title: Alexander Speirs (Maine politician)

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Alexander Speirs (1859-October 9, 1927) was an American politician from Maine. A Republican, Speirs represented Cumberland County in the Maine Senate from 1923 to his death in 1927. He also served in the Maine House of Representatives in 1917. While in office, Speirs promoted education and opposed raising the gas tax.

Personal
Speirs was born in Scotland and immigrated to the United States in 1860 at the age of one. Having grown up in Portland, Speirs settled in Westbrook, Maine, where he spent the final 31 years of his life. Speirs died suddenly on October 9, 1927, at St. Barnabas Hospital in Woodfords and was interred at Woodlawn Cemetery in Westbrook. His funeral was attended by many important political figures, including current Governor Owen Brewster, former Governor Percival Baxter, current President of the Maine Senate Frank H. Holley as well as Senators Arthur Spear, Raymond Oakes and Paul Slocum.

References

1859 births
1927 deaths
Scottish emigrants to the United States
Politicians from Westbrook, Maine
Republican Party Maine state senators
Republican Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Politicians from Portland, Maine


title: Adriano Custódio Mendes

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Adriano Tomás Custódio Mendes (born 28 November 1961) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in Cape Verde, Mendes held Portuguese nationality. He emigrated to Argentina before Cape Verde became independent from Portugal, and became a naturalized Argentine citizen. He played for clubs in Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay and Venezuela.

References

External links

1961 births
Living people
Footballers from Praia
Footballers from Santiago, Cape Verde
Portuguese men's footballers
Cape Verdean men's footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Cape Verdean expatriate men's footballers
Cape Verdean emigrants to Argentina
Portuguese emigrants to Argentina
Naturalized citizens of Argentina
Estudiantes de La Plata footballers
Club Atlético Temperley footballers
Club Blooming players
Cerro Porteño players
Club Atlético Colón footballers
San Martín de Tucumán footballers
Santiago Wanderers footballers
Deportes Iquique footballers
Deportivo Táchira F.C. players
Chacarita Juniors footballers
Rampla Juniors players
Danubio F.C. players
C.A. Bella Vista players
Argentine Primera División players
Chilean Primera División players
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Expatriate men's footballers in Bolivia
Expatriate men's footballers in El Salvador
Expatriate men's footballers in Honduras
Expatriate men's footballers in Paraguay
Expatriate men's footballers in Venezuela
Men's association football midfielders


title: Faithful (Go West song)

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"Faithful" is a song by English pop duo Go West. The song is the opening track on the band's fourth album, Indian Summer (1992), and serves as the album's lead single. Written by the band and Martin Page and produced by Peter Wolf, the song reached the top 20 in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Its highest chart position was in Canada, where it peaked at number two in February 1993. It also reached number three on the adult contemporary charts of both Canada and the United States.

Track listings
UK 7-inch and cassette single, Australasian cassette single
 "Faithful"
 "I Want You Back"

UK CD1
 "Faithful"
 "I Want You Back"
 "We Close Our Eyes"
 "From Baltimore to Paris"

UK CD2
 "Faithful"
 "I Want You Back"
 "Don't Look Down - The Sequel"
 "I Want to Hear It from You"

US CD and cassette single
 "Faithful" (album version) – 4:24
 "I Want You Back" – 4:19
 "King of Wishful Thinking" – 4:01

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1992 singles
1992 songs
Chrysalis Records singles
Go West (band) songs
Song recordings produced by Peter Wolf (producer)
Songs written by Martin Page
Songs written by Peter Cox (musician)
Songs written by Richard Drummie


The 2015 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election was held on May 9, 2015, as a result of the resignation of Ontario Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak following the provincial election on June 12, 2014, his second loss in a row as party leader. Patrick Brown won the leadership with 61.8% of votes allocated, defeating Christine Elliott who had 38.2%.

Rules and procedure
The party's 76,587 members were eligible to cast votes by preferential ballot. The vote will be weighted so that each of the province's 107 ridings that has more than 100 votes cast are allocated 100 electoral votes;  ridings in which fewer than 100 party members vote will not be weighted, but will instead have the votes counted as individual votes. If at least 100 members votes in each riding the number of electoral college votes needed to win will be 5,351. The registration fee was $75,000 plus a refundable deposit of $25,000 and the spending limit was $1.25 million. 20% of money raised by candidates after the first $100,000 will be transferred to the PC Ontario Fund. The lowest ranked candidate will be dropped from the next round as ballots are counted, and the first candidate to get 50 per cent of the votes will be declared the new leader.

Timeline
June 12, 2014: General election results in the incumbent Liberals, led by Kathleen Wynne, being re-elected with a majority government and the Progressive Conservatives losing 9 seats. Party leader Tim Hudak announces his intention to resign as leader following the selection of his successor.
June 16, 2014: Progressive Conservative caucus meets with a majority of MPPs asking Hudak to resign immediately.
June 18, 2014: Hudak announces to the Progressive Conservative caucus that he will resign effective July 2, 2014.
June 25, 2014: Christine Elliott announces her bid for the leadership of the Ontario PC Party.
July 2, 2014: Ontario legislature convenes; Hudak's resignation will take effect; Progressive Conservative caucus chooses Jim Wilson as interim leader.
July 5, 2014: The Progressive Conservative executive met to discuss the leadership and appointed a committee to consult the party membership and then draft recommendations for leadership campaign rules and propose a date for the election.
Early August 2014: Party committee reports back to the executive with its proposals.
August 9, 2014: Party executive announces that the leadership election will occur no earlier than April 1, 2015 and no later than May 31, 2015. The planning committee is given an additional six weeks to consult with party members on the rules of the election.
September 17, 2014: Monte McNaughton declares his candidacy.
September 21, 2014: Planning committee reports back to executive.
September 24, 2014: Vic Fedeli declares his candidacy.
September 28, 2014: Patrick Brown declares his candidacy.
October 6, 2014: Lisa MacLeod declares her candidacy.
November 8, 2014: Official campaign period begins.
November 24, 2014: All-candidates debate in Sudbury.
January 26, 2015: All-candidates debate in London.
January 30, 2015 at 12 pm: Deadline for candidates to file nomination papers and pay first installment of $75,000 registration fee and $25,000 deposit.
February 4, 2015: Fedeli withdraws from contest.
February 6, 2015: MacLeod withdraws; final non-refundable $50,000 installment of candidate entry fee is due.
February 11, 2015: All-candidates debate in Ottawa.
February 28, 2015: Date by which one must become a member of the party and be eligible to vote in the leadership election.
April 9, 2015: McNaughton withdraws; endorses Brown.
May 1, 2015: Televised debate on TVO in Toronto
May 3 & 7, 2015: Members cast preferential ballot for leader.
May 8–9, 2015: Ballots counted.
May 9, 2015: Results announced, riding by riding, between 10 am and noon at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Interim leadership
The following MPPs stood in the July 2, 2014, election by caucus to be interim leader of the party until the leadership election for a permanent leader is held:
Randy Hillier (Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington), MPP since 2007, variously Opposition Critic for Labour, Municipal Affairs and Housing, Rural Affairs, and Northern Development, Mines and Forestry.
Jim Wilson (Simcoe—Grey), MPP since 1990, Opposition House Leader (2011–2014), previously Minister of Health (1995–1997), Minister of Energy, Science & Technology (1997–2002), Minister of Northern Development and Mines (2002–2003), Minister of Environment (2003).
John Yakabuski (Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke), MPP since 2003, has served as Chief Opposition Whip (2011–2014), Opposition House Leader (2010–2011) and variously Opposition Critic for Community Safety and Energy.

Jim Wilson was elected by caucus to be interim leader and also assumed the position of Leader of the Opposition. Vote totals were not released.

Declared candidates

Patrick Brown

Background
Federal Conservative Party MP for Barrie (2006–2015), Barrie City Councillor (2000–2006), President of the Progressive Conservative Youth Federation (PCYF) (1998–2002). Former vice-president of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. Lawyer by profession.
Date candidacy declared: September 28, 2014
Supporters
MPPs: (5) Rick Nicholls (Chatham-Kent—Essex), Jack MacLaren (Carleton—Mississippi Mills), Toby Barrett (Haldimand—Norfolk), Bob Bailey (Sarnia—Lambton), Monte McNaughton (Lambton—Kent—Middlesex; former leadership candidate)
MPs: (18) Gord Brown (Leeds—Grenville), Paul Calandra (Oak Ridges—Markham), Rick Dykstra (St. Catharines), Dave Mackenzie (Oxford), Phil McColeman (Brant), Brad Butt (Mississauga—Streetsville), Chungsen Leung (Willowdale), Tim Uppal (Edmonton—Spruce Grove, AB), Bal Gosal (Bramalea—Gore—Malton), Parm Gill (Brampton—Springdale), Kyle Seeback (Brampton West), Costas Menegakis (Richmond Hill), Mark Adler (York Centre), Wladyslaw Lizon (Mississauga East—Cooksville), Joe Daniel (Don Valley East), Pierre Lemieux (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell), Royal Galipeau (Ottawa—Orléans), Dean Allison (Niagara West—Glanbrook)
Senators: (6) Don Meredith (Ontario), Lynn Beyak (Ontario), Salma Ataullahjan (Ontario), Thanh Hai Ngo (Ontario), Tobias Enverga (Ontario), Victor Oh (Ontario)
Municipal politicians: (6) Sandie Bellow (St. Catherines City Councillor for Ward 5), Scott McPherson (Oro-Medonte City Councillor for Ward 2), Denzil Minnan-Wong (Toronto City Councillor for Ward 34; Deputy Mayor of Toronto), Sergio Morales (Barrie City Councillor for Ward 9), Ross Romano (Sault Ste. Marie City Councillor for Ward 6), Mat Siscoe (St. Catherines City Councillor for Ward 4)
Former MPPs: (4) Steve Gilchrist (Scarborough East, 1995–2003), Jane McKenna (Burlington, 2011–2014), John Hastings (Etobicoke North, 1995–2003), Dave Boushy (Sarnia, 1995–1999)
Former MPs:
Former Senators: (4) Consiglio Di Nino (Ontario), Vim Kochhar (Ontario), Hugh Segal (Ontario), Asha Seth (Ontario)
Former municipal politicians: (2) Joe DiPaola (Richmond Hill City Councillor for Ward 6, 1998–2006), Alex Nuttall (Barrie City Councillor for Ward 10, 2006–2014)
Former candidates: (6) Jeff Bennett (London West, 2014), Andrew Ffrench (York South—Weston, 2014), Kevin Gaudet (Pickering—Scarborough East, 2014), Nita Kang (Scarborough Southwest, 2014), Derek Parks (Thunder Bay—Superior North, 2014), Roxanne Villeneuve (Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, 2014)
Other prominent individuals: (16) Derek Burney (Canadian Ambassador to the United States, 1989–1993), Stuart Clark (Ontario PC Campus Association President, 2013–2014), Troy Crowder (NHL Player), Mike Gartner (NHL Player), Zack Goldford (Ontario PC Youth Association President), Wayne Gretzky (NHL Player), Dale Hawerchuk (NHL Player), Darma Jain (Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce President), Kris King (NHL Player), Gary Leeman (NHL Player), Narendra Modi (Prime Minister of India), Alanna Newman (Ontario PC Youth Association President, 2013–2014), Laj Prasher (Canada India Foundation President), Mark Towhey (Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Toronto, 2011–2013), Devon White (MLB Player), Ken Zeise (Ontario PC Party President, 2008–2012)
Organizations:
Media: (1) Paul Godfrey (CEO of Postmedia)
Policies:

Christine Elliott

Background
MPP since 2006 (Whitby—Ajax (2006–2007), Whitby—Oshawa (2007–2015). Deputy Leader of the Opposition and Critic for Health and Long-Term Care since 2009. Ran in the 2009 leadership election, placing third. Widow of former federal Minister of Finance Jim Flaherty. Prior to entering politics, Elliott was a lawyer who practiced corporate, estate and real estate law.
Date candidacy declared: June 25, 2014
Supporters
MPPs: (17)  Ted Arnott (Wellington—Halton Hills), Todd Smith (Prince Edward—Hastings), Michael Harris (Kitchener—Conestoga), Norm Miller (Parry Sound—Muskoka), Jeff Yurek (Elgin—Middlesex—London), Sylvia Jones (Dufferin—Caledon), Laurie Scott (Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock), Bill Walker (Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound), Lisa Thompson (Huron—Bruce), Gila Martow (Thornhill), Ernie Hardeman (Oxford), Vic Fedeli (Nipissing; former leadership candidate), Randy Pettapiece (Perth—Wellington), Lisa MacLeod (Nepean—Carleton; former leadership candidate), Steve Clark (Leeds—Grenville), Julia Munro (York—Simcoe), Jim McDonell (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
MPs: (25)  Chris Alexander (Ajax—Pickering), Bruce Stanton (Simcoe North), Mike Wallace (Burlington), Peter Kent (Thornhill), Erin O'Toole (Durham), Ed Holder (London West), Michael Chong (Wellington—Halton Hills), Rob Nicholson (Niagara Falls), Kellie Leitch (Simcoe—Grey), Chungsen Leung (Willowdale), Costas Menegakis (Richmond Hill), Peter Braid (Kitchener—Waterloo),  Daryl Kramp (Prince Edward—Hastings), Rick Norlock (Northumberland—Quinte West), Ted Opitz (Etobicoke Centre), Joe Preston (Elgin—Middlesex—London), Bernard Trottier (Etobicoke—Lakeshore), Dave Van Kesteren (Chatham-Kent—Essex), Terence Young (Oakville), Pat Perkins (Whitby—Oshawa), David Sweet (Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale), John Baird (Ottawa West—Nepean), John Carmichael (Don Valley West), Lisa Raitt (Halton), Jay Aspin (Nipissing—Timiskaming)
Senators: (3) Nicole Eaton (Ontario), Linda Frum (Ontario), Marjory LeBreton (Ontario)
Municipal politicians: (2) Don Mitchell (Mayor of Whitby), Rob Ford (Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2; Mayor of Toronto, 2010–2014)
Former MPPs: (12) Bill Davis (Premier of Ontario, 1971–1985; MPP 1959–1985), Peter Shurman (Thornhill, 2007–2013), Jerry Ouellette (Oshawa, 1995–2014), Bart Maves (Niagara Falls, 1995–2003), Wayne Wettlaufer (Kitchener Centre, 1995–2003), John O'Toole (Durham, 1995–2014), Barb Fisher (Bruce, 1995–1999), Phil Gillies (Brantford, 1981–1987), Brad Clark (Stoney Creek, 1999–2003), Joyce Savoline (Burlington, 2007–2011), Andy Brandt (Sarnia, 1981–1990; former interim leader), Doug Holyday (Etobicoke—Lakeshore, 2013–2014; former Deputy Mayor of Toronto)
Former MPs:
Former Senators:
Former municipal politicians: (3) Nancy Branscombe (London City Councillor for Ward 6, 2006–2014), Doug Ford (Toronto City Councillor for Ward 2, 2010–2014), Hazel McCallion, (Mayor of Mississauga, 1978–2014)
Former candidates: (10) Steve Black (Timmins—James Bay, 2014), Rick Byers (Oakville, 2011), Liang Chen (Scarborough—Agincourt, 2011 & 2014), Ken Kirupa (Scarborough—Guildwood, 2013 & 2014), Todd McCarthy (Ajax—Pickering, 2011 & 2014), David Ramalho (Scarborough Centre, 2014), Chris Robson (London—Fanshawe, 2014), Larry Scott (Oakville, 2011 & 2014), Farid Wassef (Oak Ridges—Markham, 2011 & 2014), Tracey Weiler (Kitchener—Waterloo, 2012 & 2014)
Other prominent individuals: (1) Sally Barnes (Former Press Secretary to Premier Bill Davis)
Organizations:
Media:
Policies:

Withdrawn

Vic Fedeli

Background
MPP for Nipissing (2011–present), Opposition Finance Critic (2013–present), Energy Critic (2011–2013), Finance Critic (2013–Present), Fedeli served as mayor of North Bay, Ontario (2003–2010) for two terms, during which he donated his entire salary to charity. Before entering politics, he ran Fedeli Advertising, which in 1989 was ranked by Profit - the magazine for Small Business as the firm 34th on its list of 50 Best Places to Work in Canada.  Fedeli was also recognized as one of Canada's Most Successful Entrepreneurs in an episode of MoneyMakers, hosted by Everett Banning.  Additionally, Fedeli served as the dollar-per-year chairman of a non-profit organization in North Bay. Fedeli's campaign is called "OntarioFirst".
Date candidacy declared: September 24, 2014
Date withdrawn: February 4, 2015, endorsed Elliott
Supporters
Support from caucus members: Randy Pettapiece (Perth—Wellington)
Support from federal caucus members: Jay Aspin (Nipissing—Timiskaming)
Support from former provincial caucus members:
Other prominent supporters: Paula Peroni, 2014 Sudbury  candidate and Sudbury Catholic District School Board trustee;
Policies

Lisa MacLeod
Background
MPP for Nepean—Carleton (2006–present), Opposition Treasury Board Critic (2014–present), Energy and Francophone Affairs Critic (2013–2014), Education Critic (2011–2013), Revenue and Government Accountability Critic (2009–2011).
Date candidacy declared: October 6, 2014
Date withdrawn: February 6, 2015, endorsed Elliott
Supporters
Support from caucus members: Steve Clark (Leeds—Grenville), Garfield Dunlop (Simcoe North), Julia Munro (York—Simcoe), Jim McDonell (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
Support from federal caucus members: Senator Bob Runciman, former interim PC Leader and cabinet minister, former MPP for Leeds—Grenville
Support from former provincial caucus members: Norm Sterling (Carleton—Mississippi Mills, Lanark—Carleton, Carleton, 1979–2011)
Other prominent supporters:
Policies:

Monte McNaughton
Background
MPP for Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (2011–present), Opposition Critic for Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade (2014–present), Labour Critic (2013–2014), Economic Development and Innovation Critic (2011–2013). Prior to entering provincial politics, McNaughton sat on the city council of Newbury and was general manager and co-owner of McNaughton Family Shopping Centre in Newbury.  He also served as chair of the Newbury Economic Development Committee and was president of the Strathroy and District Chamber of Commerce in 2009–10.
Date candidacy declared: September 17, 2014
Date withdrawn: April 9, 2015; endorsed Brown.
Supporters
Support from caucus members: Bob Bailey (Sarnia—Lambton)
Supports from federal caucus members:
Supports from former provincial caucus members: Darcy McKeough (Kent West, 1963–1967; Chatham—Kent 1967–1981), Marcel Beaubien, (Lambton then Lambton—Kent—Middlesex, 1995–2003), Andrew Naismith Watson, (Chatham—Kent 1978–1985)
Other prominent supporters: Rob Ford, Toronto city councillor and former mayor (2010–2014)
Policies: Social conservative

Declined
John Baird, Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011–2015) and MP for Ottawa West—Nepean (2006–2015), former MPP (1995–2005) and provincial cabinet minister (1999–2003). Endorsed Elliott
Rick Byers, Bay Street executive (Borealis Infrastructure) and former federal and provincial candidate in Oakville. Endorsed Elliott
Michael Chong, MP for Wellington—Halton Hills (2004–present), federal Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and Minister of Sport (2006). Endorsed Elliott
Richard Ciano, President of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (2012–2015).
Tony Clement, federal President of the Treasury Board (2011–2015) and MP for Parry Sound—Muskoka (2006–present), former MPP (1995–2003) and provincial cabinet minister (1997–2003).
Rick Dykstra, MP for St. Catharines (2006–2015). Endorsed Brown.
Doug Ford, Toronto City Councillor (2010–2014), and runner-up 2014 Toronto mayoral election. Endorsed Elliott
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (2007–present).
Kellie Leitch, federal Minister of Labour (2013–2015) and MP for Simcoe—Grey (2011–present). Endorsed Elliott
Rod Phillips, former chair of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, chair of Postmedia Network Inc. and the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance.
Lisa Raitt, federal Minister of Transport (2013–2015) and MP for Halton (2008–present). Endorsed Elliott

Results

Results announced in Toronto on May 9, 2015

Eligible voters: 76,587; turnout: 49.3%

Riding results

Opinion polling

All Ontarians

Progressive Conservative supporters only

Progressive Conservative Members Only

See also
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership elections
2009 Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election

References

Notes

2015
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election
Progressive Conservative Party leadership election
Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario leadership election


title: PGA-ASU School of Nursing

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The PGA-ASU School of Nursing is a collaboration between Aklan State University and the Provincial Government of Aklan. It was envisioned to provide affordable Nursing education to the people of Aklan by then Governor Carlito Marquez.

See also
 List of schools in Kalibo, Aklan

External links
 Official Website of Aklan Province

Schools
Universities and colleges in Aklan


title: Gourmet Girl Graffiti

text:
Gourmet Girl Graffiti, known in Japan as , is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Makoto Kawai. It was serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine between the March 2012 and November 2016 issues. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by Shaft aired between January and March 2015.

Plot
Ryō Machiko is a second-year middle school girl who has been living by herself since her grandmother died. Despite having exceptional skill in cooking, Ryō has felt her cooking hasn't been tasting good. That is, until she meets her second cousin, Kirin Morino, who comes to stay with her on the weekends to attend cram school in Tokyo and shows her the key to great tasting food: eating together with friends and family.

Characters

Ryō is the protagonist of the series and is a second-year middle school student of Hariyama Middle School who lives by herself in a big apartment. Her parents live abroad due to their work, and she was brought up by her grandmother, who died a year before the story begins. Her wish is to pass the entrance examination of a high school specializing in art, and therefore she goes to an art cram school, where she gets to know Shiina. As the story progresses, she enters her desired high school, Hariyama High School, where she becomes classmates with Kirin and Shiina. Ryō is a talented cook and is capable of cooking a wide range of dishes.

Kirin is a girl who is the same age as Ryō and is her second cousin despite her short stature and looking like a twelve year old. She hopes to go to an art school in Tokyo, so she attends the same art cram school as Ryō every Sunday and stays at Ryō's house every Saturday the day before. She is shy and has a somewhat childish side, but is extremely polite and well-mannered. She is short, but contrary to her appearance, is a powerful child and is a big eater. She has an unrivaled athletic ability among the characters in the series. She is bad at housework, but somewhat knowledgeable about cooking. She later attends the same high school as Shiina and Ryō and moves into Ryō's apartment to attend school. Kirin joins the basketball club in high school and is called "Kii" by her friends and teammates. She expresses her thoughts on food dynamically. She does not like carrots. At the end of the television series, Kirin moved in Ryō's home to live with her.

Shiina is Ryō's friend from middle school. She is one of the students of the art prep school both Ryō and Kirin also attend and lives with an old family in the metropolitan area. She is physically fragile, but is a beautiful young lady who is cool and has mysterious atmosphere. She meets Ryō because they are in the same class together, and she knows Kirin from flower viewing in the park. She is accepted to the same high school as Ryō and Kirin. Thanks to her cooking skill, she builds up a circle of friends besides Kirin and Ryō.

A woman who lives below Ryō in her apartment complex. Her favorite food is pizza. After her meeting with Ryo and Kirin in Yuki's home, Yuki attended the high school where Ryo, Kirin, Hina, Mei would later attend.

Ryō's aunt. Always business at work, she rarely visits Ryo. During breaks from work, she is frequently seen drinking beer.

Shiina's maid and housekeeper who dresses like a shrine maiden. She was mistaken by Kirin as Shiina's mother after she gave her a tomato. She is the only character in the series who doesn't talk much.

A classmate of Ryo and Kirin from prep school, and from the same middle school as Ryo. She has shoulder length blonde hair. After middle school graduation, she went to same high school as Ryo.

A classmate of Ryo and Kirin from prep school, and from the same middle school as Ryo. She has dark brown hair and wears a white headband. After middle school graduation, she went to same high school as Ryo.

Another classmate of Ryo and Kirin from cram school. She has a spoiled and annoying personality and has silver white hair worn in a ponytail.

Ryō's grandmother who died a year prior to the start of the story. She is the one who taught Ryō all about cooking, although it is later revealed she was once terrible at cooking and only started taking it seriously for Ryō's sake.

A librarian who is an old friend of Ryō and her grandmother. She also introduced Ryo's grandma to certain cookbooks when she needed to learn cooking, and the same cookbooks were introduced to Ryō when Ryō lived alone.

A short brown-haired girl from the same middle school as Mei, Hina, Ryō.

A sweet childish young woman. Because of her young appearance she strongly resembles a teenager.

Kirin's strict and temperamental mother and Ryo's aunt. She is bossy to both her daughter and husband and often argues a lot with Kirin, but does care about her as a parent.

Kirin's calm and loving father. He has an eccentric personality.

Ryo's mother. She works overseas with Ryo's father for an unknown secret job, but occasionally mails Japan-made food to Ryo. In the television series, she is only seen in Ryo's dream sequence.

Media

Manga
The original four-panel comic strip manga, written and illustrated by Makoto Kawai, was serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Miracle! magazine between the March 2012 and November 2016 issues. Houbunsha published seven tankōbon volumes from January 26, 2013 to September 27, 2016.

Anime
A 12-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Shaft, directed by Naoyuki Tatsuwa, and chief directed by Akiyuki Shinbo aired in Japan between January 9 and March 27, 2015 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. The screenplay is by Mari Okada and the music was composed by Kotringo. Kazuya Shiotsuki (Shaft) designed the characters for animation, and served as chief animation director alongside Shinya Nishizawa and Takumi Yokota. Three episodes were outsourced: episode 4 to Mouse; episode 7 to Jumondou; and episode 11 to Drop. The opening theme is  by Maaya Sakamoto, and the ending theme is  by Rina Satō and Asuka Ōgame. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in North America.

Video game
Characters from the series appear alongside other Manga Time Kirara characters in the mobile RPG, Kirara Fantasia in 2020.

Notes

References

External links
Official anime website at Shaft
Anime official website at TBS
Sentai Filmworks page

2012 manga
Anime series based on manga
Comedy anime and manga
Cooking in anime and manga
Houbunsha manga
Seinen manga
Sentai Filmworks
Slice of life anime and manga
Shaft (company)
TBS Television (Japan) original programming
Television shows written by Mari Okada
Yonkoma


The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) is an emeritus Homeland Security Centers of Excellence at the University of Maryland, College Park that researches terrorism in the United States and around the world. It maintains the Global Terrorism Database, which includes over 200,000 terrorist attacks and which it describes as the "most comprehensive unclassified data base on terrorist events in the world."

Activities

Teaching
START has several education programs for undergraduate and graduate students, including a paid internship program, online courses, a minor in Global Terrorism Studies, a Graduate Certificate in Terrorism Analysis, and a Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Security and Terrorism Studies.

Data
START offers a number of datasets related to terrorism. The most important of these is the Global Terrorism Database, a database of over 200,000 terrorist attacks from 1970 till 2019, excluding the year 1993 (as of July 2016). The GTD is the most comprehensive unclassified database on terrorist attacks in the world, containing information on over 200,000 terrorist attacks, including 95,000 bombings, 20,000 assassinations, and 15,000 kidnappings and hostage events. Over 4 million news articles were reviewed to collect the data to build the GTD.

START also hosts the MIPT Terrorism Knowledge Base, now known as the Terrorist Organization Profiles, but does not actively maintain or take responsibility for the data.

Major projects

Social media Use during disasters
Social Media Use during Disasters is a research project that was conducted from July 2012 to October 2013, and it is one of the major contributions by the START research center to the risk communication field. Sites such as Facebook and Twitter are used to collect and distribute information quickly and easily. Because of this function of social media, it is being used as a tool to communicate about disasters. "Given the growing importance of social media as a disaster communication tool, it is vital to understand how individuals use, behave, and interpret information on social media sites to better inform policy, guidance, and operations and to ensure that emergency managers, first responders, and policy makers can best optimize how they use these tools."

A random sample of 2,015 U.S. residents participated in this study. The participants were asked to imagine that a disaster involving multiple terrorist attacks was unfolding. The participants were then presented with information from both local and national sources about the disaster through Facebook posts and tweets. Participants were then asked to complete a questionnaire assessing their responses to the information.

The study found that the source of the information impacted its perceived credibility. However, the source alone did not influence participants’ likelihood of taking recommended action. The study also showed that after participants were exposed to the information they were more likely to communicate that information through interpersonal channels rather than through organizational media channels. Finally, the study also showed that demographics such as gender and age affected how participants responded to the information.

Training in risk and crisis communication
Training in Risk and Crisis Communication (TRACC) is another major contribution by START to the risk communication field. TRACC is a curriculum presented by the START research center for the benefit of organizations. TRACC is separated into 3 modules that aim to train organizations on how to properly communicate crisis information before, during, and after the crisis situation. "TRACC is a unique curriculum that is research-based and covers the entire life-cycle of a crisis including preparation, response and recovery."

Organizational dimensions of risk communication during homeland security crises
The START research center also completed a project titled Organizational Dimensions of Risk Communication during Homeland Security Crises. This project focuses on risk communication at the organizational level by "exploring how communications within and among organizations affect risk management and risk communication about bioterrorism."
This project aims to improve communication about bioterrorism between organizations and their public.
	For this study, researchers focused on the anthrax attacks of 2001. The researchers conducted over 50 interviews with local people who were in positions with agency such as law enforcement officers, elected officials, and health professionals. Researchers asked the participants to describe how decisions were made in their organizations and how information was communicated from their organizations. Forms of written communication such as electronic correspondence and reports were also analyzed.

This study produced 5 major findings. The first is "Organizations faced both technical and social uncertainties." These uncertainties included that the authorities in the situation were unclear, and these uncertainties negatively affected risk communication. The second major finding of this study is "Organizational networks were essential for risk communication to the public and workers." This means that successful risk communication depends on how effective the communication process is between agencies. The third major finding is "Relationships among local professional first responders and public health agencies were often constructive." Informal methods of communication between law enforcement officers and health professionals help facilitate communication to the public. The fourth major finding is, "Communication problems resulted from lack of communication triage." This means that organizations did not prioritize their many audiences or their channels for reaching those audiences. The fifth and final major finding is, "The concept of elite panic needs further conceptualizing and research." Researchers noticed the concept of elite panic during the interview analysis process. Elite panic is the idea that the unfounded fears felt by the social and financial elite, such as the fear that working-class people will commit violent crimes during a disaster rather than helping their neighbors, drives some responses to disasters.  This concept needs to be better understood to improve crisis communication.

Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS)
The Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) dataset contains information about more than 2,200 violent and non-violent extremists who hold far right, far left, Islamist, or single issue ideologies in the United States, from 1948-2018.

Media coverage
The work at START has been cited and quoted in the Huffington Post, the New York Times, The Guardian, and the Wall Street Journal.

References

External links

Masters of Professional Studies in Security and Terrorism Studies

Think tanks based in the United States
2005 establishments in the United States
Think tanks established in 2005


title: Felisa Vanoff

text:
Phyllis Elizabeth (Felisa) Vanoff (June 11, 1925 – May 29, 2014) was an American dancer, choreographer, producer, and philanthropist.

Early life and education
Phyllis Elizabeth Caputo was born on June 11, 1925, in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Her father, Eugene Caputo, was a Pennsylvania State Representative, and her mother, Velma Lindway, was an artist.

Shortly after she graduated from high school, she moved from Pennsylvania to Manhattan. There she lived at a boarding house and studied with Vincenzo Celli of the Ballet Russe. She then traveled to Mexico City for eighteen months of training with Jose Fernandez, learning flamenco and other Spanish dances.

Career
During World War II, Vanoff performed in United Service Organizations Camp Shows in the Pacific, touring the Philippines, Korea, and Japan. By the end of the war she had earned a captaincy in the United States Army. Returning to New York City, she became the lead dancer in Charles Weidman's Dance Theatre. She went on to take part in musical performances with Peter Hamilton. Later, she was featured on the Fred Waring and Billy Rose television programs.

In 1948, she became the first woman choreographer for the Hasty Pudding Theatricals, a dramatic student society at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The following year, she joined the New York City Opera as a lead dancer, appearing in productions like Carmen and Don Giovanni; she was also the company's assistant choreographer. In 1953, she joined the John Butler Dance Theatre where she spent two years as lead dancer, often performing alongside Glen Tetley. In 1987, she oversaw the Joffrey Ballet's recreation of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1994 for her co-produced musical City of Angels.

Other choreographic roles included the musical Carousel, which starred Bambi Linn and Rod Alexander; Sid Caesar's Your Show of Shows; and Julie Andrews: The Sound of Christmas in Salzburg. With her husband, Nick Vanoff, she also choreographed numerous Kennedy Center Honors shows.

Philanthropy
With her husband, she co-founded the Vanoff Family Foundation, a philanthropic foundation headquartered in Hollywood, California, in 1984. Vanoff later worked with Gordon Davidson to set up an annual charity dinner known as Salon at the Taper, the proceeds of which went to Nick's Tix, a philanthropic organization providing access to Los Angeles Music Center concerts for low-income groups like the handicapped, the elderly, and young people.

As a member of the board of directors of the Joffrey Ballet, Vanoff was credited as a driving force in its move to Los Angeles. She also helped organize fundraising events for the Joffrey Ballet, known as "Patron Nights", with interior designer Patti Skouras. Additionally, she served on the Board of Directors of Colleagues, the Heinz Awards, and the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center. She took part in the Great Wagon Days Duck Race, an annual fundraising event organized by the Ketchum/Sun Valley Rotary Club in Rotary Park, a public park in Ketchum, Idaho. She also donated to the St Luke's Wood River Medical Center in Ketchum, Idaho.

Vanoff was a donor to the Sun Valley Summer Symphony, a summer festival in Sun Valley, Idaho. She was also a "Bronze Sponsor" of the National Gay and Lesbian Taskforce.

Personal
She met her husband, Nick Vanoff (1929-1991), when both were dancers in the New York City Opera in the 1950s. They had two sons, Nicholas Jr. and Flavio. They resided in Beverly Hills, California, and also owned an 8,500-square-foot house in Malibu, once rented by Edgar Bronfman Jr., which she sold to Peter O'Malley in 2000. The Vanoff Black Box Theater at the Brooks School, a private boarding school in North Andover, Massachusetts from which their son Nicholas Jr. graduated in 1980, is named after her and her husband.

Death
She died of cancer on May 29, 2014, at her private residence in Beverly Hills at the age of eighty-nine. She was buried in Sun Valley, Idaho, her favorite winter skiing resort.

References

External links

1925 births
2014 deaths
People from Ambridge, Pennsylvania
People from Beverly Hills, California
People from Sun Valley, Idaho
American female dancers
American dancers
American choreographers
American theatre managers and producers
Deaths from cancer in California
20th-century American philanthropists
20th-century American women
21st-century American women


title: Eggshell membrane

text:
Eggshell membrane or shell membrane is the clear film lining eggshells, visible when one peels a boiled bird egg. Chicken eggshell membranes are used as a dietary supplement.

Eggshell membrane is derived commercially from the eggshells of industrial processors. In the United States, egg-breaking facilities generate more than 24 billion broken eggshells every year. There are various ways in which the membrane is separated from the shell, including chemical, mechanical, steam, and vacuum processes.

Composition
Eggshell membrane is primarily composed of fibrous proteins such as collagen type I. Eggshell membranes also contain glycosaminoglycans, such as dermatan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate, and sulfated glycoproteins including hexosamines, such as glucosamine. Other components identified in eggshell membranes are hyaluronic acid, sialic acid, desmosine, isodesmosine, ovotransferrin, lysyl oxidase, lysozyme, and β-N-acetylglucosaminidase.

Uses
Shell membrane is mainly used as a dietary supplement in a partially hydrolyzed powder form.

References

Eggs (food)
Dietary supplements


title: Jong-ok

text:
Jong-ok is a Korean unisex given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 19 hanja with the reading "jong" and five hanja with the reading "ok" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.

People with this name include:
Ri Jong-ok (1916–1999), premier of North Korea from 1977 to 1984
Choi Jong-ok (born 1945), South Korean volleyball player
Bae Jong-ok (born 1964), South Korean actress

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean unisex given names


title: Neville Wells

text:
Neville Wells (born 1940) is a Canadian country music performer.

He was born in Newfoundland and grew up in Ompah, Ontario. He began his musical career singing and playing guitar in the Ompah Dance Hall. In 1959, Wells moved to Ottawa. During the 1960s, he was a member of folk rock group The Children, which also included Bruce Cockburn, David Wiffen, William Hawkins, Sneezy Waters, Sandy Crawley and Richard Patterson. In April 1980, he started a monthly newspaper, Capital County News, later known as Country Music News. He was named Country Music Person of the Year in 1984 by the Canadian Country Music Association. In 1978, Wells established a long-running country music festival, the Ompah Stomp. Wells was inducted into the Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame in 1994. More recently, Wells has played bass guitar for the band Bytown Bluegrass.

Discography

Singles

References

Canadian country singer-songwriters
1940 births
Living people
Musicians from Ontario
Canadian male singers
Canadian male singer-songwriters


title: Der Krämerspiegel

text:
"" ("The Shopkeeper's Mirror"), Op. 66, is a 1918 song cycle of 12 songs written by Richard Strauss. The songs were set to texts commissioned by Strauss in a piqued response to a contractual obligation to produce a set of songs for his publisher. The texts were provided by Berlin literary critic Alfred Kerr, who wrote for Strauss a set of acidic verses ridiculing the music publishing business and containing in-jokes attacking some of Strauss' enemies such as Bote & Bock. The list of titles is:

The cycle is rarely performed today due to the arcane texts, but contains virtuoso music for the pianist.

References

Song cycles by Richard Strauss
1921 compositions


title: Kwang-hwan

text:
Kwang-hwan is a Korean male given name.

People with this name include:
Jeon Kwang-hwan (born 1982), South Korean footballer
Lee Kwang-hwan, baseball manager for the LG Twins in 1992-1994

See also
List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Fouad Said

text:
Fouad Said (born 1933) is an Egyptian producer, cinematographer and filmmaker.

Early life and education
Said graduated from USC School of Cinematic Arts. He received his master's degree from University of Southern California in 1973. He completed his thesis on the diversification of the Cinemobile Systems company from equipment truck production to film production.

Career
He is best known for inventing Cinemobile, a mobile movie studio, which was developed on the set of the TV series I Spy and proved influential in Hollywood. Said conceived of the precursor to the Cinemobile while working for producer Sheldon Leonard in Hong Kong. He converted a Ford econoline panel truck so that it would load onto cargo planes and filled it with all the necessary equipments, such as cameras and generators. He later earned a Scientific and Engineering Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1969 "for the design and introduction of the Cinemobile series of equipment trucks for location motion picture production".

Said funded a development studio with $10 million in outside investment. Taft Broadcasting later became the parent company of the studio, with United Artists Theatre Group and Hemdale Film Corporation as investors.

Select credits

 Virgin Sacrifice (1959) – associate producer, cinematographer
 3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964) – cinematographer
 I Spy (1965–68) – location cinematographer
 Hickey & Boggs (1972) – producer
 Across 110th Street (1972) – producer
 The Deadly Trackers (1973) – producer
 Aloha Bobby and Rose (1975) – producer

References

External links

Egyptian film producers
1933 births
Living people
Egyptian cinematographers
USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni


title: Ji-woon

text:
Ji-woon, also spelled Jee-woon or Ji-un, is a Korean masculine given name. The meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 46 hanja with the reading "ji" and 21 hanja with the reading "woon" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.

People with this name include:
 Ji-un of Tamna (fl. 483–508), 27th king of Tamna
 Kim Jee-woon (born 1964), South Korean film director and screenwriter
 Kim Ji-woon (footballer) (born Kim Bong-rae, 1990), South Korean footballer
 Zheng Zhiyun (footballer) (born 1995), Chinese footballer of Korean descent

Fictional characters with this name include:
 Kang Ji-woon, from the 2014 television series Angel Eyes
 Ji-Woon Hak, known in-game as "The Trickster", from the 2016 video game Dead by Daylight

See also
 List of Korean given names

References

Korean masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Fritz Loots

text:
Major General Frederich ('Fritz') Wilhelm Loots  (19172008) was a general in the South African Defence Force (SADF). He was founder of the South African Special Forces and their first commanding officer.

Early life and education
Born in Britstown on 26 April 1917, Loots was educated at Theron High School. After high school in 1936, he joined the Special Service Battalion, a unit formed to train young men in military and work skills during the depression.

Career
In 1939, he joined the Union Defence Force in the Infantry Corps and served in World War II. By 1947 he held the rank of Warrant Officer and in 1951 he was commissioned as an officer. He held various positions as a Staff Officer in the SADF before becoming Officer Commanding the Army Gymnasium from 1959 to 1963.

In 1963, he was appointed to command South West Africa Command until 1964. By 1965 he was a Senior Staff Officer at Military Intelligence and then the Director of Military Intelligence from 1966 until 1970. His last position was as Inspector General of the SADF which ended in June 1973 when he retired.

He returned from retirement in August 1974 to found the South African Special Forces. In 1980 Loots led Operation Winter, which was undertaken to recruit former members of the Rhodesian Security Forces to serve with South Africa. He continued in the SADF until his retirement on 25 April 1982. Major General Loots died on 12 August 2008.

Awards and decorations

References

1917 births
Afrikaner people
South African people of Dutch descent
South African Army generals
South African military officers
South African military personnel of the Border War
2008 deaths
South African military personnel of World War II


title: Thomas Pedrabissi

text:
Thomas Pedrabissi (born 1 June 1995) is an Italian footballer who plays as a forward for U.S. Sestese Calcio.

Club career

Internazionale
Born in Como, Lombardy, Pedrabissi was a player for Lombard club F.C. Internazionale Milano from 2006 to 2013. He was a player for the under-12 team in "Esordienti" league, to under-18–19 "Primavera" reserve league in 2013. In January 2012 half of the registration rights of Pedrabissi was sold to fellow Serie A club A.C. Cesena (50% "card" tagged for €1 million) in exchange for Marko Livaja (50% "card" tagged for €2.25 million), who unable to sign by Inter directly, plus €1.25 million cash. While Cesena retained 50% registration rights of Livaja as gift with obligation to pay Livaja's former club – Hajduk Split €250,000. Pedrabissi signed a -year contract, which later extended to  after Pedrabissi made his professional debut. Pedrabissi remained in Inter in temporary deal for the rest of the season. In June 2012 the co-ownership deals were renewed. Pedrabissi remained in Inter youth system until June 2013, which Inter acquired Luca Caldirola (50% "card" tagged for €2.5 million) for €500,000 cash plus 50% registration rights of Pedrabissi (50% "card" tagged for €1 million), Del Piero (50% "card" tagged for €250,000) and Melgrati (50% "card" tagged for €750,000), which Caldirola was re-sold to Werder Bremen for €2.5 million, which in turn made 50% card of Del Piero, Melgrati plus Pedrabissi worth €750,000 in total in cash.

Cesena
Pedrabissi received call-up from Cesena's reserve on 17 July 2013, while his former Inter team-mate Garritano went to the first team. Since November 2013 Pedrabissi also received first team call-up, On 8 March 2014 Pedrabissi made his first team debut as a substitute of Marilungo in Serie B. Pedrabissi and Garritano (who also a sub) did not score any goal for Cesena.

Circa summer 2015 Cesena released Pedrabissi and Del Piero for free (one year earlier than their original contracts). The club also registered an accounting loss of €611,111, the residual accounting value of the players.

Switzerland
In summer 2015 he moved to Switzerland for an amateur club based in Torricella-Taverne.

Pergolettese
On 19 June 2016 Pedrabissi was signed by Pergolettese.

International career
Pedrabissi scored 3 goals in 2012 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification. However Pedrabissi did not go to the elite qualification round.

References

External links
 Lega Serie B profile

Italian men's footballers
AC Cesena players
Santarcangelo Calcio players
US Pergolettese 1932 players
SSD Varese Calcio players
ASD Sorrento players
SS Verbania Calcio players
Serie B players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Men's association football forwards
Italy men's youth international footballers
Footballers from Como
1995 births
Living people


title: Boom Clap

text:
"Boom Clap" is a song by English singer Charli XCX, released as the first single from the soundtrack album of The Fault in Our Stars (2014) and is also featured on her second studio album, Sucker. There are two existing mixes of this song: the first and original one is heard in the film, the film's soundtrack, and the music video shot in Amsterdam; the second mix is heard on the music video shot in Japan and in Sucker.

The single peaked at number six on the UK Singles Chart and number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 and topped the Mainstream Top 40, as well as peaking inside the top ten of the charts in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland and Italy. This song is featured as downloadable content on Just Dance 2015.

Background and composition

"Boom Clap" is a "radio-ready" electropop and synth-pop ballad, written by Charli XCX, Fredrik Berger, Patrik Berger and Stefan Gräslund. The song was initially written during writing sessions for XCX's debut studio album, True Romance, then later offered to singer and actress Hilary Duff for her new album. Once Duff's management declined the offer, XCX decided to use the song as her contribution to The Fault in Our Stars motion picture soundtrack. In a later interview, Duff said she had no idea that XCX had offered the song to her people and would have accepted the song if she had known. The song is composed in the key of E major.

Critical reception
"Boom Clap" received positive reviews from music critics. 4Music said the song was "infectious" and a "feelgood track [which] contrasts softly-sung verses with a big attitude-packed chorus" resulting in a song that was "catchier than the clap." Spin listed "Boom Clap" at number 24 on its list of "The 101 Best Songs of 2014," writing that "Charli XCX's excellent use of onomatopoeia gives this intoxicated Sucker cut her most unforgettable chorus yet." Pitchfork named it the 37th best song of 2014. In January 2015, "Boom Clap" was ranked at number eight on The Village Voices annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll. In April 2022, Clash listed the song among the 17 best of Charli's songs, with Isabella Miller stating that "it captures the essence of youth culture with timeless stylistic and lyrical content that awakens the 2014 Tumblr teen in us all."

Commercial performance
The song debuted at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week dated 21 June 2014, becoming XCX's first entry as a lead artist. On 28 June 2014, the song jumped to number 29, becoming her first top-40 hit as a lead artist. The song became XCX's first top 10 hit as a solo artist (after her features on "I Love It" and "Fancy") and re-entered the top ten twice before peaking at number eight. The song has sold more than 3 million copies in the United States. "Boom Clap" also peaked at number one on the Mainstream Top 40 chart and topped Dance Airplay. In the UK the song has sold over 200,000 copies and has received a silver certification.

Music videos
The accompanying music video for "Boom Clap", directed by Sing J. Lee, was filmed in Amsterdam and premiered on 2 June 2014. The video features brief clips from The Fault in Our Stars set to the song as well as on-screen text written in the style of the book cover and film poster.

An alternative music video for the song, directed by Kazuya Murayama, was filmed in Tokyo and premiered on 29 October 2014.

Live performances

Charli XCX performed the song for the first time on The Fault in Our Stars Live Stream Event on 14 May 2014. She also performed the song at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards pre-show on 24 August. The song was part of the setlist of Charli's first headlining concert tour Girl Power North America Tour.

Charli XCX performed the song followed by "Break the Rules" at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards. She also performed the song along with "Break the Rules" at the American Music Awards of 2014; when she performed "Boom Clap" she wore a prom dress; after the song she performed her second song, removed her dress with another outfit underneath, and went wild at the show and destroyed parts of her set. She also performed the song on Saturday Night Live.

Charli XCX performed the song in 1989 World Tour with Taylor Swift in Toronto on 3 October 2015.

Track listings
Digital download
 "Boom Clap" – 2:49
Digital download – remixes
 "Boom Clap" (Aeroplane Remix) – 5:14
 "Boom Clap" (ASTR Remix) – 3:19
 "Boom Clap" (Surkin Remix) – 3:40
 "Boom Clap" (Elk Road Remix) – 3:40
 "Boom Clap" (Cahill Remix) – 5:28
CD single
 "Boom Clap" – 2:50
 "Boom Clap" (Aeroplane Remix) – 5:15

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

See also
 List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2014
 List of Billboard Mainstream Top 40 number-one songs of 2014

References

2010s ballads
2014 singles
2014 songs
Atlantic Records singles
Charli XCX songs
Electropop ballads
The Fault in Our Stars (film)
Songs written for films
Songs written by Charli XCX
Songs written by Patrik Berger (record producer)


title: Poornima College of Engineering, Jaipur

text:
Poornima College of Engineering is the main campus of Poornima Group of Colleges, established in year 1999. It now has three institutions and has grown to 10,000 students.

History
Poornima College of Engineering was founded in 1999 by the Shanti Education Societ Poornima Group of Colleges comprises Poornima College of Engineering (established 2000), Poornima Institute of Engineering & Technology (established 2007), and Poornima Group of Institutions  (established 2009). It is a member of the IBM Software Centre of Excellence. Rajasthan.

Organisation and administration

Departments

 Computer Science and Engineering
 Electrical Engineering
 Electronics and Communication Engineering
 Mechanical Engineering
 Information Technology
 Civil Engineering
Agriculture Engineering

Sister Colleges

 Poornima University
 Poornima Institute of Engineering and Technology
 Poornima Group of Institutions
 Jodhpur Institute of Engineering and Technology

Student life

Technical Clubs

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE Club)
SAE Club provide many benefits to members like tangible contact with their future profession & various objectives on engineering education. SAE Club is a Chapter of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE-INDIA), Northern Section established in 2018. Currently this collegiate club has more than 90 members from various departments.

Zircon Club
Zircon Club was established in year 2010 at Poornima College of Engineering. Every year zircon club organizes various technical events and workshops for all the engineering students. Zircon Club guides the student of 1st year of Poornima College of Engineering in making various projects. Members of zircon club have won various prizes by participating in technical event of many IITs, NITs and reputed colleges.

Udaan Aeromodelling Club
It is an Aeromodelling Club of Poornima Group of Colleges.

Formula Student Teams

Crusade Motorsports
Crusade Motorsports is a Formula Student team of PCE, Jaipur involved in designing, manufacturing and racing a Formula prototype racecar. Crusade Motorsports aims to provides an opportunity to students to pursue their passion for Automobiles. This Formula Student team participates in national level student competition Supra SAEINDIA organized by SAE International.

Team Hayagriva
Hayagriva is a student organization built with a vision to pioneer development and deployment of innovative technologies in the Indian Automobile Sector. 30+ students with a formal 3-tier team structure spread across various disciplines are united by a common ambition of being at the forefront of global student motorsports. They design, engineer and race their vehicles at various competitions. The team has always operated independently, transferring the knowledge obtained from year to year. Team Hayagriva participates in Formula Imperial competition organized by ISIE.

External links

See also
 List of universities in India
 Universities and colleges in India
 Education in India
 University Grants Commission (India)

References

Engineering colleges in Jaipur
Educational institutions established in 2000
2000 establishments in Rajasthan


title: Umiat Airport

text:
Umiat Airport  is a state owned, public use airport located in Umiat, in the North Slope Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska.  The original runway was created by Seabees of Construction Battalion Detachment 1058 in 1945.  They built it to facilitate the resupply of their drilling operation at Umiat.

As per the Federal Aviation Administration, this airport had 197 passenger boardings (enplanements) in calendar year 2008, 569 in 2009, and 107 in 2010.

Facilities and aircraft
Umiat Airport covers an area of 290 acres (117 ha) at an elevation of 267 feet (81 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 6/24 with a gravel surface measuring 5,583 by 100 feet (1,702 x 30 m).    For the 12-month period ending January 1, 2006, the airport had 200 aircraft operations, an average of 16 per month: 50% air taxi and 50% general aviation.

Statistics

See also
 List of airports in Alaska

References

External links
 FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
 Topographic map from USGS The National Map

Airports in North Slope Borough, Alaska


title: The Wind (Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan album)

text:
The Wind is an album by Iranian Musician, Kayhan Kalhor, and Turkish folk Musician Erdal Erzincan that was released by ECM Records in 2006. It was their first collaborative album and The result is a set of instrumental compositions that flow into each other like one continuous work.
Kalhor recorded The Wind in Istanbul at November 2004 and mixed it, together with ECM producer Manfred Eicher at Oslo's Rainbow Studio in 2006.

Robin Denselow at The Guardian described the album as a "thoughtful, intriguing work".

Track list
All music By Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan.
"Part I" - 5:45
"Part II" - 4:12
"Part III" - 4:39
"Part IV" - 3:42
"Part V" - 7:27
"Part VI" - 4:41
"Part VII" - 2:44
"Part VIII" - 3:58
"Part IX" - 5:58
"Part X" - 4:48
"Part XI" - 8:19
"Part XII" - 7:23

Personnel
Kayhan Kalhor - Kamancheh
Erdal Erzincan - Baglama
Ulaş Özdemir - Divan baglama

References

Kayhan Kalhor albums
2006 albums
ECM Records albums
Collaborative albums
2006 classical albums


title: Guangdong Country Garden School

text:
Guangdong Country Garden School (CGS, ), is a private co-ed boarding school in Shunde District, Foshan City, just south of Guangzhou, in the People's Republic of China. CGS has a campus area of 33 hectares with more than 3,500 students on campus.

History

CGS was founded in 1994, and was the first school established within Bright Scholar Education Group. CGS added IB Diploma Programme (International Baccalaureate) in 2001, and A-level (General Certificate of Education Advanced Level) and IGCSE programs (International General Certificate of Secondary Education) in 2007.

Academic reputation

CGS has been a member of the International Baccalaureate for many years and has successfully completed 5 Year Programme Evaluations at the PYP (2011), MYP (2015), and DP levels (2011).

References

Boarding schools in China
Buildings and structures in Foshan
International schools in Guangdong
International Baccalaureate schools in China
Shunde District


title: W. D. L. Fernando

text:
Dr Warusahennadige David Lionel Fernando (known as W. D. L. Fernando or simply WDL) was a Forensic pathologist and Judicial Medical Officer (JMO) for Colombo.

Early childhood

Fernando was born in 1914 and schooled at Nalanda College Colombo passed his Senior Cambridge Certificate and gained entrance to Ceylon Medical College. Later he was qualified with honours in Medicine and Surgery with a Licenciate that was recognised as a registerable qualification with General Medical Council in the United Kingdom.

Family life

Fernando was married to Ethel and was father to only child Kamalani De Silva. He was the father in law of C. R. De Silva who was one time Attorney General and Solicitor General of Sri Lanka.

Professional career

Fernando having worked as a Government Medical Officer in various parts of Sri Lanka after graduation joined Colombo National Hospital as an Assistant Pathologist in early 1950s. Later he won a scholarship to University of Edinburgh and studied Medical Jurisprudence and trained under Sydney Smith. Then after obtaining Membership of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh worked with Professor John Glaister, Keith Simpson and Donald Teare at Guy's Hospital and St George's Hospital in United Kingdom. In 1953, Fernando returned and assumed duties as Assistant Judicial Medical Officer in Colombo. In 1956 he was appointed as Judicial Medical Officer (J.M.O) Colombo and held this position until his retirement in 1970.

Cases

Although Fernando was designated as J.M.O Colombo he was J.M.O Ceylon as his services were sought by Police and Courts all over the country in resolving complicated cases.

In 1953 together with Sir Sydney Smith, WDL examined the gunshot wounds on S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike before P. R. Anthonis began operating when Bandaranaike was assassinated.

In 1959 he was involved with post mortem of Anuradhapura Road Thimbiriwewa murder case (known as Wilpattu Murder). He played a vital role in convicting Alfred de Zoysa for the murder of A.K.D. Perera in Kalattawa jungle.

Positions held

Fernando was a founding member of the Ceylon College of Physicians, President of Sri Lanka Medical Association, President of the Medico-Legal Society, President of Ceylon Cancer Society, Vice President of Ceylon Medical Council, Vice President of Ceylon College of Physicians, Vice President of Organisation of Professional Associations and President of the Government Medical Officer's Association (GMOA).

References

Sinhalese people
Sri Lankan medical doctors
Sri Lankan Buddhists
Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo
1914 births
Year of death missing


title: Cao Zhongda

text:
Cao Zhongda (曹仲達) (882-943), né Cao Hongda (曹弘達), was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Wuyue, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of its second king Qian Yuanguan and third king Qian Hongzuo.

Background and service under Qian Liu
Cao Hongda was born in 882, during the reign of Emperor Xizong of Tang.  His father Cao Gui (曹圭) was a general under Qian Liu, who would eventually control the region (modern Zhejiang) that became the territory of Wuyue.  Cao Hongda was born at Linping (臨平, in modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang).  After he grew older, Cao Gui wanted to train him physically, so Cao Gui had him eat with servants and not be given warm clothing even when it was in the winter.  Cao Gui also had him lift bricks daily.

After Cao Hongda grew yet older, he became a guard at the headquarters for one of the circuits Qian controlled, Zhendong Circuit (鎮東, headquartered in modern Shaoxing, Zhejiang).  At that time, his father Cao Gui served as the prefect of Su Prefecture (蘇州, in modern Suzhou, Jiangsu), and wanted to enter into a marital alliance with a fellow general under Qian, Chen Xun (陳詢) the prefect of Mu Prefecture (睦州, in modern Hangzhou) — by having Cao Hongda marry one of Chen's daughters.  He thus sent Cao Hongda on a mission to Mu, intending to have him marry Chen's daughter there.  However, a fortuneteller informed Cao Hongda and/or Cao Gui, "The Chens are not appropriate for your marital relationship.  You should marry with another family to bring glory and honor on you."  When he went through the Qiantang (錢塘, in modern Hangzhou), the capital of Qian's main circuit, Zhenhai Circuit (鎮海), Qian was impressed by Cao Hongda's appearance, and therefore gave him a younger sister in marriage.  Cao Hongda thereafter successively served as the prefect of Tai Prefecture (台州, in modern Taizhou, Zhejiang), then of Chu Prefecture (處州, in modern Lishui, Zhejiang).

Service under Qian Yuanguan
Qian Liu, who then carried the title of King of Wuyue, died in 932, and was succeeded by his son Qian Yuanguan.  Qian Yuanguan, who did not take the title of king but only that of military governor (Jiedushi) of Zhenhai and Zhendong initially (as a vassal to Later Tang), put Cao Hongda in charge of the affairs of the state — effectively, to be chancellor, although not with that title as Qian Yuanguan was not claiming, at that point, statehood.  When Qian Yuanguan claimed the title of king in 937 (then as a vassal of Later Tang's successor state Later Jin), he commissioned Cao, along with Shen Song and Pi Guangye, chancellors.  (It was probably at this time that he changed his name to Cao Zhongda, as the name change was said to be to observe naming taboo for Qian Yuanguan's heir apparent Qian Hongzun, and it was at the time that Qian Yuanguan claimed the king title that he made Qian Hongzun his heir apparent.)  He was said to be kind and honest, often donating food to the needy (implicitly, referring probably to Buddhist monks).  Qian Yuanguan honored him greatly and referred to him only as "the Chancellor" rather than by name.

Service under Qian Hongzuo
Qian Yuanguan died in 941 and was succeeded as king by his son (Qian Hongzun's younger brother) Qian Hongzuo — as Qian Hongzun had died earlier.  During Qian Hongzuo's mourning period, Cao Zhongda served as regent.  When there was subsequently a disturbance among the army ranks where the soldiers claimed that there was unfairness in the rewards given to them, Cao personally met the soldiers to comfort them.  He died in 943.

Notes and references

 Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, vol. 86.
 Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 277, 281, 282.

882 births
943 deaths
Politicians from Hangzhou
Later Tang people
Later Jin (Five Dynasties) people
Wuyue chancellors


title: Jennifer French (politician)

text:
Jennifer Kay French  (born 1978) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2014. She represents the riding of Oshawa.

Background
French was born in Winchester, Ontario, near Ottawa. She grew up in the United States after moving there with her family. She returned to Canada to attend Queen's University where she earned a bachelor's degree in biology. She spent three years teaching in Japan before returning to earn a master's degree in science with a teaching specialty. She moved to Oshawa where she spent eight years teaching elementary school.

Politics
French ran in the 2014 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Oshawa. She defeated Progressive Conservative incumbent Jerry Ouellette by 7,695 votes.

She was the party's critic for pension issues, switched to critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services on March 23, 2015, and then to critic of Youth Engagement and critic of Citizenship and Immigration as of December 2, 2016.

She was reelected in the 2018 election.

Electoral record

References

External links

1978 births
Living people
Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs
People from Oshawa
Women MPPs in Ontario
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
21st-century Canadian educators
Canadian women educators
Canadian schoolteachers


title: Granville Anderson

text:
Granville Earl Anderson  (born ) is a Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Durham. Anderson served as Regional Councillor for Wards 3 & 4 on the municipal council in Clarington, from 2018 to 2022. He is currently Regional Councillor for Wards 1 & 2 of Clarington.

Background
Anderson was born in Jamaica and moved to Canada with his family when he was 13. He attended the University of Windsor where he obtained a certificate in mediation law, and earned a business administration diploma through Seneca College. He was elected as a separate school trustee in 2003, and was eventually elected as the chair of Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland, and Clarington Catholic District School Board. He owns his own company specializing in mediation services. Prior to entering politics Granville Anderson worked as a mediator at the Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal.

Politics
He ran in the 2014 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Durham. He defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Mike Patrick by 1,236 votes.

He served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children and Youth Services and as the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Education (Ontario).

Anderson was defeated in the 2018 Ontario general election.

In 2018, Anderson ran for election in the Municipality of Clarington as Regional Councillor for Wards 3 & 4, winning with 34.11% of the vote.

Anderson ran as the Ontario Liberal Party candidate for the riding of Durham in the 2022 Ontario general election, but lost to Progressive Conservative Todd McCarthy.

In 2022, Anderson ran for election in the Municipality of Clarington as Regional Councillor for Wards 1 & 2, winning in a close race with 44.2% of the vote.

Electoral record

Provincial

Municipal

References

External links

1960s births
21st-century Canadian politicians
Black Canadian politicians
Jamaican emigrants to Canada
Living people
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Ontario school board trustees
Seneca College alumni
University of Windsor alumni
York University alumni
Foreign-born Canadian politicians


title: 1948 in Costa Rica

text:
Events in the year 1948 in Costa Rica.

Incumbents
President: Teodoro Picado Michalski until April 20, Santos León Herrera (interim) until May 8, José Figueres Ferrer

Events
February 8 - Costa Rican general election, 1948
March 12-April 24: Costa Rican Civil War
December 8 - Costa Rican Constitutional Assembly election, 1948

Births

Deaths

References

1940s in Costa Rica
Years of the 20th century in Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rican


title: Canticles of Ecstasy

text:
Canticles of Ecstasy is an album of sacred vocal music written in the 12th century by the German abbess Hildegard of Bingen and recorded by the early music ensemble Sequentia that was released by the Deutsche Harmonia Mundi recording label in 1993.

The album is one of a series of recordings of the complete musical works of Hildegard by the early medieval music specialists and founders of Sequentia, Barbara Thornton and her husband Benjamin Bagby.

It was recorded between 16 and 21 June 1993 in the church of St. Pantaleon, Cologne, Germany, "at the sarcophagus of the Empress Theophanu" (d. 991).

The music is from a medieval manuscript written at Hildegard's abbey (Rupertsberger "Riesencodex" (1180–90) Wiesbaden: Hessische Landesbibliothek, MS 2) and the Latin texts are from Hildegard von Bingen, Lieder (Salzburg, 1969).

Track listing
All vocal compositions (responses and antiphons) written by Hildegard of Bingen.
"O vis aeternitatis" (7:56)
"Nunc aperuit nobis" (1:53)
"Quia ergo femina mortem instruxit" (1:49)
"Cum processit factura digiti Dei" (6:32)
"Alma Redemptoris Mater" (2:10)
"Ave Maria, O auctrix vite" (8:57)
"Spiritus Sanctus vivificans vite" (2:15)
"O ignis spiritus Paracliti" (6:17)
"Caritas habundat in omnia" (2:10)
"O virga mediatrix" (2:25)
"O viridissima virga, Ave" (3:51)
Instrumental Piece (3:30)
"O Pastor Animarum" (1:18)
"O tu suavissima virga" (11:12)
"O choruscans stellarum" (2:37)
"O nobilissima viriditas" (6:42)

Personnel

Musicians
Barbara Thornton – voice, director
Gundula Anders – voice
Pamela Dellal – voice
Elizabeth Glen – voice
Heather Knutson – voice
Laurie Monahan – voice
Susanne Norin – voice
Janet Youngdahl – voice
Elizabeth Gaver – medieval fiddle, arranger
Elisabetta de Mircovich – medieval fiddle
Benjamin Bagby – medieval harp, arranger

Recording and production personnel
Jan Hofermann – executive producer
Klaus L. Neumann – producer
Barbara Valentin – artistic recording supervisor
Martin Andrae – technical recording supervisor
Barbara Göbel – editing
Jens Markowsky – final editing

See also

Ordo Virtutum

References

Western plainchant
Early music albums
1993 albums
Hildegard of Bingen
Theophanu


title: Lisa Gretzky

text:
Lisa Gretzky (born January 19, 1971) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She is a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, who was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2018. She represents the riding of Windsor West.

Background
She is the cousin-in-law of Wayne Gretzky through her husband Tyler Gretzky.

Politics
Gretzky was elected as a school trustee in 2008 for the Greater Essex County District School Board. She was elected as vice-chair in 2012.

Gretzky ran in the 2014 provincial election as the New Democratic candidate in the riding of Windsor West. She defeated Liberal incumbent Teresa Piruzza by 2,098 votes.

She was the party's critic for Community Safety and Correctional Services, but as of March 23, 2015, she now resides as the party's critic for Education.

Election results

References

External links

1971 births
Living people
Lisa
Canadian people of Belarusian descent
Ontario New Democratic Party MPPs
Ontario school board trustees
Politicians from Windsor, Ontario
Women MPPs in Ontario
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians


title: Telida Airport

text:
Telida Airport  is a public use airport located in Telida, in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the U.S. state of Alaska.

The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation facility.

Facilities
Telida Airport resides at elevation of 650 feet (198 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 2/20 with a turf and dirt surface measuring 1,900 by 40 feet (579 x 12 m).

References

External links
 FAA Alaska airport diagram (GIF)
 Topographic map from USGS The National Map

Airports in the Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska


title: Jennifer French

text:
Jennifer French may refer to:

Jennifer French (politician), Canadian politician
Jennifer French (sailor) (born 1971), American Paralympic sailor


title: 1860 in Costa Rica

text:
Events in the year 1860 in Costa Rica

Incumbents
President: José María Montealegre

Events

Births

Deaths
September 30 - Juan Rafael Mora Porras
October 2 - José María Cañas

References

1860s in Costa Rica


title: Sunamphitoe femorata

text:
Sunamphitoe femorata is a species of amphipod crustacean in the family Ampithoidae. It is a herbivore and constructs a tubular nest-like home on a blade of the sporophyte of the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera. This home is made by rolling the sides of the blade together and securing them with silk. As the kelp blade grows, the nest is advanced down the blade towards the base, approximately keeping pace with the algal growth.

Taxonomy

The species was originally described in 1845 as Ampithoe femorata by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer and moved to Peramphithoe femorata''' in 1982. Following a phylogenetic analysis that found neither Peramphithoe nor Sunamphitoe monophyletic, with the species intermingled within a clade, the two genera were synonymised and Peramphithoe femorata renamed Sunamphitoe femorata.

DistributionSunamphitoe femorata has been reported from the Caribbean Sea, Venezuela and the Southern Ocean.

BehaviourSunamphitoe femorata is a tubicolous (tube-forming) amphipod that feeds and makes its home on the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera''. This brown alga is found in shallow water and can grow to a length of  in a single season. It is attached to the substrate by a holdfast from which grow several long slender stems. These are clad in numerous small leaf-like blades growing from pneumatocysts (gas-filled bladders) and it is on these blades that the amphipod lives. The blades grow continuously from near their bases and the amphipod chooses a position some way along a blade, rolling the edges together to form a tube. It first deposits a mass of silk on the blade and grips this with its 5th, 6th and 7th pereopods. It then secures the edges of the blade to each other with a silken thread, produced from glands on the third and fourth pairs of pereopods, manipulating the thread with the first and second pairs. The weaving process continues rhythmically at the rate of about 24 silk attachments per minute, alternately on the left and right sides of the blade, and a tube is formed.

The meristem from which the blade grows is just above the junction with the pneumatocyst. The rate of elongation of the blade decreases over time and for about six days the nest is extended towards the base of the blade at about the same rate as the blade is growing. After that the rate of growth of the blade slows down further and the rate of nest advancement becomes more variable. At the entrance of the nest (the end nearest the base of the blade) the surface layer of the blade is grazed by the amphipod while at the other end of the nest the central tissue of the blade is also consumed. The oldest part of the blade becomes senescent and sloughs off. The amphipod does not occupy the nest continuously but sometimes moves elsewhere on the host kelp, leaving a small grazing scar to show where it has foraged. Sometimes the nest is abandoned and a new nest may be built in a different location. Researchers studying this amphipod (Cerda, Hinojosa & Thiel, 2012) hypothesised that the position chosen for the nest might be a location where the maximum nutritional value of the tissue coincided with a decrease in production of defensive chemicals by the alga.

References

Corophiida
Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean
Crustaceans described in 1845
Taxa named by Henrik Nikolai Krøyer


title: 1856 in Costa Rica

text:
Events in the year 1856 in Costa Rica.

Incumbents
President: Juan Rafael Mora Porras

Events
March 20 - Battle of Santa Rosa
April 11 - Campaign of 1856–57: Second Battle of Rivas

Births

Deaths
April 11 - Juan Santamaria

1850s in Costa Rica


title: Battle of Falmouth (1703)

text:
The Battle of Falmouth  was fought at Falmouth, Maine when the Canadiens and Wabanaki Confederacy attacked the English New Casco Fort.  The battle was part of the Northeast Coast Campaign (1703) during Queen Anne's War.

Background

The border area between Acadia and New England in the early 18th century remained contested after battles between French and English colonists (and their allied Native Americans) during King William's War in the 1690s failed to resolve territorial disputes. New France defined the western border of Acadia as the Kennebec River in what is now southern Maine, while the English Province of Massachusetts Bay formally claimed all of the land between the Piscataqua and St. Croix Rivers (all of present-day Maine).  During the 1670s the English had established settlements between the Kennebec River and Penobscot Bay, contesting claims by the French and the local Abenaki people to the area.

The French had established Catholic missions at Norridgewock and Penobscot,  and there was a French settlement of long standing in Penobscot Bay near the site of modern Castine, Maine.  All of these sites had been used as bases for attacks on English settlers during King William's War. The frontier areas between the Saint Lawrence River and the primarily coastal settlements of Massachusetts and New York were still dominated by natives (primarily Abenaki and Iroquois), and the Hudson River–Lake Champlain corridor had also been used for raiding expeditions in both directions in earlier conflicts.  Although the Indian threat had receded somewhat due to reductions in the native population as a result of disease and the last war, they were still seen to pose a potent threat to outlying settlements.

Although war had broken out between France and England in 1702, the frontiers between New France and New England remained quiet until December of that year, when Governor-General Louis-Hector de Callière authorized the Abenaki to resume the border war.  In addition to any plunder reaped from expeditions against the English colonies, Callière promised additional gifts.  Callière died in May 1703, and was replaced by Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, who vigorously promoted raiding activity as a means to maintain French influence with the Abenaki.  Vaudreuil gave Alexandre Leneuf de La Vallière de Beaubassin, a military officer whose family's seigneury at Beaubassin had been raided in 1696 by New England forces, command of a small contingent of French forces and instructions to organize raids against English settlements.

Massachusetts Bay Governor Joseph Dudley did not believe that the Abenaki would go to war.  In June 1703 Boston newspapers reported that the Abenaki were two thirds "for peace and one Third for warr", and Dudley had been unable to convince them to join the conflict on the English side.  The Abenaki chief Moxus attempted to warn Dudley of Vaudreuil's aggressive posture, but Dudley brushed off these reports.

Battle
The Wabanaki did the most damage to Spurwink and Purpooduck (Cape Elizabeth). In Spurwink, principally inhabited by the Messrs. Jordans and their families, the Wabanaki killed or captured 22. At Purpooduck, where there were nine families settled at Spring Point, they killed 25 and carried away eight prisoners.

The garrison of 36 men at Casco (Falmouth) was commanded by Major John March.  The fort was the "most considerable" fort on the eastern coast. On August 10, 1703, under the leadership of Moxus, Wanongonet and Escumbuit, the Wabanaki appeared unarmed and sent him a message under a flag of truce; pretending they had some important matter to communicate. Apprehending no immediate danger, he proceeded with a guard of only two or three men. The Wabanaki ambushed March and shot one of his attendants. A garrison of 10 men under Sargeant Hook rescued March and the others. The Wabanaki killed two of March's companions, Phippenny and Kent, in the altercation.

The Wabanaki withdrew and skulked around the peninsula for a week, setting fire to the houses.  The rest of the Wabanaki battalions, arrived at Casco in 200 canoes to continue the destruction of the village. They first took a sloop, two shallops and considerable plunder ; and encouraged by success, they attempted for two days and nights, to undermine the fort from the water side, as was done during King William's War.  On 19 August Captain Cyprian Southack arrived on the Province Galley and relieved the siege. The natives continued to stroll around Casco, they boarded a store ship and killed the captain and three others, while wounding two others.

On 26 September, Governor Dudley ordered 360 men to march toward Pigwacket, one of the main native villages, located at present-day Fryeburg, Maine.  Leading 300 New Englanders, Major March chased the Wabanaki back to Pigwacket. March killed 6 and captured 6.  These were the first New England reprisals of the war.

Aftermath
In the spring of 1704, after the Raid on Deerfield in February, the Wabanaki again attacked Wells, and York.  (In 1712, the Wabanaki conducted another campaign against these villages and towns. They killed or captured twenty-four people in three raids on three villages, one of the villages was Wells.)

In response to these events and the Raid on Deerfield, the governors of the northern English colonies called for action against the French colonies. Massachusetts Governor Joseph Dudley wrote that "the destruction of Quebeck and Port Royal [would] put all the Navall stores into Her Majesty's hands, and forever make an end of an Indian War", the frontier between Deerfield and Wells was fortified by upwards of 2,000 men, and the bounty for Indian scalps was more than doubled, from £40 to £100.  Dudley promptly organized a retaliatory raid against Acadia. In the summer of 1704, New Englanders under the leadership of Benjamin Church raided Acadian villages at Pentagouet (present-day Castine, Maine), Passamaquoddy Bay (present-day St. Stephen, New Brunswick), Grand Pré, Pisiquid, and Beaubassin (all in present-day Nova Scotia).

There were also reprisals by the New Englanders against Norridgewock.  During the winter of 1705, 275 soldiers under the command of Colonel Winthrop Hilton were sent to Norridgewock to seize Father Rale and sack the village. Father Rale escaped them, but they burned his church.

John March led an expedition against the Acadian capital of Port Royal in 1707.

The French drew off a great number of Indian families from the Penobscot, Norridgewock, Saco, and Pequaket tribes, and settled them at St. Francis, in Canada, as a protection against the Iroquois Confederacy.  These were called the St. Francis Indians.

Notes

Conflicts in 1703
1703 in North America
Military history of Acadia
Battles in Maine


title: MAMA Award for Album of the Year

text:
The MAMA Award for Album of the Year () is a daesang (or grand prize) award presented by CJ E&M (Mnet) at the annual MAMA Awards. It was first awarded at the 8th Mnet Asian Music Awards ceremony held in 2006; SG Wannabe won the award for their album The 3rd Masterpiece, and it is given in honor of a solo or group with the best recording album in the music industry released during the year.

Winners and nominees

2000s

2010s

2020s

Records

Most nominations

Most awards

See also
 Melon Music Award for Album of the Year

Notes

References

External links
 Mnet Asian Music Awards official website

MAMA Awards
Album awards


title: Mount Moriac, Victoria

text:
Mount Moriac is a rural locality in the Surf Coast Shire, Victoria, Australia. In the 2016 census, Mount Moriac had a population of 240 people.

A farming community developed at Mount Moriac as early as the 1840s, with a hotel opening in 1844. A Catholic school was opened by 1853, and a Catholic church (St Patrick's) built in 1863. It became the administrative centre of the district, with a police station, court, and the offices of the Barrabool Hills Road Board. By 1865, it also had a flour mill, several shops, the offices for the Shire of Barrabool, a hotel, and Presbyterian and Bible Christian churches. Mount Moriac State School opened in 1875.

The railway line was extended from Geelong to Colac in 1877, and a station was opened at nearby Moriac. A new township developed around the railway station, and over time took prominence over the older Mount Moriac settlement. The shire offices shifted to Geelong in 1949, and ceased holding meetings in the shire hall at Mount Moriac in 1976. Mount Moriac Primary School was merged into nearby Moriac Primary School in the 1990s.

Mount Moriac Railway Station PO opened on 16 October 1882, was renamed Mount Moriac PO in 1909, and closed on 31 July 1978. An earlier post office was opened at "Duneed" in 1854, renamed Mount Moriac PO in 1864, and renamed Moriac PO in 1909.

Today, the town has a hotel (Mount Moriac Hotel), a cemetery, and a Catholic church (St Patrick's). It also has a sporting reserve (Mount Moriac Reserve), with two ovals, a pavilion and club rooms, netball courts, tennis courts, and a pony club. It also has a memorial to the artist Arthur Streeton, who was born at Mount Moriac (in the area once known as Clifford) which is in the Parish of Duneed.

Clifford

A separate hamlet named Clifford, located within the modern Mount Moriac locality, developed around the intersection of Cape Otway and Devon Roads and the Princes Highway in the early 1850s, and had a hotel (Gorell's Clifford Hotel), school, church, store and blacksmith. This area took its name from Clifford Farm, the property of Lawrence Trewin.

The school, run by the Church of England, opened as Colac Road on 15 August 1853, was renamed Duneed in 1856, and renamed Clifford in 1871. The school closed on 18 August 1875, and the church closed in the same year. A fire on 27 May 1877 destroyed the hotel, store and post office. The hotel proprietor decided not to rebuild, and the hamlet had reportedly ceased to exist by 1890.

References

Towns in Victoria (state)


title: Nick Vanoff

text:
Nick Vanoff (October 25, 1929 – March 20, 1991) was a dancer, producer and philanthropist.

Early life
Vanoff was born in the village of Banitsa, Greece. He grew up in Buffalo, New York. He served in the United States Marine Corps, and, shortly after, studied directing with Theodore Komisarjevsky in New York City.

Career
Vanoff started his career as a dancer in Charles Weidman's Dance Theatre. Later, he was a lead dancer for the New York City Opera. He was also a dance in the Kiss Me, Kate Broadway musical.

Vanoff was a cue card holder on The Perry Como Show and later became its associate producer. Together with William O. Harbach, he co-produced The Tonight Show, when Steve Allen was the host. Additionally, he created and produced the Kennedy Center Honors. In the 1960s, he produced more than ten hours of television every week, including shows with Bing Crosby, Andy Williams, Don Knotts, Milton Berle and Sonny and Cher. A few decades later, in 1985, he produced the film Eleni.

Vanoff won a Tony Award for Best Musical in 1990 for his production of the City of Angels musical on Broadway. Additionally, he won five Emmy Awards as a producer for: The Julie Andrews Hour in 1973, The Kennedy Center Honors in 1984, 1987 and 1989, and Julie Andrews's special, The Sound of Christmas, in 1988. In 1990, he was named Showman of the Year by the Publicists Guild of America (which later merged into the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees).

Vanoff was a founding director of the Foundation for the Joffrey Ballet. He also sat on the board of directors of the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles.

Personal life
Vanoff was married to Felisa Vanoff (1925-2014). They had two sons, Nicholas and Flavio. They resided in Beverly Hills, California.

Death
Vanoff died of cardiac arrest at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was sixty-one. His funeral was held at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills, California.

References

1929 births
1991 deaths
Greek emigrants to the United States
People from Beverly Hills, California
United States Marines
American male dancers
American theatre managers and producers
Philanthropists from New York (state)
Tony Award winners
Primetime Emmy Award winners
American people of Bulgarian descent
20th-century American businesspeople
20th-century American dancers
20th-century American philanthropists
People from Meliti (municipal unit)


title: CKDu

text:
CKDu or CKDU may refer to:

 Chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology
 Mesoamerican nephropathy, a CKDu in Central America
 CKDU-FM, a campus radio station of Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada


title: Entimini

text:
Entimini is a Neotropical weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae that includes 46 described species.

Most members of the tribe can be recognized by their relatively large and robust bodies. A key to identify the genera of Entimini can be found in Vanin & Gaiger. The Central American species are treated by Sharp & Champion,

Distribution
The tribe ranges from Mexico to Argentina, with no representatives in the Caribbean islands. All genera are mainly represented in Brazil.

Genera
Cydianerus – Cyriophthalmus – Entimus – Phaedropus – Polyteles – Rhigus – Trachyus

References

 Schönherr, C.J. 1823: Curculionides [Tabula synoptica familiae Curculionidum]. Isis von Oken, 1823(10): 1132–1146. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13257284

External links

Entiminae


title: Episomini

text:
Episomini is a weevil tribe in the subfamily Entiminae.

Genera
Bethaeus – Catamonas – Ceratocrates – Chaunoderus – Demenica – Epilaris – Episomus – Lachnotarsus – Parapionus – Platyomicus

References

 Lacordaire, T. 1863: Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Vol.: 6. Roret. Paris: 637 pp.

External links

Entiminae


title: Daiene Vernile

text:
Daiene G. Vernile  (born July 1, 1960) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Kitchener Centre. She was a member of cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.

Background
Prior to her election to the legislature, Vernile was a television journalist for CKCO-TV. She lives in Kitchener, Ontario with her husband John. They have three children.

Politics
She ran in the 2014 provincial election as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Kitchener Centre. She defeated Progressive Conservative candidate and former MPP Wayne Wettlaufer by 6,913 votes.

In June 2014, she was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Research and Innovation.

On January 17, 2018, Vernile was sworn into cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport.

She was defeated by NDP candidate Laura Mae Lindo in the 2018 provincial election.

Cabinet positions

Electoral record

References

External links

1961 births
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Canadian television reporters and correspondents
Canadian women television journalists
CTV Television Network people
Journalists from Ontario
Living people
Members of the Executive Council of Ontario
Ontario Liberal Party MPPs
Politicians from Kitchener, Ontario
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Buldana Urban Cooperative Credit Society was formed on 15 August 1986. Chairman (Mr.) Radheshyamji Chandak started it with capital of 210 USD and 72 members. In a span of 27 years and mainly in last decade under managing director Dr Sukesh Zamwar, the Credit Society has grown to size of 1.1 billion dollar business with more than half a million (700,000) membership.  The area of operation is mainly in central and western India in four states of India. Now the society has 333 branches and 5000 employee and 300 warehouses. Total built up area for Warehouse is 5,000,000 sq feet and capacity of 435,000 metric tons.  It maintains a presence in most of the metro cities of India and also in rural areas.

Awards and achievements

 Credit union Micro Finance innovation award given by the Asian Confederation of Credit Union in Manila by International Cooperative Alliance  Chairman Pauline Green.
 Best cooperative credit society award by Apex body of Indian cooperative, National Cooperative Union of India in 2008 and in 2013.
 Managing director of Buldana Urban Cooperative Credit Society becomes chairman of International Cooperative Alliance Asia pacific Youth Committee.
 India coordinator of Asian Confederation of Credit Unions.
 World Corporate Excellence Award
 Banking frontiers 2014 – Best Youth CEO Award

Activities

The co-operative society business activities mainly are in warehouse loan business, gold loan business, industrial finance, infrastructure finance business, housing loan and vehicle loans, individual loan business, and education loans. Lending is not to be the sole business of any credit union; it must do something for members.

The Credit Society's principles, or breakout innovations are:
 Four Pillar System – all the money in the world goes to banks.
 Social banking – people's money should be utilized for well being of people.

Technology use
To handle business for its 700,000 customers scattered in four states and 5,000 employees, its branches are connected by a core banking network, a data center and core banking software. It provides facilities for debit card, internet banking and mobile valet to customers, as well as real time money transfer and online warehousing.  In India, the banking sector is still lagging behind the developed world, so to reach unbanked people in Buldana Urban, it has started a mobile banking van.

The society has a tie up with Yes Bank for a doorstep service, called Nano Teller, through which the society's employee provide customers to deposit or withdraw up to  from their savings account. In 2012, the service was started in Pune.

Buldana Urban Industries

Buldana and its subsidiaries run many industries

 Pharmaceutical company manufacturing anticancer drugs
 Mineral water plant
 Cleaning and grading units at warehouses with day packing facility
 Sugar factory
 Milling of pulses
 Soybean Seed plant
 Village development programs
 Buldana Urban Credit Care
 Safety And Security Company
 Buldana Urban Charitable Trust

References

External links

 Buldana Urban Sociedade Cooperativa de Crédito

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