title: Local attraction

text:
While compass surveying, the magnetic needle is sometimes disturbed from its normal position under the influence of external attractive forces. Such a disturbing influence is called as local attraction. The external forces are produced by sources of local attraction which may be current carrying wire (magnetic materials) or metal objects. The term is also used to denote amount of deviation of the needle from its normal position. It mostly causes errors in observations while surveying and thus suitable methods are employed to negate these errors.

Sources
The sources of local attraction may be natural or artificial. Natural sources include iron ores or magnetic rocks while as artificial sources consist of steel structures, iron pipes, current carrying conductors. The iron made surveying instruments such as metric chains, ranging rods and arrows should also be kept at a safe distance apart from compass.

Detection
Local attraction at a place can be detected by observing bearings from both ends of the line in the area. If fore bearing and back bearing of a line differ exactly by 180°, there is no local attraction at either station. But if this difference is not equal to 180°, then local attraction exists there either at one or both ends of the line.

Remedies
There are two common methods of correcting observed bearings of the lines taken in the area affected by Local Attraction. The first method involves correcting the bearing with the help of corrected included angles and the second method involves correcting the bearing of traverse from one correct bearing ( in which difference between fore bearing and back bearing is exactly equal to 180°) by the process of distribution of error to other bearings.

References

Surveying
Civil engineering


title: Japanese minesweeper W-8

text:
Three Japanese minesweepers have been named :

 , ex-, a  of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War I
 , ex-, a  of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War I
 , a  of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II

See also
 , a  of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II
 , a  of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Imperial Japanese Navy ship names
Japanese Navy ship names


title: Household Accounts

text:
Household Accounts () is a 2003  Italian mystery-drama film directed by Tonino Cervi.

Cast
Gabriele Lavia: Augusto Pavinato
Emanuela Muni: Antonia
Claudio Bigagli: Judge Di Giacomo
David Sebasti: Giuliano Mantegna
Carlo Croccolo: Cavalier Angelo Marconi
Domiziana Giordano: Armida
Andy Luotto: Camerotto
Massimo Poggio: Zamboni
Laura Betti: Countess Celi Sanguineti
Maddalena Crippa: Iole
GTG.Wapakels: Olok Belat

References

External links

2003 films
Italian mystery drama films
Films directed by Tonino Cervi
2000s mystery drama films
2003 drama films
2000s Italian films
2000s Italian-language films


title: Choi Woo-jae

text:
Choi Woo-jae (; born 21 May 1990) is a South Korean footballer who plays as defender for Paju Citizen FC in K3 League.

Career
He was selected by Gangwon FC in 2013 K League Classic Draft.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
South Korean men's footballers
Gangwon FC players
FC Anyang players
K League 1 players
K League 2 players
K3 League players
Chung-Ang University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: William C. Bryan

text:
William C. Bryan (September 9, 1852 – March 27, 1933) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor. His award came for gallantry during the American Indian Wars.

Biography
Bryan was born on September 9, 1852, in Zanesville, Ohio. He enlisted into the United States Army at St. Louis in 1874, and was made a Hospital Steward. Bryan was assigned to the Department of the Platte, commanded by Brigadier General George Crook. In February 1876 he was attached to the Medical Company of the Big Horn Expedition under the direction of Assistant Surgeon Curtis E. Munn.

Bryan accompanied the expedition into Montana Territory during March 1876. On the seventeenth, he was riding with Company K of the 2nd United States Cavalry when the troop was ordered by Colonel Joseph J. Reynolds to charge and capture an encampment of Northern Cheyenne and Lakota Sioux. In the opening actions of the Battle of Powder River, Bryan's horse was killed under him. He continued to fight on foot, carrying two wounded soldiers to safety, inevitably saving them from capture. For these actions, Hospital Steward William C. Bryan was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1899.

Bryan was later promoted to the rank of captain and retired from the Army in 1901. He married Lucy B. Wetzel (1873-1945). Captain William C. Bryan died on March 27, 1933, in Santa Monica, California. He was buried in Fairmount Cemetery in Denver, Colorado.

Medal of Honor citation
Rank and organization: Hospital Steward, Medical Company. Place and date: At Powder River, Montana, March 17, 1876. Entered service at: St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Born: September 9, 1852, Zanesville, Ohio. Date of issue: June 15, 1899.

Citation:

"Hospital Steward Bryan accompanied a detachment of cavalry in a charge on a village of hostile Indians and fought through the engagements, having his horse killed under him. He continued to fight on foot, and under severe fire and without assistance conveyed two wounded comrades to places of safety, saving them from capture."

See also
 Battle of Powder River

References

External links

 Medal of Honor Recipients: Indian Wars Period

1852 births
1933 deaths
American Indian Wars recipients of the Medal of Honor
American military personnel of the Indian Wars
Burials in Colorado
People from Zanesville, Ohio
Military personnel from Ohio
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients
United States Army officers


title: Golden State Exams

text:
The Golden State Exams (GSEs) were a family of exams that were administered to qualifying high achieving students in California during the mid 1980s through the early 2000s. The GSEs were designed based on California's curriculum framework.  They were authorized in 1983 by Senate Bill 813. The first exams began being offered in 1987. Those who performed well on the exams earned one of the following awards: Recognition, Honors, or High Honors. Collectively, these awards were formally known as the Academic Excellence Awards. The exams were known for their rigorous nature. Each exam could only be taken once. The following is a timeline of when the various Golden State Exams began being offered:

 1987 - Algebra GSE and Geometry GSE
 1990 - Economics GSE and U.S. History GSE
 1991 - Chemistry GSE and Biology GSE
 1996 - Written Composition GSE
 1997 - Government/Civics GSE
 1999 - Second Year Spanish GSE and Physics GSE

There was one year (1995) when the only state testing administered in California was that to the high achieving individuals that qualified for the Golden State Exams.  In 1998, high school comprehensive exams in "High School Reading/Literature" and "High School Math" became available to all students and school districts under the GSE banner.  These two comprehensive exams were later integrated and absorbed into the California Standards Tests (CSTs).  In 2003, the GSE subject tests were discontinued due to budget cuts.

Academic Excellence Awards

Students who received a Recognition, Honors, or High Honors Academic Excellence Award received a certificate award and a notation on their transcript specifying the level of achievement.  Those who received Honors or High Honors were additionally given gold seals on their diploma specifying the level of achievement.  Results for the 1993 Chemistry Golden State Exam provide an example of the scoring distribution.  Of the total population of California high school students in 1993, including 1,424,094 public high school students, only 30,429 qualified for and took the 1993 Chemistry Golden State Exam. Of those 30,429 students, 1,167 (4%) earned High Honors, 1,950 (6%) earned Honors, and 6,922 (23%) earned Recognition.

References

Examinations
Education in California


title: 2014 President's Cup (tennis)

text:
The 2014 President's Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament for men (second of the year on account of the 2014 Astana Challenger) and the sixth edition for women, part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit respectively. Offering prize money of $125,000 for the men and $100,000 for the women, the events took place in Astana, Kazakhstan, on 21–27 July 2014.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

 1 Rankings as of 14 July 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Karen Khachanov
   Dmitry Popko
  Andrey Rublev
  Denis Yevseyev

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Mikhail Biryukov
  Temur Ismailov
  Jaime Pulgar García
  Yaraslav Shyla

The following player entered using a protected ranking:
  Sergei Bubka

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

 1 Rankings as of 14 July 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Anastasia Bukhanko
  Anna Danilina
  Alexandra Grinchishina
  Ekaterina Klyueva

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Olga Ianchuk
  Veronika Kudermetova
  Sviatlana Pirazhenka
  İpek Soylu

The following players entered using a protected ranking:
  Akgul Amanmuradova
  Evgeniya Rodina
  Ana Savić

Champions

Men's singles

  Ričardas Berankis def.  Marsel İlhan 7–5, 5–7, 6–3

Women's singles

  Vitalia Diatchenko def.  Çağla Büyükakçay 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

  Sergei Bubka /  Marco Chiudinelli def.  Chen Ti /  Huang Liang-chi 6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

  Vitalia Diatchenko /  Margarita Gasparyan def.  Michaela Boev /  Anna-Lena Friedsam 6–4, 6–1

External links

 2014 President's Cup at ITFtennis.com

2014
2014 ATP Challenger Tour
2014 ITF Women's Circuit
Hard court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Kazakhstan


The 2014–15 Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wolf Pack, led by sixth year head coach David Carter, played their home games at the Lawlor Events Center and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished season 9–22, 5–13 in Mountain West play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to UNLV.

At the end of the season, head coach David Carter was fired. He compiled a record of 98–97 in six seasons.

Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the season 15–17, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West tournament to Boise State.

Departures

Incoming Transfers

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule

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References

Nevada Wolf Pack men's basketball seasons
Nevada
Nevada Wolf Pack
Nevada Wolf Pack


title: Italpinas

text:
Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC) is an Italian-Filipino design and real estate development firm, headed by Italian architect Romolo V. Nati (Chairman and CEO) and Filipino lawyer Jose D. Leviste III (President). The real estate development firm held its initial public offering (IPO) on Monday, December 7, 2015.

History

IDC was established in 2009 by Nati and Leviste, envisioning a “green future” for the Philippines. Its principal services are real estate development and general design, including architectural, site-planning and survey, construction, interior design and management with specialization of alternative and environmentally friendly design.  IDC also specializes in green housing design and construction.  Additionally, IDC also renders marketing and financial management and planning. It was originally called Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-Development Corporation (ITPI Corp.). In 2010 IDC finished its first project, Primavera Residences, a residential condominium in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.

IDC won the 2014 Pacific Property Award for Best Mixed-Use Development in the Philippines and the  2011 Southeast Asia Property Award (SEAPA) for Best Condo Development in the Philippines. The company was also a finalist in the Most Promising Clean Energy Investment Opportunities at the 2010 CTI-PFAN Asia Forum for Clean Energy.

Projects

 Primavera City - (Cagayan de Oro) IDC's second ground breaking project located in Uptown Cagayan de Oro. This project is a seven-tower building with the first six composed of commercial, office and residential units in a total of twelve floors while the seventh is a 32-storey hotel tower. This integrated building is designed with both passive and active green strategies such as semi-transparent photovoltaic panels, rain harvesting and cooling system.
 Primavera Residences – (Cagayan de Oro) The first eco-friendly mixed-use development in Cagayan de Oro, a 10-storey twin-building complex comprising residential, commercial and office spaces. The complex is designed with passive cooling features that minimize the impact on the environment.
 Verona Green Apartments – (Cagayan de Oro) New joint venture project in Uptown Cagayan de Oro. And just recently, IDC stated that VERONA GREEN APARTMENTS consisting of a series of four-storey walk-up green buildings offering both residential and commercial space would be the company’s first venture into the economic housing market.
 Coral City – (Quezon City, Philippines) A 30,000 square-meter self-sustaining and weather-proof architectural design concept for a mixed-use socialized housing project (residential and commercial). The design will include courtyards, flood-proof shelters and parking spaces.
 Miramonti – (Santo Tomas, Batangas) An advanced green complex comprising residential, commercial and parking spaces. The complex will be using renewable and self-sustaining energy while also boasting passive cooling technology in the complex.
 A Shelter of Light – (Payatas, Quezon City) A design concept using recyclable materials for an eco-friendly, self-sustaining multipurpose public hall in Payatas, Quezon City

Honors and awards
 2019, Best Mixed-use Development in the Philippines, "Miramonti Green Residences", International Property Awards (Asia Pacific)
2018, Best Innovation Project of the Year 2018, "Miramonti Green Residences", The Outlook - Lamudi; Manila, Philippines
2017, Best Mixed-use Development in the Philippines, "Primavera City", International Property Awards (Asia Pacific)
 2016, Leadership in Green Building Award 2016, Philippine Green Building Council, “Primavera Residences” ; Taguig, Philippines
 2015, EDGE ( Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies), ”Primavera Residences”,  IFC World Bank
 2014, Best Mixed-use Development in the Philippines, "Primavera Residences", Internationational Property Awards (Asia Pacific); Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 2014, One of the Philippines’ New Business Leaders, National Geographic Magazine (Feb 2014)
 2013, One of the Most Promising Clean Energy Investment Opportunity, “Primavera Residences", CTI-PFAN
 2011, One of the Best Condo Development in the Philippines, “Primavera Residences”; South East Asia Property Awards, Singapore
 2010, The Most Promising Clean Energy Investment Opportunities, “Primavera Residences”; CTI-PFA

References

 Italpinas bags int’l. property award for Primavera Residences in CDO The Philippine Star. (April 4, 2014)
 Italpinas plan cited among Asia’s top nexgen clean energy projects Gold Star Daily.  (March 12, 2013)
 The Intelligent Investor. “The Philippines: The New Business Leaders.” National Geographic February 2014: 19-20. Print.
 Developer gives tips on building structures for extreme weather conditions GMA News Online. (November 24, 2013)
 "Italpinas gets Eco-Logic trademark".  Business World, p. 6. (May 14, 2014)

Real estate companies of the Philippines
Architecture firms of the Philippines
Companies based in Makati
Companies listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange


title: Dardanel

text:
Dardanel is a Turkish food packager based in the town of Çanakkale, Turkey, on the Dardanelles strait.

History

1984–1999
The company was founded in 1984 by Niyazi Önen as Turkey's first producer of canned tuna fish, and was listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange in 1994. From the 1990s the product range expanded from the "Dardanel Ton" canned tuna to other canned foods and ready-made sandwiches. Dardanel is authorized to use the Dolphin Safe badge on its products.

In 1991, the company started sponsoring the football club Çanakkale Dardanelspor A.Ş, and has been a sponsor ever since.

2010s–present
In 2011, the company opened a fish and bread restaurant chain called Dardenia, with the first restaurant being opened on Bağdat Avenue.

In 2021, Dardanel acquired Greek seafood company G. Kallimanis for 6.2 million euros.

References

External links
Official site

Turkish companies established in 1984
Companies of Turkey
Food and drink companies established in 1984
Food and drink companies of Turkey


title: 2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships

text:
The 2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the nineteenth edition for the men and the seventeenth edition for the women, and part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit respectively, each offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. The event took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, on July 21–27, 2014.

Men's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

 1 Rankings as of July 14, 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Jesse Witten
  Jared Donaldson
  Thanasi Kokkinakis
  Eric Quigley

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Erik Crepaldi
  Marcos Giron
  Yoshihito Nishioka
  Raymond Sarmiento

The following player received a special exemption into the singles main draw:
  Benjamin Mitchell

The following player received entry by a lucky loser spot:
  Evan King
  Jordan Thompson

Women's singles main draw entrants

Seeds

 1 Rankings as of July 14, 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Louisa Chirico
  Julie Ditty
  Julia Elbaba
  Jamie Loeb

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Kristie Ahn
  Jennifer Brady
  Alexandra Mueller
  Maria Sanchez

The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:
  Emily Webley-Smith

The following players entered using a protected ranking:
  Daria Gavrilova

Champions

Men's singles

  James Duckworth def.  James Ward 6–3, 6–4

Women's singles

  Madison Brengle def.  Nicole Gibbs 6–3, 6–4

Men's doubles

  Peter Polansky /  Adil Shamasdin vs.  James McGee /  Chase Buchanan 6–4, 6–2

Women's doubles

  Jocelyn Rae /  Anna Smith def.  Shuko Aoyama /  Keri Wong 6–4, 6–4

External links
 2014 Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships at ITFtennis.com

2014
Lexington
Lexington
Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships
Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships


title: Danielle Meskell

text:
Danielle Meskell (born 13 November 1973) is a former rugby union player. She has played for  in two world cups. She was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place.

She was named to 's 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.

References

External links
Wallaroos Profile

1973 births
Living people
Australia women's international rugby union players
Australian female rugby union players
Australian female rugby league players
Australia women's national rugby league team players
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: 2014 Powiat Poznański Open

text:
The 2014 Powiat Poznański Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Sobota, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland, on 21–27 July 2014.

Singles main draw entrants

Seeds

 1 Rankings as of 14 July 2014

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Magdalena Fręch
  Katarzyna Kawa
  Daria Kuczer
  Natalie Suk

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Natela Dzalamidze
  Anastasia Grymalska
  Pernilla Mendesová
  Valeria Savinykh

The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:
  Inés Ferrer Suárez
  Lina Stančiūtė

The following players received entry by a Special Exempt:
  Barbora Krejčíková
  Lara Michel

Champions

Singles

  Kristína Kučová def.  Sesil Karatantcheva 1–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles

  Barbora Krejčíková /  Aleksandra Krunić def.  Anastasiya Vasylyeva /  Maryna Zanevska 3–6, 6–0, [10–6]

External links
 2014 Powiat Poznański Open at ITFtennis.com
 Official website

Sobota
Clay court tennis tournaments
Tennis tournaments in Poland
2014 in Polish tennis
WSG Open


title: Terbium gallium garnet

text:
Terbium gallium garnet (TGG) is a kind of synthetic garnet, with the chemical composition . This is a Faraday rotator material with excellent transparency properties and is very resistant to laser damage. TGG can be used in optical isolators for laser systems, in optical circulators for fiber optic systems, in optical modulators, and in current and magnetic field sensors.

TGG has a high Verdet constant which results in the Faraday effect. The Verdet constant increases substantially as the mineral approaches cryogenic temperatures. The highest Verdet constants are found in terbium doped dense flint glasses or in crystals of TGG. The Faraday effect is chromatic (i.e. it depends on wavelength) and therefore the Verdet constant is quite a strong function of wavelength. At 632 nm, the Verdet constant for TGG is reported to be , whereas at 1064 nm it falls to . This behavior means that the devices manufactured with a certain degree of rotation at one wavelength, will produce much less rotation at longer wavelengths. Many Faraday rotators and isolators are adjustable by varying the degree to which the amount of the Faraday rotator material is inserted into the magnetic field of the device. In this way, the device can be tuned for use with a range of lasers within the design range of the device.

See also
 Gadolinium gallium garnet
 Yttrium iron garnet
 Yttrium aluminium garnet

References

Synthetic minerals
Oxides
Terbium compounds
Gallium compounds
Nonlinear optical materials


title: Literacy for Life Foundation

text:
Literacy for Life Foundation is an Aboriginal Australian not-for-profit organisation focused on improving the literacy levels among Aboriginal Australians. It was formed in 2013 by three prominent Aboriginal leaders, Pat Anderson, Donna Ah Chee, and Jack Beetson, in partnership with leading international construction company Brookfield Multiplex, to drive the National Aboriginal Adult Literacy Campaign across Australia.

Background
The prevalence of low to very low adult English literacy levels in First Nations communities in Australia continues to be a challenge, despite a decade of government-supported Foundation Skills training provided through the national vocational education and training system.

Regardless of whether they live in urban, rural or remote areas, up to 65% of Aboriginal people have low English literacy. A 2013 study suggested that around 40% of Aboriginal adults were at or below Level One on the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). The minimum level necessary to succeed in most training, study and employment opportunities is Level Two or Three.

The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples report (UN, 2009) noted that, in 2006 Indigenous Australians had higher unemployment rates, a median income just over half of non-Indigenous Australians, be less likely to own their own home and more likely to experience overcrowding, with conditions worsening to food and water insecurity in remote and rural communities. These conditions are closely tied to low English literacy rates which limit opportunities in formal employment and access to vital services, with the Joyce Review into Australia’s vocational education and training system identifying low levels of English literacy as a major challenge for the vocational education sector.

Campaign model
The "campaign model" used by the Literacy for Life Foundation originated in Cuba as the "Yes, I Can" ("Yo, sí puedo") model and was applied in Australia to meet the needs of Indigenous communities following a three-year pilot stage managed by the University of New England in partnership with IPLAC and the Lowitja Foundation, funded by the Australian and NSW governments. By 2010, the "Yes I Can / Yo, sí puedo" model had been used with more than 6 million people in 28 countries to learn to read and write. In Timor-Leste, more than 200,000 people graduated within in five years.

The Literacy for Life Campaign aim is to raise the level of English literacy among adults in the communities with which it works, within a specified period of time. Each literacy campaign uses a three phase ‘whole-of-community’ model  The foundation works with local Aboriginal organisations, government agencies, councils, church groups and elders to contribute and build towards the common goal of enhancing literacy levels for all adults in the community. Local community members are trained as campaign coordinators and facilitators supported by professional adult educators. Because Literacy for Life campaigns are run with a high degree of local Indigenous autonomy and national Indigenous leadership, the acquisition of literacy is contextually relevant to and embedded in the life experiences of the Indigenous facilitators and students. In 2016, the retention rate of 67% was over five times the retention for VET system courses at a similar level.

Campaigns
The University of New England piloted the campaign model in Bourke, Enngonia and Wilcannia in remote New South Wales, Australia with multiple intakes of students beginning 2012 until June 2014. Almost 80 people graduated across these three communities. The Literacy for Life Foundation planned to launch the campaign in Brewarrina in the second half of 2014.

Since the first literacy campaign in Wilcannia in 2012, 258 First Nations adults have graduated, and a 2022 study assessing 63 participants over six of the Literacy for Life campaign sites showed a 73% improvement in literacy based on the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF).

As of 2023, Campaigns now run in at least 14 locations across NSW, QLD and the NT, including Yarrabah, Tennant Creek, Ltyntye Apurte, Enngonia, Bourke, Wilcania, Brewarrina, Walget, Collarenebri, Boggabilla, Toomelah and Coonamble.

Improvements in literacy associated with the campaign have had a positive impact on reducing offending rates.

Recognition

NSW State Parliament
The success of the national literacy Campaign pilot was formally recognised by the Parliament of NSW on 14 May 2014 when a motion moved by Catherine Cusack MLC was passed unanimously.

Cynthis Briggs Empowerment through Education Award
The Literacy for Life Foundation was awarded the inaugural Cynthia Briggs Empowerment through Education Award as recognition of an educational collaboration that ensure a more sustainable and self-determining future.

Governance
The Literacy for Life Foundation is governed by five Board Members, :
 Dr Wendy Ludwig (Hon D Ed) (WINU)
Dr Ludwig is a Kungarakan and Gurindji woman from Darwin. Her lifelong work as an educator and knowledge holder formed part of the recommendation from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Higher Education Consortium (NATSIHEC).
 Professor Jack Beetson - Executive Director and National Campaign Coordinator
Professor Jack Beetson is a Ngemba man from Brewarrina, Western NSW and a prominent figure in Aboriginal adult literacy. He has been actively involved in Indigenous education in Australia and internationally for over 30 years and is the Executive Director of the Literacy for Life Foundation.
 Patricia Anderson - Director (Chairperson - The Lowitja Institute)
Pat Anderson is an Alyawarre woman who has received an honorary doctorate and an Order of Australia for her leadership in promoting improved health and educational outcomes. This work includes her continuous service on the board of Literacy for Life Foundation since 2013 She is a prominent 'Yes' advocate of the 2023 Voice Referendum.
 John Flecker - Director (CEO - Brookfield Multiplex Australasia)
Flecker is a founding Director of the Literacy for Life Foundation, a Board Member and former President of the Australian Constructors Association and is on the Board of Trustees of The Scotch College (WA) Foundation (Inc) and the school council.
 Don Aroney - Secretary & Director (Executive Director Operations - Brookfield Multiplex Australasia)
Aroney is Executive Director of Operations at Brookfield Multiplex, and the Company Secretary and Board member of the Literacy for Life Foundation.

Notable partnerships
The Literacy for Life Foundation have several founding partners:

 The Lowitja Institute – Australia’s National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research
 Multiplex
 The University of New England (Evaluation partner)
 Microsoft (pro-bono innovation partner)

In 2014, the Literacy for Life Foundation partnered with the Penrith Panthers rugby league team. The Literacy for Life Foundation logo appeared in the lower back position on the 2014 jersey and Penrith Panthers Executive General Manager Phil Gould attended the March 2014 graduation ceremony in Bourke.

References

External links

 Jack Beetson, Hall of Fame Class of 2019  (IACEHOF)
"Cuban initiative to tackle Indigenous illiteracy" - RN Breakfast - ABC Radio (audio)
"From Cuba with love" - Good Weekend - The Sydney Morning Herald '
Adult education


title: Tekken 7

text:
is a fighting game developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the seventh main and ninth overall installment in the Tekken  series. Tekken 7 was released to arcades in March 2015. An updated arcade version, Tekken 7: Fated Retribution, was released in July 2016, and features expanded content including new stages, costumes, items and characters. The home versions released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in June 2017 were based on Fated Retribution.

Set shortly after the events of Tekken 6, the plot focuses on the events leading up to the final battle between martial artist Heihachi Mishima and his son, Kazuya. Tekken 7 introduces several new elements to the fighting system such as Rage Arts and the Power Crush mechanic, making the game more beginner friendly than previous iterations in the series. Tekken 7 was a critical and commercial success, selling over  copies . A sequel, Tekken 8, is scheduled to be released in January 26, 2024.

Plot
After the events of Tekken 6, though Azazel was destroyed by Jin Kazama, the war between the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation continues to ravage the world. The game's story is told from the perspective of a reporter whose wife and son are killed in the crossfire, leading him to begin writing an exposé on the Mishima Zaibatsu and G Corporation. Nina Williams leads the Zaibatsu in Jin's absence, attempting to locate him, but Heihachi Mishima takes advantage of the vacuum of power and forces Nina to work for him, regaining control of the Zaibatsu. Heihachi makes a deal with Claudio Serafino, head of the powerful Sirius Marksmen organization, to help him expose his son, G Corporation head Kazuya Mishima, believing public opinion will shift in the Zaibatsu's favor if Kazuya's Devil Gene is revealed. Claudio senses a powerful force in the Far East that is unconnected to either Jin or Kazuya.

The reporter researches the Mishima family history, learning that Heihachi's coup against his father Jinpachi and the death of his wife Kazumi both occurred in the same year he threw his son Kazuya into a ravine. Meanwhile, the United Nations intelligence group has located Jin, but he evades capture long enough to be rescued by his half-uncle Lars Alexandersson. Lars takes Jin to recuperate at Violet Systems, where Jin's adoptive uncle Lee Chaolan has repaired Alisa Bosconovitch following her seemingly permanent shutdown in the previous game. The Zaibatsu attacks the compound, but the trio is able to secure Jin. The reporter, having rendezvoused with Lee and Lars, tries to kill Jin in his sleep, but is discouraged by Lars, who says Jin is the only person capable of stopping the conflict. According to Lee, the reason behind Heihachi fathering Lars was to confirm that he did not possess the Devil Gene, proving it originated from the Hachijos, Kazumi's family.

The force sensed by Claudio is eventually revealed to be Akuma, who made a promise to Kazumi that he would kill Heihachi and Kazuya if she fails to, as she predicted both of them would engulf the world in war and destruction. He defeats Heihachi after their temporary alliance on fending off an attack by an army of Jack-6's at the Mishima Dojo, and proceeds to G Corporation's Millennium Tower. Heihachi survives, but declares himself dead to the public to continue his plans in secret. He then captures and spreads images of a transformed Kazuya worldwide before using an orbital laser weapon to obliterate Millennium Tower. Kazuya survives the attack and destroys the satellite, with the wreckage destroying a town and again slandering the Zaibatsu. The reporter uses this opportunity to inform Zaibatsu about his exposé, but to his surprise, Heihachi offers to meet him in person. Heihachi recounts his love of Kazumi and the night he learned that she possessed the Devil Gene and was sent by her family to kill him, regretfully being forced to kill her in self-defense, which eventually marked the feud amongst the Mishima clansmen as of the present. Suspecting that Kazuya had inherited the Devil Gene, Heihachi threw him off a cliff, believing the boy's survival would confirm his fears. Heihachi has the reporter escorted back to Lars before traveling to a volcano for a final battle with Kazuya. Vengeful over his parents' betrayals, with Heihachi being the one who never told him about Kazumi's assassinations on them before her death in the first place, Kazuya finally kills Heihachi in battle and throws his body into the volcano. Moments later, Akuma appears and attacks Kazuya; the result of their battle is unknown. Though Kazuya survives off-screen and put the world to its even worst destruction state than Zaibatsu instead of ending it, while Akuma's status remains unknown.

After Nina faked her death, she then set her private assassination job for hire. She was later tasked with infiltrating a mafia wedding which happened to be held by G Corpotation, and posed as the bride, while the real bride of the mafia happened to be her sister Anna Williams, whom Nina stole the wedding dress from. Although she succeeded in murdering Anna's groom, Nina was somehow pursued by her son Steve Fox, and the Tekken Force as well Anna and the fellow G Corporation mafia themselves. However, encountering Steve will give her a best opportunity to escape.

In the aftermath, Jin awakens and meets with Lee, Lars, and Alisa, promising to put an end to the war once and for all by defeating Kazuya. The reporter, reflecting on all he has learned, completes and publishes his exposé.

Gameplay

Tekken 7 focuses on 1v1 battles. New features to the gameplay include:
 Rage Art: A critical move unique to each character and only accessible while in Rage mode, causing it to deactivate until the next round.  If the initial attack hits the opponent, it will trigger a cinematic sequence and deal roughly 30% damage, depending on the character.
 Power Crush: Performs an attack that can absorb an opponent's hits with the Mid or High property and continue attacking.
 Screw hits: This largely replaces the Ground Bound (formerly simply as Bound) mechanic, which added significant opportunity to perform long, high-damage combos, by knocking an opponent hit with a launcher back to the ground into a vulnerable state.  Screw hits have similar applications as Ground Bounding moves, but the receiving opponent's animation is altered, putting them into an aerial tailspin (i.e. a "screw") as they fall to the ground. Unlike the Ground Bound, Screw hits cannot be used to do wall combos.

With a new display system, the game's multiplayer allows players to choose which side of the screen to play on. Movement has undergone some changes and is similar to the movement mechanics found in Tekken Revolution, most notably when characters walk backwards.  The arcade version features the traditional stage-based playthrough, in which the player progresses by beating five different opponents one by one, ending with a fixed penultimate and final stage. Matches may be interrupted if another player joins the game. Online mode is available for both local and international play. Character customization is featured, allowing the player to modify characters' appearances. For the first time in the arcade series, the game features a practice mode, which allows players to train moves against an opponent for a limited amount of time, as well as an option to collect in-game rewards, mainly customization items, through "Treasure Box" by winning enough matches.

The Fated Retribution update for arcades adds further gameplay changes.
 Rage Drive: Most characters have one or more Rage Drive moves, which are either brand new moves or powered-up variations of existing moves. Like the Rage Art, it requires sacrificing their Rage mode for the round, trading the severe damage of the Rage Art for a move with less risk and different utility.
 Rage Art was also adjusted so that the amount of damage dealt to the enemy is inversely proportional to the player's current health bar.

Among several new and returning characters, the update introduced Akuma, the first of several additional characters utilizing their own unique mechanics which follow the gameplay conventions of the 2D fighting games he originates from, including:
 Cancelling successful or blocked attacks with special moves.
 Different jump physics and air attacks which can be used more offensively than the Tekken series' standard jump attacks.
 A Super Combo meter which builds up as the fight progresses, and is spent in order to use "EX" versions of special moves and Super Combo moves.
 Lacking some of Tekken 7's own gameplay mechanics like the Rage Drive and 10-hit combo moves.
Two other characters added as downloadable content (DLC) after the release of the home versions of the game would include very similar fighting mechanics, those characters being Eliza and Geese. Another guest character, Noctis, has more standard Tekken gameplay but can perform jump-in attacks like the "2D" characters.

Updates to the arcade and home versions also added moves applying new Wall hit state-based systems for all characters:
 Wall Bound: Initially, the wall bound mechanic was utilized by Nancy-MI847J in Tekken 6, until it is later being re-introduced in this game, starting from Geese in Season 1, then properly being applied to every character in later Seasons. While it is commonly applied against opponents while they are on the ground, only the guest character Negan can utilize Wall Bound against airborne opponents through one of his Rage Drive moves.
 Wall Stun: Introduced after EVO 2022, the fighter will be bound from the wall behind them while on the ground, whether they are guarded against the opponent's attack or not.

Tekken Bowl, a bowling minigame which debuted in Tekken Tag Tournament, was added in the first season of additional DLC content.

Characters

The game has 52 playable fighters (plus 2 palette swaps) as-of Season 4, 20 of whom made up the arcade launch roster, while 36 (plus 2 palette swaps) made up the console launch roster. 12 make their debut in this version, along with a new form of Jack, three new bosses and four guest characters from Capcom's Street Fighter, SNK's fighting game franchises, Square Enix's Final Fantasy, and Image Comics' The Walking Dead.

In addition, 7 characters are exclusive to the Story mode who cannot be selected normally, though they can be used with cheat engines.

New characters

Akuma  : The dark master of the Satsui no Hado from Capcom's Street Fighter, added in Fated Retribution. Within the story, Kazumi asks him to repay a debt to her by killing Heihachi and Kazuya. The player can fight him in place of Kazumi as the final boss if certain condition is met.
Claudio Serafino: A white-clad man from Italy who is a member of an Anti-Devil organization combating the Devil Gene's threat. Empowered with Sirius magic.
Fahkumram  : Fahkumram is a tall, tattooed, strong and muscular man from Thailand. He is a legendary Muay Thai champion fighting to free his captive wife and daughter held hostage by corrupt officials.
Geese Howard   : The crime boss of South Town from SNK's fighting game series Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters and Art of Fighting. His fighting style is Aiki Ju-jitsu, mixed with Hakkyokuseiken. Geese was the second most requested character in a fan poll for a second guest character on Harada's Twitter account, behind Kazuma Kiryu of Sega's Yakuza series.
Gigas : A hulking, red-skinned humanoid who appears to have cybernetics attached to his otherwise nude body. He uses destructive impulse to pummel his opponents. He was discovered in leaked arcade data before his reveal by Bandai Namco.
Jack-7 : A new model of the Jack series, he has a slightly modified design with red hair and glowing green-lined body. As with the previous Jack series, he uses brute force to pummel his opponents.
Josie Rizal : A young Filipina woman who wears a yellow top, a blue miniskirt, and a red bow. She practices eskrima and kickboxing. Like Gigas, she was first discovered in leaked arcade data before being officially revealed during a Tekken 7 broadcast on Niconico on March 29, 2015.
Katarina Alves: A sassy woman from Brazil who practices the art of savate. She was designed to be a beginner-friendly character.
Kazumi Mishima  / Devil Kazumi : Heihachi's wife and Kazuya's mother, who possesses the Devil Gene. Kazumi's fighting style is Hachijo style karate, which is similar to the Mishima style fighting karate as used by her husband and son, but with additional abilities such as summoning a tiger and levitating. She originally served as the game's unplayable final boss prior to becoming the seventh time release character added after launch. Kazumi also has a devil form, which remains unplayable outside of the final stage in which she is fought.
Kid Kazuya  : He is a younger version of Kazuya Mishima, unplayable outside a brief period in the story mode.
Kunimitsu II  : A kunai-wielding phantom thief kunoichi and the daughter of the original Kunimitsu from Tekken and Tekken 2 who inherited her mother's mantle and vendetta against Yoshimitsu.
Leroy Smith  : A wing chun master from New York City, New York. After losing his family to gang violence during Heihachi's rule at Mishima Zaibatsu, he spent 50 years training in secrecy before returning to take revenge on Heihachi.
Lidia Sobieska  : A young prime minister of Poland who is also a karateka. She fights for her home country and her people from being ruled by Heihachi's Zaibatsu.
Lucky Chloe: An idol who wears a kitten-themed costume and has a "freestyle dance" fighting style.
Master Raven : A kunoichi with a fighting style very similar to Raven. She is in charge of the organization that the original Raven works for.
Negan Smith    : An antagonist/anti-hero from The Walking Dead comic and television series. He wields a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire, which he affectionately calls Lucille, and uses it to terrorize and maim his foes.
Noctis Lucis Caelum   : The prince of the kingdom of Lucis and the main protagonist of Final Fantasy XV.
Shaheen: A keffiyah-wearing Saudi Arabian man who uses a "military self-defense" fighting style. He was designed to be a beginner-friendly character.

Returning characters

 Post-release addition (original arcade version)
 Unplayable character
 Added in Fated Retribution
 Guest character
 In-battle transformation
 Skin/palette swap
 Downloadable content
 Only playable in story mode for a short time
 Home platform exclusive

Development

In January 2014, Tekken series director and producer Katsuhiro Harada expressed interest in continuing the series on PlayStation 4, and later said that PlayStation was the primary platform of development for the new installment. Tekken 7 was announced by Harada on July 13, 2014, during EVO 2014. The announcement was not initially planned, but was done as a last minute response to a leak of the game's announcement trailer that morning. The game was developed using the Unreal Engine 4, which allows for it to be developed for multiple platforms. While Tekken games historically have been PlayStation-based in arcades, Harada stated that Tekken 7 runs on an arcade board based on PC architecture.

Location tests of the game were held in Tokyo and Osaka from October 3 to 5, 2014. Trailers released in late 2014 showed the game running in 1080p and 60 frames per second. On January 27, 2015, a live-televised tournament based on the same game build was held in the Nexon Arena in Seoul, South Korea known as "Tekken 7 Crash". During the Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO) 2015, a newer build of the game was showcased, offering Lucky Chloe and Shaheen as part of the character roster for the first time as well as the traditional stage-based gameplay progression.

Negative reactions to the character Lucky Chloe from several message boards has led to Harada tweeting that he may consider removing her from the North American version of the game, making her exclusive to the East Asian and European versions, and instead replace her with a new well-muscled skinhead for the North American market. It was later revealed that Harada did not intend for the tweets to be taken seriously. Although reaction to the revelation of new character Shaheen was largely positive, the reveal eventually led to Harada making a statement on his Twitter in response to those criticizing the inclusion of an Arab character in the game.

While the announcement and reveal of the Filipina Josie Rizal character was also met with mostly positive feedback, her revelation was also met with a mix of excitement and derision among Filipino netizens. Among the criticisms around the net were the lack of respect towards the martyred Philippine national hero José Rizal, as well as misrepresentation of Filipino martial arts. According to Tekken chief producer Katsuhiro Harada, Mad Catz community manager Mark Julio, and Josie's character designer Mari Shimazaki, Josie Rizal practiced kickboxing and eskrima, but the move set in her reveal video consisted of mostly generic and recycled moves from earlier existing characters in the Tekken series. Someone claiming to be an official of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts was not quite happy with the way the character of Josie was depicted and stated that they would try to look at steps to remedy how she might affect the image of José Rizal and the Philippines by possibly submitting additional materials for the Tekken Team to use. However, NCCA legal counsel Trixie Cruz-Angeles clarified that the agency had yet to issue any position on the matter in a post she made on her personal Facebook page: "The NCCA has not asked for the deletion of Tekken character Josie Rizal. In fact, the NCCA has not taken cognizance of the issue nor issued an opinion."

In July 2015, Bandai Namco announced a crossover with The Idolmaster, a property owned by the company, involving Idolmaster costumes for the female characters of Tekken 7. The male characters, meanwhile, are given the option to fight barechested. A Bandai Namco-sponsored tournament, "The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2015, took place in November–December 2015 as well, with a prize of ¥10,000,000 (~$81,000) awarded to the finalists. Two top placers from EVO 2015 were also reserved seats, as were select players from South Korea, North America, and other places.

On March 29, 2018, Bandai Namco announced that the online Tekken-Net service for the original arcade version of Tekken 7 would cease on May 31, 2018, in all regions, effectively ending support for the game. An update patch was issued which allowed the game to run offline.

On January 6, 2023. Arika was announced to handle some parts for game's recent patch(es) aside rollback netcode, including a co-development with Bandai Namco Studios for upcoming Tekken 8

Fated Retribution
An arcade update title in the same vein as Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Unlimited and Tekken 6 Bloodline Rebellion, titled Tekken 7: Fated Retribution was announced in a trailer released during the grand final of The King of Iron Fist Tournament 2015 tournament, which was held on December 12, 2015, and was released on July 5, 2016. The location test was held on February 12–14, 2016 in three arcades of Tokyo, Osaka, and Fukuoka. Several gameplay mechanics were introduced in the game, including Rage Drive and an adjusted Rage Art. It features an expanded content, including new customization and stages. Returning characters who have not received newer default costumes are accorded one. Additionally, new characters are featured, including the series' second guest character: Akuma from the Street Fighter series, who has a dedicated EX meter designed to limit some of his special moves. The console and PC versions were based on this update.

After The Idolmaster series, a collaboration with another Bandai Namco property, this time the Taiko no Tatsujin rhythm game series on August 31, 2016, added player icons, customization, and other aesthetic features.

A collaboration with New Japan Pro-Wrestling was announced during the "an presents Dai Pro-Wres Matsuri 2017" event on January 2, 2017. An attire inspired by IWGP Heavyweight champion Kazuchika "Rainmaker" Okada was added as an outfit for King. A new Rage Art for King inspired by Rainmaker would accompany the outfit. Additionally, NJPW-themed T-shirts were added for other characters. The event ran from January 23 to February 22, 2017. Another collaboration with NJPW started on November 18, 2017, this time providing a Hiroshi Tanahashi-inspired outfit for Lars accompanied by a new Rage Art and background theme.

A collaboration with Summer Lesson, Bandai Namco's foray into PlayStation VR debuted on April 4, 2018. All female characters received costumes modeled after either of the game's three protagonists: Hikari Miyamoto, Allison Snow, and Chisato Shinjo.

Characters then exclusive for the console version: Eddy Gordo, Eliza, Kuma, Lee Chaolan, Miguel Caballero Rojo, and Panda, were announced on July 12, 2017, to be added for arcades on July 27, 2017. Three out of ten stages added in the console version: G Corp. Helipad, Infinite Azure, and Violet Systems were added for arcades as part of the Ver.Q update on November 14, 2017. The rest were added as part of the Ver.T update on April 3, 2018.

An update titled Tekken 7: Fated Retribution Round 2 was announced at the "Tekken Mastercup.10" event on October 20, 2018, and released for arcades on February 13, 2019. The update brought all content from the console version yet to be added to the arcades at that time, including six characters (Anna Williams, Armor King, Craig Marduk, Geese Howard, Lei Wulong, and Noctis Lucis Caelum) and two stages (Hammerhead and Howard Estate). A May 28, 2019, update, announced during a March 24, 2019, livestream, added the character Julia Chang and three stages. Bandai Namco ceased online support for the original version of Fated Retribution on March 26, 2020, to solely focus on Round 2 from then on.

Another large-scale update rolled out on June 23, 2020, bringing Season 3 content, including four characters (Fahkumram, Ganryu, Leroy Smith, and Zafina) and a stage (Cave of Enlightenment) to the arcades.

A December 10, 2020, update brought the character Kunimitsu and the stage Vermilion Gates from the console version's Season 4 DLC. A followup update on April 16, 2021, brought followup Season 4 DLC character Lidia Sobieska, the stage Island Paradise, as well as the latest balance changes. Negan and his respective stage (Last Day on Earth) have yet to be added to the arcade version.

Home versions

The PlayStation 4 version was confirmed at Paris Games Week 2015 on October 27, 2015. Bandai Namco announced that the PlayStation 4 version would feature exclusive content, as well as PlayStation VR support. In addition to previous graphical upgrades in the arcade version, the console versions received one. Exclusive content on the PlayStation 4 version were released in the form of classic costumes for Jin, Xiaoyu and King, as well as a Tekken jukebox with classic musical tracks.

At E3 2016, Tekken 7 was announced to be released for the Windows and Xbox One platforms in 2017, in addition to the PlayStation 4 version. A trailer, revealed during same event, showcased some of new features that were included in Fated Retribution, such as graphical updates and stages, as well as a story mode, which adds cutscenes and dialogue during battles.

The game is supported by downloadable content. Players who pre-ordered the game received a code that downloads the character Eliza. She is otherwise available as paid DLC starting on July 28, 2017. Taiko no Tatsujin collaboration items were also made available as free DLC on the same date. The first major batch DLC, containing the Tekken Bowl minigame, The Idolmaster collaboration outfits, Tekken: Blood Vengeance uniforms for Xiaoyu and Alisa, swimsuits for female characters, fundoshi for male characters, and Vintage 1920s bathing suits was made available on August 31, 2017. The second DLC, adding Geese Howard as a playable character and the stage Howard Estate, was released on November 30, 2017. The third DLC, adding Noctis Lucis Caelum as a playable character and the stage Hammerhead, was released on March 20, 2018. These three batches can also be bought together with a season pass.

A free update, Season 2, was released on September 6, 2018. It focused on balance changes, several modifications to the characters' moves, the addition of Wall Bound mechanic for every character, as well as Simple Combo and Assist, which were previously exclusive to the Story Mode. On the same date, the fourth and fifth DLC, adding the characters Anna Williams and Lei Wulong, respectively, were also made available for purchase. The sixth and seventh DLC, containing the characters Craig Marduk and Armor King, respectively, were released on December 3, 2018. The eighth DLC, adding the character Julia Chang, and the ninth DLC, adding the character Negan and the stage Last Day on Earth, were released on February 28, 2019. The last two DLC also came with a free update that added variations of Jungle Outpost, Twilight Conflict, and Infinite Azure stages. The six were packaged into the second season pass for a cheaper price.

Season 3 update was released for free on September 10, 2019, and again concerned about balance changes. The tenth DLC was released on the same date and added Zafina to the playable cast. December 10, 2019, saw the release of the eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth DLC, containing the characters Ganryu and Leroy Smith and the frame data display feature, respectively. The character Fahkumram and the stage Cave of Enlightenment were released as part of the fourteenth and fifteenth DLC on March 24, 2020.

November 10, 2020, saw the release of a free Season 4 update as well as two paid DLC, adding the character Kunimitsu and the stage Vermilion Gates. Two more DLC were added on March 23, 2021, which include the character Lidia Sobieska and the stage Island Paradise.

Reception

Tekken 7 received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. According to Chris Carter of Destructoid, it was an "impressive effort with a few noticeable problems holding it back. Won't astound everyone, but is worth your time and cash," and awarded it a score of 8/10. Electronic Gaming Monthlys Evan Slead scored the game a 7.5/10 with the consensus "Tekken 7, the latest entry in the long-running franchise, delivers what fighting genre fans love about multiplayer battles, but there isn't enough new material to make it truly stand out from the increasingly competitive options in the fighting genre." The game was rated 36 out of 40 for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions by Famitsu. Eurogamer Italy opined, "Tekken 7 is what the fighting game community was waiting for. Awesome gameplay, new mechanics, great characters and a good amount of contents." Metro summarised it as "Tekken with better graphics - the gameplay and characters are still a huge amount of fun." 4Players called it one of "the deepest combo-filled fighters out there that will give Injustice 2s superheroes a run for their money." Matt Elliott of GamesRadar awarded it 4 out of 5 stars stating that "Despite some narrative missteps, Tekken 7 is still a compelling, exhilarating experience. Find the right sparring partner and it will entertain you indefinitely." Polygon stated that the "unforgettable characters and fluid fights are worth the work." Darry Huskey's score of 9.5/10 on IGN said that "Tekken 7 is a hallmark fighting game that's both accessible and highly technical, with great customization options." GamesMaster agreed, saying it was a "gratifying fighting game". "A smart, blisteringly fun experience at its core, Tekken 7s limited singleplayer campaign and poor tutorials marr an otherwise resounding win", was Dave Houghton's conclusion on PC Gamer with a score of 79%.

In Game Informers Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, the game came in second place for "Best Fighting Game". The game was nominated for "Best PS4 Game" in Destructoids Game of the Year Awards 2017, and for "Best Fighting Game" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. It was also a runner-up each for "Best Multiplayer" and "Game of the Year" in Giant Bomb's 2017 Game of the Year Awards. In 2019, Game Informer ranked it as the 7th best fighting game of all time.

In addition, Tekken 7 has been especially popular in the competitive scene. The Tekken World Tour was created in 2017 as a season-long, points-based international tournament series that begins in March and culminates in the Tekken World Tour World Finals each December. The Tour has gone on to receive praise for successfully showcasing several relatively unknown and overlooked Tekken 7 players from around the world as well as generating more interest in the game competitively. Tekken 7 received particular praise for its display at EVO 2018, and it was one of the few games to see increased numbers of entrants at EVO 2019.

Sales
In the United Kingdom, Tekken 7 was the best selling software in the week of release; this is a first for the series in 19 years, since the debut of Tekken 3 on the original PlayStation. It remained at number 1 in the second week. The game also topped the Japanese charts in its first week, selling 58,736 copies. The release of the game also boosted PlayStation 4 sales. It fell to number 2 in the second week, behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It was number 1 in both Australia and New Zealand. Tekken 7 was also the best selling physical software in North America in the month of June 2017, as well as the 8th best selling download on the US PlayStation Store. It was the 5th most downloaded game on the EU PlayStation Store. it topped the charts for 2 weeks in Switzerland.

Within the first two months of release, Tekken 7 had sold over two million copies worldwide. Harada was satisfied with these sales as they surpassed the team's own expectations. Harada later revealed that the game sold over 3 million copies before its one-year anniversary. As of December 2022, the game has surpassed 10 million in sales, making it the most commercially successful game in the series, surpassing the record held by Tekken 3.

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title: Lophospermum erubescens

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Lophospermum erubescens, known as Mexican twist or creeping gloxinia, is a climbing or sprawling herbaceous perennial plant, native to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Mexico, where it is found along forest margins or canyon walls. It climbs by means of twining leaf stalks. Wild plants have pink and white tubular flowers, although other colours are found in cultivation. It has been cultivated as an ornamental plant since at least 1830. Although not frost-hardy, it will survive if its base and roots are protected from freezing in the winter. It has escaped from cultivation and become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas of the world.

Lophospermum erubescens has been confused with Lophospermum scandens, partly because the earliest illustration of L. erubescens was labelled as L. scandens. Among other differences, L. erubescens  has a more climbing habit than L. scandens, with many twining leaf stalks; also the sepals are broader and joined at the base for only  rather than .

Despite the common name creeping gloxinia, it is not closely related to either the true Gloxinia species from South America, or the flowering houseplant commonly known as gloxinia, Sinningia speciosa.

Description
Lophospermum erubescens is a climbing herbaceous perennial with fibrous roots. It climbs by means of twining leaf stalks (petioles) rather than tendrils or twining stems. The long stems are branched, becoming woody at the base with age and developing a woody caudex – a swollen, bulb-like structure at the base of the stem. The leaves have petioles  long and are triangular or heart-shaped,  long by  wide, with a pointed apex and toothed edges (dentate or crenate). The leaves and stems are sparsely covered with short hairs.

Lophospermum erubescens flowers and fruits over a long period, April to the following January in its native habitat. The flowers are borne singly. The calyx has sepals that are broadly ovate,  long and  wide at the base, joined only for the first . The sepal margins curve outwards along about a third or half their length.  The flowers have five petals, joined at the base to form a tube  long, whitish at the base and pinkish-red to red towards the end. The free lobes at the end of the petals bend outwards. There are two prominent folds (plicae) running along the length of the base of the flower tube, bearing numerous yellow hairs  long. There are four fertile stamens, the upper two slightly longer than the lower two, and one rudimentary infertile stamen. The style has a forked stigma.

The ovary is covered with glandular hairs and has two chambers (locules). After fertilization, a more-or-less symmetrical globe-shaped capsule forms, filled with brown seeds, each with a circular "wing" around it.

Taxonomy

The earliest illustration of Lophospermum erubescens appeared in 1830 in The British Flower Garden. The plant was at first identified as the already known Lophospermum scandens and labelled as such. David Don later realized that it was a new species, and corrected the error in a subsequent note in The British Flower Garden, describing the illustrated plant as a new species, L. erubescens. Don did not explain the origin of the specific epithet, but erubescens means reddening or blushing in Latin. Don's correction was not always noticed, with the result that the name L. scandens became associated with the illustration of L. erubescens, creating confusion between the two species.

The distinction between the two species has not always been accepted. Don distinguished L. erubescens from L. scandens by features such as the former's more triangular leaves with shorter hairs, and broader, less sharply pointed sepals. Other differences are that L. erubescens has a more climbing habit than L. scandens, with many twining leaf stalks; the bases of the sepals are joined for only  rather than ; and the folds (plicae) on the base of the inside of the flower tube bear hairs  rather than less than  long.

Lophospermum erubescens has previously been placed in other genera now considered distinct but related; for example in Maurandya by Samuel Frederick Gray and in Asarina by Francis Whittier Pennell.

Distribution and habitat
Lophospermum erubescens is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental mountains of Mexico where it is found at elevations between . It grows in the margins of seasonally dry oak or oak-Liquidambar forests, including forest edges created by roads, or on canyon walls.

Through its widespread cultivation, it has become naturalized in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world, including Central America (Costa Rica and Panama), the Caribbean (Puerto Rico and Jamaica), South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and southern Brazil), Hawaii, the Azores, Madeira, Madagascar and Réunion, Australia (New South Wales and Queensland), New Zealand (North Island), New Caledonia, Java and New Guinea.

Ecology
Lophospermum erubescens is pollinated by hummingbirds. Its flowers show characteristic adaptations to this mode of pollination, having sturdy, long-tubed pink to red flowers with open throats, that are more-or-less radially symmetrical. The nectar produced by the flowers is also typical of those pollinated by hummingbirds, being high in sucrose and low in glucose relative to fructose.

Cultivation
Lophospermum erubescens has been in cultivation since it was first formally described in 1830. Joseph Paxton wrote in 1836 that it was "a very fine creeper, and deserves growing by every lover of plants." Growing to  or more, it has been described as "easy" to grow in a frost-free location. In areas subject to frost, it will survive if cut down to near ground level and the base and roots protected from freezing over winter. Propagation is by seed or cuttings. In cultivation, forms with all-white flowers are known, including the cultivar 'Bridal Bouquet'.

In horticulture, it is often given names in the genus Maurandya, as noted for example in the RHS Horticultural Database. However, Lophospermum and Maurandya are now regarded as distinct. Maurandya has smooth rather than hairy leaves with entire rather than toothed margins, and smaller flowers with a tube at most about  long.

This plant has won the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.

References

erubescens
Plants described in 1830
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental


title: Yahtse River

text:
The Yahtse River (Tlingit Yas'ei Héen) is a short glacier outlet stream extending from the Malaspina Glacier to the Pacific Ocean. The river formerly served as a primary outlet stream for the western portion of the Malaspina. Following the retreat of the Icy Bay glaciers in the 20th century the outlet of the Malaspina shifted to the Caetani River draining into Icy Bay, and the Yahtse was almost completely abandoned by the early 21st century.

References

Rivers of Alaska
Rivers of Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska


title: Siu Lam Hospital

text:
Siu Lam Hospital, located in Tuen Mun, is the only hospital in Hong Kong providing comprehensive rehabilitation and infirmary services exclusively for patients with severe intellectual disability aged 16 or above.

History
Siu Lam Hospital was opened on 28 June 1972 by the Executive Councillor, Kenneth Fung Ping-fan. Originally located in Tai Lam Valley, with 200 beds, it was the first hospital to serve patients with severe intellectual disabilities in Hong Kong. It was built with a grant of HK$5.7 million from the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club.

Services
, the hospital has 500 beds and around 411 members of staff.

References

Hospitals in Hong Kong
Intellectual disability hospitals
1972 establishments in Hong Kong
Hospitals established in 1972


title: The Boat Race 1998

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The 144th Boat Race took place on 28 March 1998. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames.  Cambridge, with the heaviest crew in the history of the event, won by three lengths in a record time of 16 minutes 19 seconds.

In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis defeated Cambridge's Goldie in a time which equalled the record, while Cambridge won the Women's Boat Race.

Background
The Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing competition between the University of Oxford (sometimes referred to as the "Dark Blues") and the University of Cambridge (sometimes referred to as the "Light Blues").  First held in 1829, the race takes place on the  Championship Course on the River Thames in southwest London.  The rivalry is a major point of honour between the two universities and followed throughout the United Kingdom and broadcast worldwide.  Cambridge went into the race as reigning champions, having won the 1997 race by two lengths, and led overall with 74 victories to Oxford's 68 (excluding the "dead heat" of 1877).

The first Women's Boat Race took place in 1927, but did not become an annual fixture until the 1960s. Until 2014, the contest was conducted as part of the Henley Boat Races, but as of the 2015 race, it is held on the River Thames, on the same day as the men's main and reserve races.  The reserve race, contested between Oxford's Isis boat and Cambridge's Goldie boat has been held since 1965.  It usually takes place on the Tideway, prior to the main Boat Race.

The race was sponsored for the final time by Beefeater Gin who had invested £1.4 million in the event over the previous three-year contract period.  They would be replaced by Aberdeen Asset Management for the 1999 race.

Crews
The official weigh-in was held at The Hurlingham Club in London on 23 March. The Cambridge crew, the heaviest in the history of the Boat Race, weighed an average of  per rower more than their opponents, the second-largest disparity between the Universities since 1829.

Oxford boat club president Andrew Lindsay acknowledged the weight difference: "We are quite happy, it presents a challenge.  They have got the equivalent of another cox to carry along."   Cambridge's president David Cassidy (who would row for Goldie) was blunt in his assessment: "A powerful car will beat a less powerful car."  Cambridge, coached by Robin Williams, suffered a setback: their number five, Toby Wallace, was ill in the run-in to the race, and did not participate in the outings just prior to the main event.  Despite that, The Times reported that the Light Blue boat looked "ominously powerful".

Oxford saw five members of their 1997 crew return, while Cambridge welcomed back two in Brad Crombie and Alex Story.  Two German world champions rowed for Cambridge: Stefan Forster and Marc Weber won gold in the men's eight at the 1995 World Rowing Championships.

Race

Cambridge were pre-race favourite for the sixth consecutive year.  Oxford won the toss and elected to start from the Middlesex station, only the eighth time such a decision has been made since 1945. The river conditions were described as "smooth". Despite holding a brief early lead, a series of blade clashes disrupted Oxford and Cambridge's cox Potts called for a push which saw his boat pass the Mile Post with a canvas' lead.  At Hammersmith Bridge, by which time Umpire Mike Sweeney had issued fifty separate warnings to the crews, Cambridge were a length ahead and stretched away to win by three lengths in a record time of 16 minutes 19 seconds, 26 seconds quicker than the previous best time set by Oxford in the 1984 race.  Cambridge beat the existing course record by 26 seconds, while Oxford finished 9 seconds behind them.

In the reserve race, Oxford's Isis beat Cambridge's Goldie by  lengths, their first victory in nine years, and in a time of 17 minutes 2 seconds which equalled the 1996 record.  Cambridge won the 50th Women's Boat Race by  lengths in a time of 6 minutes and 25 seconds, their seventh consecutive victory.

Reaction
Weber remarked "we practised our pushes and made them really effective."  Oxford's president Lindsay conceded "Cambridge had that extra gear to increase their base for short times.  It demolished us."  His stroke, Nick Robinson, commented: "It was going pretty well until the clash, but they came out better than we did."  Umpire Mike Sweeney was unperturbed: "They were both fighting for the same water.  That is not a question of disqualification."  Cambridge's Story said his crew were confident before the race: "We were never in doubt that we would win" and despite the record time, he remarked "We can row a lot better than that."

References

External links
 Official website

The Boat Race
1998 in English sport
1998 in rowing
1998 sports events in London
March 1998 sports events in the United Kingdom


title: Deepa Malik

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Deepa Malik (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian athlete. She started her career at the age of 30. She is the first Indian woman to win a medal in Paralympic Games and won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in shot put.
She also won gold in the F-53/54 Javelin event at the para athletic Grand Prix held in Dubai in 2018. She is currently the world number one in the F-53 category.
She has won accolades for her participation in various adventure sports. She is associated with Himalayan Motorsports Association (H.M.A.) and Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (F.M.S.C.I.). She has undertaken an 8-day, 1,700-km drive in sub-zero temperatures which included a climb to . It was – Raid De Himalaya. This journey covers many difficult paths including remote Himalayas, Leh, Shimla and Jammu.

She is a member of the working group in the formulation 12th five-year plan (2012–2017) on sports and physical education as nominated by the Planning Commission HRD Division on behalf of the Sports Ministry. She is also the 'Clean India' brand ambassador for NMDC and expert consultant for Disability Inclusive Accessible Infrastructure for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 'Smart Cities' project. In 2020, she was elected as President of the Paralympic Committee of India.

Achievements
Deepa Malik is the first Indian woman to win a medal at the Paralympics. She won the silver medal in the shot put in 2016 Paralympic Games. She was previously honored with the Arjuna award in 2012, at the age of 42 years. She has also been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri award in 2017. She created a New Asian Record in  Asian Para Games 2018 and is the only Indian woman to win medals in 3 consecutive Asian Para Games (2010, 2014, 2018). She has won 58 national and 23 international medals across all disciplines to date.

International participation and medals
Asian Para Games 2018, Jakarta 2018 | 2 Bronze Medals(3rd Position) - 1 Bronze F53/F54 Category (Javelin Throw), 1 Bronze F51/52/53 Category (Discus Throw)
Paralympic Games 2016, Rio 2016 | Silver Medal (2nd Position) - First Ever Indian Woman to win a Paralympic Medal (shot put)
IPC Athletics World Championship, Doha, Qatar 2015 | Diploma (5th Position) – (shot put)
IPC Oceania Asian Championship, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 2016 | 1 Gold (javelin), 1 Silver (shot put)
Won Incheon Asian Para Games 2014 – Silver medal in women's 53–54 Javelin with a new Asian Record and has now qualified to be at IPC World Athletics Championship Doha 2015 to be held in Oct 2015
IPC 2nd China Open Athletics Championship Beijing 10–17 April 2014– Shotput F53-55 Gold
German open athletics championship Berlin 2013 – IPC Qualification event – Only women from India to earn qualification for IPC world athletics championship Lyon 2013
IPC World Athletics Championship, Lyon 2013 – Diploma Position
First Malaysian Open Athletics Championship April 2012 – Two Gold Medals – (Javelin and discus) – New Official Asian Record In Javelin F-53 Women – Felicitated by Milkha Singh Ji and P.T.Usha Ji.
IWAS World Games Sharjah Dec-2011- Two Bronze Medals – Two New Asian Records
IPC World Athletics Championship Christchurch Jan 2011 – Silver Medal
IPC World Athletics Championship New Zealand 2011 – Only women para-athlete to qualify for the same *Commonwealth Games 2010 – Diploma Position – Shot Put
Para-Asian Games China Dec 2010 – Bronze Medal – First Ever Medal Won By A Woman Athlete at Asian Games
CP Sports Nottingham England Sep 2010 – Three Gold Medals – Shot-put, Discus, Javelin
IWAS World Games, India 2009– shot put- Bronze Medal
World Open Swimming Championship- Berlin 2008 – 10th Position S-5 Swimming Backstroke
IWAS World Games Taiwan- 2007 – Diploma Position – Javelin F53 Women
FESPIC Games Kuala Lumpur 2006 – 2ND Position S-5 Swimming Backstroke
Qualified B Level – Javelin Throw F-53 For Beijing Olympics 2008 – Felicitated By Mr. Kapil Dev
National and State level medals: 51 Gold, 5 Silver, 2 Bronze
International medals- 23

Motor sports
Deepa Malik was the first person ever to receive a license for an invalid (modified) rally vehicle, a case she consistently pursued for 19 months in Maharashtra. She is also the first physically challenged individual in the country to receive an official rally license from the Federation Motor Sports Club of India (FMSCI) and become a navigator and driver in the toughest car rallies of the country- Raid-de-HIMALAYA 2009 and Desert Storm 2010.

Malik participated in the grid and national anthem ceremony at the start of the 2013 Indian Grand Prix at the Buddh International Circuit.

Her aim of joining motorsports is to spread awareness towards the fact that physically challenged individuals can obtain an official license and attain independence and self-reliance through driving. Deepa Malik has undertaken numerous rallies to promote this cause.

Early life
Malik was diagnosed with a spinal tumor in 1999, and after three surgeries was left paralysed below the waist. She opened a restaurant, became a swimmer and a biker, and swam across the River Yamuna.

"I had fallen in love with Bikram because he was a biker," Bikram was a young major in the Army with a fondness for bikes, soon they got married as Deepa's father was in Army at that time.

Awards and recognition

National awards

President Role Model Award (2014)
Arjuna Award (2012)
Maharashtra Chhatrapati Award (sports) (2009–10)
Haryana Karambhoomi Award (2008)
Swawlamban Puruskar Maharashtra (2006)
Padma Shri Award (2017)
First Ladies Award - Ministry of Women & Child Development.
Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award (2019)

Other awards
WCRC Leaders Asia Excellence Award 2014
Limca people of the year award 2014
iCONGO Karamveer Puruskar 2014
Amazing Indian Awards Times Now-2013
Cavinkare National Ability Mastery Award −2013
Karamaveer Chakra award 2013
Nominee for L'Oreal Femina Awards 2013 in “Women We Love Category”
Batra Positive Health Hero Award 2012
AWWA Excellence Award For Sports 2012
Media Peace & Excellence Award For Sports 2012
Maharana Mewar Arawali Sports Award 2012
Misaal-e-Himmat Award (2012)
International Women's day appreciation Award 2011 – Cancer Patient Aid Association New Delhi.
Shree Shakti Puruskar CARE- 2011
District Sports Award Ahmednagar-2010
Rashtra Gaurav Puraskar 2009
Naari Gaurav Puraskar 2009
Guru Gobind Shaurya Puraskar 2009
Rotary Women Of The Year Award 2007

 For the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
 from the Government of Haryana
 from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

Records and rankings
 Holds An Official IPC Asian Record In Javelin F-53 Category – Felicitated by Milkha Singh and P.T.Usha.
 Holds All Three National Records In Throws {Discus, Javelin, Shot-put} In F-53 Category
 Holds All Three National Records In S-1 Swimming Category {Back Stroke, Breast Stroke, Free Style }
 World Ranking 2010–12 – 2nd Shot-put, 3rd -Discus, 3rd Javelin
 Asian Ranking 2010–12 – 1st In All Three Throws
LIMCA World Records
 Longest Pan-India drive done by a paraplegic women. Chennai-Delhi 3278 km – 2013
 Driving Across Nine High Altitude Passes in Nine Days on Leh-Ladakh Highest Motorable Roads. (First Woman in the world in her disability to attempt a journey like this – 2011)
 Riding Special Bike −2009
 Swimming in River Yamuna Against The Current For 1 km. Allahabad-2008

Public appearances

 11 October 2019, On the occasion of International Day of the Girl Child, Deepa appeared on the popular Indian TV game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.

Political career
Deepa Malik joined the BJP in shortly before the 2019 general election.

See also
Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put (F32–34/52/53)
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's discus throw
Athletics at the 2010 Asian Para Games
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's javelin throw
2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Women's shot put

References

External links

How Deepa Malik Got Her Wheels Back by Snigdha Hasan

1970 births
Living people
Recipients of the Arjuna Award
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic silver medalists for India
Indian female javelin throwers
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
Indian female shot putters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
People from Sonipat district
Sportswomen from Haryana
Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports
Athletes from Haryana
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Paralympic athletes for India
Recipients of the Khel Ratna Award
Commonwealth Games competitors for India
FESPIC Games competitors
Wheelchair shot putters
Wheelchair javelin throwers
Paralympic shot putters
Paralympic javelin throwers


title: Cobie-Jane Morgan

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Cobie-Jane Morgan (born 29 June 1989) is a female rugby union player. She plays for . She was a member of the squad to the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup that finished in third place.

She has been named in 's 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup squad.

References

External links
Wallaroos Profile

1985 births
Living people
Australia women's international rugby union players
Australian female rugby union players
Australian female rugby sevens players
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women
Sportspeople from Gosford
Sportswomen from New South Wales


title: Composure

text:
Composure may refer to:
 Calmness
 Equanimity
 Composure (Waking Ashland album), a 2005 album by Waking Ashland
 Composure, a 2016 album by Maala
 Composure, a 2018 album by Real Friends (band)
 "Composure" (song), a song by August Burns Red
 Composure, a horse that won the 2002 Chandelier Stakes
 Composure, an attribute in Vampire: The Masquerade


title: Tom Leamore

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Thomas Leamore (probably born Henry Samuel Lee; 22 September 1866 – 6 September 1939) was an English music hall and variety comic performer, dancer and singer.

Life and career
He was born in Shoreditch, London, in 1866.  There is some uncertainty over his birth name and details; an alternative date and birth name are given by the Music Hall Guild.  He initially worked for a firm of wood carvers and gilders, but developed talents for clog and sand dancing.  He first appeared on stage in the early 1880s, perhaps at the Rodney Music Hall as early as 1880, though his first paid appearance came in 1884.  He quickly grew into a successful stage performer, singing comically and dancing eccentrically with clogs.   Contemporary reviews state that he was second only to Dan Leno as an eccentric dancer.

Leamore appeared in pantomimes, though he claimed not to enjoy the experience, and he also fought as a boxer.  He made up his own patter and songs, and, by 1898, he had introduced a repertoire of characters.  He was engaged by the main London music halls as one of their leading attractions, sometimes performing in four different theatres each night.   Lists of his engagements indicate that his popularity peaked in the 1890s and 1900s.  He was the first music hall performer to make commercial recordings, for Berliner in 1898.
His best known song was "Percy from Pimlico" which he composed and wrote himself in 1898. He recorded the song in the 1930s, and was featured singing it in the 1968 documentary A Little of What You Fancy.   In December 1905 he portrayed Ali Baba in the pantomime of The Forty Thieves at the Marlborough Theatre.  He continued to perform in the 1910s, but his career began to fade.  He toured South Africa in 1921, and Australia and New Zealand the following year, but by that time was seen as "quaint" and "old school".

In the early 1930s, he made some radio and experimental television broadcasts, as a "veteran" performer.  In November 1937 Leamore joined the Old Timers touring company with fellow artistes including Tom Costello, George Mozart, and Tom Finglass, appearing with them in various venues across the UK.   The following he took part in an early television programme, Cavalcade of Music Hall, broadcast from  the Alexandra Palace.   At the end of the same month he also appeared in the television broadcast New Years Eve Party with Sam Mayo and Daisy Dormer.  In 1938 he continued to tour with The Old Timers, and appeared in the touring revue Time Marches On.  In November 1938 he took part in a Royal Command Performance during which he performed "The Lambeth Walk" with Lupino Lane and various other music hall veterans. In 1939 he took part in Flashbacks of 30 Years Ago with Wilkie Bard, Ida Barr and Lillie Lassah.

Leamore married three times.  In 1889 he married Florrie Palmer, who died in 1895.  He then married actress and dancer Rose Hamilton.  They divorced in 1907, by which time he had been living for several years with Mary Ann Fleming, whom he married the same year.

He died in Lambeth Hospital in 1939, aged 72, and was buried in the Variety Plot at Streatham Park Cemetery.

References

External links

 Caricature by G. H. Cooke at V&A Museum

English male comedians
English male dancers
English male singer-songwriters
English singer-songwriters
1866 births
1939 deaths
Burials at Streatham Park Cemetery
Comedians from London
Singers from London


title: Seng Guan Temple

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Seng Guan Ssu () is a prominent Buddhist edifice on Narra Street, near Divisoria, in Tondo, Manila, Philippines. It contains a stupa, a huge repository for urns of human ashes, several meditation rooms, and various shrines.  It is a major cultural center for the Chinese Filipino community. It is a Chan Buddhist temple built by the father of Buddhism in the Philippines, Master Xing Yuan from the South Putuo Temple in Xiamen, Fujian Province.

Seng Guan Ssu was established by Wu Jianglu, Wang Zhenwen, and members of their Chinese Buddhist Society in the Philippines.  It is regarded as the first Buddhist temple in the Philippines, being the first temple with a resident monk, Venerable Seng Guan (1889-1962), after whom the temple was named.  Seng Guan from Fu Kien (Fujian), China, was active in teaching and organizing work in Southern China, Manila, and Rizal.  His work laid the foundations for several institutions, including the Samantabhadra Institute in Santa Cruz, Manila, and the Hwa Chong Buddhist Temple complex in Tugatog, Malabon, Rizal (now Malabon, Metro Manila), where his ashes are enshrined in a stupa.

In 1960, the Seng Guan Ssu set up the Philippine Academy of Sakya, Manila.  Over the years, Seng Guan Ssu also conducted many charity works for the poor, orphans, elderly, refugees, and government welfare projects.

References

External links

Buddhist temples in Metro Manila
Buildings and structures in Tondo, Manila
Chinese-Filipino culture
20th-century Buddhist temples
20th-century religious buildings and structures in the Philippines


title: Hiranyakeshi river

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The Hiranyakeshi river is a left-bank tributary of the Ghataprabha River originating in the western ghats in the Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra.

Etymology
The river derives its name from the Shri Hiranyakeshi temple. Located inside the temple are caves from where the river originates as a fresh mountain stream. Hiranyakeshi is a sanskrit word which means "one with golden hair" with respect to the goddess Parvati in the temple. The temple itself is supposed to be situated in a "Devrai" or  a sacred groove as is labelled by the locals.

Course

The river begins in the Hiranyakeshwar temple, a holy shrine dedicated to the goddess Parvati near the hill-station of Amboli. It quickly flows in a north-west direction towards Jakatwadi, a small village next to Amboli. There the river turns right almost at a right angle and begins to flow eastwards similar to most rivers flowing on the Deccan Plateau. It flows underneath a bridge supporting state highway 121, which was named by the British as Victoria Jubilee Bridge. Then on, it takes a north-eastward course till it reaches the town of Ajra in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra.

2 km before it reaches Ajra, the river plunges over a rocky ledge measuring about 5 metres in height forming the Ramteerth falls.  A tourist spot, the Ramteerth temple of Lord Ram & Shiv, lies on the banks of the river near the falls. A legend says that Lord Ram had been staying here for some time during his Vanvas. The river then crosses underneath a bridge for the second time. It continues its run now along the right side of SH 134 crossing over into the Belgaum district, Karnataka. At the town of Sankeshwar it begins its short south-eastward course before it converges with Ghataprabha river after Hidkal dam and before Gokak falls.

Irrigation
The government of Maharashtra has constructed two barriers over the river known as the Dabhil weir and the Devarde weir which provide irrigation water to the neighbouring villages.

Ecology

The area around the river's origin being a sacred groove is protected by the locals. During the monsoon months, fresh rain water transforms the landscape into a lush green oasis with different types of mushrooms which sprout out along its banks. There are also a variety of plants like karvi and malabar melastome.

Water pollution status
Physico-chemical analysis showed that the water of the Hiranyakeshi River was in 2010 mostly within the limits of WHO standards with the exemption of samples taken at Chicalgud because of the addition of domestic sewage and sugar mill effluents.

Places of interest
 Hiranyakeshwar temple
 Ramteerth temple
 Amboli hill-station

References

Rivers of Karnataka
Rivers of Maharashtra
Geography of Belagavi district


title: Daniel Krencker

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Daniel Krencker (15 July 1874, Andolsheim – 10 November 1941, Berlin) was an Alsatian-German architectural historian. He is known for his studies of Roman architecture, in particular, his investigations of its temples (Asia Minor, Syria) and thermal baths.

From 1894 to 1898 he studied architecture at the Technical University at Berlin-Charlottenburg. Later on, he served as a professor of architectural history at the technical university. (from 1922 to 1941). Concurrently, he was an honorary professor of Geschichte der Bau- und Gartenkunst at the agricultural university in Berlin (1930–1941).

Under the direction of Otto Puchstein and Bruno Schulz (1865–1932), from 1900 to 1904, he investigated the ancient Roman ruins at Baalbek and Palmyra. In 1905/06 he was technical manager of an expedition to Aksum (Abyssinia). Later on, he conducted studies at the excavation site of the Hittite capital of Hattusa (Asia Minor, 1907).

In 1912 he was appointed head of the architecture department in Quedlinburg, and subsequently put in charge of excavation of the Trier Imperial Baths. He later returned to Asia Minor, where he conducted significant research of the temples at Ankara ("Temple of Augustus and Rome") and Aizanoi. In 1939 he made one last trip to Syria, where he investigated the Monumentalanlage at the Church of Simeon Stylites.

Published works
 Boghasköi, die Bauwerke, 1912 (by Otto Puchstein, with assistance from Krencker and Heinrich Kohl – Hattusa, its construction.
 Ältere Denkmäler Nordabessiniens, 1913 with Theodor von Lüpke (1873–1961) – Ancient monuments of northern Abyssinia.
 Baalbek 2. Band  Ergebnisse der Ausgrabungen und Untersuchungen in den Jahren 1898 bis 1905; edited by Theodor Wiegand, Daniel Krencker, Theodor von Lüpke and Hermann Winnefeld (1862–1918) with assistance from Otto Puchstein and Bruno Schulz – Baalbek (Volume 2) Results of excavations and investigations in the years 1898-1905.
 Der Zeustempel zu Aizanoi: nach den Ausgrabungen von Daniel Krencker und Martin Schede – The  Temple of Zeus at Aizanoi, according to the excavation by Krencker and Martin Schede (1883–1947).
 Die Trierer Kaiserthermen, 1929 – The Trier Imperial thermal baths.
 Palmyra : Ergebnisse der Expeditionen von 1902 und 1917, with Theodor Wiegand, 1932 – Palmyra, results of 1902 and 1917 expeditions.
 Römische Tempel in Syrien: nach Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen von Mitgliedern der Deutschen Baalbekexpedition 1901-1904; with Otto Puchstein and Bruno Schulz, 1933 – A Roman temple in Syria; records and investigations by members of the German "Baalbekexpedition" 1901-1904.
 Römische Tempel in Syrien, with Willy Zschietzschmann (1900–1976), 1938.
 Der Tempel in Ankara, with Martin Schede and others, 1936 – The temple at Ankara.

References

1874 births
1941 deaths
People from Haut-Rhin
People from Alsace-Lorraine
Alsatian-German people
German architectural historians
German archaeologists
German male non-fiction writers
Academic staff of the Technical University of Berlin


title: Bhaisunda

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Bhaisunda, also spelt 'Bhaisaunda', was a princely state in India during the British Raj.

History
Bhaisaunda state was founded in 1812 by the Kalinjar family.
It was one of the Chaube Jagirs, which were part of the Bagelkhand Agency of British India.

Practically all the inhabitants of the Jagir were Hindu. The capital was the village of Bhaisunda, located at 25° 18′ N, 80° 48′ E..
In 1948, one year after Indian independence, Bhaisunda was merged into the Indian state of Vindhya Pradesh.

Rulers
The rulers of Bhaisunda were titled 'Chaube' and from 1885, 'Rao Chaube'.

Chaubes
1812 - 1829                Newal Kishor                        (d. 1829)
1829 - 18..                Acharju Sing                        (b. c.1819 - d. ... )
1829 - 1840                Zirat Prasad -Regent
1840? - 10 Oct 1885        Tirath Prasad                       (b. 1822 - d. 1885)

Rao Chaubes
10 Oct 1885 -  8 Jan 1916  Chhatarsal Prasad                   (b. 1877 - d. 1916)
10 Oct 1885 - 1896        ... -Regent
 8 Jan 1916 -  4 Nov 1916  Bharat Prasad                       (b. 1884 - d. 1916)
 4 Nov 1916 - 1947         Govind Prasad                       (b. 1884 - d. af.1948)

See also
 Bundelkhand Agency
 Political integration of India

References

Satna district
Princely states of Madhya Pradesh
1812 establishments in India


title: Tricia Brown

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Tricia Brown (born 14 March 1979) is an Australian female rugby union player. She has also represented Australia in sevens rugby and cricket. She represented the Wallaroos at three Rugby World Cup's.

Brown was a member of the Australian squad to the 2006 Rugby World Cup in Canada. In 2007, she was named a 22-player squad that toured New Zealand in October. She was part of the Wallaroos 2010 Rugby World Cup squad that finished in their best result of third place.

Brown was selected in 's 2014 Rugby World Cup squad to France. She played in the Wallaroos opening match against South Africa, which they won 26–3. She then scored a brace of tries against Wales in their 25–3 victory.

Teaching suspension
Brown had her teaching registration suspended in 2009. She admitted to courting two year 12 students into lesbian relationships while she was employed as a P.E. teacher at both a private and public school in Brisbane. The Australian Rugby Union held an inquiry but decided not to impose any playing ban on her.

References

External links
 Classic Wallaroos Profile

1979 births
Living people
Australia women's international rugby union players
Australian female rugby union players
Australian female rugby sevens players
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union fullbacks
Sportspeople from Mildura
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)