title: Rhectogonia sandrae

text:
Rhectogonia sandrae is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Józef Razowski in 2013. It is found on Seram in Indonesia. The habitat consists of lower montane forests.

The wingspan is about 16.5 mm. The forewings are yellowish ferruginous, with browner strigulation (fine streaks). The dorsum is suffused with rust brown and the markings are darker than the dorsal suffusion. The hindwings are brownish grey tinged with rust at the apex.

Etymology
The species is named for Sandra Doyle, a volunteer at the Natural History Museum in London.

References

Moths described in 2013
Olethreutini


title: Hutyn Tomnatyk

text:
Hutyn Tomnatyk () is a peak in the Chornohora region of Ukraine, with height of 2,016 meters above sea level.

References
 Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.
 Highest peaks of Carpathians

Eastern Carpathians
Mountains of Ukraine
Two-thousanders of Ukraine


title: Jean-Claude Lecante

text:
Jean-Claude Lecante (born 12 November 1934) is a French former cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team pursuit event.

References

External links

1934 births
Living people
French male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for France
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
People from Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine
Cyclists from Île-de-France
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
French track cyclists
Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis


title: Sharon Downtown Historic District

text:
Sharon Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Sharon, York County, South Carolina. It encompasses nine contributing buildings in the central business district of Sharon. The buildings are predominantly masonry commercial buildings built between 1908 and 1944. The buildings are the First National Bank of Sharon, Shannon and Plexico Buildings, Love and Kennedy Buildings, Hope Building and Sims Hood Drugstore, and John S. Rainey Cotton Gin, Seedhouse and Office.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in York County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina


title: Semniotes halantha

text:
Semniotes halantha is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1909. It is found on Seram and Java in Indonesia and in Palnis and Khasis in southern India. The habitat consists of bamboo and secondary forests.

References

Moths described in 1909
Olethreutini


title: Makoto Satō (actor)

text:
was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1953 to 2008.

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

1934 births
2012 deaths
Actors from Saga Prefecture
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male television actors
20th-century Japanese male actors
21st-century Japanese male actors


title: Makoto Satō

text:
Makoto Satō may refer to:

, Japanese actor
 Makoto Satō (theatre) (佐藤 信, born 1943), Japanese theater director and playwright
, Japanese film director
 Makoto Satō (baseball) (佐藤 誠, born 1975), player for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks


title: René Bianchi (cyclist)

text:
René Bianchi (born 20 May 1934) is a French former cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the team pursuit event.

References

External links

1934 births
Living people
French male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for France
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Marne (department)
Olympic silver medalists for France
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
French track cyclists
Cyclists from Grand Est


title: Rebra (peak)

text:
Rebra () is a peak in the Chornohora region of Ukraine, with a height of 2,001 meters above sea level.

References
 Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.
 Highest peaks of Carpathians

Eastern Carpathians
Mountains of Ukraine
Two-thousanders of Ukraine


title: Metrioglypha ithuncus

text:
Metrioglypha ithuncus is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Józef Razowski in 2013. It is found on Seram Island in Indonesia. The habitat consists of secondary forests.

The wingspan is about 16 mm. The forewings are greyish, glossy in the basal area of the wing and tinged brownish in the dorsal part. The hindwings are dark brown with a greyish-white costal area.

Etymology
The specific name refers to the shape of the uncus and is derived from Greek ithys (meaning straight).

References

Moths described in 2013
Olethreutini


title: David Krause

text:
David Krause (born 28 February 1970) is a former professional rugby league footballer who played for South Queensland Crushers in the Australian Rugby League and London Broncos in the Super League.

After retiring, Krause moved into coaching and took charge at Lismore Marist Brothers Rams in the Northern Rivers Regional Rugby League.

David currently is living in Brisbane, coaching the East Tigers Under 20 (2013–2014).

References

External links
 Statistics at Rugby League Project

1970 births
Rugby league centres
South Queensland Crushers players
London Broncos players
Australian rugby league coaches
Australian rugby league players
Rugby league players from Sydney
Living people


title: Hill Complex Historic District

text:
Hill Complex Historic District is a national historic district located at Sharon, York County, South Carolina. It encompasses four contributing buildings in Sharon. The buildings are commercial, industrial, and residential buildings built by William Lawrence Hill between about 1890 and 1925. The buildings are the William L. Hill House (c. 1890), W. L. Hill Cotton Gin (c. 1925), W. L. Hill Cotton Warehouse and Dock (c. 1920), and the separately listed W.L. Hill Store (1913).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

References

Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in York County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina


title: Tommy Higginson

text:
Thomas Higginson (6 January 1937 – 22 July 2012) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a left half and inside forward. He is best remembered for his 12-year spell in the Football League with Brentford, for whom he made 433 appearances and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.

Club career

Kilmarnock
Higginson began his career with spells at junior clubs Edina Hibs and Penicuik Athletic. In 1956, Kilmarnock manager Malky McDonald saw Higginson playing in a junior match and invited the youngster to a trial with the Scottish League club. He impressed enough to win a contract, but departed Killie in the summer of 1959 without making an appearance, having missed two years due to his National Service and a ligament injury.

Brentford
Along with fellow Scot John Docherty, Higginson reunited with manager Malky McDonald at English Third Division club Brentford in June 1959, as cover for forward Jim Towers. He began his time with the club in the reserve team. An inside forward, Higginson made his debut in a league match versus Tranmere Rovers on 27 February 1960. For the following game versus Bournemouth, Higginson replaced club legend Jim Towers in the line-up and the Griffin Park support responded by booing manager Malky McDonald's decision. Despite this beginning, Higginson soon won over the Bees supporters with his performances. Moving back to a left half position, Higginson earned a reputation as a hard man after rugby tackling a Hartlepools United player during a 4–0 victory in October 1962, escaping with only a booking.

Higginson was an ever-present in Brentford's 1962–63 Fourth Division title-winning season. In October 1964, Higginson suffered the ignominy of being the first Brentford player to be sent off since the resumption of football after the Second World War, when he, along with opposition player Eric Brodie, was sent off during a league match versus Shrewsbury Town. The News of the World Football Annual stated that Higginson once passed back to his own goalkeeper from a corner kick. In 1967 and with Brentford in a dire financial situation and the subject of a takeover bid by rivals Queens Park Rangers, Higginson volunteered to take part in a Brentford to Brighton walk, to raise funds for the club. While many volunteers gave up, Higginson walked the whole way. Higginson remained with Brentford until the end of the 1969–70 season and was awarded a testimonial versus Queens Park Rangers in April 1969, earning £1,853 from a 6,620 crowd. He made 433 appearances for the Bees and is fifth on the club's record appearances list. He was posthumously inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in December 2016.

Hillingdon Borough
Higginson ended his career with Southern League Premier Division club Hillingdon Borough and reached the final of the FA Trophy with the club in 1971.

Sunday League career
Higginson played on in Sunday league football during the 1970s, appearing for Thornbury, Syon Villa and Sutton Athletic. He retired from all football in 1990, at age 53.

Personal life
Prior to becoming a footballer, Higginson was a champion youth boxer and athlete in Scotland, taking part in the Border Games and running professionally. While playing junior football, he also worked as a butcher. While undertaking his National Service, Higginson saw active duty with the Royal Scots Regiment in Egypt during the Suez Crisis. While playing for Brentford, Higginson settled in Isleworth. After retiring from professional football in 1970, he worked for Firestone for three years, before returning to his old job of butchering. Higginson died at the age of 75 on 22 July 2012. As a mark of respect, two days later the Brentford players wore black armbands during a pre-season friendly versus FC Erzgebirge Aue. Higginson's funeral was attended by many former Brentford favourites, including Peter Gelson, Alan Hawley and Gordon Phillips.

Career statistics

Honours
Brentford

Football League Fourth Division: 1962–63

Individual

 Brentford Hall of Fame

References

1937 births
2012 deaths
Brentford F.C. players
Scottish men's footballers
English Football League players
Men's association football wing halves
Southern Football League players
Kilmarnock F.C. players
Hillingdon Borough F.C. players
Men's association football inside forwards
Penicuik Athletic F.C. players
Footballers from Midlothian
People with Alzheimer's disease


title: Abbeville, Georgia

text:
Abbeville is a city in Wilcox County, Georgia, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 2,685. The city is the county seat of Wilcox County.

History
Abbeville was founded in 1857 as seat of the newly formed Wilcox County. The town was incorporated in 1883. According to one tradition, the city was named after Abbie McNally, the wife of the original owner of the site, while another tradition states the name is a transfer from Abbeville, South Carolina. The current Wilcox County Courthouse was built in 1903 and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Abbeville was home to the Georgia Normal College and Business Institute.

In 1910 Abbeville had a population of 1,201. In 1950 it had a population of 890.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which  is land and  (0.65%) is water.

Climate

Demographics

2020 census

2000 census
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,298 people, 373 households, and 255 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were 467 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 41.04% White, 58.40% African American, 0.17% from other races, and 0.39% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.39% of the population.

There were 373 households, out of which 33.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.2% were married couples living together, 21.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.4% were non-families. 28.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 3.06.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 12.1% under the age of 18, 12.1% from 18 to 24, 47.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 302.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 369.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $21,193, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $27,183 versus $19,107 for females. The per capita income for the city was $10,029. About 28.5% of families and 31.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 46.7% of those under age 18 and 22.0% of those age 65 or over.

In 2010 Abbeville had a population of 2,908. The racial and ethnic composition was 37.4% non-Hispanic white, 55.8% black or African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.2% non-Hispanic reporting some other race, 1.7% reporting two or more races, 5.3% Hispanic with 0.5% of the population being Hispanic who reported their race as black or African American.

Education
The Wilcox County School District holds pre-school to grade twelve, and consists of an elementary school, a middle school, and a high school. The district has 90 full-time teachers and over 1,439 students.

The schools, located in Rochelle, are:
Wilcox County Elementary School
Wilcox County Middle School
Wilcox County High School

Trivia
Abbeville is famous for its large population of wild hogs. The Ocmulgee Wild Hog Festival is held annually in May with food, arts and crafts, live music, and various contests.

References

Cities in Georgia (U.S. state)
Cities in Wilcox County, Georgia
County seats in Georgia (U.S. state)


title: Aterpia monada

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Aterpia monada is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Józef Razowski in 2013. It is found on Seram Island in Indonesia. The habitat consists of upper montane forests.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are pale brownish ferruginous, but whitish subterminally. There is a white discal spot and the suffusions and strigulation (fine streaks) are darker than the ground colour. The markings are ferruginous brown with dark brown spots. The hindwings are pale brown grey, but more cream and strigulated brown grey at the apex.

Etymology
The species name refers to the absence of the signum and is derived from Greek monas or monados (meaning a unit).

References

Moths described in 2013
Olethreutini
Moths of Indonesia


title: Menchul

text:
Menchul (), also Manchul, is a peak in the Chornohora region of Ukraine, with a height of 1,998 meters above sea level.  It lies to the southeast of the village of Vilshany in the Uholsko-Shyrokoluzhanskyi Massif of the Carpathian Mountains.

References
 Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.
 Highest peaks of Carpathians

Eastern Carpathians
Mountains of Ukraine
One-thousanders of Ukraine


title: Cees Heerschop

text:
Cees Heerschop (14 February 1935 – 24 July 2014) was a Dutch professional footballer who played for PSV as a right back, making 191 appearances for the club in all competitions, between 1956 and 1964. He later spent a year with NEC.

References

1935 births
2014 deaths
Dutch men's footballers
PSV Eindhoven players
NEC Nijmegen players
Eredivisie players
Men's association football fullbacks
Sportspeople from Hilversum
Footballers from North Holland


title: 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 400 metre individual medley

text:
The men's 400 metre individual medley competition at the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships took place on August 11 at the NISHI Civic Pool.  The last champion was Tom Dolan of US.

This race consisted of eight lengths of the pool. The first two lengths were swum using the butterfly stroke, the second pair with the backstroke, the third pair of lengths in breaststroke, and the final two were freestyle.

Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan Pacific records were as follows:

Results
All times are in minutes and seconds.

Heats
The first round was held on August 11.

B Final
The B final was held on August 11.

A Final
The A final was held on August 11.

References

1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships


title: 2004 AFL Under 18 Championships

text:
The 2004 National AFL Under 18 Championships was the ninth edition of the AFL Under 18 Championships. Eight teams competed in the championships: Vic Metro, Vic Country, South Australia and Western Australia in Division 1, and New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory (NSW/ACT), Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania in Division 2. The competition was played over three rounds across two divisions. Vic Metro and the Northern Territory were the Division 1 and Division 2 champions, respectively. The Michael Larke Medal (for the best player in Division 1) was awarded to Victoria Metro's Jesse W. Smith, and the Hunter Harrison Medal (for the best player in Division 2) was won by the Northern Territory's Richard Tambling.

Results

Division 1

Division 1 Ladder

Division 2

Division 2 Ladder

Under 18 All-Australian team
The 2004 Under 18 All-Australian team was named on 11 July 2004:

New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory: Edward Clarke
Northern Territory: Richard Tambling
Queensland: Will Hamill
South Australia: Ben Eckermann, Ryan Griffen, Heath Grundy, Scott McMahon, Angus Monfries, Cameron Wood
Tasmania: Justin Sherman
Victoria Country: Brett Deledio, Marcus Drum, Ruory Kirkby, Jordan Lewis, Dean Polo
Victoria Metropolitan: Jayden Attard, Jarred Moore, Ben Sharp, Jesse W. Smith
Western Australia: Mark Le Cras, Mitchell Morton, Alan Toovey

References

Under 18


title: Norman Fisher (educationalist)

text:
Norman George Fisher (9 July 1910 – 1 February 1972) was a British educationalist who was at various times Chief Education Officer for the English city of Manchester, head of the staff college of the National Coal Board, and chairman of the panel on the BBC Television question-and-answer show, The Brains Trust.

He appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 10 August 1959.

References

1910 births
1972 deaths
20th-century British educators
BBC television presenters
British civil servants
Educational administrators
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing


title: Maria Pia Conte

text:
Maria Pia Conte (born 10 March 1944) is an Italian former actress.

Life and career
Born Maria Pia Vaccarezza in Genoa, the daughter of a carpenter, Conte spent her youth in Sestri Levante before moving to Genoa to study classical ballet. After a few experiences as a child actress, she was first noted as a fotoromanzi model, then she decided to pursue an acting career and enrolled the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, graduating in 1962. Conte made her acting debut in 1961, in the Marco Bellocchio's short film La colpa e la pena, then she appeared in a number of films and TV-series, often in secondary roles, being sometimes credited as Mary P. Count.  She was also occasionally active as a voice actress and a dubber. She retired in the late 1970s.

Filmography

References

External links

Italian film actresses
Italian television actresses
Italian stage actresses
20th-century Italian actresses
1944 births
Actors from Genoa
Living people
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia alumni
Spaghetti Western actresses


title: Pip Ivan (Maramureș)

text:
Pip Ivan (, ) is a peak in the Maramureș region on the Ukrainian-Romanian border, with a height of  above sea level.

References

 Географічна енциклопедія України: в 3-х томах / Редколегія: О. М. Маринич (відпов. ред.) та ін. — К.: «Українська радянська енциклопедія» імені М. П. Бажана, 1989.
 Highest peaks of Carpathians

Eastern Carpathians
Mountains of Ukraine


title: Asaphistis omora

text:
Asaphistis omora is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae first described by Józef Razowski in 2013. It is found on Seram in Indonesia. The habitat consists of upper montane forests.

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are brown with rudimentary costal strigulae (fine streaks). The hindwings are pale brownish grey.

Etymology
The species name refers to a close relationship of the species to Asaphistis nobilis and is derived from Greek  (meaning "bordering").

References

Moths described in 2013
Olethreutini
Moths of Indonesia


title: Älgen Stolta

text:
Älgen Stolta (in Swedish, "Älgen" means "the moose" and "Stolta" means "proud") was a moose that became known for participating in a trot racing event in Falun, Sweden, in 1907.

History
In the early 1900s, a moose cow (adult female) died, leaving her year-old calf behind. Different sources claim the cow was killed by a passing train, others that it drowned, but they agree it happened near the Dalälven river close to Älvkarleby in Uppland. Its live female calf was taken to Johan Blad, the foreman at Älvkarleö's railway park. Blad knew a lineman called Anders Gustav Jansson who lived in Älvkarleby and had a reputation for animal husbandry, so he asked for his help with the moose which they named Stolta. Stolta was raised like a tame horse; doing forestry work, pulling carts and sleds with material, and also used to pull a sled carrying tourists between the railway station and the tourist hotel near the waterfall in Älvkarleby.

In 1907, at a winter sports festival in Falun, Stolta won a trot race against trained trotting horses over an ice-covered lake. Jansson was afterwards presented with a coffee service: a coffee pot and accompanying sugar bowl and coffee creamer. The coffee pot had an inscription that read Minne av Vinteridrottsfästen i Falun 1907 för körning av elg ("Memento of Winter Sports Festival in Falun in 1907 for driving with a moose"). The park where Älgen Stolta was kept closed in 1909 as the area was marked as part of the reservoir for a hydroelectric power station. Stolta was moved to the open-air museum of Skansen on the island of Djurgården in  Stockholm where it was thought she could be better cared for, and her name was changed to "Lotta." After the 1907 race, a rule prohibiting the use of moose as draft animals was added. She died in Stockholm in 1925.

References

External links

1907 in Sweden
1925 animal deaths
Individual deer
Mammals of Europe
Individual animals in Sweden


title: Deerfield Town House

text:
The Deerfield Town House (or Deerfield Town Hall) is the town hall of Deerfield, New Hampshire.  Built in 1856, it is one of the state's finest examples of public Greek Revival architecture.  The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, as "Town House".

Description and history
The Deerfield Town House is located on Church Street (formerly Old Centre Road), just west of its junction with New Hampshire Route 107.  It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a granite foundation, gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.  Its corners have pilasters rising to full entablature, and the gable end is fully pedimented, with a small oculus window.  There are three doors on the main facade, each flanked by Doric pilasters and topped by an entablature.  Above each doorway is a sash window.  Similar sash windows line the sides, with lintels that have slightly projecting cornices.  The front of its lower hall has been divided to provide office space for the town and a kitchen, but has retained its original pine flooring, and there are builtin benches lining the side walls.  The upper hall floor has been resurfaced in hardwood, and it has a stage with proscenium arch at the rear, which are of uncertain date.

The town hall was built in 1856 to a design by Foster & Robinson of Concord. The builder was local contractor Peter O. Woodman.  It is one of the state's finest examples of public Greek Revival architecture, retaining virtually all of its original features.  The interior dividers on the ground floor are an easily removable later alteration.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

References

City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Greek Revival architecture in New Hampshire
Government buildings completed in 1856
Buildings and structures in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
City and town halls in New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Deerfield, New Hampshire


title: Of Two Minds (2012 TV film)

text:
Of Two Minds is a television movie following a family that struggles to care for a loved one suffering from schizophrenia. The story revolves around two sisters and their challenging relationship as they are faced with troubling situations and difficult situations many people deal with when caring for schizophrenic family members.

The film stars Emmy-nominated actress Kristin Davis as Billie, Emmy Award winning actress Tammy Blanchard as Elizabeth ('Baby'), and Oscar winner Louise Fletcher. Of Two Minds is a Lifetime original movie that was written by Oscar nominated Richard Friedenberg and released on March 10, 2012.

Plot
Of Two Minds follows the challenging relationship between two sisters, Billie Clark (Kristen Davis) and Elizabeth 'Baby' Clark (Tammy Blanchard). Baby suffers from schizophrenia and lives with their mother who helps care for her while Billie settles down happily with her family. When their mother has a sudden stroke, Billie takes on the responsibility of caring for her younger sister and moves into their childhood home along with her husband (Joel Gretsch) and two children (Mackenzie Aladjem and Alex le Bas). Baby's swiftly changing moods and uncontrollable episodes bring high levels of stress to the family while they try to adjust to the new living arrangements until a disturbing incident occurs between Billie's son and Baby. Afterwards, it is clear to Billie that she is not in a position to handle Baby's illness and is faced with a difficult decision on how to properly care for her sister while she considers what is best for Baby and for her family.

Cast
 Kristin Davis as Billie Clark
 Tammy Blanchard as Elizabeth ‘Baby’ Clark
 Joel Gretsch as Rick Clark
 Bonnie Bartlett as Kathleen
 Mackenzie Aladjem as Mollie Clark
 Alex le Bas as Davis Clark
 Jessica Lundy as Madeleine
 Anthony Azizi as Dr. Lewis
 Louise Fletcher as Aunt Will

Reception
The film was generally well received upon its television debut. Huffington Post critic Jackie K. Cooper reported that it was an "engrossing movie and is led by a pitch perfect performance by Tammy Blanchard." Cooper concluded his review with saying: "It is an outstanding presentation which tackles a serious subject." Michael Starr of the New York Post reviewed the film and said that "Of Two Minds doesn't pander to its audience, and tries earnestly to give us a sense of what it is like to deal with a very real affliction." The film was later honored at the 17th Annual Prism Showcase with an award for Best TV Movie or Mini-Series for the film's authentic portrayal of health issues.

References

2012 television films
2012 films
Lifetime (TV network) films
Films about schizophrenia
Films directed by Jim O'Hanlon


title: João Pessoa

text:
João Pessoa may refer to:

 João Pessoa (politician) (1878–1930), governor of Paraíba, Brazil
 João Pessoa, Paraíba, state capital of Paraíba, named after the governor
 João Pessoa Airport (Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport), serving João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
 Coronel João Pessoa, a town in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
 Vila João Pessoa, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil


title: Spratt Cemetery

text:
Spratt Cemetery is a historic family cemetery located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It contains graves of three generations of the Spratt family, and other early settlers of the Fort Mill area. The cemetery consists of 14 marked graves and approximately 9 graves with broken stones or partial markers. It includes the grave of Thomas "Kanawha" Spratt (ca. 1731–1807), one of the first settlers of the area, and located adjacent to the site his homestead along Nation Ford Road. The land was provided for the Spratt homestead by the General New River, leader of the Catawba tribe.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

External links

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
York County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina


title: 2013–14 FC St. Pauli season

text:
The 2013–14 FC St. Pauli season was the 103rd season in the club's football history. In 2013–14, the club played in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of German football. It was the club's third consecutive season in the league, having played at this level since 2011–12, after it was relegated from the Bundesliga in 2012.

The club also took part in the 2013–14 edition of the DFB-Pokal, where it reached the second round and faced Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart.

Matches

Legend

DFB-Pokal

2. Bundesliga

References

St. Pauli
FC St. Pauli seasons


title: Virginio Pizzali

text:
Virginio Pizzali (28 December 1934 – 14 November 2021) was an Italian cyclist. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a gold medal in the team pursuit event.

References

External links

1934 births
2021 deaths
Italian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Italy
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
People from Mortegliano
Olympic gold medalists for Italy
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Friuli Venezia Giulia


title: William Houghton (cricketer)

text:
William John Houghton (born 19 December 1955) is a Zimbabwean former cricketer, the older brother of David Houghton.

References

1955 births
Living people
Rhodesia cricketers
Zimbabwean cricketers


title: Domingo Dominguín

text:
Domingo González Mateos, better known as Domingo Dominguín (4 August 1895 – 21 August 1958), was a Spanish bullfighter and progenitor of a dynasty of bullfighters.

Career

He was born in Quismondo in the province of Toledo into a peasant family. He left agriculture to take part in rural bullfights () until he took his alternativa on 26 September 1917 in Madrid with Joselito (José Gómez Ortega) for sponsor, facing a bull from the Contreras line.

Until 1922 he performed at an honourable level but then suffered a rapid decline and retired from the bullring. He became an apoderado and an outstanding manager of bullfighters, including his youngest son Luis Miguel Dominguín and his future son-in-law Antonio Ordóñez.

Family

Dominguín married Gracia Lucas Lorente, with whom he had five children: Domingo, José, Gracia, Luis Miguel and Carmen. All three sons were well-known bullfighters, as Domingo González Lucas (also known as Dominguín), José González Lucas (also known as Pepe Dominguín) and Luis Miguel Dominguín, the best-known of them, whose son is the singer Miguel Bosé. Dominguín's elder daughter Gracia had a daughter herself who married the bullfighter Ángel Teruel, while his younger daughter Carmen married the bullfighter Antonio Ordóñez; their daughter, the socialite Carmen Ordóñez, married as his first wife the bullfighter Francisco Rivera Pérez, known as Paquirri.

References

Spanish bullfighters
1895 births
1958 deaths


title: Listed buildings in Wirswall

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Wirswall is a former civil parish in Cheshire East, England.  It contained five buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which were listed at Grade II.  This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".  Apart from the village of Wirswall, the parish was rural.  The Llangollen Canal passed through the parish, and two locks within the parish are listed.  The other listed buildings are two farmhouses and a barn.

References

Citations

Sources

Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire


title: Candied almonds

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Candied almonds are nuts (usually almonds) that have been cooked in a special way, so they end up coated in browned, crunchy sugar.  Candied almonds are cooked by heating brown sugar or white sugar, cinnamon and water in a pan then dipping the almonds in the sugar mixture. They are a typical open air fair snack in Italy where in the Tuscany they are called Addormentasuocere but also common in other regions with different names. In Spain they are called "Garrapiñadas". In Switzerland and Germany they are called "Gebrannte Mandeln". They are also fairly common in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, being frequently sold at Christmas markets, where they are similarly known as "brændte mandler", "brente mandler" and "brända mandlar" respectively.

See also

 List of almond dishes

References

Snack foods
Spanish cuisine
Almond desserts
Nut confections


title: Nation Ford Road

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Nation Ford Road is a historic roadbed located near Fort Mill, York County, South Carolina. It dates to pre-historic times and is one of the oldest documented travel routes in the southeast.  It provided one of the few reliable crossing places on the Catawba River and was being used by white traders as early as 1650. The presence of the road led many early European settlers to locate in the area.  Segments of the road are visible near the William Elliott White House and Springfield Plantation House.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in York County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in York County, South Carolina


title: Déconnectés

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"Déconnectés" () is a 2014 single by French-Moroccan DJ and record producer DJ Hamida, taken from À La Bien Mix Party 2014. It features vocals by Kayna Samet, Rim'K (of band 113) and Lartiste.

The track was the main release from the 2014 DJ Hamida album À la bien mix party 2014 reaching number 14 on SNEP official French Singles Chart totalling 14 weeks (until end of August 2014).

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 singles
2014 songs


title: The Gate (2014 film)

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The Gate () is a 2014 French-Belgian-Cambodian drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, based on the books by François Bizot. The film debuted at the Telluride Film Festival on 29 August 2014. It was also screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014.

Cast
 Raphaël Personnaz as François Bizot
 Olivier Gourmet as Marsac
 Phoeung Kompheak as Douch
 Thorn Thanet as Néang
 Boren Chhith as Lay
 Rathana Soth as Phuong
 Steve Driesen as Father Vernet

References

External links

2014 films
Cambodian multilingual films
2010s French-language films
French drama films
2014 drama films
Films set in Cambodia
Films directed by Régis Wargnier
Drama films based on actual events
French multilingual films
Gaumont Film Company films
2014 multilingual films
Belgian drama films
Belgian multilingual films
2010s French films


title: Myles Hippolyte

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Myles Elliot Zach Hippolyte (born 9 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger for  club Stockport County. Born in England, he represents Grenada at international level.

A product of the Brentford Academy, Hippolyte moved to Scotland in 2014 and played for Livingston, Falkirk and St Mirren, before joining for Dunfermline Athletic in 2018. He returned to England a year later to play for Yeovil Town, before moving into the English Football League with Scunthorpe United. Born in England, Hippolyte declared his international allegiance to Grenada and made his full international debut in 2023.

Career

Brentford
A forward, Hippolyte began his career as a schoolboy at Harrow Youth League club Westway in London. He also had brief spells at Fulham, Queens Park Rangers and Reading. He joined the youth system at League One club Brentford in 2010 and signed a scholarship deal on 27 June 2011. In his first season as a scholar, Hippolyte was part of the youth team which advanced to the fourth round of the 2011–12 FA Youth Cup. Hippolyte scored prolifically for the youth team and topped the team's goalscoring charts in both his seasons as a scholar.

Hippolyte joined Spartan South Midlands League First Division club Southall on a work experience loan deal on 11 January 2013. He scored on his debut versus London Lions the following day, with a late equaliser in a 2–2 draw. His second and final goal for the club came in a 2–0 win over Kings Langley on 5 March, for which he won the man of the match award. Hippolyte returned to Brentford when his loan expired, having scored two goals in four appearances. He was released at the end of the 2012–13 season, after failing to be offered a professional contract. Looking back in October 2014, Hippolyte said "off the pitch I was slack. I was late to training and wasn't switched on enough. It was the worst possible outcome because if it was due to lack of ability I could've accepted it".

Return to Southall
After unsuccessful trials at Cambridge United, Blackburn Rovers, Oxford United, Charlton Athletic and York City, Hippolyte returned to Southall in November 2013. He made one appearance in a 0–0 league draw with Arlesey Town Reserves on 16 November. He later returned and made a further appearance towards the end of the 2013–14 season, in a 0–0 draw with Risborough Rangers on 1 May 2014.

Tamworth
Hippolyte joined Conference Premier club Tamworth on trial in November 2013. He signed non-contract terms and made his debut for the club with a start in a 1–0 Birmingham Senior Cup first round win over Coleshill Town on 19 November. After further training with the club, Hippolyte was called into the squad for an FA Trophy match versus Boston United on 14 December, but remained an unused substitute. He departed after the club declined to offer him a contract.

Hayes & Yeading United
Hippolyte joined Conference South club Hayes & Yeading United on 31 December 2013. He made his only appearance for the club as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat to Concord Rangers on 11 January 2014. In a period hit by postponements due to the weather, Hippolyte departed the club in late January 2014.

Burnham
In late January 2014, Hippolyte signed for Southern League Premier Division strugglers Burnham and scored four goals in 14 appearances before the end of the 2013–14 season.

Livingston
On 10 July 2014, Hippolyte signed for Scottish Championship club Livingston on a one-year deal, after impressing manager John McGlynn while on trial. Hippolyte's debut for the club (the first professional appearance of his career) came in a Scottish Challenge Cup first round match versus Queen of the South on 26 July 2014. With the score at 2–2, he came on as a 70th-minute substitute for Gary Glen. In the extra time period, Hippolyte scored his first competitive goal for the club in an eventual 4–3 win and he went on to score four goals in his first eight games. Hippolyte started in the 4–0 2015 Scottish Challenge Cup Final victory over Alloa Athletic and won the first silverware of his career. He finished the 2014–15 season with 42 appearances and six goals, as Livi escaped relegation on the final day of the season. In late June 2015, he signed a new one-year contract.

Hippolyte began his 2015–16 season with what proved to be the winning goal in a 2–1 victory over Clyde in the first round of Livi's defence of the Scottish Challenge Cup. He began the season as a starter, before reverting to a substitute role in October 2015. He departed the Almondvale Stadium on 29 January 2016, after making 64 appearances and scoring 8 goals in 18 months with Livingston.

Falkirk
On 29 January 2016, Hippolyte joined Scottish Championship club Falkirk for an undisclosed fee. His first goal for the club came versus Rangers on 18 March, with the second goal of a 3–2 comeback victory. He made 15 appearances during the remainder of the 2015–16 season as Falkirk failed to win promotion to the Scottish Premiership via the Scottish Premiership playoffs.

Hippolyte scored eight goals in 35 appearances during the 2016–17 season, as once again the club failed to win promotion through the Scottish Premiership playoffs. He scored six goals in 16 appearances during the first half of the 2017–18 season, before being dropped in January 2018 and leaving the club at the end of the month. During his two years at the Falkirk Stadium, Hippolyte made 66 appearances and scored 15 goals.

St Mirren & Dunfermline Athletic
On 31 January 2018, Hippolyte joined Scottish Championship club St Mirren on an 18-month contract. He scored his only goal for the Buddies on his sixth appearance, with a penalty in a 2–1 defeat to former club Falkirk on 17 April 2018 and celebrated promotion to the Scottish Premiership at the end of the season. Hippolyte departed St Mirren Park in July 2018, after making just 8 appearances during the second half of the 2017–18 season.

On 13 July 2018, Hippolyte moved to Scottish Championship club Dunfermline Athletic on a two-year contract. He made 39 appearances and scored six goals during the 2018–19 season, with four of the goals coming in his first four appearances of the campaign. On 28 May 2019, it was announced that Hippolyte's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.

Yeovil Town
After a successful trial period, Hippolyte returned to England to sign a one-year contract with National League club Yeovil Town on a free transfer on 29 July 2019. He made 37 appearances and scored five goals during a 2019–20 season which culminated in defeat in the National League playoff quarter-finals. Hippolyte was retained for the 2020–21 season, but elected to transfer away from Huish Park in August 2020.

Scunthorpe United
On 29 August 2020, Hippolyte transferred to League Two club Scunthorpe United and signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee. During 18 months at Glanford Park, he made 55 appearances and scored five goals.

Stockport County
On 31 January 2022, Hippolyte joined National League club Stockport County on a free transfer and signed a contract running until the end of the 2021–22 season. He made 20 appearances and scored four goals during a season which culminated with the Hatters won the National League championship, which secured promotion to the English Football League. Hippolyte signed a new two-year contract in June 2022 and made a season-high 55 appearances, scoring two goals, during a 2022–23 season which culminated in defeat in the 2023 League Two playoff final.

A ruptured fibular collateral ligament suffered in June 2023 saw Hippolyte withdrawn from the 2023–24 pre-season campaign for recuperation and he returned to match play on 21 October 2023.

International career
Hippolyte is eligible to represent England, Saint Lucia or Grenada at international level. He was one of a handful of players the Grenada Football Association attempted to recruit ahead of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers versus Puerto Rico in June 2015. In March 2023, Hippolyte was named in the Grenada squad for a 2022–23 CONCACAF Nations League A group match versus the United States and he scored what proved to be a consolation goal in a 7–1 defeat.

Personal life
Hippolyte is of Grenadian descent on his mother's side and Saint Lucian on his father's. His father's cousin is former footballer and current manager Johnson Hippolyte and his second cousin is footballer Jonathan Hippolyte. He attended Twyford Church of England High School.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Grenada's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Hippolyte goal.

Honours
Livingston
Scottish Challenge Cup: 2014–15

St Mirren
Scottish Championship: 2017–18

Stockport County
National League: 2021–22

References

External links

Myles Hippolyte at stockportcounty.com

1994 births
Living people
English men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Men's association football wingers
Brentford F.C. players
Southall F.C. players
Tamworth F.C. players
Hayes & Yeading United F.C. players
Burnham F.C. players
Livingston F.C. players
Falkirk F.C. players
St Mirren F.C. players
Dunfermline Athletic F.C. players
Yeovil Town F.C. players
Scunthorpe United F.C. players
Stockport County F.C. players
Southern Football League players
National League (English football) players
Scottish Professional Football League players
English Football League players
English sportspeople of Grenadian descent
English people of Saint Lucian descent
Grenadian men's footballers
Grenada men's international footballers
Footballers from Greater London


title: Cantred

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A cantred was a subdivision of a county in the Anglo-Norman Lordship of Ireland between the thirteenth and fifteenth centuries, analogous to the cantref of Wales or the hundred of England. In County Dublin the equivalent unit was termed a serjeanty, while in County Meath and environs it was a barony. The area of a cantred usually corresponded to that of an earlier  ("thirty hundreds") of Gaelic Ireland, and sometimes to that of a rural deanery in the medieval Irish church. Paul Mac Cotter has "demonstrated the existence of 151 certain cantreds and indicated the probable existence of a further 34." Cantreds were replaced by baronies from the sixteenth century.

Functions
In the Anglo-Norman shires and liberties, the cantred was originally a unit of subinfeudation; a magnate or tenant-in-chief who received a grant from the King of England as Lord of Ireland would typically grant a cantred or half-cantred to a baron as mesne lord, who would hold the chief manor and grant sub-manors to his tenants. Church land within a cantred was excluded from grants.  Unlike a knight's fee, there was no military service in the feudal duties of a cantred.

The cantred was used for administrative purposes, with the serjeanty for law enforcement, the eyre for law courts, and collection of scutage and other taxes organised by cantred.

Supersession
Cantreds declined in the fourteenth century as Ango-Norman power retreated to the Pale. They had fallen into disuse by the sixteenth-century Tudor reconquest of Ireland, when the barony became the subunit of the county. In the east and south, baronies often had the names of older cantreds, though the boundaries often diverged. In the west and north, the new baronies generally had the extent of a former trícha cét, but a different name.

References

Former subdivisions of Ireland
Feudalism in the British Isles
Hundreds (county division)
Lordship of Ireland


title: Nader Ghazipour

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Nader Ghazipour (, born 1958 in Urmia) is an Iranian conservative politician who represented Urmia electoral district in the Islamic Consultative Assembly from 2008 to 2020.

Views
Ghazipour supports teaching Azeri in schools and Turkic-speaking factions in Iran's parliament.

References

External links
 gazipoor Website

People from Urmia
Deputies of Urmia
Living people
1958 births
Members of the 9th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members of the 8th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Members of the 10th Islamic Consultative Assembly
Followers of Wilayat fraction members
Urmia University alumni
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel of the Iran–Iraq War


title: Aa weddelliana

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Aa weddelliana is a species of orchid in the genus Aa.

It is native to Peru, Bolivia and Northwest Argentina at altitudes of 2700 to 3800 meters. It blooms in the summer.

References

weddelliana
Plants described in 1912


title: Belfort Roxo

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Raimundo Teixeira Belfort Roxo, better known as Belfort Roxo (São Luís do Maranhão, 11 September 1838 — Rio de Janeiro, 17 November 1896), was a Brazilian engineer. He was the son of José Rodrigues Roxo and Maria Rita Teixeira Vieira Belfort.

Belfort Roxo was General Inspector of Works of Rio de Janeiro. Along with fellow engineer Paulo de Frontin, Belfort Roxo solved the problem of water shortage suffered by the people of Rio de Janeiro in 1889.

Belfort Roxo expanded the modernization of the port of Sao Luis, Maranhao, and oversaw the construction of the Minas Gerais - Rio de Janeiro Railroad. He was also the director of the Inspector General of Public Works of Rio de Janeiro.

Education
Belfort Roxo earned a Bachelor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences degree at the Central School of Rio de Janeiro, later called the Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro. Along with Paulo de Frontin and Pereira Passos, he was sent by D. Pedro II in Europe, to study there. He graduated from the Institute of Civil Engineers in London and the School of Bridges and Sidewalks in Paris.

Tributes
In 1888 the region of Baixada Fluminense suffered a major drought. The city instituted a plan contrived by Paulo de Frontin and Belfort Roxo that involved the transportation of 15 million liters of water to the city of Corte over the course of 6 days. At some point after his death and in tribute for his services in alleviating the drought, his name was given to a sugar plantation around which Nova Iguacu later grew and enveloped. On January 1, 1993, the city of Belford Roxo was created out of Nova Iguaçu.

In the Copacabana neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Belfort Roxo's name was also given to a street.

References

1838 births
1896 deaths
19th-century Brazilian scientists
Brazilian engineers


title: Watson Academy

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Watson Academy is a historic school building on Academy Street in Epping, New Hampshire, United States.  Built in 1883, it is the only known surviving Queen Anne style school building in southern New Hampshire.  The building, which served as Epping's high school until 1966, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Description and history
Watson Academy is located in geographically central Epping but north of the town center, on the north side of Academy Street between Prescott Road and Main Street. The building is basically rectangular in form, with symmetrical single-story wings extending the front facade, and is finished in a combination of wooden clapboards and fish-scale shingles. It has a variety of gables and window sizes and shapes, typical of the Queen Anne period, as well as Stick style applied woodwork. It was originally adorned with decoratively corbelled brick chimneys and a conical tower; these features have been removed.

The school was built in 1883, and is the only known Queen Anne style school building in southern New Hampshire. It was designed by Dover architect Charles E. Joy, who moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1884. The school was built with funds bequeathed by Daniel Watson Ladd, a local businessman, in order to provide secondary school educational opportunities to students whose families could not afford to send them to other private academies. The school was managed by private trustees for five years, and then turned over to the town. It served as Epping's high school from 1888 until 1966.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Queen Anne architecture in New Hampshire
Buildings and structures completed in 1883
Buildings and structures in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Epping, New Hampshire


title: Lopodytes

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Lopodytes Rondani 1867 is a genus in the family Reduviidae, the assassin bugs. Members of the genus have been unofficially assigned the common name Grass Assassin bugs, but generally this name remains meaningful only to naturalists, because these insects have been too well camouflaged to raise robust public awareness.

Description
Lopodytes species are small-to-medium-sized bugs, measuring between 10 and 20 mm in length. They are however very gracile and elongate in build, with nearly parallel sides, so they are far less massive than most insects of a similar bodily length. Usually they occur in savanna grass and similar vegetation, but on a level surface they generally adopt a very horizontal posture that emphasizes their resemblance to the thread assassins, the Emesinae. They easily may be confused with the Emesinae, but they are somewhat less gracile, typically 50% to 100% larger in linear measurement, and unlike the Emesinae, they do not have raptorial front legs.

In color Lopodytes species generally are a range of dusty greyish yellows to browns, shades that combine with their shape to make them inconspicuous in the partly dried tussock grasses that they normally inhabit. They probably are noticed far less often in the field than when they come to lights at night in certain seasons.

Etymology
The name Lopodytes could well be a source of confusion. It might refer to the Ancient Greek root λοπος, meaning bark or covering, plus δυτης, a diver, suggesting a creature that hides under coverings, but it might more likely derive from λοποδυτατ, an old word for a robber that stripped the clothing off victims.

Furthermore, there is a genus of ducks, Lophodytes which is sufficiently similar in spelling to cause either confusion in reference or errors in typing.

Biology
The biology of Lopodytes species has not been much studied. They appear to be predators of small insects, typical of Reduviid specialised for life in tussock grasses in savanna-like areas. As a rule both sexes are winged, but wingless forms occur. They have been reported to come to lights, but only occasionally. In those species for which observations have been recorded, the eggs are very elongate and are laid on grass stems either singly or in small clusters.

Taxonomy and distribution
The genus Lopodytes is in the order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera, family Reduviidae, subfamily Harpactorinae. Some sources give the genus authority as Rondani, 1867, but others credit Stål, 1853, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. Fork. 10, p. 263.

The genus is native to the savanna and near-savanna regions of Africa, mainly south of the Sahara.

The following species have been described, some within indicated ranges.

Lopodytes agilis Miller, 1950 Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe
Lopodytes arenicola Schouteden, 1932
Lopodytes armatus Villiers, 1948
Lopodytes baoule Villiers, 1965
Lopodytes bequaerti Schouteden, 1913
Lopodytes collarti Schouteden, 1932
Lopodytes dolichomerus Reuter, 1881
Lopodytes flavoniger
Lopodytes grassator Stål, 1853 Zimbabwe, Namibia, Transvaal, Cape, KwaZulu-Natal
Lopodytes kasaicus Schouteden, 1932
Lopodytes katangae Schouteden, 1952
Lopodytes kivuensis Schouteden, 1952
Lopodytes longispinus Villiers, 1945
Lopodytes macellus Villiers, 1952
Lopodytes mashonae Distant, 1903 Zimbabwe
Lopodytes nigrescens Miller, 1950 Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Lopodytes pallida Schouteden, 1932
Lopodytes palustris Linnavuori, 1974
Lopodytes punctulatus Villiers, 1983
Lopodytes quadrispinosus Villiers, 1948
Lopodytes schoutedeni Maldonado, 1953
Lopodytes scopsi Schouteden, 1952
Lopodytes spectabilis Miller, 1941
Lopodytes spiniger Reuter, 1881 Namibia
Lopodytes testaceus Villiers, 1960
Lopodytes transvaalensis Miller, 1956 Northern Transvaal
Lopodytes tuberculatus Villiers, 1948
Lopodytes victoriae Miller, 1956 Zimbabwe

References

Hemiptera genera
Reduviidae
Insects of Africa


title: Caroline Corinth

text:
Caroline Corinth (born July 20, 1994) is a Danish model.

Early life

Career
She posed on adverts for Victoria's Secret, Pilgrim,  and Pieces. She also walked runways for Matthew Williamson, Malene Birger, J.Crew, Ohne Titel and Charlotte Ronson.

She has been featured on the cover of Qvest, Eurowoman, Elle, DV Mode, Marie Claire and Cover, as well as editorials for S Moda for El Pais, Teen Vogue and Grazia.

References

External links

Living people
Danish female models
1994 births
Models from Copenhagen


title: Aa leucantha

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Aa leucantha is a species of orchid in the genus Aa.

It is native to Colombia and Ecuador, where it grows at altitudes of 2800 to 4300 meters. It is listed as an Appendix II species by CITES.

References

leucantha
Plants described in 1886


title: Antonia Ridge

text:
Antonia Florence Ridge (7 October 1895 – 18 June 1981) was a Dutch-born writer and broadcaster, who wrote the English lyrics for Friedrich-Wilhelm Möller's popular song, "The Happy Wanderer" (originally "" or ""), and others of his works.

She wrote fiction and non-fiction, for adults and children. She scripted and read plays for BBC Radio's Children's Hour. Her non-fiction works include a biography of the botanical artist, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, and For Love of a Rose, a biography of the rose-growing Meilland family. Some of her works were collaborations with the Dutch author .

She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 25 January 1960.

Bibliography

With Mies Bouhuys

References

1895 births
1981 deaths
Place of death missing
Dutch writers
Dutch emigrants to the United Kingdom


title: Snow in August

text:
Snow in August is a 2001 film adapted by Richard Friedenberg based on the New York Times best selling novel by Pete Hamill. Featuring a young boy from an Irish Catholic neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1947, the film follows the unlikely friendship that evolves between 11-year-old Michael and a Czechoslovakian Rabbi that stirs up the wrath of a local Irish gang from Michael's neighborhood. After a tragic turn of events, Michael seeks the help of an ancient Jewish text to summon a protector in his time of need. The film is a made-for-television movie that was distributed by Showtime Networks in 2001, and later released on DVD in 2003.

Plot
In Brooklyn in the summer of 1947, 11-year-old Michael Devlin (Peter Tambakis) witnesses a brutal beating of a Jewish shopkeeper by a local Irish street gang called the Falcons. Scared to go to the police, Michael tells his widowed mother (Lolita Davidovich) who only consoles him by telling him God will judge the guilty. With a heavy feeling of guilt still following the young boy, Michael reaches out to Rabbi Judah Hirsch (Stephen Rea) who had fled Czechoslovakia during World War II. An unlikely friendship evolves between the two characters as they bond over baseball and alluring tales of Jewish folklore like the book of Kabbalah which has the power to create miracles such as snow in August. As a fatherless child, Michael eventually grows to see the Rabbi as close friend and father figure—a relationship that ends up costing him his friends and brings unwanted attention from Frankie McMarthy (Adam MacDonald ) and the rest of the Falcon gang. The Falcons attack Rabbi Hirsch and later threaten Michael and his mother, demonstrating their outright disapproval of the relationship between a Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic family. Determined to finally have the courage to stand up against the gang, Michael goes to Rabbi Hirsch in the hospital to learn more about an ancient Jewish text and the ritual for summoning the Golem to help him serve justice and protect his loved ones.

Cast

 Peter Tambakis as Michael Devlin
 Stephen Rea as Rabbi Judah Hirsch
 Lolita Davidovich as Kate Devlin
 Adam MacDonald as Frankie McCarthy

Reception
The television film does not yet have a rating from major film critics, but it received a rating of 100 percent by audience reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes. New York Daily News reporter Eric Mink noted that while the film includes harsh language and violent fight scenes, it is a fine film for all ages that is an "ambitious mixture of dramatic realism, morality tale and mystical fable." Terry Kelleher of People magazine said the film including a good cast and a heart warming set of values.

The film received three Emmy nominations including Outstanding Direction in a Children's Special for Richard Friedenberg and Outstanding Performer in a Children's Special for Stephen Rea. Finally, the film was nominated for Outstanding Children's Special in which all the producers were credited including producers Jake Eberts, Lenny Young, Daniel Ostroff, Nancy Cooperstein, and Tani Cohen.

References

Films set in the 1940s
Films set in 1947
Films directed by Richard Friedenberg
American drama television films
Canadian drama television films


title: Royal Aragonese Football Federation

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The Royal Aragonese Football Federation (; RFAF) is the governing body of the sport of football in Aragon, Spain. The RFAF organises Group 17 of the Tercera División, with the assistance of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), as part of the Spanish football league system. It also organises the regional divisions.

Competitions
 Men's
 Tercera Federación (Group 17)
 Regional Preferente
 Primera Regional
 Segunda Regional
 Segunda Regional B
 Tercera Regional
 Youth
 Liga Nacional Juvenil Group VI
 Divisiones Regionales
 Women's
 Divisiones Regionales

See also
 Spanish football league system
 Aragon official football team

External links
 Official website

Aragon
Football in Aragon
Sports organizations established in 1922
1922 establishments in Spain


title: Gov. Meshech Weare House

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The Gov. Meshech Weare House is a historic house on Exeter Road (New Hampshire Route 88) in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. It was built in 1723, and is notable as the home of Meshech Weare, the first Governor of New Hampshire after it declared independence from the British crown. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Description and history
The Governor Meshech Weare House stands in the town center of Hampton Falls, on the north side of Exeter Road at its junction with Lincoln Avenue. It is just west of the First Baptist Church, and across the street from a public school. To its west is a small park named in Weare's honor. The house is  stories in height, and is of wood-frame construction with a side gable roof, two interior chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature and full segmented-arch pediment. The interior of the building is a combination of old and modern elements, including some period paneling. The house has ells extending to the rear, which are 20th century work done to replace others destroyed in fires. After a 1957 fire the rear of the main block was extended, increasing the size of the rooms there.

The house was built in 1723, and was for many years home to Meshech Weare. Weare (1713-1786) was educated at Harvard, and was primarily a farmer until the time of the American Revolution. A reluctant supporter of independence, he chaired the state's executive committee during the American Revolutionary War, and became its first President in 1784 (the term Governor of New Hampshire was adopted later). Notable guests at the house include George Washington, James Madison, and the Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in New Hampshire
Houses completed in 1776
Houses in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
National Register of Historic Places in Rockingham County, New Hampshire
Hampton Falls, New Hampshire
Governor of New Hampshire


title: Black Souls

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Black Souls () is a 2014 Italian-French crime drama film directed by Francesco Munzi. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. It was also selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot
Luigi is a member of the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta and an international drug dealer, linked to powerful South American crime groups. His elder brother Rocco lives in Milan with his wife Valeria and their daughter. He does not approve of the lifestyle of his younger brother but is an entrepreneur thanks to his brother's illicit money. Luciano, the eldest of the three brothers, has remained in Calabria tending his goats in the mountains, with the illusory goal of remaining uninvolved with his brothers' illegal businesses.

Leo, the young and rancorous son of Luciano, in response to an insult, shoots up the exterior of a bar protected by a rival clan of 'Ndrangheta who are already offended by Luigi's refusal to trade with them. Luigi dislikes them because their boss killed his father many years before. The rival clan demands that Luigi supply them with drugs but this motivates Luigi to return to his hometown to take them on, initially by strengthening his links with other families. However, before concluding anything, Luigi is murdered on the street. Rocco, arriving from Milan, is determined to take revenge but, before acting, he wants to know if his family is alone or can count on the support of the other families.

Leo, with a strong attachment to his deceased uncle Luigi, feels that his duty is to solve things alone. He plans to kill the enemy boss but is betrayed by his accomplice and killed. This upsets everyone, especially his father Luciano who, after burning photos of his father who died years before in an ambush by the rival clan, returns home, kills his younger brother Rocco and contemplates a suicide that would complete the extermination of all the men of his family.

Cast
 Barbora Bobuľová as Valeria, Rocco's wife
 Fabrizio Ferracane as Luciano
 Anna Ferruzzo as Antonia, Luciano's wife
 Giuseppe Fumo as Leo, Luciano's son
 Marco Leonardi as Luigi
 Peppino Mazzotta as Rocco

Awards

References

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2014 films
2014 crime drama films
Italian crime drama films
Vertigo Films films
French crime drama films
2010s Italian-language films
Films about the 'Ndrangheta
2010s French films


title: Xisha District

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Xisha District is the municipal district of Sansha, Hainan. It administers the islands and reefs of the disputed Paracel Islands and its sea areas, and is responsible for the islands and reefs and sea areas of the Zhongsha Islands. The People's Government of Xisha District is stationed in Yongxing Island (Yongxing Town Management Area).

Administrative divisions

References

Sansha
South China Sea
Paracel Islands
Territorial disputes of China
County-level divisions of Hainan


title: Nansha District, Sansha

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Nansha District is the municipal district of Sansha, Hainan. which governs the islands and reefs of the disputed Spratly Islands and their sea areas. The People's Government of Nansha District is located in Yongshu Reef (Nansha Management Area).

Administrative divisions

References

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Sansha
County-level divisions of Hainan


title: P. Gardner Howe III

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Philip Gardner Howe III is a United States Navy vice admiral and Navy SEAL. His assignment prior to retirement in 2019 was associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency. He previously served as the 55th President of the Naval War College, and was the first SEAL officer to hold this assignment. Prior to that, Howe was the Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific.

Military career
Howe was a commissioned as an Ensign following his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1984. He has held many positions within the Naval Special Warfare and Joint Special Operations Command JSOC communities. Howe has commanded Naval Special Warfare Unit 3 in Bahrain, Naval Special Warfare Group 3 in San Diego, and Special Operations Command Pacific. His overseas deployments have been in support of Operations Earnest Will, Provide Promise, Enduring Freedom, and Iraqi Freedom as well as others across Asia and the western Pacific region.

Howe's major joint and staff assignments include current operations officer at Special Operations Command Pacific; chief staff officer, Naval Special Warfare Development Group; assistant chief of staff for Operations, Plans and Policy at Naval Special Warfare Command; director of Legislative Affairs for Special Operations Command; and assistant commanding officer, operations Joint Special Operations Command. Howe most recently served as the Commander, Special Operations Command Pacific from 2013 to 2014.

On 8 July 2014, Howe became the 55th President of the Naval War College. Howe became associate director for military affairs at the Central Intelligence Agency on 4 October 2016. Howe retired to Newport, RI at the end of 2019 and currently serves on the Navy SEAL Foundation board of advisors.

Education
Howe is a 1984 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School in 1995 with a Master of Arts in national security affairs, and from the National War College in 2002 with a Master of Arts in national security. Howe enrolled as a student at the International Yacht Restoration School of Technology and Trades in Newport, RI for the 2020–2021 academic year.

Awards and decorations

Military awards and badges

Other awards
 Service Member Defense of Freedom Award

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Living people
Military personnel from Florida
United States Naval Academy alumni
United States Navy SEALs personnel
United States Navy admirals
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
1962 births


title: Henry C. Magruder

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Henry Clay Magruder (1843 – October 20, 1865) was a Confederate soldier, convicted war criminal, and guerrilla during the American Civil War. Born near Lebanon, Kentucky, he took part in several major Western theater battles. Still, he is best known for his fate as a guerrilla and was possibly the inspiration of a fictional local folk hero and guerrilla fighter, Sue Munday, whose exploits closely mirrored his own.

Army career
Magruder enlisted in the Confederate States Army at age 17 and served under General Simon Bolivar Buckner at the Battle of Fort Donelson. Magruder was captured when Buckner chose to surrender the fort rather than allow his men to fight their way out, but he soon escaped. Magruder joined the personal bodyguard of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, serving under him at the Battle of Shiloh. Following General Johnston's death, Magruder transferred to General John Hunt Morgan's Kentucky Cavalry. He took part in Morgan's raid into Ohio and Indiana and once again escaped capture. He eventually crossed the Ohio River back into Kentucky.

Guerrilla fighter
Magruder, now well behind U.S. lines, located other escaped Confederates and led them in raids against U.S. military targets south of Louisville. As historian Walter L. Hixson notes, "Magruder also plundered Union homes, burned alive an African-American man, and violated southern gender codes by raping the wife of a Union soldier and six other 'young ladies' at a school."

On January 23, 1865, 80 colored troops of Company E, 5th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment, under command of 2nd Lieutenant Augustus Flint, were assigned to move almost a thousand head of cattle from Camp Nelson to the stock yard at Louisville, Kentucky. The men were assigned mostly to the front and rear of the spread-out herd of cattle. About 41 men were bringing up the rear on 25 January near Simpsonville, when they were ambushed by Confederate guerrillas, which were led by Magruder. Few of the Union troops were able to fire their muzzle-loaded Enfield infantry rifles, due to fouled powder. The guerrillas were armed with 6-shot revolvers, and most carried two or more. As Confederates quickly closed the distance, almost all of the colored soldiers bringing up the rear were wounded or dismounted. Only two escaped harm, one by playing dead, and the other hiding under an overturned wagon box. The forward group panicked and fled. About an hour after the ambush, local citizens found 15 dead and 20 wounded soldiers on and near the road. Four more soldiers were later found dead of wounds or of exposure nearby. The men of Simpsonville took 20 wounded men back to town; 8 of the men so severely wounded they were not expected to live. A total of six soldiers died en route or in Louisville. It was later determined that some of the Union soldiers had been murdered trying to surrender or after being disarmed. The remainder of the Union wounded were left to die in the freezing cold. Three soldiers remained missing in the final accounting.

Pro-U.S. home guards captured and arrested most of Magruder's small band after they robbed a bank in February 1865. Magruder and two others avoided capture for several weeks, but the three were eventually cornered in a barn and forced to surrender. Magruder had been seriously wounded, shot in the arm and back, and then shot in the lungs during capture.

One of the men captured with Magruder was Marcellus Jerome Clarke. Clarke was quickly charged with being a guerrilla, convicted by a closed military tribunal, and hanged in March 1865. Magruder, however, was allowed to recover his health in jail before he was arraigned.

Published exploits
Before this, Louisville, Kentucky publisher George D. Prentice had written a series of articles about the area's ongoing guerrilla activities in his Louisville Journal, but attributed it to activities of a "Sue Mundy." These tales closely paralleled Clarke's and Magruder's actions. By some accounts, including his own posthumous memoir Three Years in the Saddle: The Life and Confession of Henry Magruder: The Original Sue Munday, The Scourge of Kentucky (1865), Magruder was the original inspiration for the fictitious Confederate guerrilla fighter.

Trial and execution
In September 1865, a military tribunal tried Magruder for acting as a guerrilla fighter, 17 counts of murder, wounding with intent to kill, and rape. He was found guilty of 8 murders and acting as a guerrilla fighter. Magruder was sentenced to death. After his sentence was approved, he was hanged at the Louisville Military Prison on October 20, 1865. While on death row, he converted to Catholicism. He confessed to a priest that he had done bad things. As Magruder was escorted from his cell for his execution, he remarked, "It is hard, but maybe it is fair."

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American rapists
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Confederates convicted of war crimes
Confederate States Army personnel who were court-martialed
Confederates executed by the United States military by hanging
People convicted of murder by the United States military
Louisville, Kentucky, in the American Civil War
People from Bullitt County, Kentucky
People of Kentucky in the American Civil War
Escapees from United States military detention
Converts to Roman Catholicism
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title: The Musk Who Fell to Earth

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"The Musk Who Fell to Earth" is the twelfth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 564th overall episode of the series. The episode was directed by Matthew Nastuk and written by Neil Campbell. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 25, 2015.

Plot
Elon Musk lands with his Dragon 2 spacecraft into the Simpsons' backyard. Musk explains that he is visiting Springfield for inspiration. To this, Homer asks Musk to come with him to the power plant. The next day, Musk discovers that Homer has new ideas for inventions, and so meets Mr. Burns and convinces him to install a magnetohydrodynamic generator for the plant. Burns wants to hire Musk, but he refuses, saying that he does not care about the money.

Musk and Burns explain to the town that the plant has come up with plans for the city's electrical needs, including self-driving cars. However, Smithers is suspicious about Musk's intentions. Bart and Lisa sneak into the family's car and disable the auto-drive mode using Musk's master password, and go for a joyride. They end up at the plant, where Musk also explains that the town is losing roughly $50 million a quarter, much to Burns' horror. Musk explains to Burns that his true intention was to save the Earth. Angered at Musk's actions, Burns announces to his employees that there will be massive layoffs, and plots to kill Musk. Homer is also horrified because Musk caused Lenny, Carl and many other power plant employees to be fired, but Marge advises him to end his friendship with Musk gently.

The next day, while Musk is discussing his ideas for inventions with Homer, Burns attempts to assassinate him. Though the bullet accidentally aims in Homer's way, Musk saves him. Homer gratefully thanks him, but he admits to Musk that he needs to end their friendship. The Simpsons say goodbye to Musk as he boards his rocket to space, musing that he will miss Homer's last thoughts to him. To make up for Homer's and Lisa's sadness at his departure, he gives the family a futuristic birdhouse (similar to the birdhouse from the start of the episode).

Production
The episode was written by Neil Campbell, a freelance writer. It guest stars Elon Musk as himself. Executive producer Al Jean stated they tried to make the episode not a "kiss-ass" guest star turn, and the episode contains many jabs at Musk's perceived egotism. Musk was a fan of the series, having watched the show since attending university. He guest starred on the show because he and executive producer James L. Brooks had a meeting, after which Brooks was convinced he wanted a fictional version of Musk on the show. The closing theme is David Bowie's "Starman", later associated with Musk's Falcon Heavy launch in 2018.

Reception
The episode received an audience of 3.29 million, making it the most watched show on Fox that night. Dennis Perkins of The A.V. Club gave the episode a C, saying "‘The Musk Who Fell to Earth’ plays out more like a love letter to Musk than a proper Simpsons episode. It's like some Simpsons writers met Musk at a TED talk, got smitten when they found out Musk was a fan, and turned an episode of the show over to him. Which would be less of a problem if the episode were well-thought-out and funny, Musk were an engaging comic presence, or the Simpsons themselves weren't relegated to supporting status on their own show."

In 2022, The Guardian said the episode was "perhaps the most fawning" of Musk's celebrity media cameos.

In November 2022 Musk claimed in a tweet that the episode correctly predicted his acquisition of Twitter, due to a scene where Lisa Simpson feeds birds that are in a birdhouse in Simpson's backyard with a sign that reads "Home Tweet Home". Though in reality this scene wasn't a direct reference to Twitter and occurs before Musk appears in the episode. Though it was also noted by The Independent that the subplot of Mr. Burns laying off a portion of the Springfield Power Plant's staff due to Musk, is similar to Musk's real life mass Twitter layoffs that occurred soon after his acquisition of the platform.

References

External links

 "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" at theSimpsons.com

2015 American television episodes
The Simpsons (season 26) episodes
Elon Musk


title: Fires on the Plain (2014 film)

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is a 2014 Japanese war film written, produced, directed, and starring Shinya Tsukamoto.  The film is based on the 1951 anti-war novel Fires on the Plain, which was a semi-autobiographical work loosely based on author Shōhei Ōoka's experience in World War II.  The novel was previously adapted in the 1959 film Fires on the Plain by Kon Ichikawa.  The film premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014, and was released to the wider Japanese box office on 25 July 2015.

Fires on the Plain takes place during the final days of the Japanese occupation of the Philippines on the island of Leyte, after the American army had returned.  The Japanese army remnants have taken to the jungle after being driven out of the main cities.  The Filipinos, after suffering a brutal Japanese occupation, are in little mood to show mercy on their former tormentors, and light the titular bonfires for communication.  Japanese soldiers are reduced to little more than bandits and murderers as their supplies dry up and they are encircled by the American-Filipino forces.  A delirious and sick Private Tamura attempts to survive an aimless journey through the jungle as starvation drives the surviving soldiers to theft, madness, murder, suicide, and cannibalism.

Plot
Private Tamura, a writer, is ridden with tuberculosis (TB) and is sent away from his company to the military hospital; the makeshift hospital refuses to accept him, as they are already full.  Tamura is discharged back and forth until essentially ordered not to return and continue consuming supplies - he is ordered to commit suicide instead rather than return yet again.

On his own, Tamura finds that military discipline has faltered as the Japanese army disintegrates into the jungle and subsists largely on yams.  Tamura steals food from some local Filipinos while encountering disturbing evidence of the Japanese army's collapse.  A despondent soldier blows himself up with a grenade, while others lie dying from malnutrition or injuries on the path.  Tamura encounters two soldiers, Yasuda and Nagamatsu, who attempt to trade cigarettes for yams to soldiers who pass by; he declines the cigarette but gives Nagamatsu a yam regardless out of pity.  Tamura desperately forages whatever food he can, while American aircraft occasionally strafe the Japanese army remnants with bullets.  At a seemingly abandoned church, Tamura stabs a dog.  He sees a pile of Japanese corpses nearby, but investigates regardless; he finds a cache of salt hidden beneath a floorboard, but is found out by two Filipino civilians.  In a panicked haze, he shoots one; the other runs away, with Tamura's halfhearted shots missing.  Tamura runs away with his stolen food before reinforcements come, abandoning his rifle in the process.  Tamura joins up with some remaining soldiers from a different company, where he is told that the whole army has orders to attempt to retreat to Palompon.  Tamura travels with them for a time, trading his salt for yams; the other soldiers morbidly joke that they practiced cannibalism in order to survive during the New Guinea campaign, although Tamura is unsure if it is actually a joke or not.  The retreat to Palompon requires crossing an open road; as Japanese soldiers attempt to cross it at nightfall, they are easily detected and gunned down by the Americans and Filipinos.

A famished Tamura prepares a white flag to attempt to surrender to a passing American jeep.  Just before he runs out to surrender, he sees another Japanese soldier attempt the same act.  The other soldier is gunned down by a vengeful Filipino woman in the jeep despite the American soldier's attempt to accept the surrender; Tamura perceives the shooter as the same woman he shot in the chapel.  It is clear to Tamura that crossing the road to get to Palompon is impossible, so he returns the way he came into the jungle.  Now delirious and perceiving corpses as talking to him, Tamura is found and saved from starvation by Nagamatsu, the soldier he had given a yam to earlier.  Tamura is given bark, water, and "monkey meat".  Tamura is bullied into giving his grenade to Yasuda, the canny superior whose leg was wounded and rolled up cigarettes for trade.  After hearing a shot, Tamura chases after Nagamatsu; he sees that he had fired at a fleeing Filipino civilian, and that the "monkeys" he had been hunting were other humans.  The loose alliance between Nagamatsu and Yasuda breaks down now that Yasuda has a grenade, as the two each fear that the other will kill them for their meat.  After guarding the only source of clean water in the area, Yasuda is smoked out; Yasuda attempts to negotiate, but Nagamatsu shoots him.  As Nagamatsu attempts to devour Yasuda, Tamura grabs his rifle.  In the resulting struggle, he shoots Nagamatsu, who assures him before he dies that he knows Tamura will eat him.

The scene shifts to post-war Japan, where Tamura writes a memoir.  Tamura claims to awaken at an American field hospital in his notes and not have remembered what happened after shooting Nagamatsu, but dry heaves at the horrible memory regardless.

Cast
 Shinya Tsukamoto as Tamura
 Yūko Nakamura as Tamura's Wife
 Lily Franky as Yasuda
 Yusaku Mori as Nagamatsu
 Tatsuya Nakamura as Corporal

Production and themes
Shinya Tsukamoto read the novel as a child and was taken with its power; he stated in an interview that he always wanted to make a movie version.  He said that even his first movie, the 1989 cyberpunk film Tetsuo: The Iron Man, was influenced by Fires on the Plain; they both feature "normal" people who are drastically shaped by their environment.

Tsukamoto originally wanted to make "an epic movie, with a big budget" but was turned down by the companies he approached.  He made the project completely self-funded as an independent film instead.  Tsukamoto also made the film due to the renewed interest in revising Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution and potential military involvement: "I wanted to remind younger audiences, for whom the horrors of WWII are a distant memory and may feel war is OK, the consequences of going to war."  The movie was released a few weeks before the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender, commemorated on August 15 in Japan; Tsukamoto arranged for encore screenings to happen the next year for the 71st anniversary of the war's end as well.

Release
Fires on the Plain was selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival in 2014.  The film saw a wider release in the Japanese market in July 2015.

Reception
Mark Schilling of The Japan Times gave the film a positive review.  He noted that many Japanese war films indulged in a certain amount of soft nationalism, praising the sacrifice and intent of dying Japanese soldiers even if their cause was bad; Fires on the Plain does no such thing, showing undignified and starving soldiers trapped in a "hellish antechamber to death" lashing out at both innocents and each other.  He praised Tsukamoto's work and noted he seemed to be inspired by Terrence Malick's style of portraying death and terror on-screen in a hallucinatory, terrifying fashion.  Anthony Gates of Easternkicks.com also admired the film, comparing it to a more historical version of Mad Max.  He also praised the vibrant color palette and Chu Ishikawa's musical score.  Xan Brooks of The Guardian wrote that the movie successfully makes its point that "war is hell, particularly if you are fighting on the losing side" and called the film "brilliantly bonkers".  In less positive reviews, Peter Debruge of Variety felt that the movie was more of a horror film to a degree that compromised its anti-war message and its realism, comparing the cinematography's lingering on horrible deaths to an "amateur zombie movie".  Debruge also felt that Tsukamoto's acting performance was weak and one-note.

In the Japanese film press, Fires on the Plain won the second prize at the 25th Japanese Professional Movie Awards for movies released in 2015 in Japan.  It also won 5th place at the 37th Yokohama Film Festival.

References

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2014 films
2014 drama films
2014 war drama films
Japanese independent films
Japanese war drama films
2010s Japanese-language films
Films about cannibalism
Films based on works by Shōhei Ōoka
Films directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Films scored by Chu Ishikawa
Pacific War films
Japanese World War II films
Japanese occupation of the Philippines films
Films set in 1944
2010s Japanese films


title: Social Democratic Party of Romania (1910–1918)

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The Social Democratic Party of Romania (, or , PSD) was a Marxist social-democratic political party in Romania. A member of the Second International, the party was active between 1910 and 1916, when it was banned. Clandestine groups continued underground activity until 1918, when the end of World War I allowed the party to re-emerge as a legal political group, rechristened Socialist Party of Romania.

History
Founded in 1910 at the initiative of the Socialist Union of Romania, a loose alliance of socialist clubs formed across Romania around the magazine România Muncitoare, it also acted as the political wing of the local trade union movement. The party viewed itself as a successor to the Romanian Social Democratic Workers' Party, the latter having disbanded in April 1899 after a conflict between its reformist wing (deemed "generoșii" - "the generous ones"), which left in order to join the National Liberal Party, and the Marxist groups. Appealing to a relatively small working class population, whose political power was further restricted by the income-based voting system, the PSD was unable to attain any major electoral success. Nevertheless, it led an active campaign for better working conditions, land reform and peace.

The party's anti-militarist stance led it to condemn both Romania's participation in the Second Balkan War and, after the start of World War I, the social patriotic stance of Western social-democratic parties. Accordingly, it proposed a federalist solution for the complicated ethnic situation in the Balkans, and, after some internal debates, joined the Zimmerwald movement. Neutral at first, by 1916 Romania's government was increasingly open to participation in the war on the Entente side, and decided to crack down on the socialist movement, brutally repressing a pacifist demonstration in Galați in June. The PSD was banned outright when the country declared war on the Central Powers later that year.

With a significant part of the members drafted (including the general secretary, Dimitrie Marinescu, killed in action), the party was only able to retain a clandestine activity in the main industrial centres of the country, such as Bucharest, Iași and the Prahova Valley. The PSD's situation further deteriorated after the disastrous Romanian Campaign resulted in the southern half of the country falling under the military occupation of the Central Powers. Paradoxically, the socialists fared somewhat better in the occupied territories, where the occupation army, at the intervention of German social-democrats, gave them some leeway, even allowing the reopening of the Bucharest workers' club.

The 1917 February Revolution led to a reactivation of the Romanian workers' movement, and its subsequent radicalisation. The Bucharest clandestine group, led by Alecu Constantinescu and Gheorghe Cristescu, emerged as the "maximalist" Central committee for anti-war and anti-imperialist action, also coordinating the "intimate councils" active in Ploiești and Câmpina. The radicals in Moldavia, area still under government control, were able to gain the sympathy of the Russian soldiers present in the region as Romania's allies, which provided them with some freedom of action. The Romanian authorities however quickly reacted, imprisoning the socialist leaders Christian Rakovsky and Mihail Gheorghiu Bujor, and assassinating Max Wexler. As a result, most revolutionary socialists fled government persecution to Russia. Establishing their headquarters in Odessa, the main centre of the Romanian refugees in Southern Russia, they created the Romanian Social-Democratic Action Committee under the leadership of Bujor, Alexandru Nicolau and Ion Dic-Dicescu, and re-established the official party press by publishing Lupta.

Soon after the October Revolution, the Odessa committee rallied behind the Bolsheviks. The Bucharest committee also saluted the Revolution and condemned the humiliating peace between Romania and the Central Powers, leading the Germans to reverse their earlier policies and imprison all pre-war socialist leadership in May 1918. Nevertheless, the changing tide of war resulted in a weakening of the German grip on the region, allowing for the re-emergence of the trade unions in the occupied territories beginning with late spring. In the meantime, in April 1918, the moderate social-democrats remaining in Iași, led by Litman Ghelerter and Ion Sion, also regrouped the local party sections into the Moldavia Regional Committee. Faced with pressure from the increasingly radical working class, the government was forced to allow the Committee to function semi-legally. The armistice between Germany and the Allies in November 1918 finally allowed the PSD to emerge from clandestine activity. On November 28, the Bucharest group, headed by Ilie Moscovici and Cristescu, organised a provisional executive committee, including both radicals and moderates, began publishing Socialismul as the official party journal, and succeeded, in relatively short time, in re-opening party sections in the Prahova Valley and the port towns on the Danube. Soon afterwards, the party decided to break with what it saw as the failure of the Second International by rebranding itself as the Socialist Party of Romania.

Notable members

Vasile Anagnoste
Ecaterina Arbore
Mihai Gheorghiu Bujor
Alecu Constantinescu
Gheorghe Cristescu
Toma Dragu
I. C. Frimu
Leon Ghelerter
Ştefan Gheorghiu
Theodor Iordăchescu
Dimitrie Marinescu
Ioan I. Mirescu
Ilie Moscovici
Alexandru Nicolau
Ottoi Călin
Ion Pas
Ana Pauker
Constantin Titel Petrescu
Christian Rakovsky
Camil Ressu
Max Vexler
Şerban Voinea

Electoral history

Legislative elections

References

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title: Klon Centaur

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The Klon Centaur is an overdrive pedal made by the American engineer Bill Finnegan between 1994 and 2008. Finnegan hoped to create a pedal that would recreate the harmonically rich distortion of a guitar amplifier at a high volume.

Finnegan struggled to meet demand, and used units sold for inflated prices. He made only around 8,000 units before discontinuing the Klon in 2008. In 2014, Finnegan redesigned it as the Klon KTR, which is simpler to manufacture by contracted firms. The Centaur has inspired numerous clones by different manufacturers.

Development

In the 1990s, the American engineer Bill Finnegan sought an overdrive pedal that would recreate the harmonically rich distortion of a guitar amplifier at a high volume. He wanted a "big, open" sound, with a "hint of tube clipping", that would not sound like a pedal was being used. He experimented with the Ibanez Tube Screamer, but was not satisfied.

With electrical engineer friends, including the MIT graduate Fred Fenning, Finnegan developed prototype pedals in his spare time over four and a half years. After extensive experimentation, he selected germanium diodes for the circuit and purchased as many as he could afford. He coated the components in epoxy resin to make the pedal harder to replicate.

Release
Finnegan first sold the Klon Centaur in late 1994. He was overwhelmed by demand and worked long hours in his home, building, testing, and shipping the pedals himself. Every part was custom made, including the cast enclosure, knobs and pots. In total, Finnegan built around 8,000 pedals over 15 years.

As it took Finnegan 12 to 14 weeks to fulfil each order, used Centaur pedals sold for inflated prices; this placed more pressure on Finnegan to meet demand. Finnegan said his profit margin was "not very sensible", and he found it difficult to hire employees and expand the business in Boston, where commercial space was expensive.

In 2008, Finnegan decided the situation was unsustainable and discontinued the Centaur. He declined large requests to make more, but continued to make them for a close friend, a single mother who needed financial support, to sell on eBay.

Legacy
The Klon Centaur has been used by guitarists including Jeff Beck, John Mayer, Joe Perry (of Aerosmith), Nels Cline (of Wilco), Matt Schofield and Ed O'Brien (of Radiohead). Finnegan said the pedal attracted a variety of guitarists, including baby boomers, younger indie rock musicians and experimental musicians. Guitar World praised the clear, uncolored tone of the boosted signal.

As of 2019, used Centaurs sold for between $1,900 and $2,500 USD. According to Guitar.com, which named the Centaur one of the greatest effect pedals, "The Klon Centaur is either the greatest, most useful overdrive ever made, or the worst example of guitarists losing all sense of perspective about how much good tone should cost."

Klon KTR
Finnegan redesigned the Centaur as the Klon KTR, released in 2014. His goal was to create a straightforward design that could be built by a contracted manufacturing firm and would be easy to repair, among other considerations, while preserving the Centaur sound. The Klon KTR took two years to design and sold for $269. It bears the text: "Kindly remember: The ridiculous hype that offends so many is not of my making."

Other pedals
In 2007, a collective of pedal enthusiasts, put together money to buy a unit to trace the circuit. The result was published on the freestompboxes.org discussion forum. This has inspired numerous clones by different manufacturers. Finnegan expressed skepticism that they could replicate the sound, due to factors including the rarity of the Centaur's germanium diodes. He said they damaged his product's reputation and that clones disincentivize engineers from creating innovative products.

In early 2023, Josh Scott, the owner of JHS Pedals, published a YouTube video comparing the Centaur against the DigiTech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive, a discontinued pedal released in 2004. The video demonstrated no discernible difference in sound. On the online marketplace Reverb.com, listings for Bad Monkey pedals rose as high as $11,000, up from an average of $50 in January 2023. Responding to complaints that he had driven the price up, Scott wrote in a statement: "I would like to remind you you had 19 years to buy one, but you never cared ... Learn to listen with your ears and not trends, and you will be a much happier guitarist."

References

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