Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan is a 2006 documentary film by Manfred Kirchheimer that attempts to tell the story of how Louis Sullivan designed skyscrapers.  The film begins by placing the viewer in late 19th century Chicago just after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. The film takes the viewer through the early development of skyscrapers with archival photos, music and narration.  It ends by focusing on the decline of Louis Sullivan.  The documentary met with mixed reviews that generally liked the artistry of the documentary but found the storytelling lacking.

Subject
Louis Sullivan was an architect from Chicago who achieved peak prominence as a designer of early skyscrapers during the end of the 19th century.  In the 1880s, with the development of the mass production of steel, it became possible to construct buildings on steel frames.  Previously, the height of buildings was limited by the load-bearing capacities of the outer walls of buildings.  With the mass production of steel, steel frames for buildings could be erected and buildings could be constructed by hanging them from steel frames, thereby eliminating the need for thick load-bearing outer walls.  This new construction technique allowed the construction of very tall buildings and Louis Sullivan was concerned with how to express this "newness" in design, capturing "good ol' American know-how" in the design of these new buildings.

In an 1896 essay, Sullivan revealed his fundamental law of design: "form ever follows function". For him, this law implied that the design of skyscrapers must express their tallness: "It must be in every inch a proud and soaring thing". The Wainwright Building in downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the Guaranty Building in Buffalo, New York are the most famous examples of his design from this perspective. However, the Panic of 1893 brought the construction of skyscrapers to a near stop and Sullivan met with financial ruin.  He continued to design some small buildings, especially banks but he died nearly penniless in 1924. Tall: The American Skyscraper and Louis Sullivan attempts to tell some of this story.

The opening scene of the film begins with a horse standing on empty street near a warehouse.  This was just after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871 that burned down much of Chicago.  The horse standing alone represents the transition from the pre-modern era to the modern era and its skyscrapers.  Kirchheimer attempts to capture this transition through a montage of images and music.  Kirchheimer also attempts to express the idea of form following function by how he uses the camera with archival photos.  For example, the first panning up shot in the film is used on the Woolworth Tower, which suddenly draws the viewer into the unprecedented immensity of these never before seen tall buildings.  For other archival photos, Kirchheimer uses camera movement and an evocative soundtrack to enhance the narrative.

The latter scenes of the documentary turn to Sullivan's decline, focusing more on him than his architecture.

Other architects discussed
Several other architects are given screen time, mostly in conjunction with Sullivan. Daniel Burnham, though praised for city planning and a few of his buildings, is mostly presented as a contrast—and almost a personal nemesis—to Sullivan in artistry and "careerist" kowtowing to clients. Following Sullivan's strong criticisms, Tall blames Burnham for short-circuiting Chicago architecture's original design sense in favor of East Coast architects' slavishly slapping historic European details all over tall buildings. Frank Lloyd Wright is presented as having reconciled with Sullivan, his first employer, and as being his true heir in brilliantly conceived tall buildings. Numerous other Chicago architects are mentioned, mostly in passing, such as Dankmar Adler, Sullivan's longtime partner until economic conditions forced a breakup; Sullivan proteges George Grant Elmslie and William Gray Purcell; William Le Baron Jenney, designer of the Home Insurance Building, which generally gets credit for its steel-skeleton innovation; John Wellborn Root, Burnham's partner until Root's early death; Holabird & Roche; and later some of the entrants to the Chicago Tribune Tower design competition.

The film gives New York architects and several of their "post-Sullivan" buildings mixed coverage. There is some praise for Burnham's Flatiron Building and Cass Gilbert's Woolworth Building, but Tall generally joins Sullivan and later Wright in decrying NY architecture's historicism as inappropriate for modern America. Art Deco skyscrapers are not highly regarded by the film inasmuch as they don't adhere to Sullivan's principles, and the International Style is wholly panned as technology stripped of art.

Critical reception
Following its DVD released, documentary did not receive many reviews and those it did receive were mixed.  Michael Mooradian Lupro, writing for Film & History thought the film was well done when it focused on architecture, but when it turned to Sullivan as a person towards the end of the film Lupro wrote: "The cinematic techniques that were so successful in rendering the architecture are less effective when the subject shifts to people." In the Chicago Reader, Fred Camper wrote: "The images here of standing and vanished buildings and the many wise quotes from Sullivan are valuable, but the music is intrusive, the narration bland, and the attempts to meld live-action footage and stills awkward."  Kent Williams, concluded the Kirchheimer largely failed to tell Sullivan's story in the film and wrote: "But the artistic touches, of which there are many, start to seem self-indulgent after a while." After its theatrical release, more than a decade later, the film received positive reviews, earning a score of 86 on review aggregator Metacritic.

References

External links
The Cinema Guild

2006 films
2000s English-language films


title: Pirch (company)

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Pirch (stylized as PIRCH) is a fixture and appliance retailer for kitchen, bath and outdoor products based in San Diego, California. Founded in 2009, the company expanded to ten metropolitan markets throughout the United States before pulling back to its four California stores in 2017. The stores feature an experiential showroom that allows consumers to test living appliances and bathroom plumbing fixtures as they would in their homes, while being advised by sales consultants.

History
The company was founded in San Diego in 2009 by a team of businessmen including Phil Roxworthy, James Fikes, and Tom Cavallo, under Rox Design DBA Fixtures Kitchen Bath Outdoor.

On February 26, 2013, the private equity firm Catterton Partners announced its investment in Pirch as a minority shareholder.

In September 2017 the company announced a change of focus, closing all its stores outside of California.

References

2009 establishments in California
Companies based in San Diego
Home appliance manufacturers of the United States
Privately held companies based in California
Retail companies based in California
Retail companies established in 2009


title: Jim Host

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Jim Host (born November 23, 1937, in Kane, Pennsylvania) is an American businessman best known for founding Host Communications, a pioneering collegiate sports-marketing and production services company that was acquired by IMG in 2007 for $74.3 million. Host sits on the National Advisory Board of the College of Communication and Information at the University of Kentucky.

Early life
Host was born in Kane, Pennsylvania to Wilford and Beatrice Host. His father worked in tanneries, and they traveled from Pennsylvania to New York to Virginia to West Virginia looking for work. The family settled in Ashland, Kentucky when Jim was an eighth grader.

Host was one of the first two recipients of a baseball scholarship offered by the University of Kentucky. He earned a bachelor's degree in radio arts from the university in 1961. During his time at UK, Host started recording a lot of play-by-play radio broadcasts for college and high school sports. He worked with the UK Student Station, WBKY, from 1957 to 1959 covering UK games and in 1959 he created the Kentucky Central UK Network, one of five UK broadcast organizations until 1961.

Following his career as a Wildcat, Host was a pitcher in the Chicago White Sox farm system until he suffered a career-ending arm injury.

Professional and business career

Politics
In 1967, at age 29, he became the youngest member of Kentucky Gov. Louie B. Nunn's cabinet as commissioner of the department of public information. He later became commissioner of the department of parks and, as founding chairman, helped to start the Kentucky Horse Park. In 2010, the Kentucky Horse Park hosted the World Equestrian Games (WEG) and from 2006 to 2009 Host served as the Chairman of the WEG.

In 1971, Host unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky on the ticket of Republican Tom Emberton, who had also served in the administration of Nunn, who hurt the party's chances by winning an increase in the sales tax to 5 percent from 3 percent in 1968.

From 2003 to 2005, Host served as Kentucky secretary of Commerce under Governor Ernie Fletcher.

Host Communications
In 1972, Host started Jim Host & Associates, which later became Host Communications, Inc. Within a week of starting his company, he was contacted by Fayette County officials to do promotional work for the Lexington Tourist and Convention Bureau. They became Host's first client and their relationship eventually led to the formation of the Lexington Center Corp., which oversaw construction of the Lexington Civic Center (now known as Central Bank Center) and Rupp Arena. Host served as the Executive Director of both groups.

His company continued its rise to prominence when it bought the radio broadcast rights to University of Kentucky football and basketball games in 1974. Host paid $51,887 for the rights and financed the deal with the help of a letter of credit from his Lexington banker. More growth came when Host acquired the NCAA radio rights in 1975. That deal spurred a very fruitful business relationship between Host and the NCAA that would span decades.

Host is credited with implementing the first collegiate corporate marketing program with the NCAA in 1985.

At the time, college coaches handled their own endorsement deals separately from the universities they coached for, which often led to conflicts of interests between sponsors. When Jerry Claiborne became the Kentucky football head coach he signed a deal with Pepsi that included sideline rights in the stadium. Host attended a game that season with the largest Coca-Cola distributor in the state of Kentucky who noticed the Pepsi cups on the team's bench and grew confused. Host acknowledged this inconsistency and proposed a new agreement to the university that packaged all of the team's media and marketing rights together.

In 1983, Host Communications introduced what became known as the NCAA's Corporate Partner Program and in 1985 the first collegiate corporate marketing program was implemented.

Through the years, Host Communications expanded its marketing and promotional services to other universities and athletic conferences. At its peak, the company had more than 800 employees, 24 offices across the country and $140 million in annual revenue.

In 2003, Host retired as CEO of Host Communications. In 2008, International Management Group (IMG), a global sports and talent management group, bought Host Communications for $74.3 million. Joining forces with Collegiate Licensing Company, the two formed IMG College, which represents the multimedia rights for over 90 universities, conferences, collegiate associations and venues. Additionally, IMG College holds licensing rights to more than 150 colleges and universities.

Louisville Arena Authority
In 2005, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher created the Louisville Arena Authority, Inc., and named Host as chairman. The group was tasked with overseeing the construction of a new arena for the city of Louisville, which resulted in the construction of the KFC Yum! Center. Host did not accept pay in his role as chairman, and stepped down from his position in 2011 at the age of 74. When the arena opened in October 2010, the 14,000 square foot lobby was dedicated to him and named Host Hall in his honor.

The arena, whose naming rights Yum! Brands acquired, is also supported by tax increment financing; the area covered by the TIF district was expanded to shore up the arena's finances, and its debt was refinanced in December 2017. It also negotiated higher fees from the University of Louisville, which had abandoned plans to build an on-campus arena to replace Freedom Hall, a state facility, as its home court, clearing the way for the downtown arena.

Personal life
Host is married to Patricia (née Quantrell) Host, and he has two children and eight grandchildren. He also has two stepchildren.

Honors

Host is a member of 14 different business and sports halls of fame.

In 1995, he was inducted into the Travel Industry of America's Hall of Leaders alongside big-time names like the Hyatt Hotels Corporation and the Walt Disney Company. In 1998, he was inducted into the National Tourism Hall of Fame.

In 2000, Host was named to the University of Kentucky Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame and in 2001 he was named the Kentuckian of the Year by the Chandler Foundation.

In 2003, Host was given a University of Kentucky Public Relations Lifetime Achievement Award. He has also earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the university's School of Journalism and Telecommunications and is a member of the University of Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame.

In 2010, Host was inducted into the Kentucky Entrepreneur Hall of Fame. He also received the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce Commonwealth Legacy Award that year.

Also in 2010, Host was included in the inaugural class of the Sports Business Journal's "Champions of Sports Business."

In 2014, Host was recipient of National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame's award for Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football.

Host has received a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Chairman's Cup Award and is a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Life Trustee.

References

External links
Jim Host
Jim Host bio
Jim Host bio – Volar Video
Jim Host

1937 births
Baseball players from Kentucky
Businesspeople from Kentucky
Kentucky Wildcats baseball players
Living people
People from Ashland, Kentucky
People from McKean County, Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Kentucky
University of Kentucky alumni


title: The Littlest Victims

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The Littlest Victims is a 1989 CBS-produced biographical drama about Dr. James Oleske. The TV film was written by Kenneth Cavender and J.J. Towne and directed by Peter Levin. Dr. Oleske was the first U.S. physician to diagnose AIDS in children during the epidemic's early years when it was widely thought to be spread only though homosexual sex. It starred Tim Matheson as Oleske and was first broadcast on April 23, 1989.

Storyline

In 1982, Oleske is practicing medicine at Newark, New Jersey's New Jersey Medical School when he discovers several of his pediatric patients failing to thrive and suffering from what appears to be suppressed immune systems. Most of his patients are impoverished inner city African Americans and Hispanics who are either intravenous drug users or the heterosexual partners thereof. His efforts to convince the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that AIDS is the cause of this threat falls on largely deaf and hesitant ears, while another doctor asks him about whether or not Bible belt politicians will enjoy having to tell their voters that their taxes are being spent on homosexuals and I.V. drug users living in the largely liberal coastal cities where most AIDS cases were and still are reported from.

Later, he receives a report from the CDC about infected transfusions and blood products and finds one of his pediatric patients had received blood from a donor who later developed and died of the disease, much to the anger of the patient's family over not being told this beforehand. TV reporters appear in the hospital wearing disposable latex gloves, surgical clothes and masks, afraid of becoming infected by being in the same room or building with Oleske and his AIDS patients.

Another of his patients, an adult female former prostitute and I.V. drug user, is informed by him that her child has the disease, indicating that its virus was passed to her child through her blood while she was pregnant, meaning that she became infected before she gave up drugs and prostitution. After her child dies of AIDS, she returns to her former lifestyle.

The publicity of Oleske's work on AIDS also causes problems with his family in his private life as his children are subjected to ridicule from their peers about this. In 1984, when it's announced that the virus that causes AIDS has been isolated, another one of his child patients dies of AIDS and is buried in a Gospel music style funeral that Oleske attends, and Oleske finally receives approval of his work from the CDC and promises to continue his work among his patients, even though they will eventually die young.

References

CBS network films
1989 television films
1989 films
HIV/AIDS in American films
HIV/AIDS in television
Films directed by Peter Levin
Films set in New Jersey


title: Maine State Route 191

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State Route 191 (SR 191) is a  state highway in the US state of Maine. Its southern terminus at SR 189 in Lubec to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) and SR 9 in Baring Plantation. The route offers a bypass of the city of Calais and access to the Cutler Naval Station in Cutler. The entire route is in Washington County.

Route description
The road begins at SR 189 in Lubec. The route heads south, then west, passing near Haycock Harbor, Moose Cove, Sandy Cove, and Money Cove along Machias Bay. SR 191 then enters Cutler, providing a ferry to Machias Seal Island and passes by the Cutler Naval Station. Entering the town of Machias, SR 191 turns north and runs along the Machias River to US 1 where it runs southwest concurrently with it. After  concurrent with US 1, SR 191 branches off and heads to the northeast. It then crosses a river flowing into the Hadley Lake. In Cathance Township (formerly Plantation No. 14), SR 191 meets SR 86. This is SR 86's western terminus. As SR 191 continues north, it runs along Lake Cathance in Meddybemps. Notably, in Cooper, SR 191 heads due east just below the 45 degree North parallel, possibly due to concerns in the 19th century that the Canada–United States border would be set there, as it is in New York and Vermont. Then SR 191 branches off of SR 214. This is SR 214's western terminus. SR 191 then runs along the Meddybemps Lake. As it enters Baring Plantation, SR 191 has its northern terminus at US 1 and SR 9.

Major junctions

References

External links

Floodgap Roadgap's RoadsAroundME: Maine State Route 191

191
Transportation in Washington County, Maine


title: Northern California PGA Championship

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The Northern California PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is the championship of the Northern California section of the PGA of America.  Mark Fry, long-time pro at Sequoyah Country Club in Oakland, California, holds the record for most victories with 10. Tony Lema, British Open winner in 1964 and 12-time PGA Tour winner, won three consecutive Northern California PGA championships from 1962–64. Other PGA Tour winners who were also victorious in the Northern California PGA Championship include Bob Lunn (six-time PGA tour winner), Dick Lotz (three-time PGA tour winner), Bruce Summerhays (three-time PGA tour winner, Bob Wynn, and John McMullin.

Winners

 2021 Michael Duncan
 2020 Steve Watanabe
 2019 Stuart Smith
 2018 Jeff Brehaut
 2017 Jason Schmuhl
 2016 Jason Schmuhl
 2015 David Solomon
 2014 Jason Schmuhl
 2013 Don Winter
 2012 Mitch Lowe
 2011 Stuart Smith
 2010 Jason Schmuhl
 2009 Mitch Lowe
 2008 Jason Schmuhl
 2007 Tim Huber
 2006 Rick Leibovich
 2005 Steve Hummel
 2004 Rick Leibovich
 2003 Jin Park
 2002 Kris Moe
 2001 Rick Leibovich
 2000 Rich Bin
 1999 Steve Hummel
 1998 Mick Soli
 1997 Steve Hummell
 1996 Bob Borowicz
 1995 Shawn McEntee
 1994 Shawn McEntee
 1993 Jim Kane
 1992 Ed Luethke
 1991 Nate Pomeroy
 1990 Bob Borowicz
 1989 Brad Schneider
 1988 Glen Stubblefield
 1987 Bob Klein
 1986 Bob Lunn
 1985 Dick Lotz
 1984 Larry Babica
 1983 Bob Wynn
 1982 Mike Watney
 1981 George Buzzini, Jr.
 1980 Dick McClean
 1979 Bruce Summerhays
 1978 Bob Boldt
 1977 Steve Taylor
 1976 Steve Taylor
 1975 Ken Towns
 1974 Harold Firstman
 1973 Ken Towns
 1972 Ken Towns
 1971 Ken Towns
 1970 Ken Towns
 1969 Rick Jetter
 1968 Scotty McBeath
 1967 John McMullin
 1966 John McMullin
 1965 Al Mengert
 1964 Tony Lema
 1963 Tony Lema
 1962 Tony Lema
 1961 Bob Moore
 1960 Dick Stranahan
 1959 John Zontek
 1958 Bud Ward
 1956 Bob Moore
 1955 Bud Ward
 1954 George Buzzini, Sr.
 1953 John Geertson
 1952 Pat Markovich
 1951 Sherm Elworthy
 1946–50 No record
 1945 Harold Sampson
 1944 Mark Fry
 1943 Mark Fry
 1942 No record
 1941 Mark Fry
 1940 Ben Coltrin
 1939 Mark Fry
 1938 Mark Fry
 1937 Mark Fry
 1936 Mark Fry
 1935 Mark Fry
 1934 Mark Fry
 1933 Charles Sheppard
 1932 Ben Coltrin
 1931 Harold Sampson
 1930 John Black
 1929 Mark Fry
 1928 Harold Sampson
 1927 Walter Young
 1926 Harold Sampson
 1925 Harold Sampson
 1924 Harold Sampson
 1923 Harold Sampson
 1922 Harold Sampson

References

External links
PGA of America – Northern California section

Golf in California
PGA of America sectional tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1922
1922 establishments in California


title: Gunsmoke (season 6)

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Gunsmoke is an American Western television series developed by Charles Marquis Warren and based on the radio program of the same name. The series ran for 20 seasons, making it the longest-running Western in television history.

The first episode of season 6 aired in the United States on September 3, 1960, and the final episode aired on June 17, 1961.  All episodes were broadcast in the U.S. by CBS.

Season 6 of Gunsmoke was a half-hour program filmed in black-and-white, as one hour episodes were not introduced until season 7, and color episodes were not filmed until season 12.

Synopsis
Gunsmoke is set in and around Dodge City, Kansas, in the post-Civil War era and centers on United States Marshal Matt Dillon (James Arness) as he enforces law and order in the city. In its original format, the series also focuses on Dillon's friendship with three other citizens of Dodge City: Doctor Galen "Doc" Adams (Milburn Stone), the town's physician; Kitty Russell (Amanda Blake), saloon girl and later owner of the Long Branch Saloon; and Chester Goode (Dennis Weaver), Dillon's assistant.

Cast and characters

Main

 James Arness as Matt Dillon
 Dennis Weaver as Chester
 Milburn Stone as Doc
 Amanda Blake as Kitty

Production

Season 6 consisted of 38 half-hour black-and-white episodes produced by Norman Macdonnell.

Writing
Occasionally, titles were re-used.  Season six had three such episodes: episode 7, "The Squaw" was also the title of season 20, episode 14; episode 23, "Reprisal" was also the title of season 14, episode 20, and episode 33, "The Prisoner" was also the title of season 14, episode 25.

Episodes

Release

Broadcast
Season six aired Saturdays at 10:00-10:30 pm (EST) on CBS.

Home media
The sixth season was released on DVD by Paramount Home Entertainment in two volumes. 19 episodes were released on August 7, 2012 and 19 episodes were released on October 16, 2012.

Reception
Gunsmoke held the number one primetime spot in the Nielsen ratings four years straight, for the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth seasons.

Footnotes

References

External links
 {{IMDb episodes|0047736|Gunsmoke season 6}}
 Gunsmoke season 6 at TV Guide''

Gunsmoke seasons


title: Ted Haydon

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Edward M. Haydon (1912–1985), was a University of Chicago track coach and founder of the University of Chicago Track Club. He was inducted into the USA Track & Field Hall of Fame and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He coached Team USA in track at the 1961 Maccabiah Games in Israel.  He was an assistant coach for the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Teams and for the 1963 and 1979 Pan American Games.

Among others, he coached Rick Wohlhuter, Willye White, Brian Oldfield, Jud Logan, Jan Johnson, Al Carius, and Lane Patterson.

References

External links
 Ted Haydon wikirun page
 Chicago Tribune obituary
 USTFCCCA Hall of Fame induction
 USATF Hall of Fame induction
 Sports Illustrated, "This Coach Is First Class", by Sarah Pileggi, September 22, 1975

1912 births
1985 deaths
American track and field coaches


title: Harold L. Martin

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Harold L. Martin Sr. (born October 22, 1951) is an American engineer, educator, former chancellor of Winston-Salem State and current chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. He is the first alumnus in the history of North Carolina A&T to hold the position of Chancellor. Under his leadership, N.C. A&T has become the nation's largest historically black university (HBCU), its top-ranked public HBCU and North Carolina's third most productive public research university. It has also increased its standing as a land-grant institution and doctoral research university.

Early life and education
Martin, a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, received both his bachelor's and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from North Carolina A&T. He later earned a doctoral degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1980.

Career
Martin's career in education began at his alma mater, North Carolina A&T, where he worked in various capacities within the school's electrical engineering department; including serving as dean of the College of engineering from 1989 to 1994. He would later be appointed to the position of Vice Chancellor of academic affairs of the university, where he served from 1994 to 1999.

In 2000, Martin was appointed chancellor of Winston-Salem State University. Under the Martin administration, the university's enrollment nearly doubled, from 2,796 to 5,556. In addition, freshman SAT scores increased by nearly 70 points, and the campus underwent a dramatic physical transformation made possible in part by a $45 Million Higher Education Bond Program in 2000. He was also credited with forging stronger working relationships with internal and external constituencies, raising the quality and breadth of academic degree programs, launching programs to improve student retention and graduation rates, and upgrading the campus' technology.

In 2006, Martin would step down from the leadership of Winston-Salem State University and become senior vice president for academic affairs at The University of North Carolina, General Administration. While there, Martin oversaw the development and implementation of the university's academic mission, including teaching, research, international programs and student affairs.

On May 22, 2009, Martin was elected as the twelfth Chancellor of North Carolina A&T State University, making him the first alumnus to serve in the position. Under Martin's leadership, the university has developed a strategic plan aimed to position the North Carolina A&T to become a premier institution of higher learning and research on a state, national, and international level. The plan entitled "A&T Preeminence 2020," identifies six specific goals including the increase of diversity and research activity within the university. That plan led the university on a path of steady enrollment growth, reorganization of its academic programs, significant improvement in the academic profile of incoming students, growth in research funding and enhanced performance in its intercollegiate athletics program. With many of the plan's goals already achieved, the university introduced a successor plan in 2018, "A&T Preeminence: Taking the Momentum to 2023," that features new stretch goals, including expanding overall enrollment to 14,000.

In summer 2019, Martin marked his 10th year as chancellor of A&T. Later that fall, the university welcomed its largest student body ever, with 12,556 students from 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and 68 foreign nations.

Awards and recognition
Martin has been honored with numerous awards and recognition, on both a local and national level, over the span of his career. Those honors include the Thurgood Marshall College Fund's Education Leadership Award in 2019, inclusion in the Ebony magazine Power 100 in 2015, selection as a Virginia Tech College of Engineering Distinguished Alumnus in 2010 and receipt of an Honorary Degree from Wake Forest University in 2007.

In 2012, the Winston-Salem State University Board of Trustees approved the naming of new residence hall in honor of Martin and his predecessor, Alvin J. Schexnider, who served as chancellor of the university from 1996 until 2000.

Personal life
Martin is married to his wife Davida Martin (nee Wagner). Mrs. Martin is the former county attorney for Forsyth County, North Carolina, and together she and Dr. Martin have two sons, Harold Martin Jr. and Walter Martin. Martin is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

Further reading

References

External links

North Carolina A&T State University leaders
Winston-Salem State University
North Carolina State University faculty
North Carolina A&T State University faculty
University of North Carolina administrators
21st-century African-American academics
21st-century American academics
African-American engineers
21st-century American engineers
North Carolina A&T State University alumni
Virginia Tech alumni
1951 births
People from Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Living people
20th-century African-American academics
20th-century American academics


title: Vikøy

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Vikøy is a village in Kvam municipality in Vestland county, Norway.  The village is located on the shore of the Hardangerfjorden, about  south of the municipal centre of Norheimsund. The  village has a population (2019) of 369 and a population density of .

The village is the site of the Vikøy Church.  It is also where the old Vikøy Stave Church stood for several centuries until 1863 when it was torn down.  The municipality of Kvam was historically called Vikør, named after this village since it was the site of the local church.  The spelling was later changed to Vikøy.  The old vicarage at Vikøy is now a museum.  One of the buildings is called "Borgstova".  The museum is open on Wednesdays in the summer.  You can often find characters dressed in period clothing cooking krotekaker on those days.

References

Villages in Vestland
Kvam


title: Whistling frog

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Whistling frog may refer to:

 Montserrat whistling frog, a frog found in the Americas
 Whistling rain frog, a frog found in South Africa, Eswatini, and possibly Mozambique
 Whistling tree frog, a frog found in New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland
 Whistling tree frog (Southern Australia), a frog found in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, and New Zealand
 White-browed whistling frog, a frog endemic to Australia


title: The Authors Road

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The Authors Road is a non-commercial archive and documentary research project that explores the art of writing through interviews with American authors and experts.

Their goal is to provide a repository or library of multi-media information about American writers in a way that honors writers and their craft, shares insights into the art of writing, and introduces the people behind the stories that are the basis to books, movies, plays, newspapers, magazines and poetry journals. This ongoing archive can be used by schools, universities, writers, researchers, and of course readers who wish to learn more about their favorite writer. In addition, writers, writers organizations, and museums representing writers use the materials to help promote better understanding and insight on writing.

Background
Begun in 2011 under the auspices of Willamette Writers, its principals, George Mason and Salli Slaughter have thus far traveled through 20 states meeting and interviewing major published American writers and experts on dead writers. The video and audio interviews are shared on a non-commercial website, AuthorsRoad.com that also includes information about the writer, as well as travel stories and photos.

George and Salli drive a truck they named, Rocinante Tres, after the horse of Don Quixote and John Steinbeck’s camper-truck used while writing Travels with Charley. Rocinante Tres hauls a fifth-wheel trailer they named, Hardscribble Hacienda after writer Hugh Mulligan’s home, Hardscribble House.

The trip began travelling from Oregon, to California and Arizona (with an extended stay in Patagonia). By the summer of 2014 the Authors Road had driven more than 40,000 miles through 20 states, interviewed 45 people, given more than a dozen free presentations in libraries, schools, bookstores and civic groups, and appeared in dozens of media interviews and articles.

Principals
George Mason grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is a graduate of San Francisco State University. He’s worked as a teacher, public relations counselor, and writer.

Salli Slaughter was raised in the Phoenix, Arizona area, and is a graduate of Arizona State University. She’s worked as web and publication designer, public affairs specialist, researcher, and book expert.

Interviews

Jo Harvey Allen, Playwright

Terry Allen, Songwriter, Artist

Jean M. Auel, Novelist - Historical Fiction

Cara Black, Novelist – Mystery

Michael Blake, Screenwriter, Novelist

Lois McMaster Bujold, Science Fiction, Fantasy

Phillip Caputo, Nonfiction, Novels, Journalist

Laura Chester, Editor, Writer

Karen Cushman, Middle Grade, Young Adult

Carola Dunn, Mystery, Romance

Robert Dugoni, Legal Thrillers

Larry Engelmann, Creative Nonfiction

Jim Fergus, Novelist

Diana Gabaldon, Novelist

Jim Harrison, Poet, Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist

Juanita Havill, Children's’, Middle Grade, Poet

Ernest Hemingway, Novelist (deceased)

Anne Hillerman, Novelist, Nonfiction and Tony Hillerman, Novelist (deceased)

Pam Houston, Novelist

Lawson Inada, Poet, Oregon’s 5th Poet Laureate

Laurie R. King, Mystery.

Sinclair Lewis, Novelist (deceased).

Jack London, Novelist, Short Story (deceased)

George R.R. Martin, Novelist, Screenwriter – Fantasy.

Tom McGuane, Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist.

Haki Madhubuti, Publisher, Poet, Essayist, Writer.

R.C. Matherson, Screenwriter, Short Story, Horror, Science Fiction.

Alejandro Murgia, Poet, Short Story.

Audrey Niffenegger, Novelist, Graphic Novelist, Artist

Verlana Orr, Poetry

Paulann Petersen, Poetry. Oregon Poet Laureate.

David Quammen, Creative Nonfiction – Science.

Mary Roach, Creative Nonfiction – Science.

Tom Robbins, Novelist.

John Steinbeck, Novelist, Screenwriter (deceased) - instead met a volunteer at the National Steinbeck Center

Dennis Stovall, Publisher, Writer.

Gail Tsukiyama, Novelist, Poet.

Frederick Turner, Nonfiction, Fiction.

Mark Twain, Novelist (deceased)

Cynthia Whitcomb, Screenwriter, Playwright.

Daniel H. Wilson, Robotic Science Fiction, Novelist

Patricia C, Wrede, YA Fantasy.

References

 Interview on Think Out Loud, Oregon Public Radio http://www.opb.org/radio/programs/thinkoutloud/segment/the-authors-road-chronicling-americas-writers/

Literary archives in the United States
Literary collaborations


title: Hapoel Nahariya F.C.

text:
Hapoel Nahariya () is an Israeli football club based in Nahariya. The club currently plays in Liga Gimel Upper Galilee division.

History
The club's most notable result, which is considered to be the biggest upset in the history of Israeli football, came at the Round of 16 of the 1962–63 Israel State Cup, when Hapoel Nahariya, which played in Liga Bet, the third tier of Israeli football at the time, defeated Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–0, with a late goal by Rafi Shushan. They were eliminated in the Quarter-finals, following a defeat of 3–5 to the Israeli champions at the time, Hapoel Petah Tikva.

Hapoel Nahariya spent 12 seasons in the second tier of Israeli football. They have reached the second tier for the first time in the 1953–54 season, where they placed fifth in the North division. In the following season, the club reached their best placing to date, after they finished third in Liga Alef North division. In the 1956–57 season they finished second bottom, and relegated to Liga Bet. The club returned to Liga Alef, after they finished third in the 1962–63 Liga Bet North A division, and relegated back to Liga Bet after another second bottom finish at the following season. Two seasons later, Hapoel won Liga Bet North A division, however, history repeated itself, and they were relegated in the following season (which was the "double season" of 1966–68), after yet another second bottom finish. In the 1969–70 season the club won Liga Bet North A division once again, and promoted to Liga Alef. This time, their return to Liga Alef was successful, as they finished the 1970–71 season in the fifth place in Liga Alef North, and remained in the second tier until 1976, when Liga Artzit was created and became the new second tier of Israeli football, whilst Liga Alef became the third tier. Hapoel played in Liga Alef until the 1981–82 season, when they finished bottom and relegated to Liga Bet. They did not return to the third tier of Israeli football ever since.

Currently, the club plays in Liga Gimel, the fifth and lowest tier of Israeli football, after they were relegated from Liga Bet in the 2010–11 season, following a defeat of 0–1 to Ihud Bnei Majd al-Krum in the relegation play-offs.

Hapoel Zvi Nahariya
Hapoel Zvi Nahariya was the club's reserve team, named after Harry Zvi Levi, which was on the club's board in its early years. Later, the team was made of youth players and was assigned to the youth leagues, playing mainly in the northern district leagues.

Honours

League

External links
Hapoel Nahariya  Israel Football Association

References

Nahariya
Nahariya


title: Cappella Cangiani

text:
The Cangiani Chapel or Cappella Cangiani is a modern Roman Catholic church in Rione Alto, on via Mariano Semmola in the quartiere Arenella of Naples, Italy.

History
A chapel on the site, owned by the Cangiani family, was known since the 16th century. Religious buildings were replaced over the century. In 1969, construction of the present modern church, by architect Alberto Izzo, aimed to create a parish church center, with consecration in 1976. Inside there is a Crucifix carved by Michelangelo Naccherino and brought here from the ancient church of dell'Incoronata in via Medina.

References

Churches in Naples
Modernist architecture in Italy
Roman Catholic chapels in Italy


title: Five-fingered frog

text:
Five-fingered frog may refer to:

 Arabian five-fingered frog (Euphlyctis ehrenbergii), a frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
 Indian five-fingered frog (Euphlyctis hexadactylus), a frog in the family Dicroglossidae found in Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Wallace L. Hall Jr.

text:
Wallace L. Hall Jr. is an American investor who served a controversial six-year term as a member of the University of Texas System Board of Regents. Hall was appointed in February 2011 by Governor Rick Perry, and was replaced in February 2017.

Hall's appointment came in the midst of a struggle over the shape of higher education in Texas. Three years earlier, Governor Rick Perry had championed a plan to remake university education along business lines; this was the so-called "Seven Solutions" of Austin entrepreneur Jeff Sandefer. Hall's early days as a regent would witness this effort's failure, largely as a result of resistance spearheaded by supporters of UT Austin and Texas A&M University. In the wake of this failure, and although regents' duties call for attention to 15 separate institutions which make up the University of Texas System, Hall would spend much of his energy attempting to identify and unearth malpractice at the UT Austin flagship. He was the first regent to publicly raise concerns about external influence on the admissions process at the school. A state legislative committee subsequently initiated impeachment proceedings against him. The proceedings were eventually dropped but led to a censure by the committee for "misconduct, incompetency in the performance of official duties, or behavior unbefitting a nominee for and holder of a state office." In response Hall claimed "The committee's findings are based on distortions, untruths and intentional misrepresentations."

On February 12, 2015, an investigation ordered by UT System found that Bill Powers, the president of UT Austin, had repeatedly helped applicants, including some with questionable academic credentials, gain admission if they had been recommended by legislators and influential people. This was widely described as vindication of Hall and a validation of his concerns.

Early life and career
In 1980, Hall graduated from the St. Mark's School of Texas. He has served as President of the school's alumni association and was a long time member on the school's board of trustees. He earned a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984.

He is the founder and President of Wetland Partners, LP, which operates Trinity River Mitigation Bank. Trinity River Mitigation is a wetlands bank created to mitigate U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) approved environmental impacts to the aquatic system as per the Clean Water Act. Environmentalists object that Hall's bank allows hydraulic fracking in environmentally sensitive areas. Hall had a 15-year career in the financial services industry, as a securities analyst, financial futures trader and as financial principal of a NASD broker-dealer. Hall's other business include oil and gas investments.

Appointed to UT System Board of Regents

In August 2009, Hall was appointed by Governor Perry to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

In 2011 Governor Perry appointed Hall to the University of Texas System Board of Regents. In February 2011, Hall was unanimously confirmed as a Regent by the Texas Senate. The UT System Board of Regents oversees nine universities, including the flagship University of Texas at Austin, and six hospitals or medical institutions. The University of Texas System is one of the largest higher education organizations in the United States, its enrollment is more than 213,000 students and it has an annual operating budget of more than $14.6 billion. The System's nine regents are in charge of appointing the universities' presidents, approving budgets, creating new schools, and creating policies and procedures for the students and faculties. He is now Chairman of the Technology Transfer and Research Committee and is a member of the Audit, Compliance, and Management Review Committee and the Finance and Planning Committee.  He is the Board's Liaison to the Governor's Office on Technology Transfer and Commercialization Issues.

University of Texas at Austin investigations

After he was appointed in 2011, Hall began looking into what he believed to be administrative and management issues at The University of Texas at Austin. The investigations made three major findings:
 Undisclosed and unauthorized forgivable loans programs at UT School of Law
 Improper methods of reporting donations to UT Austin's capital fundraising campaign
 Legislative influence over admissions processes

Hall filed four open records requests with The University of Texas at Austin after his inquiries via his role as a Regent were delayed.

Forgivable Loans
Early in Hall's tenure on the board, an open records request filed by three law professors revealed details concerning a large private endowment used to provide off-the-books six-figure forgivable loans to certain faculty members. This had not been reported to the board and was out of sight of the university's formal compensation system. Hall wanted to know how large the forgivable loans were and who had decided who received them.

In March 2013, the Board of Regents voted to re-open the forgivable loans investigation rejecting and abandoning a previously prepared report by then UT System General Counsel Barry Burgdorf.

Legislative influence over admissions

Hall used Open Records requests to investigate whether the legislature had improperly used political influence in admissions, specifically at the law school.
According to Texas Monthly, "The allegations set off an uproar, and most of the fury was directed at Hall himself. Politicians, fiercely loyal UT alumni, and some of Hall's fellow regents came to (University of Texas President) Powers's defense, claiming that Hall was carrying out what many of them described as a "witch hunt."

Ultimately, the System investigated the allegations. In a report, UT System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa concluded, "A disproportionately high number of applicants were admitted notwithstanding the fact that most of the legislator letters did not contain any significant substantive information about the applicant," and "in more than one-half of them, there is no evidence that the author of the letter even knows the student, much less knows him or her well."

Impeachment proceedings

A legislative effort was begun in June 2013 to impeach Hall from his position as regent for "misconduct, incompetency in the performance of official duties, or behavior unbefitting" a regent. Some legislators initially explained the impeachment on grounds that Hall did not disclose several lawsuits that he was involved in when he originally completed his Regent background check. Hall updated Governor Rick Perry's office in April 2013 with the full list. No unelected official in Texas has ever been successfully impeached or removed from office. Governor of Texas Rick Perry's spokesperson said the investigations send a "chilling message" to gubernatorial appointees. The Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations began a yearlong, $500,000+ investigation into Wallace Hall. The most the select committee could do would be to recommend to the full House that articles of impeachment be drafted. If that had happened, then the House would follow procedures regarding calling a special session specifically for the process of impeachment.

The committee hired lawyer Rusty Hardin to serve as legal counsel for the committee. In July 2013, University of Texas Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa and Regent Eugene Powell responded to the ongoing investigation and negative remarks against Hall from some elected officials and University of Texas staff. Cigarroa said Hall was not allowed to access anything that was not reviewed by University lawyers to ensure they met federal privacy standards. During a September 2013 panel conversation with state senator Kirk Watson, Hall defended his investigations and criticized the impeachment proceedings.

Committee report

On April 7, 2014, the San Antonio Express-News and Houston Chronicle viewed an advance copy of Hardin's 176-page report. The report alleged that Hall broke state and federal law. The report referred to Hall's "burdensome" requests for records as one of the critiques laid out against the regent.

Reactions
The Wall Street Journal opined against Hall's impeachment in a May 11, 2014, op-ed. Although the committee left open the possibility of revisiting impeachment, an August 11, 2014, vote passed 6–1 to recommend that Hall be censured, bringing a close to the more than year-long process. In response to the censure vote, Governor of Texas Rick Perry issued a statement defending Hall's actions, saying that he believed his appointee acted in the best interest of Texas.

Meanwhile, UT System chancellor Francisco Cigarroa asked UT Austin President Bill Powers to resign or face termination at the July 10, 2014, The University of Texas System Board of Regents meeting. Cigarroa attributed the request to a "breakdown of communication, collegiality, trust and a willingness to work together for the good of the university." Powers at first indicated he would not resign, saying it would "cast the university and our state in a highly unfavorable light." However, on July 9, 2014, Cigarroa released a statement that Powers nevertheless agreed to resign effective June 2015. The Board meeting agenda indicated regents would discuss Powers in an executive session. Some legislators on the transparency committee sent a letter requesting that the Board of Regents delay any personnel decisions regarding Powers or other witnesses from the impeachment hearings.

In a July 2014 op-ed, the Wall Street Journal commented that Powers' resignation would bring more attention and scrutiny to the political favoritism scandals at The University of Texas at Austin. The editorial board wrote: "The voters seem to understand, even if some legislators don't, that college admissions are supposed to be based on merit, not political connections." Although the committee left open the possibility of revisiting impeachment, an August 11, 2014 vote passed 6–1 to recommend that Hall be censured, bringing a close to the more than year-long process. In response to the censure vote, Governor of Texas Rick Perry issued a statement defending Hall's actions, saying the regent acted in the best interest of Texas "in the face of withering personal attacks." Hall responded to the committee's recommendation by saying the committee had covered up its "improper interference in System operations" and had intimidated non-paid public servants.

Investigation conclusion and response
On February 12, 2015 an investigation ordered by The University of Texas System found that Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin, had repeatedly helped applicants, including some with lesser academic credentials, gain admission if they had been recommended by legislators and influential people. According to the report, from 2009 to 2014, well connected students flagged by university officials were admitted 74 percent of the time compared to an overall admission rate of 40 percent. President Powers and his Chief of Staff "each failed to speak with candor and forthrightness expected of people in their positions of trust and leadership," the report stated.

This report was widely described as vindication of Hall, and a validation of the concerns he raised. Others have pointed out that such admissions procedures are widespread, even desirable, in American higher education.

Recognition
Hall was named in December 2014 to the Chronicle of Higher Education'''s 2014 Influencers List. The same week as being named to the Chronicle Influencers List, Hall was named one of the nine finalists for "Texan of the Year" by The Dallas Morning News Hall was also awarded the Torch of Freedom Award in December 2014 by conservative lobbying group Empower Texans. Texas Monthly'' suggested that Hall was "Most Dangerous Man in Texas". On October 18, 2019, Hall received the Jerry L. Martin Prize for Excellence in College Trusteeship from the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.

See also
 Notable alumni of St. Mark's School of Texas

References

External links
 The University of Texas System profile

1962 births
Living people
University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts alumni
University of Texas System regents
St. Mark's School (Texas) alumni


title: Leiocritus

text:
Leiocritus () or Leocritus (Λεώκριτός) was the name of three characters in Greek mythology:
Leocritus, the Trojan son of Polydamas. He participated in the Trojan War and was killed by Odysseus.
Leiocritus, son of Arisbas and an Achaean warrior who was killed by Aeneas during the siege of Troy.
Leiocritus, son of the Evenor and one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers. He was slain by Telemachus.

Notes

References

 Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Homer, The Iliad with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1924. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
 Homer, Homeri Opera in five volumes. Oxford, Oxford University Press. 1920. . Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
 Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.  Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.

Achaeans (Homer)
Characters in the Odyssey
Suitors of Penelope


title: Grande Prêmio Paraná

text:
The Grande Prêmio Paraná is a Group III (formerly Group I), left-handed Brazilian flat horse race for three-year-olds and up. Run over several distances, most recently 2,000 meters ( miles). The race was not run in 2014 and 2015. Because of this, from 2016 onward it's considered a Group III race.

Results

References

External links
Jockey Club do Paraná
G. P. Paraná 2013

Horse races in Brazil


title: Mirela Demireva

text:
Mirela Krasimirova Demireva (; born 28 September 1989) is a Bulgarian high jumper.

Career
Demireva did not reach the final at the 2006 World Junior Championships, but won the silver medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. She was again knocked out in the first round at the 2011 European U23 Championships.

At the senior level she finished eighth at the 2012 European Championships and seventh at the 2013 European Indoor Championships. She also competed at the 2013 World Championships without reaching the final.

At the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro 2016 Demireva won a silver medal, jumping 1.97 m. She also won two consecutive silver medals at the European Championships (2016–18). Demireva was the 2016 Bulgarian Sportsperson of the Year and came in second place during the 2018 edition of the award.

Her personal best jump is , achieved in June 2018 at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm.

Achievements

References

1989 births
Living people
Bulgarian female high jumpers
World Athletics Championships athletes for Bulgaria
European Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Bulgaria
Olympic silver medalists for Bulgaria
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Sofia
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
21st-century Bulgarian women
21st-century Bulgarian people


title: Yunnan frog

text:
Yunnan frog may refer to:

 Yunnan Asian frog (Nanorana unculuanus), a frog endemic to Yunnan, China
 Yunnan odorous frog (Odorrana andersonii ), a frog found in India, Myanmar, China, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam
 Yunnan paa frog (Nanorana yunnanensis), a frog found in China, Vietnam, Myanmar, and possibly Laos
 Yunnan pond frog (Babina pleuraden), a frog found in China and possibly Myanmar

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Yarbrough Hotel

text:
The Yarbrough Hotel is a historic building in Huntsville, Alabama.  The four-story structure was built of brick and reinforced concrete in 1922–25.  The top three floors contain 75 rooms, while the ground floor features the hotel lobby and storefronts; as it did not have a ballroom or party rooms, it catered to businessmen.  It faced competition from the Twickenham Hotel one block away, and the Russel Erskine Hotel (opened 1930).  Yarbrough operated as a residential hotel until the late 1950s, and was renovated in the 1980s.

The building stretches 70 feet (21 m) along Washington Street and 152 feet (46 m) on Holmes Avenue.  The ground floor is separated from the upper floors by two string courses of stone.  Flat brick pilasters divide the façade into bays.  Double brackets at the top of each pilaster support a deep pressed metal cornice, with a row of dentils below.  Windows on the upper floors are one-over-one sashes, each topped with a row of soldier course brick with a stone block at each corner.  Each bay is two windows wide, except for the two end bays on the Holmes side, which are one window wide.  The lobby entrance is on the Holmes side, which is covered by an elaborate metal awning.  Several storefronts line the Holmes façade at irregular intervals.  The Washington Street side is divided into three bays, each with an identical recessed door flanked by large display windows.  Shallow awnings stretch across each opening, under a block of small window panes.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

National Register of Historic Places in Huntsville, Alabama
Hotel buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
Hotel buildings completed in 1922
Buildings and structures in Huntsville, Alabama


title: Connecticut PGA Championship

text:
The Connecticut PGA Championship is a golf tournament that is a championship of the Connecticut section of the PGA of America. The early years of the tournament were dominated by Gene Kunes and Joe Turnesa who won twice apiece. In the mid-1930s, a number of significant changes were made, including adding two rounds to the tournament and then changing the format to match play. In the mid-20th century the tournament was dominated by Eddie Burke and Bob Kay. During this era, both won the tournament five times each though Kay defeated Burke in both of their finals matches. In modern times, the tournament is best known for the 2002 victory of Suzy Whaley, the only female to win the event.

History
The first tournament was in 1929. Late in the day, the clubhouse leaders entered a playoff to determine the championship. Unbeknownst to them, Maurice Kearney was still on the course with a chance to win. While he was on the 18th hole, he notified the players in the playoff, who were playing on the first hole, that he had a chance to win outright. Kearney did indeed win outright and "the playoff" was terminated. The following year George Siebert won the event defeating Peter Manning, who was also runner-up the previous year, in a playoff.

In the early 1930s, the tournament was dominated by Gene Kunes and Joe Turnesa. Kunes won the tournament in 1931 and 1933. In 1935, Turnesa was the "leader most of the way" and ultimately won by five shots. His final total was 145, one-under-par, to break the tournament record. The following year, as defending champion, he was considered to be the favorite. However, it was Willie Hunter who took the lead after the first three rounds. He led by four over Turnesa entering the final round. However, in the final round Turnesa birdied the first two holes and the tournament suddenly "cracked wide open" when Hunter triple-bogeyed the par-5 5th hole. Hunter continued to struggle and Turnesa expanded his lead. Despite bogeys on the final four holes Turnesa won easily.

It was later decided that the tournament would be moved up a couple months earlier, in August. In April 1936, the Connecticut Section PGA made a number of changes. The "most important decision," according to the The Hartford Courant, was to extend the Connecticut PGA Championship to 72 holes. The following year, in 1937, the tournament took a "radical departure" and changed its format to match play. In May 1941, however, the Connecticut PGA decided to returned to a medal play format.

In the late 1940s, the tournament was dominated by Eddie Burke and Harry Nettelbladt. Burke won the tournament in 1945 and 1946. In 1947, Harry Nettelbladt scored rounds of 73 and 71 to win. The following year, Burke led the qualifiers while Nettelbladt finished second. Both players made it to the finals. In the morning round of the finals, Burke "coasted" with a 71 (−2) to take a 5 up lead. During the afternoon round, however, Nettelbladt produced a "sensational performance," ultimately scoring a 65 (−8) and tying the match. After halving the first extra hole, however, Nettelbladt took four shots to reach the green of the par-4 38th hole. He made bogey to lose to Burke. Two years later, in the finals, Burke "set an all time record" defeating Frank Staszowski 12 & 11.

In the 1950s, the tournament was dominated by Bob Kay, a professional at Wampanoag Country Club. In 1953, he made it to the finals. Kay took a 5 up lead in the morning round however Burke tied him during the afternoon's back nine. Kay, however, won the 15th and 16th holes to secure the match and championship. He won 2 & 1. Kay won the tournament again in 1956 and 1959. In 1960, Kay qualified for the finals but was expected "to face tough going" against Eddie Burke. It was the second time they met in the finals, the first in seven years. Both were intending to win their fourth title. Kay "got off to a strong start" and took a 6 up lead after only 8 holes. Over the course of the rest of the match, however, Burke "slowly but surely whittled Kay's lead down." Entering the final hole of regulation, he was only 1 down. However, Burke failed to make the green in regulation and conceded the hole. Kay won 1 up.

In the early 1960s, there were some changes. In 1961, the tournament returned to medal play. The following year the tournament returned to Connecticut after having been held in Massachusetts the previous year.

Some controversy exists regarding the winner of the 2002 Championship, Suzy Whaley. By winning the Connecticut PGA that year, she became the first woman in 58 years to qualify for a PGA event, the Greater Hartford Open. The controversy had to do with the fact that she was allowed to play the course off tees 699 yards shorter than the men she competed against. This discrepancy has since been addressed by the PGA with what's commonly called the "Whaley Rule".

Winners

Source:

Notes

References

External links
PGA of America – Connecticut section
Connecticut PGA Championship

Golf in Connecticut
PGA of America sectional tournaments
Recurring sporting events established in 1929
1929 establishments in Connecticut
Sports competitions in Hartford, Connecticut


title: Ebersberg (disambiguation)

text:
Ebersberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany.

Ebersberg may also refer to:
 Ebersberg (district), around the Bavarian town
 Ebersberg (Rhön), a mountain in Hesse, Germany
 Fort Ebersberg, Switzerland, a 1940 fort near the German border
 Ebersberg (Deister), a hill on the Deister ridge overlooking the Deister Gap, Germany

Seem also
 Ebersburg, Hesse, Germany, a municipality


title: The Muslim Jesus

text:
The Muslim Jesus is a 2007 British documentary directed and produced by Irshad Ashraf, and commissioned and narrated by Melvyn Bragg. The documentary is about the Islamic view of Jesus. It was broadcast by ITV on 19 August 2007.

Overview
The one-hour special uses the Quran as its main source, and draws on interviews with scholars and historians. It features commentary from Hamza Yusuf, who was filmed quite extensively for this documentary.

Background
The narrator Melvyn Bragg said, "I was fascinated by the idea ... Jesus was such a prominent figure in Islam but most people don't know that." He added: "I hope it will provoke among Muslims the feeling they are included in television."

Hamza Yusuf said, "In the Christian narrative the most central and fundamental point of Christianity is the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ but Islam basically denies that. The Quran states that it was made to appear that Jesus was crucified as when the Romans captured Jesus God organised a rescue operation."

Appearances
Hamza Yusuf (Muslim scholar of Zaytuna Institute, California)
Ajmal Masroor (Imam)
Usama Hasan (Imam of Al-Tawhid Masjid, London)
Ahmad Thomson (co-author of Jesus Prophet of Islam)
Karen Armstrong (religious historian)
Ahmed Babikir (Imam of Islamia Primary School, London)
Sarah Joseph OBE (editor of Emel)
Mohammed Saeed Bahmanpour (writer of Saint Mary)
Ismael Lea South (rapper)
Sukina Douglas (member of Poetic Pilgrimage)
Muneera Williams (member of Poetic Pilgrimage)
Ibrahim Mogra (Chair, interfaith relations Muslim Council of Britain)
Abdur Raheem Green (visit administrator of London Central Mosque)

See also
 List of Islamic films
Jesus in Islam

References

2007 documentary films
2007 films
2007 in British television
2007 in Islam
2007 television films
2000s British films
2000s English-language films
British documentary television films
Documentary films about Islam
Documentary films about Jesus
Films based on the Quran
ITV (TV network) original programming


title: An Impossible Job

text:
"Graham Taylor: An Impossible Job" is a 1994 British fly-on-the-wall documentary directed and produced by Ken McGill, written by Patrick Collins, and made by Chrysalis for Cutting Edge. The documentary follows the England football team through the 18 months before their failure to qualify for the 1994 FIFA World Cup Finals and showed the pressure manager Graham Taylor was under before his resignation. It was originally broadcast by Channel 4 on 24 January 1994.

Background
Neil Duncanson (who joined Chrysalis as a freelance producer in 1991) suggested the documentary, though some of his colleagues believed they would never get permission. The title of the film, An Impossible Job, reflects the difficulties of the England manager's position.

Film-maker Ken McGill and his team recorded Graham Taylor and his team throughout the qualifiers. Taylor agreed to take part in the programme as he hoped it would show the differences between club and international management. But as results turned for the worse, the focus shifted to Taylor and the documentary captured a manager increasingly bereft as results went against him. In 2013, journalist Rob Shepherd revealed, "None of us in the 'Hack Pack' who followed England at the time knew that a documentary was being filmed. But Graham Taylor did."

Taylor thought about cancelling filming before the trip to Norway in June 1993, but believed that the written press - who were already hostile towards him - would seize on it as an admission England would not qualify.

Before England's match against the Netherlands, the Dutch FA had denied access to the crew filming Taylor, but the England manager helped to smuggle them inside the De Kuip stadium. The crew donned England tracksuits and carried their film equipment into the stadium in team kitbags.

Synopsis

The documentary follows Graham Taylor before, during and after England's crucial qualifier against the Netherlands in Rotterdam.

England's campaign started poorly with a home draw against Norway in October 1992. Taylor's subsequent touchline performances included the quotes "Do I not like that" and "Can we not knock it?" from an away game against Poland in May 1993. During the following game, with England 2-0 down in Norway in June and making several misplaced passes, Taylor can be heard off-screen saying "fucking hell".

Taylor visits David Platt in Italy to ensure the player consents to his captaincy being handed to Stuart Pearce. He holds court in front of an audience of prison inmates of Ashwell Prison. He quips and scolds journalist Rob Shepherd during a press conference: Shepherd looks dejected by Taylor's team selection for the game against the Netherlands and pleads with him to change his mind. Taylor mocks him for his negativity, "Rob, I can't continue... Rob, I can't have... Listen, Rob... I cannot have faces like yours around about me. [Uproarious laughter] No I can't – I tell you this now, if you were one of my players with a face like that, I'd fucking kick you out. You'd never have a chance. Put a smile on your face, we're here for business, come on."

In October 1993, during the penultimate match in the Netherlands, referee Karl-Josef Assenmacher did not send off Ronald Koeman for fouling Platt. After Koeman scored, Taylor vents his frustration on the fourth official Markus Merk and the nearside linesman. After repeatedly complaining about the decisions, he says to Merk: "You see, at the end of the day, I get the sack." He then says to the linesman, "I'm just saying to your colleague, the referee has got me the sack. Thank him ever so much for that, won't you?"

Appearances

Graham Taylor (England manager)
Phil Neal (England assistant manager)
Lawrie McMenemy (England assistant coach)
Fred Street (England physiotherapist)
Charles Hughes (The Football Association Director of Coaching)
Rob Shepherd (Today journalist)
David Platt
Paul Gascoigne
Carlton Palmer
Ian Wright
Paul Ince
Nigel Clough
Les Ferdinand
Paul Merson

Broadcast and release
The film was broadcast by Channel 4 on 24 January 1994 as part of the Cutting Edge documentary series. A censored version of the film was broadcast a few days later. More than six million people tuned in to watch the film.

A 77-minute version of the film including previously unseen footage was released on VHS on 7 July 1997 retitled Graham Taylor: "Do I Not Like That. The Final Chapter". North One (which now owns Chrysalis) sold the documentary to ITV who broadcast the extended version of the documentary on 5 October 2008 on ITV4.

Aftermath
During the qualifying campaign, commentators felt that Taylor and his two assistants Phil Neal and Lawrie McMenemy gave the impression of never being in control of their situation. Neal was criticised for being a 'yes man' after the documentary was broadcast.

The 2001 comedy feature film Mike Bassett: England Manager was inspired partly by Graham Taylor and An Impossible Job.

In 2013, Ken McGill told BBC Sport, "I found it hard to take the consequences of the film. But there is nothing I would change. It is a piece of honest film-making."

Reception
The Daily Express called it "A fascinating mix of black comedy and personal tragedy."

101 Great Goals said in 2008, "...the documentary is a super watch... Above all, it explains much about the pressure of being the England manager. It does also make you wonder how Graham Taylor is now a respected pundit."

The Guardian reported in 2010, "An Impossible Job was immediately hailed as a comic masterpiece". Daniel Taylor of The Guardian in 2013 described it as "a piece of television gold." David Elkin of Pulp Football in the same year said, "The documentary is a brilliant examination of the media, the pressure and the utterly ludicrous nature of being the England national team manager." He added: An Impossible Job gives a real insight into the doomed campaign and the nature of the role."

Barney Ronay in his 2010 book The Manager: The absurd ascent of the most important man in football said, [Taylor] "turned out to be a brilliantly absorbing subject for a tragicomic documentary film." Andy Mitten in his 2003 book The Rough Guide to Cult Football said, "the programme's enduring legacy is to present him [Taylor] unfairly as a provincial buffoon."

Awards

See also
1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
England national football team manager
List of association football films
List of sports films

References

External links

An Impossible Job on tvduck.com
Retro YouTube: Graham Taylor and England's calamitous World Cup 1994 qualifying campaign. The Daily Telegraph. 8 October 2013

1994 films
1994 British television episodes
1994 documentary films
British documentary television films
Channel 4 documentaries
Cutting Edge (TV series) episodes
Documentary films about association football
Films shot in London
Films shot in Poland
Films shot in Norway
Films shot in Italy
Films shot in the Netherlands
Films set in London
Films set in Poland
Films set in Norway
Films set in Italy
Films set in the Netherlands
1994 directorial debut films
England national football team
1990s English-language films
British sports documentary films
1990s British films


title: One Night in Turin

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One Night in Turin is a 2010 British documentary film directed by James Erskine, and written by Pete Davies and Erskine. The documentary is about the England football team during 1990 FIFA World Cup and left the nation undone by West Germany on penalties in the semi-final. It looks at the social and political context of the event as well as how it changed people's perception of football and the England team.

Background
Adapted from Pete Davies' 1990 eye-witness account All Played Out, a memoir of the England football team's World Cup adventure at the 1990 World Cup. The film weaves together the strands of a narrative which has a distinctive arc.

The film only uses archive footage – there are no modern contextual interviews, all the footage is from the time. The match action is intercut with reconstructed, modern-day footage.

Synopsis
The film revisits the iconic footballing footage: Paul Gascoigne's tears, Gary Lineker's goals, David Platt's volley against Belgium, Lineker mouthing to the touchline after Gascoigne's yellow card against West Germany, Bobby Robson's rueful smile and consoling Gascoigne with the words, "You've got your life ahead of you. This is your first." As well as English football hooligans, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher backing a proposal to stop England going to Italy, Tory Sports minister Colin Moynihan encouraging the Italian police to be extremely firm with England's supporters, the tabloid press hounding of Sir Bobby and Chris Waddle's calamitous penalty shoot-out kick. It weaves rare, unseen footage with a Gary Oldman-voiced narrative and a soundtrack with early nineties music.

Setting the World Cup in a wider socio-political context, Erskine examines how close hooliganism came to wrecking the competition and how quickly sports minister Colin Moynihan condoned the Italian authorities' heavy-handed tactics. But the emphasis is most firmly on Robson's battles with the media and the emergence of Paul Gascoigne as the tournament's superstar. It climaxes with the night at the Stadio delle Alpi in Turin when they lost the semi-final to West Germany on penalties. The film ends abruptly but over the credits there is England's highlights since then.

It is subtitled: The Inside Story of a World Cup that Changed Our Footballing Nation Forever. Erskine sticks closely to Davies' book meaning he never strays far from the narrative of Davies' book.

Appearances
Bobby Robson, England football manager
Paul Gascoigne
Colin Moynihan MP, Minister for Sport
Douglas Hurd MP, Home Secretary
Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister
Graham Kelly, The Football Association Chief Executive
Jack Charlton, Republic of Ireland football manager
Glenn Roeder

Music
One Night in Turin official film score album is by British composer Stuart Hancock and was released a digital EP by MovieScore Media on 1 June 2010. The film's soundtrack used popular music of the time from The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, New Order and The Charlatans.

One Night in Turin (Original Motion Picture Score) is the film score of British documentary film One Night in Turin, written and directed by James Erskine, and based on Pete Davies' book All Played Out. The album is the third soundtrack/film score by British composer Stuart Hancock.

Darren Rea of Review Graveyard said of the score, "It's short, it's sweet, but not a second of this EP is wasted. This is wall to wall, grade A quality material. Listen out for Stuart Hancock in the future - this is a name you'll hopefully be hearing a lot of."

Reception
The Times described it as "A wonderful reminiscence of a life-changing time." David Parkinson of Radio Times said, "...the movie relives the events with suitable enthusiasm and nostalgia." David Jenkins of Time Out thought "It's a familiar tale, but only the hardest of hearts would dismiss its storytelling gusto and clever use of archive footage." Richard Firth of This Is Local London rated it 4/5 and said, "One Night in Turin does justice to all the emotion entwined around it [the 1990 World Cup]. It brings to mind all the thoughts and feelings you had at the time and it reveals some things you may never have spotted..." Warren Howard of Belfast Telegraph thought "One Night in Turin manages to be an effective historical document as well as an engaging retelling of England's dramatic progress towards an unforgettable semi-final with West Germany during the 1990 World Cup in Italy. Yet it's still the iconic footballing footage that really hits home..." Nicholas Barber of The Independent on Sunday called it "Timely".

Tom Dawson of Total Film thought "Erskine's One Night In Turin argues that the endeavours of Bobby Robson's players eased the memories of Heysel and Hillsborough, leading to a rebirth of the national game..." Richard Luck of Film4.com said, "More compelling still is Erskine's insistence that, as disappointing as defeat might have been, the way England played throughout Italia 90 went a long way towards soothing the nightmares of Heysel, Bradford and Hillsborough. It's a well-constructed argument that points up the insignificance of victory and defeat in the greater scheme of things." He added: "One night in Turin might have restored national pride but it pointed towards the selfishness that has since ruined the beautiful game."

Kevin Pocock of Den of Geek rated the film 2/5 and described is as "a well-constructed, finely narrated, re-stitching of that titular night in Turin, intriguing for those who didn't witness the events when they happened, and equally so for those who haven't mulled it to death since." Ronald Short of College Movie Review scored the film a D- and said, "For an indie film, it's decent. I'm sure the soccer fans will love it, but as for the rest of us? It's nothing really worth watching."

Mark Douglas of The Journal described it as "It is an unashamedly enjoyable hour and a half." He added: "Perhaps the film might have been beefed up by a few talking heads slots, which would have given the main protagonists an opportunity to expand on their roles in this particular passion play." Edward Porter of The Sunday Times said, "Like many an England performance, it's the work of a team making the best of limited resources. Not only are there no interviews, but the footage of the game — and of all the other matches covered in the build-up — is patchy." Peter Martin of Twitch Film thought "Much time and care was spent on the recreations, but they have an odd flavor, with the majority of them consisting of unnecessary inserts that stick out from the archival material like a series of sore thumbs." He added: "Gary Oldman, who narrates, speaks in flat, even tones... It's a refreshing, realistic approach, but it's undermined by the recreations. I wonder if all that time and effort wouldn't have been better served by integrating modern-day interviews providing historical perspective, such as the interview with author Pete Davies that's included as one of the extras."

David Edwards of the Mirror.co.uk said, "One Night In Turin... provides an entertaining look at how manager Bobby Robson became a national hero and Gazza's tears made him a celebrity. Crucially, though, it fails to tell us anything we didn't already know." Anthony Quinn of The Independent said thought "The director James Erskine catches something of the mood ("Nessun Dorma" is in there too), but offers nothing in the way of perspective or second thoughts." Philip French of The Observer said, "The film is strictly for nostalgists and students of visual and verbal clichés." Phil of De Semlyen of Empire rated the film 2/5 and called it "Nostalgic viewing for fans that offers up too little by way of fresh insights."

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian said, "As it is, One Night in Turin looks a bit like a DVD given away with a Sunday newspaper – but watchable, nevertheless." Wendy Idle of The Times said, "All documentaries tend to nudge reality towards a slightly heightened sense of drama but this is like taking a shameless dive in the penalty area: a little undignified."

See also
England–Germany football rivalry
List of association football films
List of sports films

References

External links

One Night in Turin at Film4.com

2010 films
2010 documentary films
British independent films
Documentary films about association football
Films based on non-fiction books
Films shot in London
Films shot in Tyne and Wear
Films shot in Italy
Films set in London
Films set in Newcastle upon Tyne
Films set in Italy
England at the 1990 FIFA World Cup
England national football team
2010s English-language films
British sports documentary films
2010s British films


title: Meatball (wrestler)

text:
Richard Ellinger (born September 27, 1970), better known by his ring name Meatball, is an American professional wrestler who is signed to Micro Championship Wrestling.

Early life
Ellinger was born in River Grove, Illinois, United States. His father, Richard Ellinger (1938-2020), was of German descent, and his mother, Frances Schmidt (1942–2009), was of German-Italian descent. He has an elder sister, Valerie Caso (née Ellinger; born 1966), and two elder step-brothers, Thomas and Bill Morton, from his mother's second marriage to Earl Morton.

Ellinger's mother and sister worked in the administrative side of a food chain, while his father worked in a lumber yard. Both his father and sister are two inches shorter than he is.

Ellinger attended River Grove Rhodes Elementary School until 1985 and East Leyden High School until 1989. After he left school, he traveled through the United States, Europe and Japan, which led to him taking a job as a cargo handler for a local airline from 1990 until 2009.

Professional wrestling career
Ellinger is 4 feet 6 inches tall, billed at weighing 292 lbs and adopts a brawler wrestling style.

In 2001, Ellinger received basic wrestling training from Nate Webb, made his ring debut  and thereafter wrestled part-time on federations including National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), Independent Wrestling Revolution (IWR) and World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA). In August 2009, he joined Micro Championship Wrestling (MCW) and subsequently received training from Pat Tanaka.

In May 2013, Ellinger returned full-time to his previous job as a cargo handler in between doing wrestling shows for MCW.

Filmography

Championships and accomplishments
Micro Championship Wrestling
MCW Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

See also
Midget wrestling

References

External links

Meatball on Wrestlingdata.com
Meatball on Cagematch
Meatball on Obsessed With Wrestling
Micro Championship Wrestling website

1970 births
Living people
American people of German descent
American male professional wrestlers
Midget professional wrestlers
American professional wrestlers of Italian descent
Sportspeople from Cook County, Illinois
Sportspeople from Chicago
Professional wrestlers from Illinois
East Leyden High School alumni


title: Manohar Joshi ministry

text:
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Manohar Joshi was Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 14 March 1995 – 31 January 1999. His cabinet ministers were:

Chief Minister and Cabinet ministers

Ministers of State

From Shiv Sena

From Bharatiya Janata Party
Sudhir Mungantiwar: Tourism

Ministers by Party

See also
Narayan Rane ministry

References

J
Shiv Sena
1995 in Indian politics
Bharatiya Janata Party state ministries
1995 establishments in Maharashtra
1999 disestablishments in India
Cabinets established in 1995
Cabinets disestablished in 1999


title: Pilot (The Leftovers)

text:
"Pilot" is the series premiere of the HBO drama television series The Leftovers. It aired in the United States on June 29, 2014. The series is based on Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name. It received mostly positive reviews, with critics praising its themes and the performances of the cast.

Plot

October 14
A young mother (Natalie Gold) is at the laundromat with her baby, Sam, who won't stop crying. After putting Sam in the backseat, she ends a phone call and finds that Sam has disappeared. As she searches for him she sees a little boy calling out for his father, who has also vanished. The parking lot and surrounding area erupt in mayhem, and several juxtaposed 911 calls are placed reporting the disappearance of numerous people.

Three years later
Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux), the police chief in the town of Mapleton, New York, witnesses Dean (Michael Gaston) shoot and kill a dog and flee in a truck during his morning run. After attempting to return the dog's remains to its owner, he rushes to a meeting with the mayor, Lucy Warburton (Amanda Warren), to the annual Heroes Day parade to remember those who vanished during the "Sudden Departure." Though the mayor is confident that it will be an uneventful gathering of grieving people, Kevin warns that the local chapter of a cult known as the Guilty Remnant, who have grown to the point where they own several houses on a cul-de-sac in town, will protest the event, and leaves when his request to cancel the parade is denied.

At a Guilty Remnant house, Laurie (Amy Brenneman) wakes amongst her fellow Remnants, and is angered when she is left out of the group's planned protest during the parade. As the Remnants do not speak, she writes her grievance to the group's leader, Patti (Ann Dowd), who allows her to join in.

At school, Kevin's daughter, Jill (Margaret Qualley) chooses not to participate in prayer. After breaking another girl's nose during field hockey practice, she is invited to a party by her friend, Aimee (Emily Meade). She gets permission from Kevin over dinner, and leaves for the party, but departs soon after a game in which Aimee and Jill's crush, Nick, have sex. While helping Adam (Max Carver) and Scott Frost (Charlie Carver) look for car keys, she finds the dead dog her father picked up inside the trunk of her car. With the help of the twins, she buries the dog.

Meanwhile, on the west coast of the United States, Kevin's son Tom (Chris Zylka) drives a blindfolded Congressman Witten (Brad Leland) to a compound outside of town belonging to another cult. Upon their arrival, the Congressman is taken to meet the cult's leader, known as Holy Wayne (Paterson Joseph), while Tom chats with cult member Christine (Annie Q.). Once the Congressman is ready to leave, Tom is asked to stay the night, as Wayne wants to speak with him. Wayne comes to Tom at night and tells him that Christine is important, and Tom needs to protect her from impending danger.

At dinner with her fiancé, Meg (Liv Tyler) continues to be harassed by Guilty Remnant members, including Laurie, for unknown reasons. When the couple head home, she finds the same Remnants standing outside her home, and slaps Laurie before heading inside in tears. The following day, Kevin arrives late to the parade and marches with the rest of the town. The mayor unveils a statue in tribute to the victims of the Sudden Departure, and invites Nora Durst (Carrie Coon), a woman who lost her husband and two children in the event, to speak. As she finishes, the Guilty Remnants arrive holding letter signs to spell "stop wasting your breath". The assembled townspeople take offense and attack them, while Kevin and his officers struggle to contain the violence.

That night, after getting drunk, Kevin arrives at the Guilty Remnants cul-de-sac and demands to speak with Laurie, who is revealed to be his wife. He begs her to come home but she refuses to speak with him, and he is thrown off the property. Shortly afterward, Meg arrives in a taxi and asks Patti if she can stay with their group for a few days, and Patti has Laurie take her inside. Kevin stops driving when he sees a deer standing in the middle of the road. As he exits his car to approach the deer, it is chased down, killed, and eaten by a pack of dogs. Dean, arriving soon after, tells Kevin that "they are not our dogs anymore," and the pair shoot at the pack.

Production
"Pilot" was written by series creators Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta and directed by Peter Berg, who appears in a cameo role as Pete. The budget for the pilot episode was $8,433,643.

In an interview with Tom Perrotta featured on the Season 1 Blu-ray, Lindelof explained that much of the show was informed by the decisions that were made while shooting the pilot, saying, “that’s the most exciting thing, I think, about television. There’s an improvisational quality to it. You know, we’re shooting the pilot and basically there’s nothing behind it yet, so, so much of that process of writing episodes two through ten was informed by the experience that we had while shooting the pilot.”

In a 2015 interview with Uproxx, Damon Lindelof explained that before shooting the pilot episode, director Peter Berg told Lindelof that the script made him think about Newtown after the Sandy Hook shooting. He recalled Berg saying: "I read this and I just remember the news that day and what it was like to be completely and totally blindsided and how I related it to my own child, and how some act of completely and totally inexplicably devastating violence breaks the rules because, you know, people are going to get shot in war zones but that”s never supposed to happen. And I just keep thinking about Sandy Hook." Lindelof goes on to explain that while preparing to shoot the pilot, Berg took him to Newtown, and that "the entire town felt just really sad and tragic, and there were ribbons everywhere, and they had built this amazing lighthouse monument that was covered in messages . . . all those things just became embedded in the show at that point."

Reception

Ratings
The pilot episode received 1.77 million viewers when it premiered, and achieved a 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Critical reception
The pilot episode received largely positive reviews, with praise for the series' themes, performances, and intrigue. On Rotten Tomatoes, it gained an approval rating of 100%, based on 13 reviews, with an average rating of 9.00 out of 10. The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+. Alan Sepinwall of Uproxx said of the Garvey family: "What I've always found interesting about the story is that it focuses on the Garvey family, who lost absolutely no one close to them in the Departure, but who have all lost each other as a result" and stated "I don't know how many of you are going to have the patience for this going forward, but I'm all in." Ben Travers of IndieWire gave the episode an "A" grade. Robert Ham of Paste wrote of the pilot: "It is doing what a pilot episode is supposed to do, though: setting up the central themes and characters and leaving you hanging just enough to encourage you to come back for more."

Accolades
For the 67th Writers Guild of America Awards, the pilot episode was nominated for Best Long Form Adapted, but lost to Olive Kitteridge, a fellow HBO series.

References

External links
 "Pilot" at HBO

2014 American television episodes
Leftovers
Television episodes directed by Peter Berg
Television episodes written by Damon Lindelof
The Leftovers (TV series) episodes


title: Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Portland, Oregon)

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A bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln by George Fite Waters was installed in Portland, Oregon's South Park Blocks, in the United States, until 2020. The 10-foot statue was donated by Henry Waldo Coe.

History
The statue was cast at Claude Valsuani's foundry in France in 1927, on Lincoln's birthday, and was dedicated on October 5, 1928.

Protesters toppled the statue during the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in October 2020, along with the nearby Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider.

On July 28, 2021, Stan Pulliam, the mayor of Sandy, Oregon proposed to have the Lincoln statue, Theodore Roosevelt, Rough Rider, and the statue of George Washington reinstalled in Sandy. He said, "When we heard last week that the city of Portland is considering not putting the statues back up we decided we’re tired of the embarrassment." A decision on the future of the statues has not been made.

See also

 1928 in art
 List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
 List of sculptures of presidents of the United States
 List of statues of Abraham Lincoln

References

External links

 Abraham Lincoln at the Regional Arts & Culture Council
 Abraham Lincoln  at Heritage Preservation
 Abraham Lincoln at Public Art Archive
 Abe Lincoln statue taken down for repairs in downtown Portland's South Park Blocks (photos, video) by  Mike Zacchino (March 19, 2014), The Oregonian

1928 establishments in Oregon
1928 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Oregon
Monuments and memorials in Portland, Oregon
Monuments and memorials in the United States removed during the George Floyd protests
Monuments and memorials to Abraham Lincoln in the United States
Outdoor sculptures in Portland, Oregon
Sculptures of men in Oregon
South Park Blocks
Statues in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Statues removed in 2020
Vandalized works of art in Oregon


title: Alexandre Riabko

text:
Alexandre Riabko (; born 20 February 1978) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and a principal dancer of the Hamburg Ballet.

Alexandre Riabko was born in Kyiv, and trained at the Kyiv Ballet School under Vladimir Denisenko. After reaching the finals of the Prix de Lausanne, he continued his studies at the School of the Hamburg Ballet with Anatoli Nisnevich and Kevin Haigen. He joined the Hamburg Ballet in 1996 and was promoted to soloist in 1999 and principal dancer in 2001. In 2016 he was awarded a special Prix Benois de la Danse for excellence in partnering.

Riabko is married to fellow Hamburg Ballet principal dancer and frequent stage partner Silvia Azzoni, and they are parents of a daughter.

Repertoire
Ballets by John Neumeier
 Giselle (after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot): Albert, peasant pas de deux (first interpreter)
 The Sleeping Beauty (after Marius Petipa): Prince Désiré, Catalabutte, Bluebird
 The Nutcracker: Drosselmeier, Günther, Fritz
 Illusions – like 'Swan Lake''' (utilizing choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov): The King, Count Alexander
 Nijinsky: Vaslav Nijinsky, Arlequin/Spirit of the Rose (first interpreter)
 Le Pavillon d’Armide: The Man, Vaslav Nijinsky (first interpreter)
 Purgatorio: creator spiritus (first interpreter)
 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Theseus/Oberon, Philostrat/Puck, Demetrius
 Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio
 Othello: Jago
 As You Like It: Orlando
 VIVALDI or What You Will: Sir Andrew
 Don Juan: title role
 The Lady of the Camellias: Armand Duval, Des Grieux
 The Little Mermaid: Edvard/The Prince, Sea Witch
 Peer Gynt: Flying Aspect, Aggression Aspect
 The Seagull: Konstantin Triplev
 Death in Venice: Aschenbach’s Concept (first interpreter)
 A Cinderella Story: Prince
 Orpheus: title role
 Sylvia: Aminta, Eros/Thyrsis/Orion
 Odyssey: War
 Parzival: title role
 The Saga of King Arthur: Mordred
 The Legend of Joseph: Joseph
 Christmas Oratorio: Angel, Shepherd
 Saint Matthew Passion Messiah (world premiere)
 Requiem Duse: The Mentor (Arrigo Boito)
 The Third Symphony of Gustav Mahler: The Man
 Preludes CV: Sascha (first interpreter)
 Winterreise (world premiere)
 Seven Haiku of the Moon: Contemplator of the Moon (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet)
 Spring and FallBallets by other choreographers
 La Sylphide (choreography: Pierre Lacotte): James
 Napoli (choreography: Lloyd Riggins, after August Bournonville): Gennaro (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet)
 La Bayadère (choreography: Natalia Makarova, after Marius Petipa): Solor
 La Fille mal gardée (choreography: Frederick Ashton): Colas (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet)
 Onegin (choreography: John Cranko): title role (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet)
 The Prodigal Son (choreography: George Balanchine): title role
 Light Beings (choreography: Mats Ek): The Knight
 Thaïs pas de deux (choreography: Frederick Ashton)
 Jewels (choreography: George Balanchine): Emeralds, Rubies (first interpreter at the Hamburg Ballet)
 Dances at a Gathering (choreography: Jerome Robbins): Man in Brown
 Forgotten Land (choreography: Jiří Kylián)
 Bella Figura (choreography: Jiří Kylián)
 Remanso (choreography: Nacho Duato)
 Polyphonia (choreography: Christopher Wheeldon; Hamburg Ballet premiere)
 Trio (choreography: Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui)

Filmography
 Illusions – like 'Swan Lake' (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2001: as Count Alexander
 Death in Venice (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2004: as Aschenbach’s Concept
 Saint Matthew Passion (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2005
 'Pizzicato Polka' (choreography: John Neumeier), Vienna New Year's Concert, 2006
 Nijinsky'' (choreography: John Neumeier), Hamburg Ballet, 2017: as Nijinsky

References

External links
 Alexandre Riabko's page on the Hamburg Ballet website

1978 births
Living people
Ukrainian male ballet dancers
Dancers from Kyiv
Prix Benois de la Danse winners


title: Bend minimization

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In graph drawing styles that represent the edges of a graph by polylines (sequences of line segments connected at bends), it is desirable to minimize the number of bends per edge (sometimes called the curve complexity) or the total number of bends in a drawing. Bend minimization is the algorithmic problem of finding a drawing that minimizes these quantities.

Eliminating all bends
The prototypical example of bend minimization is Fáry's theorem, which states that every planar graph can be drawn with no bends, that is, with all its edges drawn as straight line segments.

Drawings of a graph in which the edges are both bendless and axis-aligned are sometimes called rectilinear drawings, and are one way of constructing RAC drawings in which all crossings are at right angles. However, it is NP-complete to determine whether a planar graph has a planar rectilinear drawing, and NP-complete to determine whether an arbitrary graph has a rectilinear drawing that allows crossings.

Bend minimization
 showed that bend minimization of orthogonal drawings of planar graphs, in which the vertices are placed in an integer lattice and the edges are drawn as axis-aligned polylines, could be performed in polynomial time by translating the problem into one of minimum-cost network flow. However, if the planar embedding of the graph may be changed, then bend minimization becomes NP-complete, and must instead be solved by techniques such as integer programming that do not guarantee both a fast runtime and an exact answer.

Few bends per edge
Many graph drawing styles allow bends, but only in a limited way: the curve complexity of these drawings (the maximum number of bends per edge) is bounded by some fixed constant. Allowing this constant to grow larger can be used to improve other aspects of the drawing, such as its area. Alternatively, in some cases, a drawing style may only be possible when bends are allowed; for instance, not every graph has a RAC drawing (a drawing with all crossings at right angles) with no bends, or with curve complexity two, but every graph has such a drawing with curve complexity three.

References

Graph drawing