title: Waukegan Building

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The Waukegan Building is a historic skyscraper in Waukegan, Illinois, United States. Located in what was the central business district, it was the city's first skyscraper when it opened in March 1925.

History
By 1920, Waukegan, Illinois had grown to a small city with a population nearing 20,000, a 19.6% increase over the previous decade. The Waukegan National Bank Corporation was founded in 1914 to provide capital to the growing population. However, the bank quickly outgrew its original three-story headquarters at the corner of Genesee and Washington Streets. In 1924, they hired the St. Louis Bank Equipment Company to build a much larger building on the same site. The bank opened for a public viewing on March 7, 1925. Upon its opening, it became the tallest building in Lake County.

The original tenants were the Waukegan National Bank, the Public Service Company of Northern Illinois, and a Walgreens. The Chicago Chamber of Commerce had an office on the eighth floor. Various professionals such as physicians and attorneys occupied other suites. The Great Depression hit the bank hard and by 1931 the Waukegan National Bank was bankrupt. The Citizens National Bank moved into the vacated offices and operated for six years. A variety of retail stores and professional firms have occupied the space since. It has been largely vacant since 1985.

The Waukegan Building is generally Neoclassical in design. The eight-story building has an L-shaped plan with the main elevation on Genesee Street. Exterior walls are light brown brick with limestone details. Built on a concrete foundation, the tower has a flat roof with two antennas. The main facade is divided in a typical tripartite design.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Lake County, Illinois
Neoclassical architecture in Illinois
Office buildings completed in 1925
Waukegan, Illinois
1925 establishments in Illinois
Skyscrapers in Illinois
Skyscraper office buildings in Illinois


title: Yayo (Snootie Wild song)

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"Yayo" is a song by American rapper Snootie Wild, taken from his debut EP Go Mode as his debut single. The song was released on Collective Music Group and Epic Records. "Yayo" also features a guest appearance by Collective Music Group founder Yo Gotti and was produced by Krazy Figz. The song has since peaked at number 30 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Background
The song was originally released as a solo Snootie Wild song in 2013. It then spawned an unofficial remix by rapper T.I., which would then catch the ear of Yo Gotti. Gotti would then sign Wild to his CMG record label, which is distributed through Epic Records.

Music video
Snootie Wild released the music video for "Yayo" in March 2014.

Remix
The official remix of "Yayo" featuring Fabolous, French Montana, Jadakiss, and YG was released on May 13, 2014. The remix then appeared on CMG's first collective  compilation project titled Chapter One, which was released on May 22, 2014.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2013 songs
2014 singles
Yo Gotti songs
Epic Records singles
Songs about cocaine
Snootie Wild songs
Songs written by Yo Gotti


title: Anisyl alcohol

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Anisyl alcohol (4-methoxybenzyl alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3OC6H4CH2OH.  It is a colorless liquid that is used as a fragrance and flavorant.  It occurs naturally but is produced by reduction of anisaldehyde.

See also
 Vanillyl alcohol

References

Primary alcohols
Phenol ethers
Benzyl compounds


title: Thanh Thanh Hiền

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Thanh Thanh Hiền (born in 1969) is Vietnamese vocalist of cải lương.

Biography

See also
 Cải lương
 Xuân Hinh

References

Musicians from Hanoi
21st-century Vietnamese women singers
1969 births
Living people
20th-century Vietnamese women singers
Cải lương actresses


title: Sellic Spell

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"Sellic Spell" (; an Old English phrase meaning "wondrous tale" and taken from the poem Beowulf) is a short prose text available in Modern and Old English redactions, written by J. R. R. Tolkien in a creative attempt to reconstruct the folktale underlying the narrative in the first two thousand lines of the Old English poem Beowulf. Among other things, it seeks to clarify and integrate a number of narrative strands in the early medieval poem. The resulting text is a loose variant of the Skilful Companions type of folktale, in which each of several characters (two or three in Tolkien's text, depending on the redaction) has a valuable but specific skill. Unlike in folktales of that type, however, the skills of Tolkien's characters do not supplement each other in the resolution of the narrative problem. Tolkien's recasting of the material also incorporates the sluggish youth motif and the abandonment of the hero at the waterfall, both elements found in the analogous Old Icelandic Grettis saga. The suggestion that a waterfall like that of Grettis saga was part of the original setting of the pool of monsters in Beowulf was made by W.W. Lawrence in 1912. In an article in Tolkien Studies (2016), Paul Acker shows that Tolkien's principal scholarly resource in recasting the tale was R. W. Chamber's 1921 work, Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem.

Dating and composition
The text's editor, Christopher Tolkien, dates much of the composition and revision of the tale to the early 1940s on the basis of datable content on the versos of the manuscript leaves. The tale was actually accepted for publication in the forties by Gwyn Jones, who had already published "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" for Tolkien in The Welsh Review; but the collapse of the latter in 1948 prevented "Sellic Spell" from appearing for almost seventy years.

In a note discovered among his papers, J.R.R. Tolkien claims to have "[put] it first into Old English". However, Christopher Tolkien observes that this sequence of events is inconsistent with the textual evidence, since the earliest manuscript of the Modern English text was revised into a form that corresponds in several places to the Old English text, which was thus probably based on a version of the Modern English tale. The Old English version as published is furthermore incomplete, breaking off before either of the two companions faces Grendel. The Modern English text exists in three (partial) manuscripts and two typescripts; Christopher Tolkien published the text of the later typescript along with the Old English translation and a discussion of the tale's revision history in 2014.

See also

 Bear's Son Tale
 Tolkien and the medieval

References

Beowulf
Short stories by J. R. R. Tolkien
Old English literature
20th-century short stories


title: Luapula cisticola

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The Luapula cisticola (Cisticola luapula) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in south-central Africa.

Taxonomy
The Luapula cisticola is monotypic. This taxon was split from the winding cisticola by the IOC and HBW, as were the rufous-winged cisticola, coastal cisticola and Ethiopian cisticola. The Clements (2017) and Howard and Moore (2014) world lists consider these taxa as a single species, the winding cisticola C. galactotes (sensu lato).

Distribution and habitat
This species is found in eastern Angola, Lake Mweru (south-eastern DRC), Zambia, northern and north-eastern Namibia, northern Botswana and north-western Zimbabwe.

Its natural habitats are tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps.

References

External links

 Black-backed cisticola (A pre-split name for Luapula and Rufous-winged cisticola) - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Luapula cisticola
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Luapula cisticola


title: Purabá

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Purabá is a district of the Santa Bárbara canton, in the Heredia province of Costa Rica. The district consists of several large neighborhoods: San Bosco (Bosconia), Marías, Purabá, Lajas, and Calle Quirós.

History
Purabá was created on 2 September 1976 by Decreto Ejecutivo 6370-G. Segregated from Santo Domingo.

Like the rest of the canton, the area now known as Villa Jesús was originally occupied before the Spanish settlers came by the Huetares, an indigenous tribe. The Huetare King, Cacique Garabito, dominated the area.

In early 1663, settler Joseph de Sandoval Ocampo set up cattle ranches in the area, including one toward the between the present-day areas of San Pedro and Purabá, which was called Tapatalanga or Anonos at the time. Heredia, Barva, and Alajuela, three neighboring cities, were populated and settled in the late 1700s. As trade increased between the three cities, the canton developed.

Recalling her childhood of making dolls out of plantain leaves in Purabá, former teacher María Cecilia Alfaro Víquez, born in 1940, said that the roads were made of pebbles and dirt. The culture and economy of sugarcane production was so widespread that even children like Alfaro Víquez made toy sugar mills. In 1949, a bridge was constructed in the district, blessed by the local Catholic priest.

Purabá is the newest district in Santa Bárbara, created in 1976.2 The backbone of Purabá's economy is agricultural production, particularly sugarcane cultivation, even though sugarcane grows best at lower elevations. Up until 1975, Ingenio Agroindustrial Las Marías was a buyer of agricultural products for domestic consumption, but it moved to Grecia in 1975.

Geography
Purabá has an area of  km² and an elevation of  metres.

Like much of Costa Rica, the Comisión Nacional de Prevención de Riesgos (National Risk Prevention Commission) puts Purabá in a high-risk zone. This is due to the district's mountainous geography, which can lead to landslides and flooding. The highest part of Purabá is on the lower slopes of the Barva Massif, also known as Barva Volcano, at  above sea level. The lowest part, at San Juan, is at  above sea level. The Barva volcanic massif is part of a mountain range which includes volcanic cones. So part of Purabá de Santa Bárbara is in the foothills of Barva Volcano. Several large rivers run through Purabá. These include Quebrada Setillal, Rio Ciruelas, Rio Pacayas, Rio Dorita. In 2010, the canton outlined plans to prevent future natural disasters in the district.

Economy

Purabá's real estate holdings, private, public, and ecclesiastic, are assessed according to national law. There are various commercial businesses in Purabá, including a pharmacy, restaurants and corner stores.

In 2010 the Santa Bárbara canton planned to improve Purabá's environmental protections with the goal of improving tourism. The plans include reforestation, cleaning rivers, and setting up protected areas.

Public and social services

An EBAIS, Equipo Básico de Atención Integral en Salud (Basic Medical Care Center), is located in the San Bosco neighborhood, serving residents and non-residents of the district. The Catholic Church serves the region through the Archdiocese of Alajuela. In Purabá, there is a public cemetery maintained by the canton.

The district is partially electrified by the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad. Like many areas of the country, at various times, Purabá has suffered from problems with water distribution, despite the 24 springs and wells that exist in the area. Because of these problems, the canton created plans to improve Purabá's water distribution before 2020 by improving delivery and building a water treatment plant.

There are three elementary schools that serve the entire district: Escuela Don Bosco, Escuela Rodolfo Peter Sheider, and Calle Quirós. By 2020, the district would like to expand the gyms of Escuela Don Bosco and Escuela Rodolfo Peter Sheider, as well as add a computer lab to Escuela Rodolfo Peter Sheider. In addition to serving as schools, Escuela Don Bosco and Escuela Rodolfo also serve as voting centers during general elections and primaries. Students from the district usually attend Colegio Santa Bárbara High School, but may also go to the high schools in Barva or Heredia.

Demographics

For the 2011 census, Purabá had a population of  inhabitants.

Transportation

Road transportation
The district is covered by the following road routes:
 National Route 126
 National Route 127

References

Districts of Heredia Province
Populated places in Heredia Province

Districts of Costa Rica
Geography of Heredia Province


title: Nohsa

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Nohsa is a census town and Gram Panchayat in Phulwari Sharif, Patna in Bihar state of India. It is a part of Patna urban agglomeration. Comes under Phulwari Assembly Constituency and Patliputra Parliamentary Constituency.It is connected to NH-139 via Nohsa road. Nohsa Road has large number of apartments on both side of the road.The current planned route map of Patna metro has one station to Nohsa.

Situated in Phulwari Sharif Block. Distance from Patna is around 10 Km and from AIIMS Patna is about 2 Km.

Transport
Phulwari Sharif railway station and Danapur railway station are the nearby Railway Stations, which connects to many Metropolitan cities of India by the Howrah-Delhi Main Line. It is connected to major cities of India via NH139.

Nearest Airport is Jay Prakash Narayan Airport situated at a distance of 7 km.

References

Neighbourhoods in Patna
Cities and towns in Patna district


title: Orange River white-eye

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The Orange River white-eye (Zosterops pallidus) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae, which is native to Namibia and South Africa. It was formerly deemed conspecific with the Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens), but the two species occur sympatrically in central South Africa, and they are genetically distinct.

Subspecies
Four subspecies have been proposed based on plumage colour and size differences:
 Zosterops pallidus pallidus — Northern Cape, North West, Gauteng, Free State
 Zosterops pallidus sundevalli Hartlaub — tributaries of upper Orange and lower to mid Vaal River
 Zosterops pallidus deserticola Reichenow — lower Orange River and its tributaries
 Zosterops pallidus haigamchabensis  — northern Namibia to Northern Cape, South Africa

Range
It occurs at highest densities in the catchment areas of the Orange and Vaal Rivers, where it is locally very common. It is also present at more isolated locations in the Nama Karoo, Namaqualand, Namib, Namibian escarpment, uplands of Damaraland, and mopane-veld in the far north. In dry regions it associates with vegetation fringing periodically dry streambeds. No extensive movements have been recorded.

Habitat
Forages in native and introduced willows (Salix spp.), currant-rhus (Searsia spp.), thorn trees (Acacia) and reeds (Phragmites). Commonly found in gardens, parks and plantations where it frequents any available vegetation.

Description
The sexes are alike and measure 10-13 cm from bill to tail tip. It has pale olive green upper part plumage, a yellow throat and supraloral stripe, and a tawny buff tone to the flanks and sides of breast, which is regionally diagnostic. The lore plumage and bare parts are black. The juvenile plumage is a pale version of the adult's, and the white eye-rings appear during the second month.

Habits
They glean insects from foliage and tree bark, but also take small fruit, including dry Searsia berries. Outside the breeding season they move about in small foraging parties. Individuals loosely follow the trail of a leading bird, and they have been noticed to mix with non-breeding Cape white-eyes. The usual song is subdued and muted except when excited, but a sustained warbling song is heard in the breeding season.

Nesting
They breed during the summer months. Breeding information is very incomplete, but a clutch of three pale blue eggs has been recorded. Dry pliable plant material is used in building the deep cup nest, which is slung between horizontal twigs and strengthened with cobweb.

Gallery

References

Orange River white-eye
Birds of Southern Africa
Orange River white-eye


title: Krylbreen

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Krylbreen is a glacier in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a length of about four kilometers, and extends northwards from the mountain of Krylen, between the mountains of Hisingerfjellet and Wahlenbergfjellet.

References

Glaciers of Spitsbergen


title: G. maculata

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G. maculata may refer to:

 Gaeana maculata, an Asian cicada
 Granata maculata, a sea snail
 Gandaritis maculata, a geometer moth
 Gasteria maculata, a succulent plant
 Geckolepis maculata, a Malagasy gecko
 Genetta maculata, an African mammal
 Genocidaris maculata, a sea urchin
 Gilia maculata, a phlox endemic to California
 Gliricidia maculata, an ornamental tree
 Gloxinia maculata, a herbaceous plant
 Glycymeris maculata, a saltwater clam
 Glyphipterix maculata, a sedge moth
 Gongora maculata, a New World orchid
 Gorgasia maculata, a garden eel
 Granata maculata, a sea snail
 Graphomya maculata, a European fly


title: K. C. Abraham

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Kochakkan Chacko Abraham (20 January 1899 in Cochin, Kerala – 14 March 1986) was the Governor of Andhra Pradesh between 15 August 1978 – 15 August 1983. He belonged to the Indian National Congress.

Early life
He was born in Cochin, Kerala on 20 January 1899. He has a bachelor's degree and worked for 30 years as a teacher, also as a headmaster.

Career
He was a Member of Travancore Cochin Legislative Assembly (1954–56). He was the 1st and 2nd KLA Legislator from Njarakkal-Congress.
 He entered active politics quite late after he retired as a school headmaster. He was a member of the Congress working committee (CWC) at the time of the great split in 1969. With the 21 member committee split into 10 Pro- syndicate and 10 Pro- Indira group, it was KC Abraham who played a mediator role to bring the two groups together though he was very much pro- Syndicate. Finally he stood by his Pro- Syndicate conviction which resulted in the expulsion of Indira Gandhi from the Indian National Congress.

Personal life
He was married to Elizabeth and had a son.

References

1899 births
1986 deaths
Governors of Andhra Pradesh
Indian National Congress politicians from Kerala
Travancore–Cochin MLAs 1954–1956
Politicians from Kochi
Kerala MLAs 1957–1959
Kerala MLAs 1960–1964
Indian National Congress politicians from Andhra Pradesh


title: Dragon Dream

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Dragon Dream (FAA registration: N866ML) is an experimental lighter than air (LTA) cargo rigid airship built by Worldwide Aeros Corp as a half-scale proof of concept prototype for a design which the manufacturer calls the "Aeroscraft". The development and design has been funded by the US government through the military Walrus HULA and then the  "Pelican" projects.

Design
The hull of the Dragon Dream has a flattened elliptic cross-section.

Buoyancy control is managed by pumping helium gas from the internal gas bag and compressing it into a storage cell, the reduction in lifting volume leading to a loss of buoyancy. The system can vary the airship's lift by 3,000–4,000 lb. The manufacturer uses the phrase "Control Of Static Heaviness" for this technology.

Specifications

Operational history
The airship was completed in 2013 and, after extensive systems tests in the construction hangar, was granted an airworthiness certificate by the US Federal Aviation Administration in September 2013, following which some outdoor tethered trials were carried out.  Shortly afterwards it was badly damaged when part of the hangar roof collapsed, and the company sued the US Navy for $65 million in 2015.

References

External links

Worldwide Aeros website

Airships of the United States
2010s United States experimental aircraft


title: Vere Harcourt

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The Reverend Vere Harcourt (1606 – 4 July 1683) was Archdeacon of Nottingham from 1660 to 1683.

He was born in Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire, the 3rd son of Robert Harcourt, adventurer with Sir Walter Raleigh, and Frances de Vere.

He studied at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a B.A. in 1626–1627 M.A. in 1630 and D.D. in 1661.

He married Lucy Thornton, daughter of Roger Thornton of Snailswell in Cambridgeshire on 6 April 1643. His son, Simon Harcourt (1653–1724) was Clerk of the Crown.

He was the puritan minister appointed to St Mary's Church, Plumtree in 1647 and was made Rector. In the same year he was appointed Archdeacon of Nottingham.

He died on 4 July 1683 and was buried in St Mary's Church, Plumtree and his memorial is on the south sanctuary wall.

Notes

1606 births
1683 deaths
Archdeacons of Nottingham


title: Lely Juno family

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The Lely Juno family is a family of robot series produced by Excel Dairy Services, headquartered in the Netherlands. The robots' main function and purpose is to provide labor on farms such as supplying food to cows on farms and milking them.

The robots come in various models, including Juno 100 and Juno 150.

References

External links
Lely Juno on Lely company's main website.
Lely Expands Line with New Automatic Feed Pusher, Juno 100
The Lely Juno 100: A Dairy Farmer’s Faithful Sidekick

Dairy farming technology
Agricultural robotics


title: Hisingerfjellet

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Hisingerfjellet is a mountain in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has two peaks with heights of 1,078 and 1.044 m.a.s.l., respectively. The mountain is located between Krylbreen, Krylen, Breskarvet and Bromelldalen, at the southern side of Van Mijenfjorden. It is named after Swedish geologist Wilhelm Hisinger.

References

Mountains of Spitsbergen


title: Afghanistan–Bangladesh relations

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Afghanistan–Bangladesh relations refer to the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Afghanistan. Both countries are members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

History

Early history
The people of Afghanistan and Bangladesh have had connections for several millennia. Certain parts of both of these countries were formally part of the ancient Maurya Empire, from which they were introduced to Buddhism. In the 13th century, Khalaj tribesmen from Garmsir led by Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji led the first Muslim conquest of Bengal. Sultan Balkhi, a crown prince of Balkh, was an early missionary who settled in northern Bengal and contributed to the spread of Islam in the region. With the ultimate establishment of Bengal as a Dar al-Islam, there was a migratory influx of Afghans to the country, which continued up until the British colonial period.

During the reign of the Sultan of Bengal Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah, the Pashtun Lodi tribe led by Mahmud Lodi fled to Bengal to escape the Mughal invasion headed by Babur. The Bengali sultan offered large amounts of land to the Afghans, and even married the daughter of Ibrahim Lodi. The Sur tribe became the first Pashtun dynasty to take control of Bengal in 1539, but they were soon ousted by another Pashtun tribe, the Karranis, in 1564. Threatened by Mughal aggression in northern India once again, significant numbers of Afghans sought refuge in Bengal. The Afghans formed a confederacy with a group of Bengali nobles after Karrani rule had disintegrated, and this alliance came to be known as the Baro-Bhuiyan Confederacy led by Bengali chieftain Isa Khan. By 1612, however, the final Afghan leader Usman Lohani was defeated, and Mughal rule was finally established in Bengal. Nevertheless, most of the Afghans in Bengal remained and intermarried with Bengalis, eventually becoming culturally assimilated. In 1626, Afghan voyager Mahmud Balkhi mentioned in his diaries of how he came across numerous Bengali families in Rajmahal whose ancestry lay in areas in present-day Afghanistan like Balkh.

Bengalis formed a significant portion of belligerents in the Afghan–Sikh Wars, particularly at the Battle of Balakot against Ranjit Singh in 1831. During the colonial period, some Bengalis settled in Afghanistan as teachers. One such example is renowned Bengali author Syed Mujtaba Ali, who served as a professor at the Agricultural College of Kabul and wrote Deshe Bideshe (translated to English as In a Land Far from Home: A Bengali in Afghanistan).

Modern history
During the Bangladesh Liberation War, the Kingdom of Afghanistan provided a critical safe passage to Bengali civilians based in West Pakistan. The People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan called for the swift recognition of the newly established state.

In 2010, former US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke requested Bangladesh to send combat troops to Afghanistan. A few days later, SITE intelligence group published a report headlined "Afghan Taliban reacts to US requesting troops from Bangladesh", where the Taliban called for rejecting the US request. Two days later, a press conference by the US embassy in Dhaka restated the request saying, "The United States has intensified its discussion on Bangladesh's engagement in Afghanistan for global peace and stability,". However, there was a general consensus among the politicians of different parties as well as civil society members that Bangladesh should not send its troops to Afghanistan without the UN mandate. Later, the government of Bangladesh declared that Bangladesh wouldn't send any troops to Afghanistan but offered assistance on the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the war-ravaged country.

Cooperation in rebuilding Afghanistan
Bangladesh has been actively participating in the rebuilding process of Afghanistan, which was also praised by the Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Bangladesh has also offered to train Afghan civil servants, police personnel and diplomats and to create a skilled workforce. Bangladesh is also interested in providing technical and vocational training in the fields of banking, disaster management, primary and mass education, health care, agricultural etc. There are about 170 Bangladeshi non-profits working in Afghanistan.

Several Bangladesh-based NGOs are working for the socioeconomic development of Afghanistan. Bangladesh based BRAC has been operating in Afghanistan since 2002. As of 2012, it had 173 offices across the country, serving 29.8 million people.

On 5 July 2022, The Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh sent humanitarian aid in the wake of the 2022 Afghanistan earthquake

Afghanistan has sought Bangladesh's assistance on enhancing its education system. In 2009, a 12-member delegation from Afghan universities visited Dhaka to gain experience on higher education system. As of 2011, 35 Afghan students, were studying in Bangladeshi universities. Afghanistan has an embassy in Dhaka while Bangladesh does not have an embassy in Kabul.

Economic relations
Bangladeshi jute, ceramics and pharmaceutical products have good demands in the Afghan market. Afghanistan has expressed interest in recruiting manpower from Bangladesh for its reconstruction efforts. In order to expand bilateral trade, Afghanistan has proposed creating a direct business link with Bangladesh.

See also
 South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
 Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

References

Bangladesh
Bilateral relations of Bangladesh


title: The Clarendon Academy

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The Clarendon Academy (formerly The Clarendon College, The Clarendon School and Nelson Haden School) is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Trowbridge in the English county of Wiltshire.

History
Nelson Haden Senior Boys' Secondary Modern School and Nelson Haden County Girls' Secondary Modern opened on the site that is now the Clarendon Academy on 16 September 1940. In August 1974 both sets of school buildings became Clarendon School, when Wiltshire County Council implemented the comprehensive education system in Trowbridge.

In 2005 the school became the Clarendon College, a specialist Language College. It converted to academy status on 1 December 2012 and was renamed the Clarendon Academy, with the sponsorship of the Education Fellowship. However, the school continues to coordinate with Wiltshire Council for its admissions. In September 2018, the school changed allegiance to the Acorn Educational Trust, which manages Kingdown secondary school in the Wiltshire town of Warminster and several primary schools in the area.

At an Ofsted inspection in November 2017 the school was graded as "Good" overall, achieving this grade in all categories except 16 to 19 study programmes which were assessed as "Requires improvement".

Academics
The Clarendon Academy offers GCSEs and BTECs as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and further BTECs.

References

External links

Acorn Education Trust

Secondary schools in Wiltshire
Trowbridge
Academies in Wiltshire


title: Whittier Street Health Center

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Whittier Street Health Center is a Federally Qualified Health Center that provides primary care and support services to primarily low-income, racially and ethnically diverse populations mostly from the Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and the South End neighborhoods of Boston, Massachusetts.

History

Founded in 1933 as a well-baby clinic, Whittier Street Health Center initially focused on women's health. Since then, Whittier has expanded its services to more than 40 different programs, including eye care, dental services, physical therapy, and specialized clinics focused on chronic illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease, and HIV.

Approximately 72% of Whittier patients live in the Boston neighborhoods of the South End, Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and Jamaica Plain, areas with high rates of poverty, growth of immigrant populations, and an overall poor state of health. Whittier patients are disproportionately affected by infant mortality, low birth rates, childhood asthma, teen pregnancy, HIV/AIDS, behavioral and substance abuse problems, and chronic illnesses, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.

To address these high rates of mortality and morbidity, in 2012, Whittier launched our Boston Health Equity Program (BHEP), a new model of primary care delivery that combines care coordination, community outreach and education, and wellness support to eliminate health disparities and their associated costs.  This health management initiative is built around a concept of a whole person health care and holistic health delivered by a multi-disciplinary team responsible for a patient’s care throughout both culturally competent and compassionate.

In 2011, Whittier was among four organizations recognized by Mayor Thomas Menino and the City of Boston at the Second Annual Mayoral Prize for Innovations in Primary Care. The award was for Whittier's Building Vibrant Communities Program, a partnership with the Boston Housing Authority in which health coordinators connect public housing residents with medical care and community services.

In January 2012, Whittier Street Health Center opened a newly constructed, Silver LEED-certified, 78,900 square foot facility, its first permanent home located at 1290 Tremont St.  The project cost $38 million and was partly funded through a $12 million Human Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) American Recovery and Reinvestment Act grant.  The health center’s new building has the capacity to provide up to 220,000 visits annually, or about 70-80,000 patients. The process to secure funding and obtain the parcel, and design and build took a total of ten years. The building was erected in 14 months and $640,000 under budget.

In 2013, Whittier received a $9.5 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration to combat the chronic conditions prevalent in the communities served by the health center and to expand health care services. The grant enabled Whittier to provide services to patients in the Roxbury and North Dorchester neighborhoods who had been served by the Roxbury Comprehensive Community Health Center (RoxComp), which was put in receivership in April 2013. The grant was distributed in $1.9 million increments every year for five years for planned initiatives including community engagement forums, outreach and education, financial counseling, health insurance enrollment, and transportation and support services.

In 2016 WSHC opened a satellite pharmacy in North Dorchester. The following summer, recognizing that people who live in North Dorchester faced a two-hour commute on public transit to reach its main facility, WSHC opened Whittier@Quincy Commons, a satellite clinic on Blue Hill Avenue, staffed by two full-time doctors, who provide scheduled appointments as well as walk-in services.

Whittier launched a new Mobile Health Van to provide services to the homeless and community residents to address the high rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Roxbury and surrounding neighborhoods, especially in the cities “hotspots.”

Within a few weeks of launching the Mobile Health Van, the staff identified two people who tested positive for HIV. Whittier launched an aggressive campaign to help to eradicate HIV in the low communities of Boston. Whittier is focused on addressing the racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care, and the economic and social inequities impacting low income and minority residents.

Whittier Street Health Center has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by the Boston Globe and The Commonwealth Institute for four consecutive years. The committee considered both nonprofit and for-profit organizations with careful review of each company's revenue, operating budget, number of full-time employees in the state, workplace and management diversity, and innovative projects. On October 24, 2014, the committee recognized President and CEO Frederica M. Williams for her leadership and Whittier's high quality, cost-effective health care for diverse populations. In October 2016, she was recognized by the Boston Business Journal as part of their 2016 Power 50 list celebrating “Influential Bostonians.” and covered in their "2016 Women of Influence" article series. The designation of Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts was once again conferred upon Whittier Street Health Center in 2017.

In June 2018, the center's CEO, Frederica Williams, terminated 20 employees days before a vote to unionize. Ms. Williams attributed the sudden decision to a loss of grant funding, but many employees point out that the health center had been waging an anti-union campaign, hiring consultants and forcing employees to attend anti-union meetings during work hours. Ms. Williams makes approximately $461,000 a year in compensation.

In June 2018, three days prior to the vote to unionize, Whittier Street Health Center CEO and President, announced the need to lay-off 20 employees as the result of the end of one if its federal grants. At the request of union organizers, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh intervened and offered to help Whittier find the funds to retain the fired workers. The workers were reinstated after Whittier management received assurances of funding assistance from Boston City Hall.  A small number of employees, mainly doctors and clinicians, voted to join the union, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

Despite the controversy, a few days later the board of directors voted to name the health center's main building after executive director Williams, prompting a scathing column in the Boston Globe.

On January 27, 2020, WSHC announced it has withdrawn recognition from 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East after a majority of the employees in the professional bargaining unit represented by the union submitted a petition asking Whittier to withdraw recognition from the union.

Whittier Street Health Center was the first health center in Roxbury, to establish drive-thru and walk-up COVID-19 Testing sites for all Boston residents.

In 2021, Frederica M. Williams was recognized for her tireless work and being an “Ethnic GEM” by the New England’s magazine as Strong , Determined and Committed to the Community.

BLACK WOMEN LEAD: 1700 TO 2022: Frederica M. Williams, president and CEO of Whittier Street Health Center was among 200 Black women honored during a May 12th, 2023 at a special event at the Massachusetts State House. The 200 honorees represent all Black women who have worked tirelessly to make the greater Boston area a better place since the 1700s. The list was determined by members of the Black Women Lead Honorary Committee who researched the lives of Black Women leaders from the greater Boston area from the 18th century through the present. “To be included in such an illustrious list is a true honor,” said Williams. “The contributions that these Black women leaders have made over the centuries are immeasurable and a testament to their intelligence, talent, determination, and strength of mind and character. This award represents all the black women on whose shoulders I rest, my family, colleagues and patients at Whittier.”

The event was presented by Boston City Councilor Brian Worrell, State Representative Christopher Worrell, Ed Gaskin Executive Director Greater Grove Hall Main Streets with support from The Kraft Foundation.

The Black Women Lead Honorary Committee members include Senator Elizabeth Warren, Attorney General Andrea Campbell, State Representative Brandy Fluker-Oakley, Congresswomen Katherine Clark and Ayanna Pressley, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, and Massachusetts State Auditor Diana DiZoglio.

Accreditation, recognition, and certifications
In May 2019, Whittier Street Health Center made national news when it announced it had diagnosed two new cases of HIV in Boston's opioid addicted population.  The news confirmed fears from public health advocates that HIV use was spreading in MA and Boston, due primarily to shared needles and increased risky behaviors from the state's addicted and transient populations.

Whittier Street Health Center is accredited by the Joint Commission and recognized by the NCQA as a Level 3 Patient-Centered Medical Home. Its new building received Silver LEED certification from the US Green Building Council.

The outpatient addiction program at Whittier Street Health Center in Roxbury was mentioned in The Boston Globe's article "In Boston, Some Areas Bear Brunt of Opioid Overdoses" on August 6, 2016 for the Health Center's expertise in opioid treatment and use of the antioverdose drug Narcan.

Programs
Whittier provides the following primary care programs: Adult Medicine, Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Dental/Orthodontic, Health Benefits, Laboratory, OB/GYN, Orthopedic, Radiology, Urgent Care, the Wellness and Fitness Club, and WIC. The health center also offers a range of public health programs such as the Dana-Farber Community Cancer Center.

References

External links
 2022 Whittier Street Health Center Annual Report
 2021 Whittier Street Health Center Annual Report
 2020 Whittier Street Health Center Annual Report
 2019 Whittier Street Health Center Annual Report
 2018 Whittier Street Health Center Annual Report
 2017 Whitttier Street Health Center Annual Report
 2013 Whittier Street Health Center Annual Report
 Boston's Health Units: Established from the income of the George White Fund, 1924–1944, City of Boston, Printing Department, 1945

Medical and health organizations based in Massachusetts
Healthcare in Boston
Health centers
Clinics in the United States
1933 establishments in Massachusetts
Organizations established in 1933


title: Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway

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The Hampton Kempton Waterworks Railway is a  gauge narrow gauge steam railway that opened in 2013, giving rides to paying visitors on a restored steam locomotive, with two back-up diesel locomotives. It is based on the site of an industrial railway that served Kempton Waterworks.

History
The original  gauge railway, known as the Metropolitan Water Board Railway, was built between 1914 and 1916 to carry coal from a wharf on the River Thames to the furnaces of the regional water supply's pumping stations on the Hanworth/Hampton border. At its peak it carried 760 tons of coal a week. In 1945 the line closed, the trackbed becoming a road for maintenance workers. In May 2003, the Metropolitan Water Board Railway Society was formed with the intention of re-opening the railway as a  gauge passenger-carrying line between Hampton and the Kempton Great Engine House.

The chief executive of Thames Water attended the opening of the railway in 2013 (and hereditary building and civil engineering magnate Sir William McAlpine).

Operation
The locomotive, with driver, hauls passengers in covered carriages. Each has four seats abreast and proper housing and ramp for a wheelchair. The first section of track is a loop, which operates on selected non-winter weekends. The steam locomotive being used is "Darent", built in 1903 (formerly of Provan Gas Works, Glasgow). Two diesel locomotives have added from a mine in Indonesia; they are in working order, but subject to some further restoration, so all trains are currently steam-hauled.

The site has the sole Ransomes & Rapier crane nationally in working order..

Initially the project was loaned a suitable steam engine by London Museum of Water & Steam - enabling the Kempton Railway to open on schedule in May 2013.  The London Museum of Water & Steam also has a 400-yard section of alike track, open weekends. These form the two places in London for mid-size steam trains. At full size, seasonal trips such as the Cathedral Express operate on regular lines and "heritage" steam-engine lines, giving some mothballed lines a revival outside of London.

Fleet List

Further plans
The planned second phase of the railway involves the construction of a further three miles of track, leading from the existing loop towards the Upper Sunbury Road, Hampton. This track will pass a reservoir. The restored track would run across land owned by Thames Water.  On Monday 19 March 2018, the lease to extend the railway was signed at a ceremony attended by the CEO of Thames Water Steve Robertson, the Deputy Mayor Hounslow, Mayor of Spelthorne, Deputy Mayor of Richmond upon Thames and members of the heritage railway not-for-profit company; planning permission is sought.

References

External links
Kempton Steam Railway - official website

2 ft gauge railways in England
Industrial railways in England


title: Sanjay Rawal

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Sanjay Rawal (born October 30, 1974) is an Indian-American documentary film director who lives in New York City. His first feature length film Food Chains premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in its Culinary Cinema Programme in 2014  and had its US premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Food Chains was produced by Smriti Keshari, Eva Longoria, Eric Schlosser, and Rawal himself. Forest Whitaker narrates. Rawal was a winner of the 2015 James Beard Foundation Award for Special/Documentary for Food Chains. The film itself shared the 2016 BritDoc Documentary Impact Award.

Rawal's second movie 3100: Run and Become was released in 2018. The film was featured on a number of podcasts IS including Rich Roll, Mind Pump and Dr. Rangan Chatterjee. “Running unites us. At one point, every culture on Earth relied on running. It’s baked into our DNA,” Rawal said. The film received generally positive reviews including by Kimber Myers of the Los Angeles Times. "Rawal's well-shot film is engaging - particularly for those with an interest in running and/or meditation," she wrote. Critic Pamela Powell went further, writing "3100: Run and Become beautifully captures the heart and inspiration of all who close their eyes, take a breath, and open their hearts to life."

Rawal's third film, Gather, was released straight-to-digital in September 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic. It received a New York Times Critic's Pick selection. Reviewer Lovia Gyarkye wrote, "The film wonderfully weaves personal stories with archival footage that contextualizes the continued violence against Native Americans. Rawal covers a substantial amount of ground and deftly balances the dense material without losing sight of the mission driving the bigger story: Healing from generational trauma sometimes starts with just one person." The film counted Jason Momoa as an Executive Producer. Mr. Momoa promoted the film on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. The film was awarded a James Beard Foundation Media Award on June 12, 2022, making Rawal a rare two-time winner.

Rawal was raised in northern California, where his father is a tomato breeder, and so Rawal was introduced to the agricultural industry at a young age. He began Food Chains in 2011, after witnessing the inequality in the fields of Florida. In March 2016, Rawal was thanked by the Bernie Sanders campaign for the licensing of related video footage used in the Sanders' advertisement titled "Tenemos Familias." Rawal has advocated against the power of large food monopolies and has pushed local, labor-friendly solutions to human rights abuses in the fields.

Rawal's second short documentary film, Challenging Impossibility, premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival and played in nearly 70 more. It won awards at several film festivals including at the Atlanta Shortsfest. His first film of any kind Ocean Monk won the Best Documentary Short Award at the 2010 St. Louis International Film Festival.

Prior to becoming a filmmaker, Rawal was deeply involved with international development and ran projects in over 40 nations. He worked on projects with celebrities like Wyclef Jean and Donna Karan. Rawal was also engaged in activism regarding peace, security, and women's issues—serving on the first men's committee for V-Day.

Much of his work has been inspired by his spiritual teacher Sri Chinmoy and he has edited and published books by this leader—including America the Beautiful, which was read as an audiobook by Richard Dreyfuss as well as Guru Marathon, published by District Vision.

References

External links

 Food Chains

1974 births
Living people
American documentary film directors
Devotees of Sri Chinmoy


title: Spyros Koukoulomatis

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Spyros Koukoulomatis (Σπύρος Κουκουλομάτης) (17 August 1917 – 21 October 1995) was a Greek painter.

Biography
He was born in Athens in 1917 to a Greek father hailing from Mani, Peloponnesus, and a French-Swiss mother. He was initially a Piraeus inhabitant and then he moved in Cesariani, Athens in 1963.

He studied at Elefthero Spoudastirio (Free Seminary) of Lucas Yeralis (1933-1938) and at the Athens School of Fine Arts (1936-1938).

He was a history of art professor at  for many years. He studied Philosophy and Sociology of Art and was always independent from galleries and art dealers.

Work
Since 1951 he participated in more than fifty collective exhibitions in Greece and abroad. He held numerous personal exhibitions as well. Pieces of his artwork can be found at the Municipal Galleries of Piraeus and Kalamata, in private collections in the United States of America, Scotland, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Australia, Bulgaria and Greece.

Describing his work, the art critic Panos Panagiotouni once wrote "... he has a personal colour feast .. persistent devotion to the form, with compositions from mythology and everyday life."

Paintings

References
 Adaptation of the Greek Wikipedia article.
 Les Arts en Europe - Editions Christian Hals Book II page 17.
 Piraeus Dairy, File Piraeus Studies (1966) Volume I, page 68.
 The Greek Painters - Dictionary of Greek Painters and Engravers. Volume IV, page 196.
 Greek Modern Art - Editions Ora (1970) page 109.

External links
Spyros Koukoulomatis' official site

1917 births
1995 deaths
Artists from Piraeus
20th-century Greek painters


title: Automated Insights

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Automated Insights ("Ai") is an American-based technology company that specializes in natural language generation (NLG) software that turns big data into readable narratives.

Automated Insights produced 300 million pieces of content in 2013, which Mashable reported was greater than the output of all major media companies combined. In 2014, the company's software generated one billion stories. In 2016, Automated Insights produced over 1.5 billion pieces of content.

History
The company was founded by Robbie Allen in 2007 while he was a full-time engineer at Cisco Systems. Formerly known as Stat-Sheet, the company changed its name to Automated Insights in 2011 to mark its expansion into content generation for industries outside of sports.

Vista Equity Partners acquired Automated Insights in February 2015 but remains independent.

In October 2015, Automated Insights released their Wordsmith software for beta testing to allow organizations access to natural language generation technology as a SaaS offering.

Natural language generation
Automated Insights provides natural language generation (NLG) technology in the form of their Wordsmith platform. Natural language generation is a software process that automatically turns data into human-friendly prose. Structured data is fed into NLG software and run through a narrative template, producing content that reads as if a human writer created it. The technology is used mainly in instances that require a routine, large-scale production of content in which each narrative is similarly structured.

Products

Wordsmith

Wordsmith is Ai's platform for natural language generation. It is "an artificial intelligence system that uses mounds of data, quantitative analysis and some rules about style and good writing" to produce stories. Wordsmith is sold as both a direct product and service to clients. In October 2015, the Wordsmith platform was updated to allow users to create their narratives through online software. Software users upload their data and create templates for writing narratives.

Wordsmith is "a sort of personal data scientist, sifting through reams of data that might otherwise go un-analyzed and creating custom reports that often have an audience of one." The service works by ingesting structured data, analyzing it for insights, and then writing out those insights in human-friendly prose.

The company has since commercialized the natural language generation platform called Wordsmith, with customers including Yahoo, Associated Press, and Tableau.

Notable work

Associated Press

In June 2014, The Associated Press announced it would use automation technology from Automated Insights to produce most of its U.S. corporate earnings stories. AP said automation would boost its output of quarterly earnings stories nearly fifteen-fold, further noting that the technology would "free journalists to do more journalism and less data processing."

The Associated Press is the first newsroom to have an automated editor to oversee automated articles. Use of the Automated Insights software increased the Associated Press coverage of corporate earnings stories by over tenfold. A study by researchers at Stanford and the University of Washington found that Automated Insights’ technology has affected the stock market, as firms that received little attention from traders now see significant increases in trade volume and liquidity.

The Daily Show with Trevor Noah aired a segment on the AP's use of automation on October 7, 2015.

Yahoo

Automated Insights (Ai) generates personalized recaps and previews for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football.

Collaborations and integrations
As of June 2017, Automated Insights collaborations and integrations include Amazon Alexa, Tableau, TIBCO Spotfire, MicroStrategy, Zapier, Microsoft Excel, and Google Sheets.

Other

Other Automated Insights work includes automation of marketing reports with the company's Wordsmith for Marketing tool and content generated for Comcast, Edmunds.com, Great Call, Digital STROM, and Bodybuilding.com.

References

External links
 Official Website

Technology companies of the United States
Technology companies established in 2007
Natural language generation


title: Derrick Lewis

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Derrick Lewis (born February 7, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he currently holds the record for most knockouts in UFC history. A professional competitor since 2010, Lewis has also competed for Bellator MMA and Legacy FC, where he was the Heavyweight Champion. As of July 25, 2023, he is #10 in the UFC heavyweight rankings.

Background
Born and raised as one of seven siblings, the second oldest, by a single mother in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lewis was troubled growing up and was often involved in street fighting. In 1998, Lewis and his family relocated to Houston, Texas. At the age of 17, Lewis began training in boxing and was preparing for his first amateur fight when the gym unexpectedly shut down. Two weeks after graduating from high school, Lewis was charged with aggravated assault, and was placed on probation. Two years later, while attending Kilgore College on a full scholarship for football, Lewis violated his probation and was sentenced to five years in prison, but ended up serving three and a half. A week after being released, Lewis was introduced to mixed martial arts by a friend and, while working as a tow-truck driver, continued with boxing under the tutelage of George Foreman. After dominating in his first professional mixed martial arts fight, Lewis decided to focus on mixed martial arts.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career
Lewis began his journey in MMA in late 2009, when he made his debut as an amateur against Jay Ross at LSAMMA on October 16, 2009. He lost the fight via TKO (doctor stoppage). He then faced Tim Buchanan at the United States American Combat Association event on January 30, 2010. He won via TKO.

After turning professional in 2010, Lewis would compile a fight record of 4–1 before signing with Bellator MMA in May 2010.

Bellator Fighting Championships
Lewis was scheduled to make his promotional debut at Bellator 45 on May 21, 2011, against Brazilian Thiago Santos. However, the bout was canceled when Santos had to pull out due to an injury.

Lewis faced Tony Johnson at Bellator 46 on June 25, 2011. He lost the bout via unanimous decision.

Lewis compiled a record of 6–0 with one no-contest after leaving Bellator, most notably winning and successfully defending the Legacy FC Heavyweight Championship. He was then signed to the UFC.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Lewis was scheduled to make his promotional debut against Nandor Guelmino at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2 on August 28, 2013. However, the bout was canceled as Lewis had to pull out due to an injury.

Lewis instead made his debut at UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne on April 19, 2014, against Jack May. He won via TKO in the first round.

In his second fight for the promotion, Lewis faced Guto Inocente at The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale on July 6, 2014. He won the fight via KO in the first round.

Lewis faced Matt Mitrione on September 5, 2014, at UFC Fight Night 50. Mitrione quickly defeated Lewis via first-round knockout.

Lewis faced Ruan Potts on February 28, 2015, at UFC 184. He won the fight via TKO in the second round.

Lewis next had a rematch with Shawn Jordan on June 6, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 68. In their first encounter on the regional circuit in 2010, Lewis lost by unanimous decision. Lewis lost the fight via TKO.

Lewis was expected to face Anthony Hamilton on October 3, 2015, at UFC 192. However, Hamilton was forced out of the bout with an injury and was replaced by Viktor Pešta. Lewis won the fight via TKO in the third round.

Lewis faced Damian Grabowski on February 6, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 82. Lewis dominated the fight, winning via TKO in the first round.

Lewis next faced Gabriel Gonzaga on April 10, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 86. He won via KO in the first round. Subsequently, Lewis earned his first Performance of the Night bonus.

Lewis faced Roy Nelson on July 7, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 90. He won the fight via split decision.

Lewis was expected to face Marcin Tybura on October 15, 2016, at UFC Fight Night 97. However, the promotion announced on October 6 that they had canceled the event entirely.

Lewis faced Shamil Abdurakhimov on December 9, 2016, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 102. After losing the first three rounds, he won the fight via TKO in the fourth round.

Lewis faced Travis Browne on February 19, 2017, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 105. He won the fight via knockout in the second round. Both participants were awarded Fight of the Night for their performance.

Lewis faced Mark Hunt on June 11, 2017, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 110. He lost the fight via TKO in the fourth round. Despite the loss, the win earned Lewis his second consecutive Fight of the Night bonus award. After the loss, during his post-fight interview, Lewis announced that he was likely retiring from mixed martial arts. Later in the month, Lewis revealed that he ultimately decided to continue fighting.

Lewis was expected to face Fabrício Werdum on October 7, 2017, at UFC 216. On the day of the fight, Lewis was forced out of the bout due to a back injury.

Lewis faced Marcin Tybura on February 18, 2018, at UFC Fight Night 126. He won the fight via technical knockout in the third round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night bonus.

Lewis faced Francis Ngannou on July 7, 2018, at UFC 226. He won the fight via unanimous decision, but the fight itself was heavily criticized for the lack of action in both fighters with Lewis only landing 20 strikes, and Ngannou landing 11.

Lewis faced Alexander Volkov on October 6, 2018, at UFC 229. After being behind on the judges' scorecards and visibly hurt multiple times, Lewis won the fight via knockout in the closing seconds of the third round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night award.

Lewis faced Daniel Cormier for the UFC Heavyweight Championship on November 3, 2018, at UFC 230. He lost the fight by rear-naked choke in the second round, marking the first submission loss of his professional MMA career.

Lewis signed a new contract with the UFC after the title shot. As the first fight of his new contract, Lewis faced Junior dos Santos in the main event of UFC Fight Night 146 on March 9, 2019. He lost the fight via TKO in the second round. This fight earned him the Fight of the Night award.

Lewis faced Blagoy Ivanov on November 2, 2019, at UFC 244. He won the fight via split decision.

Lewis faced Ilir Latifi on February 8, 2020, at UFC 247. He won the bout via unanimous decision.

Lewis faced Aleksei Oleinik on August 8, 2020, at UFC Fight Night 174. He won the bout via TKO early in round two. Lewis also set the record for most knockouts by a heavyweight in UFC history.

Lewis was scheduled to face Curtis Blaydes on November 28, 2020, at UFC on ESPN 18. However, the day before the fight, Blaydes tested positive for COVID-19 and the bout was scrapped from the card. The pair faced off at UFC Fight Night 185 on February 20, 2021. Lewis won the fight via knockout in the second round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night award.

Lewis faced Ciryl Gane on August 7, 2021, at UFC 265 for the Interim UFC Heavyweight Championship. Lewis lost the fight via technical knockout in round three.

Lewis faced Chris Daukaus on December 18, 2021, at UFC Fight Night 199. Lewis won the fight via knockout in the first round. With his knockout win over Daukaus, Lewis earned the record for the most knockouts in UFC history regardless of weight division, with 13 altogether. When asked by Michael Bisping in his UFC Fight Night 199 Octagon interview, how he felt about achieving the record, Lewis replied "I’m feeling good, and I’m also happy that I’m the first fighter, clean fighter, to be number one in knockouts".

Lewis faced Tai Tuivasa on February 12, 2022, at UFC 271 in Houston, Texas. Lewis lost the fight via knockout in the second round.

Lewis faced Sergei Pavlovich on July 30, 2022, at UFC 277. He lost the fight via TKO, just 55 seconds into the first round, however there was controversy as the stoppage by referee Dan Miragliotta was considered premature by fighters and fans alike. Lewis received the Crypto.com "Fan Bonus of the Night" award paid in bitcoin of US$10,000 for third place.

Lewis was next expected to face Sergey Spivak at UFC Fight Night 215 on November 19, 2022. However, Lewis was forced to pull out of the event due to non-COVID, non-weight cutting illness and the bout was canceled. The pair was rescheduled for UFC Fight Night 218 on February 4, 2023. Lewis lost the fight via an arm-triangle choke in round one, and he did not land a single strike during the fight.

Lewis faced Marcos Rogério de Lima on July 29, 2023, at UFC 291. He won the fight via TKO just 33 seconds into round one, thus extending his UFC record of most knockouts to fourteen. The win also earned Lewis the Performance of the Night bonus award.

Lewis is scheduled to face Jailton Almeida, replacing  Curtis Blaydes,  on November 4, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 231..

Fighting style
Lewis has been characterized as a 'classic heavyweight' owing to his knockout power and physique. Former welterweight title contender and analyst Dan Hardy described him as a "wrecking ball", adding "Every time we've spoken about Derrick Lewis before, regardless of whether he's fighting Daniel Cormier, or whether he's fighting Volkov, or whether he's fighting Ciryl Gane, the same thing is always present. If he lands that right hand, it's game over."

Lewis greatly prefers stand-up fighting, which he refers to as "swangin' and banging", and has been noted by fans and commentators for his surprising ability to seemingly shrug off the grappling/wrestling offense of his opponents while in the bottom position, and simply 'stand up'. However, analysts have noted that when facing fighters with a background in folkstyle wrestling, such as Daniel Cormier, Lewis finds it more difficult to escape the bottom position. Nonetheless, Lewis appeared to simply 'stand up' when threatened with a crucifix position by Roy Nelson, a fighter with a wrestling pedigree.

Personal life
Lewis married his long-time girlfriend in Honolulu, Hawaii, on June 17, 2017. They have two sons and one daughter.

During the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Lewis pulled an estimated 100 people from the flood waters in Houston, Texas, via his lifted truck.

On May 18, 2021, Lewis was returning to his car after a workout when he discovered a man allegedly trying to open the door of his vehicle. Lewis reportedly struck the alleged thief and pinned him to the ground until the police arrived.

Championships and accomplishments
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Performance of the Night (Five times)
Fight of the Night (Three times) vs. Travis Browne, Mark Hunt, and Junior dos Santos
Tied (Stefan Struve) for second most Post-Fight bonuses in UFC Heavyweight division history (8)
Most knockouts in UFC history (14)
Most knockouts in UFC Heavyweight division history (14)
Most finishes in UFC Heavyweight division history (14)
Tied (Anderson Silva & Dustin Poirier) for fifth most finishes in UFC history (14)
Second most wins in UFC Heavyweight division history (18)
Tied (Frank Mir) for second most bouts in UFC Heavyweight division history (27)
Third most total fight time in UFC Heavyweight division history (3:49:21)
Latest comeback finish by striking deficit in a finished fight (-82) vs Alexander Volkov
Legacy Fighting Championship
Legacy FC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
One successful title defense
MMAJunkie.com
2018 Comeback of the Year vs. Alexander Volkov
MMADNA.nl
2018 Comeback of the Year.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Win
|align=center|27–11 (1)
|Marcos Rogério de Lima
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 291
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:33
|Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|26–11 (1)
|Sergey Spivak
|Submission (arm-triangle choke)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Spivak
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:05
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|
|Sergei Pavlovich
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 277
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:55
|Dallas, Texas, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|26–9 (1)
|Tai Tuivasa
|KO (elbow)
|UFC 271
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1:40
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|26–8 (1)
|Chris Daukaus
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus
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|align=center|1
|align=center|3:36
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|25–8 (1)
|Ciryl Gane
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 265
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|align=center|3
|align=center|4:11
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|25–7 (1)
|Curtis Blaydes
|KO (punch)
|UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Lewis
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1:26
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|24–7 (1)
|Aleksei Oleinik
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Oleinik
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|align=center|2
|align=center|0:21
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|23–7 (1)
|Ilir Latifi
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 247
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|22–7 (1)
|Blagoy Ivanov
|Decision (split)
|UFC 244
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|New York City, New York, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|21–7 (1)
|Junior dos Santos
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. dos Santos
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1:58
|Wichita, Kansas, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|21–6 (1)
|Daniel Cormier
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|UFC 230
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|align=center|2
|align=center|2:14
|New York City, New York, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|21–5 (1)
|Alexander Volkov
|KO (punches)
|UFC 229
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|align=center|3
|align=center|4:49
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|20–5 (1)
|Francis Ngannou
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 226
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|19–5 (1)
|Marcin Tybura
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Cowboy vs. Medeiros
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|align=center|3
|align=center|2:48
|Austin, Texas, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|18–5 (1)
|Mark Hunt
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Hunt
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|align=center|4
|align=center|3:51
|Auckland, New Zealand
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|Win
|align=center|18–4 (1)
|Travis Browne
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Browne
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|align=center|2
|align=center|3:12
|Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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|Win
|align=center|17–4 (1)
|Shamil Abdurakhimov
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Abdurakhimov
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|align=center|4
|align=center|3:42
|Albany, New York, United States
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|Win
|align=center|16–4 (1)
|Roy Nelson
|Decision (split)
|UFC Fight Night: dos Anjos vs. Alvarez
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|Win
|align=center|15–4 (1)
|Gabriel Gonzaga
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos
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|align=center|1
|align=center|4:48
|Zagreb, Croatia
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|Win
|align=center|14–4 (1)
|Damian Grabowski
|TKO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Hendricks vs. Thompson
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:17
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|Win
|align=center|13–4 (1)
|Viktor Pešta
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 192
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|align=center|3
|align=center|1:15
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|12–4 (1)
|Shawn Jordan
|TKO (hook kick and punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Boetsch vs. Henderson
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|align=center|2
|align=center|0:48
|New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
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|Win
|align=center|12–3 (1)
|Ruan Potts
|TKO (punches)
|UFC 184
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|align=center|2
|align=center|3:18
|Los Angeles, California, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|11–3 (1)
|Matt Mitrione
|KO (punches)
|UFC Fight Night: Jacaré vs. Mousasi
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:41
|Mashantucket, Connecticut, United States
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|Win
|align=center|11–2 (1)
|Guto Inocente
|KO (punches)
|The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn Finale
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|align=center|3:30
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|Win
|align=center|10–2 (1)
|Jack May
|TKO (punches)
|UFC on Fox: Werdum vs. Browne
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|align=center|1
|align=center|4:23
|Orlando, Florida, United States
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|Win
|align=center|9–2 (1)
|Ricky Shivers
|TKO (punches)
|Legacy FC 18
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|align=center|3
|align=center|4:22
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|Win
|align=center|8–2 (1)
|Jared Rosholt
|KO (punches)
|Legacy FC 13
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|align=center|2
|align=center|4:41
|Dallas, Texas, United States
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|Win
|align=center|7–2 (1)
|Justin Frazier
|TKO (knee to the body and punches)
|RFA 2
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:37
|Kearney, Nebraska, United States
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|NC
|align=center|6–2 (1)
|Jeremiah Constant
|NC (accidental strikes to back of Constant's head)
|Fight to Win: Paramount Prize Fighting 2012
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:48
|Denver, Colorado, United States
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|Win
|align=center|6–2
|Rakim Cleveland
|TKO (punches)
|Legacy FC 9
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|align=center|3
|align=center|3:12
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|align=center|5–2
|Jay Peche
|TKO (punches)
|Immortal Kombat Fighting
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:46
|Spring, Texas, United States
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|Loss
|align=center|4–2
|Tony Johnson
|Decision (unanimous)
|Bellator 46
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Hollywood, Florida, United States
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|Win
|align=center|4–1
|Taylor Herbert
|TKO (punches)
|International Xtreme Fight Association
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:14
|Houston, Texas, United States
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|Win
|align=center|3–1
|Rakim Cleveland
|Submission (armbar)
|Worldwide Gladiator
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1:33
|Pasadena, Texas, United States
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|Win
|align=center|2–1
|Ryan Martinez
|TKO (punches)
|Fight to Win: Worlds Collide
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1:03
|Denver, Colorado, United States
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|align=center|1–1
|Shawn Jordan
|Decision (unanimous)
|Cajun Fighting Championships: Full Force
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Lafayette, Louisiana, United States
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|Win
|align=center|1–0
|Nick Mitchell
|TKO (punches)
|Worldwide Gladiator
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|align=center|2
|align=center|1:33
|Pasadena, Texas, United States
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Pay-per-view bouts

See also
 List of current UFC fighters
 List of male mixed martial artists

References

External links

Living people
American male mixed martial artists
Heavyweight mixed martial artists
Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Mixed martial artists from Louisiana
Sportspeople from New Orleans
Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters
American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
1985 births


title: Hieronymus van der Mij

text:
Hieronymus van der Mij (1687–1761) was an 18th-century portrait painter from the Northern Netherlands.

He was born in Leiden and was a pupil of Willem van Mieris. He became a teacher and later director of the Leidse Tekenacademie, where his pupils were Pieter Catel, Johannes le Francq van Berkhey, Nicolaas Reyers, Nicolaas Rijnenburg, and Hendrik van Velthoven.
He died in Leiden.

References

External links
 Hieronymus van der Mij on Artnet

1687 births
1761 deaths
18th-century Dutch painters
18th-century Dutch male artists
Dutch male painters
Artists from Leiden
Painters from Leiden


title: Master Seven

text:
Master Seven is the sixth album by the hard rock band Kingdom Come.

Track listing

Personnel
Kingdom Come
Lenny Wolf – vocals, rhythm guitar, producer, mixing
Marcus Deml – lead guitar
Oliver Kiessner – rhythm and acoustic guitars
Mark Smith – bass

Additional musicians
Dion Murdock – drums
Bjorn Tiemann – strings, orchestration and other noise

Production
Angi Schiliro – engineer, mixing
Glen Miller – mastering
Joerg Dogondke – executive producer

References

External links
 Lenny Wolf homepage

1997 albums
Kingdom Come (band) albums


title: Community Service: The Movie

text:
Community Service The Movie is a 2012 American slasher film written and directed by Joseph Patrick Kelly, and is his feature film directorial debut. The movie was released on July 21, 2012, and stars Chris Woods Marlins as a community service officer dealing with an escaped serial killer with post-traumatic stress disorder. The project was begun while the filmmaker was in college, and serves as a prequel to Bloody Island, which had a projected release date of 2016.

Synopsis
Years ago Billy Fouls (William Meyer) was teased and tormented to the point where he had to be committed to a psychiatric center. Now an adult, Billy decides to break out of the center after hearing that one of his bullies, Bob (Christopher Woods), is now a community service officer and will be holding a program at a campground located very near to his institution. Eager to exact his revenge, Billy escapes and begins to plan a series of bloody murders.

Cast
Christopher Woods as Officer Bob Butterfield
William Meyer as Billy Fouls
Joseph P. Kelly as Adam
Iliana Garcia as Danelia
Caitlin Kenyon as Kim
Hope Tomaselli as Paige
Renell Edwards as Smith
Marissa Mynter as Molly
Daniel Trinh as Dakota
Tristan MacAvery as Officer Jim Springfield

Recognition

Awards and nominations
 2012: won Best Grindhouse Film at Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
 2012: nominated for Best Feature at New Orleans Film Festival
 2013: won Excellence in the Art of Filmmaking at Palm Beach International Film Festival

References

External links

2012 films
2012 directorial debut films
2012 horror films
American slasher films
2010s slasher films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Organization and Guidance Department

text:
The Organization and Guidance Department (OGD), created in 1946, is a department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party of North Korea. Its central responsibility is to implement the directives and teachings of the Suryeongs  [Great Leaders], Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The department was initially a department within the WPK General Affairs Department, but eventually spun off and was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 2nd Central Committee as the Organization Committee.

Mission
The OGD is a powerful department of the WPK that guides the implementation of all Party life policy, which extends to nearly every aspect of life in North Korea from civilian, to military, to government. The OGD also serves as the staff for the Central Committee and Central Military Committee, and controls key personnel in the government, WPK, and Korean People's Army (KPA). This control stems from the OGD's power to select and dismiss high-ranking officials based on the monitoring it does, records it collects, and investigations it runs, making it one of the most powerful and feared departments of the WPK.

The OGD is also responsible for administering party life guidance to secure loyalty to the Kim dynasty and maintain Party ideology, overseeing guidance implementation down to a local and even workplace level. It does this through local Organization Departments, which are a part of every KWP Committee and have political power due to their close link to the OGD. Since every North Korean citizen experiences party life in some form, regardless of actually joining the party, the OGD and its guidance have a direct effect on the lives of every North Korean from the highest to lowest level.

Power
Due to a lack of information on the OGD from the North Korean government, there is a heavy reliance on defector testimony and expert analysis. Polish political scientist Nicolas Levi refers to the OGD as "The heart of the North Korean political system". According to North Korean defector Jang Jin-sung, the OGD is "the only entity that actually matters when it comes to decision-making or policy-making" and reflects the autocratic structure of the government.  Hwang Jang-yop, another high-ranking defector, stated that the leading figures of North Korea belong to the OGD. Its officials regularly accompany the Supreme Leader during inspections and field guidance appearances. Some of its powers were given to the WPK Administrative Department (AD), in a bid to weaken the influence of those working in the OGD. However the AD itself was abolished in February 2014, after the execution of the AD Head Jang Song-thaek.

Some scholars and defectors argue that the leaders of the OGD are the real leaders of North Korea, that Kim Jong Un is a puppet. North Korean defector Jang Jin-sung argues that Hwang Pyong-so, the First Deputy Head of the OGD, through his post as director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People's Army, was the real ruler of the country because he controlled the appointments and dismissals of military officers. However, none of the three following GPB Directors, Choe Ryong-hae, Kim Jong-gak and then Kim Su-gil, have been seen as true leaders of North Korea. Robert Collins at the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea maintains that the OGD truly implements directives of the Supreme Leader, and Michael Madden of the North Korea Leadership Watch concludes the OGD is not powerful enough to introduce directives itself.

Leadership
High-ranking members of the OGD have significant power in the WPK. The director is often referred to as the second most powerful figure in the country, exemplified by the first director of the OGD being Kim Il Sung, the founder of the North Korean state, and his successor, Kim Jong Il (the Party General Secretary from 1997 to 2011) directing the OGD from September 1973 until his death in 2011. Under Kim Jong Il's stewardship, the OGD was turned into a center of power within the WPK. Therefore, OGD first deputy directors and deputy directors are leading figures within the North Korean establishment. Their position affords them privileges and a degree of secrecy that makes them "a kind of elite priesthood in the DPRK." Officials working within the OGD are not under the jurisdiction of state law or party bylaws, after a memorandum issued by Kim Jong Il in the 1980s turned the OGD into a partially secret organization. Sanctions against deputy heads are kept confidential from the rest of the party. Although lower ranking members of the OGD don't have these privileges to the same extent, any member of the OGD is considered to be in a position of power and privilege.

Due to the Kim family's lack of trust in the elite, members of the OGD, especially directors and deputy directors, are under constant and heavy surveillance and can be dismissed at any time for any reason by the Supreme Leader. He, as the head of every chain of leadership, has the final word on dismissals; for instance, in the 1990s Yun Sung-gwan, as deputy head, assumed control over the affairs of the OGD for two years, but was removed when Kim Jong Il believed he had amassed too much power. A similar case took place in 2003, when Jang Song-thaek was dismissed.

Kim Kyong-hui and Kim Jong Un were speculated to have led the OGD following Kim Jong Il's death. Ri Man-gon was dismissed in February 2020 by the Politburo from his position as WPK Vice-Chairman, and likely as OGD Director as well. This was due to, according to the North Korean Central News Agency, an abuse of power and corruption scandal in the WPK. Former premier Kim Jae-ryong was appointed to lead the OGD in 2020.

First deputy directors (as of 2020)
General Kim Kyong-ok: An OGD Deputy Director since 2007 and KWP Deputy Director since 1991, General Kim is deeply involved in the party and the Kim Regime. Kim Jong Un's security is his responsibility. Having no formal military training, General Kim was appointed general in 2010 in an effort to put civilian leadership at the head of the army. General Kim seems to be a trusted member of the Kim family, accompanying Kim Jong Un on many of his public inspections. In 2016 he was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury (OFAC).
General Ri Byong-chol: He has served for over four decades in the KPA, rising up the ranks to four star general in 2010. In addition to his position as OGD First Deputy Director, he is also a deputy director at the KWP Munitions Industry Department which is responsible for all weapons development in North Korea. Thus, he plays an active part in overseeing the research and production of weapons of mass destruction as well as making decisions regarding personnel in the military and weapons programs. General Ri has both military and senior Party experience, and is a trusted advisor to the Kim family, especially in times of crisis. In 2017 he was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury (OFAC).
Kim Jo-guk: Kim Jo-guk surfaced in 2019 as a OGD First Deputy Director. He is reportedly responsible for military affairs.

Deputy directors (as of 2020)

Hwang Pyong-so: Fired from the General Political Bureau in 2017 for corruption, Hwang was retained as OGD Vice-Director after three months of "Revolutionary Rehabilitation". Despite a lack of formal military training, he has significant influence over the military and frequently accompanies Kim Jong Un on military related visits. In 2017 Hwang was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury (OFAC).
Jo Yong-won: In 2014 Jo Yong-won began appearing on the political scene, attending senior level meetings, advising Kim Jong Un, and accompanying Kim Jong Un to inspections. He is believed to be Kim Jong Un's Personal Action Officer within the OGD. In 2017 he was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury (OFAC).
Min Byong-chol: He is head of the OGD Inspection Section, one of the most feared institutions for its power to investigate any individual and send reports to the Supreme Leader. In 2017 he was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury (OFAC).
Kim Yo-jong: As Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo-jong is often thought to be a deputy director of the OGD, although there is no official confirmation. In 2017 she was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury (OFAC).

Directors
 Kim Il Sung (1948–1952), head of the Organizing Committee
 Pak Yong-bin (1952–1959), head of the Organization Department
 Kim Yong-ju (1959–1974), head of the Organization and Guidance Department
 Kim Jong Il (1974–1992), head of the Organization and Guidance Department
 Yun Sung-gwan (1992–1993)
 Kim Jong Il (1994–2011)
 Choe Ryong-hae (2017–2019)
 Ri Man-gon (2019–2020)
 Kim Jae-ryong (2020–present)

Past deputy directors
Ho Ka-i
Ri Je-gang
Ri Yong-chol
Yom Ki-sun
Mun Song-sol
Ri Tong-hui

Hong Song-ryong
Ko Hak-gyom
Mun Myong-on
Kim Su-yong
Pak Kyong-son
Ri Man-gon
Jo Yon-jun

Structure
The OGD is the largest department under the WPK Political Bureau, with a personnel of 1,000 and an estimated 25 deputy directors employed in its central sections, and all report to the office of the general secretary. Sections under the OGD often overlap with other organizations within the party. This ensures security in the WPK and the OGD's power across the WPK. Due to the OGD's level of secrecy, it is difficult to track the various offices and sections, which are often referred to by slightly different names. Below is a list of known sections under the OGD.

Sections

Party Headquarters Committee: guides all party elements. This entails training all party members (excepting the Supreme Leader) and overseeing surveillance of WPK Central Committee workers and their families. Members work in the various elements of the WPK Politburo, including the Propaganda and Agitation Department, Party Registration, reports section, and the finance section among others.
Party Life Guidance Section: responsible for guiding party life of every North Korean citizen, working in the military, law enforcement, party elements, and local levels throughout the general population.  Guidance from the PLGS is disseminated to every organization, ensuring it is able to monitor and control the general public's adherence to it whenever they are released. It was referred to as the eyes, ears and heart of the WPK by Kim Jong Il. Also under the PLG is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and all foreign trade organizations.
Military Directorate: guides party and political life of all service personnel of the Korean People's Army through control of unit leaders.
Cadre Section: controls the selection, appointment, and dismissal of high-ranking officials as well as Supreme Leader's personal staff by gauging political loyalty. This means the Cadre Section manages and assess all activities and records of officials and their families.
Seventh Section: formerly the Administrative Department, the Seventh Section has authority over the entire judicial system. Through embedded officers, it oversees the operations of the Ministry of Peoples Security, as well as the Ministry of State Security The Seventh Section is also directly connected to North Korea's prison system, as the chain of command from individual prison camps up to the Supreme Leader must run through the Seventh Section.
Inspection Section: the most feared institution in Korea, the Inspection Section has the power to investigate any person in any organization. The OGD's ability to dismiss officials stems from the Inspection Section. While it works in conjunction with the PLG to investigate N. Koreans at every level, it has the final word on all investigations.
Supreme Leader's Personal Secretariat: responsible for the Supreme Leader's personal matters from protocol and calendar, to security, to education and family finances.
Party Member Registration Section: handles Party registration and occupation as well as party expulsions and international dispatch.
General Affairs Section: responsible for administrative work for the OGD
Reports Section: collects and manages all OGD reports to centralize them to the Supreme Leader
Petitions Section: evaluates petitions from all N. Korean citizens
Mass Party Directorate: deploys OGD personnel to local levels to ensure adherence to guidance
Section 65: specially selects and trains women for the "Joy Brigade" in horticulture, hairdressing, and masseuse training.
Three Revolutionary Teams Guidance Section: monitors open market activity in N. Korea
Ten Principles of Monolithic Ideology Section: guides implementation of the TPMI
Overseas Guidance Section: guides overseas organizations
8.9 Section: responsible for managing Mansudae Palace and Financial Management Department
Treaty Section: monitors and oversees strategy for engagement in international treaties
Office 80: monitors and oversees Kim Jong Un's bodyguard unit, Unit 974.

Human rights
According to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the OGD plays a role in North Korea's notorious human rights violations. Monitoring North Korea's human rights policy, although not a formal designation, falls under the responsibility of the OGD, which administers and guides North Korea's policy of human rights denial. The OGD's control over Party life through Organization Departments at a local level allows it to record and punish any North Korean who does not adhere to policy. North Koreans can be removed from positions of power, receive reeducation, or in severe cases be denied access to the food and medical systems or even send citizens to prison or labor camps.

Sanctions
In 2017 United Nations (UN) Security Council sanctioned the OGD as well as key leadership: Min Byong-chol (OGD Deputy Director as of 2020), Jo Yon-jun (former OGD Deputy Director), Kim Kyong-ok (OGD First Director as of 2020), and Jo Yong-won (deputy director as of 2020).

In 2016 the United States put North Korean human rights on its agenda, with the US Treasury placing sanctions on the OGD itself as well as Jo Yon-jun, Kim Kyong-ok and several other members of North Korean leadership who were added to the Office of Foreign Assets Control Specially Designated Nationals List (OFAC SDN) for human rights abuses. Later in 2017, Min Byong-chol, Jo Yong-won, and Kim Yo-jong were added to the OFAC SDN list for human rights abuses as well.

South Korea sanctioned Hwang Pyong-so (OGD Deputy Director as of 2020) in 2016 and implemented the above-mentioned UN sanctions.

In 2017, the United Kingdom put its own additional sanctions on the OGD and the same individuals.

Future viability
The stability of the Kim regime depends on the party obligations that are largely created and enforced by the OGD, according to the Korean Institute for National Unification. Thus, the OGD is integral to the regime's survival. As assessed by Robert Collins, former Chief of Strategy at R.O.K.- U.S. Combined Forces Command, there are external threats that could put strain on the OGD such as a manmade or natural disaster, or rebellion or war. Internal corruption, competition, and stress due to the OGD's wide responsibility also have potential to strain the OGD.

See also

Politics of North Korea
Propaganda and Agitation Department
Sanctions against North Korea

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

External links
Organizational chart   (p. 14) at Committee for Human Rights in North Korea
North Korea's Organization and Guidance Department  at Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
1948 establishments in North Korea


title: Abroubagui Salbre

text:
Abroubagui Salbre is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a winger for A.C. Belluno 1905 in Serie D.

Career
Born in Diapaga near Tapoa province in Burkina Faso, when he was child he moved to Italy and later he joined Portogruaro, being initially assigned to the reserve team in the campionato berretti.

On 8 January 2012 Salbre made his Lega Pro debut, coming on as a late substitute in a 1–4 away win against Pergocrema.

References

External links

Burkinabé men's footballers
1993 births
Living people
Serie D players
Portogruaro Calcio ASD players
People from Est Region (Burkina Faso)
Men's association football wingers
21st-century Burkinabé people


title: Táncsics – Radical Left Party

text:
The Táncsics – Radical Left Party () is a left-wing democratic socialist political party in Hungary. It was formed at a meeting in March 2014. It draws its membership from different civil society organizations as well as former members of the Hungarian Socialist Party and the Green Left.

The party's aim is to build an independent leftist political force in Hungarian politics based upon social solidarity and following the examples of different leftist parties elsewhere in Europe, such as SYRIZA in Greece and Die Linke in Germany. The party is also trying to build a closer alliance between radical leftist parties in Eastern Europe. The founding statements refer to the Left Party playing an important role in an 'ethical renewal' which they say is needed in Hungary in the next few years.

On 8 September 2016, the party announced on its website that it would cooperate with the Workers' Party of Hungary 2006 in preparation for the 2018 parliamentary election.

In April 2019, the youth organisation of the Workers' Party of Hungary 2006, which named after Mihály Táncsics, split from it and joined the Left Party. After the unification congress in June 2019, the party changed its name to "Táncsics – Radical Left Party".

References

External links
Facebook page

2014 establishments in Hungary
Democratic socialist parties in Europe
Opposition to Viktor Orbán
Party of the European Left
Political parties established in 2014
Socialist parties in Hungary


title: 1974 in Argentina

text:
Events in the year 1974 in Argentina.

Incumbents
President: Juan Peron until July 1, Isabel Perón
Vice President: Isabel Perón until July 1, then vacant

Governors
Buenos Aires Province: Oscar Bidegain (until 24 January); Victorio Calabró (from 24 January)
Cordoba: Ricardo Obregón Cano
Chubut Province: Benito Fernández
Mendoza Province:
 until 6 June: Alberto Martínez Baca
 6 June-13 August: Carlos Mendoza
 from 13 August: Antonio Cafiero
 Santa Fe Province: Carlos Sylvestre Begnis

Vice Governors
 Buenos Aires Province: Victorio Calabró (until 24 January); vacant thereafter (starting 24 January)

Events
May 1 - Expulsion of Montoneros from Plaza de Mayo

Births
 30 January – Sebastián Rambert, footballer
 1 March – Guillermo Morigi, football left winger
 4 March – Ariel Ortega, footballer
 1 April – Hugo Ibarra, football right back
 10 April – Andrés Guglielminpietro, football midfielder
 13 April – Pablo Cavallero, football goalkeeper
 29 May – Fernando Pandolfi, footballer
 17 July – Claudio López, footballer
 30 July – Hugo Morales, football midfielder
 31 July – Eduardo Tuzzio, footballer
 4 August – Kily González, football winger
 2 September – Hugo Pablo Centurión, footballer
 10 October – Julio Ricardo Cruz, football forward
 20 November – Claudio Husaín, football midfielder

Deaths
July 1 - Juan Peron
September 30 - Sofía Cuthbert
October 27 - Jordán Bruno Genta

See also
List of Argentine films of 1974

References

1970s in Argentina