title: Global Energy Forecasting Competition

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The Global Energy Forecasting Competition (GEFCom) is a competition conducted by a team led by Dr. Tao Hong that invites submissions around the world for forecasting energy demand. GEFCom was first held in 2012 on Kaggle, and the second GEFCom was held in 2014 on CrowdANALYTIX.

GEFCom 2017
IEEE Working Group on Energy Forecasting opened Global Energy Forecasting Competition 2017 (GEFCom2017) termed: Hierarchical Probabilistic Load Forecasting.

GEFCom2017 brought together state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies for hierarchical probabilistic energy forecasting. The competition featured a bi-level setup: a three-month qualifying match that included two tracks, and a one-month final match on a large-scale problem. In total 177 academic and company teams enrolled the competition.

Qualifying match defined data track winners:

 Ján Dolinský, Mária Starovská and Robert Toth (Tangent Works, Slovakia)
 Andrew J. Landgraf (Battelle, USA)
 Slawek Smyl (Uber Technologies, USA) and Grace Hua (Microsoft, USA)
 Gábor Nagy and Gergő Barta (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), Gábor Simon (dmlab, Hungary)

Qualifying match open track winners:

 Geert Scholma (The Netherlands)
 Florian Ziel (Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
 Jingrui Xie (SAS Institute, Inc., USA)

Final match winners:

 Isao Kanda and Juan Quintana (Japan Meteorological Corporation, Japan)
 Ján Dolinský, Mária Starovská and Robert Toth (Tangent Works https://www.tangent.works/, Slovakia)
 Gábor Nagy and Gergő Barta (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary), Gábor Simon (dmlab, Hungary)

Older competitions

GEFCom 2014

GEFCom2014 was announced by Dr. Tao Hong in an article for The Oracle, a publication of the International Institute of Forecasters. The competition was scheduled to begin on August 15, 2014 and end on December 15, 2014. In addition to individual prizes, GEFCom2014 also featured institute prizes for institutes with multiple well-performing teams. The best performers in the competition were invited to submit papers for a special issue of the International Journal of Forecasting on probabilistic energy forecasting. According to the website, GEFCom2014 had additional tracks in 2014: in addition to the hierarchical load forecasting and wind energy forecasting tracks, there was a price forecasting track and solar energy forecasting track. The IEEE Power & Energy Society was a sponsor of the competition.

GEFCom 2012

GEFCom 2012 was organized by a team comprising Dr. Tao Hong (Chair), Dr. Shu Fan (Vice Chair, Load Forecasting), and Dr. Pierre Pinson (Vice Chair, Wind Forecasting). Sponsors included the IEEE Working Group on Energy Forecasting, IEEE Power System Planning and Implementation Committee, IEEE Power and Energy Education Committee, IEEE Power and Energy Society, IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, International Journal of Forecasting, WeatherBank Inc, and Kaggle. The competition was hosted on Kaggle, a service that runs data science competitions. It included two tracks: a hierarchical load forecasting track and a wind power forecasting track; both opened to contestants in September 2012. More than 200 teams submitted more than 2,000 entries focusing on hierarchical load forecasting and wind power forecasting. The winners were announced by the IEEE Power & Energy Society (one of the sponsors of the competition) on September 30, 2013.

The organizers of the competition described the results in an article in the April–June 2014 issue of the International Journal of Forecasting. Papers by the top performers in the competition describing their methods also appeared in the issue.

According to competition Chair Dr. Tao Hong, GEFCom2012 had five main aims:

 Improve the forecasting practices of the utility industry
 Bring together state-of-the-art techniques for energy forecasting
 Bridge the gap between academic research and industry practice
 Promote analytics in power and energy education
 Prepare the industry to overcome the forecasting challenges brought by the smart grid technologies and renewable integration needs

External links
 Official website of Global Energy Forecasting Competition
 IEEE Power and Energy Society
 International Institute of Forecasters

References
 Contest on CrowdANALYTIX

Forecasting competitions


title: Frank Harrison Hill

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Frank Harrison Hill (1830–1910) was an English journalist.

Life
Baptised on 4 March 1830 at Boston, Lincolnshire, he was younger son of George Hill, merchant there, by his wife Betsy, sister of Pishey Thompson. Educated at Boston grammar school, Hill entered as a divinity student the Unitarian New College, Manchester, where he studied under James Martineau. In June 1851 he completed the five years' course of study for the ministry,  but he may never have preached. Meanwhile in 1848 he had matriculated at the University of London, and having graduated B.A. in the first class in 1851 acted from 1853 to 1855 as private tutor in the family of Dukinfield Darbishire of Manchester; the elder of his pupils, S. D. Darbishire, was subsequently known as the stroke of the Oxford University boat (1868–70), and afterwards practised as a doctor at Oxford. Somewhat later Hill became tutor in the family of Mrs. Salis Schwabe, also of Manchester.

Hill is thought to have owed his introduction to journalism to Henry Dunckley and Richard Holt Hutton. On the death in 1861 of James Simms, editor of the Northern Whig, the journal of the Ulster liberals, he took up the post in Belfast; at the time, the American Civil War was influencing party politics at Westminster, and, alone of Irish journalists, Hill supported the Union.

Through Martineau, Hill made the acquaintance of Harriet Martineau, then on the staff of the Daily News and like himself a staunch supporter of the northern states. He also came to know Henry Crabb Robinson, Robert Browning, and William Johnson Fox. At the suggestion of Frank Finlay, who was proprietor of the Northern Whig and his wife's brother, Hill was summoned at the end of 1865 to London to become assistant editor of the Daily News. Under John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, the Liberal Party was demanding measures that went further than the older Whig tradition, and Hill championed such a line. At the same time he wrote for the Saturday Review.

On the retirement of Thomas Walker from the editorship of the Daily News in 1869, Edward Dicey filled the post for a few months; but Hill shortly succeeded Dicey, and then held the editorship for 17 years. The price had been reduced from threepence to one penny a year before he took the post. Hill continued to give steady support to William Ewart Gladstone's administration, and the journal became an influential party organ.

Under Hill's editorship and the management of John Richard Robinson, the Daily News attained further influence and popularity. Hill collected a notable body of leader-writers: Peter William Clayden, Justin McCarthy, William Minto, John Macdonell, George Saintsbury, Andrew Lang, and later Herbert Paul. William Black the novelist. Sir Henry Lucy, and Frances Power Cobbe were occasional writers or auxiliary members of the staff. Hill himself wrote constantly, and had good political contacts.

In 1886 Hill declined to accept Gladstone's Home Rule policy; and the proprietors abruptly sacked him (he returned the cheque for a year's salary sent by the proprietors on his retirement). By the end of the year he was the regular political leader-writer of The World, and held that post for twenty years. He became a frequent contributor to the Nineteenth Century.

Hill was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1872, but never practised the law. He died suddenly at 13 Morpeth Terrace, Westminster, on 28 June 1910. By his will bequeathed 1000l. to the Boston grammar school, to found an exhibition from the school to any English university.

Works
While the Reform Bill 1866 was passing through Parliament, Hill contributed to a volume of essays, Questions for a Reformed Parliament (1867), an article on the political claims of Ireland. From his journalism he collected a series of Political Portraits, which was published separately in 1873 and went through several editions.
A life of George Canning which he wrote for the English Worthies series (1881) was a lucid text on Canning's political aims and difficulties rather than a work of research.

Hill contributed to the Fortnightly Review (1878) a scathing series on The Political Adventures of Lord Beaconsfield; and to the Edinburgh Review (July 1887) an appreciative article on Mr. Gladstone and the Liberal Party.

Family
In June 1862 Hill married Jane Dalzell Finlay, daughter of Francis Dalzell Finlay, the proprietor of the Northern Whig, and a contributor to its literary section of that paper; James Martineau officiated. After her marriage Jane Hill continued to write literary articles and reviews, mainly in the Saturday Review. She died in 1904.

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1830 births
1910 deaths
English male journalists
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Male biographers


title: L. maxima

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L. maxima may refer to:

 Lacerta maxima, an extinct lizard
 Lysimachia maxima, a plant endemic to Hawaii


title: Ice Devils Sofia

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Ice Devils Sofia (Bulg. Хокеен Клуб "Ледени Дяволи" or Ledenite Dyavoli Sofia) is a Bulgarian ice hockey club, from Sofia. They played one season (2007–08) in the Bulgarian Hockey League. The club is playing in the second-highest ice hockey league of Bulgaria, the Balkan Amateur Hockey League (BaHL).

History
The club was founded in 2007 and joined Group B of the Bulgarian Hockey League for the 2007-08 season. They finished with a record of four wins, one overtime win, and one loss, which was good enough for first place in their group. Ledenite participated in the Balkan League for the 2008-09 season, finishing in second place behind HC Etro 92 Veliko Tarnovo. In the 2009-10 season, they finished in second place in the regular season and lost in the playoff finals to Thessaloniki. The club finished first in the regular season in 2010-11, but were knocked out in the playoffs semifinals. During the 2011-12 season, Ledenite finished in fourth place in the regular season and lost in the third place game to Red Star Sofia. They finished in second place in Group A of the Balkan League in 2012-13.

Results
The "Ice Devils" were able to win their first BaHL Championship in the season 2013-14.

Team

Squad

External links
https://www.facebook.com/icedevils.sofia
Team profile on eurohockey.net

References

 http://www.eurohockey.com/club/6799-ice-devils-sofia.html
 https://www.facebook.com/icedevils.sofia/info

Ice hockey teams in Bulgaria
Bulgarian Hockey League teams


title: John V. Farwell

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John Villiers Farwell Sr. (July 29, 1825 – August 20, 1908) was an American merchant and philanthropist from New York City. Moving to Chicago, Illinois, at a young age, he joined Wadsworth & Phelps, eventually rising to be senior partner at John V. Farwell & Co. He was also a mentor and brief joint partner with Marshall Field, (1834–1906), in the firm Farwell, Field & Co. from 1862-1865, before Field moved on with other partners to eventually establish his own famous prototype of the modern department store at Marshall Field and Company. Farwell was a leader in several Christian philanthropic efforts including the YMCA, the United States Christian Commission during the American Civil War, and was a believer and supporter of the evangelical works of Dwight L. Moody. Later, he served as an Indian agent and had large land holdings in Texas. He and his brother, Senator Charles B. Farwell, of  Illinois, are the namesake of Farwell, Texas.

Biography
John Villiers Farwell was born on July 29, 1825, in Mead's Creek, Steuben County, New York. He was the brother of Charles B. Farwell, who would go on to become a United States senator. When he was thirteen, his father moved the family to a farm in Ogle County, Illinois. Farwell attended Mount Morris Seminary and graduated in 1844. Farwell decided to head to Chicago, Illinois, to seek employment. He worked in the office of the City Clerk of Chicago then joined the dry goods house of Hamilton & White as a bookkeeper. Farwell then took a position at Wadsworth & Phelps. Farwell trained several of Chicago's future prominent businessmen, including Marshall Field and Levi Leiter. Farwell married Abigail G. Taylor, the daughter of Ogle County farmer John G. Taylor, in 1851, but she died after two years.

Farwell was named a partner in the firm, then known as Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., in 1850. He married Emeret C. Cooley in 1854; they had three sons and a daughter. In 1863, Farwell was named senior partner of the firm following the retirement of E. S. Wadsworth. In 1864, the company was restyled Farwell, Field & Co. after Marshall Field and Levi Leiter were admitted to the partnership. However, the next year, Field and Leiter left to join Potter Palmer in what would become Marshall Field & Co. Farwell's dry goods house then became known as John V. Farwell & Co. The company survived the 1871 Great Chicago Fire and was officially incorporated in 1891, when charge of the company was turned over to his sons.

Farwell was an early leader in the history of YMCA, rising to become president of the Chicago chapter. Farwell probably met Dwight L. Moody through YMCA. He was named superintendent of Moody's Illinois Street Church in 1859, holding the position until 1867. He built the first church building for Moody on the corner of Illinois and Wells Streets in 1864. Farwell provided Moody with the financial backing needed to support the institution; Moody even lived in one of Farwell's YMCAs. Farwell was named a trustee of the Moody Bible Institute when it was founded in 1886. During the Civil War, Farwell was President of the Chicago Branch of the United States Christian Commission. A Republican, Farwell was a delegate from Illinois to the 1864 presidential election, supporting Abraham Lincoln. In 1869, President Ulysses S. Grant named Farwell to the Board of Indian Commissioners

A group led by Farwell, his brother Charles, Abner Taylor, and A. C. Babcock was named responsible for constructing the Texas State Capitol in 1879. In exchange for his service as builder, the Farwells were paid with the largest cattle ranch in the world, the  XIT Ranch. The Farwells oversaw a herd of over 150,000 cattle. The ranch proved relatively unprofitable, as cattle prices plunged in the late 1880s. By 1905, the land was mostly subdivided. Farwell was also a member of the Chicago Historical Society and the Union League Club.

He died at his home in Lake Forest, Illinois, on August 20, 1908, following a six-month illness. John V. Farwell & Co. maintained its name until it was purchased by Carson, Pirie & Co. in 1926.

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1825 births
1908 deaths
American businesspeople in retailing
Philanthropists from New York (state)
Businesspeople from Chicago
People from Lake Forest, Illinois
People from Steuben County, New York
Illinois Republicans
Philanthropists from Illinois
19th-century American philanthropists
YMCA leaders
19th-century American businesspeople


title: Rizal Monument (Calamba)

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The Rizal Monument in Calamba is a monument built to commemorate the sesquicentennial (150th) birth anniversary of Dr. José Rizal, the Philippines' unofficial national hero and the greatest son of Calamba. It is a  statue sculpted by Jonas Roces and is located at The Plaza, a  park in front of the Calamba City Hall Complex along Bacnotan Road in the barangay of Real. President Benigno Aquino III led the unveiling of the monument on June 19, 2011. The monument was cited as the tallest Rizal monument in the world before former Laguna Governor Jeorge 'E.R.' Ejercito Estregan inaugurated a 26 feet bronze Rizal Monument sculpted by Toym Imao, son of National Artist for Sculpture Abdulmari Asia Imao in Santa Cruz, Laguna, for the 2014 Palarong Pambansa hosted by the province.

Symbolisms
The statue depicts Rizal holding a book in his right hand and is made of bronze. It stands  which symbolizes the 22 languages and dialects Rizal mastered during his time such as Spanish, English, German, Japanese, Chinese and others. It is placed on top of a 2.8 meter podium consisting of 15-step stairway which symbolizes one decade since Rizal was born in 1861. It also has a granite pedestal of 7.87 feet and a 13.12 feet circular stairway base. The monument's total height is 43 feet (equivalent to a four-storey building) and its weight is 2 tons.

History

The City Government of Calamba, through the leadership of then Mayor Joaquin Chipeco started the idea of building the tallest Rizal monument as a gift of the people of Calamba as a tribute to its greatest son. He realized that it is proper and fitting to have the tallest monument in honor of Rizal in his hometown. Together with the local government unit of Calamba, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) initially funded the construction of the Rizal Monument. A young sculptor Jonas F. Roces from Marikina was commissioned to build the Rizal monument in December 2010. The original plan was to build a 16.4 feet monument. However, then Mayor Chipeco learned that the monument being sculpted is behind the current tallest Rizal monument in Nueva Vizcaya built by a Jordanian national. Three months before the official unveiling, the Rizal@150 Executive Committee increased the height of the monument to 22 feet.  It was officially unveiled by President Benigno Aquino III on June 19, 2011, on the sesquicentennial birth anniversary of Rizal. It consists of two markers from the National Historical Commission of the Philippines and from the City Government of Calamba.

Management
The Rizal Monument and Plaza is managed by the local government unit of Calamba.

See also
 José Rizal
 Rizal Monument
 First José Rizal Monument (Daet)

References

External links

Shrine, Calamba
Buildings and structures in Calamba, Laguna
Marked Historical Structures of the Philippines
Tourist attractions in Laguna (province)
Monuments and memorials in the Philippines


title: Rossel Island melomys

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The Rossel Island melomys (Melomys arcium) is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. It is endemic to Rossel Island in Papua New Guinea, but Flannery (1955) presumed that "it did exist previously on other islands of the group, but has become extinct on all except Rossel." For many years it was seen as a subspecies of the white-bellied mosaic-tailed rat, but is now considered a distinct species. It is listed as data deficient by the IUCN Red List in light of little information on "population status, ecological requirements, and threats". The Rossel Island melomys has not been officially recorded since 1956, but its habitat is still in good condition. The IUCN lists determining population status of the melomys as a "high priority".

See also
 White-bellied mosaic-tailed rat

References

Melomys
Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas
Rodents of New Guinea
Mammals described in 1913


title: 1997 Brownlow Medal

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The 1997 Brownlow Medal was the 70th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home-and-away season. Robert Harvey of the St Kilda Football Club won the medal by polling twenty-six votes during the 1997 AFL season. Despite polling more votes than Harvey, Chris Grant of the Western Bulldogs was ineligible due to suspension.

Leading vote-getters

* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.

References

Brownlow Medal
1997
Brownlow Medal


title: Sam Webb

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Sam or Samuel Webb(e) may refer to:

Politicians
Sam Webb (communist), American Communist Party activist and politician
Samuel R. Webb, New Zealand businessman and mayor of Lyttelton
Samuel F. Webb, politician in the Arizona legislature
Samuel Webb (assemblyman) of 46th New York State Legislature
Samuel Webb, 1758 High Sheriff of Bristol

Sportspeople
Sam Webb (American football)
Sam Webb (boxer)
Red Webb (Samuel Henry Webb), American baseball player

Others
Samuel Blachley Webb, American Revolutionary War officer
Samuel Webb, associated with the 1838 building of Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia)
Sam Webb (architect), British architect
Sam Webb (model), British male model
Samuel Webbe, English composer
Samuel Webbe the younger, his son, English music teacher and composer
Samuel Webb, actor of Drew Sharp in Dead Freight
Samuel Webb of the Skeleton Canyon shootout
Samuel B. Webb School in Wethersfield, Connecticut


title: Hetzner

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Hetzner Online GmbH is a company and data center operator based in Gunzenhausen, Bavaria, in Germany.

History
Hetzner Online GmbH (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) began operations in Germany in 1997 under the name Hetzner Online Services. Between 2000 and 2015, Hetzner Online in Germany operated under the legal status AG ("Aktiengesellschaft"). In 2015, it changed its legal status to GmbH. In addition, Hetzner Online expanded its chief executive team with Stephan Konvickova and Günther Müller at the beginning of the year 2019.

The company is named after its founder Martin Hetzner. Hetzner Online owns and operates four data center parks in Nuremberg and Falkenstein (Germany), Tuusula (Finland), and Ashburn, Virginia (United States). In addition, Hetzner Online is a co-investor in the Cinia C-Lion1 project, which connected Helsinki and Rostock, Germany together with a 1,100 km long submarine fiberglass cable. The cable provides a high-speed connection between Hetzner's German and Finnish data centers.

Services
Hetzner Online provides dedicated hosting, shared web hosting, virtual private servers, managed servers, domain names, SSL certificates, storage boxes, and cloud. At the data center parks located in Nuremberg, Falkenstein and Tuusula/Finland, customers can also connect their hardware to Hetzner Online's infrastructure and network with the company's colocation services. The company operates a server auction site online where the chance to rent older dedicated servers (not purchase or colocate) are auctioned off in the form of a Dutch auction.

Hetzner Online has a domain name registrar arrangement with ICANN (for registering domains under .com, .net and .org and others), DENIC (for .de), and nic.at (for .at).

Infrastructure
Hetzner Online's datacenter projects are coordinated and implemented in-house with as little outsourcing as possible. Data center units served by multiple redundant uplinks, including 1300 Gbit/s to DE-CIX and fiber optic links to Nuremberg and Frankfurt. Colocation facilities are sited at all data center parks in Nuremberg, Falkenstein (Vogtland) in Germany and Helsinki in Finland. In 2021, a datacenter in Ashburn, Virginia, was opened, marking Hetzner's first American server.

Network

The backbone is set up in the form of a ring network between the datacenter locations Nuremberg and Falkenstein as well as the most important Internet location, Frankfurt. All locations are connected to central exchange nodes such as DE-CIX, AMS-IX, DATA-IX and V-IX via the company's own fiber optic network. All Hetzner's dedicated servers had a minimum 20 TB monthly cap for full speed on their servers with the option for an extra fee for full speed past that point, however, have lifted the bandwidth cap on 1 Gbit/s connection speeds as of October 1, 2018.

Incidents

Hacking

In June 2013, Hetzner Online suffered from a security breach where customer information was exposed to attackers who had compromised Hetzner Online's monitoring systems.

Russian complaints about Glavcom.ua

In early August 2014, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) sent a demand to many news agencies, including BBC, prohibiting any mention of the demonstration that was being arranged in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk in support of the federalization of Siberia.
A number of such messages were sent to Ukraine, which was in the midst of undeclared war with Russian paramilitary in Donetsk region. Since the Ukrainian online newspapers did not remove the article, Roskomnadzor sent letters to their Internet providers demanding removal of the news item. Hetzner Online complied with the demands and sent a notice to glavcom.ua, saying "Please solve the problem and reply within the next 24 hours to avoid suspension. This is the final deadline."

This story was widely reprinted in news sources. Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
issued a statement expressing solidarity with glavcom.ua owners and journalists.
Vassily Zvarych, vice-head of Communications Department of Foreign Ministry, gave a press conference saying that he was surprised by Hetzner Online's compliance with the Russian complaint. Also, a German chapter of Reporters Without Borders issued a statement condemning Roskomnadzor.

The notices to suspend Glavcom.ua were issued by Hetzner Online August 6, 2014; on August 10 Hetzner Online issued apologies, denying that any censorship was planned and that their technical support made a wrong decision, which they regret. However, by that time the story was widely published in German mass-media, and Glavcom.ua already migrated from Hetzner Online to another hosting provider.

no.spam.ee lawsuit

In 2013, an Estonian anti-spam activist Tõnu Samuel posted a blog entry about an alleged spammer Silver Teede on his website no.spam.ee. In retaliation, Teede wrote a complaint to the blog's service provider, Hetzner Online, who decided to terminate services for the blog. In an ensuing court case, Estonian courts found the complaints to be baseless and awarded Samuel damages from Silver Teede for the loss of Samuel's servers.

Duplicate Ed25519 SSH keys

From April 2015 to December 2015, many of the OS images used by Hetzner's installation program installimage had used duplicate Ed25519 SSH keys. This could potentially mean that an attacker could use a man-in-the-middle attack to compromise an SSH connection that was using Ed25519 keys. Hetzner sent an email to all affected customers with any potentially affected servers on information about the issue, and how to fix it.

Blocking "Novaya Gazeta"
On January 11, 2016, Hetzner blocked the St. Petersburg site of Novaya Gazeta, the leading oppositional, non-governmental newspaper in Russia. The newspaper marked the act as political censorship without any legal procedure.

Blocking Ukraine War information
On March 7, 2022, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hetzner allegedly blocked servers belonging to a Ukrainian state-affiliated war information website (war.ukraine.ua), which was posted by the official Ukraine Twitter account. Hetzner initially denied blocking the website in question, stating that Cloudflare informed them that the IP does not belong to their network. Two days later, Hetzner confirmed via a press release that they had erroneously suspended the servers due to "anomalies" found in the account by an employee, which came from a not yet fully developed "plausibility check" and stated that their actions were not politically-motivated. The press release has since been deleted from the Hetzner website.

References

Internet hosting
Web hosting
Data centers
Companies based in Bavaria
Internet properties established in 1997
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen


title: Thomas P. Marwick

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Thomas Purves Marwick (1854 - 26 June 1927) was a Scottish architect based in Edinburgh operating in the late 19th and early 20th century. He specialised in buildings in the Free Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles and is particularly important to the architectural character of the Marchmont area.

Life

He was born on 25 March 1854 the third son of William Marwick of Kirkwall on Orkney, and his wife, Agnes Purves.

He was educated in Edinburgh, Marwick served his architectural apprenticeship with Peddie and Kinnear. In 1882 he won the Ashpitel Prize and in 1884 won the RIBA silver medal for an essay on staircase design. His high marks on his entrance exam to the RIBA in 1882 won the praise of both Alfred Waterhouse and Sir Horace Jones.

He began independent practice around 1879, operating from his own home at 1 Spottiswoode Street, Edinburgh. His early work at Bruntsfield Place from 1885 was of exceptional quality and gained him a high reputation.

In 1900 his office was at 43 York Place and he was living in the Grange at 43 Lauder Road.

He was president of the Edinburgh Architectural Association from 1918 to 1921 and president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland from 1922 to 1924.

In 1917 he took his son, Thomas Craigie Marwick, into his firm, creating T P Marwick and Son. In the same year he was made Assistant Master of the Merchants Company of Edinburgh.

Marwick died at home, 36 West Mayfield on 26 June 1927 and is buried in Morningside Cemetery in south Edinburgh, towards the south-west, with his wife, Alexandrina Jameson Steven (d.1903). Other members of the Marwick family lie to his south side.

His grandson, Thomas Waller Marwick (b.1903 – July 1971), also became an architect and is notable for an early curtain-wall building on Bread Street in Edinburgh (1937).

Principal works

Tenement, 36-41 Warrender Park Terrace (1880)
Tenement, 45-49 Warrender Park Road (1881)
Tenement, 330 Lawnmarket (1883)
Tenements, 2-24 Howden Street (Fishers Buildings), Edinburgh (1885-8)
Tenements, 1-19 Barclay Place (the end of Bruntsfield Place) (1885)
Tenement, 44-48 High Street (Royal Mile), Edinburgh (1887)
Tenement, 30-38 Marchmont Road (1888)
Tenement, 19-25 St Marys Street, Edinburgh (1889)
Large ornate tenements, 1-12 Barclay Terrace (1890)
The Kenilworth Bar, Rose Street (1893)
Royal Bank of Scotland, corner of Palmerston Place and West Maitland Street (1894)
Royal Bank of Scotland offices, corner of Hill Place and Nicolson Street (1898-1902)
Theatre/skating rink on St Stephen Street (latterly Cinderella Rockefella – now demolished) (1899-1901)
Livingstone Institute for the Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society, Cowgate (1902)
Royal Bank of Scotland, 177 Portobello High Street, (1904)
47-77 Bread Street, Edinburgh (1907)
Slaughterhouses, New Market Road ("modern yet monumental") (1909)
Alterations to Whitefoord House and Callander House, for Scottish Veterans Home, Canongate (1912-3)
Corner block Bread Street/East Fountainbridge (now the Point Hotel) (1914)

References

1854 births
1927 deaths
Architects from Edinburgh
Scottish architects


title: Korea Drama Awards

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The Korea Drama Awards () is an awards ceremony for excellence in television in South Korea. It was established in 2007, and is held annually in October in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province as the official main event of the annual Korea Drama Festival (which was launched a year ago). The eligibility period is October of the previous year to September of the current year. Nominees are chosen from Korean dramas that aired on the three major broadcasting networks (KBS, MBC and SBS) and cable channels.

The 2009 ceremony was cancelled due to the swine flu pandemic.

The 2020 and 2021 ceremonies were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Categories

Grand Prize (Daesang)
Best Drama
Best Production Director
Best Screenplay
Top Excellence Award, Actor
Top Excellence Award, Actress
Excellence Award, Actor
Excellence Award, Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best New Actor
Best New Actress
Best Young Actor/Actress
Best Original Soundtrack
Special Jury Prize

Grand Prize (Daesang)

Best Drama

Best Production Director

Best Screenplay

Top Excellence Award, Actor

Top Excellence Award, Actress

Excellence Award, Actor

Excellence Award, Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Best New Actor

Best New Actress

Best Young Actor/Actress

Best Original Soundtrack

Special Jury Prize

Most Popular Actor

Most Popular Actress

Best Couple Award

Hallyu Star Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Other Awards

See also

 List of Asian television awards

References

External links

 Korea Drama Awards at Daum

South Korean television awards
Awards established in 2007
Annual events in South Korea


title: La Caricature (1830–1843)

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La Caricature was a satirical weekly published French periodical that was distributed in Paris between 1830 and 1843 during the July Monarchy. Its cartoons repeatedly attacked King Louis Philippe, whom it typically depicted as a pear.

History

La Caricature morale, politique et littéraire was published from 1830 to 1843.  Auguste Audibert was editor and Charles Philipon (1800–61) was director and main author. Honoré de Balzac and Louis Desnoyers assisted Philipon in writing some of the magazines issues. Primary artists were Honoré Daumier and Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville with caricature contributions from many artists including  Henry Monnier, Alexandre Decamps, Auguste Raffet, Paul Gavarni, Achille Devéria, Auguste Desperret, Eugène Forest, Benjamin Roubaud. The journal was founded after the censorship laws had been relaxed following the July Revolution of 1830 in which Louis Philippe came to power. It covered both politics and art. 251 issues appeared between 1830 and 1835, each of four pages, with two or three lithographs.

Philipon was the owner of the largest printing house in Paris equipped with lithographic presses, and used them to print La Caricature and Le Charivari, another illustrated paper. He drew together a group of skilled artists who mostly worked for these two papers, through which they attacked the king and the system of government with growing violence. The major contributors were Honoré Daumier (1808–79) and Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803–47), but there were many others. For example, a caricature by Jules David appeared in La Caricature of 31 May 1831.  The king is depicted as an illusionist who uses the juste milieu and some poudre de non-intervention to make liberty and revolution vanish.

In 1830–31 there were revolutionary uprisings in Italy. The Austrians intervened to suppress the revolts, and the French did nothing to prevent them. The Pope broke his promise to grant the rebels in the Papal States an amnesty. La Caricature published a cartoon that showed the Pope on his throne surrounded by corpses. Similarly, Philipon published cartoons that associated the French government with that of Tsar Nicholas I when Russia suppressed a revolt in Poland. The fall of Warsaw was announced by Horace Sebastiani, the French foreign minister, as "L'ordre règne à Varsovie" (Order reigns in Warsaw). The phrase was used as a caption for one of the cartoons.

The journal became increasingly vocal in its opposition to Louis-Philippe, and was seized more than twelve times. The publishers were prosecuted, and Philipon was jailed for a year. In 1835 the government passed legislation that forced La Caricature to cease publication. The journal began publication again in 1838 and continued until 1843. Writing in 1840, William Makepeace Thackeray talked of the "curious contest between the State and M. Philipon's little army." Thackery wrote,

Contributors

Illustrations
Drawings and lithographies were contributed by the following artists, among others:

 Victor Adam
 Hippolyte Bellangé
 Nicolas Toussaint Charlet
 Honoré Daumier
 Jules David
 Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps
 Auguste Desperret (or Desperet)
 Achille Devéria
 Eugène Forest
 Paul Gavarni
 Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville
 Henry Monnier
 Charles Philipon
 Clément Pruche
 Auguste Raffet
 Benjamin Roubaud
 Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers

Articles
Some of the authors of articles were:

 Agénor Altaroche
 Auguste Audibert
 Honoré de Balzac
 Louis Desnoyers
 Emmanuel Gonzalez
 Louis Adrien Huart
 Charles Philipon

References
Citations

Sources

External links

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1843 disestablishments in France
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Magazines published in Paris
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Magazines established in 1830
Magazines disestablished in 1843


title: Live at the Rainbow (disambiguation)

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Live at the Rainbow is an album by Iron Maiden.

Live at the Rainbow may also refer to:
Live at the Rainbow, an album by Focus
Live at the Rainbow '74, an album by Queen
Live at the Rainbow, a bootleg album by Pink Floyd, see Pink Floyd bootleg recordings


title: La Caricature

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La Caricature (The Caricature) may refer to:
 La Caricature (1830–1843), a satirical weekly published in Paris between 1830 and 1843 during the July Monarchy
 La Caricature (1880–1904),  a satirical journal that was published in Paris between 1880 and 1904


title: Dollman's melomys

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Dollman's melomys (Melomys dollmani) is a species of rodent from the family Muridae. It lives in the eastern highlands of Papua New Guinea at an elevation of at least  and on the slopes of Mount Hagen and Mount Sisa. However, it is not found east of the Okapa area. It is an arboreal species occurring in montane secondary and degraded forest, preferring moist tropical environments. Formerly considered to be a subspecies of the black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat, the Dollman's melomys is also often listed as its binomial synonym, Melomys gracilis. The melomys is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN Red List due to its wide range, lack of threats, and tolerance of disturbance.

See also
 Black-tailed mosaic-tailed rat

References

Melomys
Rodents of New Guinea
Rodents of Papua New Guinea
Mammals described in 1935
Taxa named by Hans Rümmler


title: Vestido Mojado

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Vestido Mojado is the seventh full-length album released by the New Mexico musician Al Hurricane in 1974.

Track listing

References

Al Hurricane albums
New Mexico music albums


title: 1996 Brownlow Medal

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The 1996 Brownlow Medal was the 69th year the award was presented to the player adjudged the fairest and best player during the Australian Football League (AFL) home and away season. Michael Voss of the Brisbane Bears and James Hird of the Essendon Football Club both won the medal by polling twenty-one votes during the 1996 AFL season. Corey McKernan of the North Melbourne Football Club polled the same number of votes as Voss and Hird, but due to a tribunal suspension during the year, he was deemed ineligible to win the award. This caused some to call for the rules to be changed to allow suspended players to still be eligible. The eligibility rules have remained the same since then, relying on the fairest section of fairest and best to continue to exclude suspended players from being able to win the award. McKernan went on to be a member of North Melbourne's winning 1996 AFL Grand Final  team, something that both Voss and Hird said that they would prefer over winning the medal.

In the lead-up to the count, the AFL requested that the previous year's winner, Paul Kelly, attend the count in person at the World Congress Centre in Melbourne rather than via video link from Sydney. This caused a betting plunge on Kelly.

Leading vote-getters

* The player was ineligible to win the medal due to suspension by the AFL Tribunal during the year.

References

External links

Brownlow Medal
1996
Brownlow Medal


title: Rafe Hernandez

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Rafe Hernandez is a fictional character on Days of Our Lives, an American soap opera on the NBC network. Portrayed by Galen Gering and created by Dena Higley, Rafe is introduced in 2008 as the FBI agent assigned to protect the troublesome Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) during her stay in witness protection. Sami and Rafe's contentious dynamic later develops into romance and the two fall in love and eventually marry. However, their romance is plagued by Sami's supercouple romance with Salem's resident badboy, EJ DiMera (James Scott). Rafe's disdain for the DiMera family grows when he discovers that EJ is behind the kidnapping and presumed death of Sami's daughter Sydney and EJ's father Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) replaces Rafe with a doppelganger. The series also introduces Rafe's younger sisters, Arianna (Lindsay Hartley) and Gabi (Camila Banus) and later his younger brother Dario (Jordi Vilasuso). Rafe is very protective of his siblings having helped raise them when their father abandoned the family. Rafe also has an affair with Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) putting him at odds with Stefano, Kate's ex-husband. He later falls in love with physical therapist Jordan Ridgeway (Chrishell Stause) whom he tries to help overcome her own dark past. In 2015, Rafe is forced to confront his past when his estranged father Eduardo (A Martinez) resurfaces. Rafe later falls in love with his longtime colleague Hope Brady (Kristian Alfonso) and supports her when she loses her true love to a brain tumor. When a grief-stricken Hope murders Stefano, Rafe helps her cover it up. Later storylines include raising Jordan's son, David, and his devastation when David's aunt gains custody of him, and developing a relationship with Ava Vitali (Tamara Braun).

Storylines
In October 2008, Federal Agent Rafe arrived in Salem to relay information to Sami Brady and her guard, who had been assigned to her as part of the witness protection program. As Sami had become increasingly agitated by her isolation, she had slipped sleeping pills to her guard and knocking her unconscious. As a result, Rafe was permanently assigned to guard Sami, with whom he initially had a combative relationship. As time went on, however, Rafe and Sami began to form a friendship. While Rafe kept fairly quiet about his personal life, he did tell Sami that as a young child, he frequented a local convent due to his troubling behavior. Rafe became one of the very few people to learn that Sami was pregnant with the child of E.J. DiMera (James Scott), and agreed to help her conceal this fact. As time went on, Rafe began to develop feelings for Sami and after her stint in Witness Protection ended, he pursued a position within the Salem Police Department so he might remain close to Sami and her baby. Rafe also began to reconnect with his younger sister, Arianna (then Felisha Terrell), who had concerns over his involvement with Sami. Despite Arianna's disapproval, Rafe continued to pursue Sami and asked her if he could legally adopt her baby, who they had named Grace. Tragically, several months later, Grace died from complications due to bacterial meningitis, leaving Sami and Rafe utterly devastated.

Following Grace's death, Sami began to observe an emotional distance in Rafe and came to discover him at the graveside of a woman named Emily Hudson. Rafe revealed to Sami that he was once engaged to marry Emily, but she died on the day of their wedding in a tragic accident. When Sami began to investigate Rafe's past, which he would not elaborate upon, she turned up very little. Shortly afterwards, Emily's vengeful sister Meredith arrived in Salem, and after kidnapping Rafe, she attempted to kill him as she held him responsible for Emily's death. Rafe was rescued by Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell), who had recently returned to Salem following over fifteen years away. Following his recovery, Rafe began to investigate Nicole Walker (Arianne Zuker), as he developed a theory that she had switched Grace with Sami's biological child. After collecting DNA samples from Sami, and the child, Sydney, Rafe was able to perform a DNA test and confirm that Sydney was in fact Sami's daughter. With Nicole's scheme exposed, she responded by abducting Sydney and leaving Salem. While she was on the run, Nicole encountered Anna Fredericks (Leann Hunley), who in turn kidnapped Sydney from Nicole. Anna began sending ransom notes to Sami, threatening her not involve the police. As a result, Sami began confiding in E.J. and leaving Rafe in the dark, resulting in Rafe ending their relationship.

Despite the end of his relationship with Sami, Rafe continued to investigate Sydney's abduction and became convinced that Anna was working alongside E.J. Despite his efforts to convince Anna to turn on E.J., Rafe was unsuccessful. By chance, Rafe observed a suspicious conversation between E.J. and Nicole on the Salem Pier that seemed to strengthen his theory. Rafe became convinced that E.J. had confessed his involvement in the abduction to Nicole and could somehow persuade her to reveal his involvement. In an effort to gain her confession, Rafe attempted to convince Nicole he was interested in her. After a few drinks at The Cheatin' Heart, Nicole and Rafe headed back to her apartment, and stopped short of sleeping together. He remained the night anyway, and used this time to search Nicole's apartment for evidence to incriminate E.J. in Sydney's abduction, eventually stumbling upon a recording of E.J. admitting to paying Anna to kidnap Sydney. Rafe confronted Nicole with the recording, and assured her immunity from prosecution should she authenticate the recording.

During Rafe's investigation into Sydney's kidnapping, E.J. and Sami had reconnected and were engaged to be married. On their wedding day, Rafe aired the recording of E.J.'s confession at their ceremony, resulting in Sami leaving E.J. Rafe and Sami reunited, resulting in him proposing to her. As they spent the night together, Sami snuck out intent on confronting E.J., whom she found unconscious and holding a gun. Sami used the gun to shoot E.J. in the head, and then proceeded to toss it into the river. When Sami's uncle, Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) questioned her about E.J.'s shooting, Rafe insisted that Sami was with him at the time of the shooting. Sami confessed her involvement in E.J.'s shooting to Rafe, and despite his dedication to the law, Rafe handed in his resignation to the FBI and swore to protect Sami at all costs. E.J. soon discovered Sami's guilt in his shooting, and began blackmailing her for sole custody of their two children, Johnny and Sydney. If she refused his demands, he would turn her, as well as Rafe and her eldest son, Will Horton (then Chandler Massey) in as accessories to attempted murder. With her back against the wall, a devastated Sami agreed to E.J.'s demands. Rafe assured Sami that he would do whatever he had to help her regain custody of the children, and in order to have one last happy memory before the hard times to follow, suggested they have the wedding that night. Sami agreed, and she and Rafe were married in November 2010.

Following their wedding, Rafe joined the Salem Police Department and began investigating E.J, hoping to uncover evidence against him and send him to prison. Rafe's investigation was quickly stalled, when it was discovered that Johnny had cancer. Rafe stood by Sami throughout the cancer ordeal, especially when Johnny needed to have one of his eyes removed. Johnny's cancer was discovered to have spread to his remaining eye, but as the doctors had caught it in time, they were able to treat it and spare his vision. With Johnny's crisis averted, E.J. began to allow Sami back into her children's lives. However, Rafe continued to remain in E.J.'s crosshairs.

Development

Casting and creation
In late August 2008, rumors circulated that former Passions star Galen Gering, known for his role of Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald was in-talks to join the cast of Days. However, news of Gering's casting was not formally announced until late September 2008. Gering would take on the newly-created role of FBI agent Rafael. Gering made his first appearance on October 31, 2008. "It took longer that I had anticipated," Gering said of the casting process. Forbes March, known for his role as Nash Brennan on One Life to Live, and Wes Ramsey also auditioned for the role. Gering signed onto the series a few months after shooting his final episode of Passions. While Gering comes from both Jewish and Spanish heritage, he is usually cast in Latino roles. Gering said he didn't not mind being typecast. "It's paying the bills!" Executive producer Ken Corday was unfamiliar with Gering's work so he had to audition for the role but co-executive producer, Gary Tomlin "championed" his casting. Gering and Tomlin worked together on Passions when Tomlin for the series. The actor admitted that he didn't know much about Rafe, but had a meeting Tomlin who assured him that his potential storyline would be a "great" one. Gering said of his casting, "When I joined the soap, it was a weird time at DAYS" as the series had just fired their biggest stars in Deidre Hall and Drake Hogestyn. They were also unsure of if they'd even still be on the air. Gering noted the irony in returning to the set because he had auditioned for Passions on the set of Days of Our Lives. Gering said of his initial plans for the character, "I didn't want Rafe to be this one-note FBI guy. I wanted him to be quirky." However, he didn't have time to have much input because of how fast the swift production style. He described the character as a "great marriage of acting and writing." In contrast to Passions, Gering said, "It’s clear and concise and well driven and well written, but I really like this character, Rafe."

Relationships
The character of Rafe was first paired with Sweeney's Sami Brady. Gering appreciated the slow burn pacing of the romance. "I think they did a great job allowing the audience to see Sami and Rafe fall in love." "I always liked her personality and her spunky fire, so I'm really excited to be working with her" Gering said of his costar. Rafe is forced to be Sami's new bodyguard in witness protection after she sabotages the first two. However, Sami's usual scheming behavior does not fly with Rafe. Gering said "Sami's definitely met her match." Their contentious relationship eventually blossoms into romance, and the duo eventually marries in November 2010. Gering said "I think they are soul-mates." Rafe and Sami " each other very well and support one another." He continued, "I think they definitely have what it takes to last long-term." However, most of their relationship is plagued by Sami's longstanding romance with EJ DiMera (James Scott), the kidnapping and presumed deaths of two of her children, and when EJ's father, Stefano (Joseph Mascolo) replaces Rafe with a doppelganger. Sami and Rafe eventually break up over a disagreement with Nick and Gabi raising Will's baby, causing her to run to EJ.

Reception
Dan J. Kroll said Gering's introduction would provide comfort for fans of the cancelled Passions. Gering's debut was mostly well received by viewers. Nelson Branco was "worried" when Gering joined the cast but Rafe soon become one of his favorite characters. Branco likened the character to Peter Reckell's legendary Bo Brady as the resident hero of the series. By 2011, Gering had solidified his place as a "fan favorite." Hayley Farb said "Galen Gering has portrayed every woman's prince charming." Farb also praised Gering's portrayal of Rafe's doppelgänger. "His underestimated talent reached new heights through his dual role."

References

External links
Rafe at soapcentral.com

Days of Our Lives characters
Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel
Fictional American police officers
Television characters introduced in 2008
American male characters in television
Fictional Hispanic and Latino American people
Fictional characters incorrectly presumed dead
Fictional characters who awoke from a coma


title: Louise Broadfoot

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Louise Broadfoot (born 26 February 1978 in Melbourne) is an Australian former cricket player.

Broadfoot played domestic cricket for the Victorian Spirit between 1996 and 2004 and the Queensland Fire between 2005 and 2010. She played 113 Women's National Cricket League matches and five Women's Twenty20 matches.

Broadfoot played two Tests and ten One Day Internationals for the Australia national women's cricket team. Broadfoot was the 137th woman to play Test Cricket for Australia, and the 92nd woman to play One Day International Cricket for Australia. Broadfoot also served in the Australian Army in Afghanistan.

Originally from Melbourne, her sister is Marianne Edwards (nee Broadfoot), associate principal second violin in the Sydney Symphony Orchestra  and her brother is barrister Andrew Broadfoot KC,  former Australian rowing representative  and part owner of 2015 Melbourne Cup winner Prince of Penzance.

References

Living people
Australia women Test cricketers
Australia women One Day International cricketers
1978 births
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
Cricketers from Melbourne


title: The Players' Ring Theatre

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The Players' Ring Theatre is a theater located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The black box theater has a seating capacity of 75.

History

The theater is located within a historic brick building built in 1833 in an area that has since become Prescott Park. It was once a building of the Portsmouth Marine Railway Company, and was listed on the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2006. In 2013, the theater planned to replace the seats in order to expand the artistic possibilities of a black box environment.

Performances
The theater features work by new playwrights  as well as the established.

References

External links
Official website

Theatres in New Hampshire
Buildings and structures in Portsmouth, New Hampshire


title: Elias (singer)

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Elias (stage name) is born on 15 October 1980 in Bayonne. He is a French singer-songwriter.

Biography

Beginnings
As an autodidact, Elias started piano and guitar in 1997. Then he got into Babylon, the French band, and gave more than a hundred public performances until 2000. For example, on 11 November 1999, he sang in Biarritz in opening of the Wailers.

In early 2000, he composed his own songs and writes, in particular, Rue des Souffrances, a song featured on his first LP. At this time, he met Maurice Vallet, who wrote with Julien Clerc, and he also wrote some texts for him.

Career as a songwriter
From 2003 to 2006, Elias composed some songs for other artists with many writers. He signed a contract with Free Demo, a publishing house in Paris (V.M.A group ) and then he started writing songs for French real T.V artists (Star Academy and Nouvelle Star).

Between 2007 and 2008 he took a professional break.

From 2009 on, Elias decided to sing his own songs; and wrote and composed most of the titles of his first LP.

LPs
In January 2010, Elias registered on Akamusic, the online crowdfunding site, to back financially a single for which they quickly got the budget.

During the summer 2010, via Akamusic, the same community site, Elias settled the financing of an album with 10 titles which were released in February 2012 (Des roses en hiver) This first LP is particularly made up of songs that he wrote himself. The other extracts were written by Laura Bismuth, Sabine Cardinal, Maurice Vallet and David Zana. Love is the recurrent theme – love of a woman, love of life or love of the other. The titles are often to the sound of banjo-guitar and the lyrics, optimistic, are in the true French music tradition of years 2000.

At the beginning of 2014, in order to record and to promote his 2nd LP; with 11 titles, he signed up on My Major Company, the crowdfunding site. If he is still composing musics, he makes sure of the support of many writers such as Sabine Cardinal, Iza Loris, Daria de Martynoff, Jacques Roure, Maurice Vallet, Christian Vié and François Welgryn. For this new LP, the pop with electro strains music had been largely influenced by Anglo-Saxon bands, such as Muse or Coldplay, that Elias had been listening to.

Main concerts
He sings in opening of some concerts : Helene Segara’s in Toulouse on 19 October 2012, Stone’s in Vatan on 9 September 2013; Didier Barbelivien’s in Biarritz on 30 March 2014, with whom he sings A toutes les filles que j’ai aimées avant, in a duet in Bordeaux the day before, Amaury Vassili.

He also gave his own solo performances in Brussels on 25 February 2012 with Steve Linden in opening, at the Sentier des Halles in Paris on 24 May 2014 with Axel Saddier in opening and sange Rien d'important in a duet with Valentin Marceau (co-composed by Elias and Valentin Marceau.)

Discography

Albums
 2012 : Des roses en hiver
 2014 : Un nouveau jour se lève

Singles
 2011 : Changer les mots
 2011 : La vie est belle

Contributions
 2004 : Tout nous rappelle (Christian Vié / Elias - Christophe Balency), for Julien Laurence
 2005 : L'air et le feu (Maidy Roth / Elias - Christophe Balency), for Michal
 2005 : Seconde chance (Christian Vié / Elias - Christophe Balency), for Sous le soleil
 2012 : Mon amour (Sabine Cardinal / Elias), for Steve Linden
 2014 : Il faut toujours (Jean Tosit / Elias - Christophe Balency), for Jean Sébastien Lavoie

Participations
 2013 : Nos mains, 1,2,3, Génération Goldman volume 2

References

French composers
French male composers
1980 births
Living people
21st-century French singers
21st-century French male singers


title: LBA Most Valuable Player

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The Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual award of the 1st-tier professional basketball league in Italy, the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), given since the 1993–94 season, to the league's most valuable player in a given regular season.

Winners

Player nationalities by national team.

See also
Lega Basket Serie A Finals MVP
Lega Basket Serie A awards

Notes

References

MVP
European basketball awards
Basketball most valuable player awards


title: Baliguian Island

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Baliguian Island (variously Baliguian Islet and unofficially called Miracle Island by the locals, due to its experiences with Typhoon Haiyan) is an inhabited island in northeastern Iloilo, Philippines. It is the westernmost of the Concepcion Islands and politically administered by the  municipality of Concepcion. A virtually flat island, Baliguian features a lighthouse to aid in ship navigation.

Location and geography

Baliguian Island is  east of Panay Island in the Visayan Sea, making it the furthest of the sixteen Concepcion Islands. Baliguian is  due east of nearby Igbon Island. Small, flat, and heavily wooded, Baliguian is ringed by a narrow reef and surrounded by deep water.

Lighthouse

The main feature of Baliguian is its lighthouse, situated on the northwest corner of the island. The Baliguian Island Light was built in 1916. Its designations are ARLHS PHI-007, Admiralty F2314, and NGA 14668. The white, octagonal tower is  high and flashes a white light every seven seconds. The lighthouse is currently active and administered by the Philippine Coast Guard. Rainwater tanks were installed on Baliguian in 2010, as the island until then faced a constant shortage of potable water.

Natural disasters

Typhoon Haiyan

In November 2013 Typhoon Haiyan (Yolanda in the Philippines) destroyed more than 80 percent of homes and pump boats on Baliguian. Four rooms of the island's single school were also damaged. The island did not suffer any fatalities; however, causing locals to dub their home the "Miracle Island". Several religious and international organizations assisted in relief efforts for Baliguian, including Indigenous Ministries and Wilde and Woollard.

See also

 List of islands in the Philippines
 Lighthouses in the Philippines

References

External links
 Baliguian Island at OpenStreetMap
 Wilde and Woollard assists in Philippines Recovery

Islands of Iloilo


title: John Marshall Birthplace Park

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John Marshall Birthplace Park is a small park located in the historic Germantown area in southern Fauquier County, Virginia.  The park provides access to a dedication monument at or near the birthplace of John Marshall.

Description

The park consists of parking and picnic areas on Germantown Road in Midland, Virginia, a walking trail to the birthplace monument and the monument near the site of John Marshall's birth with an adjacent picnic shelter.  Interpretive signs near the park entrance and trail head give a brief educational description of John Marshall's life.

The walking trail follows the path of a small stream for approximately half a mile (.8 km) to the monument near the site of the residence where Marshall was born.

History
Thomas Marshall, John Marshall's father, moved to Germantown with his new wife in 1754.  John Marshall was born the following year in a substantial -story structure described as "similar to the 1724 Tilman Weaver house" rather than a log cabin.

A marker was erected at the home site by the Marshall chapter of the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity at George Washington University in 1902.  That marker was enclosed by a larger monument in 1928.  John Marshall Birthplace Park was Fauquier County's first public park.  The  park was dedicated on June 8, 1978.

The plaque on the Marshall birthplace monument states, "Near this spot on September 4, 1755, was born John Marshall".  The location of the marker and monument were based on oral history so the location of the house was in doubt.  Researchers from the William and Mary Center for Archaeological Research, College of William and Mary, conducted background research and a limited on-site survey and testing in July 2005.  Eighteenth-century domestic artifacts found at the site and background research support the site as the likely location of the dwelling of the Marshall family at the time of John Marshall's birth.

Birding and wildlife
The trail to the monument is listed as a part of Virginia's birding and wildlife trail system.  The park is notable for the presence of tawny emperor and Eastern tiger swallowtail butterflies and a variety of resident and migratory birds that may be observed along the trail and adjoining agricultural fields.

Notes

References

Parks in Fauquier County, Virginia
Monuments and memorials in Virginia
Protected areas established in 1978
1978 establishments in Virginia
Birthplace Park
Homes of United States Founding Fathers


title: Devil Eyes

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Devil Eyes was the code name for a secret psychological warfare program in 2005–2006 by the United States Central Intelligence Agency to develop an action figure of Osama bin Laden and distribute it in South Asia, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan.

History of the project
The CIA worked in conjunction with toymaker Donald Levine, a former Hasbro executive who has been credited as the "father" of G.I. Joe toys. Levine designed a 12-inch lifelike figure of bin Laden whose face was painted with a material that, when heated, would peel off to reveal a demon-like visage with red skin, green eyes, and black markings. The goal of the program was to scare children and their parents to turn public opinion against the real Osama bin Laden, or Al-Qaeda. Levine sought to manufacture the toys in China, and he had business contacts there who could assist.

Aftermath
In 2014, the CIA acknowledged the existence of the program but said it had been discontinued after Levine had produced only three prototype figurines. According to The Washington Post, however, an anonymous source in China with "direct knowledge of the project" said that hundreds of the toys were created and shipped to Karachi, Pakistan in 2006.

A prototype of the design was sold at an auction in 2014 for $11,879, and another sold for $6,250 in 2015. The remaining one of the three known prototypes is believed to be in the ownership of the CIA.

See also
 War on Terror
 Al-Qaeda
 War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
 Psychological Operations (United States)
 Osama bin Laden in popular culture
 Islamic toys
 Demons in Islam

References

External links

Psychological warfare
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA activities in Asia


title: Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie – Drama

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The following is a list of the Teen Choice Award winners and nominees for Choice Movie – Drama. Formerly, it had been combined with Choice Action Movie as the Choice Movie – Action/Drama award.

Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

 - Year awarded was under Choice Movie – Action/Drama.

2010s

References

Drama


title: Nigel Atangana

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Nigel Alfred Steven Atangana (born 9 September 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for National League club Eastleigh.

Career

Early career
Born in Corbeil-Essonnes, Atangana made his senior debuts with US Avranches in CFA 2, after having trials at Luton Town, Gillingham, West Bromwich Albion and Grays Athletic. After subsequently representing SU Dives, he moved to Spain, joining Girona FC and being assigned to CF Riudellots, the club's farm team. Atangana was called up to the main squad in Segunda División in November, but failed to appear with the club.

In the 2013 summer Atangana moved to US Gravelines Foot, also in France's fifth division. He appeared in 21 matches and scored once (the winner in a 2–1 home success against US Ailly-Sur-Somme on 1 December 2012).

Havant & Waterlooville
In September 2013, Atangana signed with Havant & Waterlooville. He made his debut on the 30th, starting in a 1–1 FA Trophy draw against Gloucester City.

Atangana made his league debut on 19 October, starting in a 0–0 draw against Dover Athletic. He scored his first goal for Hawks on 11 January of the following year, the game's only goal in a home win against Ebbsfleet United.

Atangana finished the season with 43 appearances and five goals, being named Havant & Waterlooville' Player of the Year.

Portsmouth
On 19 June 2014, Atangana signed a two-year contract with League Two side Portsmouth, for an undisclosed fee. He made his debut for the club on 9 August, coming on as a substitute for fellow debutant Craig Westcarr in a 1–1 away draw against Exeter City.

Atangana scored his first Pompey goal on 20 December, netting the equalizer in a 1–1 draw at Cheltenham Town. He appeared in 30 matches during the campaign, mainly due to the injury of starter James Dunne.

Leyton Orient
On 20 January 2016, Atangana joined Leyton Orient on an 18-month contract until the end of the 2016–17 season for an undisclosed fee. Atangana was given the number 15 upon arrival.

Cheltenham Town
On 28 May 2017, Atangana signed a two-year contract with League Two side Cheltenham Town. He officially joined the Robins on 1 July 2017 when his contract with Leyton Orient came to an end.

Exeter City
On 20 May 2019 he joined League Two team Exeter City Football Club after leaving Cheltenham Town following a long term Achilles injury.  Upon breaking into the side after recovering, he quickly became a fan favourite for his solid defensive play and his consistently high work rate, earning the fan-voted Player of the Month award for December.  He scored his first goal for the club in a 2-2 draw at home to Hartlepool United in the FA Cup first round. After the 2020-21 season, fans found out that he signed a three-year contract after Exeter's retained list stated he was under contract for the 2021-22 season. Atangana made 19 appearances during, but was released at the end of the 2021–22 season following Exeter's promotion to League One.

Eastleigh
On 2 August 2022, Atangana joined National League club Eastleigh.

Personal life
Atangana is of Cameroonian descent.

Career statistics

References

External links

 Hat-Trick profile

1989 births
Living people
People from Corbeil-Essonnes
Footballers from Essonne
French men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
US Avranches players
SU Dives-Cabourg players
Union Sportive Gravelines Football players
Havant & Waterlooville F.C. players
Portsmouth F.C. players
Leyton Orient F.C. players
Cheltenham Town F.C. players
Exeter City F.C. players
Eastleigh F.C. players
National League (English football) players
English Football League players
French expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in England
French expatriate sportspeople in England
French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent


title: SA's Got Talent (season 4)

text:
SA's Got Talent was renewed for a fourth season. There were no major changes this season.

Auditions

References

Got Talent
2013 South African television seasons


title: Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis

text:
"Candidatus Bartonella thailandensis" is a candidatus bacteria from the genus of Bartonella which was isolated in Thailand.

References

Bartonellaceae
Bacteria described in 2009
Candidatus taxa


title: John Richard Robinson

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Sir John Richard Robinson (2 November 1828 – 30 November 1903) was an English journalist, manager and editor of the Daily News.

Life

Born on 2 November 1828 at Witham, Essex, he was the second son of eight children of Richard Robinson, a congregational minister. His wife Sarah was the daughter of John Dennant, also a congregational minister, of Halesworth, Suffolk. At eleven he entered the school for the sons of congregational ministers at Lewisham. Withdrawn from school on 26 June 1843, he was apprenticed to a firm of booksellers at Shepton Mallet. His first effort towards journalism was a descriptive account (in the Daily News 14 February 1846) of a meeting of Wiltshire labourers to protest against the Corn Laws. After reporting for the Bedford Mercury, he obtained a post on the Wiltshire Independent at Devizes, and sent regular reports of the local markets to the Daily News.

In 1848 Robinson went to London. Having become a unitarian, he was made sub-editor of a Unitarian journal, The Inquirer, and did most of the work for John Lalor, the editor. His next post was on the Weekly News and Chronicle, under John Sheehan, and in 1855 he became editor of the Express, an evening paper under the same management as the Daily News. At the same time he was a prolific contributor elsewhere. He followed the revolutionary movements of Europe, and was in contact with Giuseppe Mazzini after writing an appreciation. He also knew Lajos Kossuth, Giuseppe Garibaldi, and other leaders.

In 1868, when the price of the Daily News was reduced to one penny, Robinson was appointed manager, and turned the paper around. He saw that the public demanded news not only quickly but in an attractive form. At the opening of the Franco-Prussian War he instructed his correspondents to telegraph descriptive details and not merely bare facts, and after the war was in progress he brought in Archibald Forbes, who became a valuable contributor. At the prompting of another correspondent, John Edwin Hilary Skinner, he started the "French Peasants Relief Fund", which reached a total of £20,000.

On 16 June 1876 Edwin Pears of Constantinople contributed to the Daily News the first of a series of letters, which appeared on 23 June, describing the Batak massacre and other atrocities. Robinson sent out an American journalist, Januarius Aloysius MacGahan, who was accompanied by Eugene Schuyler, the American consul-general in Turkey, to make inquiries. Pears's charges were corroborated. In 1887 Robinson became titular editor, the actual night editing being carried on chiefly by Peter William Clayden. In 1893 he was knighted on the recommendation of William Ewart Gladstone. The fortunes of the News meanwhile declined. During the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899–1902), Robinson's sympathies were with the Boers. The proprietors changed the policy of the paper to a support of the war, without restoring its prosperity. Then the policy was again reversed by new proprietors, but Robinson resigned in February 1901.

Robinson died at his home in Addison Crescent, Kensington, London on 30 November 1903, and was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.

Associations
Robinson was a Reform Club member, and associated with the circle of James Payn, William Black, Sir Wemyss Reid, and George Augustus Sala. He was a regular "first night" visitor to theatres. In 1854 he became a professional member of the Guild of Literature and Art, a society which was founded by Charles Dickens and his friends for the benefit of authors and artists. The guild failed, however, to fulfil the aims of its founders, and Robinson with Frederick Clifford, as the last surviving trustees, arranged for its dissolution in 1897. In 1897 he was chairman of the Newspaper Press Fund dinner, and in 1898 of the Newspaper Society dinner; the former body represented journalists, and the latter proprietors.

Family
Robinson married on 14 July 1859 Jane Mapes (died 11 July 1876), youngest daughter of William Granger of the Grange, Wickham Bishops, Essex; by her he had one son and one daughter. He was also a paternal uncle of the notable British writer and journalist, Bertram Fletcher Robinson.

Notes

See also
 Edwin Pears
 Januarius MacGahan
Attribution

1828 births
1903 deaths
Burials at Highgate Cemetery
English male journalists
English newspaper editors
People from Witham
English male non-fiction writers
Knights Bachelor


title: Peregrinella

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Peregrinella is an extinct Early Cretaceous rhynchonellid genus with scattered, global representation from North America to Europe and Tibet. These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders, its most distinguishing feature is the size, considered to be the largest of all Mesozoic rhynchonellids, which has long puzzled paleontologists because of its unusual morphology, stratigraphic occurrence, and distribution patterns.

Distribution
Fossils of the genus have been found in:

 Chebo Formation, Tibet
 Curnier Limestone, France
 Maiolica Formation, Italy
 Raciborsko, Poland
 Chisana Formation, Alaska

Habitat
Limestones yielding Peregrinella frequently occur as large detached blocks occasionally displaying strong calcification and silification. Within such blocks Peregrinella has been observed in crowded assemblages of individuals of various age, mainly associated with ammonites. The paleoecological and evolutionary significance of any purported fossil vent-seep restricted brachiopod can be understood only if its ancient habitat is correctly identified in the stratigraphic record.

To date, three Peregrinella-bearing limestones have unequivocally been identified as ancient methane-seep deposits using a combination of petrographic, stable isotope, and biomarker analyses. Appropriate material to carry out at least some of these analyses was available from a further seven localities: Bonanza Creek, Curnier, Incoronata, Musenalp, Raciborsko, Rice Valley, and Rottier. Characteristic petrographic features of seep carbonates are authigenic, early diagenetic carbonate phases, such as microcrystalline calcite(micrite), yellow calcite, and banded and botryoidal aggregates of fibrous cement and the carbon isotope signature of these early diagenetic carbonate phases typically have very negative δ 13 C signatures, significantly lower than marine bicarbonate and occasionally even lower than 50‰.

In combination with the lowest δ13C carbonate values of -6.9% found for the Curnier Limestone, the observed lipid patterns are best explained by anaerobic oxidation of methane at a seafloor seep. The seepage fluids also may have included crude oil or, alternatively, oil may have intruded the limestone at a later stage. Unlike the Curnier Limestone, no biomarker evidence for seepage was found for the Musenalp Limestone, agreeing with its marine δ13 C carbonate values. No irregular isoprenoids were detected in the Musenalp sample, and the regular isoprenoids pristane and phytane as well as n-alkanes yielded δ13C values (- 31 to - 30‰) that are typical for lipids resulting from marine primary production in the photic zone. Peregrinella coexisted with virtually all coeval seep mollusks, as well as occasional tube worms and sponges. Neither the origin nor the extinction of Peregrinella coincides with the origin or extinction of any coeval seep-inhabiting mollusk.

Environmental impacts on Peregrinella
The intensity of seep fluid flow plays a major role in structuring seep communities today because some taxa prefer sites with focused, advective fluid flow while others prefer sites of slow, diffusive seepage. The apparent restriction of this genus to seeps suggest that it benefited, in as-yet unknown ways, from the seeping fluids and the reduced compounds in them. Most likely, it benefited from chemotrophic bacteria using methane and/or sulfide, but whether Peregrinella was filter-feeding on free living bacterial plankton, for example like modern vent and seep inhabiting barnacles or had a symbiotic relationship with such bacteria, remains unknown.

Paleo-temperatures calculated from δ18O values of Peregrinella shells indicate that these specimens lived at temperatures ranging from . At some localities different shells showed a remarkably uniform range of values, while at other localities different shells showed a wide scatter of values.

Morphology
Peregrinella has long been viewed as a paleontological curiosity because of its distinctive morphology, anomalous stratigraphic associations, and extensive, yet discontinuous paleogeographic distribution throughout Early Cretaceous continental margin areas of western North America and Tethyan Eurasia. For example, its relatively colossal proportions (to  long,  wide,   thick) qualify Peregrinella as the largest of all Mesozoic Rhynchonellides, and its characteristic features (most notably its internal mergifer crura, or elongate calcareous supports for the lophophore) discriminates it from other genus.

Age
After analyzing data from various locations, Sr-isotope stratigraphic investigation confirms that oldest and youngest biostratigraphically well-dated occurrences as late Berriasian and early Hauterivian, respectively. Peregrinella originated in the late Berriasian and most likely became extinct at the end of the early Hauterivian, giving it a geologic range of 9.0 (+1.45/20.85) million years.

The timing of the appearance and disappearance of Peregrinella is puzzling, because neither does it coincide with the appearance and disappearance of any other seep-inhabiting taxon, nor with any of the major oceanic disturbances such as oceanic anoxic events (OAEs). Its extinction at the end of the early Hauterivian roughly coincides with the ‘Faraoni event’, a presumed, short-lived anoxic event in the late Hauterivian, but this event was apparently restricted to the Tethyan Realm and does not explain the disappearance of Peregrinella from California and Alaska.

References

Rhynchonellida
Prehistoric brachiopod genera
Cretaceous brachiopods
Berriasian first appearances
Valanginian life
Hauterivian extinctions
Early Cretaceous animals of Asia
Cretaceous China
Paleontology in Tibet
Early Cretaceous animals of Europe
Cretaceous France
Fossils of France
Cretaceous Italy
Fossils of Italy
Fossils of Poland
Early Cretaceous animals of North America
Cretaceous Alaska
Paleontology in Alaska


title: Zijiang M99

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The Zijiang M99 is a semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle first introduced in 2005. It has since seen use by the People's Liberation Army Navy and Marine Corps in anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, and has been seen in the hands of various rebel groups involved in the Syrian Civil War.

Overview
The Type 99 is a lightweight 12.7x108 mm, direct impingement gas-operated, anti-materiel rifle. It features a large muzzle brake to aid in the mitigation of the recoil produced by its cartridge. A 2006 trial conducted by the Pakistan Army indicated that the rifle is capable of 1.6 MOA accuracy with the appropriate precision ammunition. The acquisition of the M99 by rebel forces in Syria is thought to have been brokered through Qatar or Sudan.

Variants
M99-II: .50 BMG variant.
M06: Bullpup, drum magazine-fed variant.

Users

 : People's Liberation Army Navy and People's Liberation Army Marine Corps
  Iraqi Kurdistan
 : Myanmar Army-Sniper division and units at light infantry battalions

Non-State Actors
  Free Syrian Army

 United Wa State Army

See also
Accuracy International AS50
Barrett M82/M107

References

12.7×108 mm sniper rifles
Semi-automatic rifles
Sniper rifles of the People's Republic of China
Anti-materiel rifles


title: Royal Ontario Museum Bat Cave

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The Royal Ontario Museum Bat Cave is a gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum that presents wax sculptures of bats in their simulated natural habitat. Consisting of twenty species of bats, among a variety of invertebrates, the gallery allows visitors to learn about bats behaviour and biology, through engaging in various educational panels, videos and models.

It is currently located on the second level, of the Philosophers Walk Wing in the ROM’s Heritage Building.

History
The bat cave was originally built in the 1980s as a replica of the 3 km St. Clair Cave in Jamaica. In the early 2000s however, the Royal Ontario Museum received a grant to renovate the cave among two new Roman and Byzantine Galleries. Thus updated sound effects, dim lighting, and rock models were incorporated to make the cave appear more realistic. Today the exhibit stands at 1700 square feet. With over 300 new wax models of bats and bugs that are even more authentic than before, visitors now also have an opportunity to see bald pink baby bats, amidst an eerie dark backdrop that has come to be known as the nursery cave.

Bat Cave experience areas

Explore the World of Bats

Prior to entering the mouth of the Bat Cave is a series of panels addressing various common questions and curiosities concerning bats and their natural habitat. Guests learn about how bats navigate in the dark, how they see, how they travel through the dark and if they are similar to humans. In addition guests learn about their current patterns of behaviour, eating habitats among many other things presented on in formats on the wall.

At the Cave Mouth there are a variety of other descriptions which historicize how the cave was modeled after the St. Clair Cave in Jamaica. The panel presents a detailed account of what the cave looks, sounds and smells like. It informs the visitors of the kinds of insects and bats they would see if they were to visit the cave.
There is also a Bat Cave Field Guide which helps visitors identify the six species of bats they may encounter in the cave.

Inside the Bat Cave
Within the bat cave lies a variety of bats, cockroaches and other invertebrates which simulate a realistic portrayal of the St. Clair Cave in Jamaica.
There are currently the following areas in the cave:
Fruit Bat Roosting Area
The Grooming Area
The Cavern: is described as a natural theatre within the Bat Cave where visitors can watch an audio visible presentation that elaborates on the specifics of the cave.
The Bat Nursery
The Bat Exodus

Events at the Royal Ontario Museum

Bat Month: In March 2010, the Royal Ontario Museum offered a variety of live bat demonstrations, costumes, crafts and other educational activities to celebrate the reopening of the Bat Cave Exhibit. Presenters like Bill “Bat Boy” Scully, African Lion Safari, and Dr. Paul Faure of the McMaster Bat Lab all presented a variety of interactive and informational experiences.
Food Studio Café: In partnership with the Food Studio Café, the Royal Ontario Museum offered a variety of bat themed meals such as “bat wings chicken wing special” to promote the new exhibit.
Youth Patron’s Circles (YPC) also hosted their fifth annual fundraiser PROM v Noir at the exhibit in March 2010.

References

Bat Cave
Wax museums
Bats and humans


Rhydyfelin (High Level) Halt railway station once served the village of Rhydyfelin in South Wales.

History
The station opened in 1904 on the Pontypridd, Caerphilly and Newport Railway to cater to the new railmotor service on the line. As opened, it consisted of a single ground-level wooden platform made of old sleepers and a level crossing, also at ground-level. In 1922, the station was renamed to avoid confusion with the similarly named halt on the former Cardiff Railway, which subsequently became Rhydyfelin (Low Level) Halt. In 1928, the original halt was closed and a new one was built at . This had two wooden platforms and a corrugated tin shelter.

Closure
The halt closed in 1953 and no trace of it remains. The  trackbed is now part of the Treforest-Nantgarw cycleway.

Notes

References
J. Hutton (1996) The Newport Docks & Railway Company. Silver Link Publishing

Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1904
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953
Former Great Western Railway stations
Disused railway stations in Rhondda Cynon Taf


title: Statue of José Bonifácio de Andrada

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José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, also known as the Andrada Monument, is an outdoor bronze sculpture of José Bonifácio de Andrada by José Otavio Correia Lima, located at Bryant Park in Manhattan, New York. It is  tall and weights approximately 4,000 lbs. Lima was selected through a competition that was sponsored by the Brazilian government, which also donated $60,000 for the surrounding plaza and granite base.

History
The sculpture was cast in 1954 and dedicated on April 22, 1955. Ceremony attendees included Manhattan Borough President Hulan Jack, Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, Brazilian Ambassador to the United States João Calos Muniz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of Inter-American Affairs Edward J. Spears, Cardinal Francis Spellman, and Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Originally located at the northwest corner of Bryant Park, it was moved to its current location along Avenue of the Americas, between 40th and 42nd Streets, in the early 1990s. Every September, the Consulate General of Brazil commemorates Andrada and Brazilian Independence Day by hosting a small ceremony at the monument.

References

External links

 Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva at New York City Statues

1954 establishments in New York City
1954 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in Manhattan
Bryant Park
Monuments and memorials in Manhattan
Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan
Sculptures of men in New York City
Statues in New York City


title: Mark Lucgjonaj

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Mark Lucgjonaj (born 30 August 1986) is an Albanian poet and professor.

Biography
Mark Lucgjonaj was born in Podgorica to an Albanian family from Malësi. He finished elementary school and high school in his hometown Tuzi to continue studies in University of Pristina in Kosovo. Mark studied Albanian language and literature, and later he finished master's degree in Luigj Gurakuqi University in Shkodër. He is the nephew of notable Gheg Albanian writer Nokë Sinishtaj.

In June 2014 Lucgjonaj published his first poetry book in Albanian Zhurma e Mendimeve (The Noise of Thoughts) and in Montenegrin Buka Misli.

References

External links
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8308526.Mark_Lucgjonaj

Albanian Roman Catholics
Albanians in Montenegro
Albanian male poets
20th-century Albanian poets
1986 births
Montenegrin poets
Montenegrin male writers
Living people
Writers from Podgorica
20th-century Albanian educators
21st-century Albanian educators
Malsorë
21st-century Albanian poets
20th-century male writers
21st-century male writers


title: Fortezza da Basso

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Fortezza da Basso is a fort inserted in the fourteenth century walls of Florence.  Its official name is the Fortress of Saint John the Baptist (Fortezza di San Giovanni Battista).  In modern times it is home to numerous conferences, concerts and national and international exhibitions, such as Pitti Immagine. Its total area is nearly 100,000 square meters.

Construction
Fortezza da Basso was designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger for Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, also called The Moor, and built between 1534 and 1537. It is the largest historical monument of Florence.

Images

References

Tourist attractions in Florence
Buildings and structures in Florence
Forts in Italy


title: Terpsicore

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Terpsicore (HWV)(8b) is a  prologue in the form of an opéra-ballet by George Frideric Handel. Handel composed it in 1734 for a revision of his opera Il pastor fido which had first been presented in 1712. The revision of Il pastor fido with Terpsicore as the prologue was first performed on 9 November 1734 at Covent Garden theatre in London, opening Handel's first season in that newly built theatre. Terpsicore mixes dance along with solo and choral singing and was patterned after models in French operas, a particular source being Les festes grecques et romaines by Louis Fuzelier and Colin de Blamont, first presented in Paris in 1723. The work featured the celebrated French dancer Marie Sallé as well as stars of Handel's Italian operas and was a success with audiences of the day.

Performance history
Il pastor fido, a pastoral opera first performed in 1712, had not been a success with audiences. This was probably due to the fact that it was lacking in the sort of spectacular scenic effects and larger than life emotions of Handel's then sensational previous opera Rinaldo . As a result, in 1734, Handel radically revised Il Pastor Fido and presented the new version with a star role for celebrated castrato Carestini. This production ended Handel's 1733-34 season at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket. It eventually became so successful that Handel chose the piece a few months later to open his first season at his new artistic home, Covent Garden Theatre. A new prologue, Terpsichore, was added to showcase the talents of internationally famous dancer, Marie Sallé. She later also appeared as a dancer in Handel's operas Alcina  and Ariodante.

As with all Baroque opera seria, Il Pastor Fido  and its prologue Terpsicore went unperformed for many years, but that changed with the revival of interest in Baroque music and historically informed musical performance from the 1960s. Today, Terpsicore receives performances at festivals and opera houses, whether as prologue to Il Pastor Fido or as an independent piece. Among other performances, Terpsicore was seen in a choreographed staging at the Manoel Theatre, Malta, and the Château de Versailles Spectacles, France, in 2013.

Roles

Synopsis
Erato, muse of lyric poetry, and her followers, call on Apollo, who descends from heaven with some of the Muses. They summon Terpsicore, who gives a demonstration of the power of dance, illustrating diverse emotions through use of movement. Solo singers and chorus join together to praise the virtuous deeds of wise men that are going to be celebrated in the ensuing opera.

Context and analysis

The German-born Handel, after spending some of his early career composing operas and other pieces in Italy, settled in London, where in 1711 he had brought Italian opera for the first time with his opera Rinaldo. A tremendous success, Rinaldo created a craze in London for Italian opera seria, a form focused overwhelmingly on solo arias for the star virtuoso singers. Handel had composed numerous Italian operas for London, with varying degrees of success; some were enormously popular. At the end of the 1734 season, the lease Handel had on the King's Theatre in the Haymarket expired and he found another base for his operatic activity in the new theatre built by John Rich in Covent Garden. Il Pastor Fido, with the newly composed prologue Terpsichore, opened his new season there. It is the only example of a Handel opera with a prologue, and is patterned on the similar extended prologues in the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau, blending operatic arias, choruses, and dancing.
The work opens with a chorus, followed by a bravura aria each for Apollo and Erato. Terpsicore demonstrates the power of dance in a series of contrasted dance movements, interspersed with duets and solos from the singers. The work concludes with vocal soloists, chorus and dancers joining in a praise of virtue and wisdom.

Terpsicore is scored for two recorders, two oboes, bassoon, two horns, strings, organ, theorbo  and  continuo (cello, theorbo, harpsichord).

Recording
Katalin Farkas, soprano, Derek Lee Ragin, counter-tenor, Capella Savaria, conductor Nicholas McGegan. Recorded 1993.CD:Hungaroton Cat:31193

References
Notes

External links

Opéras-ballets
Operas by George Frideric Handel
Italian-language operas
Operas
1734 operas


title: Restaurant Karel 5

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Restaurant Karel 5 (formerly known as Grand Restaurant Karel V) was a restaurant, located in the Grand Hotel Karel V in Utrecht, Netherlands. It is a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 2005–2013.

In 2013, GaultMillau awarded the restaurant 14 out of 20 points.

Head chef of the restaurant was Vito Reekers, who took over in 2013. Head chefs in the time of the Michelin stars were Jerry Bastiaan (2005-2007) and Jeroen Robberegt (2007-2013). A new restaurant Karel 5, under chef Leon Mazairac, was awarded a star in 2023.

History

The restaurant and hotel are located in a centuries-old building, named "Duitse Huis". It got its name from the "Hospitaalorde van St.-Marie der Duitsers", known as the Teutonic Knights, that was based here. The monastery was built in 1348. The Knights stayed there till the Napoleonic era when they sold the building. It was then converted into a Military hospital. As such, it served till 1990. After an extensive renovation, the Teutonic Knights returned in 1995 to a part of the complex. The rest was converted into a hotel which opened in 1999. The complex is a Rijksmonument.

See also
List of Michelin starred restaurants in the Netherlands

References

Restaurants in the Netherlands
Michelin Guide starred restaurants in the Netherlands
Restaurants in Utrecht (province)
Buildings and structures in Utrecht (city)


title: Nera Verzasca

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The Nera Verzasca, also known as the Nera di Verzasca or Verzaschese, is an indigenous breed of black domestic goat from the Valle Verzasca, in the canton of Ticino in southern Switzerland, from which it takes its name. It is raised in that area and in the provinces of Como, Varese and Verbano Cusio Ossola in northern Lombardy, in the north of Italy.

Numbers

In Italy, the Verzaschese is one of the forty-three autochthonous goat breeds of limited distribution for which a herdbook is kept by the Associazione Nazionale della Pastorizia, the Italian national association of sheep- and goat-breeders. In Switzerland the Nera Verzasca is among the endangered breeds for which a herdbook is kept by the Schweizerischer Ziegenzuchtverband or Federazione svizzera d'allevamento caprino, the Swiss federation of cantonal goat breeders' associations. In 2010 the total population in the two countries was , of which , or about 63%, were in Italy. At the end of 2013 the registered population in Italy was variously reported as  and as , and that in Switzerland was .

Use

The average milk yield per lactation of the Nera Verzasca was measured in 2003 at  litres for primiparous,  litres for secondiparous, and  litres for pluriparous, nannies; a study in 2008–10 found an average yield of  litres in 208 days, with an average of 3.50% fat and 3.06% protein. In Italy the milk is used to make caprino cheeses such as Formaggella del Luinese, which has DOP status, while in Switzerland much of it is made into Büscion, a fresh goat's-milk cheese; ricotta is made in both areas.

Kids are slaughtered at an average age of 41 days, at an average weight of .

References

Goat breeds
Dairy goat breeds
Goat breeds originating in Italy
Goat breeds originating in Switzerland
Meat goat breeds


title: Frans Boels

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Frans Boels (c. 1555, Mechelen – 1596, Amsterdam) was a Flemish painter and draftsman, who was active in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of his life.  He is mainly known for his landscape paintings with Biblical or mythological scenes or hunting parties.

Life
Not much is known about his life and career. He was born in Mechelen and was a pupil and stepson of Hans Bol who was a successful and versatile landscape painter and draftsman.  He was active in Antwerp between 1572 and 1584 and then moved to Amsterdam where he is recorded from 1584 to 1596. He probably left with his stepfather Hans Bol who fled the Southern Netherlands for religious reasons.

In 1593 the Dutch engraver Hendrik Goltzius made a portrait of Hans Bol which he dedicated as a token of friendship to Bol's stepson Frans Boels.

Work

Frans Boels' known oeuvre is limited.  It consists of two dozen works, a majority of them in small format and executed in gouache.  The early biographer Karel van Mander mentions in his Schilder-boeck of 1604 that Frans Boels was good at drawing miniature landscapes.  Frans Boels' favorite subjects were Biblical or mythological scenes or hunting parties. Some depict groups of merrymaking peasants.

Most of his works are executed in gouache in the style and are of the same quality of those of his master Hans Bol.  Some of his gouaches were previously attributed to Hans Bol.  In 1588 Frans Boels created various landscapes entitled Mountainous landscape with mythological figures.

References

External links

1550s births
1596 deaths
Artists from Mechelen
Flemish landscape painters
Flemish genre painters


title: Shawnee Open

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The Shawnee Open is a golf tournament that was first held in 1912.  It is played at The Shawnee Inn & Golf Resort in Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.  The couse was completed in 1911, the first ever design by renowned architect A. W. Tillinghast. The Shawnee Open was recognized as a PGA Tour event from 1916 to 1937.  While no longer recognized as a PGA Tour event, there have been more than 60 Shawnee Opens played. It is still held annually, and is now sponsored by the Philadelphia section of the PGA of America.

In 1938, Shawnee hosted the PGA Championship and the Shawnee touring professional, Sam Snead, lost to Paul Runyan 8 and 7. According to legend, Tommy Armour hit 10 straight balls out of bounds and scored the first ever "Archaeopteryx" (15 or more over-par) when he made a 23 on a par-5, for 18-over-par at the 1927 Shawnee Open. Many sources still claim that this represents the highest score on one hole in PGA history. However, other research shows that he carded "only" an 11 on the 17th hole in the third round.

Winners
Philadelphia Section of PGA of America event

2018 Brian Bergstol
2017 Brett Melton
2016 Michael Little
2015 Josh Rackley
2014 Mark Sheftic
2013 John Pillar
2012 Greg Farrow
2011 No tournament (weather)
2010 Don Allan
2009 Travis Deibert
2008 John Pillar
2007 Stu Ingraham
2006 No tournament (bridge washed out)
2005 Barry Dear
2004 Dave McNabb
2003 Mark Parisi
2002 Rich Steinmetz
2001 Greg Farrow
2000 Chris Anderson
1999 Pete Oakley
1998 Pete Oakley
1990–97 No tournament
1989 Wayne Phillips
1988 Harold Perry
1987 Gene Fieger
1986 Pete Oakley
1985 Wayne Phillips
1984 Pete Oakley
1983 Pete Oakley
1982 Dennis Milne
1981 John Kulhamer
1980 Pete Oakley
1979 Jack Connelly
1965–78 No tournament
1964 William Petersen
1963 No tournament
1962 Howard Everitt
1961 Raymond Lebel
1960 Raymond Lebel
1959 Leon Buck
1958 W.C. Wehnes
1957 F.A. Winchenbach
1956 Howard Everitt
1955 Howard Everitt
1954 Howard Everitt
1953 Ellis Taylor
1952 Olin Cerrochi
1951 Tom Robins
1950 Ed Meister
1949 Ed Meister
1939–48 No tournament
1938 Robert Weichel

PGA Tour

1937 Lawson Little
1936 Ed Dudley
1931–35 No tournament
1930 Ed Dudley
1929 Harry Cooper
1928 Willie Macfarlane
1927 Johnny Farrell
1926 Johnny Farrell
1925 Willie Macfarlane
1924 Leo Diegel
1923 George McLean
1922 Johnny Farrell
1921 Willie Ogg
1920 Jim Barnes
1919 Jim Barnes
1918 No tournament
1917 Eddie Loos
1916 Walter Hagen

pre-PGA Tour
1915 Gilbert Nicholls
1914 Isaac Mackie
1913 John McDermott
1912 Fred McLeod

References

External links
PGA of America - Philadelphia section
Past champions

Former PGA Tour events
Golf in Pennsylvania
PGA of America sectional tournaments