title: Bholabhai Patel

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Bholabhai Patel () was an Indian Gujarati author. He taught numerous languages at Gujarat University and did comparative studies of literature in different languages. He translated extensively and wrote essays and travelogues. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2008.

Life
Patel was born on 7 August 1934, in Soja village near Gandhinagar, Gujarat.  He completed S.S.C. in 1952. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Sanskrit, Hindi and Indian culture from Banaras Hindu University in 1957. He also studied at the Gujarat University, and completed his master's degree in Hindi in 1960, a Bachelors in English in 1968, a Masters in English and Science of Language in 1970. From 1974, he started working on his PhD thesis on Sachchidananda Vatsyayan 'Agyeya', a modernist Hindi writer, and completed it in 1977. The thesis was later published as Agyeya: Ek Adhyayan in Hindi. During his studies in Gujarathi University, Gujarathi writer Umashankar Joshi was his Gujarati lecturer. Joshi influenced literary taste and critical discrimination. He also completed a diploma in German in 1971 and linguistics in 1974. Patel obtained a fellowship from the Visva-Bharati University where he did a comparative study of Indian literature.

Patel was married and had three children. He began his teaching career working at a primary school in Modasa. He taught at Saradar Vallabhbhai Arts College in Ahmedabad from 1960 to 1969. Later he taught and headed the Hindi Department of the School of Languages at Gujarat University from 1969 until his retirement in 1994. Patel served as a fellow of comparative literature at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan in 1983-84 and at the Institute of Humanities, Vidya Bhavan. He was also the trustee of the institute which published Gujarati Vishwakosh, the Gujarati encyclopaedia. He served as the president of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad from 2011 until his death in 2012. He edited Parab, a monthly of Gujarati Sahitya Parishad for three decades starting 1974.

He died on 20 May 2012 at Ahmedabad following a heart attack.

Works
Patel had published more than 52 books. He was a polyglot who spoke Gujarati, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, German, French, Marathi, Puria and Sanskrit fluently. He translated many books from these languages to Gujarati and vice versa. He wrote literary travelogues about his travels across Europe and the US. Patel was an expert on the works of the ancient poet Kalidas and the Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore.

Non-fiction
Vidisha (1980) is collection of his eleven travel essays. Purvottar (1971) is travelogue of his travel in Northeast India, West Bengal and Odisha. Kanchanjangha (1985) is collection of travel essays. His other two collections are Bole Zina Mor (1992) and Shalbhanjika (1992). His other travelogues are Radhe Tara Dungariya Par (1987), Devoni Ghati (1989), Devatma Himalaya (1990) and Europe-Anubhav (2004).

His works of criticism are Adhuna (1973), Bharatiya Tunkivarta (1987), Purvapar (1976), Kalpurush (1979), Adhunikata ane Gujarati Kavita (1987), Sahityik Paramparano Vistar (1996), Aav Gira Gujarati (2003).

Edited and translated works
He has edited some works; Asamiya Gujarati Kavita (1981), Gujarati Sahityano Athmo Dayko (1982), Gujarati Sahityano Navmo Dayko (with Chandrakant Topiwala, 1991) and Jeevannu Kavya (1987), selected works of Kaka Kalelkar. His Ph.D. thesis, Agney: Ek Adhyayan was published by Gujarat University in 1983.

As he was a polyglot, he translated large number of works. A large number of these translations were from Bengali to his native Gujarati, such as Sukumar Sen's history of Bengali literature, Bangali Sahitya Itihasni Rooprekha in 1982. Other translations from Bengali include works by Rabindranath Tagore, such as Char Adhyay (1988), Jibanananda Das's poetry collection Vanlata Sen (1976), Sunil Gangopadhyay's novel Swargani Niche Manushya (1977), Buddhadeb Bosu's play Tapaswi ane Tarangini (1982).

He also translated Vinayak Athwale's Vishnu Digambar (1967), Gopal Singh's Guru Nanak (1969), Maheswar Neog's Shankardev (1970),  He translated Sumitranandan Pant's poetry collection in Gujarati as Chidambara (1969) with Raghuveer Chaudhari. He translated Umashankar Joshi's poetry books Prachina (1968) and Nishith (1968) in Hindi. Rabindranath Tagore's Geet Panchshati (1978) was translated in Gujarati by him, Nagindas Parekh and others. He also translated Prabhudutt Brahmachari's Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1986) with Nagindas Parekh. He translated Hindi writer Shrikant Verma's Bijana Pag (1990) with Bindu Bhatt. He translated R. M. Lala's The Creation of Wealth from English in Gujarati as Sampattinu Sarjan (1984). Kamroopa is translation of selected Assamese poetry. He also translated Syed Abdul Malik's novel as Soorajmukhina Swapna and Vasudev Sharan Agrawal's studies as Harshacharit: Ek Sanskritik Adhyayan. He translated Agyeya's Hindi work Angan Ke Par Dwar into Gujarati as Anganani Par Dwar (2002).

Recognition

Patel was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India, in 2008. He also won the KK Birla Foundation fellowship. He received the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak in 1995, the highest award in Gujarati literature. He was the recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Gujarati in 1992 for Devoni Ghati. Bholabhai Patel Chowk, a crossroad near Gujarat University, is named after him.

See also
 List of Gujarati-language writers

References

External links

1934 births
2012 deaths
Writers from Gujarat
Gujarati-language writers
Academic staff of Gujarat University
Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education
People from Gandhinagar district
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Gujarati
Indian literary critics
20th-century Indian translators
20th-century Indian essayists
Indian travel writers
Banaras Hindu University alumni
Recipients of the Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak
Scholars from Gujarat
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation


title: Nikolai Chukmaldin

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Nikolai Martemjanovich Chukmaldin (; 1836–1901) was a Russian merchant, author, enlightener and philanthropist.

Biography
Nikolai Chukmaldin was born in the Kulakovo village near Tyumen (Tobolsk Governorate, now Tyumen Region). He was a son of the Russian Old Believer farmers Martemjan Potapovich and Melanja Egorovna.

Chukmaldin started his career as a counterman for merchants Reshetnikovs. Then he established his own business, he traded wool, tea, leather, grain. Chukmaldin tried unsuccessfully to build a weaving mill in Kulakovo and a match factory in Tyumen. In the early 1860s, he was part of a circle under the leadership of Konstantin Vysotsky (ru).

In the 1870s, Chukmaldin moved to Moscow, where he continued to engage in trade, but remembered about Tyumen.

He built a school, a stone church, a bank, a carpet factory, a baker's shop in Kulakovo. Chukmaldin helped to Tyumen cultural institutions, included the Alexander Real School and Aid Society for Students. He supported the artist Ivan Kalganov. He established a museum at the Real School by selling an Ivan Slovtsov's collection.

Chukmaldin wrote many articles for Tyumen, Tobolsk, Yekaterinburg, Saint Petersburg, Moscow printings. He travelled through Russian Empire (Crimea, North Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Grand Duchy of Finland), Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Palestine, Egypt and wrote books about his travels.

Nikolai Chukmaldin died in Berlin. He was buried in Kulakovo.

Legacy
Tyumen local historians consider Chukmaldin as an "outstanding Siberian enlightener" (выдающийся сибирский просветитель) and an "outstanding representative of  the Tyumen intelligentsia" (выдающийся представитель тюмен[ской] интеллигенции).

Since 2010, the Tyumen State University conducts the Chukmaldin's Readings (Чукмалдинские чтения), an academic conference on history and philology. In the same year an unnamed park in Tyumen was named in honor of Chukmaldin. In 2014, a monument to Chukmaldin was erected in the park.

References

Bibliography
Bespalova L. G., Bespalova Y. M. Chukmaldin Nikolai Martemjanovich // Bolshaya Tyumenskaya Entsiklopediya. Tyumen, 2004. Vol. 3, p. 401–402. (In Russian)
 Zhirov A. A. Chukmaldin Nikolai Martemjanovich // Kratkaya Entsiklopediya po Istorii Kupechestva i Kommertsii Sibiri. Novosibirsk, 1998. Vol. 4, part 2, p. 123–125. (In Russian)

External links

 Gorbacheva I. Chukmaldin Nikolai Martemjanovich (1836—1901). (In Russian)

1836 births
1901 deaths
Old Believers
People from Tyumensky Uyezd
Russian merchants
Philanthropists from the Russian Empire
19th-century writers from the Russian Empire
20th-century Russian writers
Russian enlighteners
19th-century businesspeople from the Russian Empire
19th-century philanthropists


title: Angelo Maccagnino

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Angelo Maccagnino, also known as Angelo da Siena (active 1447 – 1456), was an Italian Renaissance painter.

He was from Siena but became a pupil of Rogier van der Weyden and from 1447 court painter to Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara. Working alongside Cosme Tura, he contributed to the paintings of Muses for the Studiolo of the Palazzo Belfiore, Ferrara.

References

External links

Year of birth unknown
15th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Siena
Italian Renaissance painters
1456 deaths


title: Samsung Galaxy F series

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The Samsung Galaxy F series is a line of midrange smartphones manufactured by Samsung Electronics as part of their Galaxy line. The first model released in the series was the Samsung Galaxy F41, which was launched on October 8, 2020. The line is sold exclusively in India, Bangladesh and China. In India, the series consists of rebranded Galaxy M models sold exclusively for the Indian market through Flipkart.

Phones

2020

Galaxy F41

6.4" sAMOLED
Android 10, One UI 2
Exynos 9611
64 GB, 128 GB ROM / 6 GB RAM
64 MP, 8 MP ultrawide, 5 MP depth sensor, 32 MP selfie
6000 mAh battery

2021

2022

2023

See also
 Samsung Galaxy M series
 Samsung Galaxy A series
 Samsung Galaxy Alpha (2014), reportedly originally planned to be titled "Galaxy F"
 Samsung Galaxy

References

Samsung mobile phones
Samsung Galaxy
Android (operating system) devices
Samsung mobile series


title: Dennis High School

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Dennis High School, also known as Dennis Elementary School and Dennis Primary School, is a historic high school building for African-American students located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina. White students attended Bishopville High School, three blocks away. Although the law provided for a separate but equal education, $71,000 was allocated to build Bishopville for the whites while only Dennis was built for $17,000. The expenditures for student at BHS were $48.38 per student, but only $5.68 for each Black student at Dennis. When Dennis High School later burned down, the Black students were just made to double up with the elementary students for 12 years. Dennis was the only school in the county for black students, and no public bus service was provided until 1952.

The original L-shaped building is a one-story, load-bearing red brick Colonial Revival style structure that rests on a masonry foundation. Recessed symmetrical wings flank the main block. A third wing, which gave the building its original L-shape, houses the auditorium. A single classroom addition was built in 1954.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

References

African-American history of South Carolina
High schools in South Carolina
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
School buildings completed in 1936
Schools in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina


title: Maria Bondareva

text:
Maria Anatolyevna Bondareva (; born 28 November 1999) is a Russian former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the team that won the gold medal at the 2014 Junior European Championships. She is the 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival champion on the balance beam and with the team.

Career

Junior

2012
Bondareva competed at the International Gymnix in Montreal and helped her team win the gold medal. She also won the gold medal in the all-around and on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. She won the all-around gold medal at the Russian Championships in the Candidate Master of Sport category with a total score of 56.867. At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she helped the junior Russian team win the bronze medal, and she placed eighth in the all-around.

2013
Bondareva competed at the International Gymnix and helped the Russian team win the gold medal. She also tied for gold in the all-around with her teammate, Anastasia Dmitrieva, and she won the silver medal on the balance beam. Then at the Lugano Trophy, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Romanian gymnast Andreea Munteanu.

At the European Youth Olympic Festival, Bondareva won the team gold medal alongside Maria Kharenkova and Viktoria Kuzmina. She won the gold medal on the balance beam. She placed fifth in the all-around final with a score of 54.200. Then at the Japan Junior International, she placed sixth in the all-around and won the bronze medal on the uneven bars behind American Bailie Key and Romanian Andreea Iridon.

2014
Bondareva competed at the Junior Russian Championships, and she won the gold medal with her team. However, she pulled out of the all-around and event finals. At the European Championships she competed alongside Angelina Melnikova, Seda Tutkhalyan, Anastasia Dmitrieva, and Daria Skrypnik, and they won the team gold medal. In November, she competed at the KSI-Matsz Cup in Budapest and won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Ekaterina Sokova and Zsofia Kovacs.

Senior

2015
Bondareva became age-eligible for senior competition in 2015. In March, she competed at the Russian Championships in Penza. She won the gold medal with her team, and she placed eighth in the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise. She then competed at a friendly meet against Italy, Romania, and Colombia, and the Russian team won the gold medal. In October, she retired from gymnastics due to a back injury.

Competitive history

References

External links
Maria Bondareva on VK

Russian female artistic gymnasts
1999 births
Living people
People from Fryazino
European champions in gymnastics
Sportspeople from Moscow Oblast
21st-century Russian women


title: A Perfect Family

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A Perfect Family () is a 2012 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Genovese. It is a remake of Fernando León de Aranoa's Familia.

Cast
 Sergio Castellitto as Leone
 Claudia Gerini as Carmen
 Carolina Crescentini as Sole
 Marco Giallini as Fortunato
 Ilaria Occhini as Rosa
 Francesca Neri as Alicia

References

External links

2012 films
Italian remakes of foreign films
Remakes of Spanish films
Italian comedy films
2012 comedy films
Films directed by Paolo Genovese
2010s Italian-language films
2010s Italian films


title: James Carnes House

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James Carnes House, also known as "The Myrtles," is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1836, and is a two-story, Greek Revival style frame house.  It has a gable roof, weatherboard siding, brick foundation and stuccoed exterior end brick chimneys. The house features a large, two-story, pedimented portico on the front façade, with four larger square, frame columns with Doric order motif capitals. A large -story addition was added to the rear about 1900, when the house was made into a boarding house.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1836
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina
1836 establishments in South Carolina


title: Lundgrenfjellet

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Lundgrenfjellet is a mountain in Nathorst Land at Spitsbergen, Svalbard. It has a height of 1,054 m.a.s.l., and is named after Swedish geologist Sven Anders Bernhard Lundgren. The mountain is located south of Van Mijenfjorden, north of the glaciers of Vengebreen and Rånebreen, west of the valley of Danzigdalen.

References

Mountains of Spitsbergen


title: VNP and RC Marg Junction monorail station

text:
VNP and RC Marg Junction is a monorail station on Line 1 of the Mumbai Monorail. It was opened to the public on 2 February 2014, as part of the first phase of Line 1. It is located at the Busy Chembur Naka, which will in future also serve connectivity to Yellow line of Mumbai Metro.

References

Mumbai Monorail stations
Railway stations in India opened in 2014


title: Lindeth Tower

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Lindeth Tower is a Victorian folly in Silverdale, Lancashire, England. It is an embattled square tower of three storeys. It was built in 1842 by the Preston banker Hesketh Fleetwood. Elizabeth Gaskell stayed in the tower in the 1840s and 1850s and her novel Ruth was written there. Lindeth Tower is a Grade II listed building.

See also

Listed buildings in Silverdale, Lancashire

References

Buildings and structures in the City of Lancaster
Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
Folly towers in England
Towers completed in 1842
Silverdale, Lancashire


title: Monument Square Historic District (Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts)

text:
The Monument Square Historic District encompasses a city park and its surrounding buildings at the top of Breed's Hill in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.  The location is notable as the site of the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, early in the American Revolutionary War.  Monument Square was laid out in the 19th century, when the Bunker Hill Monument (a National Historic Landmark) was erected there.  The park is framed by predominantly residential buildings built in the mid-19th century.

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in northern Boston, Massachusetts

References

1987 establishments in Massachusetts
Charlestown, Boston
Greek Revival architecture in Massachusetts
Historic districts in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Boston
Victorian architecture in Massachusetts


title: Thomas Fraser House

text:
Thomas Fraser House, also known as Woodham House and Gregg House, is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built in 1847, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style house with a gable roof, weatherboard siding and a brick foundation. The front façade features a one-story porch supported by six round brick and stucco columns with prominent bases and Doric order capitals. At the rear of the house is the original kitchen, remodeled about 1900 into a farm office.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1847
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina
1847 establishments in South Carolina


title: O. maculata

text:
O. maculata may refer to:

 Oaracta maculata, a geometer moth
 Ocyropsis maculata, a comb jelly
 Odontocheilopteryx maculata, a snout moth
 Oeceoclades maculata, a monk orchid
 Oecia maculata, a long-horned moth
 Oedipoda maculata, a band-winged grasshopper
 Oligoria maculata, an American skipper
 Oliva maculata, a sea snail
 Onchidella maculata, a sea slug
 Ophryotrocha maculata, a ringed worm
 Orchis maculata, a perennial plant
 Orleanesia maculata, a plant native to South America
 Oxycera maculata, a soldier fly
 Oxychona maculata, a land snail
 Oxymeris maculata, an auger snail


title: Scott Roberts (voice actor)

text:
Scott Roberts is a Canadian voice, film and stage actor.

Voice roles

Animated series
The Little Prince (2010 TV series) - Ivory (the son of Anemone, in love with Euphony) in "The Planet of Music" arc

Anime
Cardfight!! Vanguard – Shin
D.I.C.E. –  Tak Carter
Di Gi Charat Nyo! – Yasushi Omocha
Doki Doki School Hours – Yuichi Kudo
Dragon Ball – Aftermath Spectator 6, Announcements, Blue Subordinate 2, Cop Glasses, Man with Megaphone, Monk 2,  Pamput, Soldier 3, Spectator 2 (Blue Water dub)
Dragon Ball GT – Boy in Arcade 1, Cop, Gohan, Negotiator, Oob (Blue Water dub)
Fancy Lala – Hoshizawa, TV Show Host
Flame of Recca – Recca Hanabishi
Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl – Shiro Ryujoji
Mobile Fighter G Gundam – George de Sand
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam – Kai Shiden
My-HiME – Masashi Takeda
Pretty Cure – Kirea
Scan2Go – Zero
The Law of Ueki – Inumaru
Tide-Line Blue – Orange-Haired Ulysses Tech, Ostrich Handler 1,  Ulysses Sonar Officer
Viper's Creed – Haruki
Zoids: Chaotic Century and Zoids: Guardian Force – Hiltz

Video games
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam – Apolly Bay
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 – Apolly Bay
Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam – Apolly Bay
Battle Assault 3 featuring Gundam Seed – Athrun Zala
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 – Kou Uraki
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Never Ending Tomorrow – Lowe Gule
InuYasha: The Secret of the Cursed Mask – Mokichi
Mega Man Powered Up – Oil Man

Film acting
(Malvolio 2009 Film) – Malvolio
(Shutout 2011 Film)  – Jim

References

External links

Living people
Canadian male film actors
Canadian male stage actors
Canadian male video game actors
Canadian male voice actors
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: History of Chinese Americans in Seattle

text:
Greater Seattle has had a Chinese American community almost since its founding in 1851. Chinese workers arriving in the 1860s were welcomed,  because the Seattle area was sparsely settled and workers were needed; within a few decades, however, newly arrived white settlers resented the Chinese workers, and there were several anti-Chinese riots as the whites attempted to expel the Chinese from the area. Chinese settlement persisted, with the immigrants settling in a well-defined Chinatown where they maintained their culture through family groups, associations, and churches. In the mid-20th century Chinese Americans joined with other immigrant groups to oppose racial discrimination. In 1962 a Chinese American became the first person of Asian ancestry to hold elective office in the state of Washington.

History
Chinese people were the first Asians to settle in Seattle, arriving directly from China or via San Francisco in the 1860s. The majority of these immigrants came from the area around Guangzhou (Canton). They worked as fishermen, cannery and mill workers, miners, loggers, or domestic help. Later they worked on railroad construction and building projects. Initially welcomed because of the region's labor shortage, the Chinese later became resented as more white settlers arrived. This resentment was felt in other states as well, notably California, and in 1882 it led to the passage of the federal Chinese Exclusion Act.

Racial tension in the Washington Territory came to a head in the 1880s during an economic recession. White workers, particularly mine workers, believed the Chinese workers were taking their jobs, and resorted to rioting and force to make the Chinese leave. The Seattle riot of 1886 led to the forced expulsion of some 350 Chinese men; many others left voluntarily. Other anti-Chinese riots in the area included the Tacoma riot of 1885 and the Attack on Squak Valley Chinese laborers, 1885 in what is now Issaquah. President Grover Cleveland ordered federal military forces into Seattle and other parts of the Washington Territory to restore order.  In 1886, Washington Territory added a constitutional provision barring aliens ineligible for citizenship from owning property, which effectively prohibited Chinese immigrants from land ownership.

At first the Chinese workers settled along the eastern edge of Pioneer Square, in the area now occupied by the 2nd Avenue Extension. A new Chinatown grew up in the early 1900s on fill land south of Pioneer Square. Its Wa Chong Co. was the first Asian-owned manufacturing business in America.  Japanese and Filipino residents also settled there. By the 1930s Chinatown and "Japantown" were distinct neighborhoods. Elementary schooling for children from both Seattle's Chinatown and Japantown primarily took place at Seattle's Main Street School and, later, Bailey Gatzert.

The Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II led to the abandonment of Japan Town and its takeover by other ethnic groups from Asia and the Pacific Islands. In 1951 the area was renamed the Seattle Chinatown-International District to reflect its growing diversity.

In the 1930s, the Chinese American community united with the Japanese American and Filipino American communities to fight a proposed ban on interracial marriage. Later the same communities rallied against other discriminatory practices such as restrictive housing and racial preference in hiring. In the late 1960s, inspired by the Civil Rights Movement and student opposition to the Vietnam War, these traditional coalitions were formalized as the Asian Coalition for Equality, the Oriental Student Movement, and the Asian American Student Coalition.

In 1962 Wing Luke became the first Asian American to hold elected office (Seattle City Council) in Washington state.

The Wah Mee massacre, in which 13 people were killed during a robbery, took place in Seattle's Chinatown–International District in 1983.

In 1997 Gary Locke was elected governor of the state of Washington, becoming the first, and  the only, Chinese American to serve as governor of a state; in 2009 he became the first Chinese American ambassador to China.

Demographics
As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 45,018 Chinese Americans living in King County, including 3,088 who identified themselves as Taiwanese. Members of the Chinese American community run the gamut from those whose families have lived in the United States for generations to recent immigrants.

Culture
Chinese settlers in the Seattle area maintained their identity through tongs and family associations such as Gee How Oak Tin. The Chong Wa Benevolent Association, a coalition of Chinese American groups and businesses, was chartered in 1910. Churches such as the Chinese Baptist Church also served to unite the community.

The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience (nicknamed "The Wing") is located in the Chinatown-International District and is housed in the East Kong Yick Building, a restored 1910 building. It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution.

Media
The Seattle Chinese Times is published in Seattle.

Chinese Radio Seattle () operates on 1150 AM.

Seattle Chinese Portal (simplified Chinese: 西雅图中文网; traditional Chinese: 西雅圖中文網;

Education
The Northwest Chinese School (), which teaches Chinese, mathematics, and other classes to students aged 4–18, is held at Newport High School in Bellevue. It is the largest weekend Chinese school in the United States. As of 2013 95% of the students are of Asian ancestry while 5% are not.

The Seattle Chinese School () holds its classes at Interlake High School in Bellevue.

Notable residents
 Ron Chew
 Charlie Chong
 Ruby Chow
 Bruce Lee
 Ed Lee
 Eric Liu
 Gary Locke
 Keye Luke
 Wing Luke
 Sui Sin Far

See also

 History of the Japanese in Seattle

References

Further reading
 Chew, Ron. Reflections of Seattle's Chinese Americans: the first 100 years. University of Washington Press, 1994. , 9780295974125
 Liu, Eric, A Chinaman's Chance: One Family’s Journey and the Chinese American Dream. Public Affairs, 2014.
 Reflections of Seattle's Chinese Americans Bai Nian Gan Ku : the First Hundred Years. Wing Luke Asian Museum (Seattle), 2003. - See record at Seattle Public Library
 Voices of the Second Wave: Chinese Americans in Seattle : Oral Histories of 35 Chinese Americans Who Immigrated 1934-1968. East West Insights (Seattle), 2011 - See record at Seattle Public Library
 Asian Americans and Seattle's civil rights history, Seattle Civil Rights and Labor History Project, University of Washington.

External links
 Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce (T: 西雅圖中華商會, S: 西雅图中华商会, P: Xīyǎtú Zhōnghuá Shānghuì)
 Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC; S: 仁人服务社, T: 仁人服務社, P: Rénrén Fúwù Shè)
 Organization of Chinese Americans (OCA) Greater Seattle Chapter
 Chinese American Citizens Alliance Seattle Lodge (Seattle C.A.C.A.)
 Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Association
 Northwest Chinese School

History of Seattle
Chinese-American history by location


title: Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe

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Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 268. It is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg, comprising the districts of Hohenlohekreis and Schwäbisch Hall.

Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe was created for the 1980 federal election. Since 2002, it has been represented by Christian von Stetten of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU).

Geography
Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe is located in northeastern Baden-Württemberg. As of the 2021 federal election, it comprises the districts of Hohenlohekreis and Schwäbisch Hall.

History
Schwäbisch Hall – Hohenlohe was created in 1980, then known as Schwäbisch Hall. It acquired its current name in the 1994 election. In the 1980 through 1998 elections, it was constituency 172 in the numbering system. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 269. Since the 2009 election, it has been number 268. Its borders have not changed since its creation.

Members
The constituency was first represented by Philipp Jenninger of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1980 to 1990, followed by Wolfgang von Stetten from 1990 to 2002. Christian von Stetten has been representative since 2002.

Election results

2021 election

2017 election

2013 election

2009 election

References

Federal electoral districts in Baden-Württemberg
1980 establishments in West Germany
Constituencies established in 1980
Hohenlohekreis
Schwäbisch Hall (district)


title: Albert Manthe

text:
Albert August Karl Manthe (18 August 1847, in Angermünde – 4 February 1929, in Berlin) was a German sculptor.

He studied at the Prussian Academy of Art under August Julius Streichenberg, Hermann Schievelbein and Hugo Hagen. After some further training in London, he lived in Berlin for the rest of his life. Models, sketches and other items from his estate may be seen at the Heimatmuseum Angermünde.

Selected major works
 1888: Berlin, Statues representing "Kriegskunst" and "Naturwissenschaft" (The Art of War and the Natural Sciences) in the City Palace (destroyed).
 1888: Berlin, Colossal bust of the young Kaiser Wilhelm II, carved in gypsum.
 1890: Berlin, Marble bust of Gustav Meyer on a red granite base in Treptower Park.
 1892: Spandau, Statue of Kaiser Friedrich III, at the north end of the Charlotte Bridge. It was dismantled in 1926 and reassembled at Hakenfelde in 1932. Its whereabouts are currently unknown.
 1893: Weißwasser, Upper Lusatia, Memorial for the Franco-Prussian War with a double figure of Kaisers Wilhelm I and Friedrich III, on the Kaiserplatz
 1900: Berlin, Siegesallee (Victory Avenue) project, Group 18, with John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg as the central figure, flanked by Eitelwolf von Stein (died 1515), co-founder of the University of Viadrina, and Busso VII von Alvensleben, Landeshauptmann of Altmark.
 1900: Stralsund, Ernst Moritz Arndt Memorial, at the Gymnasium.
 1909: Small statues of Fritz Reuter which served as models for the Reuter Monument in  Stavenhagen.
 1916: Berlin, bronze bust of Franz Ludwig Späth at the Späth family burial grounds in the Luisenstädtischer Friedhof.

Sources
 Iris Berndt; Kornelia Woitalka: Der künstlerische Nachlaß des Bildhauers Albert Manthe im Heimatmuseum Angermünde. Angermünde, 1996, no ISBN
 Catalog: Albert Manthe als Mensch und Künstler, from the "Ehm Welk and Heimatmuseum Angermünde", edited by Judith Winkler, Iris Berndt and Jörg Kuhn, Angermünde 2007

External links

1847 births
1929 deaths
German male sculptors
Prussian Academy of Arts alumni
20th-century German sculptors
20th-century German male artists
19th-century German sculptors
19th-century German male artists


title: William Apollos James House

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William Apollos James House is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built in 1903, as a one-story, Folk Victorian cottage with a center gabled dormer. It was enlarged and altered in 1911, in the Colonial Revival style, with the addition of a second story with hipped roof, and a hip-roofed wraparound porch. It was the home of William Apollos James (1857–1930), prominent state representative, agriculturalist, businessman, and community leader of Lee County.  Also on the property is a collection of historic and interesting flora in its ornamental and fruit garden, along with mature trees and shrubs. The house serves as the headquarters for the Lee County Historical Society.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1911
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina


title: Manaos (disambiguation)

text:
Manáos is an old name for Manaus, a city in Amazonas, Brazil.

Manaos may also refer to:
 Manaos Athletic Club, a defunct football club in Manáos
 Manaos (film), a 1978 Spanish-Italian-Mexican adventure film
 , a soft drink produced by Refres Now S.A.


title: Rosamund Lupton

text:
Rosamund Jane Lupton (née Orde-Powlett), is a British writer. She studied literature at Cambridge University. She is perhaps best known for her novels Sister, Afterwards, The Quality of Silence and Three Hours

Early life and family
Lupton was born 22 July 1964, the daughter of  the Hon. Patrick Christopher Orde-Powlett, son of  Nigel Amyas Orde-Powlett, 6th Baron Bolton of Bolton Castle. On 1 May 1999 she married Martin Geoffrey Francis Lupton, son of Geoffrey Charles Martineau Lupton (1930-2019) who was the grandson of Leeds Lord Mayor Hugh Lupton.

Career
In her first novel Sister, Lupton tells the story of Beatrice, living in New York, in search for Tess, her missing sister, who lives in London.

Sister sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide. It has been translated in 30 languages, and it is a best-seller on the New York Times and Sunday Times lists. It received positive reviews from critics.

Her second novel Afterwards was awarded "best mystery books of 2012" by the Seattle Times, and "best book of 2012" by Amazon.com.

FilmNation optioned the film rights to her third novel, The Quality of Silence, in March 2016. Her new novel 'Three Hours' was published in January 2020 and is a Sunday Times bestseller and the Times thriller of the year

Rosamund Lupton was a winner of Carlton Television's new writers' competition, and before being a novelist, she was a script-writer for television and film, writing original screenplays.

Works

References

External links

1964 births
Living people
English women novelists
21st-century English novelists
21st-century English women
Alumni of the University of Cambridge


title: Medal for Defence Operations Abroad

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The Medal for Defence Operations Abroad () is a military medal of Norway. Established 1 April 2005, the medal currently recognises 30 days of service abroad in a designated operational area with the Norwegian Armed Forces. Participation as part of an international military staff is also creditable, so long as the service is in the area of operations.

Criteria
Upon its establishment on 1 April 2005, the Medal for Defence Operations Abroad was awarded for 90 days service in an overseas military operation as designated by the Chief of Defence. After 1 April 2011, personnel are eligible for award of the medal after 30 days of service, instead of the previous 90 days. This change in length of required service had no retroactive effect on eligibility for the Medal for Defence Operations Abroad.

Personnel typically serve with a Norwegian Armed Forces unit to be eligible for this medal. Norwegian personnel who serve on a multinational staff, as part of the operation, are also eligible as long as the service was performed in the area of operations. Personnel who are wounded without completing the specified length of service may be awarded the medal. Foreign personnel who serve with Norwegian units are also eligible for award of the Medal for Defence Operations Abroad.

Appearance
The Medal for Defence Operations Abroad is round made of a bronze colored metal with a matte finish. The obverse of the medal bears the Coat of Arms of Norway superimposed over a sword. On either side of the sword's hilt are the words SEMPER PARATUS (Always prepared). The reverse depicts an 8-point compass rose. This design is used for all versions of the medal, with the suspension and service ribbons varying for service in different countries and operations. Roman numerals are attached to the ribbon to indicate multiple awards of the same medal.

Ribbons
The ribbons of the medal are typically representative of the country where service was performed. The edges of each ribbon are the same, with the colors taken from the Flag of Norway. The colors in the center often come from the colors in the flags of the countries where operations took place. When more than one medal representing service in multiple areas is worn, the medals and ribbons are worn by date of Norway's military involvement in the operation.

References

Military awards and decorations of Norway
Awards established in 2005
2005 establishments in Norway


title: The Fluffy Movie

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The Fluffy Movie is a 2014 American stand-up comedy film directed by Manny Rodriguez and starring Gabriel Iglesias. The film was released in theaters on July 25, 2014, by Open Road Films. The concert movie was filmed at two shows on February 28, 2014, and March 1, in San Jose, California at the SAP Center.

Cast
Though the movie centers around Gabriel Iglesias in his stand-up shows, it shows several people in flashbacks who are portrayed by actors.
Gabriel Iglesias
Jacqueline Obradors as Esther P. Mendez
Jeremy Ray Valdez as Jesús Iglesias
Julio César Chávez Jr. as Young Gabe
Gina Brillon as Carmen
Ron White as Doctor
Ray William Johnson as Nurse
Tommy Chong as Video Store Clerk
Eddie "Piolín" Sotelo as Emcee

Additionally, DJ Chuy Gomez and Martin Moreno, both close friends of Iglesias, cameo in the film as themselves close to the beginning of the film.

Production
On February 13, 2014, it was announced that the film would be released on July 11, 2014, with Open Road Films distributing the film. The concert movie was filmed at two shows on February 28, 2014, and March 1, in San Jose, California.

Release
On July 25, 2014, the film received a limited release at 432 theaters in the United States.

Critical response
Upon its release, The Fluffy Movie was met with mixed reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 57% approval rating with an average rating of 5.4/10 based on 14 reviews. On Metacritic, the film achieved an average score of 56 out of 100 based on 11 reviews, signifying "mixed or average reviews".

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave a positive review of the film, remarking that Iglesias "delivers a solid set of often highly personal material that’s consistently amusing even if it never quite hits the level of hilarity". He further noted that Iglesias "is a likeable presence, and his fluid delivery, complete with spot-on accents and sound effects, is consistently engaging." Conversely, Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly gave the film a C and said, "While Iglesias is perfectly competent as a comedian, he lacks the ability to really wrap his arms around his own personal narrative." Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post gave the film two-and-a-half stars, writing that the film's "principal weakness is that it’s not much of a movie". However, Jenkins went on to note that "The balance between the hilarious and the heartwarming is carefully maintained."

Box office
In North America, the film opened to number 17 in its first weekend, with $1,311,446.

References

External links

2014 films
American comedy films
Stand-up comedy concert films
2014 comedy films
Gulfstream Pictures films
Open Road Films films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: William Rogers House (Bishopville, South Carolina)

text:
William Rogers House, also known as Tindal House, is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style house.  The front façade features a large two-story pedimented portico. This portico has four large square, frame columns with Doric order capitals.  William Rogers' grandson was Thomas G. McLeod, who served as South Carolina's governor from 1923 to 1927. During his childhood McLeod was a frequent visitor to this home.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1845
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina


title: Sejm of 1611

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The Sejm of 1611 was a meeting of the parliament of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, which took place in Warsaw between September 26 and November 9, 1611. It was called to analyze the ongoing war with Russia (see Polish–Muscovite War (1605–18)), and the recapture of the city of Smolensk (see Siege of Smolensk (1609–11)). Marshal of the Sejm was an official from Lwow, Jan Swoszowski.

During the session, King Sigismund III Vasa tried to promote a bill which introduced conscription, and to persuade the envoys that the war with Russia should be continued. The Sejm ordered extra taxes, but this was not enough to finance military effort of the Commonwealth: also, the king appropriated some of the tax money, to cover the cost of Siege of Smolensk, for which he paid with his private funds. No money was sent to the Commonwealth garrison stationed in the Moscow Kremlin.

On October 16, a Russian delegation came to Warsaw, asking the Sejm to immediately send Duke Wladyslaw to Moscow. On October 29, Crown Hetman Stanislaw Zolkiewski made a triumphant entry into Warsaw, marching along Krakowskie Przedmiescie to the Royal Castle. Zolkiewski led with him Tsar Vasili IV of Russia, his brothers Dmitry and Ivan, as well as Russian military commander Mikhail Shein and Patriarch Philaret of Moscow. Zolkiewski gave a speech and then presented the Russian officials to the Polish Senate.

1611 in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Poland–Russia relations


title: A.C. Doukas School

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A.C. Doukas School (Greek: Αθλητικός Σύλλογος Εκπαιδευτηρίων Δούκα/Α.Σ.Ε.Δ.) is a Greek multisport club based in Marousi, Athens. It was founded in 1979 by Doukas School and its colour is blue and white. The home of the club is the Dais gymnasium in Marousi. The club has teams in Handball, Basketball, Track and Field, futsal, Badminton and Gymnastics.

Basketball team

The basketball team was founded in the early 1990s. Nowadays, men's team plays in Beta Ethniki (third-tier level). The most successful era of the club history was the period 2003–2007, when the club played in A2 category (second-tier level).

Handball team
The handball team is the most successful team of the club having won many championships and cups of both men's and women's. Men's team has won 3 championship and 4 cup and women's team has won 1 championship and 1 cup. Men's Doukas team plays in A1 Ethniki (first division). In current season it finished in seventh place and the previous year it had finished in third place.

Men's team recent seasons

Honours
Men's team
Greek Championship
Winner (3): 1998, 2001, 2008
Greek Cup
Winner (4): 1998, 1999, 2008, 2010

Women's team
Greek Championship
Winner (1): 1994
Greek Cup
Winner (1): 1994

European record
Men's team

Doukas Futsal team
Doukas Futsal team was founded in 1996. It plays almost constantly in the first division championship and has won 3 championship and 4 cups.

Honours
Greek Championship (6): 2001, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023
Greek Futsal Cup (4): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2015

Athletics team
Doukas has a section of athletics. Many notable Greek athletes have transferred in Doukas. Cases in point are Niki Bakogianni, Angeliki Tsiolakoudi and Stella Tsikouna.

References

External links
Official website
Basketball team

Multi-sport clubs in Athens
Sports clubs and teams in Athens
Handball clubs in Greece
Futsal clubs in Greece
Futsal clubs established in 1996


title: Phaeozem

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A Phaeozem in the World Reference Base for Soil Resources (WRB) is a dark soil with a high base status, but without a secondary carbonates within one metre of the soil surface. Most Phaeozems correlate with the Udolls (Mollisols) of the USDA soil taxonomy.

These soils are found mainly in humid and sub-humid tall-grass steppes; there are extensive areas of them in the United States, Argentina and China. Phaeozems form from unconsolidated sediments such as loess and glacial till and typically have organic matter contents of about 5% and a pH of 5–7.

Intensive agricultural use is widespread and includes wheat, soybean and cotton production and improved pastures for cattle.

See also
Pedogenesis
Pedology
Soil classification

References
 IUSS Working Group WRB: World Reference Base for Soil Resources, fourth edition. International Union of Soil Sciences, Vienna 2022.  ().

Further reading
 W. Zech, P. Schad, G. Hintermaier-Erhard: Soils of the World. Springer, Berlin 2022, Chapter 5.3.1.

External links
 profile photos (with classification) WRB homepage
 profile photos (with classification) IUSS World of Soils

Pedology
Types of soil


title: Iran–Kuwait relations

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Kuwait and Iran have longstanding historical ties spanning hundreds of years, particularly in the pre-oil era. Relations were negatively influenced by the Iranian Revolution in 1979 and the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. Relations improved after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

20th century
Historically, Kuwait had close political, economic, and cultural ties to Iran. In 1961, Kuwait became an independent country gaining its sovereignty. In the 1980s, Kuwait sided with Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War. As for the result, Iranian–Kuwaiti relations were damaged and Iran had placed Kuwaiti ships, including tankers, under attack. Kuwait's relations with Iran later improved when Iran denounced Iraq for invading Kuwait in the Gulf War at 1991.

Recent history
Iran's foreign policy shifted with the election of more hardline Ahmadinejad in 2005, negatively influenced its relationship with the international community. Things improved when Hassan Rouhani came to power in 2013. In 2014, Kuwait Foreign Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said its keen on developing "excellent and historical" relationship with Iran.

Kuwait is concerned about Iranian regional ambitions, finding Iranian influence in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon not welcomed. However, Kuwait continues to maintain friendly relations with Iran. In 2018, after U.S. President Donald Trump announced the United States withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal Kuwait opted to maintain formal ties with Iran while Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates voiced strong support for the withdrawal. Previously Kuwait declined to follow Saudi Arabia's lead in severing diplomatic relations following the 2016 attack on the Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran.

In 2018, Kuwait's announced plans for economic development, such as the "Silk City project", includes developing mutually beneficial economic ties with Iran (similar to Iran's current economic ties with Dubai of the United Arab Emirates).

During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Kuwait provided US$10 million in humanitarian aid to Iran.

On March 26, 2022, Iran said that an agreement signed this week by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to develop the Durra gas field was "illegal" since Tehran has a stake in the field and must be included in any move to operate and develop it.

On April 13, 2022, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait invited Iran to conduct talks on Wednesday to define the eastern border of a combined, energy-rich offshore area, according to the Saudi state news agency SPA.

On July 27, 2023, Kuwait's Oil minister Saad Al Barrak announced plans to begin drilling for gas without first signing an agreement with Iran.

On August 3, 2023, In an escalating feud with Iran, Kuwait along with Saudi Arabia announced that they have “exclusive ownership” of the natural resources in the disputed Durra offshore gas field. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji stressed that Tehran will pursue its rights over the Durra-Arash gas field if there is “no willingness” from the other side to “reach an understanding.” The same day Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Salem Abdullah al-Jaber Al-Sabah received an official invite to Iran during a meeting with Mohammad Totonchi, the Gulf state’s newly appointed Iranian ambassador. It is expected that the upcoming visit will center around de-escalating tensions over the gas field.

Historical migrations
'Ajam of Kuwait (Persians of Kuwait) are Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin, who migrated to Kuwait over the last couple of hundred years. Historically, Persian ports provided most of Kuwait's economic needs. Marafi Behbahani was one of the first merchants to settle in Kuwait in the 18th century.

Most Shia Kuwaiti citizens are of Iranian ancestry. However, many Kuwaitis of Iranian origin are Sunni  Muslims such as the Al-Kandari and Awadhi families of Larestani ancestry. Some Kuwaitis of Iranian Balochi origin are Sunni Muslim. Balochi families first immigrated to Kuwait in the 19th century.

The Persian sub-dialects of Larestani, Khonji, Bastaki and Gerashi have influenced the vocabulary of Kuwaiti Arabic.

Further reading
 Rerouting the Persian Gulf: The Transnationalization of Iranian Migrant Networks, c.1900–1940
 The Shia Migration from Southwestern Iran to Kuwait: Push-Pull Factors during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
 Kuwait and Iran: Mutual Contact in the Pre-oil Era
Between Modern and National Education: The ‘Ajam Schools of Bahrain and Kuwait

See also
 'Ajam of Kuwait
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait)

References

Kuwait
Iran


title: Kieran O'Reilly

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Kieran O'Reilly may refer to:

Kieran O'Reilly (bishop) (born 1952), bishop of Killaloe
Kieran O'Reilly (performer) (born 1979), musician and actor


title: The Manor (Bishopville, South Carolina)

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The Manor, also known as The Tisdale House, now The Cullifer Manor is an historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built between 1914 and 1918, and is a two-story, rectangular Neoclassical style brick dwelling. It has a gable roof and two interior brick chimneys. On the front façade is a free-standing, two-story portico with six wooden Corinthian order columns, and a balustrade, and decorative railing along the roofline.  Also on the property are two original, one-story brick, hip-roofed buildings which serve as a garage and storage area for the main house.

The home was recently purchased on September 18, 2020, by Kevin and Jenna Cullifer.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1918
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina


title: McArthur Binion

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McArthur Binion (born 1946) is an American artist based in Chicago, Illinois. Binion was born in Macon, Mississippi. He holds a BFA from Wayne State University (1971) in Detroit, Michigan, and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He was a Professor of Art at Columbia College in Chicago from 1993 to 2015.

Early life
McArthur Binion was born on September 1, 1946, on a cotton farm in Macon, Mississippi, to Russell Earl Binion and Martha Binion in a family of 11 children. In 1951, his family moved to Detroit.

Career
Binion received his BFA from Wayne State University, Detroit, in 1971, and his MFA from the Cranbook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, in 1973.  In 1973, he moved to New York, where Binion worked amidst and befriended many other artists of the era working in the city, such as Jean Michel-Basquiat and Sol Lewitt. The same year he moved to New York, Binion was selected for a group show at Artists Space, the non-profit organization's second exhibition co-curated by Mr. Lewitt and Carl Andre. Binion's paintings have since appeared in the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Studio Museum in New York, and the Detroit Institute of Art. In 1991, Binion moved to Chicago, where he took a position as Professor of Art at Columbia College in 1993. Though he worked continuously during that period, he exhibited his work infrequently until Chicago dealer Kavi Gupta began representing him in 2013. Binion was represented by Kavi Gupta and Galerie Lelong & Co. until he joined Lehmann Maupin and Massimo De Carlo galleries in 2018. In 2017, Binion was included the Christine Macel's curated VIVA ARTE VIVA for the 57th Venice Biennale, where his paintings from his DNA series received notable mention. A 2019 front page article in The New York Times recognized him, and others, as among a "generation of African-American artists in their 70s and 80s who are enjoying a market renaissance after decades of indifference."

Work

McArthur Binion's work primarily consists of minimalist abstract paintings, created using crayons, oil stick, and ink, often on rigid surfaces such as wood or aluminum. For many years, Binion has been incorporating laser-prints as a collaged ground on top of which he applies other mediums.  Binion says that what he takes away from minimalism in his creative process is “that you want to do your own stuff in your own image.” His work has been compared to Dorothea Rockburne, Robert Mangold, Robert Ryman and Jasper Johns’s “The Dutch Wives” paintings at times.

Binion identifies as a "Rural Modernist," and says that his work "begins at the crossroads—at the intersection of Bebop improvisation and Abstract Expressionism.”  His work is influenced by modernist artists such as Kasimir Severinovich Malevich, Piet Mondrian, and Wifredo Lam. He is considered "expressionistic, grided abstract paintings have garnered significant (albeit long-overdue) attention."

In his most recent exhibition (the DNA Study series), Binion's paintings aren’t fully abstract, but attempt to talk about the black experience and his personal history at the same time. Acting as a kind of template for gridded marks in black, white and occasionally brightly colored oil-paint-stick layered on top, are pages from Binion's 1970's handwritten phone books, passport ID and negatives of his birth certificate.

Selected exhibitions

2019: Ghost: Rhythms & Haints, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
2018: Binion/Saarinen: The McArthur Binion Project, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
2017: VIVA ARTE VIVA, 57th Venice Biennale
2012: Perspectives 177: McArthur Binion, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX

Gallery representation
McArthur Binion is represented by Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong and Seoul; Massimo De Carlo, Milan, London, and Hong Kong; Xavier Hufkens, Brussels; and Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.

References

External links
 McArthur Binion: DNA Study
McArthur Binion: Ghost: Rhythms

Living people
1946 births
African-American contemporary artists
American contemporary painters
People from Macon, Mississippi
African-American painters
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American people


title: Spencer House (Bishopville, South Carolina)

text:
Spencer House, also known as the Gene McLendon House, is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1845, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style house. It features a two-story, pedimented portico supported by four square frame pillars with Doric order capitals. The house has a one-story, gable roofed rear ell with a large exterior brick chimney.  It is very similar in floor plan and appearance to the William Rogers House.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1845
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina


title: Katharine Barker

text:
Katharine Barker may refer to:

 Katharine Barker (actress) (born 1941), English actress
 Katharine Marie Barker (1891–1984), American painter
 Kate Barker (Katharine Mary Barker, born 1957), British economist

See also
 Katherine Barker (disambiguation)
 Catherine Barker, British figure skater
 Kate Barker (disambiguation)
 Kathy Barker (born 1953), American scientist and science fiction writer


title: Tall Oaks

text:
Tall Oaks, also known as the S. McLendon House, is a historic home located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1847, and is a two-story, vernacular Greek Revival style house. It has a hipped roof and rests on a brick foundation. On the front façade is a two-story, gable-roofed pedimented portico with four large stuccoed brick columns and Doric order capitals. An original brick kitchen still stands behind the main house.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1847
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina
1847 establishments in South Carolina


title: Another Setting

text:
Another Setting is the third studio album by English band The Durutti Column, released in August 1983.

Track listing
All music written by Vini Reilly.

A1. "Prayer" - 3:09
A2. "Response" - 3:16
A3. "Bordeaux" - 2:13
A4. "For a Western" - 2:26
A5. "The Beggar" - 2:06
B1. "Francesca" - 3:37
B2. "Smile in the Crowd" - 3:45
B3. "You've Heard It Before" - 3:33
B4. "Dream of a Child" - 2:56
B5. "Second Family" - 3:26
B6. "Spent Time" - 2:44

2015 Factory Benelux reissue (FBN-30-CD):

 "Prayer"
 "Response"
 "Bordeaux"
 "For a Western"
 "The Beggar"
 "Francesca"
 "Smile in the Crowd"
 "You've Heard It Before"
 "Dream of a Child"
 "Second Family"
 "Spent Time"
 "I Get Along Without You Very Well"
 "Love Fading"
 "For Noriko"
 "Bordeaux" (live at WOMAD)
 "The Beggar" (live at La Cigale)
 "Piece for Out of Tune Grande Piano"

2018, April 21 Factory Benelux Record Store Day reissue (FBN 30 limited edition of 800 copies includes exclusive live disc in clear vinyl):

A1. "Prayer"
A2. "Response"
A3. "Bordeaux"
A4. "For a Western"
A5. "The Beggar"
B1. "Francesca"
B2. "Smile in the Crowd"
B3. "You've Heard It Before"
B4. "Dream of a Child"
B5. "Second Family"
B6. "Spent Time"
C1. "Sketch for Dawn" (live)
C2. "Sketch for Summer" (live)
C3. "Conduct" (live)
C4. "Pauline" (live)
C5. "Jacqueline" (live)
D1. "Stains" (live)
D2. "Estoril a Noite" (live)
D3. "The Beggar" (live)
D4. "I Get Along Without You Very Well"

The core album on disc 1 and a previously unreleased live performance from Pandora's Box Festival in Rotterdam (2 September 1983) on disc 2. The gatefold sleeve is printed on white matt board. Includes a download code for a digital copy of the vinyl tracks.

Personnel
 The Durutti Column
 Vini Reilly – instruments
with:
 Bruce Mitchell - percussion
 Simon Topping - trumpet
 Maunagh Fleming - cor anglais
Technical
Mark Farrow - graphic design
Jackie Williams - paintings, artwork
Ged Murray - photography

Legacy
In 1989, primary Depeche Mode songwriter Martin L. Gore released a cover of "Smile in the Crowd" on his first solo release, Counterfeit EP.

External links

References

1983 albums
The Durutti Column albums
Factory Records albums


title: Tanglewood Plantation

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Tanglewood Plantation, also known as the Ellison Durant Smith House, is a historic plantation house located at Lynchburg, Lee County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, Greek Revival-style clapboard house. It was the seat of a forced-labor farm whose white owners enslaved a large number of African-Americans, including the ancestors of political activist Briahna Joy Gray. The farm's primary crop was cotton.

The building has a two-story pedimented front portico supported by four square columns on freestanding brick piers. A two-story projecting wing was added to the west façade in 1915, as well as a kitchen ell alteration to the south (rear) façade. Outbuildings include a pine clapboard kitchen building, a round-cut log constructed smokehouse, and a one-room schoolhouse.

Tanglewood was the birthplace of the educationalist John Andrew Rice. It was later the home of Ellison Durant "Cotton Ed" Smith, a United States Senator from 1908 to 1944 widely known for his virulently racist and segregationist views and his advocacy of white supremacy. It was also the home of Alexander Coke Smith, Bishop of the Methodist Conference from 1902 until 1906.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

References

Plantation houses in South Carolina
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1850
Houses in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina
African-American history of South Carolina


title: Grete Paia

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Grete Paia (born 27 August 1995) is an Estonian singer and songwriter. She is best known internationally for competing in Eesti Laul 2013 and later in Eesti Laul 2016. She also competed in Eesti Laul 2019 and in Eesti Laul 2022 in a duet with Andrei Zevakin.

Early life
Grete Paia was born on 27 August 1995 in Kuressaare, Estonia on the island of Saaremaa. She attended Kuressaare Gymnasium (Kuressaare Gümnaasium).

Career
On 13 December 2012, Paia was announced as one of the twenty finalists for Eesti Laul 2013 with her Estonian language song "Päästke noored hinged" (Save the souls of the young). She competed in the first semi-final, held on 16 February 2013, and performed in the seventh position. It was revealed that she was not one of the jury's five qualifiers, placing sixth out of ten, but placed first in the public vote and was able to advance to the final, ending in third place.

In the final, held on 2 March 2013, Paia performed in the final position out of ten. She placed fifth with the jury and first with the public and was able to advance to the superfinal, being one of the top two. In the superfinal, she competed against Birgit Õigemeel and her song "Et uus saaks alguse". She lost in the public vote-only superfinal and placed second behind the winner, Õigemeel.

On 5 November 2015, it was announced that Paia would return to Eesti Laul 2016 with a song called "Stories Untold". She finished 7th place in the final.

On 1 December 2018, it was announced that Paia would participate in Eesti Laul 2019 with her song "Kui isegi kaotan". The song failed to qualify, as despite it finishing in the top 6 in the semi it was not in the top 4 in the jury ranking, nor did it receive enough televotes in the second round of voting.

Paia is competing in Eesti Laul 2022 as a feature artist on Andrei Zevakin's song "Mis nüüd saab", so far they have progressed to the semi-final round after qualifying through the televote.

References

Living people
1995 births
People from Kuressaare
21st-century Estonian women singers
Estonian songwriters
Estonian pop singers
Eesti Laul contestants


title: Flow (rapper)

text:
Widner DeGruy, also known by his stage name Flow, is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. He began his music career with hip hop group, The Flamez and is the CEO of Flame Gang Music. In 2012, he signed to Lil Wayne's label Young Money Entertainment. That same year, Flow formed another group called L.A.T. (Loyalty Amongst Thieves) with rappers Gudda Gudda and Kevin Gates. Flow would tour with labelmate Lil Wayne.

Career

2008–present: Career beginnings and mixtapes
In 2008, Flow released numerous freestyles with fellow New Orleans rappers DY and Skitz on the mixtape, How 2 Grind Vol. 2. Flow also formed the hip hop group, The Flamez and the label Flame Gang Music with his friends 12 Shotty and Slim Boogie And their music producer Niyo Davinci. In 2009, DeGruy released his debut mixtape, Heroic Vol. 1 as "Flow da Esho Hero" on Flame Gang Music. DeGruy got signed to Lil Wayne's Young Money Entertainment after featuring on the song, "Inkredibles" with T@, Thugga, and Raw Dizzy and Chris Flow . The song appeared on Wayne's, Sorry 4 the Wait. In August 2012, Flow released his second mixtape, Wolf All Produced By Niyo Davinci on Flame Gang Music, Young Money Entertainment, and Cash Money Records.

After frequently collaborating with singer Christian Radke, Radke and Flow released a collaboration mixtape titled, Brothers from Another Kolor on February 13, 2013. In The mixtape was released on iTunes on June 14, 2014. In March 2014, Flow appeared on the song, "Fresher Than Ever" with rappers Jae Millz, Gudda Gudda, Chris Flow Birdman, and Mack Maine on the Young Money compilation album, Young Money: Rise of an Empire. On June 3, 2014, Flow released his third mixtape, Withdrawals on Flame Gang Music, Young Money Entertainment, and Cash Money Records. The mixtape was supported by the two singles, "Withdrawals" and "Fuck Off".

Legal issues
In July 2013, DeGruy was arrested for attempted first-degree murder in Chalmette and two counts of armed robbery. DeGruy was arrested in the Oakland, California, area recently by a U.S. Marshal's task force and was returned to Chalmette for prosecution after waiving extradition. DeGruy had fled to California after arrest warrants alleged that he had shot at, and narrowly missed, a man he knew on April 29. He allegedly had beaten and robbed two men of cash and their cell phones. DeGruy was released from the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff Office in December 2013.

In May 2015, DeGruy and two others were indicted for the double murder of brothers, Kendrick and Kendred Bishop. New Orleans police took DeGruy into custody on September 25 along with his girlfriend, Jamya Brady, who was accused of helping him elude cops. Police say DeGruy dropped his cell phone at the murder scene and returned with a lie about dropping the device. He later changed up his story, according to The Advocate. Alleged accomplice Jonathan "Lil Joe" Evans, who is also charged in the murder indictment, has been behind bars since July 2015. The fourth suspect, Chantell Edwards, faces accessory to murder charges, though police have yet to track her down. Evans and DeGruy were reportedly identified through surveillance video from the crime scene. Both men gave fake names upon their arrest.  His bail has been set at $3.5 million.

In May 2019, Flow was found guilty of two counts of second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder by a jury vote of 11:1, and he was sentenced to life in prison. He was tried separately for obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice, to which he pled guilty.

On April 20, 2020, the United States Supreme Court in Ramos v. Louisiana, overruled a line of Louisiana jurisprudence and held that a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial, as applied to the States by the Fourteenth Amendment, requires a unanimous jury verdict for a state felony conviction. This rule applies retroactively to all criminal cases properly preserved for review at the time Ramos was decided. In the wake of the results of this Supreme Court ruling, DeGruy submitted an appeal to his sentencing in October 2020, which resulted in his second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit second-degree murder charges being dropped. DeGruy is currently serving a forty-year and thirty-year sentence to imprisonment at hard labor for his obstruction of justice and conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice charges, respectively.

Discography

Compilation albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

References

External links

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American hip hop record producers
Musicians from New Orleans
American shooting survivors
Businesspeople from New Orleans
Songwriters from Louisiana
Rappers from New Orleans
Young Money Entertainment artists
American businesspeople convicted of crimes
African-American business executives
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
American music industry executives
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
African-American songwriters
21st-century African-American musicians
Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Louisiana
American male songwriters


King Creosote Says "Buy The Bazouki Hair Oil" is the sixteenth studio album by King Creosote, released in 2001.

Track listing
Whine Glasses
Conscience
Sunny-Side Up
Moral Tenderhooks
Bubble
It's Boredom Alright
Fine
Sunshine
Crybaby
You Want to Walk
I'll Fly By the Seat of My Pants
It's All Very Well Lester Flatt
How Brave Am I?

2001 albums
King Creosote albums


title: 2000 Havant Borough Council election

text:
The 2000 Havant Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:
Conservative 20
Labour 11
Liberal Democrats 8
Independent 3

Election result
Overall turnout at the election was 26.5%.

Ward results

By-elections between 2000 and 2002

Hart Plain

St Faiths

References

2000 English local elections
Havant Borough Council elections
2000s in Hampshire


title: Steven Goode

text:
Steven Goode may refer to:

Steven Goode (lawyer), American lawyer
Steven Goode, a contestant of Big Brother 15 (UK)


Bishopville Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It encompasses 48 contributing buildings in the central business district of Bishopville.  All of the commercial buildings are of brick construction with most constructed between 1890 and 1920. All of the buildings are used for commercial purposes such as stores, restaurants, offices and banks. Two important buildings are the Seaboard Coastline Depot and the Palmetto Oil Mill.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

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


title: Junior TV

text:
Junior TV (or simply Junior) is an Albanian private television network for kids and teenagers between the ages 10–18 years old. It was launched on April 20, 2005 by the TV platform DigitAlb. Junior TV is the second Albanian-language TV channel dedicated to kids after Bang Bang, and it is one of the most watched television channels by pre-teens and teenagers.

Programming

Disney shows
 Austin & Ally (Austin dhe Eli)
 Cory in the House (Kori në shtëpinë e bardhë)
 Even Stevens (Stivensat)
 Good Luck Charlie (Paç fat Çarli)
 Hannah Montana (Hana Montana)
 Jessie (Xhesi)
 Jonas (Xhonas)
 K.C. Undercover (K.C. Agjentja sekrete)
 Liv and Maddie (Liv dhe Medi)
 Lizzie McGuire (Lizi Mekguajer)
 Shake It Up (Kërcim për një ëndërr)
 Sonny with a Chance (Soni mes yjesh)
 That's So Raven (Rejven)
 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (Jeta në suitë e Zakut dhe Kodit)
 The Suite Life on Deck (Zaku dhe Kodi në anije)
 Violetta (Violeta)
 Wizards of Waverly Place (Magjistarët e sheshit Uejverli)

Nickelodeon shows
 100 Things to Do Before High School (100 gjëra për t'u bërë para gjimnazit)
 Bella and the Bulldogs (Bela dhe Bulldogët)
 Big Time Rush (Big Time Rush: Banda muzikore)
 Every Witch Way (Ema, një shtrigë ëndrrash)
 Game Shakers (Krijuesit e lojrave)
 Henry Danger (I rrezikshmi Henri)
 iCarly (Unë Karli)
 Isa TKM (Isa TDSH)
 Isa TK+ (Isa TDSH, sezoni 2)
 Sam & Cat (Semi dhe Keti)
 School of Rock (Shkolla e rrokut)
 See Dad Run (Në shtëpi me babin)
 Talia in the Kitchen (Talia në kuzhinë)
 The Haunted Hathaways (Shtëpia e fantazmave)
 The Thundermans (Familja Thunderman)
 The Troop (Skuadra Anti-Monstër)
 True Jackson, VP (Tru Xhekson)
 Victorious (Fitimtare)

Other shows
 Balamory (Balamori)
 Being Eve (Të jesh Eva)
 Big Cook, Little Cook (Kuzhinieri i madh dhe kuzhinieri i vogël)
 Brum (Brami)
 Galidor
 Hi-5 (Tjeta-5)
 LazyTown (Qyteti i përtacëve)
 L'Italiano in Famiglia (Italishtja në familje)
 Little Miss Perfect
 Lola...Érase una vez (Na ishte njëherë Lola)
 Make It or Break It (Gjimnastet olimpike)
 Malcolm in the Middle (Malkolmi)
 Patito Feo (Bota e Patit)
 Popland!
 Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Sabrina, shtriga adoleshente)
 Suburgatory (Periferia)
 Switched at Birth (Këmbyer në lindje)
 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (Princi i Bel-Air)
 The Greenhouse
 The Saddle Club (Klubi i kalorëseve)
 The Simpsons (Simpsonët)
 The Tribe (Tribu)
 Tin Man (Njeriu prej teneqeje)

Original productions
 DigiTime
 Hapa në pasarelë
 Junior Club
 Kompjuteri im
 Little Miss Perfect
 Muzikal në Junior
 Planeti Kripëmjaltëzat
 Prodhime 100% Shqiptare
 Yjet e muzikës
 Super Junior

See also
 DigitAlb
 Television in Albania

References

External links
Official Website
Channel and transponder list

Digitalb television networks
Mass media in Tirana
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Children's television networks
Television stations in Kosovo


title: NOAAS Oscar Dyson

text:
NOAAS Oscar Dyson (R 224) is an American fisheries and oceanographic research vessel in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet since 2005.

Construction and commissioning

Oscar Dyson was built by VT Halter Marine at Moss Point, Mississippi, and was launched on 17 October 2003, sponsored by Peggy Dyson-Malson, a ship-to-shore weather broadcaster for the National Weather Service in Kodiak, Alaska, from 1974 and 1999 and the widow of the ship's namesake, Alaskan fisherman and fishing industry leader Oscar E. Dyson. Delivered to NOAA on 1 August 2004, the ship eventually proceeded to Kodiak, Dysons home town, where she was commissioned into service as NOAAS Oscar Dyson (R 224) on 28 May 2005.

Characteristics and capabilities

Capable of conducting multidisciplinary oceanographic operations in support of biological, chemical, and physical process studies, Oscar Dyson was commissioned as the first of a class of five of the most advanced fisheries research vessels in the world, with a unique capability to conduct both fishing and oceanographic research. She is a stern trawler with fishing capabilities similar to those of commercial fishing vessels. She is rigged for longlining and trap fishing and can conduct trawling operations to depths of . Her most advanced feature is the incorporation of acoustic quieting technology to enable NOAA scientists to monitor fish populations without the ships noise altering the behavior of the fish. Her oceanographic hydrophones are mounted on a retractable centerboard, or drop keel, that lowers scientific transducers away from the region of hull-generated flow noise, enhancing the quality of the data collected. To take full advantage of these advanced data-gathering capabilities, she has the Scientific Sonar System, which can accurately measure the biomass of fish in a survey area. She also has an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler with which to collect data on ocean currents and a multibeam sonar system that provides information on the content of the water column and on the type and topography of the seafloor while she is underway, and she can gather hydrographic data at any speed up to 11 knots (20 km/h).

Oscar Dyson has a traction-type oceanographic winch which can deploy up to  of 17-mm (0.67-inch) wire rope or other cable, including fiberoptic cable. She also has two hydrographic winches, each of which can deploy  of 9.5-mm (3/8-inch) EM cable, two trawl winches, each of which can deploy  of cable, and a Gilson winch. She has a  telescopic boom with a lifting capacity of 6,250 pounds (2,835 kg) aft and a  fixed boom with a lifting capacity of  at her bow. She has an A-frame on her starboard side with a safe working load of  and a large A-frame aft. The oceanographic winch and large after A-frame work in conjunction to serve her stern sampling station, while the two hydrographic winches work with the side A-frame to service her side sampling station, and the two hydrographic winches together give Oscar Dyson the capability to have two scientific packages ready for sequential operations. In addition to trawling, her sampling stations can deploy smaller sampling nets, longlines, and fish traps. The hydrographic winches can deploy CTD instruments to measure the electrical conductivity, temperature, and chlorophyll fluorescence of sea water. Oscar Dyson also can deploy specialized gear such as Multiple Opening/Closing Net and Environmental Sensing System (MOCNESS) frames, towed vehicles, dredges, and bottom corers, and she can deploy and recover both floating and bottom-moored sensor arrays.

Oscar Dyson has various laboratory capabilities. A wet laboratory, a dry laboratory, a biology laboratory, and a hydrographic laboratory all are situated on the starboard side of her main deck, while an electronics and computer laboratory are on the port side of her main deck. Her wet laboratory includes a climate-controlled space with a built-in chiler system.

Oscar Dyson carries two boats. Her  survey launch has a 260-horsepower (194-kW) motor and can accommodate up to eight people. Her  rescue boat has a 256-horsepower (191-kW) motor and can carry up to six people.

Designed for operations in Alaskan waters, Oscar Dyson has an ice-strengthened welded-steel hull. In addition to her crew of 24, she can accommodate up to 15 scientists.

Service history

Operated by NOAAs Office of Marine and Aviation Operations and with Kodiak as her home port, Oscar Dysons primary purpose is to support NOAA's mission of protecting, restoring, and managing the use of living marine, coastal, and ocean resources. She conducts projects for NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, studying and monitoring Alaskan pollock and other fisheries in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. She makes weather and sea state observations, conducts oceanographic research and habitat assessments, and surveys marine mammal and seabird populations.

In 2007 and 2008, Oscar Dyson took scientists to the Bering Sea so that they could capture seals on the ice there and attach satellite tags to them with which to collect movement and behavior data. To expand NOAA's ability to monitor ribbon, bearded, spotted, and ringed seals, whose broad range and remoteness from shore make surveying them using manned helicopters challenging, NOAA conducted tests of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aboard Oscar Dyson in October 2008. On 15 and 16 October 2008, scientists and technicians aboard Oscar Dyson conducted three successful test flights of the ScanEagle over Puget Sound, Washington, launching it from a pneumatic catapult attached to the top of her bridge, flying it by remote control from Oscar Dyson, and recovering it with a "skyhook" system – a vertical line deployed over Oscar Dysons starboard side between a winch and a boom – that the ScanEagle could grab with hooks on its wingtips as it returned to the ship. As a United States Coast Guard officer aboard Oscar Dyson to study the feasibility of using the ScanEagle for search and rescue missions looked on, Oscar Dysons bridge personnel and the embarked UAV pilots cooperated closely to ensure that the ships speed and heading facilitated the launch and recovery of the aircraft. The test demonstrated the feasibility of using UAVs to assess the abundance and distribution of seals, which began in the spring of 2009.

On 30 April and 1 May 2017, Oscar Dyson surveyed an area in the Bering Sea off Dalnoi Point on the northwestern tip of St. George Island in the Pribilof Islands in a search for the wreck of the  crab-fishing boat Destination, which had capsized and sunk in the area with the loss of her entire crew of six men on 11 February 2017. She did not find the wreck, but her survey narrowed the search area for the NOAA research ship , which discovered the wreck in about  of water during a survey on 8 and 9 July 2017.

See also
 NOAA ships and aircraft

References

External links

 noaa.gov NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson: Oscar Dyson
 noaa.gov NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson: Peggy Dyson-Malson

Ships of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ships built in Moss Point, Mississippi
2003 ships


title: La Paix du ménage

text:
La Paix du ménage (Domestic Bliss) is a French short story by Honoré de Balzac, which was first published by Mame et Delaunay-Vallée in 1830 as one of the author's Scènes de la vie privée (Scenes from Private Life). It was republished in 1842 as part of Furne's edition of Balzac's La Comédie humaine.

Dedicated to the author's dear niece, Valentine Surville, this vivid and incisive novella is constructed like a classical French play, observing the three unities of time (an hour), place (a ball) and subject (the seduction of a young woman). Contrary to what the title might lead one to expect, the work is not concerned with the married life of the French bourgeoisie; it is, rather, a scintillating depiction of high society under the First Empire.

Plot
The Comte de Gondreville hosts an ostentatious ball in his stately mansion. Among the guests is an unknown woman in a blue dress. She is discreet and bashful, and clearly at odds with the arrogance and excitability of the other guests; it is as though she does not belong in these opulent surroundings. Intrigued by this pretty young woman, the Comte de Montcornet and Baron de la Roche-Hugon make a wager to see which of them can seduce this heavenly figure, who is, in fact, the wife of the Comte de Soulanges. A tangled web of amorous intrigues ensues.

Theme
The dense structure of this novella resembles the stagecraft of a play. The masked ball also conjures up the theatre, where no one is quite what he or she seems.

See also

 Repertory of the Comedie Humaine

External links

 Domestic Peace translation (by Ellen Marriage and Clara Bell) at Project Gutenberg
 Original French text of Domestic Peace
  La Paix du ménage, audio version

1830 French novels
Books of La Comédie humaine
Novels set in Paris
Novellas by Honoré de Balzac


title: South Main Historic District (Bishopville, South Carolina)

text:
South Main Historic District is a national historic district located at Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina.  It encompasses 11 contributing buildings in a residential section of Bishopville. They were constructed between about 1880 and 1925, and is the best remaining concentration of historic residential architecture in Bishopville.  The district contains a fine grouping of late-19th and early-20th century residences reflecting the vernacular Queen Anne, Colonial Revival and Bungalow styles.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

References

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Queen Anne architecture in South Carolina
Colonial Revival architecture in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Lee County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Lee County, South Carolina


title: Oscar Dyson

text:
Oscar Dyson may refer to:

Oscar E. Dyson (1913–1995), American fisherman and fishing industry leader in Alaska
NOAAS Oscar Dyson (R 224), an American fisheries and oceanographic research ship in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fleet since 2005


title: Now (Nearly 36)

text:
Now (Nearly) 36 is the twenty-third studio album by King Creosote. It was released in 2003 on Fence Records.

Track listing
The Donaldsons
Talking Again
Over The Top
Musakal Lives
Going Gone
Matty Groves
Steal Away
Monsigneur

References
King Creosote – Now (Nearly) 36

2003 albums
King Creosote albums


title: 1999: An Endless Round of Balls (Parties and Social Events)

text:
1999: An Endless Round Of Balls (Parties And Social Events) is the sixth studio album by King Creosote, released in 1999. Speaking of the album Anderson said "It is the correct balance of weird and epic I think. I recorded some of it when I was in a very happy/sad place. It's ace."

Track listing
An Understanding Man
The Line
Casino Clubbing
All Fours
Reds
The Blues
Green Times
Climbing Trees
Officer Dribble
Our Old Times
Size Matters
The Last James (Plus Bong's Greatest Hits / ...It's Sad, Here I Am...)

References

1999 albums
King Creosote albums


title: Dorothy L. Njeuma

text:
Dorothy L. Njeuma is a Cameroonian academic and politician.

Early life and education
Born Dorothy Limunga Effange in June 1943, Njeuma comes from southwestern Cameroon. There were no secondary schools for girls in Cameroon during her childhood, so she attended Queen's School, Enugu, in Nigeria from 1955 to 1962. She attended Brown University from 1962 to 1966, having won an African Scholarship Programme for American Universities award, and obtained a degree in biology. From 1966 to 1970, she attended the University College of London and earned a PhD in Zoology.

Academic career
From 1970 to 1975, Njeuma served as an associate professor of Genetics and Embryology at the Federal University of Yaounde, Cameroon. From 1988 to 2005 she worked at the University of Buea, first as Director General of the Buea University Centre (1988–93) and then as Vice-Chancellor (1993–2005). She was then appointed Rector of the University of Yaoundé from 2005 to 2008.

Njeuma is the Vice-President of the Executive Board of the Association of African Universities.

Political career
Njeuma was vice minister of national education from 1975 to 1985, and served as a technical adviser to the Minister of Scientific and Technical Research, from 1986 to 1988. During her time in that position, she oversaw the introduction of GCE exams in Cameroon. In 2009, she was appointed a member of the electoral board of the Cameroonian Institution for Referendums and Elections.

Personal life
She was married to historian Martin Zachary Njeuma (1940–2010), by whom she has two daughters. Her daughter Christine Njeuma became the first female airline pilot in Central Africa. A biographical sketch is given in Njeuma 1999

Publications
Dorothy L. Njeuma, "An Overview of Women's Education in Africa" in The Politics of Women's Education: Perspectives from Asia, Africa, and Latin America (1993).

References

Living people
1943 births
Cameroonian politicians
Academic staff of the University of Yaoundé
Cameroonian women
Brown University alumni
Alumni of University College London
Academic staff of the University of Buea


title: Pyrénées Animal Park

text:
The Pyrénées Animal Park (French: Parc Animalier des Pyrénées), nicknamed The Marmots Hill is located in Argelès-Gazost in the Hautes-Pyrénées, France. It was created in 1999 by Serge Mounard, an individual, on a property operated by his dairy producing family. His idea was to present visitors a number of regional animals in a semi-wild environment. The path, in zigzag in the hills, gave the chance to admire common animals like the squirrel, marmot and otter, but also to approach foxes within a few meters, wolves, ibex, mouflons, isards or brown bears. It was even possible to touch some species, like farm animals (hens, rabbits), a deer, as well as the main parc attraction: marmots.

A pedagogical team would verify the visitors' demeanour, while keeping them informed – along with didactical panels. A Pyrenean map, regularly updated, shows in real time the position of each member of the 25 bears currently living in freedom in the massif. A footprint molding workshop enables visitors to learn how to recognize animal footprints in the wild.

The building at the entrance (an old bigourdan stable from the middle of the 19th century) hosts a museum reconstructing, under thematical tableaus in three oral dimensions the life of wild animals of the northern hemisphere, Europe and Africa. A souvenir shop lies at the exit – with marmot stuffed toys, namely.

Short list of animals in the park
 Marmot
 Deer
 European otter (in a setting which allows the visitor to see them thrive in and out of the water)
 Squirrel
 Brown bear
 Fox
 Wolf
 Isard
 Mouflon
 Lynx
 Ibex
 Giant otter (rarely seen)

External links
parc-animalier-pyrenees.com
Reportage vidéo sur le parc

Buildings and structures in Hautes-Pyrénées
Tourist attractions in Hautes-Pyrénées
Zoos in France
Zoos established in 1999
1999 establishments in France
Articles needing infobox zoo
Organizations based in Occitania (administrative region)


title: Port Harcourt Refining Company

text:
The Port Harcourt Refining Company, (abbreviated PHRC), is a Nigeria-based oil and gas company primarily specializing in the refining of crude oil into petroleum products. It is headquartered in Port Harcourt metropolitan area of Rivers State, southeastern Nigeria. The company is a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

Located in Alesa Eleme just to the southeast of Port Harcourt, the company operates two oil refineries, including an old plant commissioned in 1965 that can process  per stream day, as well as the new plant commissioned in 1989, which has a capacity of  per stream day. Both oil refineries possess a combined capacity of  per stream day making PHRC the "biggest oil refining company in Nigeria".

See also

Omega Butler Refinery

References

External links
PHRC web page

Companies based in Port Harcourt
Economy of Port Harcourt
Oil and gas companies of Nigeria
Manufacturing companies of Nigeria
Landmarks in Port Harcourt
Energy in Rivers State
1960s establishments in Rivers State
Nigerian companies established in 1965


title: Or Is It?

text:
Or Is It? is the fourth studio album by King Creosote, released in 1998.

Track listing
Powerful Stuff
Rain Weekend
Empty Town
Jump at the Cats
Folk Section #1
Sans Restraint
Head
So Forlorn
Find Me Town Empty
Leslie
Mail Train
Folk Section #2
Lighthouse
The Bear
Old John (Plus Simple Simon and the Missing Pieman "Gink Scootere")

1998 albums
King Creosote albums


title: Ádám Szögi

text:
Ádám Szögi (born 12 February 1990) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Jászberényi KSE from the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A. He was not chosen as the conclusion of the 2012 NBA draft, leading to the continuation of his playing career in Europe. Szögi is generally seen at the point guard position when on the court, with height of just 1.76 meters. He has previously competed for Bodrogi Bau Vhely, Szolnoki Olaj, and Szolnoki Fõiskola.

References

1990 births
Living people
Hungarian men's basketball players
Point guards