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events, and was 32nd in the giant slalom. She finished 34th in the giant slalom at the World Championships in 2013, and won a gold medal in giant slalom at the 2013 Winter Universiade. She is the sister of alpine racer Agnieszka Gąsienica-Daniel.

World Cup results

World Championship results

Olympic results

Europa Cup results

Race victories

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Olympic alpine skiers for Poland
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Polish female alpine skiers
Universiade medalists in alpine skiing
Skiers from Zakopane
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
21st-century Polish sportswomen


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's downhill

text:
The women's downhill competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 8 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the downhill visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Standing

Sitting

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Women's downhill
Para


title: Atriplex valdesii

text:
Atriplex valdesii is a plant species endemic to Mexico. It is known from the States of Zacatecas and San Luis Potosí. It grows is saline soils in desert areas and sometimes in disturbed habitats.

Atriplex valdesii is an annual, monoecious herb prostrate against the ground and forming mats. Stems are up to 50 long, reddish. Leaves are alternate, up to 14 mm long, sometimes with small teeth on the margins. Flowers occur in clumps at intervals along a long flowering stalk up to 10 cm long.

References

valdesii
Flora of Zacatecas
Flora of San Luis Potosí


title: Chisocheton pentandrus

text:
Chisocheton pentandrus is a tree in the family Meliaceae. The specific epithet  is from the Greek meaning "five man", referring to the five stamens of each flower.

Description
The tree grows up to  tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is greenish grey. The flowers are fragrant and cream-coloured. The fruits are round or beaked, up to  in diameter.

Distribution and habitat
Chisocheton pentandrus is found in Thailand and Malesia.

References

pentandrus
Trees of Thailand
Trees of Malesia
Plants described in 1905
Taxa named by Francisco Manuel Blanco


title: Aleksandra Kluś

text:
Aleksandra Kluś-Zamiedzowy (born 31 July 1986 in Zakopane) is an alpine skier from Poland. She competed for Poland at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the alpine skiing events.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Olympic alpine skiers for Poland
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Polish female alpine skiers
Universiade medalists in alpine skiing
Skiers from Zakopane
Universiade silver medalists for Poland
Universiade bronze medalists for Poland
Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade
21st-century Polish sportswomen


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's slalom

text:
The women's slalom competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics will be held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition is scheduled for 12 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired slalom, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Sitting

Standing

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Women's slalom
Para


title: I Knew I'd Want You

text:
"I Knew I'd Want You" is a song by the folk rock band the Byrds, written by band member Gene Clark, and first released as the B-side to their 1965 debut single, "Mr. Tambourine Man". It was also later included on their debut album, Mr. Tambourine Man.

Lyrics and Music
"I Knew I'd Want You" is one of the earliest original songs written by one of the Byrds, dating back to 1964 when the band was known as the Jet Set. The song, which features a lead vocal by Clark, has been described by Allmusic critic Matthew Greenwald as a folk rock song taken at mid-tempo, while author Christopher Hjort called it, "a minor-tinged  shuffle."

Author James Perone finds the overall sound of the song similar to that of the Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away", particularly through its use of a triple meter and acoustic instruments, noting that the Byrds song was released first and probably even recorded first.  Perone also feels that certain features, such as its minor key and the general melodic shape, anticipated the Moody Blues' "Nights in White Satin."  Band biographer Johnny Rogan notes a nod to the Beatles in the use of the phrase "oh yeah" at the end of the refrain. Rogan also described the lyrics as being "romantic" and incorporating "hip parlance", such as the line, "You'd have me on your trip..."

Recording and release
"I Knew I'd Want You" was recorded on January 20, 1965, at the same session that produced "Mr. Tambourine Man."  As with that song, 12-string guitarist Roger McGuinn was the only member of the Byrds to play his instrument on the song.  The other musicians credited are members of the Wrecking Crew, including Larry Knechtel (bass guitar), Leon Russell (electric piano), Hal Blaine (drums), and Jerry Cole (guitar).

However, author James Perone believes that the bass guitar and rhythm guitar on "I Knew I'd Want You" sound like Byrd members Chris Hillman and David Crosby, respectively.  Hillman has stated in interview that neither he nor Crosby played on the song, noting that the contrast between the slicker, more polished sound of the session musicians on "I Knew I'd Want You" and "Mr. Tambourine Man" is quite noticeable compared to the rawer sound of the Byrds' own playing on the rest of the Mr. Tambourine Man album.

According to Byrds' manager Jim Dickson, the executives at Columbia Records felt it was too risky to release a poetic song like "Mr. Tambourine Man" as the A-side of the Byrds' first single and wanted "I Knew I'd Want You" to be the A-side instead, but at the insistence of producer Terry Melcher, "Mr. Tambourine Man" was ultimately released as the A-side.  The "Mr. Tambourine Man" single reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Matthew Greenwald calls "I Knew I'd Want You" a "highlight" of Mr. Tambourine Man and compares the song's ability "to convey feelings of both love and alienation" to songs of Burt Bacharach and Hal David.  Cash Box described it as "a impressive, slick English sound-ish romancer with a contagious melodic undercurrent."  In the 4th edition of The Rolling Stone Album Guide Rob Sheffield calls it one of "the most vital songs" on Mr. Tambourine Man.  Rogan considers the song to be impressive enough "to stand along some of the best Lennon/McCartney material of the period.  Rogan finds Clark's vocal to be "moving" although "a little mannered."  Allmusic critic Richie Unterberger considers it to be "lyrically less challenging, but equally powerful musically" compared to the Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, and Jackie DeShannon penned songs on Mr. Tambourine Man.

Other appearances
"I Knew I'd Want You" was included on several Byrds' compilation albums.  A new stereo remix was included on the 1987 archival album Never Before.  The song was also included in the 2006 box set There Is a Season.  An early, alternate version was included on the 1969 album Preflyte and the 1988 album In the Beginning.

A version of "I Knew I'd Want You" recorded by songwriter Gene Clark was included on  Echoes, the 1991 repackaging of his 1967 solo debut album Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers.  Thin White Rope covered the song for the CD version of the 1989 tribute album Time Between – A Tribute to The Byrds.  Allmusic critic Jason Ankeny describes the Thin White Rope version as a "high-wattage, heavy metal rendition."  Thin White Rope also released the song on their 1991 EP Squatter's Rights.

References

The Byrds songs
1965 songs
Songs written by Gene Clark
Song recordings produced by Terry Melcher
Columbia Records singles


title: Philippe Grandjean (professor)

text:
Philippe Grandjean (born 1 March 1950) is a Danish scientist working in environmental medicine. He is the head of the Environmental Medicine Research Unit at the University of Southern Denmark and adjunct professor of environmental health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Grandjean is also co-founder and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Environmental Health, and consultant for the National Board of Health in Denmark. He is known for his research into the developmental toxicity and adverse effects of certain environmental chemicals to which children are commonly exposed.

Life, education and career
Born in Denmark in 1950, his interest in environmental toxins began as a teenager watching birds and realizing that they were threatened by pesticides. Grandjean obtained his MD in environmental medicine from the University of Copenhagen in 1974 and his PhD in 1979. He began his career conducting field work into mercury poisoning and Minamata disease after seeing a woman with the disease on TV in 1972. This experience led him to spend his career researching neurotoxic substances. Since 1982, Grandjean has been a professor at the University of Southern Denmark and today he also heads their Environmental Medicine Research Unit. From 1994 to 2002 he was adjunct professor at Boston University and since 2003 he has been adjunct professor at Harvard School of Public Health. In 2002, he co-founded the journal Environmental Health and today he is the co-editor-in-chief, along with David Ozonoff of Boston University School of Public Health.

Grandjean has authored more than 500 scientific publications and his book Only One Chance: How Environmental Pollution Impairs Brain Development –  and How to Protect the Brains of the Next Generation (Danish edition: Kemi på hjernen –  går ud over enhver forstand) was published by Oxford University Press in 2013 ().

Research
Grandjean is known for conducting considerable research into the health effects of mercury in fish, and has spoken out for the maximum levels allowed by the EPA to be lowered by 50%.

Together with Philip Landrigan, Grandjean wrote about chemicals, including certain fluorinated compounds, certain heavy metals, DDT, PCB and toluene, found in the environment that they described as harmful to the neurodevelopment of children and fetuses. Landrigan and Grandjean proposed the implementation of a global prevention strategy to reduce children's exposure to such chemicals, and encouraged lawmakers not to assume that untested chemicals were "safe to brain development."

References

External links

1950 births
Living people
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health faculty
University of Copenhagen alumni
Danish toxicologists
Academic journal editors
Danish medical researchers
Scientists from Copenhagen


title: Mederville, Iowa

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Mederville is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.

History
Mederville is named for one of its founders, Henry Meder. Mederville's population was 48 in 1902, and 78 in 1925.

Education
Central Community School District of Elkader operates public schools serving the community.

References

Unincorporated communities in Clayton County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's giant slalom

text:
The women's giant slalom competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics will be held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition is scheduled for 16 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired giant slalom, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Sitting

Standing

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Women's giant slalom
Para


title: Osborne, Iowa

text:
Osborne is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.

History
Osborne was established in 1879 and was named after its founders, Thomas and Elizabeth Osborne.

Osbourne's population was 56 in 1902, and 59 in 1925.

References

Unincorporated communities in Clayton County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
1879 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1879


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's super-G

text:
The women's super-G competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition was scheduled for 10 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired super-G, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Standing

Sitting

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Women's super-G
Para


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Women's combined

text:
The Women's super combined competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The slalom portion of the race was held on 11 March 2014 and poor conditions pushed the Super-G portion of the race to 14 March 2014, reversing the usual order in which the two parts are contested.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired giant slalom, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Sitting

Standing

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Women's combined
Para


title: Niamien Rodolph Amessan

text:
Rodolph Niamen Amessan (born 27 September 1990), known as Christo, is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Cypriot club Ayia Napa.

Career
Christo signed for Olhanense, playing in the Campeonato de Portugal, for the 2017–18 season. On 23 May 2019, it was announced that Christo had joined ASIL Lysi of the Cypriot Second Division. After making seven appearances, he left the club on 2 January 2020 to join Ayia Napa, also in the Second Division.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Ivorian men's footballers
Footballers from Abidjan
Men's association football wingers
Académica de Coimbra (football) players
G.D. Tourizense players
S.C. Covilhã players
US Créteil-Lusitanos players
F.C. Arouca players
Ethnikos Achna FC players
C.F. União players
F.C. Famalicão players
U.D. Leiria players
Racing FC Union Luxembourg players
S.C. Olhanense players
Onisilos Sotira players
ASIL Lysi players
Ayia Napa FC players
Primeira Liga players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
Segunda Divisão players
Championnat National players
Cypriot First Division players
Cypriot Second Division players
Luxembourg Division of Honour players
Ivorian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Ivorian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Luxembourg


title: Jack Smith (footballer, born 1994)

text:
Jack Smith (born 27 December 1994) is a Scottish footballer who plays as a striker for Thorniewood United.

He previously played for St Mirren, East Fife, Greenock Morton, Arbroath, East Kilbride, Stenhousemuir, BSC Glasgow, Spartans, Caledonian Braves, Drumchapel United and Bo’ness United.

Career

Smith started his career with St Mirren, making two brief appearances as a substitute in the 2012–13 Scottish Premier League before signing for East Fife in 2013. After a trial match plus three other appearances for the Fifers, Smith signed for Greenock Morton's development squad in January 2014. He made his debut on 22 February as a substitute against Alloa Athletic. He was released at the end of the 2013–14 season.

After his release by Morton, Smith signed for Arbroath until May 2015, only making four starts in a full season. He subsequently signed for Lowland League side, East Kilbride in August 2015.

After impressing for East Kilbride, Smith was signed by Scottish League One side Stenhousemuir in June 2016. In November 2016, Smith returned to East Kilbride on a short-term loan. Smith only lasted twelve months with the Ochilview side, and was released at the end of the 2016–17 season.

After a season with BSC Glasgow in the Lowland League, On 25 June 2018 Smith moved, within the division to the reigning champions Spartans.

Smith decided to leave Spartans in May 2020 to play football closer to home and later signed for Caledonian Braves in July 2020.

Drumchapel United announced the signing of Smith on 29 May 2021.

Smith signed with Bo'ness United in February 2022.

Personal life
Smith is the son of former Dunfermline Athletic and Airdrieonians striker Andy Smith.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Bellshill
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
St Mirren F.C. players
East Fife F.C. players
Greenock Morton F.C. players
Arbroath F.C. players
Stenhousemuir F.C. players
East Kilbride F.C. players
Scottish Professional Football League players
Scottish Premier League players
Lowland Football League players
Broomhill F.C. (Scotland) players
The Spartans F.C. players


title: Jia Ruskaja

text:
Jia Ruskaja (born Evgeniya Fyodorovna Borisenko, Russian: Евгения Фёдоровна Борисенко; 6 January 1902 – 19 April 1970) was a Russian dancer and choreographer who established a national dance school in Italy. Her stage name "Jia Ruskaja", which means "I am Russian", was used for the first time by Anton Giulio Bragaglia.

Biography
With her father, an officer in the Russian Imperial Army, Ruskaja fled Russia in 1918 just after the October Revolution. She studied dance in Crimea, before attending medical school in Geneva. Ruskaja married Evans Daniel Pole in Constantinople in 1920; after their marriage was annulled, their son lived in
London with his father. Her dancing debut occurred 4 June 1921 in Rome at the Casa d'Arte Bragaglia. She opened her first ballet school in Milan at the Teatro Dal Verme in 1929. From 1932 to 1934, she directed the La Scala Theatre Ballet School. After her marriage to Aldo Borelli, editor of Corriere della Sera, Ruskaja received Italian citizenship. In 1940, she founded the Royal School of Dance, initially attached to the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, which became independent in 1948 as Accademia nazionale di danza, a school which only admitted women. She was its director until 1970. Daisy Parrilla and Eleonora Abbagnato had contentious claims to the “Premio Roma Jia Russkaja” prize in 2011.

Selected filmography
Judith and Holofernes (1929)

Awards
1962, Premio Minerva d’Oro

References

1902 births
1970 deaths
Russian ballerinas
Russian choreographers
Italian ballerinas
Italian choreographers
Russian women choreographers
Italian women choreographers
People from Kerch
Founders of educational institutions
White Russian emigrants to Italy
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Italy
20th-century Russian ballet dancers
20th-century Russian women


title: Dolno Perovo

text:
Dolno Perovo (), or simply Perovo, is a village north of Lake Prespa in the Resen Municipality of North Macedonia. The village is located almost  from the municipal centre of Resen.

Demographics
Perovo's population has generally declined over the past several decades.

References

Villages in Resen Municipality


title: Froesia

text:
Froesia is a genus of plants in family Ochnaceae. Some authors have placed it in the Quiinaceae. It is known from Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Guyana and Venezuela.

The following species are accepted by The Plant List:

 Froesia crassiflora Pires & Fróes
 Froesia diffusa Gereau & R.Vásquez
 Froesia gereauana J.V.Schneid. & Zizka
 Froesia tricarpa Pires
 Froesia venezuelensis Steyerm. & Bunting

References

Ochnaceae


title: Battle of Kivinebb

text:
The Battle of Kivinebb was fought on March 11, 1555, between Finnish forces of Sweden commanded by Jöns Månsson Ulfsparre (Finnish name Juho Maununpoika) numbering 500 on one side, and on the other side a Russian army led by Ivan Grigoryevich Bibikov numbering up to 13,000 and consisting mostly of militiamen from Zemshchina. Despite being severely outnumbered, Swedish forces won the battle due to superior knowledge of the region and using skis for mobility. The battle is briefly mentioned in the Lebedev Chronicle, which says that in 1555 Ivan Bibikov with a number of common men was sent to push Swedes to exchange some Russian citizens who were forcibly held in Sweden and to punish the Swedes for attacking the nearest Russian settlements, but was defeated.

References

Conflicts in 1555
1555 in Russia
Kivinebb
Kivinebb (1555)


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's slalom

text:
The men's slalom competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 13 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired slalom, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Sitting

Standing

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Men's slalom


title: A. J. Raffles (character)

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Arthur J. Raffles (usually called A. J. Raffles) is a fictional character created in 1898 by E. W. Hornung, brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Raffles is, in many ways, an inversion of Holmeshe is a "gentleman thief", living at the Albany, a prestigious address in London, playing cricket as a gentleman (or "amateur") for the Gentlemen of England and supporting himself by carrying out ingenious burglaries. He is called the "Amateur Cracksman" and often, at first, differentiates between him and the "professors"professional criminals from the lower classes.

As Holmes has Dr. Watson to chronicle his adventures, Raffles has Harry "Bunny" Mandersa former schoolmate saved from disgrace by Raffles, whom Raffles persuaded to accompany him on a burglary. Raffles is an expert thief and like Holmes, he is a master of disguise. Raffles's adventures have been adapted across various media, the character played by a number of popular actors including John Barrymore and David Niven.

Inspiration
Hornung was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories of his brother-in-law, Arthur Conan Doyle and dedicated The Amateur Cracksman to Doyle: "To A. C. D. This Form of Flattery". It has been suggested that Raffles's name may have been inspired by the title of Doyle's 1891 novel The Doings of Raffles Haw. Richard Lancelyn Green points out that Raffles shares his first name with Conan Doyle and with Hornung's son, Arthur Oscar Hornung. Raffles's initials are those of Hornung's housemaster at Uppingham School, A. J. Tuck and reversed, those of J. A. Turner, the cricket captain at Uppingham during 1882, Hornung's first year.

The model for Raffles was George Ives, a Cambridge-educated criminologist and talented cricketer, according to Andrew Lycett. Hornung and Ives played cricket for the Authors Cricket Club. Ives was privately homosexual and although Hornung "may not have understood this sexual side of Ives' character", Raffles "enjoys a remarkably intimate relationship with his sidekick Bunny Manders". Owen Dudley Edwards writes that Raffles and Bunny are "an imitation of Holmes and Watson which is very obviously homosexual", while C. P. Snow, in a 1975 review, describes their relationship as juvenile and innocent but with homosexual undertones. Raffles is also shown to have romantic relationships with the Neapolitan girl Faustina (in "The Fate of Faustina") and an artist using the name Jacques Saillard (in "An Old Flame"). Biographer Peter Rowland notes that these relationships are not shown until the second Raffles story collection, The Black Mask.

Rowland writes that Raffles and Manders were also fictionalised versions of Oscar Wilde and his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. Characters in Hornung's 1896 short story "After the Fact" were prototypes for Raffles and Bunny. In "After the Fact", which is set in Australia, a young man, Bower, discovers that the man he used to fag for at school, Deedes, is a burglar. Hornung explained in an interview with Tit-Bits in 1909:
A good many years ago I wrote a story about a public-school villain; he committed a terrible crime in Australia, and was met by his old fag, who shielded him. Unfortunately, I killed the villain at the end of the story. One day my brother-in-law, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, to whom I owe a very great deal, said to me, 'What a pity you killed that fellow! A public-school villain would be a new figure for a series. Why not revive him?' 'I don't believe I could write such a series to save my life,' I replied. However, I was advised to think the suggestion over. I did so, and the eventual result was a variation of the type in the shape of Raffles.

"After the Fact" was inspired by Hornung's travels in Australia and by his only experience with a real burglar, which occurred while the author was living at Teddington, England. Hornung described the incident to Tit-Bits in 1909 when discussing Raffles, though the burglar was unimpressive and nothing like the gentleman thief character. Hornung had been asked by a house's caretakers to help them catch a burglar, who tried to hide in a space under the kitchen floor but was ultimately apprehended by a policeman.

In his book Raffles and His Creator, Peter Rowland states that Deedes is Raffles's prototype, but also differs significantly from Raffles. While Raffles and Deedes are both charismatic, Raffles has a code of honour and "is not really evil at all" according to Rowland, whereas Deedes "turns very nasty indeed" after Bower tries to get him to return the money he stole. Rowland writes that "Hornung (having passed the midway point of his story) had realised that he was on very dangerous ground and had speedily de-glamorised Deedes. Morality had been asserted at the eleventh hour, and justice had to be administered without further ado.... After experimenting with his new concept in 'After the Fact', Hornung was aware that his amateur cracksman would have to be a thoroughly decent chap even if he is a bit of a law-breaker." Furthermore, Raffles views burglary as a sporting challenge and has a prominent position in society (as a gentleman cricketer), unlike Deedes, who is only after money and is a social outcast.

Fictional biography

History

Raffles has a sister. At his public school, Raffles played cricket and was captain of the eleven. He also played rugby football. He attended the same public school as Bunny, who was Raffles's fag (a junior student who does menial jobs for an older student). In "The Ides of March" Bunny says that Raffles was kind to him at school. In turn, Bunny would help Raffles  sneak out of their dormitory at night, pulling up the rope after him and later letting it down for him to climb back in. Raffles stole at least one policeman's helmet while at Oxford according to the short story "A Costume Piece", but was a member of the Cambridge cricket team according to "The Field of Philippi". Raffles eventually becomes a gentleman cricketer. At one point, he goes to Australia to play cricket and commits his first burglary there, as he tells Bunny in "Le Premier Pas". He uses the prestige of his sporting fame to maintain his standing in London society, while secretly supporting himself with burglary. Raffles plays for multiple cricket clubs and teams, including I Zingari, the Gentlemen against the Players, the Middlesex eleven, and the English team. He lives in the Albany, a prestigious residential building in London.

Ten years after they were at their public school together, Raffles meets Bunny again when they play baccarat with others in "The Ides of March". Raffles saves Bunny from disgrace and suicide, and Bunny becomes his accomplice. "The Ides of March" takes place in March 1891 (according to biographer Peter Rowland). Raffles and Bunny act as "amateur" (gentleman) thieves and rob wealthy members of London society while appearing respectable. They encounter a rival thief, Crawshay, in "Gentlemen and Players" and again in "The Return Match". Scotland Yard detective Inspector Mackenzie, who is first mentioned in "A Costume Piece" and is first seen by Bunny in "Gentlemen and Players", is suspicious of Raffles. Inspector Mackenzie ultimately exposes Raffles and Bunny as burglars in  "The Gift of the Emperor" on a passenger liner. Raffles jumps overboard, and is believed to have drowned, while Bunny is arrested and serves a term of eighteen months in prison.

Raffles survives and goes to Italy, where he endures hardships, as he later tells Bunny in "The Fate of Faustina". Raffles returns to England, and in "No Sinecure", set in May 1897, Raffles, now in disguise so that the police will not realize he is alive, reunites with Bunny. They become "professional" thieves and no longer have their old positions as respectable gentlemen in society. Initially, Raffles pretends to be an invalid named Mr. Maturin living under a doctor's supervision in an Earl's Court flat, with Bunny as his nurse. After Raffles fakes his death a second time in "An Old Flame", they move to a cottage owned by a genial landlady on the edge of Ham Common, where Raffles pretends he is Bunny's brother Ralph. In December 1899, Raffles and Bunny become interested in the Boer War. In 1900, they decide to volunteer for service in the war, leaving England in February and enlisting in South Africa. Six months after first taking an interest in the war, Raffles is killed in battle. Bunny, wounded in battle, eventually returns to England and writes about his adventures with Raffles.

Appearance

At the start of the series, Raffles has piercing steel blue eyes, curly black hair, pale skin, an athletic build, a strong, unscrupulous mouth, and is clean-shaven. Raffles once had a heavy moustache, but apparently shaved it after his first burglary. As Raffles tells Bunny: I used to have rather a heavy moustache," said Raffles, "but I lost it the day after I lost my innocence. He is some years older than Bunny, who is thirty years old in "An Old Flame", which takes place sometime after Raffles and Bunny reunite in "No Sinecure".

After the time skip, Raffles's appearance is considerably aged due to his hardships abroad. His face is more wrinkled and pale than before, he appears weakened, and his hair has turned completely white. His sharp eyes and strong mouth, however, are unchanged. His physical strength later returns to him when he and Bunny move to live in the suburbs, where Raffles also wears clouded spectacles during the day to partially conceal his face.

Raffles dyes his hair after he decides to volunteer for military service in 1900, to make sure he is not recognized by officers he knew in the past. According to Bunny, Raffles acquires "a bottle of ladies' hair-dye, warranted to change any shade into the once fashionable yellow", though Raffles is ultimately "ginger-headed" by the end of January, shortly before they leave England.

Personality
Raffles is charismatic and has "the subtle power of making himself irresistible at will", as stated by Bunny. Raffles is cynical about society, and is aware that his social position depends upon his status as a cricketer. At one point, he comments "we can't all be moralists, and the distribution of wealth is all wrong anyway". He does have scruples, despite his professionhe will not steal from his host, and will not kill to accomplish a burglary. (He does kill once under different circumstances according to the story he recounts in "The Fate of Faustina" and plans to at another time in "Wilful Murder".) He tells Bunny that he would settle down permanently if he could just make a big enough haul. He is also very patriotic.

In "Gentlemen and Players", Raffles claims he has lost all enthusiasm for cricket, and keeps it up only as a cover for his real occupation (which he considers more exciting) and as mental exercise. However, Bunny observes that Raffles practises earnestly before the first match of the season, and that when Raffles did play, "there was no keener performer on the field, nor one more anxious to do well for his side."

Though Raffles is driven by economic necessity, he also pursues burglary as a sporting challenge, and considers himself a sort of artist. Some of his crimes do not involve a motive for profit. In a late story, he steals a gold cup from the British Museum on impulse: when challenged by Bunny as to how he will dispose of it, he posts it to the Queen as a Diamond Jubilee present. In "The Field of Philippi", he steals money from a tight-fisted Old Boy and donates it all to their former school, partly to spite the man. His last crime, committed just before he goes off to the Boer War, is to steal a collection of memorabilia of his crimes from New Scotland Yard's Black Museum.

While Raffles sometimes keeps parts of his plans secret from Bunny for various reasons, for instance to keep Bunny from inadvertently revealing something, he knows that Bunny's loyalty and bravery are to be relied on utterly. In several stories, Bunny saves the day for the two of them after Raffles gets into situations he cannot get out of on his own.

Raffles is partial to Sullivan cigarettes and keeps them in a silver cigarette case.

Skills

One of the things that Raffles has in common with Sherlock Holmes is a mastery of disguiseduring his days as an ostensible man-about-town, Raffles keeps the components of various disguises in a studio apartment in Chelsea, which he maintains under a false name. He can imitate the regional speech of many parts of Britain flawlessly, and is fluent in Italian.

Raffles is adept at using burglary tools such as hand drills and skeleton keys. He also uses more unusual tools of his own invention, including a rope-ladder which can be concealed under his waistcoat and hooked up with a telescopic walking-stick, and a small velvet bag designed to silence the sound of filing a skeleton key. These tools are used in various stories and displayed together in Scotland Yard's Black Museum in "The Raffles Relics". He has a small dark lantern in "The Ides of March" and uses a collapsible opera hat as a makeshift lantern in "The Rest Cure". He takes time to examine places he intends to steal from in advance, and is capable of improvising when the need arises.

Raffles is also skilled as a cricketer. In "Gentlemen and Players", Bunny describes Raffles as "a dangerous bat, a brilliant field, and perhaps the very finest slow bowler of his decade". Raffles believes that bowling provides good mental practice for "always looking for the weak spot", and Bunny, while watching Raffles play, notices how Raffles's skills as a cricketer overlap with his skills as a thief: "What I admired, and what I remember, was the combination of resource and cunning, of patience and precision, of head-work and handiwork, which made every over an artistic whole. It was all so characteristic of that other Raffles whom I alone knew!"

Reception

The Raffles stories were instantly popular in Britain. Raffles became the second most popular fictional character of the time, behind Sherlock Holmes. Raffles has also been called the most famous fictional cricketer.

In his 1944 essay "Raffles and Miss Blandish", George Orwell writes that Raffles and Bunny hold themselves to certain standards of behaviour as gentlemen even though they are criminals, in contrast with the violent criminals of then-contemporary crime fiction. Orwell, who calls Raffles "one of the best-known characters in English fiction", states that "the charm of Raffles is partly in the period atmosphere and partly in the technical excellence of the stories.... However, the truly dramatic thing, about Raffles, the thing that makes him a sort of byword even to this day (only a few weeks ago, in a burglary case, a magistrate referred to the prisoner as 'a Raffles in real life'), is the fact that he is a gentleman."

Orwell says in his essay that, though Raffles and Bunny "are devoid of religious belief, and they have no real ethical code, merely certain rules of behaviour", they "are gentlemen, and such standards as they do have are not to be violated. Certain things are 'not done', and the idea of doing them hardly arises. Raffles will not, for example, abuse hospitality. He will commit a burglary in a house where he is staying as a guest, but the victim must be a fellow-guest and not the host." Orwell also comments that Raffles's crimes are relatively minor, and that the stories contain very little "sensationalism" in the form of violence, unlike many other works of crime fiction, including novels written from the perspective of a detective.

Literary critic Stuart Evers said of the Raffles stories, "Their off-kilter plotting and sometimes hysterical style, which Hornung uses to great effect to show Bunny's emotionally erratic state, may date them. But the constant inventiveness and sly wit of Hornung make every one a real joy. They are among the great treasures of crime writing, and should be cherished as such."

Influence

Raffles has been described as "the classic gentleman thief". The character contributed to the archetype of the gentleman criminal who has a code of honour, steals only from the rich, and is drawn to burglary for the sport as much as for the money.

A. J. Raffles appeared in print before author Maurice Leblanc created the French gentleman thief character Arsène Lupin in 1905. Jess Nevins writes that Raffles is better known than Lupin in English-speaking countries, though Lupin has been more widely imitated in the popular literature of Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. Martin Edwards states that Lupin was heavily influenced by Raffles. According to Federico Pagello, the Raffles series was the most influential predecessor to the Lupin series, though both series were also influenced by the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The gentleman thief character Raffles (Lord Lister), introduced in a German magazine in 1908, was an imitation of Hornung's Raffles.

The British press used Raffles as a synonym for a real-life thief in at least forty-seven newspaper articles in the period 1905–1939, in many cases in the headlines. Examples include the articles Raffles' in Real Life" (Daily Express, 1907), "Exploit of a 'Raffles (Daily Herald, 1927), and "A Modern Raffles" (Police Journal, 1939). The same usage can be seen in press reports from the same period in other countries, such as Cat' Burglar: A Modern Raffles" (Brisbane Courier, 1927) and "Feminine Raffles Comes to Grief" (Los Angeles Times, 1927). Raffles has also been referenced in newspaper articles about real thefts since this period.

While Raffles and Bunny were inspired by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, several of the Holmes stories, including the story of his return from the dead, were not published until after the first two collections of Raffles short stories, The Amateur Cracksman and The Black Mask, were published in 1899 and 1901 respectively. Arthur Conan Doyle killed off Holmes in "The Adventure of the Final Problem" (1893) and did not write of him again until The Hound of the Baskervilles (serialised 1901–1902), which is set before "The Adventure of the Final Problem". Peter Rowland writes that Doyle's biographers generally acknowledge that his decision to return Holmes to life in "The Adventure of the Empty House" in October 1903 was prompted by Hornung's success with A. J. Raffles, who had been returned to life in the 1901 story "No Sinecure" after his supposed death in an earlier story. The grand reveal scene in "The Adventure of the Empty House", when Holmes drops his disguise, parallels Raffles's own reveal scene in "No Sinecure". Thus, while the pre-hiatus Sherlock Holmes stories influenced the Raffles stories, this relationship would later be reversed.

The plot of the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" (1904) was inspired by the Raffles story "Wilful Murder" (1899), according to Richard Lancelyn Green. A character in the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear (1915), Scottish police detective Inspector MacDonald, may have been inspired by the Scottish police detective Inspector Mackenzie of the Raffles stories, though the two inspectors are very different in character.

John Kendrick Bangs wrote a series of stories about Raffles Holmes, collected in the 1906 book Raffles Holmes and Company. He is described as the son of Sherlock Holmes by Marjorie Raffles, the daughter of A.J. Raffles.

Works

A. J. Raffles appears in the following four books (three short story collections and one novel) by E. W. Hornung. Most of the short stories were first published in magazines.
 The Amateur Cracksman (1899, 8 short stories)
 The Black Mask (1901, 8 short stories)
 A Thief in the Night (1905, 10 short stories)
 Mr. Justice Raffles (1909 novel)

Raffles also features in pastiches written by Barry Perowne, Peter Tremayne, Richard Foreman, and other authors.

Adaptations
Like Holmes, the Raffles stories have been adapted into multiple forms of popular media across the 20th and 21st centuries, some even co-authored by Hornung himself.

Theatre
 Kyrle Bellew portrayed Raffles in the premiere of Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman, a play by Hornung and Eugene Presbrey, which opened on 27 October 1903 in New York. The play premiered in London on 12 May 1906, starring Gerald du Maurier as Raffles. André Brulé starred as Raffles in a 1907 production in Paris. Eille Norwood, later famous for his silent film portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, appeared as Raffles in a touring version of the play in 1909.
 James J. Corbett portrayed an American version of Raffles in the play The Burglar and the Lady, by Langdon McCormick, in 1906.
 The play A Visit from Raffles, by Hornung and Charles Sansom, premiered in 1909 with H. A. Saintsbury as Raffles.
 Denholm Elliott starred as Raffles in the 1975 premiere of The Return of A. J. Raffles, written by Graham Greene.

Film

 Raffles was portrayed by J. Barney Sherry in the 1905 short film Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman.
 Forrest Holger-Madsen portrayed Raffles in three short films released in Denmark in 1908, with Viggo Larsen as Sherlock Holmes.
 Reggie Morris portrayed Raffles in the 1913 film The Van Nostrand Tiara.
 James J. Corbett played Raffles in the 1914 film version of the play The Burglar and the Lady.
 Raffles was played by John Barrymore in the 1917 film Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman.
 Gerald Ames portrayed Raffles in the 1921 film Mr. Justice Raffles.
 House Peters portrayed Raffles In the 1925 film Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman.
 Ronald Colman played Raffles in the 1930 film Raffles.
 Referenced by a character in the Marx Brothers 1930 film Animal Crackers when a famous painting is mysteriously stolen.
 George Barraud played Raffles in the 1932 film The Return of Raffles.
 Raffles was played by David Niven in the 1939 film Raffles.
 Rafael Bertrand portrayed a Mexican version of the character in the 1958 film Raffles.

Radio
 Raffles was voiced by Frederic Worlock in a CBS radio production, Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1934).
 Malcolm Graeme voiced Raffles in a radio adaptation of "The Ides of March" broadcast on 9 December 1941 on the BBC Forces Programme.
 Horace Braham voiced Raffles in CBS radio productions between 1942 and 1945.
 Raffles was voiced by Frank Allenby in six radio episodes broadcast on the BBC Light Programme between 3 December 1945 and 14 January 1946.
 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. voiced Raffles in a radio adaptation for Screen Directors Playhouse that aired September 14, 1951.
 Austin Trevor voiced Raffles in a radio adaptation of Mr. Justice Raffles that aired on the BBC Home Service on 8 February 1964.
 Jeremy Clyde voiced Raffles in the 1985–1993 BBC radio series Raffles, which included a dramatisation of the play The Return of A. J. Raffles.
 John Armstrong portrays Raffles in Raffles, the Gentleman Thief (2004–present), a series on the American radio show Imagination Theatre.

Television

 Anthony Valentine portrayed Raffles in the 1977 television series Raffles and its 1975 pilot episode.
 Nigel Havers portrayed Raffles in the 2001 television film Gentleman Thief.
 The BBC had been developing a new Raffles series, to be helmed by BAFTA winner Sukey Fisher. As of 2021, its status is unknown.

References
Notes

Sources

Further reading

External links

 E. W. Hornung's Raffles stories on Project Gutenberg
 "Raffles Redux", a website with all the Raffles stories with annotations and illustrations

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title: Alister Leat

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Alister Seng Kym Leat (14 April 1985 – 3 February 2014) was a New Zealand judoka. Leat represented New Zealand at the 2013 World Judo Championships in Brazil, and was ranked in the top 30 judokas in the world.

His younger brother Adrian dedicated to his brother his silver in the Men's 73 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Death
Leat committed suicide while at a judo tournament in Bulgaria in February 2014. He was 28.

References

External links
Alister Leat at The-Sports.org

1985 births
2014 deaths
New Zealand male judoka
Suicides in Bulgaria
2014 suicides


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's giant slalom

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The men's giant slalom competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 15 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired giant slalom, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Sitting

Standing

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Men's giant slalom


title: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Paralympics – Men's super-G

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The men's super-G competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics was held at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The competition took place on 9 March 2014.

Medal table

Visually impaired
In the visually impaired super-G, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Sitting

Standing

See also
Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

References

Men's super-G


title: Tassinong, Indiana

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Tassinong is an unincorporated rural community in Porter County, Indiana, south of the city of Valparaiso. The community includes an historic marker claiming it to be a French mission and trading post in 1673, which would make it the oldest European settlement in Indiana as well as in neighboring Illinois.

History
The first use of the word Tassinong appears in 1830, referring to a village of Potawatomi Indians. The earlier existence of an Indian village and a French trading post are identified by an historic marker in Tassinong. The earliest presence of Europeans in the Porter County area is in 1679, when Sieur de La Salle passed down the Kankakee River,  to the south. At that time, the area south of Lake Michigan was embroiled in the Beaver Wars, which began in the Iroquois lands of New York in 1638. Iroquois war parties had destroyed the Erie Nation by 1656  and had moved west into the western Great Lakes by 1670

In 1689, the Miami, with aid from the Anishinaabe Confederacy (Odawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwa) defeated the Iroquois near modern South Bend. That began a return migration of Potawatomi peoples to the lands around the St. Joseph River with over 200 warriors and their families coming to the St. Joseph valley by 1695. The arrival of a settlement occurred in 1834, four years existence of a Potawatomi village. The village may have taken its name from the nearby woodlands, Tassinong Grove. A post office began operations at Tassinong Grove on April 10, 1838. Tassinong Grove was located  south of the community of Tassinong. By 1846, the community and post office had moved north to the location where the Baum’s Bridge Road joined the road to Valparaiso, modern Indiana State Road 49. In that year, several businesses are listed, including two stores, two blacksmiths, a carpenter, a tavern and a shoemaker. A church was built in 1855 by the Presbyterians. The decline of the village began in 1865 when the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad was built through Kouts,  to the south.

Location
The location of Tassinong first appeared on a map in 1875, when the state of Indiana completed its survey of Morgan and Pleasant townships in Porter County. A trail is shown leading from the Potawatomi Ford at modern Baum’s Bridge along the Baum’s Bridge Road to the area of Tassinong, then heading north towards Valparaiso. The oldest available Atlas of Porter County, 1876, shows the village of Tassinong in the southeast quarter of Section 31, Township 34, Range 5.

Schools
Tassinong is in East Porter County School Corporation. The high school is Morgan Township High School, located north of Malden on State Route 49.

Transportation
State Route 49 goes north past Valparaiso to end at the Indiana Dunes State Park on Lake Michigan and south to State Route 14 in central Jasper County.

Controversy
On June 13, 1960, a brass plaque was unveiled in Tassinong to commemorate the long history of the site. The marker reads, Oldest Village in Northern Indiana * A French mission and Trading Post – 1673 - Post Office Established – 1837 * John Jones, P.M. * Incorporated as a Village 1852 by Joseph Bartholomew and Jesse Spencer. It was created and placed through the efforts of the historical society of Porter County, Duneland Historical Society. The controversy revolves around the 1673 date for a French mission and trading post. No documentation has been found that predates 1915.

In 1915, Hubert Skinner, then president of the Porter County Historical Society, wrote an article in the Indiana Magazine of History, showing the origin of the word Tassinong from the French word Tassement. In the following issue, P. Dunn of Indiana University, Bloomington, refuted the assertion that Tassinong could be derived from Tassement. The implication of the Skinner article was conclusive proof that they (the local Indians) derived the word from the French and passed it on, establishing a French presence at that location. Skinner wrote a counter rebutal afterwards and nothing further was heard.

In 1934, A.J. Bowser wrote Tasssinong and Kouts for the local newspaper. Here he introduced the name Bengal as a prior name for the area, while supporting the Dunn argument that there is no proof of a French connection. The Kouts High School History of Pleasant Township was published in the local paper in 1936, establishing the presence of Claude-Jean Allouez, Claude Dablon, Father Jacques Marquette, and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle in Porter County, passing "through this territory on foot". No mention of Tassinong for any French post was made.

The Stroller was a local columnist during the 1950s and 1960s who wrote extensively in the newspaper about Porter County and its history. In 1957, he picked up the story of Tassinong. He identified that Fathers Allouez, Chardon, and D’Ablon (Dablon) preached at Tassinong and that, in 1875, Sylvester Pierre, the Tassinong postmaster provided an extensive history for the village, including that it was originally called Sequada Tiera by the Spanish, and then Haute Terre by the French. By 1700, it was Tassament de Benevole, becoming Benevole in 1763 when the English occupied the site. Then, in 1781, it appeared as Tassnaugh. He further wrote that the French post was burned in the 1700s by the English and had also been conquered by the Spanish for two weeks sometime in the 1700s. Specific dates were not given. He confirmed the return of the Potawatomi in the early 1800s and establishment of the first store in 1846.

The interest in Tassinong continued in 1959, when the Porter County Historical Society began discussions about placing an historic marker at the site. According to a newspaper article by Henry Rankin (reported living in 1882), the history of the site included:
 It was located  above the ford and was used by ‘illegal Coureurs de bois’ and Indians as an illegal buying place.
 An Indian-English officer with a party of Ottawa witnessed the eating of "La Damonsal", a Miami.
 It was first known as Tassinong Grove and covered several square miles.
 Until 1821, it was a trading place called Bengal, near J. N. Anderson’s place. Daniel Scott was the trader and had previously worked for Joseph Bailly. (American Fur Company).
 There was a post office called Tassinong.
 Hubert Skinner searched state archives and found it was Tassament Grove (Fr), but locally called Tassinong.
 Early settlers found charred logs and debris of a structure.
 In 1846, Harper, Unruh, Eaton, McCarthy, Rinker, and Wright established log cabins.
 In 1840, the post office was established.
Based on this evidence, the brass historic marker was erected at Tassinong, commemorating the 200 year history.

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Chicago metropolitan area
Unincorporated communities in Porter County, Indiana


title: The Smoke (TV series)

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The Smoke is a British firefighter television drama that debuted on Sky1 on 20 February 2014. The series was created and written by Lucy Kirkwood and stars Jamie Bamber, Taron Egerton, Jodie Whittaker and Rhashan Stone.

The show was cancelled after one season.

Plot
The series describes the high-adrenaline adventures of White Watch, a team of London firefighters. Leading the crew is Kev, a good man injured and betrayed during the worst fire of his career. Standing by Kev's side as he returns to work is his gutsy girlfriend Trish and his cocksure friend and fellow firefighter Mal. Other members of the crew include the fearless Ziggy and the mysterious new boy Dennis.

Cast

Main
Jamie Bamber as Kev Allison, the leader of White Watch.
Jodie Whittaker as Trish Tooley, Kev's supportive girlfriend.
Rhashan Stone as Mal Milligan, a member of White Watch and Kev's best friend.
Taron Egerton as Dennis "Asbo" Severs, the rookie of White Watch with a troubled past.
Pippa Bennett-Warner as Ziggy Brown, a member of White Watch.
Gerard Kearns as Little Al, a member of White Watch.
Dorian Lough as Billy "Mince", a member of White Watch.
David Walmsley as Rob, a member of White Watch.
Martyn Ellis as Big Al, station manager.

Recurring
Amit Shah as Nick Chandrakala, White Watch Commander.
Sam Gittins as Gog, the one responsible for Kev's accident.
Sinead Matthews as Julia Tooley, Trish's sister.
Elizabeth Berrington as Pauline Pynchon, a therapist.

Episodes

Reception
Sam Wollaston of The Guardian was positive, remarking the first episode, 'crackles along with a tidy script and some nice performances, though it's really more about plot than getting inside the souls of its characters.' Ellen E Jones of The Independent was also positive, remarking that, 'The script by fêted young playwright Lucy Kirkwood was also full of warm moments of the non-third-degree-burn-causing kind, like a raucous sing-a-long to Adele's "Someone Like You" in the back of the fire engine'. Tom Rowley in The Telegraph found it full of familiar cliches, but found it showed promise. The Times gave it four stars.

As the series broadcast, the London Fire Brigade used social media to send out fire safety tips and encouraged members of the public to tweet or post on Facebook their own fire escape plans.

See also
London's Burning
Steel River Blues
Chicago Fire

References

External links

2010s British drama television series
2014 British television series debuts
2014 British television series endings
Sky UK original programming
Television shows set in London
Television series by Endemol
Television series about firefighting


title: VA-873 (U.S. Navy)

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VA-873 was an attack squadron of the U.S. Navy Reserve, based at Naval Air Station Alameda, California. Its insignia was approved by CNO on 16 March 1964. Colors for the insignia were: a white and blue background outlined in black; the blue background section had five white stars and the white section had a gold outline of San Francisco Golden Gate with two blue rows of waves beneath the bridge; separating the two sections was a stylized aircraft in black with a red flame coming from the tail; the scroll was white outlined in black with black lettering.

Other details of its early years are sketchy, as few records exist for reserve squadrons prior to 1970, the year during which they began submitting history reports.

On 27 January 1968, The President directed the activation of VA-873 following the capture of  by a North Korean patrol boat four days earlier. The squadron was deactivated and returned to reserve status on 12 October 1968.

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft on the dates shown:
 A-4B Skyhawk – 27 January 1968
 A-4C Skyhawk – May 1968

See also
List of squadrons in the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons
Attack aircraft
List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
History of the United States Navy

References

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


title: Church of the Archangel Michael, Warsaw

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The Church of the Archangel Michael in Warsaw (; ) was an Orthodox church in Warsaw, located on Ujazdowskie Avenue (aleje Ujazdowskie), in the area of the current Plac na Rozdrożu (Crossroads Square). It was one of the military churches built for the needs of the Russian troops stationed in Warsaw, in particular the Lithuanian Regiment. Built in the 1890s, it was destroyed in 1923, during the recovery of churches recognized as symbols of Russian power during the Second Polish Republic.

History

Circumstances of the construction
The building of the church of St. Archangel Michael in Warsaw falls within a period of increased investment in church building, which took place in the last years of the reign of Alexander III and the beginning of the rule of Nicholas II in the western borderlands of the Russian Empire. One of the main reasons for building new Orthodox churches was to supply their own churches for individual Russian military units. This church was an example of this.

The building was located at 12 Ujazdowskie Avenue, in the area of the city that had large numbers of Russian civilians. The area was particularly attractive to wealthy Russians. The building work was directed by engineer Captain Lüders and carried out between 1892 and 1894. The foundation stone of the new church was laid on June 16, 1892 at the site of an older, temporary military church. On December 21 of the same year, it was consecrated.

The church was part of a complex of barracks for a Lithuanian regiment that stretched between Szucha Avenue and Litewska and Nowowiejska streets. The construction was considered one of the most architecturally successful Orthodox churches built by the Russians in Warsaw. This was due to the elite nature of the regiment, for which it was intended. It had not been built according to a unified plan for military churches, but from a draft prepared specially for the occasion, which included a way of designing the building with regard to the environment (in particular with neighboring parks).

After World War I
Once Russian troops left Warsaw in 1915, the church lost its original purpose. Abandoned, it began to fall into disrepair. It was used for a short time as a parish church of the Evangelical Church but because of the past association with the Russian authorities in Warsaw it was demolished in 1923. Richard Mączewski believes that the main reason for the demolition was its bad condition due to abandonment and lack of maintenance. The destruction of the church was one of the episodes of the recovery of churches from the Orthodox church, which had been publicized abroad as evidence of the religious intolerance prevailing in Poland. Briefly in its place, there was "Łobzowianki" exhibition pavilions and a concert shell. Currently, the site is cut through by the Łazienkowska Thoroughfare.

Architecture

The church had five domes with crosses and a bell tower with an additional dome over the entrance. It was designed in a late variety of Russian Revival architecture, the official style of the Russian Empire. All the domes were covered with galvanized zinc and painted green. Peter Paszkiewicz compares the layout of the temple of the church to Saint Basil's Cathedral in Moscow - as, in the case of this building, the entire design of the building was made up of seemingly independent elements. Between them there was a difference - the domes were a reduced version of the original.

The main church portal supported rich columns and was flanked by two smaller ones. Above the entrance stood a small domed bell tower finished in the traditional onion-shape. The richness of detailed decorations covering the walls of the church, as in the case of the church of St. Tatiana the Roman, covered the basic shape of the building. The interior of the church was as richly decorated. Frescoes on its walls were made by painter Alexandr Murashko, while the iconostasis was worked on by  Belevich. The walls had copies of icons from St Volodymyr's Cathedral. The interior domes were gilded, and the floor of the temple was made of terracotta, imitating marble.

Notes

Bibliography
Paszkiewicz, P. Under the Scepter of the Romanovs: Russian Art in Warsaw 1815-1915 . Warsaw 1991.
 Sienkiewicz, H. Churches in the Land of Churches. Warsaw: TRIO, 2006. .
Sokol K., A. Pine. Domes on the Vistula River: Orthodox Churches in Central Poland in the years 1815-1915. Moscow: MID "Synergy" 2003, .
Sokol K. Russkaya Varshava. MID Synergia, Moskva 2002, .

Churches completed in 1894
Former churches in Poland
Eastern Orthodox churches in Poland
1923 disestablishments in Poland
1890s in Poland
1923 in Poland
Churches in Warsaw
Demolished buildings and structures in Poland
Buildings and structures demolished in 1923
19th-century churches in Poland
19th-century Eastern Orthodox church buildings


title: Warren Farm

text:
Warren Farm may refer to:

 Warren Farm, Southall, London, UK
 Warren Farm, Stewkley, Buckinghamshire, UK


title: B.Delta

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The B.Delta is a family of bulk cargo ships designed by Deltamarin.

Design
Generally, the B.Delta design has a relatively wide beam and shallow draft; with a combination of low fuel consumption and high deadweight.

The exact specification varies, but a recent order for handysize B.Delta37 carriers featured:
 179.99m length
 30m beam
 10.5m Scantling draft
 17.6mt daily consumption at 14 knot service speed
 38,500t deadweight
 50,000m³ cargo capacity

Other larger and smaller variants include the B.Delta25, B.Delta43, B.Delta64, B.Delta82 and B.Delta210.

Sales
The ships are built in several third-party shipyards following Deltamarin's design. Over 120 B.Delta ships have been ordered, including 21 orders for B.Delta37 ships built by Yangfang Shipyard.

References

Bulk carriers


title: My Army of Lovers

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{{Infobox song
| name       = My Army of Lovers
| cover      = My_Army_of_Lovers.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = Army of Lovers
| album      = Disco Extravaganza and Massive Luxury Overdose | B-side     = "Scorpio Rising"
| released   = May 1990 and July 1991
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = *Dance
disco
eurodance
| length     = 3:27
| label      = Ton Son Ton
| writer     = *Alexander Bard
Jean-Pierre Barda
Tim Norell
Peo Tyrén
| producer   = *Anders Hansson
Ola Håkansson
Tim Norell
| chronology = Army of Lovers
| prev_title = Ride the Bullet
| prev_year  = 1990
| next_title = Supernatural
| next_year  = 1990
| misc       =
}}

"My Army of Lovers" is a song by Swedish dance music group Army of Lovers, released in March 1990 as the fourth single from their debut album, Disco Extravaganza (1990). The song was written by Tim Norell, Ola Håkansson, Alexander Bard, Anders Hansson and Peo Thyrén. It reuses the instrumental track of "Barbie Goes Around the World" released by the group when they were performing under the name Barbie.

Critical reception
Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet described the song as "dreamy". Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "Pop-flavored dance nugget by Euro-trio has already scored with import-conscious folks. Shuffling hip-hop groove foundation offers sturdy support for mantra-like vocals and an infectious, radio-ready hook." Andy Kastanas from The Charlotte Observer viewed it as "a down tempo Eurobeat marvel that's somewhat reminiscent of the Imagination classic "Just an Illusion" with steamy French female vocals that'll soften you up for the kill." A reviewer from Music & Media'' commented, "Army of Lovers combine some pretty heavy grooves with sultry vocals by singer La Camilla, along with Arabian chants. The record has that exotic something extra which makes a song worthwhile. Yet another strong, innovative track from Scandinavia."

Music video
The accompanying music video for "My Army of Lovers" won the Swedish 1991 Grammis award for best music video.

Single track listing

 7" single (Sweden, 1990)
My Army of Lovers (Album Version) - 3:27
Scorpio Rising (Album Version) - 4:33

 7" single (France, 1990)
My Army of Lovers - 3:27
Ride the Bullet - 4:20

 12" maxi-single (Sweden, 1990)
My Army of Lovers (Tour Du Monde Club Mix) - 7:02
My Army of Lovers (Radio Edit) - 3:27
Scorpio Rising (Glasnostrology Mix) - 7:59
My Army of Lovers (Taj Mahal Dub) - 6:06

 12" maxi-single (France, 1990)
My Army of Lovers (Tour Du Monde Club Mix) - 8:27
My Army of Lovers (Radio Edit) - 3:27
My Army of Lovers (The Pisces Remix) - 5:25

 12" maxi-single (black sleeve) (UK, 1990)
My Army of Lovers (Concrete Ghetto Mix) - 8:27
My Army of Lovers (Tour Du Monde Club Mix) - 7:00
Scorpio Rising (Glasnostrology Mix) - 7:59

 12" maxi-single (white sleeve) (UK, 1990)
My Army of Lovers (The Pisces Remix) - 5:25
My Army of Lovers (Tour Du Monde Club Mix) - 7:00
Scorpio Rising (Glasnostrology Mix) - 7:59

 CD single (France, 1990)
My Army of Lovers - 3:27
Birds of Prey - 1:10
Ride the Bullet - 4:20
Scorpio Rising (Glasnostrology Mix) - 7:59

 CD maxi (U.S, 1991)
My Army of Lovers (Concrete Ghetto Mix) - 8:46
My Army of Lovers (Pisces Atmosphere Mix) - 5:23
My Army of Lovers (Nuzak Remix Club Edit) - 6:26
My Army of Lovers (Pisces Stratosphere Mix) - 5:51

References

1990 songs
1990 singles
Army of Lovers songs
English-language Swedish songs
Songs written by Tim Norell
Songs written by Alexander Bard
Songs written by Anders Hansson (songwriter)
Songs written by Peo Thyrén


title: Aleksander Zniszczoł

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Aleksander Zniszczoł (born 8 March 1994) is a Polish ski jumper, a member of Polish ski jumping national team, a 2014 Junior World Champion in team.

Personal life
Zniszczoł is studying at the University School of Physical Education in Katowice. On May 28, 2017, he married Magdalena Lazar. On April 6, 2018 his wife gave birth to their daughter Hanna.

Career
In the season 2006/2007 he won the general classification Lotos Cup and the next season he was third. On July 24, 2010, he won the silver medal of the Polish Championshipsw with his club Wisla Ustronianka. On July 30, 2010, he debuted in Continental Cup in Courchevel, France, but he was 46th. On January 20, 2012, he debuted in World Cup in Zakopane, Poland and was 9th after jumping on distance – 124,5 m and 123 m. On March 3, 3012 was third in World Cup in Lahti, Finland in team competition with Maciej Kot, Kamil Stoch and Klemens Murańka. He is a three-time silver medalist of World Junior Championship from Liberec and Erzurum (twice with team and once individual) and gold medalist in team competition of World Junior Championship from Val di Fiemme 2014 with Jakub Wolny, Klemens Murańka and Krzysztof Biegun. On Friday 9 January during the training he changed his personal best 213,5 meters in Bad Mittendorf.

World championships

Individual

Aleksander Zniszczoł's starts at World Championships

World Cup

Season standings

Individual starts

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Cieszyn
Polish male ski jumpers
Universiade medalists in ski jumping
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade
European Games competitors for Poland
Ski jumpers at the 2023 European Games


title: Sugaspott

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Shingirai Kaserera (born 14 June 1984), popularly known as Sugaspott, is a Zimbabwean rapper. He was born and raised in Zimbabwe before moving to the United Kingdom. He headlined on the main stage at Brentford Festival in 2010 and 2013. He represented Zimbabwe at the Golborne World Music Festival in 2010.

Biography

Life and music career
Sugaspott was born in, Harare, Zimbabwe but grew up mostly in Mutare. It wasn't until after completing his high school education that he began to make records.[6] Mentored by various small groups similarly trying to establish themselves, he collaborated with local acts such as Mizchif. He moved to London in 2005 to study and it is there he decided to pursue a career in music and tried to get his music noticed recording a number of demos that did not materialise into anything. He is known to have sold his own music by hand and developed his fan base by cold selling his music to them in the street. He worked with a number of other unsigned artists hoping that opportunities would arise as a cooperative result. Independent releases, shows at various venues and  tireless self-promotion saw him garner attention, eventually impressing Tom Robinson enough to warrant rotation on BBC Radio's 6Music.

Genre and style
His lyrics contain a lot of emphasis on Zimbabwe and is quoted saying “I consider it an honorable burden to bear but a lot of my material is centered on removing the stereotype of Zimbabwe around the globe”. He is notable for seeking to create non-violent, positive rap lyrics and is listed under political rap on Allmusic. In 2009, he opened the show for Navin Kundra and The Dhol Foundation and a few months later for Apache Indian as part of a collective of unsigned artists who supported a series of shows around the UK.

Discography

Albums
 This Is My Story (2009)
 Damage Limitation (2010)
 Damage Limitation Part 2: Broken Sanctuary (2014)

Singles
 "Sugaspott's Hiphop" (2010)
 "Bhogo Bhogo" (2010)
 "Real Hiphop" (2010)

References

External links
Official website

1984 births
Living people
Zimbabwean rappers


title: Easy Pain

text:
Easy Pain is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Young Widows. The album was released on May 13, 2014 through Temporary Residence Limited.

Prior to the release of the album, Young Widows performed Easy Pain in its entirety live on January 26, 2014 — four months ahead of the official release date — in Brooklyn, New York. Also to promote the album, Young Widows released the track "Kerosene Girl" for online streaming in February 2014.

Critical reception

At Alternative Press, Jason Pettigrew rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, remarking how "Easy Pain reminds you of how horrible the world can be, as well as the catharsis you can achieve if you'd only just immerse yourself in the maelstrom."

Track listing

References

2014 albums
Temporary Residence Limited albums
Young Widows albums


title: 2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's doubles

text:
Łukasz Kubot and David Marrero were the defending champions, but chose not to compete together.  Kubot played alongside Robert Lindstedt, but lost to Feliciano López and Max Mirnyi in the quarterfinals. Marrero teamed up with Ivo Karlović, but lost to López and Mirnyi in the first round.
Kevin Anderson and Matthew Ebden won the title, defeating López and Mirnyi in the final, 6-3, 6-3.

Seeds

  Łukasz Kubot /  Robert Lindstedt (quarterfinals)
  Jean-Julien Rojer /  Horia Tecău (first round)
  Treat Huey /  Dominic Inglot (semifinals)
  Eric Butorac /  Raven Klaasen (quarterfinals)

Draw

Draw

Qualifying

Seeds

  Daniel Kosakowski /  Nicolas Meister (qualifying competition)
  Adrian Mannarino /  Stéphane Robert (qualified)

Qualifiers
  Adrian Mannarino /  Stéphane Robert

Qualifying draw

References
 Main Draw

2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel


title: Jay Friedkin

text:
Jay Friedkin  is a film editor who was nominated at the 1995 Academy Awards for Best Film Editing for his work on Babe. He shared the nomination with Marcus D'Arcy.

In addition, he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for Babe as well during the 49th British Academy Film Awards.

Filmography

The Animal Condition (2013) (graphics execution)
Pathfinder (2007)
Frankenstein (2004)
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Tricks (1997)
Dating the Enemy (1996) (Special thanks)
Babe (1995)
Ordinary People (1980) (apprentice editor)

References

External links

British film editors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Joseph Bannerman

text:
Joseph McKay Bannerman, (March 12, 1850 – April 17, 1932) was a Canadian politician. He served on the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories for East Calgary from 1894 to 1898. He was one of Calgary's first members of the legislature.

Bannerman was born at Helmsdale, Scotland, the son of Thomas and Barbara (née McKay) Bannerman. He married Christina Sutherland (also Scottish), of Winnipeg in 1885; with her he had five children. After Christina's death in 1907, he married English-born Emma Northfield. After Emma's death in 1917, he married her sister, Ruth. Bannerman came to Alberta, settling in Edmonton in 1882, and Calgary the year after. With his brother, he was a flour and feed as well as liquor merchant. A Protestant, he also served at a time as a City of Calgary alderman in the 1880s. Though he was politically affiliated with the Conservative Party of Canada, he served as an Independent in the Legislative Assembly.

He was elected in 1894 to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories, and served until his defeat in 1898. Upon his defeat, he lived in Banff, Alberta. He died in Calgary in 1932.

Electoral results

1894 election

1898 election

References

1850 births
1932 deaths
British emigrants to Canada
Members of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories
Calgary city councillors
People from Helmsdale


title: Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Paralympics

text:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1998 Winter Paralympics held in Nagano, Japan. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team did not win any medals during these games.

Alpine skiing

Britain had 4 athletes competing in alpine skiing events.

Men

Women

Biathlon

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the biathlon events.

Men

Cross-country skiing

Britain had 2 athletes competing in the cross-country skiing events.

Men

Ice sledge hockey

Britain entered with a squad of 15 players for the men's ice sledge hockey competition. There was no female event.
The team finished in last place and scored no goals, but managed to pick up one point in a draw against 5th placed Japan.

Squad
 Matthew Broadbent
 Patrick Bailey
 Philip Hall
 Stephen Shortland
 Stuart Harley
 Timothy James
 Llyr Gwyndaf
 Karl Nicholson
 John Lambert
 Antony Booth
 Antony Neale
 Dave Hall
 Dean Cabanagh
 Gary Vaughan
 Ian Warner
Andrew white

Preliminary round

Round robin
 0 – 7
 0 – 6

Standings

Classification 5–7

Round robin
 0 – 0
 0 – 7

Standings

See also
Great Britain at the Paralympics
Great Britain at the 1998 Winter Olympics

References

External links
International Paralympic Committee official website

Nations at the 1998 Winter Paralympics
1998
Paralympics
Winter sports in the United Kingdom


title: Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Paralympics

text:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1988 Winter Paralympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. The team was known by its shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team did not win any medals during these games.

See also
Great Britain at the Paralympics
Great Britain at the 1988 Winter Olympics

References

External links
International Paralympic Committee official website

Nations at the 1988 Winter Paralympics
1988
Paralympics
Winter sports in the United Kingdom


title: Andinoacara stalsbergi

text:
Andinoacara stalsbergi  is a species of South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae. It was previously included in A. rivulatus, but was described as a separate species in 2009. The specific name honours the Norwegian aquarist Alf Stalsberg  who collected the type of this species and who has had a “longstanding commitment to increase the knowledge about cichlid fishes”.

A. stalsbergi has scales on the body with light centres and dark edges, and narrow clearly defined white edging to the tail and dorsal fins. This separates it from A. rivulatus where the scale-pattern is reversed, and the fin-edging is gold-orange or less clearly defined white. A. stalsbergi are found in rivers and other freshwater habitats in western Peru from Piura to Ica, while A. rivulatus are found in far northwestern Peru (Tumbes) and western Ecuador.

Although the largest officially measured A. stalsbergi only had a standard length of , it is known to reach a size comparable to A. rivulatus.

In the aquarium

Temperament

A. stalsbergi live up to the name aquarium trade name green terror. They are not as aggressive as the species Mesoheros festae, known in the trade as the red terror.

Sexing

As with most cichlids, venting is the most reliable method for sexing when young. The males will develop a nuchal hump from around the first year.

Water conditions

They prefer a temperature in the range  with a dH of 5-12 and a pH of 6.5-8.0.

Breeding

Male green terrors are sexually mature at  and females at . Although spawning below these sizes is possible, few eggs hatch.

It requires suitable breeding sites, such as flat rocks. The pair cleans the site before breeding. The female Green terror can deposit up to 300-400 eggs, while some produce more than 600 eggs.

They are protective of their eggs.  For this reason, breeding should take place in a separate tank. The eggs hatch after 3–4 days. Adults continue to guard and care for the larvae, moving the fry into pits in the substrate. At this stage, the larvae can be fed crushed flakes. After 9–12 days, the fry are big enough to swim freely. They are highly sensitive to poor water conditions and succumb absent regular water changes. Free swimming fry eat brine shrimp or fine fry powder. When the fry have reached a length of  they typically experience a growth spurt and rapidly grow bigger.

To increase brood sizes, once the pair start to clean a rock, separate the male and female with a divider for 3–5 days, increase the temperature by 5-7 °C (about 8-12 °F), perform a 50% water change and feed with live food (such as bloodworm).

References

Andinoacara
Cichlid fish of South America
Freshwater fish of Ecuador
Freshwater fish of Peru
Fish described in 2009
Taxa named by Ingo Schindler
Taxa named by Wolfgang Staeck


title: Moustapha Quaynor

text:
Moustapha Quaynor (born 17 July 1995) is a Ghanaian footballer who most recently played for FK Vardar as a midfielder.

After initially joining FC Strathmore in Australia, Quaynor joined St Albans Saints SC for a brief stint in June 2016 before eventually joining Pascoe Vale FC.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Ghanaian men's footballers
AEL Limassol players
Alki Larnaca FC players
Ermis Aradippou FC players
Cypriot First Division players
National Premier Leagues players
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus
Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Men's association football midfielders
Aduana Stars F.C. players


title: Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Paralympics

text:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed at the 1980 Winter Paralympics held in Geilo, Norway. The team was known by it shortened name of Great Britain, for identification purposes. The team did not win any medals during these games.

See also
Great Britain at the Paralympics
Great Britain at the 1980 Winter Olympics

References

External links
International Paralympic Committee official website

Nations at the 1980 Winter Paralympics
1980
Paralympics
Winter sports in the United Kingdom


title: George Anthony Frendo

text:
George Anthony Frendo O.P. (born 4 April 1946) is a Maltese prelate and the archbishop emeritus of Tiranë-Durrës in Albania.

George Frendo was born in Qormi Malta on April 4, 1946. At the age of 15 he was professed as a member of the order of preachers. In 1963, Frendo started his studies for the priesthood together with Paul Cremona, later the Archbishop of Malta. Both Frendo and Cremona were ordained priests by Emanuele Gerada on April 2, 1969. Frendo served eight years as the parish priest of Gwardamanġa.

In 2006 Pope Benedict XVI appointed Frendo Auxiliary Bishop of Tiranë-Durrës in Albania with the titular see of Buthrotum. He was consecrated on September 23, 2006, by Rrok Kola Mirdita the Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës and co-consecrated by the Apostolic Nuncio John Bulaitis and Archbishop Joseph Mercieca of Malta.

In November 16 Pope Francis appointed Bishop Frendo as the Archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës in Albania. He was installed on 3 December 2016.

On 20 April 2018, George Frendo obtained Albanian citizenship.

References

External links

 Albania Bishop George Frendo in Malta
 Times of Malta
 Catholic Hierarchy
 Archdiocese of Malta
 Malta Independent

1946 births
Living people
People from Qormi
20th-century Maltese Roman Catholic priests
Maltese Dominicans
Naturalized citizens of Albania
Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI
Bishops appointed by Pope Francis
21st-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Albania
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Albania


title: Froesia gereauana

text:
Froesia gereauana is a plant species endemic to the State of Amazonas in southern Venezuela.

Froesia gereauana is an unbranched tree up to 12 m tall. Leaves are crowded at the top of the trunk. Petiole is over 30 cm long. Leaves pinnately compound with approximately 27 leaflets, each one oblong to ovate, thick and leathery, up to 31 cm long. Inflorescence is at the top of the trunk, with flowers up to 10 mm long. Fruit is a dry, fibrous follicle, spherical to pear-shaped, about 2 cm in diameter.

References

Ochnaceae
Flora of Venezuela


title: Styx: Master of Shadows

text:
Styx: Master of Shadows is a stealth video game developed by Cyanide Studios for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is a prequel, and the second video game to take place in the world established by 2012's Of Orcs and Men.

Gameplay
Styx: Master of Shadows is a stealth game where the player must keep to the shadows to survive. Styx has arcane abilities that assist him in his escapades, including the ability to make himself invisible (also featured in Of Orcs and Men), and the ability to use amber-vision to detect hidden foes and areas. His ability to clone himself through magic offers opportunities to disrupt the traditional stealth gaming formula. It gives the player a clone for purposes such as scouting without risk and creating a diversion.

Guards, soldiers and other protectors of the Tower will adapt their behavior dynamically, depending on the player's actions. The player is expected to keep a low profile and prepare a course of action beforehand: study the guard patrols closely, use areas of light and shadow to one's advantage, lure a target to a secluded area to assassinate him silently, or arrange "accidents" to remain undetected. Styx: Master of Shadows also includes RPG game mechanics, the player gains experience, which can unlock new skills, special moves, new and more lethal weapons, all divided into six talent trees.

Plot
Taking place before the events of the previous game, Styx infiltrates the Tower of Akenash, a massive flying fortress held aloft by the magic of the World Tree, around which the fortress was built. Styx desires to reach the heart of the World-Tree and rescue an imprisoned friend elsewhere in the fortress, but he doesn't know why he wants to do these things: he suffers from confused memories and a voice in his head that prods him on. When he finally liberates his "friend", he discovers that it is a creature identical to himself. The creature that the player has been controlling since the beginning of the game has in fact been a clone of the real Styx, who has been held in an interrogation chamber all this time.

The original Styx was once an orc scholar who sought to study the World Tree, and somehow was transformed by the tree's magical amber into the small creature he is now (the first goblin). He has for centuries been plagued by the voices of the elves who sleep among the roots of the World Tree. The elves share a telepathic hive mind, and because they too are creatures of the amber, Styx can hear their constant chatter and cannot shut it out.  Stealing the heart of the World-Tree will silence the elves permanently and possibly give him a means to become an orc again.

One of the gifts that the amber gave Original-Styx was the ability to spawn clones of himself. Usually these clones are stupid thralls, but when Original-Styx infiltrated Akenash, he created a clone with an exceptionally high degree of intelligence so that it could accomplish more difficult tasks without guidance, such as rescuing Original-Styx if he were captured. Original-Styx still considers this clone to be a disposable tool like all the others. Furious, Clone-Styx swears to destroy Original-Styx and make a new life for himself.

With the help of an elf, Clone-Styx breaks the telepathic control that Original-Styx has on him, then chases Original-Styx to the Heart of the World Tree. Clone-Styx destroys the Heart, then commits suicide by leaping into the pool of amber at the base of the tree.  Hordes of Styx clones (stupid and feral) emerge from the amber and instinctively tear Original-Styx apart. As the World Tree dies, the magic that keeps Akenash aloft fails and the tower crashes to the ground. The feral clones of Styx emerge from the ruins and disperse into the wilderness. This is the birth of the goblin race. All these goblins are stupid except for one, who has an intact intellect but with no memories other than that his name is Styx. It is not certain whether this is Original-Styx or Clone-Styx, or a new goblin altogether, but either way this goblin is now the only living Styx.

Reception

Styx: Master of Shadows received mixed reviews. Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the Xbox One version 69/100 based on 8 reviews, the Microsoft Windows version 71/100 based on 31 reviews, and the PlayStation 4 version 70/100 based on 9 reviews.

Britton Peele of GameSpot complained that the combat "feels stiff and unwieldy, making battle a painful experience whether you win or lose." However, some publications praised the system for disincentivizing confrontation. Geoff Thew of Hardcore Gamer said that Styx "makes full-on assaults next to impossible, and forces you to observe, think, and plan in order to advance.". They went on to say that, as a pure stealth game, Styx delivers "a satisfying tension that few games can match", and praised its levels for having "much more depth than the flat environments typical of the genre," concluding that Styx is "one of the best titles the [stealth] genre has to offer." Heather Newman of VentureBeat said that Styx is "truly engrossing for hardcore stealth fans, at a bargain price," and advised that you should "be ready to save often and die a lot — with a smile on your face."

Sequel
A sequel of the game, titled Styx: Shards of Darkness was announced on 14 October 2015. It is powered by Unreal Engine 4, and has a larger budget than the original Master of Shadows. The game was released worldwide on 14 March 2017 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

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