title: LGBT culture in Bangalore

text:
Bangalore is a multicultural city and has experienced a dramatic social and cultural change with the advent of the liberalization and expansion of the information technology and business process outsourcing industries in India. With much expatriate population in the city, Bangalore is slightly more relaxed.

Multinational corporations including Google, Goldman Sachs, Royal Bank of Scotland, Cisco, Dell, Micro Focus International, General Electric and Microsoft strive to create LGBT-friendly workplaces. Companies come together to share best practices for fostering a culture of LGBT inclusion in their organisations. The informal collaboration like this in Bangalore marks a first-of-its-kind endeavour in India’s corporate sector.

Organizations
Several organizations voice the concerns of LGBTIQ community and provide forum to openly share topics of interest.

GoodAsYou
GoodasYou is a social, intellectual and cultural group that promotes equality, acceptance and self-confidence among LGBT individuals of Bangalore. Many activities of this informal support group are described in the following sections.

Weekly meetings
These meetings serve many LGBTIQ individuals to discuss emotional, social, health and other issues concerning the queer people of Bangalore/India. Many individual have come to terms with their sexuality and/or Gender Identity by participating at these meetings.

Swabhava
Swabhava is an NGO working for LGBT rights and providing counseling support to queer individuals.

Jeeva
Jeeva in an NGO setup by Umesh, an LGBTQ rights activist in Bangalore. Jeeva (which means life in Kannada), registered on 5 November 2012 works for sexual minorities with special focus on working class sexual minorities. Their activities and work are in many areas ranging from issues of mental health, livelihood, community media through Kannada magazine called Ananya and radio program called Jeeva dairy on radio-active community radio, co-organizing Bangalore's LGBT pride called Namma Pride/Queer Habba,  organizing on-the-road-protests and fighting for legal rights in courts on behalf of many underprivileged trans and other queer members of community.

Amour Queer Dating
Amour, a platform for LGBTQ people to find long term companions all over India, launched in Bengaluru in June 2016.

WHAQ!
WHAQ! (We're Here and Queer!) is a support space for women loving women (les/bi/trans/queer/questioning) to voice concerns, ideas, and issues together.

Maya for Women
Maya for Women is a feminist collective trust dedicated to building community through supporting the empowerment, interests, visibility, and choices of women living in the Global South. They provide support, counseling and assistance to all women in Bangalore, regardless of their sexuality.  WHaQ! is one of 4 support spaces for LBT women that is run through Maya for Women.

Sangama and Samara
Sangama (an NGO) and Samara (CBO) works for marginalized sections of LGBT population of Bangalore and other towns of Karnataka.

Queer Campus Bangalore
Queer Campus Bangalore is a support group and safe space for youth of non-conforming sexual orientations and gender identities in Bangalore. It caters to the school, college, and university going crowd of the city.

Activities

GRAB (Gay Runners and Breakfast)
Many enthusiastic Queer individuals jog and run every weekend at the local park. Following the early morning healthy run, they gather for breakfast at a nearby restaurant, chit-chat, socialize and discuss the fun side of their life.

WHAQ weekly meetings
WHaQ (We are Here and Queer) holds support group meetings for queer women every other Sunday in addition to weekly social meetings on Wednesdays.

Women's outdoor activities
Maya Outdoor group has Queer women interested in fitness meet every Sunday and participate in a large variety of team sports, such as cricket and football.  There are also women who run or walk together, or practice yoga.

  outandabout

Indias first queer inclusive travel community based out of bangalore.

Events

Bangalore Queer Film Festival
Bangalore Queer Film Festival happens every year in February. It is a three-day fest, where in a variety of LGBT themed movies from across the world and across many languages in India, would be played. A close to 1000 people are typically expected there.

Pink Divas
Pink Divas is a dance group that does the closing day dance performance every year at Bangalore Queer Film Fest.

Bengaluru Namma Pride March
Bengaluru Namma Pride March, the queer pride march of Bengaluru, happens every winter along with Delhi and other pride marches of India. Close to 1000 people, both LGBT members and supporters walk with colorful banners in the Bangalore streets, ending with a meeting and celebration, typically at city town hall.

Bangalore's LGBT history
 1994: GoodasYou support group started.
 1999: Sangama NGO for sexual minorities established.
 2008: [Feb] First Queer Film Festival held
 2008: [Jun] First Queer Pride March held
 2009: WHaQ! (We're Here and Queer) was founded.
 2011: Queer Campus Bangalore was started in October.
 2013: The first lesbian Dykes on Bikes procession takes place as a part of Bangalore Pride 2013, and is believed to be the first in India as well.
 2014: Maya for Women was established.
 2016: Amour (Queer Dating), a platform for Queer people to find long term companions, launched.

References

Culture of Bangalore
Bangalore


title: 2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga

text:
The 2014–15 Handball-Bundesliga was the 50th season of the Handball-Bundesliga, Germany's premier handball league and the 38th season consisting of only one league.

Team information
19 teams competed this year.

Standings

Results

References

External links
Official website

Handball-Bundesliga
2014–15 domestic handball leagues
2014 in German sport
2015 in German sport


title: Baldwin Hyde

text:
Baldwin Hyde (died 16 August 1472) was a Canon of Windsor from 1469 to 1472 and Clerk of the Parliaments 1470 - 1471.

Career

He was appointed:
Prebendary of Hollington in St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings
Clerk in Chancery
Clerk of the Parliaments 1470 - 1471

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1469 and held the canonry until 1472.

Notes

1472 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Year of birth missing
Clerks of the Parliaments


title: Honeymoon Lodge

text:
Honeymoon Lodge, also known as Second Honeymoon, is a 1943 American  musical comedy film directed by Edward C. Lilley for Universal Pictures and starring David Bruce, Harriet Hilliard, June Vincent, and Rod Cameron.

Plot

Cast
David Bruce as Horace Crump / Bob Sterling
Harriet Hilliard as Lorraine Logan / Jenny Hockadayl
June Vincent as Carol Sterling Crump
Rod Cameron as Big Boy Carson
Franklin Pangborn as Cathcart
Andrew Tombes as Judge Wilkins
Martin Ashe as George Thomas
Ozzie Nelson as himself, the Band Leader
Veloz and Yolanda as dancers
Tip, Tap and Toe as the Speciality Act
Bobby Brooks as himself
Hattie Noel as herself 	...
Ray Eberle as himself, the Band Singer
Joseph Crehan as the Judge

References

External links

1943 films
American musical comedy films
1943 musical comedy films
Universal Pictures films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Edward C. Lilley
1940s American films


title: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

text:
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 20–21 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.

Results

Heats
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Final

References

Relay
1998


title: Jeeto Pakistan

text:
Jeeto Pakistan (; ) is a Pakistani game show, hosted by actor Fahad Mustafa on ARY Digital. The show was launched on 18 May 2014. It has been called the "biggest game show" of Pakistan. Jeeto Pakistan's participants are selected randomly from a studio audience, who require passes to attend the show.

Overview

The show is divided into several segments, each one offering contestants prizes in return for achieving a set of challenges or game tasks given by the host. The prizes offered range from cars and motorcycles to gold, cash, vacation packages and household items. The show is funded by sponsors, advertisers and commercial brands.

Jeeto Pakistan is occasionally broadcast from other cities, with some shows having been held in Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Multan and Dubai.

During the month of Ramadan every year, the show runs a daily transmission in the evening.

Seasons Overview

Cast

Main
 Fahad Mustafa as Host (2014–present)

Recurring
 Aadi Adeal Amjad as Salman (2020–present)
 Ahmad Shah and Umer Shah as Treasure Box Pirate/Candy Boy (2019–present)
 Adnan Siddiqui as Lahore Falcon's captain (2020–present)
 Shoaib Malik as Multan Tiger's Captain (2021–present)
 Shaista Lodhi as Peshawar Stallion's captain (2020–2023)
 Sana Javed as Islamabad Dragon's captain (2020–present)
 Ushna Shah as Karachi Lion's captain (2022-present)
 Aijaz Aslam as Quetta Knight's captain/Gujranwala Bulls captain (2021)/(2022-present)
 Sarfaraz Ahmed as Quetta Knight's captain (2020)/(2022-2023)
 Humayun Saeed as Karachi Lion's captain/Quetta Knight's captain (2020–2021)/(2023-present)
 Fabiha Sherazi as an assistant (2014–2017)

Special guest appearances

 Aadi Adeal Amjad
 Adnan Siddiqui
 Agha Ali
 Ahmed Ali Butt
 Ahmad Shah
 Ahmed Shehzad
 Ahsan Khan
 Aijaz Aslam
 Aiman Khan
 Ali Rehman Khan
 Ali Safina
 Ali Zafar
 Amar Khan
 Amna Ilyas
 Areeba Habib
 Arez Ahmed
 Asad Shafiq
 Asad Siddiqui
 Asim Azhar
 Ayaz Samoo
 Ayesha Omar
 Ayeza Khan
 Babar Azam
 Behroze Sabzwari
 Bilal Abbas
 Bilal Ashraf
 Bushra Ansari
 Danish Taimoor
 Dur-e-Fishan Saleem
 Emmad Irfani
 Eshal Fayyaz
 Fahad Mirza
 Fahad Shaikh
 Faysal Qureshi
 Fatima Fahad
 Farhan Saeed
 Feroze Khan
 Goher Mumtaz
 Gohar Rasheed
 Hajra Yamin
 Hania Amir
 Hareem Farooq
 Hassan Ahmed
 Hiba Bukhari
 Hina Dilpazeer
 Hira Mani
 Humayun Saeed
 Imad Wasim
 Iman Ali
 Imran Ashraf
 Iqra Aziz
 Iqrar Ul Hassan
 Javed Sheikh
 Junaid Jamshed
 Junaid Khan
 Kamran Akmal
 Kinza Hashmi
 Kubra Khan
 Madiha Naqvi
 Mahenur Haider Khan
 Mahira Khan
 Mansha Pasha
 Mawra Hocane
 Maya Ali
 Mahnoor Baloch
 Mehwish Hayat
 Mikaal Zulfiqar
 Minal Khan
 Moammar Rana
 Mohib Mirza
 Mohsin Abbas Haider
 Momal Sheikh
 Muhammad Amir
 Muhammad Faizan Sheikh
 Muneeb Butt
 Mushk Kaleem
 Nabeel Zafar
 Nadia Khan
 Naveen Waqar
 Nazish Jahangir
 Neelam Muneer
 Nimra Khan
 Osman Khalid Butt
 Pehlaaj Hassan
 Rabia Butt
 Ramsha Khan
 Saba Qamar
 Saboor Aly
 Salahuddin Tunio
 Sami Khan
 Sana Javed
 Sanam Jung
 Sanam Saeed
 Sarfaraz Ahmed
 Sarwat Gilani
 Shafaat Ali
 Shahid Afridi
 Shahood Alvi
 Shaista Lodhi
 Shakeel Siddiqui
 Shaniera Akram
 Sheheryar Munawar
 Shehroz Sabzwari
 Shehzad Roy
 Shehzad Sheikh
 Shoaib Akhtar
 Shoaib Malik
 Sohai Ali Abro
 Sonya Hussyn
 Sumbul Iqbal
 Sunita Marshall
 Syed Jibran
 Umar Akmal
 Urwa Hocane
 Ushna Shah
 Uzma Khan
 Vasay Chaudhry
 Wahab Riaz
 Waseem Badami
 Wasim Akram
 Yasir Hussain
 Yumna Zaidi
 Vaneeza Ahmad
 Zara Noor Abbas
 Ahsan Khan
 Sadaf Kanwal
 Aamir Liaquat Hussain
 Amjad Sabri
 Arshad Sharif
 Maria Memon

Jeeto Pakistan League

In the Ramadan season of 2020, the show's format was changed in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the studio audience was eliminated. Instead, a "league"-based format was introduced where teams representing five major cities would compete against each other, with each team led by a notable celebrity. New contestants would be drawn for each episode while maintaining social distancing, and the top two teams with most points would qualify for a final play-off. Members of the public would be able to participate in the show through live calls.

In 2021, Multan Tigers was introduced as 6th team of Jeeto Pakistan League. Shoaib Malik was selected as the new team's captain. Sarfraz Ahmed was replaced by Ejaz Aslam as the captain of Quetta Knights team.

In 2022, Ushna Shah joined the league after replacing Humayun Saeed as Karachi lion’s captain. Sarfaraz Ahmed returned as the captain of Quetta knight and Ejaz Aslam was assigned a new team named gujranwala bulls.

See also
 Croron Mein Khel

References

External links

2014 Pakistani television series debuts
ARY Digital original programming
Pakistani game shows
Television shows set in Karachi
Urdu-language television shows


title: James Fillans

text:
James Fillans (27 March 1808 – 27 September 1852) was a Scottish sculptor, poet and artist with a short but influential career in the early 19th century.

Life
Fillans was born in Wilsontown, Lanarkshire. In early life he worked as a handloom weaver, the typical trade of the area. In his early teens he was apprenticed to a mason/builder in Paisley (Hall McLatchie). During this period it seems he was responsible for the highly impressive Corinthian capitals on the Glasgow Royal Exchange (1827) (now the Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art) earning him the nickname of "The Young Athenian". He moved to Glasgow in the early 1830s. Setting up his own practice there he employed his younger brothers; Robert Fillans and John Fillans.

Receiving financial backing from James Walkinshaw he trained more formally in Paris, France in 1835 before settling in London at 82 Baker Street. Whilst in London he met Sir Francis Chantrey, who recommended him to several patrons. Incoming commissions allowed him to move to High Holborn.

A commission to sculpt Archibald Oswald took him to Vienna in 1841, also permitting a visit to Italy and a second trip to Paris on his return.

The bulk of his commissions were Scottish and he returned to Glasgow in 1851.

He also was a portrait painter, exhibiting in the Scottish Royal Academy from 1837 to 1850.

He was father to the sculptors James Davidson Fillans (1850 – 1906 (buried Rookwood cemetery NSW)) and Wilhelmina Fillans. Hill and Adamson photographed Fillans with his daughters in 1845. Sir Daniel Macnee painted his portrait.

He is buried in Woodside Cemetery, Paisley beneath his own sculpture which he was working on for the grave of his father, who lies with him, when he died. The monument stands alone, to the north-west of the crematorium, on the path descending into the lower north section.

Selected works

Heads of the Corinthian columns on the Glasgow Royal Exchange Buildings (1827)
Bust of Archibald Campbell of Blythswood, Paisley Sheriff Court (1838)
Bust of John Burnet (1840)
Monument to James Dick, Old Kirkyard, Ayr (1840)
Monument to the author Dugald Moore, Glasgow Necropolis (1841)
Monument to Dr Jacobus Brown, Glasgow Necropolis (1846)
Bust of Christopher North, Paisley Museum (1848)
Statue of Sir James Shaw, 1st Baronet (former Lord Mayor of London), Kilmarnock (1848)
Monument to William Motherwell, poet, Glasgow Necropolis (erected 1851, sixteen years after his death)
Monument to John Henry Alexander, Glasgow Necropolis (modelled 1852, completed posthumously by Alexander Handyside Ritchie )
"Grief" an emotive stone figure on the grave of his father, James, in Woodside Cemetery, Paisley (modelled 1852 erected 1854) (erected posthumously and partly sculpted by John Mossman)
Bust of Deacon Convener William McLean (1827-28), Trades Hall of Glasgow 85 Glassford Street, Glasgow

References

Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain
Glasgow City of Sculpture

1808 births
1852 deaths
19th-century Scottish sculptors
People associated with Glasgow
People from Lanarkshire
Scottish sculptors
Scottish male sculptors


title: John Kirkeby

text:
John Kirkeby or John Kerby (fl. 1441 – 1460s) was a Canon of Windsor from 1455 to 1457 and Master of the Rolls from 1447 to 1461.

Career
Kirkeby was:
Prebendary of St Paul's 1449–1451
Rector of St Pancras Soper Lane 1450–1452
Chaplain to the King
Rector of Langton (diocese of Lincoln) 1457
Prebendary of Lincoln 1456–1462

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1455 and held the canonry until 1457.

Notes

Canons of Windsor
Masters of the Rolls
15th-century English people


title: Campestre

text:
Campestre may refer to:

Places
Brazil
Campestre, Alagoas
Campestre, Minas Gerais
Campestre da Serra, Rio Grande do Sul
Campestre de Goiás, Goiás
Campestre do Maranhão, Maranhão
Campestre do Menino Deus, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul
São José do Campestre, Rio Grande do Norte

Colombia
Club Campestre El Rancho
Gimnasio Campestre

France
Campestre-et-Luc, commune in the Gard department

Mexico
Campestre (Ciudad Juárez), an area of Ciudad Juárez

Plants
Acer campestre
Cheiracanthium campestre
Compsibidion campestre
Epidendrum campestre
Eryngium campestre
Geastrum campestre
Lepidium campestre
Symphyotrichum campestre
Trifolium campestre


title: Hudson Union Society

text:
The Hudson Union Society is a members-only institution based in New York City that runs weekly celebrity showcases.  The Hudson Union events, generally hosted by co-founder Joseph Pascal, feature special guests and audience interaction. Since its inception, the Hudson Union has hosted over 700 celebrities.

History
The Hudson Union was created by Joseph Pascal  and Louise Mensch, with the support of Princess Badiya of Jordan. All graduates of the University of Oxford in the U.K., they took inspiration from the Oxford Union.

Notable speakers
The Hudson Union has hosted a variety of speakers, including:

 Choreographer and singer Paula Abdul
 Actress Jessica Alba
 Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
 Musician and actor Kevin Bacon
 Actor Alec Baldwin
 Singer Tony Bennett
 Broadcast journalist Tom Brokaw
 Jazz musician Peter Brötzmann
 Bounty hunter Duane Chapman "Dog"
 News anchor Katie Couric
 Singer David Crosby
 Actor and Comedian Billy Crystal
 Singer Billy Ray Cyrus
 Indiana governor Mitch Daniels
 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey
 Rapper, model and actress Rah Digga
 Singer Gloria Estefan
 Former US Senator Russ Feingold
 Actor James Franco
 Comedian and actress Whoopi Goldberg
 Former US Vice President Al Gore
 Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel
 Conservative host Sean Hannity
 Actor Neil Patrick Harris
 Actress Anne Hathaway
 Actor and director Philip Seymour Hoffman
 US Senator John Kerry
 Political commentator Chris Matthews
 Political commentator Bill O'Reilly
 Television and radio presenter Steve Penk
 Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell
 Former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld
 Actor William Shatner
 Former TV presenter Lorne Spicer
 Comedian and television host Jon Stewart
 Actor and writer Stanley Tucci
 Boxer Mike Tyson
 CEO of HP Meg Whitman
 Youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai
 Actor Steven Schirripa

References

External links
 Hudson Union Society - official site

Clubs and societies in New York City


title: Catherine Rayner (designer)

text:
Catherine Rayner was a British fashion designer specialising in wedding dresses.

Her designs in 1999 were admired for "classic elegance and romantic flair" and noted for their very fitted bodices and flattering cuts. One of her gowns, in bead-embroidered satin, was chosen by Sandra Boler, the editor of Brides magazine, along with shoes by Emma Hope and a bridegroom's outfit by Tom Gilbey to represent 1995's Dress of the Year in the Fashion Museum, Bath's collection. At the time, Boler described her choice as representing that year's nostalgic and period-costume-influenced trends. Rayner's designs were retailed through her boutique and through London department stores such as Dickins & Jones. Another of Rayner's designs, a pale pink strapless dress, is included in the Victoria and Albert Museum's fashion collection, and was featured on the poster for their major Wedding Dress exhibition in 2014.

References

Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Wedding dress designers
British fashion designers
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: HC Erlangen

text:
HC Erlangen is a handball club from Erlangen, Germany. They currently compete in the Handball-Bundesliga.

History
In the 2000/2001 season, both HG Erlangen and CSG Erlangen played in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga, but this season CSG Erlangen dropped out due to a licensing problem, so the club decided to merge with its neighbor, HG Erlangen, which is already in the 2. Handball-Bundesliga. The new club was formed and was named HC Erlangen. They reached the DHB-Pokal FINAL4 in 2022, but lost their semi-final match against SC Magdeburg 30—22.

Accomplishments
2. Handball-Bundesliga:
: 2016

Crest, colours, supporters

Kit manufacturers

Kits

Sports hall information

Name: – Arena Nürnberger Versicherung
City: – Nürnberg
Capacity: – 8308
Address: – Kurt-Leucht-Weg 11, 90471 Nürnberg, Germany

Team

Current squad
Squad for the 2023–24 season

Technical staff
 Head Coach:  Raúl Alonso
 Assistant Coach:  Thomas Hankel
 Assistant Coach:  Ólafur Stefánsson

Transfers
Transfers for the 2023–24 season

Joining
  Jonathan Svensson (LB) (from  Ystads IF)
  Mads Peter Lønborg (RB) (from  KIF Kolding)
  Gedeon Guardiola (P) (from  TBV Lemgo)
  Veit Mävers (CB) (from  TSV Hannover-Burgdorf)

Leaving
  Steffen Fäth (LB)
  Johannes Sellin (RW)
  Manuel Zehnder (CB) (to  ThSV Eisenach)
  Benedikt Kellner (CB) (to  TuS Fürstenfeldbruck)
  Justin Kurch (P) (to  ThSV Eisenach)

Previous squads

EHF ranking

Former club members

Notable former players

  Nico Büdel (2017–)
  Steffen Fäth (2020–)
  Sebastian Firnhaber (2019–)
  Michael Haaß (2016–2020)
  Nikolas Katsigiannis (2014–2015, 2016–2020)
  Carsten Lichtlein (2019–2020)
  Nikolai Link (2012–)
  Antonio Metzner (2019–)
  Sebastian Preiß (1997–2001, 2013–2016)
  Ole Rahmel (2013–2017)
  Johannes Sellin (2017–)
  Christoph Steinert (2017–2019, 2021–)
  Nicolai Theilinger (2015–2019)
  Steffen Weinhold (2003–2007)
  Martin Ziemer (2020–)
  Ariel Panzer (2004)
  David Szlezak (1999–2001)
  Šime Ivić (2019–2021)
  Stanko Sabljić (2014–2015)
  Pavel Horák (2015–2017)
  Jan Štochl (2013–2016)
  Kim Sonne-Hansen (2022–)
  Sergo Datukashvili (1998–1999)
  Sigurbergur Sveinsson (2014–2015)
  Iso Sluijters (2011)
  Petter Øverby (2018–2022)
  Sergey Gorpishin (2017–2019)
  Igor Lyovshin (2016–2017)
  Uroš Bundalo (2016–2017)
  Klemen Ferlin (2020–)
  Patrik Leban (2021–)
  Gorazd Škof (2017–2019)
  Isaías Guardiola (2016–2018)
  Martin Straňovský (2014–2018)
  Csaba Szücs (2002–2008)
  Marcus Enström (2017–2018)
  Simon Jeppsson (2020–)
  Hampus Olsson (2020–)
  Tobias Rivesjö (2015–2016)
  Oleksandr Hladun (2001–2002)

Former coaches

References

External links

Handball clubs in Germany
Handball-Bundesliga
Erlangen
Handball clubs established in 2001
2001 establishments in Germany
Sport in Middle Franconia


title: The Consul of Bordeaux

text:
The Consul of Bordeaux () is a 2012 Portuguese biographical historical drama film directed by Francisco Manso and João Correa and starring Vítor Norte as Aristides de Sousa Mendes. It was released on 8 November 2012. The film was shot in Viana do Castelo and Bordeaux.

Cast
 Vítor Norte as Aristides de Sousa Mendes
 Carlos Paulo as Chaim Kruger
 Leonor Seixas
 Laura Soveral
 Pedro Cunha
 Joaquim Nicolau
 São José Correia
 Manuel de Blas
 Miguel Borines

Reception

Critical response
Jorge Mourinha, on Público, gave the film a rating of one out of five stars.

Accolades

References

External links

2012 biographical drama films
2012 films
2010s historical drama films
Portuguese biographical drama films
Portuguese historical drama films
Films set in Bordeaux
2012 drama films
Films directed by Francisco Manso
2010s Portuguese-language films


title: Aidan Somers

text:
Aidan Somers (born 1945) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a right corner-back for the Wexford senior team.

Born in Rathnure, County Wexford, Somers first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Wexford minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 1970 championship and played for just one season. Somers won one Leinster medal on the field of play.

At club level Somers is a three-time Leinster medallist with Rathnure. In addition to this he also won eight championship medals.

Honours

Team

Rathnure
Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship (3): 1971, 1973, 1977
Wexford Senior Club Hurling Championship (8): 1967, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1980

Wexford
Leinster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1970
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1965
Leinster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 1965, 1966

References

1946 births
Living people
Rathnure hurlers
Wexford inter-county hurlers


title: Generosity: An Enhancement

text:
Generosity: An Enhancement is the tenth novel by American author Richard Powers.  Like other Powers novels it is idea-driven, strongly focusing on social alienation and scientific progress.  The novel employs metafiction, including real-time intrusions by the narrator who explicitly sets the novel in a "parallel" Chicago.

Generosity tells the story of Thassadit "Thassa" Amzwar, an Algerian refugee who seemingly has overwhelming happiness ("hyperthymia") written in her genes, and the confounding effects she has on those around her, both sincere and exploitive.

Plot summary

Thassa is taking a class in creative non-fiction writing taught by Russell Stone.  Her boundless happiness leads the class to dub her "Miss Generosity", but puzzles and disturbs Stone, who discusses Thassa with a college counselor, Candace Weld.

A classmate tries to rape Thassa one evening, she cheerfully talks him out of it, and he turns himself in for attempted rape.  Police questioning leads to news of Thassa's "condition" becoming known, and her story becomes an Internet hit.  A media circus and a scientific frenzy, led by geneticist Thomas Kurton, converge on her.  Stone and Weld become lovers.

Thassa agrees to be studied by Kurton and makes an appearance on "Oona" (a fictionalized Oprah).  She then disappears, having returned home.

Major characters
Russell Stone is a minor magazine editor, moonlighting as a writing instructor at the (fictional) Mesquakie College of Art.  He suffers from writer's block.  He is described by at least one character as "hapless".

Thassadit "Thassa" Amzwar is a student in his class who is perpetually upbeat despite growing up through the horrors of the Algerian Civil War.  Her pseudonym in Kurton's study is "Jen", which is what she is known as on the Internet.

Thomas Kurton is the charismatic entrepreneur behind Truecyte, a genetics lab.  He thinks he can find a "happiness" gene.

Candace Weld is a school psychologist.  She is skeptical regarding a "happiness" gene.

Tonia Schiff is the host of a popular science show called Over The Limit.

Reception
The Denver Post called it Powers's most accessible work to date. Michael Durda in The New York Review of Books cites Powers alongside Dostoevsky and Dickens in his review. The Telegraph, while generally favorable, criticized the novel's postmodernism, saying "the novel's cleverest trick is also what sucks its heart out."

See also
Isaiah Eleven (2008) novel set in Chicago

References

External links

  Author's webpage
  Publisher's webpage
 "Why Is She Smiling?" by Jay McInerney. https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/review/McInerney-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0. Retrieved 2014-07-06
 "Generosity by Richard Powers: review" by Helen Brown. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/7093977/Generosity-by-Richard-Powers-review.html. Retrieved 2014-07-06

2009 American novels

Novels by Richard Powers
Novels set in Chicago
Postmodern novels


title: Catherine Rayner

text:
Catherine Rayner is an Edinburgh-based British illustrator and writer of children's books. She was born in Harrogate in 1982, and grew up in Boston Spa, later studying at Leeds College of Art and Edinburgh College of Art.

She won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2009 for Harris Finds his Feet, and has been shortlisted in 2007, 2011, 2012, 2015.

In 2014, Norris, The Bear Who Shared  was named by The Sunday Times as one of the 100 Children's Modern Classics of the past ten years.

Works

Writer and illustrator
 Augustus and his Smile, Little Tiger Press, 2006
 Harris Finds his Feet, Little Tiger Press, 2008
 Sylvia and Bird, Little Tiger Press, 2009
 Ernest, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2009
 Norris, The Bear who Shared, Orchard Books, 2010
 Iris and Isaac, Little Tiger Press, 2010
 Solomon Crocodile, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2011
 Abigail, Little Tiger Press, 2013
 Smelly Louie, Macmillan Children’s Books, 2014
  Solomon and Mortimer, Macmillan Children's Books 2016

Illustrator
 Posy, written by Linda Newberry, Orchard Books, 2008
 The Tales of Olga Da Polga, written by Michael Bond, Oxford University Press, 2011
 Gobbolino the Witch's Cat, written by Ursula Moray Williams, Macmillan, 2012
 Tiger Tale, written by Holly Webb, Scholastic, 2014
 Clare and her Captain, written by Michael Morpurgo, published 2015

Awards

 2006 Winner – Best New Illustrator Award, Booktrust Early Year Awards, Augustus and his Smile
 2008 Winner – Booktrust Best New Illustrator Award
 2009 Winner – CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal, Harris Finds His Feet
 2010 Winner – Top Ten New Illustrators 2000 – 2010
 2010 Winner – The English Association English 4-11 Book Awards (Key Stage One Fiction), Ernest
 2011 Winner – Coventry Inspiration Book Awards, Ernest
 2012 Winner – UKLA Children’s Book Award, Iris and Isaac
 2014 Winner – Picture Book of the Year in The Netherlands by the CPNB, Solomon Crocodile
 2015 Winner – Peter's Book of the Year, Smelly Louie
 2021 Mathical Honors - One Happy Tiger

References

External links

 Facebook page

 Penheaven. Illustration: An Interview With Catherine Rayner
 Books For Keeps, May 2012. Authorgraph 194: Catherine Rayner
 Library Mice. BLOG TOUR: a Q & A with Catherine Rayner
 Author and illustrator Catherine Rayner on creating award-winning books for children

1982 births
Living people
British children's book illustrators
British children's writers
Alumni of Leeds Arts University
Alumni of the Edinburgh College of Art
Kate Greenaway Medal winners
People from Harrogate
20th-century English women writers
20th-century English writers
21st-century English women writers
Date of birth missing (living people)


title: Nicholas Sturgeon

text:
Nicholas Sturgeon (ca. 1380s – between 31 May and 8 June 1454) was a Canon of Windsor from 1442 to 1454, a composer and a compiler of the Old Hall Manuscript.

Career

Sturgeon was educated at Winchester College, where he was elected a scholar in 1399, and New College, Oxford. He accompanied King Henry V as chaplain whilst on campaign in France in 1415. He held several canonries, and served as a member of the Royal House Chapel.

He was appointed:
Rector of Fulham 1439 - 1452
Rector of Allerton, Somerset
Rector of Wraxall, Somerset
Rector of Avening, Worcestershire
Custos of the Free Chapel, near Weare (Allerton)
Prebendary of Reculverland in St Paul's 1440 - 1452
Prebendary of Kentish Town in St Paul's 1452 - 1454
Precentor of St Paul's Cathedral 1442 - 1454
Prebendary of Hasilbury in Wells
Prebendary of Exeter

He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1442 and held the canonry until 1454.

References

1380s births
1454 deaths
Canons of Windsor
English composers
Alumni of New College, Oxford
People educated at Winchester College


title: Salsky

text:
Salsky (masculine), Salskaya (feminine), or Salskoye (neuter) may refer to:
Salsky District, a district of Rostov Oblast, Russia
Salskoye Urban Settlement, an administrative division and a municipal formation which the town of Salsk in Salsky District of Rostov Oblast is incorporated as
Salsky (rural locality) (Salskaya, Salskoye), several rural localities in Russia
Salskaya Hill, an extinct volcano near the town of Dalnerechensk in Primorsky Krai, Russia
Volodymyr Salsky (1885–1940), Ukrainian general and the head of the Ukrainian government in exile


title: Heiwa Corporation

text:
is a privately owned Japanese manufacturer of pachinko and pachislot machines established in Kiryū, Gunma in 1949. It is one of the world's largest maker of pachinko machines.

History
Born in Korea, Kenkichi Nakajima, then a student, came to Japan in 1937 and worked in a defense factory during World War II. In 1949, he established Heiwa ('peace') as he wanted to produce goods unrelated to war; it was, however, only officially incorporated on September 9, 1960. In 1988, it became the first over-the-counter company in the pachinko industry. It entered the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the Second Section in 1991 and moved to the First Section in 1997. In 1998, Heiwa acquired Olympia, another pachinko manufacturer, and turned it into a subsidiary company. Heiwa became the first company in its segment to have an ISO9001 in 2000. In 2004, it founded the subsidiary company PGM Holdings, a golf course operator.

References

External links

Japanese companies established in 1949
Amusement companies of Japan
Companies based in Gunma Prefecture
Electronics companies established in 1949
Electronics companies of Japan
Gambling companies of Japan
Slot machine manufacturers
Companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
Japanese brands


title: William Long (priest)

text:
William Long LL.B. (d. 16 July 1835) was a Canon of Windsor from 1804 to 1835.

Family
He was the fifth son of Beeston Long and Sarah Cropp. His brother was Charles Long, 1st Baron Farnborough.

Career
He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

He was appointed:
Rector of Sternfield, Suffolk 1788
Rector of Dennington, Suffolk 1788 - 1808
Rector of Pulham, Norfolk 1808

He was appointed to the tenth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1804 and held the canonry until his death.

Further reading
Inheriting the Earth: The Long Family's 500 Year Reign in Wiltshire; Cheryl Nicol

Notes

1835 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Year of birth missing


title: List of heads of state of Uganda

text:
This is a list of the heads of state of Uganda, from the independence of Uganda in 1962 to the present day.

From 1962 to 1963, the head of state under the Constitution of 1962 was the Queen of Uganda, Elizabeth II, who was also the Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The queen was represented in Uganda by a governor-general. Uganda became a republic within the Commonwealth under a 1963 constitutional amendment and the monarch and governor-general were replaced by a ceremonial president, which was replaced by an executive presidency in 1966.

Monarchy (1962–1963)
The succession to the throne was the same as the succession to the British throne.

Governor-general
The governor-general was the representative of the monarch in Uganda and exercised most of the powers of the monarch. The governor-general was appointed for an indefinite term, serving at the pleasure of the monarch. Since Uganda was granted independence by the Uganda Independence Act 1962, rather than being first established as a semi-autonomous dominion and later promoted to independence as defined by the Statute of Westminster 1931, the governor-general was to be always appointed solely on the advice of the Cabinet of Uganda without the involvement of the British government. As Uganda became a republic before Walter Coutts, the former colonial governor, was replaced, this has never happened. In the event of a vacancy the chief justice would have served as the officer administering the government.

Status

First Republic (1963–1971)

Under the 1963 constitutional amendment establishing the Republic of Uganda, the president replaced the monarch as ceremonial head of state. The president and vice-president were elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term from among the traditional rulers and constitutional heads of districts.

In 1966, the powers of the president were increased, with the establishment of the executive presidency, but the same rules applied concerning the vacancy of the president. It also applied to the 1967 and 1995 constitutions.

Status

Second Republic (1971–1979)

General (later field marshal) Idi Amin led a coup d'état that overthrew President Obote and his government and installed himself as president.

Third Republic (1979–1985)

Military rule (1985–1986)
General Bazilio Olara-Okello led a coup d'état that overthrew President Obote and his government. Following the coup, Okello proclaimed himself president.

Fourth Republic (1986–present)
Under the Constitution of Uganda, the president is the executive head of state. The president is elected by popular vote for a five-year term. In the event of a vacancy, the vice president serves as acting president.

Status

Timeline

References

External links
 World Statesmen – Uganda
 Rulers.org – Uganda

Government of Uganda
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title: 1375 in Ireland

text:
Events from the year 1375 in Ireland.

Incumbent
 Lord: Edward III

Events
 Art Óg mac Murchadha Caomhánach becomes King of Leinster.

Births

Deaths
 Mael Sechlainn Ó Domhnalláin, an Irish poet.

References


title: Rathmore, County Kildare

text:
Rathmore (), a village, civil parish and District electoral division in County Kildare, Ireland, is located at the western edge of the Wicklow Mountains in the barony of Naas North. The original settlement was at the southwest corner of the English Pale, serving an important function as a border fortress during the medieval period.

Geography
Rathmore village is in the townlands of Rathmore East and West, 5 km northwest of Blessington. The civil parish of Rathmore is 7744 statute acres, containing the following townlands:

Rathmore borders with the parishes of Kilbride and Blessington in County Wicklow to northeast and southeast; the boundary extends along the N81 Road and the old coach road between Hempstown and Crosscoolharbour. To northwest, west and south it borders the Kildare parishes of Kilteel and Kill, Tipper and Tipperkevin.

History

Prehistory
Cist burials of possible Bronze Age date were excavated within the motte in 1893-1894; the mound may contain an early Bronze Age tumulus. A bronze bracelet was recovered near the motte in 1905. Newtownpark contains a ring-barrow of Bronze Age date, a Bronze Age cist burial was excavated in Hempstown Commons in 1950, and a cinerary urn burial of Late Bronze Age date was excavated in Athgarrett in 1983. Iron Age cremated remains were recovered within a pit-burial a short distance west of the motte in 1998.

Early Medieval
In the Early Medieval period Rathmore was a stronghold of the Meic Bráenáin, a branch of the Fothairt Airthir Life,  within the territory of Uí Máel Ruba or Uí Maíleruba. Their principal church was Kilteel. The Book of Leinster records the killing of Donnchad mac Domnaill Remair, the Uí Ceinnselaig King of Leinster in 1089 at Ráith Mór in Uí Máel Ruba by the Uí Failghe King Conchobar Ua Conchobhair, illustrating Rathmore's importance as a high-status site. The description of Donnchad's death "in unfair advantage" suggests he was being hosted by Conchobar.

The use of Rathmore as an Anglo-Norman manorial caput also indicates the importance of the pre-Norman settlement; the motte may incorporate both a Bronze Age tumulus and the rath. Evidence for an earlier occupation layer under the motte was identified in 1894.

Medieval
After the Norman invasion, Maurice FitzGerald was granted the cantred of Offelan or Ophelan  with the manor of Rathmore. His son William FitzMaurice granted the manors of Rathmore and Maynooth to his brother Gerald FitzMaurice, 1st Lord of Offaly, ancestor of the Earls of Kildare. The grant mentions Rathmore and Omolrou; Kenneth Nicholls interprets this as a reference to Uí Maíleruba. Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly, died at Rathmore in 1286.

In 1453-54 title to the manors of Rathmore and Maynooth were disputed between the Butlers of Ormond and the FitzGeralds. The Earl of Ormond was then Lord Lieutenant. A letter from the chief persons in Kildare to the Duke of York complained that the dispute: "hath caused more destructionne in the said counte of Kildare and liberte of Mith within short time now late passed and dayly doth, then was done by Irish enemys and English rebelles of long tyme before." The Butlers were later driven out.

The manor was forfeited to the Crown after the revolt of Silken Thomas, 10th Earl of Kildare in 1534. In 1541 the "manor and castle of Rathemore" was leased to Walter Trott, Vicar of Rathmore. In 1545 the manor with the "castle and watermill there" and lands in Wicklow and Kildare were granted to John Travers of Monkstown, an usher of the King's chamber, for his services "especially in the wars in Ireland". The manor passed to the Chevers family by marriage at the end of the 16th century. The Civil Survey of 1654 lists John Chevers as holding 402 plantation acres in the parish with a manor house or castle and a mill, then waste.

Motte and bailey castle
The remains of a motte-and-bailey castle from the late 12th or 13th century are located in the village. Ten metres high, 46 metres in diameter at base and 17 metres at top, with an inner and outer fosse, the earthworks were badly damaged by gravel extraction for roadworks in the 19th century. An adjoining bailey to the north was destroyed before 1955. The 'castle' recorded in the 16th century and depicted on the Down Survey was likely a later stone building.

Deserted medieval settlement
Rathmore was granted a borough charter before 1203. In a charter of 1220 Maurice FitzGerald granted the burgesses 96 burgages at an annual rent of 12d with the "liberties of Breteuil". Traces of burgage plots may survive as earthworks immediately north of the village. The absence of references after c. 1400 points to the settlement's decline though the borough still had a provost in 1608.

Medieval Church
The medieval church, mentioned in 1270, was likely located close to the site of the Church of Ireland building. The 2nd Earl of Kildare granted the advowson to the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in 1318. The church was among the possessions of the Hospitaller preceptory of Kilteel transferred to the Allen family after the dissolution of the monasteries. The church was in repair in 1615 but a survey of 1630 recorded the "church and chauncell" as "downe". The current building dates from 1766. Possible traces of the earlier church were identified during archaeological monitoring in 2008.

Border fortress
In the medieval period Rathmore served as a border fortress on the marches of the English Pale, under attack from the Gaelic O'Byrne and O'Toole lordships of the Wicklow uplands. On 5 January 1356,  Edward III, noting that 'the more noble and powerful persons'  of Leinster had failed to remain at the wards of 'Kylhele, Rathmore and Ballymore in co. Kildare...for the salvation of the marches against Obryn and his accomplices' issued orders requiring the 4th Earl of Kildare to:

An act of 1488 set out the boundaries of "the four obedient shires" of Louth, Meath, Dublin and Kildare and described the Pale boundary passing through Kilteel and Rathmore. In 1536 Thomas Alen was appointed constable of Rathmore. In 1538 after John Kelway, "Constable of the King's Castell of Rathmore", hung two of Turlough O'Toole's kern during a truce between O'Toole and the Crown, O'Toole demanded redress. Kelway called for a parley, raised "certain husbandmen and freeholders of Rathmore, Newtown and the parish of Kill" and met with O'Toole and his followers. After a skirmish, O'Toole fled to the mountains, pursued by Kelway's men. Ambushed by O'Toole's men,  Kelway's party took refuge in the tower house at Threecastles. O'Toole's men set fire to the castle, forcing them out. Kelway and up to sixty others were slain, the remainder taken prisoner. Contemporary accounts, such as that of Lord Deputy Grey, blamed Kelway. A letter of 22 August 1538 from Sir William Brabazon to Sir Thomas Cromwell describing the events stressed the importance of Rathmore:

Friar Clyn's  Annals of Ireland names Rathmore among several settlements on the Pale border raided and burnt by Rory O'More before 1577.

A battle on 17 September 1580 was described in a letter from Earl of Kildare to Francis Walsingham. Sixty to eighty kern and gallowglass, led by two brothers of Fiach McHugh O'Byrne, having burnt the "towne" of Rathmore were retreating into the mountains with a herd of cattle when they met with a party of horse under the Earl and Sir Henry Harrington at a ford. A series of charges broke the O'Byrne force and despite fighting "a long tyme very valyantly" the Palesmen eventually "putt them all to the sword savinge two which escaped". Among those slain were Fiach McHugh O'Byrne's brothers, his son and Kildare's Lieutenant, George FitzGerald. Alexander Taylor's map of 1783 marks a site on the road between Rathmore and Edestown as 'English Ford' a placename not used on the Ordnance Survey.

Tower houses
The castle of Rathmore recorded in 16th century sources was likely a tower house. The site is unclear. Remains of a separate tower house at Segravescastle survive, attached to a dwelling of possible 17th century date. The ruins of a tower house survive within a cluster of later farm buildings in Blackhall. While a ruined castle marked in Athgarrett on Alexander Taylor's map of 1783 is not marked on the Ordnance Survey, in 1983 a range of late medieval material was recovered from the 'castle field' in Athgarrett. All four sites are recorded in the Record of Monuments and Places. The Civil Survey records at least five additional castles in the parish whose sites are not clearly identifiable including castles in Edestown, Punchestown, and two 'stumps' of castles in Walshtown.

Nineteenth Century

Population

The 1831 Census records 1473 people in the parish, with 235 families inhabiting 222 houses. A parliamentary report of 1836 records three public houses in the parish. At the time of the 1841 Census the parish contained 1,495 persons and 229 inhabited houses. By 1851 this had dropped to 1,193 people and 192 inhabited houses.

Principal buildings

St. Columbcille's Church (Church of Ireland)

Samuel Lewis described St. Columbcille's Church in 1837:  "a small plain structure, with a square tower, erected by aid of a grant of £450, in 1766, from the Board of First Fruits, which also granted for it, in 1824, £375, as a gift: it has lately been repaired by a grant of £187 from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners".
The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes it as a Board of First Fruits-style Gothic-style church erected c. 1780.

Church of the Immaculate Conception, Eadestown (Roman Catholic)

The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage describes this as a five-bay single storey Gothic-style church, constructed between 1820 and 1860 and extended in 1880. The Chapel is marked on a Longfield map of August 1823.

The village

A Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks marked on the southern edge of the village on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map is recorded in the Primary Valuations but not marked as a barracks on the 25 inch Ordnance Survey map. The building survives in ruined form. A mill marked on Alexander Taylor's map of 1783 is marked on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map as a corn mill, 300 metres north of the motte on the Hartwell River. The buildings are not marked as a mill on the 25 Inch Ordnance Survey, but survive today in partial form.

Landholding
In 1853 the Marquess of Downshire held the townlands of Blackhall, Crosscoolharbour, Newtown Great, Newtown Little, Newtownpark, Segravescastle and Walshestown. Kenelm Henry Digby held Caureen, Greenmount, Hempstown Commons, Philipstown, Pipershall, Punchestown, Punchestown Upper, Redbog, Slatequarries and Wolfestown, with lands in Eadestown and Rathmore West. Lady Henrietta Geary and Francis Geary held what had been the lands of the Nevills of Furness, in Furryhill, Punchestown Lower, Rathmore East and part of Rathmore West. William Cogan of Tinode held lands in Athgarret and leased Hempstown Commons from Digby. The Representatives of Colonel Southwell held Eadestown and Rathmore West, while Edward Tickell held Newtown, Nunsland and Punchestown Little.

Education

Rathmore N.S., Scoil Chéile Chríst
The local primary school is Rathmore National School, Scoil Chéile Chríst and it is situated 1 mile west of the village. Opened in 1837, it remained on the same site until 2005, when a new purpose built facility was provided adjacent to the original school site. Today the school has 12 class and 4 learning support teachers on staff.  The principal is Mr. Robbie Jameson.

Recreation

Rathmore Hall
Opened in 1992 by then Irish President Mrs. Mary Robinson, Rathmore Hall (also known as Rathmore Community Centre) is a focal point for the community. The funds to build the hall were raised almost entirely by the local community.

The Hall provides facilities for a wide range of activities for all age groups.  The sports of Bowls, Badminton, Karate are well catered for as is Ballet, Hip Hop, Dance, Drama, Art and Yoga.

A community cafe takes place on the second Wednesday morning every month to bring together local senior citizens. The goal is to ensure that locals living alone have an opportunity to meet one another.

References

Towns and villages in County Kildare


title: Chopt

text:
Chopt Creative Salad Company is an American chain of fast casual restaurants with over 70 locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., Maryland, Connecticut, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. Founded in 2001, the company serves salads, warm grain bowls, and sandwich wraps.

Fare

Food preparation
Customers are able to order from varied salad or salad-sandwich options, which are chopped with a mezzaluna knife before being dressed and served.

References

 The Washington Post
 The Wall Street Journal
 New York Magazine
 CBS New York
 QSR Magazine
 Slate.

External links
 Chopt website

Fast casual restaurants
Restaurant chains in the United States
Restaurants established in 2001
American companies established in 2001


title: Dick Brook

text:
Dick Brook is small tributary stream of the River Severn that flows through Worcestershire, England.

The brook is formed from two small unnamed streams that converge at Joan’s Hole to the west of Dunley. The longest of these streams drains the area around Rock, with a source near Clows Top. From Joan’s Hole the named brook flows generally south-east for a total distance of . At the edge of the village of Astley it was dammed to power Priors Mill, and then to the south of the village, at New Bridge it is crossed by a packhorse bridge, below the monastery at Glasshampton. To the north of Noutard's Green it passes beneath Glazen Bridge (B4196), and along the northern edge of Shrawley wood, until it joins the River Severn.

The drainage basin for the brook, which lies between that of the Gladder Brook to the north, and that of the Shrawley Brook to the south, has an area of .

A very short section of Dick Brook was canalized about 1717 to enable small boats to travel up stream from the River Severn to Astley Forge. Two flash locks were constructed and the date 1717 is visible on one of these lock chambers.

References

Tributaries of the River Severn
Rivers of Worcestershire
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title: William G. Whitney

text:
William Garrett Whitney (December 13, 1840 – May 7, 1915) was an American Medal of Honor recipient who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was awarded for his actions during the Battle of Chickamauga. He served in Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry, enlisting August 24, 1861 as a sergeant. Whitney was 21 years old at the time of enlistment and was from Allen, Michigan. There were at least 53 men who served from Allen.

At the time of his enlistment he was also a student of Hillsdale College. Hillsdale College was founded in 1844 in Spring Arbor and was a strong proponent of abolitionism.  Frederick Douglass even spoke on the campus of Hillsdale in January 1863.

Whitney mustered out September 16, 1865 in Nashville. He saw three promotions during his service: second lieutenant on January 7, 1863, first lieutenant on June 17, 1864, and captain on March 1, 1865.

Biography
Whitney was born December 13, 1840, in Allen, Hillsdale County, Michigan. He died May 7, 1915, in Allen. He is buried in the Allen Cemetery in Allen, Michigan. He was married in 1874 to Elizabeth Hyland Marshall, who survived him after his death in 1915. The couple had four children including one boy, Frederic (born 1887).

Whitney was awarded (1895) the Medal of Honor for action on September 20, 1863, at the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia. He was one of four Hillsdale College students to win the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. Whitney was one of nine Union soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for action at Chickamauga.

In Deeds of Valor (p. 269) Whitney tells of the action that resulted in his receiving the Medal of Honor:

"Noon of September 20, 1863, found our brigade- Stanley's-Negley's Division, Thomas' Corps, on Snodgrass Hill, a part of Missionary Ridge. We were about 120 yards east of the Snodgrass House. The brigade consisted of the Nineteenth  Illinois, Eighteenth Ohio and Eleventh Michigan, about 700 men, placed in line of battle as follows: Nineteenth Illinois on the right, Eleventh Michigan on the left, and the Eighteenth Ohio in reserve. We were expected to repel the assault of Preston's and Kershaw's Divisions of Confederate infantry. Their losses alone during the afternoon were twenty per centum more than the whole number of our brigade. During a lull in the storm of battle we threw up a temporary breastwork of stone, rails and logs. About 5 P. M., after repulsing five successive charges of the enemy, we found ourselves without ammunition. The enemy were about 100 yards in our front, preparing for another charge, and their sharpshooters were firing at every man who showed his head above our light works. The dead and wounded lay in great numbers, right up to our works.

They were armed with Enfield rifles of the same calibre as our Springfield rifles. I don't know what prompted me, but I took my knife from my pocket, stepped over the works, and, while my company cheered and the rebels made a target of me, I hurriedly passed along the front, cutting off the cartridge boxes of the dead and wounded, and threw them over to my company. Thus I secured a few rounds for each of my men. The enemy made one more charge and was again repulsed. Darkness settled down on us, and ended the terrible battle of Chickamauga."

Medal of Honor citation
Rank and Organization: Sergeant, Company B, 11th Michigan Infantry.

Place and Date: At Chickamauga, Georgia, September 20, 1863.

Entered service at: Quincy, Michigan

Date of issue: October 21, 1895.

Citation:
As the enemy were about to charge, this officer went outside the temporary Union works among the dead and wounded enemy and at great exposure to himself cut off and removed their cartridge boxes, bringing the same within the Union lines, the ammunition being used with good effect in again repulsing the attack.

See also

List of Medal of Honor recipients
List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z
Battle of Chickamauga
11th Michigan Infantry

References

Further reading
Deeds of Valor: How America's Civil War Heroes Won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Beyer, W.F. and O.F. Keydel [Editors]. Published by Longmeadow Press, Stamford, CT, 1992
 Faust, Eric R. The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War: A History and Roster. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2015.
Hillsdale Honor: The Civil War Experience. Arlan K. Gilbert. 1994.
When Gallantry was Commonplace: the History of the Michigan Eleventh Volunteer Infantry, 1861–1864. Leland W. Thornton, 1991.

External links

1840 births
1915 deaths
American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor
People from Hillsdale County, Michigan
People of Michigan in the American Civil War
Union Army officers
United States Army Medal of Honor recipients


title: Battle of the Boulevard

text:
The Battle of the Boulevard, also referred to as the Belmont–Lipscomb basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the Belmont University Bruins and the Lipscomb University Bisons. Its nickname was established because of both school's close placement in Nashville, Tennessee– about three miles apart on the same road. The rivalry was classified as non-conference following Belmont's departure from the Atlantic Sun Conference prior to the 2012–13 NCAA Division I basketball season. Their first meeting took place on December 11, 1953. It is one of the geographically closest rivalries in NCAA Division I.

Series history
Officially the first meeting took place on December 11, 1953, with Belmont emerging victorious 72–53. Neither team was in the NCAA.

Perhaps the greatest college basketball game between Belmont University and Lipscomb University was played on February 17, 1990 in front of an NAIA-record sellout crowd of 15,399 at Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University) in Nashville, Tennessee. Lipscomb won 124–105. Current Lipscomb athletics director and former star Philip Hutcheson said, "If you looked at Belmont’s box score alone you could have never imagined that they lost the game with the points they scored and the stat lines they had."

On January 27, 2004, both teams met in NCAA Division I conference play for the first time, with Belmont prevailing 66–64 in overtime.

On March 4, 2006, the two met in the finals of the Atlantic Sun tournament, with the winner earning the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Although both schools compiled a rich NAIA post-season history, neither had ever made an NCAA tournament appearance. Lipscomb guard James Poindexter drained a three-pointer with 27.7 seconds remaining in regulation to stake Lipscomb to a 58–55 lead, but Belmont guard Justin Hare responded with a driving layup, and was fouled with 20.7 seconds remaining. After making the tying free-throw, the game went into overtime, where Belmont won 74–69.

Despite playing in different conferences since the start of the 2012–13 season, the two schools agreed to continue playing each other, and typically square off at least twice each season.

References

Belmont Bruins men's basketball
Lipscomb Bisons men's basketball
Basketball in Nashville, Tennessee
College basketball rivalries in the United States


title: Tandanus tropicanus

text:
Tandanus tropicanus or the Wet Tropics Tandan is a species of eeltail catfish native to Australia.  It was discovered in rivers between Townsville and Cairns by a group of scientists from James Cook University.  The species, which grows to length of about 20 inches, has a cylindrical body tapering to a thin, eel-like tail.  It has small eyes and a large mouth surrounded with barbels.

References

tropicanus
Freshwater fish of Queensland
Fish described in 2014


title: Maddie & Tae

text:
Maddie & Tae are an American female country music duo composed of Maddie Font (née Marlow) and Tae Kerr (née Dye), both of whom are singers, songwriters, and guitarists. The duo was signed to the revived Dot Records in 2014. Their debut album, Start Here, was released on August 28, 2015, and includes the singles "Girl in a Country Song", "Fly", "Shut Up and Fish", and "Sierra". Following the closure of Dot, they signed to Mercury Nashville in 2018. They released their second studio album The Way It Feels for this label in April 2020, and the first part of their third studio album, Through The Madness in 2022.

Career

2010–2016: Early beginnings and Start Here
In 2010, Madison Kay "Maddie" Marlow (born 1995, in Sugar Land, Texas) and Taylor Elizabeth "Tae" Dye (born 1995, in Ada, Oklahoma) were both going to the same vocal coach and met at a showcase in Dallas. Within the year, the duo was going back and forth to Nashville every weekend while still going to school. They first performed under the name Sweet Aliana. After finishing high school, the duo moved to Nashville, to begin their musical career as Maddie & Tae. In 2014, Big Machine Records revived the Dot Records name for a new imprint. Maddie & Tae were confirmed as the first signees of the label in June 2014.

They wrote their debut single, "Girl in a Country Song", with Aaron Scherz, who co-produced it with Dann Huff. The song is a criticism of the then-contemporary bro-country trend. "Girl in a Country Song" debuted at number 58 on the Country Airplay chart dated for the week ending July 19, 2014. After 23 weeks, it reached number 1 for the chart dated December 20, 2014, becoming the first debut single by a female duo to reach number one since The Wreckers did it in 2006 with "Leave the Pieces", and only the second in history. Maddie & Tae released their self-titled EP on November 4, 2014. It featured "Girl in a Country Song" as well as 3 new tracks: "Sierra", "Fly", and "Your Side of Town".

"Fly" was released on January 26, 2015. It made its television debut when they performed the song on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Their debut album, Start Here, was released on August 28, 2015. By October 2015, the song had become a Top 10 hit on both Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay. The duo co-wrote the track "Boomerang" on Jana Kramer's late 2015 album Thirty One. The album's third single, "Shut Up and Fish" released to country radio on November 2, 2015. The album's fourth single, "Sierra", was released to country radio in 2016.

Maddie and Tae guest-starred on the Disney Channel show Girl Meets World in an episode entitled "Girl Meets Texas, Part 2", which premiered on October 17, 2015. They performed at The O2 Arena, on the main stage of the C2C: Country to Country festival in March 2016 – their first visit to the UK. They released a fashion line in collaboration with Bloomingdales in late 2016.

2017–present: The Way It Feels and EP releases
In early 2017, Maddie and Tae appeared on Forbes' 30 Under 30 - Music list at #20. They received two nominations for the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards, including Vocal Duo of the Year. In June 2017, it was announced that Maddie and Tae had signed with UMG Nashville following the closing of Dot Records.

In early 2018, Maddie & Tae signed with Mercury Nashville and released the single "Friends Don't." It has since peaked at number 33 on the Billboard Country Airplay charts.  In October 2018, the duo released another new song, "Die from a Broken Heart", and it sold 7,000 in its first week. The song has reached a peak of number 2 on the US Country Chart and number 1 on Country Airplay chart. This makes the duo's first number one since their debut single. The duo is an opening act on Carrie Underwood's Cry Pretty Tour 360 which began on May 1, 2019. In March 2019, the duo released another promotional single entitled "Tourist in This Town." Their EP One Heart to Another was released on April 26, 2019.

On November 22, 2019, Maddie married Jonah Font after eight years of dating. On February 21, 2020, Tae married songwriter Josh Kerr after over a year of dating. Their second studio album, The Way It Feels, was released on April 10, 2020. A Christmas music EP, We Need Christmas, followed on October 23, 2020. In November 2021, Tae revealed that she and her husband were expecting their first child in the spring of 2022. On January 17, 2022, Tae gave birth to a baby girl, Leighton Grace Kerr, who was born 3 months early.

The first volume of the pair's third studio album, the EP Through the Madness, Vol. 1, was released on January 28, 2022.

Members
 Maddie Font (née Marlow) (born on July 7, 1995)– vocals, right-handed guitar, mandolin
 Tae Kerr (née Dye)(born on September 18, 1995)– vocals, left-handed guitar, piano

Discography

Studio albums
 Start Here (2015)
 The Way It Feels (2020)

Tours
Headlining
 Start Here Tour (2015)
 Tourist in This Town Tour (2020)
 All Song No Static Tour (2022)

Supporting
 Sounds of Summer Tour (2015) with Dierks Bentley, Kip Moore, & Canaan Smith
 Life Amplified World Tour (2016) with Brad Paisley and Tyler Farr
 Storyteller Tour: Stories in the Round (2016) with Carrie Underwood and Little Big Town and Sam Hunt
 Cry Pretty Tour 360 (2019) with Carrie Underwood and Runaway June

Accolades

References

Country music duos
Country music groups from Tennessee
Dot Records artists
Female musical duos
Living people
Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee
Musical groups established in 2014
2014 establishments in Tennessee
Mercury Records artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musical duos from Tennessee


title: Erasmus Saunders (priest, died 1775)

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Erasmus Saunders D.D. (d. 23 December 1775) was a Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1756.

Family

He was the son of Erasmus Saunders, Canon of Brecon. He married Mary Kenrick and they had three children:
Martha Saunders (b. 1757)
Erasmus Saunders (b. 1759)
Kenrick Francis Saunders (b. 1764)

He died in 1775 and was buried in the south aisle of Bath Abbey.

Career

He was educated at Merton College, Oxford and graduated BA in 1737, MA in 1740, BD in 1751 and DD in 1753.

He was appointed:
Vicar of Wantage, Berkshire 1755
Prebendary of Rochester 1756
Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields 1756 - 1775
Vicar of Mapiscome, Kent 1757

He was appointed to the tenth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1751 and held the canonry until 1756.

Notes

1775 deaths
Canons of Windsor
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Year of birth unknown


title: Speke Resort and Conference Center

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The Speke Resort and Conference Centre is a hotel-resort-conference-centre in Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, the third-largest economy in the East African Community. It is one of the five 4-star hotels in Kampala, as rated by the Uganda Tourism Board in June 2015.

Location
The hotel is in the neighbourhood of Munyonyo, in Makindye Division, in the southeastern part of Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city, along the northern shores of Lake Victoria. The resort lies adjacent to the Munyonyo Commonwealth Resort. This location is approximately , by road, southeast of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of the hotel are 0°14'15.0"N, 32°37'30.0"E (Latitude:0.2375; Longitude:32.6250).

Overview
The resort was commissioned in 2007 in time to host the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2007. In 2012, the resort was valued at about US$150 million.

Amenities
Amenities on-site include an Olympic-size infinity swimming pool, a choice of luxury apartments, cottages, at least five restaurants, bars, an equestrian center, and a gymnasium. Accommodation consists of 335 rooms, including 55 executive suites and 59 presidential suites. Conference facilities can accommodate up to 500 guests. The marina has chauffeured and self-drive watercraft available for hire. Private yachts and boats are also accommodated. Helicopter rides for hire are also on offer. In February 2018, the hotel added 45 new suites to bring the total number of suites at the resort to 104.

Ownership
The hotel is a member of the Ruparelia Group.

See also
 Kampala Capital City Authority
 Sudhir Ruparelia

References

External links
Uganda: Speke Resort, a Bee-Hive of Activities

Hotels in Kampala
Makindye Division
Ruparelia Group
Buildings and structures in Kampala
Hotel buildings completed in 2007
Buildings and structures in Uganda
2007 establishments in Uganda


title: Maini Sorri

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Maini Sorri (born April 7, 1957, Ulvila, Finland) is a Swedish–Finnish singer, musician and songwriter living in Sweden. Maini's techno single Let Me Do Your Time spent 9 weeks on the most-sold tracks list DigiListan of Swedish Radio 2011. Maini's discography contains 8 albums, 3 extended plays and 23 singles.

Biography
Maini Sorri has composed music since she was 8 years old. She migrated from Finland to Sweden as a teenager. She has studied song, piano and music theory and is a Bachelor of Arts from Musikhögskolan i Örebro (now Faculty of Arts at Örebro University). She has recorded her own songs and performed them in concerts and on radio and Sveriges Television.

Music career

1998–2009

Maini's first two albums Lauluja elämän vuodenajoista/Sånger om livets årstider (Songs about the Seasons of Life) from 1998 and Jäit tuoksuna minuun/Din doft stannade kvar (Your Fragrance Forever Stays with Me) from 2006 were in Finnish and Swedish. Barbara Helsingius began to translate Maini's songs into English. Maini's EP Christmas in Our Hearts was released 2006 in Sweden.

2010–2011
Maini has a band Sorriso with John Baumann from Milan, Italy. Their first single Hiding Place was released 2010. Maini's EP Someday from 2010 was played on BBC, BBC Wales and many other radio stations in the UK. Someday endured 43 weeks on Music World Radio's Top 20 Charts in Spain among rock groups from America and Europe. Maini Sorri's EP Christmas in Our Hearts was released in UK 2010. Maini won the Swedish Radios Musalista competition in March 2010 with her own song.

Maini has written more than 20 songs with lyrics by Gary Cornman from the USA. The first single with lyrics by Gary Cornman was Sorriso's single Special Friend. The next single from 2011 Let Me Do Your Time made it to Swedish Radio DigiListan and stayed 66 weeks on Music World Radio's Top 20 Charts. Maini's third album Someday Vol. 2 was released 2011.

2012–2015
Maini's dance single Shiny Eyes with remix by Carsten Lehmann from Germany was released on May 7, 2012. It made it to #4 on CMJ RPM Top5 Charts in the USA. Maini's next dance single Please Go Away and Please Go Away (Rock Remix) were released 2012. Maini's dance singles Hold Me and Just A Dream (Remixes) and the rock single Silent Night were released 2013.

Moira single, released in March 2014 is a collaboration with the Swedish artist and music producer Jörgen Hansson. Blue Song, a collaboration with the American rapper Magneto Dayo from Brooklyn, New York was released on June 9, 2014. Blue Song made it to 3 National Airplay Top Charts.

Awoken Heartbroken rock single was released in November 2014 and Awoken Heartbroken (Dance Remix) in December 2014. Awoken Heartbroken made it to 4 National Airplay Top Charts.

Lost Love rock single and Lost Love (Dance Remix) are co-produced by Brian Lanese, the singer, writer and producer of the 5 time Grammy nominated band Permanent Ability in Los Angeles and the guitarist of the band Orlando Mestre. Both singles were released on June 15, 2015. Lost Love (Dance Remix) made it to 2 DRT National Airplay Charts. On October 26, 2015 Maini released the rock single Never Said Goodbye, co-produced by Brian Lanese och Orlando Mestre.

2016–present

Second Chance, her second collaboration with the American rapper Magneto Dayo, was released on January 25, 2016, produced by Carsten Lehmann. Second Chance made it to DRT National Airplay Top 80 Independent Chart before it was released and to DRT National Airplay Top 200 Chart for multiple genres in February. Lost Love was released in September 2016 on the soundtrack of Action RPG The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor.

Maini's rock single I Fall To Pieces with Gary Cornman's lyrics was released on May 31, 2016. I Fall To Pieces is co-produced by Brian Lanese and Orlando Mestre.

On  January 23, 2017 Maini released her 25th cd, the rock single Parting Of Our Way, with lyrics by Gary Cornman and co-produced by Brian Lanese and Orlando Mestre. When Two Worlds Meet, her collaboration album with the rapper Magneto Dayo, was released on May 23, 2018.

Song Books

Maini Sorri's first song book Lauluja elämän vuodenajoista (Songs about the Seasons of Life) was released 1992.  Maini's second song book Metsä laulaa/Skogen sjunger (The Forest Sings) was released 2006. Three of Maini's children's songs were released 1993 in Lasten kultainen laulukirja 2:ssa (Children's golden Song Book 2).

Discography

Albums

 Lauluja elämän vuodenajoista/Sånger om livets årstider (1998)
 Jäit tuoksuna minuun/Din doft stannade kvar (2006)
 Someday Vol. 2 (2011)
 When Two Worlds Meet (Maini Sorri & Magneto Dayo) (2018)
 Bring Me Home (2018)
 Someday Vol. 3 (2019)
 Shiny Eyes Vol. 2 (2023)
 Bring Me Home Vol. 2 (2023)

Extended Play
 Christmas in Our Hearts (2006)
 Someday (2010)
 Dreamworld (2011)

Singles
 Hiding Place (2010) (Sorriso)
 Let Me Do Your Time (2011)
 Special Friend (2011) (Sorriso)
 Shiny Eyes (2012)
 Please Go Away (2012)
 Please Go Away (Rock Remix) (2012)
 Hold Me (2013)
 Just A Dream (Remixes) (2013)
 Silent Night (2013)
 Moira (Maini Sorri & Jörgen Hansson) (2014)
 Blue Song (Maini & Magneto Dayo) (2014)
 Awoken Heartbroken (2014)
 Awoken Heartbroken (Remixes) (2014)
 Lost Love (2015)
 Lost Love (Dance Remix) (2015)
 Never Said Goodbye (2015)
 Second Chance (Maini & Magneto Dayo) (2016)
 I Fall To Pieces (2016)
 Parting Of Our Way (2017)
 You Are On My Mind (2018)
 Through Teary Eyes (2020)
 Tomorrow (2021)
 Just Let Me Sing (2023)

Books
 Lauluja elämän vuodenajoista (1992) (Uppsalan Suomalainen seurakunta)
  Metsä laulaa/Skogen sjunger (2006)

References

External links

1957 births
Living people
Musicians from Uppsala
Finnish emigrants to Sweden
21st-century Swedish women singers
Swedish singer-songwriters


title: Tim Küchler

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Tim Küchler (born 29 July 1986) is a German actor. Küchler was born in Hamburg. From 1995 to 1997, he portrayed Benny Brendal in 39 episodes (seasons 3, 4, and 5) of Neues vom Süderhof. From 1998 to 2001, he played a similar role in the children's series, Die Kinder vom Alstertal.

External links

1986 births
Living people
German male actors
Male actors from Hamburg
Neues vom Suderhof


title: Armenak Shahmuradyan

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Armenak Shahmuradyan (also spelled Chah-Mouradian or Shah-Mouradian, April 7, 1878, Muş, Ottoman Empire – September 14, 1939, Paris), also known as  the bard of Daron, was an Armenian operatic tenor. He is one of the outstanding representatives of Komitas's school. Shahmuradyan is well known for the performance of "Krunk", "Antuni", "Garun a", "Hayastan", "Kilikia" and other Armenian songs.

Biography
Shahmuradyan studied at Gevorgian Seminary of Echmiadzin where he met Komitas. In 1910 he finished the Paris Conservatory of Music, where he attended the classes of Pauline Viardot. He debuted at Grand Opera with Faust in 1910. He gave concerts in many countries including USA, Britain, Belgium, Iran, India, etc. Since 1930 Shahmuradyan lived in Paris and died in a psychiatric clinic in 1939. William Saroyan dedicated a poem to him. In his "Obituaries" Saroyan wrote: "Shah-Mouradian was "one of the truly great tenor-baritones of all time, somewhat like John McCormack, a star in Paris and New York, and around the world in opera".

Discography
The Voice of Komitas Vardapet (recorded in 1912 in Paris). Traditional Crossroards, 1995, USA.
The Voice of Armenia. Vol 1. SomeWax Recordings, 2004

References

External links
Biography

20th-century Armenian male opera singers
People from Muş
Armenians from the Ottoman Empire
1878 births
1939 deaths


title: Operation Wandering Soul (novel)

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Operation Wandering Soul is a novel by American author Richard Powers.  It was a finalist for the National Book Award.

Operation Wandering Soul tells the story of a children's ward in "Carver Hospital" from the point of view of Richard Kraft, an overworked surgical resident, and therapist Linda Espera.  It is set in "Angel City".

The title comes from the Vietnam War psychological warfare operation of the same name, which Kraft's father was involved in.

The novel includes extensive material based on his teenage years growing up in Bangkok.

Summary

The novel does not have a plot as such.  Kraft and Espera treat a desperate range of children, including an Asian boat girl Joy Stepaneevong from Thailand, a progeria victim, a boy with no face, and numerous accident and crime victims.  Joy turns out to own a good luck charm that Kraft recognizes as once being owned by his father, a necklace angel that his father lost in a helicopter while engaging in "Operation Wandering Soul", broadcasting alleged spirit messages.

The narrative is frequently interrupted with retellings of classic stories and histories of mistreated children, including the Children's Crusade, the Pied Piper, the evacuation of children from London during the Blitz, Anne Frank and the Holocaust, and the Münster Rebellion.  The story of Peter Pan is told in counterpoint.

The children in the hospital stage their own version of the Pied Piper.

Authorial presence
Critics of Powers' fiction commonly find parallels between Richard Powers and his main character.  In Operation Wandering Soul, similar biographical details include their teenage years in Thailand.  The name "Kraft" is German for "strength" or "force", suggestive of "powers".

Reception

References

External links
  Author's webpage

1993 American novels
Novels by Richard Powers
Novels set in hospitals


title: Emmen Air Base

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Militärflugplatz Emmen (Emmen Military Air Base)  is a military airfield of the Swiss Air Force north of Emmen, Switzerland, located northwest of Lucerne.

History

After several previous projects in the 1920s by the federal government and the city of Lucerne, the Municipal Assembly of Emmen decided in 1938 to make a contribution of CHF 200,000 for the construction of the airfield. After the construction of the airfield, the first landing took place on 7 July 1939. In 1940, a  hard surface and a 600 m long cross runway was created. This was extended in 1942 to a concrete runway at 700 m, in  1946 to , and in 1957 to .

The first jet fighter was built by F+W Emmen (today RUAG Aerospace) and took off from Militärflugplatz Emmen; the N-20.2 Arbalète is today exhibited in the Swiss Museum of Transport. After the project EFW N-20 was canceled, the in Emmen built N-20:10 Aiguillon prototype was denied to make a first flight; perform only a few taxi on the runway of Emmen were made. The N 20:10 Aiguillon is today exhibited in the Flieger-Flab-Museum.
All types of aircraft of the Swiss Air Force have been at Militärflugplatz Emmen since its existence. de Havilland Vampire, de Havilland Venom, Aérospatiale Alouette II, Aérospatiale Alouette III, Hawker Hunter, Dassault Mirage IIIS, Dassault MirageIIIRS.

Today
The airfield of Emmen is used primarily by the military and is operated by the Swiss Air Force as a training and alternate airfield for jet and propeller aircraft as well as the ADS95 RUAG Ranger UAV. This means that no jet aircraft squadron is stationed in Emmen, but the airfield is still used as a training and alternate air base. The air base is, at both ends of the runway, equipped with retractable arresting gear devices (used by the F/A-18C Hornet and in case of a problem by the F-5E Tiger). Next to the aerodrome serves the following military uses:
 Location of the aerobatic team Patrouille Suisse
 Flight training for Swiss Air Force fighter pilots with the Pilatus PC-21
 Location of transport squadrons and also with charterflights for the Kosovo Force (KFOR) troops of Swisscoy
 Training and courses with reconnaissance drones
 Training center for simulators  with Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma, Eurocopter EC 635 and Pilatus PC-21. Factory flights RUAG Aviation on behalf of the Swiss Air Force
 Test and trial flights Armasuisse

In addition to the military use of the airfield, limited civil use is possible on a small scale. The RUAG Aviation manages a total quota of 1,000 flight movements per year for civilian use. RUAG itself use Emmen for test flights and for the transport of rocket payload fairings with rented Antonov An-124 transport aircraft.
It is the home base of the three Armasuisse aircraft: the Pilatus PC-12 HB-FOG, Pilatus PC-6 HB-FCF and the Diamond DA42 R-711.
In the summer flight break find exceptionally organized by the private sector, civil major events take place.
Air traffic control is performed by the military branch of Skyguide Skyguide National.

See also
 List of aerospace flight test centres

References

External links

 Militärflugplatz Emmen
  Swiss Army movie about Emmen AFB on youtube
  Schutzverband der Bevölkerung um den Flugplatz Emmen
  Flugplatz Emmen
   FLUGPLATZ KOMMANDO EMMEN (Flpl Kdo 7) mit Dienststelle Buochs

Airports in Switzerland
Buildings and structures in Lucerne
Transport in Lucerne
Military airbases in Switzerland


title: Chris Gruler

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Chris Gruler (born September 11, 1983) is an American former baseball pitcher. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round of the 2002 MLB Draft but never reached the major leagues because of injuries.

References

1983 births
Living people
Billings Mustangs players
Dayton Dragons players
Gulf Coast Reds players
Baseball players from Iowa
Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa


title: Engelandvaarder

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Engelandvaarder, (literally translated as "England sailer") was the term given during the Second World War to men and women who attempted to escape from the Netherlands across over 100 miles of the North Sea to reach England and freedom. Only about one in ten were successful in the crossing, with most just disappearing in the sea. Once they reached England many joined the Allied forces to help free their country from Nazi Germany. The period covered is between the capitulation of the Dutch armed forces on 15 May 1940 and the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944 (D-Day).

In July 1940 three Dutchmen escaped from the occupied Netherlands and crossed the North Sea to England in a twelve-foot boat. They were called "Engelandvaarders". This first success encouraged many others to try the crossing. Most of these disappeared and were never heard from again. With time, land routes out of the Netherlands developed, and a number of the Dutch reached England by traveling overland from safe house to safe house to reach southern France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland or Sweden and from the neutral country transited to England.

A large number of men and women, however, were killed or arrested on their way to England. Many died at sea. Some were captured by the Germans. Of these, some were shot, but most were deported to concentration camps. Some escaped from detention, such as Bram van der Stok, the most successful Dutch fighter pilot in World War II, who escaped with Bodo Sandberg and four other Engelandvaarders from the prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III, in a car stolen from the camp commander. Many others were taken to death camps, of whom only a few returned to the Netherlands after the liberation.

Upon arriving in England these Engelandvaarders were interrogated by British secret service to be sure Nazi Germany had not slipped a secret agent among their number. This was done in London at the "London Reception Centre" in the building over a period of four years. Once they cleared the interview process they all had a meeting with Queen Wilhelmina, who viewed them as her window back to her homeland. A number of the Engelandvaarders were awarded the Dutch Bronze Cross (BK) or the Cross of Merit (KV).

Over 1,700 Dutch men and women overcame many difficulties to reach England. Of these 332 joined the Royal Army, 118 the Royal Air Force, 397 the Royal Navy, 176 the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (KNIL) and 164 the merchant navy. 129 served with the Dutch government-in-exile in London. 111 became secret agents and returned to occupied Netherlands.

Notable Engelandvaarders

Museum Engelandvaarders
On 4 September 2015 the Museum Engelandvaarders was inaugurated by King Willem-Alexander in the Dutch town of Noordwijk to commemorate the Engelandvaarders. The museum is in a former munition bunker which was part of the Atlantic Wall.

Soldier of Orange
The Soldier of Orange (Soldaat van Oranje) is a book written by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema, first published in 1971. In 1977 the book was made into a movie by Dutch director Paul Verhoeven. It starred Rutger Hauer in the part of Erik.

In 2010 it was produced on the stage as a musical. The musical is performed in a Theaterhangar on the former airfield Valkenburg near Katwijk and has since attracted more than 3 million visitors. The running date has been extended multiple times, with the current ending planned for March 2021.

Citations

Bibliography
 Tucker, Spencer C. World War II: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, (2014).

Further reading
 De Schakel, by Frank Visser (1976)
 Vrijheid achter de horizon, by Jan Bruin and Jan van der Werff (1998)
 Tulpen voor Wilhelmina, by Agnes Dessing (2005)
 Wij zijn niet bang, tenminste, niet erg. Het Engelandvaardersdagboek van Daniël de Moulin (2006, herdruk 2015)
 Engelandvaarders en vluchtelingen, de Noordzee-route, by Pauline L van Till and Harald S van der Straaten (2015)

External links

 A Hard Fought Ship
 The musical
 Engelandvaarder Museum
 Klim naar de Vrijheid - interviews with Engelandvaarders

Military history of the Netherlands during World War II
Dutch words and phrases


title: Storey station

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Storey (known as Madera by Amtrak) was an unstaffed train station located in the unincorporated community of Storey, and about  southeast of the Fresno River, in Madera County, California, United States. Just prior to its closure in November 2010  and replacement by the new Madera station, this station was served by Amtrak's (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) San Joaquin. Prior to Amtrak, this station was also previously served by Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad's (ATSF) San Francisco Chief and its Oakland-Barstow Line.

Description
The Storey Station (Madera) was located at Avenue 15½ at 29th Road. Prior to its removal (following its closure in 2010) the station had one side platform on the southwest side of the southwest track. In addition to the passenger platform, the station included a payphone, a bench, and a parking area with about fifteen spaces on a hard surface. There was also a lighted sign that would indicate when trains were coming. As of 2001, there was a bus-stop like shelter  protecting the bench, but by 2008 the shelter had been removed.
Unlike the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) that built a train depot in downtown Madera, the ATSF never constructed a depot for the Storey Station.  Instead, the Storey Station was operated as a flag stop for all ATSF trains.  Passengers would signal their desire to board an approaching train by waving a flag. The original station, as well as the local area, was named after William Benson Storey, the former president of the ATSF.

Of the 73 California stations regularly served by Amtrak in the Fiscal Year 2010, Madera (Storey) was the 49th-busiest, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 55 passengers daily.

History
The station was originally "built" (in a sense) by the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad (SF&SJV) when it laid its tracks through the area in 1896. However, since there was never depot building, it is not possible to establish a precise completion date for the original station. Several years after the track were completed the ATSF acquired the SF&SJV, and was part of their Valley Division.

From its beginning until Amtrak took over nearly all passenger rail service within the United States in 1971, the station was served by ATSF trains, including the famous San Francisco Chief and the Oakland-Barstow line. During this time the "station" consisted of not much more than a sign along the tracks indicating where the train would stop, if it was effectively flagged. From Amtrak's inception until 1977, Storey had no rail service. Although the station never had more than the limited facilities, when Amtrak brought passenger service back to the station 1977 the conditions at the station improved considerably.

From 1977 to 2010 the station was served by Amtrak/Amtrak California's San Joaquin. Initially, service only included daily service (once in each direction) between Oakland (16th Street Station) and Bakersfield. In 1994 the Oakland 16th Street Station was closed due to damaged caused by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and the new northern terminus was temporarily moved to the Emeryville Station. In 1996, the northern terminus was moved back to Oakland (Jack London Square Station). By 2002, service on the San Joaquin had increased substantially and it began running twice daily (in each direction) between Sacramento and Bakersfield and four times daily (in each direction) between Oakland and Bakersfield. (For all trains, the next northbound stop was in Merced and the next southbound stop was in Fresno.) When service first began in 1977 it was designated as an "experimental stop", but by 1980 the experimental stop note no longer appeared in the timetables.

Replacement

In the early 2000s, official discussion began regarding improving the Madera station, but took nearly a decade for any action. As the project plans developed, the option of an entirely new station was selected over improvements to the former station. In August 2010, ground was broken on a new station located approximately  north of the City of Madera. Grand opening of the new Madera Amtrak station took place a few months later on November 4, 2010. The $2 million station project, initially included a new platform, shelter, lighting, access road and landscaping, involved the city of Madera, Amtrak, BNSF Railway, and Caltrans. Funding came from Madera County’s “Measure T,” a ½ cent transportation improvement sales tax, the state of California and the California Transportation Commission. On November 8 the new station opened for service and the former Madera (Storey) station was permanently closed. Over the next three years, the new station saw a nearly 25 percent increase in ridership and received additional improvements to the station. Since being replaced, nearly all evidence of the former Story (Madera) station has been entirely removed.

Notes

References

External links

Madera Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- TrainWeb)
Madera, CA (MDR)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)

Railway stations in Madera County, California
Former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stations
Former Amtrak stations in California
Madera, California
Railway stations closed in 2010


title: Plunder Pirates

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Plunder Pirates is a freemium mobile MMO pirate-themed strategy video game, inspired by Clash of Clans, developed and published by Midoki. For iOS, it soft-launched in Canada and Finland on June 16, 2014, and the worldwide iOS release was on September 17, 2014. The game was one of the first to use Metal for advanced graphics in iOS 8. The Android version was released on April 22, 2015. It was originally published by Rovio Stars.

As of December 2014, the game had over 5 million players.

Gameplay
Plunder Pirates is a multiplayer game in which players build a base, train pirates, explore the sea, defend against players and attack other players to earn gold and grog, which can then be used to build defences and buildings. The player can complete quests while doing those activities. The game differs from Clash of Clans by being in 3D and the player can control the camera.

The gameplay environment has received seasonal updates for Halloween, Christmas and Chinese New Year.

Buildings
Buildings have many uses such as storing a player's gold and grog. Buildings can be defensive, which can be  cannons, mystic mortars, ground pounders, gun towers, mines, mystic mines, legendary mines, flame traps, shark traps, bunkers, pirate ship, and the pirate hall at upgrade level 9 or higher. Players automatically collect resources with gold mines and grog collectors. All buildings get stronger when upgraded with resources.

Rumbles
Rumbles are quick 24 hour wars between two rival guilds. To win, a guild must collect more battle points than the other guilds. If a player finds a member of an opposing guild while looking for pirates to attack, the player gets a guild war bonus and get a percentage increase on the number of battle points gained. The guild that wins gets resources such as gems, battle points and a large amount of gold while the losers get less gold, grog, and battle points, and no gems. To start a guild war the captain or quartermaster starts it.

Events
Events are regular, seven day competitions that are based on either an individual player or a guild's progress. The players earn rewards by collecting Event Tokens.

Legendary Pirates
As of August 2015, the game included Legendary Pirates - an individual unit that provides various additional attacking and defensive capabilities. To date there are twelve Legendary Pirates.

Gems
Aside from gold, grog, battle points and exploration points, the game also uses gems as a currency. Gems can be awarded for completing certain missions, getting them in chests or finding them in the sea and can be purchased using real money. Gems can be used to speed up every aspect of the game; from construction time to pirate recruitment to research. They can also be used to purchase more gold and grog. If you buy enough gems you will get a reward of some extra battle points and exploration points.

Battle Points
Battle points are gained by attacking other players and NPC bases, in chests, in the sea exploring, killing sea creatures and completing errands. They are used for upgrading buildings such as the academy and mystic mortars.

Exploration Points
Exploration points are gained by exploring the sea, in the sea, defeating sea creatures and doing errands. They are used for upgrading buildings like the lighthouse that is used to upgrade a player's pirate ship.

Reception

Plunder Pirates received mixed reviews, with a Metacritic score of 71/100 based on 5 reviews. The consensus of reviewers is that it is a good strategy management game that is very similar to Clash of Clans.

Plunder Pirates received the UK TIGA Game Industry Award for best debut game published by a new studio in 2014.

Plunder Pirates received best "New Games IP - Mobile" at the British Develop Awards 2015.

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2014 video games
IOS games
Massively multiplayer online real-time strategy games
Video games about pirates
Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Android (operating system) games
Rovio Entertainment games