title: Lataif-e-Sitta

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Lataif-e-sitta ()  are special organs of perception in Sufi spiritual psychology, subtle human capacities for experience and action. Depending on context, the lataif are also understood to be the corresponding qualities of that experience or action.

The underlying Arabic word latifa (singular) means "subtlety" and the phrase Lataif-e-sitta means "six subtleties" (although the number of lataif can differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition).   All lataif (plural) together are understood to make up the human "subtle body", known as the Jism Latif.

Realizing (or activating or awakening or "illuminating") the experience of  the individual lataif (and thereby the Jism Latif as a whole) is considered to be a central part of the comprehensive spiritual development that produces the Sufi ideal of a Complete Man (Al-Insān al-Kāmil).

Different interpretations

Descriptions and interpretations of the lataif differ depending on the specific Sufi tradition and exponent representing it. In addition, individual Sufi teachers (see Sheikh (Sufism)) sometimes interpret aspects of  lataif theory and practice according to how the lataif have been uniquely revealed to them.

In general, there are at least three major historical interpretations of the lataif:
 that derived from the Kubrāwī order, described in the writings of Najm al-Din Razi (1177-1256) and Ala ud-Daula Simnani (Semnani) (1261-1336), which views the Lataif as potential psychospiritual organs/capacities that can be realized as progressive stages in those undergoing spiritual development;
 that derived from the Mujaddidiyya branch of the Naqshbandi order, described in the writings of  Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624), which views the Lataif as psychospiritual organs/capacities that are potential receptors of Divine energy when activated in those undergoing spiritual development;
 that derived from the Punjab tradition within the Naqshbandi order, described in the writings of  Ikbal Ali Shah (1894-1969) and  Idries Shah (1924-1996), which views the Lataif as actual human psychospiritual organs/capacities that are implicit in everyday life and made explicit in those undergoing spiritual development.

Kubrāwī lataif

According to the view of the Kubrawi order there are seven lataif. They are understood cosmologically as "descending" levels through which reality is created and structured. In the process of spiritual development, the individual Sufi is understood to "ascend" to and through these levels progressively (see ontological Arcs of Descent and Ascent in Sufism). The attainment of each level is a stage associated with the activation/realization of a corresponding spiritual organ/capacity, interpreted symbolically through Islamic cosmology and the prophets and messengers in Islam.

In ascending order they are:
 Latifa Qalabiya ("Mold"), associated with an experience of the color black, represents the acquisition of a new organ, an embryonic subtle body. It is interpreted symbolically as "the Adam of one's being", since Adam was the first human being.
 Latifa Nafsiya ("Soul"), color blue, is an organ that corresponds to the animal soul and is a testing ground for struggle with desires and passions. It is interpreted symbolically as "the Noah of one's being", since Noah faced the same situation in dealing with the hostility of his people.
 Latifa Qalbiya ("Heart"), color red, is the organ that will develop to become the True Ego, the real personal individuality. It is interpreted symbolically as "the Abraham of one's being", since the prophet Abraham historically represents the establishment of real religion.
 Latifa Sirriya ("Secret"), color white, is an organ of superconsciousness. It is interpreted symbolically as "the Moses of one's being", since the prophet Moses participated in spiritual communication with God through this consciousness.
 Latifa Ruhiya ("Spirit"), color yellow, is an organ through which an individual becomes capable of acting as vice-regent of God. It is interpreted symbolically as "the David of one's being", since the prophet David fulfilled that role.
 Latifa Khafiya ("Inspiration"), color black, is the subtle organ that receives spiritual inspiration.  It is interpreted symbolically as "the Jesus of one's being", since the prophet Jesus was characteristic of such inspiration.
 Latifa Haqqiya ("Seal"), color green, is the subtle organ that is the final achievement of spiritual development: the True Ego.  It is interpreted symbolically as "the Mohammed of one's being", since Mohammed was the final prophet.

Kubrawi Sufi Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261-1336) describes a dhikr practice that appears to include these lataif.  The practice involves the rotation of attention and breath to different parts of the physical body, combined with recitation of a Quranic credal formula.

Naqshbandi lataif (Mujaddidiyya)

According to the view of the Mujaddidiyya branch of the Naqshbandi order there are five lataif. The reception of each latifa's spiritual energy from its corresponding cosmic realm is interpreted symbolically through the prophets and messengers in Islam, similar to the interpretation of the Kubrawi order:
 Qalb (color yellow; located below left breast) (Adam)
 Ruh (color red; located below right breast) (Abraham/Noah)
 Sirr (color white; located above left breast) (Moses)
 Khafi (color black;  located above right breast) (Jesus)
 Ikhfa (color green; located at sternum) (Mohammed)

Since, in this interpretation, the lataif all have their physical location in the chest, they are said to be "of the Heart" (Qalb, used in a different sense than the latifa named Qalb).

The lataif are opened through spiritual practice one-by-one in the foregoing order. Viewed as a progressive activation, each latifa (or progressive combination of Lataif) is considered to be a level of spiritual realization.

The method of opening each latifa typically begins with a direct transmission by Sufi teacher to student, which can include physical touch (except for women) and the disclosure of the specific one of the Names of God in Islam that is associated with the latifa. The student then continues the practice by silent dhikr of the Divine Name, focusing attention on the latifa's location; sometimes a visualization of the Name, the corresponding prophet, or the teacher is also added.

Naqshbandi lataif (Punjab tradition)

According to the Punjab tradition within the Naqshbandi order there are five lataif:
 Qalb (color yellow; experienced in left side of the body)
 Ruh (color red; experienced in right side of the body)
 Sirr (color white; experienced below the navel)
 Khafi (color black; experienced in forehead)
 Ikhfa (color green; experienced in center of chest)

In the view of Naqshbandi author Idries Shah (1924-1996) they are understood to be spiritual organs/capacities that also underlie ordinary forms of human consciousness. As such, they are ordinarily only known indirectly through the equivalents (or their distortions) that they pattern on the conventional mental/emotional/somatic level of  human experience.

Sufi inspired spiritual teacher Hameed Ali (A. H. Almaas) (1944-) interprets some of these equivalents (and conditioned distortions) as follows:
 Qalb (Joy/Wanting)
 Ruh (Strength/Anger)
 Sirr (Will/Anxiety)
 Khafi (Peace/Agitation)
 Ikhfa (Compassion/Hurt)

With rare exceptions, lataif are only experienced directly (and unconditionedly) in human beings who have undergone a spiritual evolution. The spiritual process of their activation/awakening/illumination consists of various methods, singly or in combination.

One such method, a special form of tajalli ("disclosure" or "illumination"), involves joint receptivity of a latifa by Sufi teacher and student together. Another method is the direct activation, called tawajjuh ("transmission"), of the latifa by an intentional interaction between teacher and student. Yet another method, a special kind of muraqabah (meditation), includes having the student concentrate awareness on the part of the body that is related to a latifa.

Comparison of interpretations

History of interpretations

The spiritual experiences identified by Sufism as the lataif have their immediate historical antecedents in the Emanationism of Neoplatonism, which is known to have influenced the development of Sufism (see: Platonism in Islamic philosophy).  The Emanations of Neoplatonism, in turn, arose from the Theory of forms of Plato.

The general concept of spiritual "subtle centers" (usually three) originated within Persian Sufism: Junayd of Baghdad (835-910), Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), and Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi (1145-1234).

Among the earliest systematic formulations of the lataif specifically is thought to be that of Persian and Kubrawi Sufi Najm al-Din Razi (1177-1256). He proposed five lataif (at least Qalb, Ruh, Sirr, and Khafi), possibly to parallel the five inner and outer senses of the Islamic version of ancient Greek medical theory, and sought to establish a basis for them in the Quran.

The seven lataif model then followed with Persian and Kubrawi Sufi Ala ud-Daula Simnani (1261-1336), who added two lataif to the five of Razi – one below (Qalabiya) and one above (Haqqiya), possibly to parallel the seven ontological levels of Sufi cosmology.

From the 17th to 19th centuries, the Indian Mujaddidis, beginning with Ahmad Sirhindi (1564-1624), returned to a standardized interpretation of five experiential lataif and associated their locations with parts of the physical body.

The Punjab tradition within the Naqshbandi in the late 19th and 20th centuries continued with five lataif but identified the experience of their physical locations differently and viewed them not just as higher centers of consciousness but also as centers of ordinary consciousness not properly awakened.

Since the Divine Attributes that underlie the lataif are in principle unlimited (just as with the nominal 99 names of God in Islam), it is thought by some that the actual number of lataif and their potential realization by humanity might likewise be unlimited.

See also
 Al-Insān al-Kāmil
 Arcs of Descent and Ascent
 Dhikr
 Emanationism
 Illuminationism
 Muraqabah
 Neoplatonism
 Platonism in Islamic Philosophy
 Subtle Body
 Sufi cosmology
 Tajalli
 Tawajjuh

References

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Sufi psychology
Spiritual faculties


title: Lu (surname 盧)

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Lú is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname written  in simplified character and  in traditional character. It is also spelled Lo or Loh according to the Cantonese pronunciation. Lu 卢 is the 52nd most common surname in China, shared by 5.6 million people, or 0.475% of the Chinese population as of 2002. It is especially common in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, and Hebei provinces.  Lu 卢 is listed 167th in the Song dynasty classic text Hundred Family Surnames.

In 2019 it was the 50th most common surname in Mainland China.

Origins
According to the Tang dynasty genealogy text Yuanhe Xing Zuan, the surname Lu 卢 originated in the State of Qi during the Spring and Autumn period, and descended from Gao Xi (高傒). Gao Xi was the grandson of Prince Gao, who was a son of Duke Wen of Qi (reigned 815–804 BC) and a descendant of Lü Shang, the founder of Qi. When the Qi ruler Wuzhi was murdered in 685 BC, Gao Xi, then prime minister of Qi, helped to install Prince Xiaobai on the throne, to be known as Duke Huan of Qi, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn period. In gratitude, Duke Huan enfeoffed Gao Xi at the city of Lu 卢 (in modern Changqing District, Shandong province), and many of Gao's descendants adopted Lu 卢 as their surname. This is the main origin of the surname, and Gao Xi is regarded as the founding ancestor of the Lu 卢 surname.

According to the Song dynasty encyclopedia Tongzhi, there was a second source of the Lu 卢 surname from the State of Qi. A branch of Duke Huan of Qi's descendants had the surname Lupu (卢蒲), which was later shortened to Lu.

A separate source of Lu was the minor state of Luzi 庐子 or Lu 庐 (in modern Anhui province) during the Spring and Autumn period. The descendants of Jili (戢黎), a nobleman of Lu, adopted the name of their state as their surname. Lu 庐 was later simplified to Lu 卢.

Distribution
Of the top 30 cities in China, 卢 ranked 9th most common in the city of Nanning.

Later adoption
During the Xianbei Northern Wei dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen (reigned 467–499 AD) implemented a drastic policy of sinicization, ordering his own people to adopt Chinese surnames. The Tufulu (吐伏卢) and Molu (莫卢) clans of Xianbei adopted Lu as their surname. The Xianbei people have since completely assimilated into the Han Chinese.

According to the Book of Sui, Zhangchou Taiyi (章仇太翼), a native of Hejian Commandery (in modern Cangzhou, Hebei) was a famous scholar of the time. Emperor Yang of Sui granted him the surname Lu 卢. Zhangchou subsequently became known as Lu Taiyi, and was the ancestor of the prosperous Hejian Lu clan.

Lu clan of Fanyang

In the fourth century BC, the throne of the Qi state was usurped by the Tian clan. Many aristocratic clans that descended from the old ruling house of Jiang (姜), including Lu, fled the state and dispersed all over China. During the Qin dynasty, the erudite Lu Ao (盧敖) settled in Fanyang Commandery (modern Beijing). The Fanyang Lu clan later became exceedingly prosperous. During the Jin dynasty (266–420), the Fanyang Lu, together with the Cui clan of Boling, the Wang clan of Taiyuan, the Zheng clan of Xingyang, and the Li clan of Zhao, were considered the five most prominent clans in China (海内五大望族). During the Tang dynasty, eight chancellors were surnamed Lu 盧, including several from Fanyang.

During the Tang dynasty the Li clan of Zhao 赵郡李氏, the Cui clan of Boling, the Cui clan of Qinghe, the Lu clan of Fanyang, the Zheng clan of Xingyang 荥阳郑氏, the Wang clan of Taiyuan 太原王氏, and the Li clan of Longxi 隴西李氏 were the seven noble clans between whom marriage was banned by law. Their status as "Seven Great surnames" became known during Gaozong's rule.

Notable people
 Lu Wan (盧綰; 256–194 BC), Western Han dynasty general
 Lu Zhi (盧植; died 192 AD), Eastern Han dynasty politician
 Lu Sidao (盧思道; 531–582), Sui dynasty poet
 Lu Chengqing (盧承慶; 595–670), Tang dynasty chancellor
 Lu Zhaolin (盧照鄰; ca. 634 – ca. 686) Tang dynasty poet
 Lu Huaishen (盧懷慎; died 716), Tang dynasty chancellor
 Lu Qi (盧杞; died 785), Tang dynasty chancellor
 Lu Lun (盧綸; 739–799), Tang dynasty poet
 Lu Han (盧翰; fl. 8th century), Tang dynasty chancellor
 Lu Tong (盧仝; died 835), Tang dynasty poet
 Lu Shang (盧商; 789–859), Tang dynasty chancellor
 Lu Xi (盧攜; died 881), Tang dynasty chancellor
 Lu Zhi (盧摯; 1243–1315), Yuan dynasty poet
 Lu Xiangsheng (盧象昇; 1600–1639), Ming dynasty general of Tianxiong Army
 Lu Kun (盧坤; 1772–1835), Qing dynasty viceroy of Huguang and Liangguang
 Lu Muzhen (盧慕貞; 1867–1952), Sun Yat-sen's first wife
 Lu Yongxiang (盧永祥; 1867–1933), warlord
 C. T. Loo (盧芹齋, Lu Qinzhai; 1880–1957), art dealer
 Lu Han (盧漢; 1895–1974), Kuomintang general
 Lu Jiaxi (chemist) (卢嘉锡; 1915–2001), chemist, President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
 Lisa Lu (盧燕; Lu Yan; born 1927), actress
 Lu Yen (盧炎; Lu Yan; 1930–2008), Taiwanese composer
 Lu Yonggen ( 卢永根; 1930–2019), plant geneticist, President of South China Agricultural University
 Lu Ruihua (卢瑞华; born 1938), former Governor of Guangdong province
 Lo Hoi-pang (盧海鵬; Lu Haipeng; born 1941), Hong Kong actor
 Lu Hsiu-yi (盧修一; Liu Xiuyi; 1941–1998), Taiwanese politician
 Lowell Lo (盧冠廷; Lu Guanting; born 1950), Hong Kong musician
 Anna Lo (盧曼華; Lo Manwah; born 1950), Hong Kong-born Northern Ireland politician
 Lu Zhangong (卢展工; born 1952), party chief of Fujian and Henan provinces
 Ken Lo (盧惠光; Lu Huiguang; born 1959), Hong Kong actor and martial artist
 Money Lo (盧敏儀, born 1960), a Hong Kong actress
 Ed Lu (盧傑; Lu Jie; born 1963), Chinese-American physicist, NASA astronaut of the International Space Station
 Lu Shaye (卢沙野; born 1964), diplomat
 Calvin Lo (盧啟賢), Hong Kong businessman
 Chris Lu (盧沛寧; Lu Peining; born 1966), Chinese-American politician
 Candy Lo (盧巧音; Lu Qiaoyin; born 1974), Hong Kong singer and actress
 Monica Lo (卢淑仪; Lu Shuyi; born 1978), Hong Kong-based Canadian actress and model
 Lu Rui En (卢瑞恩; born 1981), Singaporean actress and singer
 Lu Yen-Hsun (盧彥勳; Lu Yanxun; born 1983), Taiwanese tennis player
 Lo Kwan Yee (盧均宜; Lu Junyi; born 1984), Hong Kong football player
 Lo Chun Kit (盧俊傑; Lu Junjie; born 1985), Hong Kong football player
 Lu Ying-chi (盧映錡; born 1985), Taiwanese weightlifter
 Crowd Lu (盧廣仲; Lu Guangzhong; born 1985), Taiwanese singer-songwriter
 Lu Lin (卢琳; born 1985), football player
 Ellen Joyce Loo (盧凱彤; Lu Kaitong; born 1986), Hong Kong-based Canadian singer-songwriter
 Lu Lan (卢兰; born 1987), badminton player
 Lu Junyi (盧俊義), fictional character in the novel Water Margin
 Anson Lo (盧瀚霆; born 1995), Hong Kong singer, dancer and actor

Notable Korean people with the 盧 surname
 Lho Shin-yong (盧信永; 1930–2019), 18th Prime Minister of South Korea
 Roh Tae-woo (盧泰愚; 1932–2021), South Korean president
 Ro Jai-bong (盧在鳳; born 1936), 22nd Prime Minister of South Korea
 Roh Moo-hyun (盧武鉉; 1946–2009), South Korean president

References

Chinese-language surnames
Individual Chinese surnames


title: Babylon (TV series)

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Babylon is a British comedy-drama television series co-created by Danny Boyle, Robert Jones, Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain for Channel 4, and produced by Nightjack Ltd.

The series is set in London, and follows various characters working for the Metropolitan Police Service, police officers on the streets, who are responding to incidents, as well as the top management and PR department at New Scotland Yard, who try to counter any backlash from such incidents.

Plot
The series follows the new Director of Communications, the American Liz Garvey (Brit Marling), who has been headhunted by the Police Commissioner Richard Miller (James Nesbitt) to drag the force into the new media age, and her conflicts with her own department and legal bureaucracy. This is intercut with the happenings within a team in the Territorial Support Group and a team of authorised firearms officers in the Specialist Firearms Command.

Cast
 Brit Marling as Liz Garvey, Director of Communications
 James Nesbitt as Sir Richard Miller, Commissioner
 Bertie Carvel as Finn Kirkwood, Communications Deputy
 Ella Smith as Mia Conroy, Communications staff member
 Paterson Joseph as Charles Inglis, Assistant Commissioner, later Commissioner
 Jonny Sweet as Tom Oliver, Superintendent and Personal Aide to the Commissioner
 Nicola Walker as Sharon Franklin, Assistant Commissioner
 Jill Halfpenny as PC Davina Bancroft, TSG officer, married to SCO19 officer Banjo
 Cavan Clerkin as PC Damien "Clarkey" Clarke, TSG officer
 Owain Arthur as PC Paul "Nobbo" Norrington, TSG officer
 Adam Deacon as PC Robbie Vas, TSG officer who moves over to SCO19
 Andrew Brooke as PC Neil "Banjo" Bancroft, SCO19 officer, married to TSG officer Davina
 Stuart Martin as PC Tony Forbes, SCO19 officer
 Nick Blood as PC Warwick Collister, SCO19 officer
 Daniel Kaluuya as Matt Coward, documentary film maker
 Ralph Brown as Grant Delgado, Deputy Mayor of London

Production
Channel 4 originally announced that Babylon had been commissioned for Autumn 2014 on 23 December 2013. They further announced the six-part series had begun filming, in Liverpool and London on 17 April 2014.

Danny Boyle directed the pilot episode, while Jon S. Baird directed the first three episodes of Series 1 with Sally El Hosaini directing the last three.

Episode two was partly filmed at the Metropolitan Police Training Ground in Gravesend, Kent and features in the scenes where Robbie (Adam Deacon) trains at the firing range. Episode six, the series finale, recreated the London Riots of 2011.

In a 2015 interview with Radio Times magazine, Sam Bain stated that it was unlikely Babylon would return for a further series, with Jesse Armstrong explaining that "getting everyone back together seemed like it would be extraordinarily complicated, so we haven't pursued it".

Episodes

Pilot (2014)

Series 1 (2014)

Reception
Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the show a 75% "fresh" rating with an average rating of 7.2/10 based on 16 reviews. The critical consensus states: "Babylon successfully combines two genres into one show, adding great actors and timely subject matter to stealthy wit and hard-hitting drama." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 67 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

International broadcast
Babylon premiered on SundanceTV in the United States on 8 January 2015. In Australia, the series premiered on 28 September 2015 on BBC First.

References

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title: The Falcon's Alibi

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The Falcon's Alibi is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Ray McCarey and starring Tom Conway, Rita Corday and Vince Barnett. It was the ninth film featuring Conway as The Falcon. After the following film, The Falcon's Adventure, the series was ended due to declining popularity.

Plot
After attending a birthday party for the wealthy Gloria Peabody, The Falcon is employed by her secretary to find some missing jewels which she fears she will be blamed for. Before long, a man is murdered, bringing unwelcome police involvement in the case.

Cast
 Tom Conway as Tom Lawrence
 Rita Corday as Joan Meredith
 Vince Barnett as Goldie Locke
 Jane Greer as Lola Carpenter
 Elisha Cook Jr. as Nick
 Emory Parnell as Metcalf
 Al Bridge as Police Inspector Blake
 Esther Howard as Gloria Peabody
 Jean Brooks as Baroness Lena
 Paul Brooks as Alex Olmsted
 Jason Robards Sr. as Harvey Beaumont
 Morgan Wallace as Bender
 Lucien Prival as Baron

References

Bibliography
Mayer, Geoff. Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Scarecrow Press, 2012.

External links

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title: All the King's Men (1971 film)

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All The King's Men () is a 1971 Soviet TV mini-series, adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's 1946 novel of the same name.

Title
The movie's title matches that of the Russian translation of Warren's novel: Вся королевская рать, literally Whole King's Host. Just like in the source material, it's a line from the famous nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty, translated by Samuil Marshak.

History
Robert Penn Warren's novel, published in Russian in 1968, immediately attracted the attention of the reading public, and the idea of a film adaptation arose in Soviet cinematographic circles. Stanislav Rostotsky from Mosfilm and Alexander Gutkovich from BSSR Gosteleradio applied almost simultaneously to make the adaptation. The personal involvement of Pyotr Masherov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus, tilted the decision in favor of the Belarusian version.

The film was shot by Belarusian television at a Mosfilm Studio, mostly in Klaipeda and Palanga. After shooting, Gutkovich was suspended from cutting as a result of behind-the-scenes intrigues. Cutting was entrusted instead to Naum Ardashnikov, who worked on the film as director of photography.

The part of Willy Stark became Georgiy Zhzhonov's favorite role. Pavel Luspekayev initially played Willy Stark, although he died after filming only a third of the material. Everything had to be reshot from the beginning. After Luspekaev's death, several actors auditioned for his role, including Sergei Bondarchuk, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Andrei Popov, and Oleg Efremov. Mikhail Kozakov, who plays Jack Burden, suggested Georgiy Zhzhonov for the role. Anecdotally, an American consultant was invited to judge the actors' authenticity for the role, and he selected Zhzhonov as having the most suitable appearance to play an American governor.

Plot
Willy Stark is an ambitious and corrupt small-town politician who becomes the governor of a state in the American Southeast. He and his opponents attack each other with blackmail, bribes, and threats. He chooses an unprincipled opportunist named Tiny Duffy, a defector from his political rival, McMurphy, as his lieutenant governor. Stark decides to run for Senate next, but he first needs to compromise one of his most influential opponents, Judge Irwin. Stark assigns his assistant, the reporter Jack Burden, to find dirt on Irwin. Jack is one of the few people in Stark's circle that still has any sense of decency. The judge is an old friend of the Burden family, and a father figure to Jack. He gets to work, sure that the former judge is clean.

In order to build his own popularity, Stark takes the lead on an ambitious project: the construction of an enormous, free regional hospital. Stark invites Jack's childhood friend, the surgeon Dr. Adam Stanton, to run the hospital once it is completed. Stanton finds Stark distasteful, but his behavior doesn't bother the governor as he needs to associate himself with honest and respectable people. Ultimately, Adam accepts Stark's offer.

Meanwhile, Jack uncovers a scandal from Judge Irwin's past: a few years ago, he took a substantial bribe from a large company and was indirectly responsible for a man's death. Eager to give Irwin a chance to explain himself, Jack confronts the judge before he makes the affair public. After hearing Jack out, Irwin commits suicide. Jack's mother reveals that Irwin was his real father.

Hoping to appease his opposition, Stark gives the construction contract for the hospital to the company that finances McMurphy. Tiny Duffy arranges the scheme, but Stark retracts the offer. McMurphy retaliates by publicizing scandalous details about the personal life of Stark Jr., a football star and playboy.

The feud between McMurphy and Stark ends in tragedy: Adam Stanton shoots Stark and is promptly killed by one of Stark's bodyguards. Jack investigates the murder and easily discovers that Tiny Duffy orchestrated the killings. He and Stark's mistress, Sadie Burk, provoked Stanton to murder by convincing him that his sister, Anne, was romantically involved with Stark. As vice-governor, Duffy automatically succeeds the position of governor. Realizing that he shares some of the guilt in the incident, Burden decides not to take any action against Duffy.

Differences from the novel
The film is set in the 1960s, while the events of the novel unfold from 1922 to 1939. The film omits a number of plot lines from Warren's novel. Willie Stark's transformation from a naïve fighter for the rights of the poor into a cynical populist and demagogue does not appear at all, and, accordingly, Jack's role in this evolution is also omitted. The history of the relationships between Jack, Judge Irwin, Adam and Anna, and the Burden and Stanton families are mostly excluded, with some of their details mentioned only in passing. There is no plot line about Sybil Frey, Tom Stark's girlfriend, or the history of the life of Cass Mastern. The film ends with the final conversation between Jack and Tiny Duffy, and the characters' fates remain offscreen.

Cast
 Mikhail Kozakov, as Jack Burden
 Georgiy Zhzhonov, as Willie Stark
 Rostislav Plyatt, as Judge Irwin
 Tatyana Lavrova, as Sadie Burke
 Alla Demidova, as Anne Stanton
 Oleg Yefremov, as Adam Stanton
 Boris Ivanov, as Tiny Duffy
 Lev Durov, as Sugar Boy
 Anatoli Papanov, as Burden Sr.
 Yevgeniy Yevstigneyev, as Larson
 Aleksandra Klimova, as Mrs. Burden
 Valentina Kalinina, as Lucy Stark
 Valery Khlevinski, as Tom Stark
 Ada Wójcik, as Mrs. Littlepaugh
 Yevgeni Kuznetsov, as Dr. Bland
 Stepan Birillo, as Hugh Miller
 Sergey Tseits, as Byram White

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title: Giovanni Verardi

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Giovanni Verardi (born 1947) is an Italian archaeologist specialising in the civilisations of central Asia and India. With extensive academic and fieldwork experience, he has published findings about sites in Afghanistan, Nepal, India, and China in particular. Verardi has joined or directed several long archaeological missions to central Asia, and held positions on numerous Italian scientific boards. He has a particular interest in Indian iconography and history.

Biography

Giovanni Verardi (born 1947) was a professor at the University of Naples of Oriental Studies ("L'Orientale"), Italy, where he taught Art and Archaeology of Central Asia and Art and Archaeology of India. He spent time in a number of universities outside Italy, including as a maître de conférences at the Collège de France in Paris, guest professor at the University of Kyoto, and visiting professor in Japan (Kyoto University, Seijō University, and International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies in Tokyo).

As early as 1970 he joined the Italian Archaeological Mission to Afghanistan, where he started his work as field archaeologist at the Buddhist site of Tapa Sardar near Ghazni, in whose territory he carried out extensive surveys that led to the discovery of several groups of Buddhist rock-cut monasteries.

In 1981 he joined the Italian Archaeological Mission to Nepal, of which he became director in 1988. Research work was first carried out at the site of Harigaon in Kathmandu and after at the Aśokan site of Gotihawa in the Tarai, c. 25 km west of Lumbini.

In the 1980s Verardi participated in the activities of the German-Italian Mission to Mohenjo-daro in Pakistan, where he could ascertain that the so-called stūpa-cum monastery rising upon the ruins of the Indus town is nothing but the articulated late phase of the Indus religious/ritual building, erroneously interpreted as a Buddhist structure by John Marshall. Between 1998 and 2003, Verardi was co-director of the Italian-Chinese team engaged in the excavation of the Fengxiansi monastery at Longmen near Luoyang, connected with the Empress Wu Zetian (AD 690‒705) and rebuilt during the Song dynasty.

Besides his activity as a field archaeologist, Verardi has devoted himself to the study of Indian iconography and Indian history. He retired in November 2007.

Academic positions

 Tenant of a ‘Fellowship for promoting teaching and research formation’ at the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" and at the University of Venice from 1972 to 1980
 Reader at the University of Venice and the University of Bologna from 1981 to 1987
 Associate Professor of 'Archaeology and Art History of North-Western India and Afghanistan' at the Università "L'Orientale" from 1988 to 1993
 Professor of 'Archaeology and Art History of Central Asia' at the Università "L'Orientale" from 1994 to 2000
 Professor of 'Archaeology and Art History of India' at the Università "L'Orientale" from 2000 to 2007, also entrusted with the teaching of 'Archaeology and Art History of Central Asia' from 2000 to 2003.
 1976–77 at the École française d'Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry, India
 1990–91 Maître de conférences, Collège de France (Histoire du monde indien), Paris
 Sabbatical year 1997–98 at the École française d'Extrême-Orient, Pondicherry and Asiatic Society, Calcutta
 Guest scholar at the Institute for the Research in the Humanities, Kyoto University, March 2000 and March 2002
 Visiting professor at Seijō University, Tokyo, September 2006 – February 2007
 Visiting professor at Kyoto University (Institute for Research in the Humanities), 2010
 Visiting professor, International College for Advanced Buddhist Studies, Tokyo 2011
 Member of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Afghanistan from 1970 to 1978
 Member of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Nepal from 1981 to 1987
 Member of the German-Italian Archaeological Mission to Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan, from 1984 to 1987
 Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Nepal from 1988 to 2007
 Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Afghanistan from 2002 to 2004
 Co-director of the Italian Archaeological Mission to Luoyang, China, from 1997 to 2002
 Italian Representative of the UNESCO Committee for Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005
 Fellow of Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente (IsIAO, former IsMEO), Rome, since 1974
 Charged by the Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali of Venice with the new inventory of the Museo Orientale of Venice, 1976–77
 Charged by the University of Bologna and the Museo Medievale e del Rinascimento of Bologna with the re-organisation of the Pullé Indian collection, 1984–89
 Member of the Scientific Board of the monthly magazine Archeo from 1986 to 1991
 Charged by the University of Florence with the new arrangement of the De Gubernatis Indian collection of the Museo Nazionale di Antropologia ed Etnologia, Florence, 1987
 Member of the Scientific Board of Istituto Italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente from 2000 to 2004
 Co-editor (Middle and Far-Eastern sections) of the II Supplement (5 vols.) to Enciclopedia dell'arte antica, classica e orientale, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana (1989–96)
 Member of the Scientific Board of Annali dell'Istituto Orientale from 1993 to 1997
 Editor of Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli from 1998 to 2001
 President of the Centre of Buddhist Studies, Università "L'Orientale" from 2002 to 2004
 Member of the Nucleo di Valutazione Interno, Università "L'Orientale" from 2002 to 2006.

Selected publications

[Book reviews, reviews of exhibitions, articles for the Enciclopedia Italiana, articles for Ancient Nepal, etc. are not included]

1975–85

 'Notes on Afghan Archaeology, I. A Gandharan Relief from Qarabāg-e Gaznī, East and West 25, 1975, pp. 287–90. Rome.
 'Notes on Afghan Archaeology, II. Gaṇeśa Seated on Lion: A New Śāhi Marble', East and West 27, 1977, pp. 277–83. Rome.
 'Tapa Sardār. Second Preliminary Report', East and West 28, 1978, pp. 33–136. Rome. (With M. Taddei).
 'The Buddhist Cave Complex of Homay Qal'a', in J.E. van Lohuizen-de Leeuw ed., South Asian Archaeology 1975, pp. 119–26. Leiden 1979.
 'La baoli hoysala di Huligere', Annali della Facoltà di Lingue e Letterature Straniere di Ca' Foscari 19/3, 1980, pp. 103–11. Venezia.
 'Tapa Sarudaru no bukkyo chokoku', Ars Buddhica 138, 1981, pp. 11–22. Tokyo. (With M. Taddei).
 'Un'ipotesi sulla decorazione di una grotta del Jaghuri (Afghanistan)', in Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 41, 1981, pp. 261–69. Napoli.
 'Osservazioni sulle sculpture in argilla e su alcuni ambienti dei complessi templari I e II di Pendzikent', Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 42, 1982, pp. 247–304. Napoli.
 'The Kuṣāṇa Emperors as cakravartins', East and West 33, 1983, pp. 225–94. Rome.
 'Osservazioni sulla coroplastica di epoca Kuṣāṇa nel Nord-Ovest e in Afghanistan in relazione al materiale di Tapa Sardār, seguite da una precisazione sulla natura e la data delle sculpture di Ushkur', * in Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 43, 1983, pp. 479–502. Napoli.
 'Gandharan Imagery at Tapa Sardar', in R. Allchin ed., South Asian Archaeology 1981, pp. 257–62.  Cambridge 1984.
 'The Italian Archaeological Mission in Afghanistan: Brief Account of Excavation and Study, in Studi di storia dell'arte in memoria di Mario Rotili, 2 vols, I, pp. 41–70. Banca Sannitica, Napoli 1984 (with M. Taddei).
 'Avatāraṇa: a Note on the Bodhisattva Image Dated in the Third Year of Kaniṣka in the Sarnath Museum', East and West 35, 1985, pp. 67–101. Rome.
 'Clays Stūpas and Thrones at Tapa Sardar, Ghazni (Afghanistan)', Zinbun. Memoirs of the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies, Kyoto University 20, 1985, pp. 17–32. Kyoto. (with M. Taddei).

1986–1995

 Arte e civiltà dell'India antica (= Archeo dossier no. 30). Istituto Geografico De Agostini, Novara 1987.
 'The Buddha's Dhuni', in M Yaldiz & W. Lobo eds, Investigating Indian Art. Proceedings of a Symposium on the Development of Early Buddhist and Hindu Iconography held at the Museum of Indian Art, Berlin, in May 1986, pp. 369–83. Berlin 1987.
 'Preliminary Report on the Stupa and the Monastery of Mohenjo-Daro', in M. Jansen e G. Urban eds., Reports on Field Wok Carried out at Mohenjo-Daro. Interim Reports, vol. 2, pp. 45–58. Aachen-Roma 1987.
 'Thoughts on the Buddhist Sites of Sind', in Sindhological Studies, Summer 1987, pp. 40–75. Jamshoro [Hyderabad, Pakistan].
 Harigaon Satya Narayana, Kathmandu. A Report on the Excavations Carried out in 1984–88 (IsMEO Reports and Memoirs 22). Rome 1988.
 'Tematiche indiane di alcune iconografie gandhariche. Il Buddha, Agni, i lakṣaṇa, il miracolo di Śrāvastī e altri temi connessi', in G.Gnoli e L. Lanciotti eds., Orientalia Josephi Tucci Dicata, 3 vols., pp. 1533–49. Roma 1988.
 'A Trial-Trench at Dhumvarahi', in M. Taddei ed., South Asian Archaeology 1987, pp. 869–911. Roma 1990.
 Le sculpture del Gandhara nel Civico Museo Archeologico di Milano (= Notizie dal Chiostro del Monastero Maggiore, Suppl. 7). Milano 1991.
 Excavations at Harigaon, Kathmandu. Final Report. (IsMEO Reports and Memoirs 25), 2 vols. Rome 1992.
 'Arheologija i buddizm – vklad Ital'janskogo Instituta Srednego i Dal'nego Vostoka (IsMEO)', in Vestnik Drevnej Istorii, 1993/2, pp. 152–62. Moskva. (With M. Taddei).
 Homa and Other Fire Rituals in Gandhāra. Supplement no. 79 to Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 54/2. Napoli 1994.

1996–2005

 'On Edward W. Said's Aida', in Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 56, 1996, pp. 524–35. Napoli.
 'Religions, Rituals, and the Heaviness of Indian History', Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 56, 1996, pp. 215–53. Napoli.
 'The Buddhists, the Gnostics and the Antinomistic Society, or the Arabian Sea in the First-Second Century AD', Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 57, 1997, 323–46. Napoli.
 'Aerial Imagery, GIS and Predictive Models for Identifying Archaeological Sites, Tarai (Nepal)', in M. Taddei e G. De Marco eds, South Asian Archaeology 1997, 3 vols., pp. 679–96. Roma-Napoli 2000. (With Maria Jacoli).
 'The Buddha-Elephant', Silk Road and Archaeology 6 (= Papers in honour of Francine Tissot), eds. E. Errington and O. Bopearachchi, pp. 69–74. Kamakura 1999/2000.
 Excavations at Gotihawa and Territorial Survey in the Kapilbastu District of Nepal. Lumbini International Research Institute, Lumbini 2001.
 'Diffusione e tramonto del Buddhismo in Kirghisistan', in B. Genito ed, Pastori erranti dell'Asia. Popoli, archaeologia e storia nelle steppe dei Kirghisi [Catalogue of exhibition], pp. 93–94. Napoli 2002.
 'Images of Destruction. An Enquiry into Hindu Icons in their Relations to Buddhism', Buddhist Asia 1. pp. 1–36. Kyoto 2003.
 Buddhist Caves of Jāghūrī and Qarabāgh-e Ghaznī, Afghanistan. IsIAO Reports and Memoirs, New Series 2. Rome 2004 (with E. Paparatti, and with an Appendix by M. Inaba).
 'Excavations at Pipri, Nepalese Tarai', in U. Franke-Vogt and H.-J. Weisshaar eds., South Asian Archaeology 1993, pp. 285–90. Bonn 2005 (with S. Coccia).
 'From Early to Late Tapa Sardār. A Tentative Chronology', East and West 55, 2005, pp. 405–44. Rome (with E. Paparatti).
(ed.) Nepalese and Italian Contributions to the History and Archaeology of Nepal. Proceedings of the Seminar Held at Hanuman Dhoka, Kathmandu, on 27–28 January 1995 (IsIAO Reports and
 Memoirs, Series Minor 2). Roma 1997. Includes, by G. Verardi,
 'The History of Nepal as Seen by the Italian Scholars' (with Luciano Petech), pp. 23–28;
 'Buddhism and National Identities. The Archaeological Evidence from Kathmandu and the Case of China and India', pp. 37–48.
 (ed.) 'Report on the 1997 Excavations at Weiwan, Longmen (China)', Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 58, 1998, pp. 409–62. Napoli. (With Liu Jinglong).
 (ed.) Buddhist Asia 1. Papers from the First Conference of Buddhist Studies Held in Naples in May 2001. Italian School of Eastern Asian Studies, Kyoto 2003. (With S. Vita).
 (ed.) On Gandhara. Collected Articles [by] Maurizio Taddei, 2 vols. Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale", Collana Collectanea 3. Napoli 2003. (With A. Filigenzi).

2006 to Present

 Lo scavo del Fengxiansi a Longmen', in Tang. Arte e cultura in Cina prima dell'anno Mille, pp. 86–91. Napoli 2006.
 'The Aśokan Sanctuary at Gotihawa, Nepalese Tarai', in Indo-Kōko-Kenkyū 28, 2006–2007, pp. 1–10. Tokyo.
 Excavations at Gotihawa and Pipri, Kapilbastu District, Nepal. IsIAO, Roma 2007.
 'Tokens and Counters in the Ganges Valley from the late Chalcolithic Period to the Early Centuries AD' and 'Summing Up', in A.M. D'Onofrio ed., Tallies, Tokens and Counters. From the Mediterranean to India: A Cross-Cultural Approach, pp. 97–115, 163–71. Università degli Studi di Napoli “L'Orientale”. Napoli 2007.
 'The So-called Stupa at Mohenjo Daro and its Relationship with the Ancient Citadel'. South Asian Archaeology 2007. IsIAO-University of Bologna (forth.). Also, in Prāgdhārā. Journal of the U.P. State Archaeology Department 19, 2008–2009, pp. 147–70. Lucknow. (With Federica Barba).
 'Buddha’s Birth and Reassessment of the Archaeological Evidence', in Ch. Cueppers, M. Deeg and H. Durt eds, The Birth of the Buddha. Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004, pp. 19–39. Lumbini International Research Institute, Lumbini 2010.
 'Issues in the Excavation, Chronology and Monuments of Tapa Sardar', in M. Alram et al. eds, Coins, Art and Chronology II. The First Millennium C.E. in the Indo-Iranian Borderlands, pp. 341–56. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Wien 2010.
 Hardships and Downfall of Buddhism in India. Appendices by Federica Barba. Manohar, Delhi 2011.
 'Buddhism in North-western India and Eastern Afghanistan, Sixth to Ninth Century AD', in Zinbun 43, pp. 147–83. Kyoto 2011.
 'The Brahmanisation of Gandhāra', in Glimpses of Indian History and Art. Reflections on the Past, Perspectives for the Future, in T. Lorenzetti and F. Scialpi eds, pp. 000. Roma 2011.
(ed.) Tang. Arte e cultura in Cina prima dell'anno Mille (Catalogue of the Exhibition, Naples, 16 December 2005 – 22 April 2006). Napoli 2006. (With L. Caterina).

Essential publications

 “Tapa Sardār. Second Preliminary Report”, East and West 28, 1978, pp. 33–136. Rome. (With M. Taddei).
 “The Kuṣāṇa Emperors as cakravartins', East and West 33, 1983, pp. 225–94. Rome.
 Excavations at Harigaon, Kathmandu. Final Report. (IsMEO Reports and Memoirs 25), 2 vols. Rome 1992.
 Homa and Other Fire Rituals in Gandhāra. Supplement no. 79 to Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 54/2. Napoli 1994.
 Buddhist Caves of Jāghūrī and Qarabāgh-e Ghaznī, Afghanistan. IsIAO Reports and Memoirs, New Series 2. Rome 2004 (with E. Paparatti, and with an Appendix by M. Inaba).
 “From Early to Late Tapa Sardār. A Tentative Chronology”', East and West 55, 2005, pp. 405–44. Rome (with E. Paparatti).
 (ed.) “Report on the 1997 Excavations at Weiwan, Longmen (China)”', Annali dell'Istituto Orientale di Napoli 58, 1998, pp. 409–62. Napoli. (With Liu Jinglong).
 Excavations at Gotihawa and Pipri, Kapilbastu District, Nepal. IsIAO, Roma 2007.
 “'The So-called Stupa at Mohenjo Daro and its Relationship with the Ancient Citadel”'. South Asian Archaeology 2007. IsIAO-University of Bologna (forth.). Also, in Prāgdhārā. Journal of the U.P. State Archaeology Department 19, 2008–2009, pp. 147–70. Lucknow. (With Federica Barba).
 “'Buddha’s Birth and Reassessment of the Archaeological Evidence”, in Ch. Cueppers, M. Deeg and H. Durt eds., The Birth of the Buddha. Proceedings of the Seminar Held in Lumbini, Nepal, October 2004, pp. 19–39. Lumbini International Research Institute, Lumbini 2010.
 Hardships and Downfall of Buddhism in India. Appendices by Federica Barba. Manohar, Delhi 2011.

References

 Archaeological Activities in Nepal since 1893 to 2002 by Prakash Darnal.
 Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Documentation of Inner and South Asian Cultural History.
 Kyoto University Research Information Repository.
 South Asian Archaeology 1999 (International Institute of Asian Studies, Netherlands.
 UNESCO.ORG

1947 births
People from Bologna
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University alumni
University of Allahabad alumni
Banaras Hindu University alumni
Academic staff of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
Living people
Academic staff of the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale"


title: Brasserie de la Couronne

text:
Brasserie de la Couronne, S.A., is a carbonated soft drink manufacturer and the licensed bottler for the Coca-Cola Company in Haiti. It makes the popular Cola Couronne Fruit Champagne and recently added Diète Couronne Fruit Champagne, Couronne Limonade, and Diète Couronne Limonade.
It bottles Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, and Gladiator for the Coca-Cola Company.

History
Brasserie de la Couronne was founded in 1924 and, three years later, the relationship with Coca-Cola started in 1927. It was acquired by Richard J. Forgham in the early 1950s and in turn sold to brothers Roger and Raymond Jaar in 1983. In 1986, the plant was then moved from its downtown Port-au-Prince location to a 33-acre site. Significant improvements were made to increase the plant´s productivity in 1995 where the technical infrastructure was updated, and the size of the plant was increased. It is one of the longest running companies as well as one of the largest private sector employers in Haiti today. It sponsors many sporting and cultural events in the community in Haiti throughout the year and provides support to local hospitals, associations and schools. Scholarship funds and the purchase of school supplies in Port-au-Prince and in other provinces are raised through their UTC promotions that allow consumers to help fund them.

Economic Impact
 In association with bum, nearly $16 million is expected to be invested in 2010, and $30 million over five years which could ultimately create an additional one thousand jobs. This includes improvements in the plant in Port-au-Prince; construction of a waste water treatment facility; procurement of glass, trucks and coolers; the addition of a new PET line and the upgrade of a new line to bottle juice.

References

1924 establishments in Haiti
Coca-Cola bottlers
Drink companies of Haiti
Companies based in Port-au-Prince
Soft drinks


title: Rabbits Foot Meadery

text:
Rabbit's Foot Meadery was a meadery and winery in Sunnyvale, California, United States.

History
Rabbit's Foot Meadery was founded in 1995 when Michael Faul of Sunnyvale, California began producing commercial versions of many historical recipes for brewing mead. Faul is credited with the expansion of the modern commercial mead making industry along with David Myers of Redstone Meadery in Boulder, Colorado.

Rabbit's Foot Meadery has won numerous awards and is known throughout the industry as a leader and innovator. Rabbit's Foot Meadery was the first company to produce commercially viable versions of cyser and braggot to create styles of mead from historical recipes.

The company is well known for producing articles on the production of mead and has been featured on national television and radio and notably on the internet radio talk show The Brewing Network where he provides a wealth of information to home mead makers and commercial producers alike.

The Sunnyvale location of Rabbit's Foot Meadery closed early 2021 and as of September 2023 has not opened their anticipated Sierra Foothills location.

Awards
 2003 International Mead Festival - Gold Medal Sweet Mead
 2003 International Mead Festival - Bronze Medal Dry Mead
 2005 International Mead Festival - Gold Medal Sweet Mead
 2005 International Mead Festival - Bronze Medal Apple Cyser
 2005 California State Fair - Silver Medal Sweet Mead
 2005 California State Fair - Bronze Medal Dry Mead
 2006 International Mead Festival - Gold Medal  Melia
 2006 International Mead Festival - Silver Medal Apple Cyser
 2006 International Mead Festival -Bronze Medal Lemon Cyser
 2007 International Mead Festival - Gold Medal Melia
 2007 International Mead Festival - Silver Medal Apple Cyser
 2007 International Mead Festival - Silver Medal Black Cherry Cyser
 2007 International Mead Festival - Bronze Medal Biere de Miele (Honey Ale)
 2007 California State Fair - Silver Medal Melia
 2007 Los Angeles International Wine Festival - Silver Medal Melia
 2008 International Mead Festival - Gold Medal Melia
 2008 International Mead Festival - Bronze Medal Biere de Miele
 2008 International Mead Festival - Gold Medal Melia
 2008 International Mead Festival - Bronze Medal Lemon Cyser
 2009 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal Diabhal - Belgian Style Golden Ale
 2009 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Silver Medal Black Cherry Cyser
 2010 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal Diabhal - Belgian Style Golden Ale
 2011 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal Diabhal - Belgian Style Golden Ale
 2011 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Silver Medal Black Cherry Cyser
 2013 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal Diabhal - Belgian Style Golden Ale
 2013 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Silver Medal Biere de Miel
 2014 California Cider Competition - Silver - Red Branch Cider Company Hard Raspberry
 2014 California Cider Competition - Bronze - Red Branch Cider Company Hard Black Cherry
 2015 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal Honey Stout - Stout
 2015 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Silver Medal Biere de Miel - Kolsch
 2015 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Bronze Medal Diabhal - Belgian Style Golden Ale
 2015 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Bronze Medal - Melia
 2016 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal - Honey Stout
 2016 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal - Naughty Ninja - Ginger Cyser - Session Mead
 2016 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Silver Medal - Johnny Jump Up - Dry Hopped
 2016 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Bronze Medal - Hard Raspberry Cyser
 2017 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Gold Medal - Hel
 2017 International Mead Festival - Mazer Cup - Bronze - Biere de Miel

See also
 California wine
 List of breweries in California
 Mead in the United States

References

External links

Companies based in Sunnyvale, California
Mead
Food and drink in the San Francisco Bay Area
Food and drink companies based in California
Wineries in California
American companies established in 1995
Food and drink companies established in 1995
1995 establishments in California


title: La gatta da pelare

text:
La gatta da pelare (A Hard Nut to Crack) is a 1981 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Pippo Franco. It is his only film as a director.

Plot
A jealous cartoonist kills, in his comics, the psychoanalyst of his wife. When the murder happens in reality, he is the main suspect.

Cast
 Pippo Franco as Stefano Valenti
 Janet Agren as  Germana
 Daniela Poggi as  Mara
 Tuccio Musumeci as  Carlotti
 Orso Maria Guerrini as  Professor Maraldi
 Nando Paone as  Donizetti
 Clara Colosimo as  Mother of Donizetti
 Giancarlo Magalli as   Carabinieri Captain

References

External links

1981 films
Italian comedy films
1981 comedy films
1981 directorial debut films
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films


title: Extreme Love: Dementia

text:
Extreme Love: Dementia is a 2012 British documentary film by Louis Theroux.

The documentary is the second part of Theroux's Extreme Love, following Extreme Love: Autism.

Theroux travels to the city of Phoenix, Arizona, considered the capital of dementia care, spending time at Beatitudes, a residential institution for those with dementia. Theroux also meets individuals in the Phoenix area who are trying to keep relationships alive with loved ones with dementia as their disease progresses. Theroux also addresses the case of Early-onset Alzheimer's, presenting the case of Selinda Hope Border, a 49-year-old mother who had been diagnosed with dementia. Selinda died on 24 January 2018 at the age of 56 as a result of such illness.

References

External links

Louis Theroux's BBC Two specials
BBC television documentaries
2012 television specials
Documentary films about dementia
Films set in Phoenix, Arizona
Healthcare in Arizona
British documentary television films
Television episodes set in Arizona
BBC travel television series


title: Masters W65 200 metres world record progression

text:
This is the progression of world record improvements of the 200 metres W65 division of Masters athletics.

Key

References

Masters Athletics 200 m list

Masters athletics world record progressions


title: Negai goto Hitotsu dake

text:
is the 3rd single of Miho Komatsu released under Amemura O-Town Record label. The single reached #8 rank for first week and sold 44,460 copies. The single charted for 17 weeks and sold totally 294,580 copies.

Track list

In media
Negai Goto Hitotsu Dake
for Anime television series Case Closed (Detective Conan) as 5th ending theme
Ginga
for ABC program Wide ABCDE~su as ending theme

Cover
In 2006, it was covered by Mikuni Shimokawa in her album Remember. In 2008 Aiuchi Rina and U-ka Saegusa in dB covered this song in their single "Nanatsu no Umi o Wataru Kaze no Yō ni".

References

1998 songs
1998 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Being Inc. singles
Amemura-O-Town Record singles
Case Closed songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Neidalia irrorata

text:
Neidalia irrorata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Walter Rothschild in 1917. It is found in Peru.

References

Phaegopterina
Moths described in 1917


title: Rob Brown (saxophonist)

text:
Rob Brown (born February 27, 1962) is an American free jazz saxophonist and composer.

Life and career
Brown was born in Hampton, Virginia, United States. He started playing saxophone at the age of 12. His first gigs were with a local Virginia swing band. He eventually studied at Berklee College for two years, and worked privately with both Joe Viola and John LaPorta. After a year on the west coast, Brown relocated to Boston, Massachusetts, where he met pianist Matthew Shipp. He moved to New York in 1985, where he enrolled at New York University, earned a music degree, and studied with saxophone masters such as Lee Konitz, but the teacher who had more influence on Brown conceptually was Philadelphian Dennis Sandole. Brown travelled to Philadelphia by rail once a week to study with him for a year and a half.

His first issued recording was the duet with Shipp Sonic Explorations (1988), and since then has been actively leading groups or working as a sideman with Shipp, William Parker, Whit Dickey, Joe Morris and Steve Swell.

He is a 2001 CalArts/Alpert/Ucross Residency Prize winner and has received many Meet The Composer Fund grants. In 2006, Brown was awarded a Chamber Music America New Works grant.

Discography

As leader/co-leader

As sideman

References

External links
Official site
Rob Brown: No More "Mr. Avant Garde" by John Sharpe at All About Jazz

American jazz saxophonists
American male saxophonists
Avant-garde jazz musicians
1962 births
Living people
Musicians from Hampton, Virginia
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development alumni
Berklee College of Music alumni
21st-century American saxophonists
Jazz musicians from Virginia
21st-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Clean Feed Records artists
AUM Fidelity artists
RogueArt artists


title: Neidalia dulcicula

text:
Neidalia dulcicula is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by William Schaus in 1929. It is found in Brazil.

References

Phaegopterina
Moths described in 1929


title: Neidalia cerdai

text:
Neidalia cerdai is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1997. It is found in French Guiana.

References

Phaegopterina
Moths described in 1997


title: Ad Dekkers (artist)

text:
Adriaan "Ad" Dekkers (Nieuwpoort, South Holland, 21 March 1938 – Gorinchem, 27 February 1974) was a Dutch artist mostly known for his reliefs involving simple geometrical forms.

Dekkers was born to Hendrik Pieter Dekkers, a school principal, and Anna Elizabeth Berdina Godtschalk. Adrian attended his father's school and also received training as a decorative painter. Between 1954 and 1958 he studied at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam where he was mostly engaged in drawing of landscapes and still images. In February 1960 Dekkers  entered military service, and in December 1961 married Machelina Hendrika van Bruggen, with whom he had one son.

From the early 1960s Dekkers became dissatisfied with painting and focused on reliefs, mostly made of plastic. By 1968 he was recognized as a master in this area and started creating monumental sculptures and reliefs in architectural environment. His works became accepted at major international exhibitions, such as the Biennale de Paris in 1965, São Paulo Art Biennial in 1967 and documenta in Kassel in 1968. He also had a number of solo exhibitions in the Netherlands. After his death in 1974, his works were exhibited in Eindhoven and Düsseldorf and placed in museums in the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, England and the United States.

Works

References
Dekkers, Adriaan (1938–1974). huygens.knaw.nl
Ad Dekkers. explore.rkd.nl

1938 births
1974 deaths
20th-century Dutch sculptors
Dutch male sculptors
People from Liesveld
Willem de Kooning Academy alumni
20th-century Dutch male artists


title: Vaccinium boreale

text:
Vaccinium boreale, common name northern blueberry, sweet hurts, or bleuet boréal (in French), is a plant species native to the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. It has been found in Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York State. It grows in tundra (arctic or alpine), rocky uplands, and in open conifer forests at elevations up to .

Description
Vaccinium boreale is a small shrub up to  tall - it is a lowbush blueberry - forming dense colonies of many individuals. Twigs are green, angled, with lines of hairs. Leaves are deciduous, narrowly elliptic, up to  long, with teeth along the margins. Flowers are white, up to  long. Berries are blue, up to  across.

References

boreale
Flora of Eastern Canada
Flora of the Northeastern United States
Plants described in 1961
Blueberries


title: Reorganised Party of Labour of Albania

text:
The Reorganized Party of Labour of Albania () is a communist party in Albania. It was founded on July 4, 2007. The First Secretary is Marko Dajti. The party got one local seat in the 2011 elections. In the parliamentary election of 2013, it had 622 votes, and integrated the Alliance for a European Albania.

References

External links
Official website

Political parties in Albania
Communist parties in Albania
Anti-revisionist organizations
Political parties established in 2007
2007 establishments in Albania


title: Da-Palm Senior Secondary School

text:
Da-Palm Senior Secondary School is a rural school in Otjimbingwe in the Erongo Region of central Namibia. In 2014, it had been mentioned as the sixth best school in the Erongo Region.

Situated on the banks of the ephemeral Swakop River, Da-Palm is a government boarding school that was established in 1982. It teaches pupils from grade 8 to 12, and has 480 learners.

See also
 Education in Namibia
 List of schools in Namibia

References

Schools in Erongo Region
1982 establishments in South West Africa
Otjimbingwe


title: Ravi Agarwal

text:
Ravi P. Agarwal (born July 10, 1947) is an Indian mathematician, Ph.D. sciences, professor, professor & chairman, Department of Mathematics Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, U.S. Agarwal is the author of over 1000 scientific papers as well as 30 monographs. He was previously a professor in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at Florida Institute of Technology.

Monographs and books
 R.P. Agarwal, Boundary Value Problems for Higher Order Differential Equations, World Scientific, Singapore, Philadelphia, 1986, p. 307.
 R.P. Agarwal and R.C. Gupta, Essentials of Ordinary Differential Equations, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Singapore, New York, 1991, p. 467.
 R.P. Agarwal, Difference Equations and Inequalities : Theory, Methods and Applications, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1992, p. 777.
 R.P. Agarwal and V. Lakshmikantham, Uniqueness and Nonuniqueness Criteria for Ordinary Differential Equations, World Scientific, Singapore, 1993, p. 312.
 R.P. Agarwal and P.J.Y. Wong, Error Inequalities in Polynomial Interpolation and Their Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1993, p. 365.
 R.P. Agarwal and R.C. Gupta, Solutions Manual to Accompany Essentials of Ordinary Differential Equations, McGraw-Hill Book Co., Singapore, New York, 1993, p. 209.
 R.P. Agarwal and P.Y.H. Pang, Opial Inequalities with Applications in Differential and Difference Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1995, p. 393.
 R.P. Agarwal and P.J.Y. Wong, Advanced Topics in Difference Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1997, p. 507.
 R.P. Agarwal, Focal Boundary Value Problems for Differential and Difference Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1998, p. 289.
 R.P. Agarwal, D. O’Regan and P.J.Y. Wong, Positive Solutions of Differential, Difference and Integral Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1999, p. 417.
 R.P. Agarwal, Difference Equations and Inequalities: Second Edition, Revised and Expended, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2000, xv+980pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, M. Meehan and D. O’Regan, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2001, 170pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, S.R. Grace and D. O’Regan, Oscillation Theory for Difference and Functional Differential Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2000, 337pp.
 R.P. Agarwal and D. O’Regan, Infinite Interval Problems for Differential, Difference and Integral Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2001, 341pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, M. Meehan and D. O’Regan, Nonlinear Integral Equations and Inclusions, Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2001, 362pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, S.R. Grace and D. O’Regan, Oscillation Theory for Second Order Linear, Half–linear, Superlinear and Sublinear Dynamic Equations, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 2002, 672pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, S.R. Grace and D. O’Regan, Oscillation Theory for Second Order Dynamic Equations, Taylor & Francis, U.K., 2003, 404pp.
 R.P. Agarwal and D. O’Regan, Singular Differential and Integral Equations with Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003, 402pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, M. Bohner and W.-T. Li, Nonoscillation and Oscillation Theory for Functional Differential Equations, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2004, 376pp.
 R.P. Agarwal, M. Bohner, S.R. Grace and D. O’Regan, Discrete Oscillation Theory, Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2005, 1000pp.
 R.P. Agarwal and D. O’Regan, An Introduction to Ordinary Differential Equations, Springer, New York, 2008.
 R.P. Agarwal and D. O’Regan, Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations with Special Functions, Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems, Springer, New York, 2009.
 R.P. Agarwal, D. O’Regan and D.R. Sahu, Fixed Point Theory for Lipschitzian–type Mappings with Applications, Springer, New York, 2009
 R.P. Agarwal, S. Ding and C.A. Nolder, Inequalities for Differential Forms, Springer, New York, 2009.
 K. Perera, R.P. Agarwal and D. O’Regan, Morse Theoretic Aspects of p–Laplacian Type Operators, Mathematical Surveys and Monographs, Volume 161, American Mathematical Society, Providence Island, 2010.
 R.P. Agarwal, K. Perera and S. Pinelas, An Introduction to Complex Analysis, Springer, New York, 2011.
 S.K. Sen and R.P. Agarwal, π, e, φ with MATLAB: Random and Rational Sequences with Scope in Supercomputing Era, Cambridge Scientific Publishers, Cambridge, 2011.
 R.P. Agarwal, L. Berezansky, E. Braverman and A. Domoshnitsky, Nonoscillation Theory of Functional Differential Equations with Applications, Springer, New York, 2012.
 A. Aral, V. Gupta and R. P. Agarwal, Applications of q–Calculus in Operator Theory, Springer, New York, 2013.
 R.P. Agarwal, D. O’Regan and P.J.Y. Wong, Constant–Sign Solutions of Systems of Integral Equations, Springer, in press, Springer, New York, 2015.

Editorial board membership

 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Inequalities and Applications, Springer, U.S.
 Editor-in-Chief, Advances in Difference Equations, Springer, U.S.
 Editor-in-Chief, Boundary Value Problems, Springer, U.S.
 Editor-in-Chief, Fixed Point Theory and Applications, Springer, U.S.
 Editor, Advances in Mathematical Finance and Applications, IAU of Arak, Iran.
 Senior Editor, Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, The Netherlands.
 Editor, Series in Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Gordon and Breach, U.K.
 Editor, World Scientific Series in Applicable Analysis, World Scientific, Singapore
 Editor, Nonlinear Oscillations, The Publication of the Institute of Mathematics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

References

1947 births
Living people
20th-century Indian mathematicians
Texas A&M University–Kingsville faculty
Indian expatriate academics in the United States
Florida Institute of Technology faculty


title: Ciotti

text:
Ciotti is an Italian surname. It is also present in Megleno-Romanian. Notable people with the surname include:

Dragutin Ciotti (1905—1974), Croatian gymnast
Dumitru Ciotti (1882/1885–1974), Megleno-Romanian activist, editor and schoolteacher
Éric Ciotti (born 1965), French politician
Giulio Ciotti (born 1976), Italian high jumper
Luigi Ciotti (born 1945), Italian Roman Catholic priest
Nicholas Ciotti (1944–2003), American mobster
Nicola Ciotti (born 1976), Italian high jumper
Pietro Ciotti (born 1999), Italian footballer
Roberto Ciotti (1953–2013), Italian musician and composer

Italian-language surnames
Megleno-Romanian-language surnames


title: Territoriu de bandolerus

text:
Territoriu de bandolerus (Extremaduran for Territory of Bandits) is an Extremaduran film directed by Néstor del Barco and José Ignacio Cobos and produced by Pilar Cobos and Eduardo Gómez from the cultural association El Duendi. It is the first film made entirely in the Extremaduran language (Serradilla dialect). It tells the story of the bandit El Cabrerín. It is based on actual events of the nineteenth century.

Filming is located in the village of Serradilla, province of Cáceres and its surroundings, including the  Monfragüe National Park. Both cast and crew consisted of Serradilla locals. This movie has the distinction of starting as a no budget film, with members of the Serradilla community contributing resources in a collective effort.

The film premiered on August 17, 2013 in Serradilla, with over 3000 attendees (the village census records 1729 inhabitants).

References

2013 films
Spanish historical drama films
Extremaduran culture
Extremaduran language
2010s Spanish films


title: Artur Pastor

text:
Artur Pastor (1 May 1922 in Alter do Chão – 17 September 1999 in Lisbon), was a Portuguese photographer.

Exhibitions
He individually held 14 photography exhibitions with focus on the one that took place at Foz Palace in 1970 with 360 pieces of work, and at the Galveias Palace in 1986, involving 136 photographs. After his death 3 other exhibitions took place with his pieces of work.

"Motivos do Sul", with the theme Alentejo, Algarve and Serra de Arrábida, in Circulo Cultural of Algarve, Faro, January 1946 (300 photos)
at the information office of "Comissão Municipal de Turismo de Faro", Faro, in 1946
at the "Salão de Festas da Sociedade Recreativa Olhanense", Olhão, in 1946
"Motivos do Sul", with the theme Algarve, Setúbal and Alentejo, at the "Sociedade Harmonia Eborense", Évora, in June 1946
with the theme Alentejo, at the "Pátio Árabe da Casa do Alentejo", Lisbon, in May 1947
with the theme Setúbal's city and region, at the "Salão Nobre da Câmara Municipal de Setúbal", Setúbal, in July 1947
with the theme Algarve, Alentejo and Setubal, at the Barrocal Palace, Évora, in June 1949
with the theme Sesimbra's beach, at the shop windows of the Casa J. C. Alvarez, Lda., Augusta street, Lisbon, in October 1949
with the theme Albufeira's beach and people, at the shop windows of the Casa J. C. Alvarez, Lda., Augusta street, Lisbon, in August 1950
National Tourism Exhibition, at the Foz Palace, Lisbon, in 1953 (Collective Exhibition)
at the Salão Maior do Foz Palace, Lisbon, in December 1970 (360 photos)
with the theme snowy landscape in Tras-os-Montes, at the shop windows of the Casa J. C. Alvarez, Lisbon, in December 1974
"Apontamentos de Lisboa", with the theme Lisbon, at the Galveias Palace, Lisbon, in June 1986 (136 photos)
"Pequena Mostra de Fotografias de Artur Pastor", at the "Junta de Freguesia de Santiago", Lisbon, in November 1986
"Algarve (anos 50–60) Alguns Apontamentos", at the Art Galery "Pintor Samora Barros", Albufeira, in April 1998
"Artur Pastor 'O Domador da Rolleiflex'", at the galery "ColorFoto", Porto, in July 2006
"História(s) da Terra: Fotografias de Artur Pastor", at the Bread Museum, Seia, in October 2006
"A Nazaré de Artur Pastor", at the "Biblioteca Municipal da Nazaré", Nazaré, in November 2008

References

1922 births
Portuguese photographers
1999 deaths
People from Portalegre District


title: Lucy Chaffer

text:
Lucy Katherine Chaffer (born 19 October 1983 in Perth, Australia) is an Australian skeleton racer. She competed for Australia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi in the skeleton events. She is also a team member of the four time winning premiership  hockey team, the Reds Women's 5's and is their lightning strike of a wing. She is famously known for her strong self passing ability.

Chaffer attended Santa Maria College, Perth and was a physical education teacher at the school.

References

External links

1983 births
Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic skeleton racers for Australia
Australian female skeleton racers
Sportswomen from Western Australia
Sportspeople from Perth, Western Australia
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women


title: Anybody's game

text:
anybody's game is the fourth single by the Japanese singer and songwriter Miho Komatsu released under Amemura O-Town Record label. It was released on 14 March 1998. The single reached #9 on the charts in its first week and sold 35,440 copies. It charted for eight weeks and sold 98,990 copies

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Hirohito Furui
"anybody's game"

'"anybody's game" (instrumental)
 (instrumental)

Use in media
"anybody's game"
Fuji TV program SF as ending theme
NHK drama series Ojisan Kaizou Kouza as theme song
KBS music program J-rock Artists Best 50 as opening theme

"Ichiman Meter no Keshiki"
Yomiuri TV program Japan International Birdman Rallyas theme song
Shizuoka Asahi Television informational program Sport Paradise as ending theme
CM song for Iwaki Meisei University's radio

References

1998 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
1998 songs
Being Inc. singles
Amemura-O-Town Record singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: I camionisti

text:
I camionisti (The Truckers) is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Flavio Mogherini and starred by the comedy duo Gigi e Andrea.

Plot
Ofelia, the handsome operator of a service station, attracts the attentions of several admirers, including her former lover Rocky, a truck driver, and the noble Sir Archibald.

Cast

 Andrea Roncato as Rocky
 Gigi Sammarchi as Rocky's Colleague
 Daniela Poggi as  Ofelia Cecconi
 Francisco Cecilio as  Sir Archibald
 Giorgio Bracardi as  Driver of Sir Archibald
 Sergio Leonardi as  Chiavica
 Toni Ucci

See also
 List of Italian films of 1982

References

External links

1982 films
1980s buddy comedy films
Films scored by Riz Ortolani
Films directed by Flavio Mogherini
Italian buddy comedy films
Trucker films
1982 comedy films
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films


title: Janine Flock

text:
Janine Flock ( born 25 July 1989) is an Austrian skeleton racer. She was a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In February 2015, she became the first Austrian woman to win an overall World Cup skeleton title. She came in second at the 2016 World Championships and is regarded as the best woman skeleton racer in Austrian history.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Austrian female skeleton racers
Olympic skeleton racers for Austria
Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Skeleton racers at the 2022 Winter Olympics
People from Hall in Tirol
Sportspeople from Tyrol (state)
21st-century Austrian women


title: List of number-one club tracks of 2013 (Australia)

text:
This is the list of number-one tracks on the ARIA Club Chart in 2013, and is compiled by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) from weekly DJ reports.

2013

Number-one artists

See also
ARIA Charts
List of number-one singles of 2013 (Australia)
List of number-one albums of 2013 (Australia)
2013 in music

References

Number-one singles
Australia Club Chart
2013 Club


title: Nataša Kramberger

text:
Nataša Kramberger (born 14 April 1983) is a Slovenian writer and journalist.

Life
She was born in Maribor and currently lives in Berlin. She is best known for her novel Nebesa v robidah: roman v zgodbah (Heaven in a blackberry bush: a novel in stories). It was nominated for the Kresnik Prize for best Slovenian novel and won the EU Prize for Literature in 2010. It was translated into Italian 2016 for Mimesis edizioni. It was translated to English in 2020 for Litterae Slovenicae by Kristina Reardon.

1983 births
Writers from Maribor
Living people
Writers from Berlin
Slovenian emigrants to Germany


title: Sophia Griebel

text:
Sophia Griebel (born 7 June 1990) is a German skeleton racer who has raced at the Winter Olympics and the Skeleton World Cup. She started racing skeleton in 2005 and was selected to the German national team in 2008; she was a luger before switching to skeleton.  Her personal coach is Christian Baude and she uses an FES sled. Away from sport, she works for the German Federal Police. Griebel was injured in 2016 and spent 18 months recovering before returning to the World Cup circuit in November 2017, but after poor showings in the season's first two races, she was replaced on the German World Cup squad by Anna Fernstädt.

Notable results
Griebel began international competition in 2008 on the Europe Cup, finishing 10th in her first race, at St. Moritz. At the 2009 Skeleton Junior World Championships she finished just off the podium in 4th place; that same season saw her take three podium finishes on the Europe Cup, including one gold, taking third place on the tour overall. The following season, she continued to race in the Europe Cup, taking five podiums (three wins) but only ninth at the Junior World Championships. Griebel was promoted to the Intercontinental Cup for the 2010–11 season, earning three gold medals and five silvers on the way to a first-place finish in the ICC season rankings, but only took fifth in the Junior World Championships.

Griebel continued to race on the lower levels of sliding until the 2012–13 season, when she joined the World Cup tour after earning a silver medal at the Junior World Championships.  She finished 9th on her first World Cup start, at Altenberg.  Griebel started the Olympic season of 2013–14 back on the ICC, earning four consecutive podiums before being promoted once again to the World Cup and earning a place on the German Olympic team for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. She won the final training run in Sochi, but could only manage a 10th-place finish in the competition proper.

Griebel returned the World Cup in 2014–15, earning her best finishes to date with fourth-place results at Calgary, Altenberg, and Königssee, but finished a disappointing 12th at her first senior World Championships. She ended that season ranked sixth in the World Cup rankings, behind two of her German teammates. The following (2015–16) season, Griebel finished fourth again at Altenberg and improved her World Championships result to fifth, but then was forced to sit out the entire 2016–17 season due to injury. Returning to the World Cup in 2017–18, another Olympic-shortened season, she fared poorly in two races before being demoted to the ICC squad in favor of Anna Fernstädt.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
German female skeleton racers
Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic skeleton racers for Germany
People from Suhl
Sportspeople from Thuringia
21st-century German women


title: Let Her Down Easy

text:
"Let Her Down Easy" is a song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Terence Trent D'Arby for his third studio album, Symphony or Damn (1993). It was released as the fourth single in November 1993 and reached number 18 in the United Kingdom.

Critical reception
Alex Kadis from Smash Hits gave the song five out of five, naming it Best New Single. She wrote, "It's a wonderful, haunting, graceful ballad with beautifully phrased vocals to take your breath away. If you've ever been in love with someone older or younger than you this will break your heart."

Track listings
 CD, 7-inch and cassette single
"Let Her Down Easy" (Single Version) – 4:13
"Turn the Page" – 5:58

 CD maxi single
"Let Her Down Easy" (Album Version) – 4:09
"Sign Your Name" – 4:38
"Delicate" featuring Des'ree – 4:19
"Let Her Down Easy" (Single Version) – 4:12

 12-inch single
"Let Her Down Easy" (Single Version)
"Turn the Page" (Club Mix)
"Turn the Page" (Dub Mix)
"Do You Love Me Like You Say?" (Original Rude Boy Mix)

Charts

George Michael version

British singer-songwriter George Michael performed "Let Her Down Easy" during his 2011–12 Symphonica Tour and included it on the Symphonica album (2014). The music video for the song was released on February 4, 2014. On March 14, 2014, "Let Her Down Easy" was digitally released as the first single from the album.

Track listing
 Digital single
"Let Her Down Easy" – 3:41

Charts

Release history

References

External links

1993 songs
1993 singles
2014 singles
Terence Trent D'Arby songs
Songs written by Terence Trent D'Arby
George Michael songs
Song recordings produced by George Michael
Columbia Records singles


title: Harold Park, Bradford

text:
Harold Park is a small urban park in Low Moor, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
The park is open all day all year round.
To the immediate north of Harold Park is Horsfall Stadium home to Bradford Park Avenue A.F.C. and Albion Sports A.F.C.
Park Dam is a short walking distance to the south.

The park has been given a Green Flag Award
and the Platinum award from The Royal Horticultural Society Yorkshire in Bloom for open spaces.

History

The park is named after Harold Gathorne Hardy who died on 11 June 1881.
Harold was born in 1850 in Bradford, the fourth and youngest son of the Gathorne Hardy, 1st Earl of Cranbrook,  himself a proud son of Bradford and eminent Victorian Statesman.  Harold was for several years the Manager of the Low Moor Ironworks and also a partner. He resided at Low Moor House and took an active part in the well-being of his employees and local inhabitants. He was the first Chairman of the Enclosure Commissioners, enclosing the Commons of Wibsey and Low Moor to create a new public park. The new park was named in his honour after his sudden death at the age of 31 of consumption.

The Harold Club near to St. Mark’s Church, an excellent workingmen’s’ institution, was erected at a cost of over £2000 by his father, Lord Cranbrook and family, as a further memorial. Harold is interred at Benenden Church, near Hemsted Park, Kent, the seat of his father.

In 1899 a recreation ground was added to the park, while in the early 20th century Low Moor Gala was held raising money for local hospitals.
In 1931 Horsfall playing fields were added to the park, in 2014 these became a Queen Elizabeth II Playing fields and also contains Horsfall Stadium.

Landmarks

The park lodge and a small car park are in the east close to the entrance on Park Road, while the other entrance is in the west on Cemetery Road.
Information boards are located around the park.

In the north of the park is a recently built sensory garden funded by Community Spaces and planted by children from local schools, and more recently maintained by Local volunteers and Bradford Park and recreation.
Also in the north of the park there is a Bowling greens.
To the west of the main lake is a fenced off children's play. Recent additions include an area with a cable rider, trim trail, climbing net and climbing wall.

Monuments

East of the lodge is a granite obelisk Boer War memorial.
North of the lodge is a rose garden with a memorial sundial to the memory of cricketer Lieutenant Frank Milligan who died in 1900 at the age of 30, in an attempt to relieve the siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer War.

Lakes

In the south of the park is a near rectangular dam lake with an area of about .
The lake has a perimeter footpath
and in the north an island wildlife refuge.
The lake banks are walled and the lake depth varies from  at the edge to a maximum of  and the lake bottom is of stone.
The lake is thought to have been a disused quarry, later used as a Victorian boating lake.
The main lake is stocked with bream, carp, perch, roach, and tench
and fishing permits can be purchased.
For the bird watcher, birds found in and around the lakes include coot, great crested grebe, mute swan, tufted duck, moorhen, and mallard, and around the park mistle thrush, blackbird, redwing, blue tit, chaffinch and pigeon.
For younger visitors there is pond dipping for invertebrates such as caddisfly, damselfly, leech, flatworm, water boatman, and water skater.

A further small dam lake of over  known as Jug Dam is situated in the north of the park.

Events

Events occurring in the park during the year include an Easter egg hunt, Halloween event, a Remembrance service, annual summer Gala and a Carol service.

References

External links

 Bradford Metropolitan District Council
 Friends of Harold Park
 Walking leaflets: Bradford District Parks.

Parks and commons in Bradford


title: Bangladesh–Poland relations

text:
Bangladesh–Poland relations refer to the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Poland. Poland was the sixth country to recognize Bangladesh. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were officially established on 12 January 1972. The Polish ambassador to India, who is resident in New Delhi, is also accredited to Bangladesh. Bangladesh has an embassy in Warsaw.

High level visits

In 1986, former Deputy Foreign Minister of Poland paid an official visit to Dhaka. In 1987 the Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visited Poland. In 1988 former Foreign Minister of Bangladesh paid an official visit to Warsaw.

Educational cooperation
In 2015, Polish ambassador Tomasz Łukaszuk met with the Vice Chancellor of the University of Dhaka Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique and had a discussion to boost the bilateral cooperation on research and educational sector.

Economic cooperation
Bangladesh has long imported most of its dairy products as powdered milk from western Europe.  In 1987 a 1600-ton shipment from Poland recorded radiation levels over 300 becquerels due to the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, causing a nationwide panic.

By 1997 bilateral trade was worth US$34.8 million.  Bangladeshi exports were primarily tea (70% by value), but also included plastic products, garments, jute, and fish.  High value Polish exports were base metals, dairy products, ships, paper products, machinery, equipment and chemicals.

Bangladesh and Poland have shown their deep interest to expand the bilateral economic activities between the two countries and have been taking necessary steps in this regard. Poland has become one of the new destinations for manpower export of Bangladesh. Bangladeshi ready made garments, pharmaceuticals, jute and jute goods, ceramics and leather and leather goods have been identified as products with huge potential in the Polish market. Besides, Polish firms have expressed their interest to invest in the energy sector of Bangladesh.

In November 2021, Poland donated 3,2 million COVID-19 vaccines to Bangladesh.

See also
 Foreign relations of Bangladesh
 Foreign relations of Poland

References

Poland
Bilateral relations of Poland


title: Sazak, Mihalıççık

text:
Sazak is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of Mihalıççık, Eskişehir Province, Turkey. Its population is 144 (2022).

The village is at  distance to the Province center Eskişehir and is  far from the town Mihalıççık. It is located on the foothills of Sündüken Mountain and on the banks of Porsuk River. Situated on the Eskişehir–Ankara railway, it has Sazak railway station. The village has a primary school.

Population

Notable natives
 Emin Sazak (1882–1960), landowner and former politician, deputy of Eskişehir Province from Republican People's Party (CHP) and later from Democrat Party (DP). Father of ten children.
 Gün Sazak (1932–1980), son of Emin Sazak, was a nationalist politician and former Minister of Customs and Monopolies, who was assassinated by leftist militans.
 Güven Sazak (1932–2011), son of Emin Sazak, former President of Fenerbahçe SK.
 Yılmaz Sazak (died 2000), son of Emin Sazak, former President of Turkey Athletic Federation.

References

Neighbourhoods in Mihalıççık District


title: Chance (Miho Komatsu song)

text:
is the 5th single of the Japanese pop singer-songwriter Miho Komatsu. It was released on 19 August 1998 under Amemura O-town Record label.

Background
According to unofficial sources, there were no plans to release single Chance at all. On air version of song started aired on Fuji TV in 1998,March. Compared to the original, officially released version it has slightly different key tuning and melody.

Five years later, in 2003 this song has received a new remix by Hiroshi Asai which was released in her 6th studio album Miho Komatsu 6th : Hanano under title Chance~Rechance~ (チャンス 〜RECHANCE〜).

The single reached #3 rank first week and sold 55,030 copies. It charted for seven weeks and totally sold 141,240 copies. This is her first and the only single which had highest rank in Oricon for first week of its release. The single has been awarded by RIAJ with a golden disk.

Track listing
All songs are written and composed by Miho Komatsu and arranged by Hirohito Furui.

Additional musicians
Makoto Miyoshi - guitar
Keiko Utoku - chorus

Usage in media
The single Chance was used for Fuji TV's morning breakfast program Mezamashi TV as a theme song

References

1998 singles
Miho Komatsu songs
Songs written by Miho Komatsu
1998 songs
Being Inc. singles
Amemura-O-Town Record singles
Song recordings produced by Daiko Nagato


title: Marina Gilardoni

text:
Marina Gilardoni (born 4 March 1987) is a Swiss skeleton racer and former bobsleigh brakewoman. After starting her sporting career in heptathlon at the club level, Gilardoni began racing bobsleigh in 2007 and earned a place on the Swiss national team. She won gold medals at the Junior World Championships in 2008 behind driver Fabienne Meyer and in 2010 with Sabina Hafner driving. After the 2009–10 season, she switched from bobsleigh to skeleton. In 2018, Gilardoni was selected to represent Switzerland in the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang after the Dutch Olympic Committee refused one of their two entries and it was reallocated to Switzerland.

Notable results
Gilardoni's only podium finishes in bobsleigh were the two Junior World Championship wins. After switching to skeleton, she spent the 2010–11 season on the Europe Cup circuit but was quickly promoted to the Swiss World Cup squad for 2011–12, with the goal of maintaining the Swiss athlete quota in the World Cup. At her first World Cup race (Igls 2011), Gilardoni finished 14th. She competed in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, finishing 18th. Gilardoni's most successful season was 2015–16, when she earned four podiums (silver at Lake Placid and bronzes at Königssee and St. Moritz) on the way to an overall season ranking of fifth. Since then, her performance has been hampered by a nagging back injury, Gilardoni won the Swiss national championship at St. Moritz in December 2017, by six seconds over Alena Huber.

References

External links

1987 births
Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Skeleton racers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic skeleton racers for Switzerland
Swiss female skeleton racers
20th-century Swiss women
21st-century Swiss women


title: List of number-one club tracks of 2014 (Australia)

text:
This is the list of number-one tracks on the ARIA Club Chart in 2014, and is compiled by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) from weekly DJ reports.

2014

Number-one artists

See also
ARIA Charts
List of number-one singles of 2014 (Australia)
List of number-one albums of 2014 (Australia)
List of number-one dance singles of 2014 (Australia)
2014 in music

References

Number-one singles
Australia Club Chart
2014 Club


title: Katharine Eustace

text:
Katharine Eustace (born 16 April 1975) is a New Zealand skeleton racer. She is a participant at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Eustace took up skeleton in 2007.  She was born and raised in Great Britain. She has competed in international events in Canada, the United States and Europe.  She placed fifth at the Intercontinental Cup in Cesana, Italy in 2009 and seventh in the America's Cup in Calgary .

Ms. Eustace was born in Bristol, and went to university in Birmingham. She works as a physiotherapist in Wanaka.

References

External links

1975 births
Skeleton racers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic skeleton racers for New Zealand
New Zealand female skeleton racers
University of Otago alumni
20th-century New Zealand women
21st-century New Zealand women