title: Healthcare in New York City

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Healthcare in New York City describe the health care services available in New York City, the largest US city with a population of over eight million. In 2020 approximately 50,000 physicians were working in the city.

Insurance
The US health system does not provide health care to the country's entire population. Instead, most citizens are covered by a combination of private insurance and various federal and state programs. As of 2017, health insurance was most commonly acquired through a group plan tied to an employer.

NY State of Health is the health insurance marketplace for city residents aimed at lowering costs. NYC Health + Hospitals has the MetroPlus health insurance plans for lower-income residents, and NYC Care for no- or low-cost services for residents who do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance.

Health infrastructure

Hospitals

Government
The NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene is the primary local government body and one of the largest local public health organizations in the world. The State Department of Financial Services regulates health insurance. NYC Health + Hospitals is a public benefit corporation that operates hospitals and clinics and serves over one million residents annually.

Medical schools
Medical schools in New York City include:

 SUNY Downstate College of Medicine in Brooklyn
 Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx
 CUNY School of Medicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Columbia University Vagelos College of  Physicians and Surgeons, Weill Cornell Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and New York University School of Medicine in Manhattan

History
Many health care systems in place in New York developed from nonprofit charitable organizations.

COVID-19
The first case of the COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed in March 2020. By April, the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City had more confirmed coronavirus cases than China, the U.K., or Iran, and by May, had more cases than any other individual country. This created a scarcity of hospital beds and available intensive care unit space. NYC instituted emergency measures, including the deployment of the hospital ship USNS Comfort, and the creation of temporary field hospitals, although these were little used. The ongoing pandemic is the deadliest disaster by death toll in the city's history.

Health and healthcare disparities
In 2010, the health department began a program to document health disparities. The first report focused on disparities in life expectancy and death, and stated that death rates were 30% higher in the poorest New York City neighborhoods than the wealthiest. A 2011 report examining breast, colorectal, and cervical cancer stated that while breast cancer diagnoses were highest among high-income white women, low-income Black women had the highest rate of death.

Emergency care
In 2000, a report from The Commonwealth Fund found that nearly three-quarters of emergency room visits in New York City were for non-emergent healthcare needs or could have been treated in a primary care setting. The report concluded that reducing strain on hospital emergency departments, the city's primary care system required significant expansion and barriers to care for low-income patients and those without health insurance needed to be reduced.

Access
Access to healthcare continues to be an issue. The cost of living in the city has forced many New Yorkers to opt out of insurance because of the high costs. New Yorkers living in low-income communities or who are unemployed have limited access to quality healthcare. The NYC Health + Hospitals program attempts to improve healthcare availability for these residents.

COVID-19

Early pandemic
The pandemic exposed health care disparities. Prior to the pandemic, the Upper East Side of Manhattan had 27 times more primary care providers than Elmhurst and Corona, or eight times the city average. The same Queens communities had a COVID-19 infection rate four times that of Manhattan's East Side and a death rate six times higher. Multiple reports showed that minority communities in New York City were severely affected by COVID-19, partially due to higher population density in minority-dominated neighborhoods and a higher rate of comorbidities.

COVID-19 testing
A 2020 study found that COVID-19 testing in New York City was more egalitarian than income distribution. However, the same study found significant disparity in test results across income levels. Comparing the poorest ZIP codes to the wealthiest revealed a 38 to 65 percent difference in negative tests.

Vaccination
Early distribution of COVID-19 vaccines faced logistical obstacles including supply issues. In some cases, concerns over eligibility led vaccine doses to be discarded. In early January 2021, New York State responded by expanding its eligibility criteria. Despite this, short supply, extended wait times, and difficulties with eligibility and registration remained obstacles. In addition, early data showed demographic disparities in vaccine distribution. As of January 31, 2021, 48% of people receiving vaccine doses were reported as white, compared with 11%, 15%, and 15% of Black, Asian, and Latinx individuals respectively, though 40% of vaccine recipients at the time had not had demographic data collected. Vaccine hesitancy has been an issue, especially in low-income neighborhoods. Many Black New Yorkers cited fear and suspicion of the government entities advocating vaccination. Vaccination rates improved significantly with city and state mandates.

See also

 COVID-19 pandemic in New York City
 Healthcare in New York (state)
 Involuntary hospitalization of Joyce Patricia Brown

References

External links
NY State of Health (NY State of Health)
 NYC Care from NYC Health + Hospitals for no- or low-cost services for residents who do not qualify for or cannot afford health insurance
Health insurance information from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Health insurance consumer information from the New York State Department of Financial Services


title: Lori Baker

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Lori Baker (born 1962) is an American novelist and short story writer. She has earned degrees from Wheaton College, Brown University and Boston College. Her books include: The Glass Ocean (Penguin Press, 2013; Virago, 2013); Crash & Tell: Stories (LSU Press, 2011); Crazy Water: Six Fictions (NYU Press, 1996); and Scraps (paradigm press, 1995). Crazy Water received the Mamdouha S. Bobst Prize for Emerging Fiction.

Critical responses to Baker's work have been generous. Man Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville wrote, "The Glass Ocean is that rarest of things, a historical novel, or at least a novel set in history, that is also a work of art. Lori Baker is a captivating storyteller, and her prose has the flash and fire of molten glass." Other praise for the novel has come from Clare Clark, Bill Goldstein, and novelist Thomas Pynchon. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 706 libraries

Along with her writing,   Baker is part of the International Writers Project steering committee at Brown University., a project   founded in 2003; each year, the IWP brings one visiting fellow to Brown for the academic year. The fellow is a prominent or emerging literary writer who has faced serious difficulties because of her or his writing (such as severe harassment, censorship, imprisonment, death threats). The project was founded by the novelist Robert Coover, and is currently overseen by Baker, Erik Ehn and Gale Nelson.

References

External links
Interview with novelist Lori Baker, www.bustle.com

American fiction writers
1962 births
Living people
Wheaton College (Massachusetts) alumni
Brown University alumni
Boston College alumni


title: Civil Contract (Armenia)

text:
Civil Contract (, , ՔՊ/KP, often shortened to , ) is a centrist political party in Armenia.

History

Formation as an NGO
Civil Contract first came into the public consciousness on 23 January 2013, when opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan publicized a project to establish a new political process in the newspaper  (The Armenian Times). For several months afterwards, the text of the contract was widely discussed in Armenian political forums. An updated version of the contract was published and Civil Contract was officially established as a non-governmental organization on 24 July 2013. Its governing board was formed on 9 December 2013.

Transformation into a political party
On 30 May 2015, Civil Contract was registered as a political party. Civil Contract participated in the 2017 Armenian parliamentary election and the 2017 Yerevan City Council election as part of the Way Out Alliance (). Following the 2018 Armenian Velvet Revolution led by Nikol Pashinyan, a new political alliance rose to prominence known as the My Step Alliance. After the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the My Step Alliance gained a ruling majority in the National Assembly. The My Step Alliance dissolved in May 2021 as Civil Contract opted to participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections independently. Following the election, Civil Contract was able to retain their ruling majority.

Ideology
The Civil Contract Party has no definite official ideology. Its leader, Nikol Pashinyan, states: "There are no clear lines between political ideologies anymore ... in the 21st century, those lines disappeared. It's not acceptable for me to call our party 'liberal,' 'centrist,' or 'social democrat,' because the goals we have to achieve are beyond '-isms. Despite this, Pashinyan himself has been described as a radical centrist, a reformist, or a liberal (and occasionally a populist) in favour of a liberal democracy by international media.

Objectives
The party announced their goal to double the population of Armenia within the next 20 years, ensure human rights and freedoms of all citizens, eliminate all forms of corruption, and to further strengthen and develop the economy, while protecting the environment.

Foreign policy
Prior to the 2018 election, Civil Contract was in favor of developing closer ties with the European Union and supported Armenia's inclusion in a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area with the EU. Party leader Nikol Pashinyan was skeptical of Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union and complained that membership had brought no benefits to Armenia. However, following his electoral victory, Pashinyan changed his official position and announced his support of Armenia's membership in the Eurasian Economic Union. Civil Contract claims that Armenia should not make a choice between the East and the West. Instead, Armenia should become an example and mediator of dialogue and cooperation.

Civil Contract advocates for maintaining strong connections between Armenia and Russia while promoting Eurasian integration with other CIS and Eurasian Economic Union member states. At the same time, Civil Contract continues to support Armenia's European integration through developing closer ties with the European Union and to eliminate visa requirements for Armenian citizens traveling to the EU's Schengen Area. In October 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan stated that he sees a lot of potential growth in both economic and political ties with the EU. Avinyan also advised that, "Any future EU accession is a question that the people of Armenia need to answer and would only occur following the withdrawal of Armenia from the Eurasian Union."

In 2019, the party's leader categorically ruled out the prospect of Armenia leaving the EAEU or the CSTO, stating that Armenia would not do a "u-turn" in foreign policy. A new party program was adopted, which stated the party's intention for Armenia to "not choose between East and West" and that the country's foreign relations ought to be based on protecting the nation's sovereignty.

The party supports the implementation of the Armenia–EU Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which entered into force on 1 March 2021. Nikol Pashinyan stated, "CEPA is a strategic program for development of our country, and it can become one of the cornerstones of our reforms agenda" and "I believe it is in Europe's interests to have a stable, democratic partner in the unstable region of the South Caucasus, a partner in the shape of developing and progressive Armenia that shares common European values with the union."

Civil Contract also believes in deepening relations with China, Japan, India, Iran, Georgia, Latin America, and the Middle East, as well as securing international recognition of the Republic of Artsakh and the Armenian genocide.

On 3 September 2023, during an interview, prime minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that it was a strategic mistake for Armenia to solely rely on Russia to guarantee its security. Pashinyan stated, "Moscow has been unable to deliver and is in the process of winding down its role in the wider South Caucasus region" and "the Russian Federation cannot meet Armenia's security needs. This example should demonstrate to us that dependence on just one partner in security matters is a strategic mistake." Pashinyan accused Russian peacekeepers deployed to uphold the ceasefire deal of failing to do their job. Pashinyan confirmed that Armenia is trying to diversify its security arrangements, most notably with the European Union and the United States.

On 17 October 2023, prime minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the European Parliament. Pashinyan stated, "on October 5 of this year, two extremely important documents for EU–Armenia relations were adopted in Granada. Both statements support the strengthening of EU–Armenia relations in all dimensions based on the needs of the Republic of Armenia" and "we are committed to further strengthen EU–Armenia relations. In the long term, the European Union and Armenia are determined to strengthen their economic ties by working to unlock the full potential of the Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement. The Republic of Armenia is ready to be closer to the European Union, as much as the European Union considers it possible."

Governing board

During the fifth convention of the party in June 2019 acting Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures Suren Papikyan was elected as Chairman of the 21 member strong governing board.

Civil Contract's governing board was introduced on 9 December 2013 during a press conference at the Ani Plaza Hotel. It was formed to organize the first party convention.

The current governing board is:
Arayik Harutyunyan, historian, former minister of education
Alen Simonyan, lawyer, editor-in-chief of the Ararat Media Group
Nikol Pashinyan, former journalist, former MP, prime minister
Suren Papikyan, chairman of the governing board, MP
Ruben Rubinyan, vice-president of the board, MP
Eduard Aghajanyan
Tigran Avinyan, deputy PM
Hakob Arshakyan, former minister of high-tech industry
Ararat Mirzoyan, former speaker of parliament
Vilen Gabrielyan
Romanos Petrosyan, former minister of the environment
Arsen Torosyan, former minister of health, chief of staff of the PM
Narek Babyan
Arman Boshyan
Lilit Makunts
Sipan Pashinyan
Mkhitar Hayrapetyan, former minister of the diaspora
Vahagn Hovakimyan
Armen Pambukhchyan
Arpine Davoyan

Finances
The Civil Contract Return Fund was established to ensure that the party's funding complies with Armenian law and its activities are democratically organized. Funds donated to Civil Contract will be stored in the fund's account and vault. Accounting will be conducted under the supervision of the board of trustees, which is independent of the governing board and controls the fund's expenditures. According to the party's contract, "Citizens who have donated money or property to the Contract shall have the right to request information on spending, and their demands are to be satisfied within three days' time."

Board of trustees
The Civil Contract board of trustees was announced on 22 February 2014. Haykak Arshamyan was elected chairman, and Hakob Simidyan was appointed director of the fund. Members are:
 Lara Aharonian, Women's Resource Center co-founder, director
 Haykak Arshamyan, PhD in history
 Levon Bagramyan, economist, political scientist, Washington, D.C.
 Arthur Ispiryan, musician
 Levon Hovsepyan, economist
 Ara Shirinyan, director
 Maro Matossian, Women's Support Center director
 Edgar Manukyan, PhD in economics, Toronto, Canada
 Sargis Kloyan, businessperson

Funding

The Civil Contract governing board published "Financing Politics and Civil Contract", an article touching on the issues of fiscal transparency and financing public and political life in Armenia, on 26 April 2014:

Velvet Revolution

On March 31, 2018, Civil Contract leader Nikol Pashinyan and his supporters began a  march from Gyumri (Armenia's second-largest city) to the capital, Yerevan, to dissuade Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan from retaining power beyond his legal term limit. On April 17, Nikol Pashinyan announced the start of a national, nonviolent "velvet revolution" to thousands of supporters gathered near the National Assembly. On April 22, several hours after a brief meeting with Sargsyan, Pashinyan was arrested with about 250 other protesters. After mass strikes by organized labor and streets blockaded by over 300,000 protesters (including soldiers and Civil Contract members), Sargsyan resigned on April 23. He said then, "Nikol Pashinyan was right. I was wrong. The movement of the street is against my office. I'm fulfilling your demands." According to contemporaneous reporting by Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker, "Thousands of people are on the streets, cheering and hugging each other, jumping up and down and honking their horns... things happened so quickly, I don't think the crowd was expecting this, but it is exactly what they wanted".

The revolution was seen as an opportunity for Armenia to realign its foreign policy in the European direction. The revolution contradicted Russian policy, as it opposed the notion of the irreplaceability of post-Soviet leaders and posed a threat to authoritarianism in the post-Soviet space. The revolution in Armenia was deemed "European" in nature as it corresponded to European values and principles, both societal and political.

2020–21 political unrest

On 18 March 2021, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced early parliamentary elections, to take place on 20 June 2021. The announcement was made during a period of political unrest in the country, following the defeat of Armenia in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Nikol Pashinyan subsequently resigned as Prime Minister, but continued his duties as acting Prime Minister.

Civil Contract confirmed its intention to participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections, with Nikol Pashinyan leading the party as its candidate for prime minister. The party also confirmed that they would be running in the election independently, effectively dissolving the My Step Alliance. While the party did run independently, Gurgen Arsenyan, leader of the United Labour Party confirmed that he would participate with Civil Contract. In addition, the vice-chairman of Mighty Homeland, Shirak Torosyan, also announced he would participate with Civil Contract. Following the election, Civil Contract won 53.9% of the popular vote, gaining a supermajority of 71 seats in the National Assembly. Party leader Nikol Pashinyan was officially appointed Armenia's prime minister.

Activities
On 31 August 2022, Nikol Pashinyan met with the President of the Council of the European Union, Charles Michel, in Brussels to discuss a peaceful resolution to the Armenia–Azerbaijan border crisis.

On 17 February 2023, Nikol Pashinyan met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Munich. The sides discussed various issues related to Armenia-European Union cooperation. The parties exchanged ideas on projects to be implemented in Armenia within the framework of the economic and investment plan of the Eastern Partnership.

In February 2023, Pashinyan announced support of the European Union Mission in Armenia. According to Pashinyan, the mission became possible following negotiations held between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the EU on the sidelines of the first European Political Community summit in Prague. On 4 May 2023, Nikol Pashinyan stated, "Armenia is interested in deepening cooperation with the European Union" and that the EU mission would help "maintain international attention towards our region."

Electoral record

Parliamentary elections

See also

 Programs of political parties in Armenia

References

External links
 Official website
 Payqar official website and underground newspaper
 Haykakan Zhamanak website and newspaper.
 Armenaker Kamilion has a substantial number of English translations of Pashinyan's articles in Payqar.

2013 establishments in Armenia
Centrist parties in Asia
Centrist parties in Europe
Liberal parties in Armenia
Political parties established in 2015
Political parties in Armenia
Pro-European political parties in Armenia


The 1924 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1924. Incumbent United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who was first elected to the Senate in 1912 by the state legislature (as was the practice then), and re-elected in 1918 by popular vote (in accordance with the 17th Amendment), ran for re-election. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

He faced former State Representative Frank Bird Linderman and several independent opponents in the general election. Walsh ultimately won re-election to his third term by a solid margin.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Thomas J. Walsh, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Farmer-Labor primary

Candidates
J. W. Anderson

Results

Republican primary

Candidates
Frank Bird Linderman, former State Representative, former Assistant Secretary of State of Montana
Wellington D. Rankin, Attorney General of Montana
John W. Allison
R. W. Kemp

Results

General election

Results

References

Montana
1924
United States Senate


title: Hans Christian Andersen Museum

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The Hans Christian Andersen's House Museum or H.C. Andersen's Odense, is a set of museums/buildings dedicated to the famous author Hans Christian Andersen in Odense, Denmark, some of which, at various times in history, have functioned as the main Odense-based museum on the author.

They variously comprise: the new H.C. Andersen Museum (opened 2021) including the H.C. Andersen Birthplace, the H.C. Andersen Childhood Home H.C. Andersen's Childhood Home and even Møntergården (city museum).

They are administered and managed by Museum Odense, a self-governing museum institution in Odense, Denmark.

H.C. Andersen's House Museum
The new museum is located at H.C. Andersen Haven 1, and comprises exhibits and collections from Andersen's works and life. A visit to Hans Christian Andersen’s House is a surprising and fascinating journey into the author’s creative universe – and his world-famous fairy tales. Beauty merges with imagination at the museum, where world-class architecture and spaces bring nature indoors, and provoke us to turn things on their head and speculate about today and tomorrow.

Via sound, light, space and scenery designed in collaboration with 12 international artists, in this innovative exhibition, we experience Andersen and his works speak to us. Our imagination is our only compass. We each create our own adventure!

H.C. Andersen's Birthplace
The birthplace () is located in the building which is thought his birthplace (not conclusively confirmed), a small yellow house on the corner of 45 Hans Jensens Stræde and Bangs Boder street in the old town. In 1908, the house was reopened as the H.C. Andersen Museum. It documents his life from his childhood years as the son of a shoemaker to his schooling, career as an author, and later life, with artifacts providing an insight into his acquaintances and adventures.
In 2021 a new museum was opened incorporating the birthplace into it.
The birthplace is also known as H.C. Andersen's House, after the plaque at the front door .

H.C. Andersen's Childhood Home
Andersen's childhood home () is at 3-5 Munkemøllestræde, not far from the cathedral. He lived in the little half-timbered house from the age of two until he was 14. Opened as a museum in 1930, the house contains an exhibition of the cobbling tools used by his father and other items based on Andersen's own descriptions.

Planned House of Fairytales (opened 2021)

In 2016, it was announced that Japanese architect, Kengo Kuma, and museum design consultancy, Event Communications, had won an international competition to design a new House of Fairytales concept for the Hans Christian Andersen Museum (also called the New Hans Christian Andersen Museum).  Kuma's designs revolve around "a series of cylindrical volumes with glass and latticed timber facades, and scooped green roofs".  Event Communications said that the museum would follow an "immersive theatre" that "taps into a fundamental aspect of fairytales – they are journeys where the line between the everyday and the transformative is blurred".  The project is being managed by Museum Odense and opened in the summer of 2021.

Gallery

References

External links
Museum Odense
Interview with Kengo Kuma: The New Hans Christian Andersen Museum, House of Fairytales, Museum Odense, Denmark

Museums in Odense
Hans Christian Andersen
Museums established in 1908
1908 establishments in Denmark
Andersen, Hans Christian


title: Josef Pekarek

text:
Josef Pekarek (2 January 1913 – 30 November 1991) was a footballer who played international football for both Austria and Germany. He played as a midfielder for 1. Wiener Neustädter SC and SC Wacker Wien.

References

1913 births
1991 deaths
Austrian men's footballers
Austria men's international footballers
German men's footballers
Germany men's international footballers
Dual men's international footballers
1. Wiener Neustädter SC players
FC Admira Wacker Mödling players
Men's association football midfielders


title: Astroblepus heterodon

text:
Astroblepus heterodon is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found in the rivers which drain the Pacific slope of Colombia where its populations are vulnerable to pollution from gold mining.

References

Bibliography
Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. .

Astroblepus
Fish described in 1908
Freshwater fish of Colombia


title: Duvalius abyssimus

text:
Duvalius abyssimus is a species of beetle first described in 2014 by biologists Ana Sofia Reboleira and Vicente Ortuño. The beetle is native to the Krubera Cave in the Arabika Massif, Western Caucasus. It was discovered during expeditions to Krubera-Vorónia in 2010 (the deepest cave in the world at the time).

Habitat
The specimens were found in the upper part of the cave, at 60 meters depth. In this part of the cave, temperature is about 3 °C and humidity is 100%.

Description
Duvalius abyssimus measure  in total body length. The eyes are reduced.

References

Trechinae
Cave beetles
Beetles of Europe
Endemic fauna of Georgia (country)
Beetles described in 2014


title: Giraffage

text:
Charlie Yin, professionally known as Giraffage, is an American electronic music record producer. Of Taiwanese descent, Yin grew up in San Jose, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Political Economics. He subsequently pursued his musical career, regularly performing as Giraffage at San Francisco Bay Area venues and around the world, independently and with other artists. Yin has collaborated with other electronic music producers, including Porter Robinson.

Giraffage has produced numerous remixes of pop and R&B tracks and several EPs, including No Reason, released on November 18, 2014. He has produced three full-length studio albums: Comfort in 2011; Needs in 2013; and Too Real, released on October 20, 2017.

Career

Yin has performed as Giraffage at numerous locations worldwide, including the Boiler Room, Low End Theory, NYU Kimmel and more. His music has won praise from blogs such as Pitchfork, XLR8R, and The FADER. His songs have been described as "pleasantly ambient and sample-laden instrumentals", or "bedroom dream-pop", and feature "atmospheric pads ... familiar, hip-hop-flavored 808 percussion", "looping guitars, 808 thuds and clacks, and diced-up vocals". His music is compared with that of Shlohmo and Baths.

Giraffage released his debut EP Pretty Things in May 2011. He released his debut album, Comfort, later in 2011.

In 2012, he went on a 30-date European tour with Orlando producer XXYYXX after releasing the shared EP Even Though. In a review, The FADER wrote that Even Though "shines with swelling bass, surprise birdcalls and geysers of sound, like you tossed a penny in a well and $40 in quarters splashed up." Giraffage has also collaborated with other musicians, as he released the single "Move Me" with Jhameel and DWNTWN in 2013.

Giraffage signed to Alpha Pup Records in early 2013. In February 2013, he released his second album Needs. In fall 2013, he toured across the US in support of Phantogram. In February 2014, he remixed the entirety of The-Dream's Love/Hate LP, receiving approval from The FADER, who stated they could not "remember a moment of anticipation right before hitting the play button as happy as the one I just experienced." Among other festivals, he notably performed at Coachella in 2018, the Treasure Island Music Festival 2013, the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival 2013, Decibel Festival 2013, What the Festival in Oregon in June 2014 and UCSD's Sun God Festival in May 2014. Amongst his international acts, he also performed at Beyond the Valley, Melbourne (Dec 2016) and Field Day, Sydney, Australia on 1st of Jan 2017 and had a considerable audience and a positive vibe.

Giraffage performed as the main support during Porter Robinson's "Worlds" tour of North America from August 28 to October 18, 2014. In November of that year he released the No Reason EP through Fool's Gold Records.

In July 2015, Giraffage collaborated with producer Viceroy and vocalist Patrick Baker on the song "Impression of You", released through Dim Mak Records.

In 2017, Giraffage signed to Counter Records (a label within the Ninja Tune family which is also home to ODESZA, RAC, Daktyl, Conner Youngblood, Laurel, etc.) for his third full-length album release. The album launched with first single "Slowly" ft. Matosic and was officially released on October 20, 2017, worldwide.

Previous projects
Prior to Giraffage, Yin produced chiptune music under the moniker "Robot Science" in 2009 with the debut EP Doodads. He followed this up with Square in 2010 and Good Luck in 2011.

Discography

LPs
 Comfort (2011)
 Needs (2013)
 Too Real (2017)

EPs
 Pretty Things (2011)
 No Reason (2014)

Singles
 Even Though (with XXYYXX) (2012)
 Move Me (with Jhameel and DWNTWN) (2013)
 Impression of You (with Viceroy and Patrick Baker) (2015)
 Bring Me Your Love (2016)

Remixes

(*The R. Kelly remix was later reworked into an original track entitled "Be With You" and included on the No Reason EP.)

References

External links

American electronic musicians
Record producers from California
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Living people
Counter Records artists
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Stelis elegans

text:
Stelis elegans Luer & R.Vásquez is a species of flowering plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to Bolivia and Ecuador. It was first described in 1981. Stelis elegans (Kunth) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase is a synonym of Stelis roseopunctata.

References

elegans
Flora of Bolivia
Flora of Ecuador
Plants described in 1981


title: Shayne Whittington

text:
Shayne Mitchell Whittington (born March 27, 1991) is a former American-Macedonian professional basketball player who currently serves as an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also represents North Macedonia in the international competitions. He played college basketball for Western Michigan University.

High school career
Whittington attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Michigan. As a junior, he averaged 11.3 points, 9.2 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, leading Lawrence to a 23–2 record and earning Detroit Free Press Class D Honorable Mention All-State honors.

As a senior, he averaged 17.2 points, 12.1 rebounds, 4.0 blocks, 3.0 steals and 2.0 assists per game as the Tigers went 24–2, a school record for wins. He was named Class D First Team All-State by Bankhoops.com, BCAM, Detroit News, Detroit Free Press and Associated Press.

College career
In his freshman season at Western Michigan, Whittington played sparingly for the Broncos. In 16 games, he averaged 1.4 points and 1.6 rebounds in 5.9 minutes per game.

In November 2010, Whittington elected to redshirt the 2010–11 season after finding himself behind freshman Matt Stainbrook and junior Caleb Dean in the team's rotation.

On November 12, 2011, Whittington played his first game since the 2009–10 season at South Dakota State, recording three points and two rebounds in 10 minutes of action. In his redshirted sophomore season, he played 32 games (7 starts), averaging 4.2 points and 4.0 rebounds in 14.1 minutes per game.

In his junior season, he was named to the 2013 All-MAC second team and led the conference with 12 double-doubles. In 35 games (all starts), he averaged 13.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.7 blocks in 29.7 minutes per game.

In his senior season, he was named to the 2014 All-MAC first team after being named the MAC West Player of the Week four times. In 31 games (all starts), he averaged 16.1 points, 8.9 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.5 blocks in 31.8 minutes per game.

Professional career

Indiana Pacers (2014–2016)
Whittington went undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft. On July 2, 2014, he signed with the Indiana Pacers. On November 8, he made his NBA debut in a 97–90 loss to the Washington Wizards, recording two points, three rebounds and two assists in eight minutes off the bench. On January 28, 2015, he was assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants of the NBA Development League. He was recalled by the Pacers two days later. On April 8, he was reassigned to the Mad Ants to help the team in their playoff run. He returned to the Pacers in late April following the Mad Ants' 2–0 D-League Finals series loss to the Santa Cruz Warriors.

On July 27, 2015, Whittington re-signed with the Pacers. During the 2015–16 season, he received multiple assignments to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants. That offseason, he was waived by the Pacers.

Obradoiro CAB (2016–2017)
Whittington signed with Río Natura Monbus Obradoiro of Spain's Liga ACB on August 7, 2016.

Zenit Saint Petersburg (2017–2018)
On July 21, 2017, Whittington signed with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg for the 2017–18 season.

MoraBanc Andorra (2018)
On July 26, 2018, Whittington signed a two-year deal with MoraBanc Andorra of the Liga ACB.

Movistar Estudiantes (2018–2019)
On December 27, 2018, Whittington signed with Movistar Estudiantes of the Liga ACB.

Coosur Real Betis (2019–2020)
On August 1, 2019, Whittington signed a two-year deal with Coosur Real Betis of the Liga ACB. He averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds per game. On June 9, 2020, Whittington parted ways with the team.

Coaching career
On June 2, 2023, Whittington became an assistant coach for the Indiana Pacers.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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| 20 || 0 || 5.4 || .452 || .167 || .783 || 1.5 || .3 || .3 || .1 || 2.9
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| 7 || 0 || 5.9 || .455 || .000 || .500 || 1.7 || .4 || .1 || .1 || 1.6
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| 27 || 0 || 5.5 || .453 || .125 || .760 || 1.5 || .3 || .2 || .1 || 2.5

Personal life
Whittington is the son of Scott Whittington and Carrie Rokos, and has one older brother, Spencer, a younger sister, Erika, and two younger brothers, Cody and Joey.

References

External links

NBA D-League profile
Western Michigan Broncos bio

1991 births
Living people
American expatriate basketball people in Russia
American expatriate basketball people in Spain
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Michigan
BC Andorra players
Expatriate basketball people in Andorra
BC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
CB Estudiantes players
Centers (basketball)
Fort Wayne Mad Ants players
Indiana Pacers players
Liga ACB players
Obradoiro CAB players
People from Paw Paw, Michigan
Power forwards (basketball)
Real Betis Baloncesto players
SeaHorses Mikawa players
Undrafted National Basketball Association players
Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball players
Naturalised basketball players


title: Wuershan

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Wuershan (乌尔善) is a Chinese film director who was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia on June 10, 1972. He is of Mongol ethnicity.

Wuershan's first feature film was Soap Opera (2004), for which he was awarded the FIPRESCI Award at the Pusan International Film Festival. He went on to direct blockbusters The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman (2010), Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012), and Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015), for which he was awarded the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards. In 2019, he started on the production of the Fengshen Trilogy.

Early life
Wuershan was born in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China, in 1972.

At 16 he enrolled to a high school affiliated to China's Central Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1992 he was admitted to the oil painting department of the latter. However, he dropped out the following year, and in 1994 started studying directing at the Beijing Film Academy, graduating from the latter in 1998. He started his career by making TV commercials, becoming successful in the business. He continued to work as a TV commercials director, video artist and avant-garde artist until his debut in movie industry with the 2004 film Soap Opera.

Career
Wuershan's film debut came with Soap Opera (2004). For this movie, he won the FIPRESCI Award at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2004.

The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman
On September 16, 2010, Wuershan's second feature film debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman premiered on September 16, 2010, at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Midnight Madness section marking the first time a film from China has been shown at this sidebar. It received mixed reviews from critics. The film was also screened at the Pusan Film Festival. It was presented by Doug Liman at the festival. It was released theatrically on 17 March 2011 in Southeast Asia, North America, Australia and New Zealand simultaneously. Described as an avant-garde martial arts comedy, the film is split into three stories titled "Desire", "Vengeance" and "Greed," and it follows the "journey of a mystical blade as it passes through the hands of three ambitious men."

Painted Skin: The Resurrection
Wuershan's third feature film, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, was released on June 28, 2012. The film, which has an 83% approval rating on aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and is described as a "deliciously nutty love story," tells about Xiaowei, a malevolent fox spirit, who consumes men's hearts to preserve her beauty and is looking for a heart that must be freely given to her in order to become human, while lovesick Princess Jing, who wears a mask to conceal her scarred face, looks for true love. She winds up deciding to exchange her pure heart for the fox daemon's beauty. With a total box office gross of $115.07 million, the film became the highest grossing domestic film in China beating the previous record holder Let the Bullets Fly.

Mojin: The Lost Legend
His fourth feature film was Mojin: The Lost Legend, an action adventure fantasy thriller film based on the novel Ghost Blows Out the Light. It was released on December 18, 2015. The film won several awards, including Best Visual Effects at the Beijing College Student Film Festival and the Golden Horse Awards, and Wuershan was named Best Director at the 33rd Hundred Flowers Awards. The movie however received mixed reviews from western critics. The film was a huge box-office success, grossing over US$278 million from a budget of 37.

Fengshen Trilogy
In 2019, he began on the production on the Fengshen Trilogy. Sometimes dubbed as "China’s ‘Lord of the Rings’", it is the "most ambitious and expensive production in Chinese history." The production has a crew of over two thousands employees. The movie is a retelling of Investiture of the Gods, a 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods-and-demons (shenmo) genre written during the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

The novel combines elements of history, folklore, mythology, legends and fantasy, with a story set in the era of the decline of the Shang dynasty (1600–1046 BC) and the rise of the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BC). It tells about the downfall of King Zhou, the Shang Dynasty's last ruler. He becomes a tyrant after having been "bewitched by a fox spirit posing as his concubine." An epic battle "rages to defeat him, involving gods, demons and other supernatural beings." Barrie M. Osborne, producer of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, was involved in the production.

The first film of the trilogy Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms was released in July 20, 2023.

Filmography
 Soap Opera (肥皂剧), 2004
 The Butcher, the Chef and the Swordsman (刀见笑), 2010
 Painted Skin: The Resurrection (画皮II), 2012
 Mojin: The Lost Legend (寻龙诀), 2015
 Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms (封神第一部：朝歌风云), 2023

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1972 births
Chinese film directors
Living people
People from Hohhot
Chinese people of Mongolian descent


The 2014–15 Clemson Tigers women's basketball team will represent Clemson University during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Audra Smith resumes the responsibility as head coach for a second consecutive season. The Tigers, members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, will play their home games at the Littlejohn Coliseum. They finished the season 9–21, 1–15 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourteenth place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to Georgia Tech.

2014–15 media

Clemson Tigers IMG Sports Network
The Clemson Tigers IMG Sports Network will broadcast all Tigers games. WCCP will broadcast select games. Games not on WCCP can be found online through the athletic website. Play-by-play will rotate while Dory Kidd will provide the analysis. Non-televised home games can be watched online via Tigercast with the Tigers Sports Network call.

2014–15 Roster

Schedule

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Rankings
2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

Clemson Tigers women's basketball seasons
Clemson
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title: Patrick Heron (died 1761)

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Patrick Heron ( – 22 October 1761) was a Scottish politician.

Career
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kirkcudbright Stewartry from 1727 to 1741.

Patrick Heron was the heritor of the estate of Kirroughtree. As a landowner during the 1724 uprising of the Galloway Levellers he was instrumental in defusing a tense confrontation between Levellers and landowners.

References

1672 births
Year of birth uncertain
1761 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
British MPs 1727–1734
British MPs 1734–1741


title: Lake Itkul

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Lake Itkul is situated in the north of the Chelyabinsk Oblast, 20 kilometers from the town of Verkhny Ufaley. Lake Itkul was declared a natural monument.

The lake is surrounded by low summits of the Ural Mountains, the highest of them being Karabayka (544 m) on the southwestern shore of Lake Itkul. Here in Lake Itkul small river flows Karabayka.

Lakes of Chelyabinsk Oblast


title: Astroblepus homodon

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Astroblepus homodon is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It can be found in Colombia.

Astroblepus homodon is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in the Magdalena-Cauca rivers and Pacific slope river basins, occurring at altitudes between  in clear, fast flowing streams.

References

Bibliography
 Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. .

Astroblepus
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Catfish of South America
Magdalena River
Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan
Fish described in 1904


title: Treasure of the Silver Lake

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The Treasure of the Silver Lake () is a 1962 Western film directed by Harald Reinl, loosely based on German author Karl May's 1891 novel of the same name. It was the first in a highly-successful series of films based on May's works by the West German studios Rialto and Constantin Film, starring American actor Lex Barker as the frontiersman Old Shatterhand and French actor Pierre Brice as the Apache warrior Winnetou.

Filmed on-location in Croatia (then part of Yugoslavia) as a co-production with Jadran Studios, the film was released in West Germany on December 14, 1962. It was the highest-grossing German-language film of that year, and its success demonstrated the viability of European-produced Western films, laying the groundwork for the Spaghetti Western.

Plot
Fred Engel's father is murdered by Colonel Brinkley in order to acquire a treasure map, however the Colonel only acquires half of it, the other half is held by Mrs. Butler.  Discovering the scene of the crime, Old Shatterhand and Winnetou help Fred bring his father's murderer to justice and locate the treasure of Silver Lake.

Cast

Production
The rights to Karl May's bestselling novels were purchased by producer Horst Wendlandt, who hired writers Harald G. Petersson, Gerhard F. Hummel, and Hans Wiedemann to develop treatments based on the first three Old Shatterhand-Winnetou novels.

The film was a significant financial investment for both Rialto Film and Constantin Film, with a projected budget exceeding that of most West German films at the time. As a cost-cutting measure, the films were co-produced with the Yugoslavian company Jadran Film. It was also thought that filming on-location in Yugoslavia (primarily Croatia) would be a better fit for the film's Southwestern American setting, as well as the large amount of period costumes and experienced stuntmen.

Expatriate American star Lex Barker was cast as Old Shatterhand, and French actor Pierre Brice as Winnetou. As neither was fluent in German at the time, their dialogues were dubbed, Barker by Horst Niendorf and Herbert Stass. Most of the Yugoslav supporting cast was dubbed as well.

Principal photography took place primarily in the Paklenica National Park in Zagreb County, Croatia.

Reception
The film was a phenomenal success, predating that of Sergio Leone's films. This helped provide a cultural and financial context for the later Spaghetti Western films, many of which had West German co-producers and financial interests.

Box office
The Treasure of the Silver Lake was the highest-grossing film of 1962 in West Germany, selling  tickets and grossing  ().

In France, it was the 29th top-grossing film of 1963, selling 1,656,736 tickets. This was equivalent to an estimated  in gross revenue.

In the Soviet Union, the film sold  tickets in 1974. This was equivalent to an estimated  in gross revenue.

This adds up to a total of  tickets sold worldwide, grossing an estimated  in worldwide revenue.

Sequels
The success of the film spawned 10 direct sequels starring Barker and/or Brice, released between 1963 and :

 Apache Gold (1963, de: Winnetou or Winnetou – 1. Teil)
 Old Shatterhand (1964). Unlike the other films, this one was not produced by Rialto, but by rival producer Artur Brauner's CCC Film.
 Last of the Renegades (1964, de: Winnetou – 2. Teil)
 Among Vultures (1964, de: Unter Geiern)
 The Desperado Trail (1965, de: Winnetou – 3. Teil)
 The Oil Prince (1965, de: Der Ölprinz)
 Winnetou and the Crossbreed (1966, de: Winnetou und das Halbblut Apanatschi)
 The Valley of Death (1968, de: Winnetou und Shatterhand im Tal der Toten)

Aside from Barker and Brice, other recurring actors in the films included Ralf Wolter (as Sam Hawkens), Stewart Granger (as Old Surehand), Marie Versini (as Nscho-tschi), Götz George, Walt Barnes, Karin Dor, Gojko Mitić, Terence Hill, Rik Battaglia and Branko Špoljar.

Notes

References

External links

 Treasure of the Silver Lake at filmportal.de/en

1962 films
1962 Western (genre) films
1960s buddy films
1960s historical films
Columbia Pictures films
Constantin Film films
Winnetou films
Films directed by Harald Reinl
Films produced by Horst Wendlandt
Films set in the 19th century
Films set in New Mexico
Films set in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Films shot in Croatia
Films shot in Yugoslavia
German-language films
German historical films
German Western (genre) films
West German films
German films about revenge
German vigilante films


title: Four Buddies (song)

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"Four Buddies" is a World War II enlistment song. The song follows the trend of World War II songs that used heavy emotional and sentimental appeal to present army enlistment.

The lyrics depict four inseparable best friends who, upon hearing of the war, all enlist in the army. The last verse ensures that they will all survive and reunite upon returning to the United States.

Composition
The song features music by Leonard Whitcup and words by Paul Cunningham. It was published in 1943 by Broadway Music Corp in New York.

References

Songs of World War II
Songs written by Leonard Whitcup
1943 songs
Songs about friendship


title: I Wish I Could Stay Here

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I Wish I Could Stay Here is the debut studio album by English rock band Basement. After forming in 2010, the band released a demo and signed to Run for Cover. Following this, the band toured across the UK and Europe in late 2010 and early 2011. They recorded their debut album I Wish I Could Stay Here in May 2011 at Stuck on a Name Studios in Nottingham. "Grayscale" was made available for streaming in June. I Wish I Could Stay Here was released a month later. Following this, the group embarked on tours of the UK, the US and Australia. The album received favourable reviews from critics, and featured on Thrash Hits top 20 albums of 2011 list.

Background and production
Basement formed in Ipswich in 2010 and released a demo shortly afterwards. In August of that year, it was announced that the band had signed to independent label Run for Cover and was aiming to release their debut album in 2011. Guitarist Alex Henery explained that after the group began discussions with Run for Cover founder Jeff Casazza, "it just kind of came together." On the same day, Two Songs was released for free download. Basement went on a UK tour alongside Tigers Jaw and End of a Year in December 2010 and January 2011. In March 2011, the band went on a UK tour alongside Hostage Calm and Daylight. Following this, the band toured across Europe in April alongside Brutality Will Prevail and More Than Life.

I Wish I Could Stay Here was recorded at Stuck on a Name Studios in Nottingham with Ian Boult in May. "Plan to Be Surprised" and "Every Single Word" from Two Songs were re-recorded for the album. Jesse Cannon mixed and mastered the recordings at Cannon Found Soundation Recording Studios.  According to vocalist Andrew Fisher, the band wrote material they were "comfortable with and what we feel is us." Fisher explained that the lyrics he wrote were "stuff that's happened to me, or stuff that I'm interested in." The album's sound has been described as emo, pop punk and post-hardcore. The album opens with a sample of the movie An Affair to Remember (1957). Track 2, "Plan to Be Surprised", takes its name from the film Dan in Real Life (2007).

Release
On May 19, I Wish I Could Stay Here was announced for release, and the album's artwork and track listing was revealed. At the end of the month, the band appeared at the Slam Dunk Festival. On 14 June, "Grayscale" was made available for streaming. Later that month, the band performed at Ghostfest. I Wish I Could Stay Here was released on 5 July through Run for Cover. In July, the band supported Title Fight on their headlining UK tour. In early August, the band played at the Hevy Festival. For the first half of August, the band supported Such Gold on their tour of the US, while for the second half the band supported Daylight. In February 2012, the group supported Touché Amoré for two UK shows. In April, the band went on the Rocksound Impericon Exposure Tour with Man Overboard, Trapped Under Ice and Your Demise. In late June and early July, the band went on a tour of Australia with Endless Heights.

Reception

I Wish I Could Stay Here received a favourable response from critics. AbsolutePunk reviewer Alex Djaferis wrote that the album was "a welcome shot in the arm" for a saturated music scene full of "limp copycats of glory days long gone." He called the band's sound "fresh" with "a direct energy ... denotes a clear purpose, and that is to rock, very hard." Djaferis considered the band's lyrics as being "to the point and relatively solid." Chantelle Goodchild of Alter the Press! viewed the album as "half an hour of pure brilliance", incorporating post-hardcore, pop-punk and emo, the group "sound a million miles" from home. Goodchild found it difficult to pick out a particular song "for individual praise when they're all so flawless."

Kill Your Stereo reviewer Maddo called Fisher's vocals "cleaner and improved", compared to the band's past work, and compared them to that of Title Fight frontman Jamie Rhoden. Maddo viewed the album as "not sound[ing] like a debut album," but rather "the work of a band who have been making music together for many years now." I Wish I Could Stay Here was included at number 20 on Thrash Hits top 20 albums of 2011. Writing for Thrash Hits, Lock Johnson wrote that the album contained "more soul, more emotion, and just more great songs" than any of the band's contemporaries.

Track listing
"Fading" – 2:17
"Plan to Be Surprised" – 2:19
"Canada Square" – 4:08
"Crickets Throw Their Voice" – 3:25
"Earl Grey" – 2:35
"Ellipses" – 3:40
"Every Single Word" – 1:57
"Yoke" – 2:26
"Grayscale" – 2:29
"March" – 3:15

Personnel
Personnel per sleeve.

Basement
 James Fisher – drums
 Duncan Stewart – bass
 Andrew Fisher – vocals
 Ronan Crix – guitar
 Alex Henery – guitar

Production
 Ian Boult – recording
 Jesse Cannon – mixing, mastering
 Henry Alexander – cover art
 Laura Wallace – cover art

References
Citations

Sources

External links

I Wish I Could Stay Here at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

2011 debut albums
Run for Cover Records albums
Basement (band) albums


title: Carl Nielsen Museum

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The Carl Nielsen Museum (Carl Nielsen Museet) is a museum in Odense, Denmark. The museum is located as an extension on the northwestern side of the Odense Concert Hall .

History
The museum operates as a part of the Odense City Museums. The museum is dedicated to the life of Danish composer Carl Nielsen (1865–1931) and his wife, the sculptor Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945). The museum documents his life of Carl Nielsen from his childhood in the town of Nr. Lyndelse, to his career and success on the European music scene, with his violins, his bugle and his grand piano on display, as well as a number of his musical scores, including six symphonies, three concertos, two operas, and chamber music and a great number of songs. The museum also contains an exact reconstruction of two living rooms  with the original furniture from Carl and Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's last home on Frederiksholms Kanal  in central Copenhagen.

, the museum is closed "for the time being".

Gallery

See also
 List of music museums

References

External links
Carl Nielsen museet website

Museums in Odense
Museum


The Georgia Council for International Visitors (GCIV) is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is part of the Global Ties U.S. national network.

The mission of GCIV is to build relationships between the people of Georgia and leaders around the world. The vision is that every citizen of the State of Georgia has the opportunity to be more globally engaged.

GCIV is a nonprofit organization founded in 1962, coinciding with Atlanta leaders working to establish Atlanta as the growing southern city not impacted by racial discord. Atlanta was promoted as the "city too busy to hate" in the formative years of GCIV.

GCIV played an early role in positioning Atlanta as an international city. GCIV now works with the United States Department of State in developing professional and cultural exchange programs for emerging global leaders. The non-partisan citizen diplomacy programs developed by GCIV give Georgians unique opportunities to share best practices and insights, plus form friendships with distinguished visitors, many of whom are seeing the United States for the first time.

GCIV administers the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in Georgia. Launched in 1940, the IVLP seeks to build mutual understanding between the United States and other nations through carefully designed professional visits to the U.S. for current and emerging foreign leaders. U.S. ambassadors consistently rank the IVLP as most effective in a long list of public diplomacy tools at their disposal.

External links

References

Non-profit organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state)
Organizations based in Atlanta
Foreign relations of the United States


title: Noise vs. Beauty

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Noise vs. Beauty is the eighth studio album by American DJ and record producer Bassnectar, released on June 24, 2014, by Amorphous Music. The album has been supported by multiple festivals he has played through 2014 and followed by the NVSB tour. An album titled NVSB Remixes was released digitally on October 28, 2014, consisting of remixes of tracks from Noise vs. Beauty, as well as new songs.

Reception
The album debuted on Billboard 200 at No. 21, No. 1 on the Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart, selling 13,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 albums
Bassnectar albums


The 1930 United States Senate election in Montana took place on November 4, 1930. Incumbent United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh, who was first elected to the Senate in 1912, and re-elected in 1918 and 1924, ran for re-election. He won the Democratic primary unopposed, and faced Montana Supreme Court Associate Justice Albert J. Galen, the Republican nominee, and several independent opponents in the general election. Ultimately, Walsh defeated his opponents in a landslide and won his fourth and final term in the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates
Thomas J. Walsh, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Republican primary

Candidates
Albert J. Galen, Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, former Attorney General of Montana
O. H. P. Shelley

Results

General election

Results

See also
 United States Senate elections, 1930 and 1931

References

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1930
1930 Montana elections


title: Shrine of Meher Ali Shah

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The Shrine of Meher Ali Shah is a 20th-century Sufi shrine that serves as the tomb of the Peer Meher Ali Shah, an early 20th-century Sufi scholar of the Chisti order, who was also a leader of the anti-Ahmadiya movement. The shrine is located within the Islamabad Capital Territory, in the village of Golra Sharif.

Nowadays, Golra Sharif is widely known for one of its custodians (Sajjada nashin) Pir Syed Naseer Uddin Naseer Gilani. The shrine's longest-serving Sajjada nashin was Peer Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani, the younger son of Babuji, who took care of the shrine for approximately 46 years (from 1974 to his death in July 2020). Presently, the shrine is managed by the heirs of both, Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani and Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani.

Location
The mausoleum is situated in the village of Golra Sharif, foothills of Margalla in Sector E-11, in the Islamabad Capital Territory. The shrine is situated an altitude of about  above sea level.

Construction
Peer Mehr Ali Shah died on 11 May 1937 and was succeeded by Babuji. The construction of the mausoleum took nearly twenty years to be fully completed. For this purpose, marble was brought from the Makrana mines in Jodhpur State.

See also
 List of cultural heritage sites in Islamabad Capital Territory
 List of cultural heritage sites in Pakistan
 List of mausolea and shrines in Pakistan
 Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani
 Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani

References

External links

The Shrine's official website
Pir Ghulam Nizam-ud-din Jami Gilani
Mehr-e-Munir by Dr Muhammad Fadil Khan

Sufi shrines in Pakistan
Mausoleums in Pakistan
Sufism in Islamabad
Cultural heritage sites in Islamabad
Shrines in Pakistan


title: Soname Yangchen

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Soname Yangchen (born 1973) is a British singer and a songwriter.

Biography
Soname Yangchen was born in the Yarlung Valley at the time of the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, into a noble family which was  poorly regarded by the Chinese government. As a child, she was passionate for singing, and was sent to live for 7 years with her aunt in Lhasa. At the age of 16, she left Lhasa and crossed the Himalayas by foot to reach India. Her singing talents were "discovered" during a spontaneous performance at a friend's wedding, and she started singing professionally in England, becoming known worldwide, touring Europe, appearing at festivals in Australia and other places. She began by interpreting the traditional songs of her grandmother, and then songs of her composition. As of 2014, she has published two books. In 2003, she gave a gala at the Royal Opera in London. In September 2004 she performed Tibetan folk and spiritual songs at a world music concert at LSO St Luke's, London.

Publication
2006: Soname Yangchen, with Vicki Mackenzie, Child of Tibet: the story of Soname's flight to freedom. London: Portrait

References

External links

 Site officiel

1973 births
20th-century Tibetan women singers
Living people
British people of Tibetan descent
21st-century British singers


title: County Line Branch

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County Line Branch (also known as the County Line Branch of Chillisquaque Creek) is a tributary of West Branch Chillisquaque Creek in Northumberland County and Montour County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately  long and flows through Lewis Township in Northumberland County and Anthony and Limestone Townships in Montour County. The stream's watershed has an area of 8.97 square miles. Its tributaries include Beaver Run and McKee Run.

The main rock formations in the watershed of County Line Branch are the Hamilton Group, the Onondaga and Old Port Formation, the Trimmers Rock Formation, and the Keyser and Tonoloway Formation. The soil series in the watershed include the Chenango-Pope-Holly series, the Berks-Weikert-Beddington series, the Hagerstown-Edom-Washington series, and the Watson-Berks-Alvira series. Industries in the watershed include agriculture and timbering. The Mountour County Natural Heritage Inventory lists the headwaters of County Line Branch as a "locally significant" site.

Course
County Line Branch begins near the border between Anthony Township, Montour County and Lewis Township, Northumberland County, near the northern borders of both townships. The headwaters are in the Muncy Hills. The stream flows south for several miles with few turns, following the Northumberland/Montour County line. Eventually it makes a sharp turn southeast and leaves the county line. Upon leaving the county line, the stream begins flowing roughly parallel to the border between Anthony Township and Limestone Township, Montour County. During this stretch, the stream crosses Pennsylvania Route 44 and Pennsylvania Route 54 and at the southern edge of the stretch, it receives the tributary Beaver Run. It then turns northeast into Anthony Township, where it picks up the tributary McKee Run. The stream then turns southeast and reaches its confluence with West Branch Chillisquaque Creek at the southern edge of Anthony Township.

County Line Branch joins West Branch Chillisquaque Creek  upstream of its mouth.

Tributaries
Tributaries of County Line Branch include Beaver Run and McKee Run. The stream also has unnamed tributaries.

Hydrology
The entirety of County Line Branch and the entirety of each of its tributaries is considered by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to be impaired. The stream and a number of its tributaries are affected by siltation due to agriculture.

Geography and geology
County Line Branch has an elevation of  at its mouth.

Much of the southern part of the watershed of County Line Branch lies over rock of the Onondaga and Old Port Formation. Some of the southern part of the watershed, however, is over rock of the Keyser and Tonoloway Formation. Most of the middle reaches of the watershed are on rock of the Hamilton Group and the uppermost and northernmost reaches of the watershed are on the Trimmers Rock Formation.

There are several soil series in the watershed of County Line Branch. The Chenango-Pope-Holly series is found in a small part of the lowest reaches of the watershed, near the stream's mouth. The Hagerstown-Edom-Washington series is found in a much larger area in the southern part of the watershed. The Watson-Berks-Alvira series occurs in the watershed's middle reaches and the Berks-Weikert-Beddington series is found near the headwaters and also on its southwestern edge.

There is glacial till in the watershed of County Line Branch.

Watershed
The watershed of County Line Branch has an area of 8.97 square miles. Much of the watershed is in Anthony and Limestone Townships in Montour County, but a significant portion of it is in Lewis Township, Northumberland County. The watershed also occupies part of Turbotville. Its northern edge is on the border of Lycoming County.

The headwaters of County Line Branch and their vicinity are mostly forested. However, nearly all of the rest of it is agricultural land. There is little development anywhere in the watershed.

History and industries
An site called the Pulsifer Site (also known as Site 36Mo79) is a prehistoric archaeological site on a stream terrace of County Line Branch. 32 artifacts have been unearthed at the site, 31 of which are chert flakes. The other artifact is a biface. The material of these artifacts are dissimilar to the bedrock in the area. Some of these artifacts date to the Archaic period and the Transitional period.

Agriculture and timbering are done in the upper reaches of the watershed of County Line Branch.

Biology
A large number of native plants and animals live at the headwaters of County Line Branch. There are also forests at the headwaters, which are part of a large tract of forested land.

The Mountour County Natural Heritage Inventory lists the headwaters of County Line Branch as a "locally significant" site.

There are 12 tree species at the headwaters of County Line Branch. These include three maple species, two oak species, and two birch species. There is also a large population of American beech trees. Shrubs in this area include witch hazel, blackberry, spicebush, and mountain laurel. There are also 23 herb species, including Christmas fern, Indian cucumber, veined skullcap, fleabane, wild sarsaparilla, and numerous others.

There are three salamander species inhabiting the headwaters of County Line Branch: the redback salamander, the northern spring salamander, and the northern two-lined salamander. Stoneflies and fireflies also live in the area. There are also ten species of birds at the stream's headwaters, including warblers, thrushes, woodpeckers, and others.

There are some invasive species near the source of County Line Branch. Beech bark disease could potentially affect the beech trees in this area as well.

See also
List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

Rivers of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Montour County, Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Chillisquaque Creek
Rivers of Pennsylvania


title: The Lotus and the Storm

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The Lotus and the Storm is a novel by Lan Cao about the causalities of war. Cao is a professor of international law at the Chapman University School of Law.  She left Vietnam in 1975.

The novel tells the story of a family whose lives are altered by the tragic events that led to the fall of Saigon. The chapters alternate between the life of a once decorated soldier, whose now weak and ailing, in his home in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and that of his daughter Mai, who grew up in Saigon's twin city, Cholon.

Plot summary
Minh is a former South Vietnamese commander of the airborne brigade who left his homeland with his daughter, Mai. During the war, their lives became entwined with those of two Americans: James, a soldier, and Cliff, a military adviser. Forty years later, Minh and his daughter Mai live in a close-knit Vietnamese immigrant community in suburban Virginia. As Mai discovers a series of devastating truths about what really happened to her family during those years, Minh reflects upon his life and the story of love and betrayal that has remained locked in his heart since the fall of Saigon.

The Lotus and the Storm is a tale of people who rebuild their lives in the aftermath of war and broken promises. Despite pain and loss, they find an inner strength that restores their capacity to forgive, love, and live.

Advance Praise
"The Lotus and the Storm is a part beautiful family saga, part coming of age story, part love story, but above all a searing indictment of the American campaign in Vietnam and its incalculable toll on generations past and future.  A powerful read from start to end."
-Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner; A Thousand Splendid Suns; And the Mountains Echoed

"Lan Cao is not just one of the finest of the American writers who spring from and profoundly understand the war in Vietnam and the Vietnamese diaspora.  She is certainly that.  She is also one of our finest American writers.  Period.  The Lotus and the Storm is a brilliant novel that illuminates the human condition shared by us all."
– Robert Olen Butler, 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

"A profoundly moving novel about the shattering effects of war on a young girl, her family, and her country. In sensuous and searing detail, Lan Cao brings Saigon’s past vividly to life through the eyes of her child narrator, Mai, following the girl and her father halfway around the world, to a suburb in Virginia, where forty years later, Mai’s trauma unravels. In this fractured world where old wars, loves and losses live on, The Lotus and the Storm is a passionate testament to the truth that the past is present—inseparable, inescapable, enduring."
– Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being

"A heart-wrenching and heartwarming epic about war and love, hurt and healing, losing and rediscovering homelands.  Through the mesmerizing voices of a Vietnamese-born father and his daughter resettled in Virginia’s "Little Saigon" after the fall of Saigon, Lan Cao dramatizes landmark battles in the Vietnam War and the toll such battles take on winners and losers.  The Lotus and The Storm establishes Lan Cao as a world-class writer."
– Bharati Mukherjee, 1988 Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

References

External links
 Lan Cao's official website

2014 American novels
Vietnamese PEN Club
Vietnamese-American history
Novels by Lan Cao
Novels set in Virginia
Novels set in Vietnam
Novels set during the Vietnam War
Viking Press books


title: Nurul Alam Naqiatuddin Syah

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Sulṭāna Nurul Alam Naqiatuddin Syah (died 23 January 1678) was the fifteenth ruler of Aceh in northern Sumatra, ruling from 1675 to 1678. She was the second of four queens regnant (sultanas) to rule in succession.

Origins

The previous ruler, Sulṭāna Taj ul-Alam died in October 1675 without children or (known) close relatives. Once again a woman was placed on the throne, namely Sri Para Puteri who took the name Sulṭāna Nurul Alam Naqiatuddin Syah. Contemporary sources give no hint about her relationship with the old sultan's family. According to a manuscript preserved at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, she was the daughter of Malik Mahmud Qithul Kahar Syah, son of Sulayman, son of Abdul Jalil, son of Sultan Alauddin al-Kahar. This would need further verification. It has been argued that the success of the mild reign of Taj ul-Alam encouraged the enthronement of yet another woman. The progress of the age of Iskandar Muda had been achieved at a high cost, being arbitrary and highly coercive. The peaceful rule of the sultanas meant a dismantling of despotism in favour of an institutionalisation of law to protect subjects and foreigners.

Reign

The chronicles attribute the division of Aceh in three sagis (regions) to this queen. The sagis were known as the XXII Mukims, XXVI Mukims, and XXV Mukims after the number of districts (mukim) in each. Most probably the three sagis existed prior to that date. The information might rather be understood as a confirmation of the rights of the uleëbalangs (chiefs) vis-à-vis the court: every royal succession would henceforth have to be approved by the three sagis. Of other events during Nurul Alam's reign, we only know that the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque and the sultan's palace in Kutaraja were destroyed by a violent conflagration, along with royal heirlooms and treasures.

According to some chronicles (which are not confirmed by contemporary sources) Nurul Alam was the mother of a daughter called Puteri Raja Setia, who succeeded her as queen under the name Sultan Inayat Zakiatuddin Syah. In that case she might have been the spouse of a certain Sultan Muhammad Syah who is mentioned as father of Sultan Inayat in the authoritative chronicle Bustanus Salatin.

References

Literature

 Djajadiningrat, Raden Hoesein (1911) 'Critisch overzicht van de in Maleische werken vervatte gegevens over de geschiedenis van het soeltanaat van Atjeh', Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 65, pp. 135–265.
 Hasjmy, A. (1977) 59 tahun Aceh merdeka dibawah pemerintahan ratu. Jakarta: Bulan Bintan.
 Khan, Sher Banu (2009) Rule Behind the Silk Curtain: The Sultanahs of Aceh, 1641-1699. PhD Thesis, University of London.

Sultans of Aceh
1678 deaths
17th-century women rulers
Year of birth unknown
17th-century Indonesian women


The Party for the Full Emancipation of the Roma of Macedonia (, Partija za Celosna Emancipacija na Romite od Makedonija, PCERM) is a political party in North Macedonia representing the Roma minority.

History
The PCERM contested the 1990 parliamentary elections at a time when Macedonia was still part of Yugoslavia. It ran alone in some areas and in alliance with the Socialist Party in others, the latter alliance winning a single seat, taken by Faik Abdi. It ran alone in the 1994 elections, receiving 0.7% of the vote and winning one seat. During the 1994–98 parliamentary term it was represented in the Assembly by Abdi and Amdi Bajram. Reportedly, in the 1990s, leaders of the PCERM called for the establishment of an independent Romani state, "Romanistan".

The 1998 elections saw the party run in an alliance with the Socialist Party, the Democratic Party of Turks, the Democratic Progressive Party of Roma in Macedonia and the Party of Democratic Action of Macedonia. Despite finishing sixth with 4.7% of the national vote, the alliance failed to win a single seat. The PCERM contested the 2002 elections alone, but received just 0.2% of the vote and remained seatless.

The party did not contest the 2006 elections. However, it returned to run in the 2008 elections as part of the For a Better Macedonia coalition led by VMRO-DPMNE. The alliance won the election, taking 63 of the 120 seats in the Assembly.

However, prior to the 2011 elections, the PCERM joined the Social Democratic Union (SDSM)-led alliance, which lost the election to the VMRO-DPMNE coalition. It remained part of the SDSM alliance for the 2014 elections, again losing to VMRO-DPMNE.

References

Political parties of minorities in North Macedonia
Romani political parties
Romani in North Macedonia


title: List of Richmond Spiders in the NFL Draft

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This is a List of Richmond Spiders football players in the NFL Draft.

Key

Selections

Notable undrafted players
Note: No drafts held before 1936

References

Richmond

Richmond Spiders NFL Draft


title: Errol Brown (disambiguation)

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Errol Brown (1943–2015) was a British-Jamaican singer and songwriter.

Errol Brown may also refer to:

Errol Brown (engineer), Jamaican audio engineer
Errol Brown (cricketer) (born 1952), Jamaican cricketer

See also
Erroll M. Brown, United States Coast Guard admiral


title: Cephalotropis

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Cephalotropis is a genus of baleen whale belonging to the extinct family Cetotheriidae. Its type species is Cephalotropis coronatus.

Description
Cephalotropis is diagnosed by the following features: a long sagittal crest, a more anteriorly produced angle of the supraoccipital angle, among other features. There is insufficient information to determine how big Cephalotropis was, but it probably grew to about 16–20 feet long.

Taxonomy
Cephalotropis coronatus was originally described from the Late Miocene (Tortonian) St. Mary's Formation of St. Mary's Formation, Maryland, based on the holotype USNM 9352. A second species of the genus, C. nectus, was named for a specimen from a Tortonian-aged formation in Portugal, but is now considered a junior synonym of C. coronatus.

References

Baleen whales
Miocene cetaceans
Prehistoric mammals of North America
Prehistoric cetacean genera
Fossil taxa described in 1896
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope


title: Liam Carroll

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Liam Carroll may refer to:

Liam Carroll (businessman), Irish real estate developer
Liam Carroll (hurler), Irish hurler
Liam Carroll (judoka) (born 1946), Irish judoka


title: Lauren Lyster

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Lauren Shelley Lyster (born October 13, 1981) is an American journalist who formerly presented Capital Account on RT and  Yahoo! Finance's Hot Stock Minute. She also worked for CBS News and ABC News and now is a reporter for KTLA in Los Angeles.

Biography
Lauren Shelley Lyster was born on October 13, 1981, in Irvine, California. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism, with a double major in gender studies, from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. During that time she focused on miscarriages of justice (particularly on false convictions for murder) under the auspices of the Medill Innocence Project.

She entered the sphere of journalism after a career in the financial services industry, having been a senior equity analyst covering the retail sector at Tiburon Research Group in San Francisco. She then worked as a video host and correspondent for Yahoo Finance where she anchored a live daily show on the Nasdaq. She then worked as a correspondent and morning anchor at CBS News in New York before moving to Los Angeles where she worked for ABC News reporting for Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight. She covered national news stories including the 2016 Orlando Pulse nightclub terror attack, Hurricane Matthew in Florida, wildfires in Southern California, tornadoes in Texas, the 2016 Brussels terror attack, the 2015 San Bernardino terror attack, and the 2016 Democratic National Convention.

Personal life
Since 2018, she has been married to reporter Carter Evans, ex-husband of KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel.

References

1981 births
American business and financial journalists
American financial commentators
Living people
American women television journalists
Women business and financial journalists
21st-century American women


title: Kurgazak cave

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Kurgazak Cave (Russian: Кургазакская пещера) is a cave in the Ural Mountains, in the Ay River valley. Located in the Chelyabinsk oblast, Russia, and between the villages Mezhevoy Alexeevka is a natural monument. The first mention of the cave belongs to the second half of the 18th century, when it was described by Peter Simon Pallas academician.

The cave entrance is located at an altitude of about 20 meters, 150 meters from the Ay River. Length - 530 m, depth - 16 m. The cave is formed in the Devonian strata of limestone and karst cavity represents the main-corridor-type, consisting of three large halls interconnected passageways.

Caves of Russia
Landforms of Chelyabinsk Oblast


title: Dude Incredible

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Dude Incredible is the fifth studio album by the American rock band Shellac, released on September 16, 2014 on Touch and Go Records.

Packaging
Physical copies of Dude Incredible are packaged in a chipboard album jacket. The packaging features two "high gloss, full color monkeys" as the front cover artwork. The front cover was photographed by Reuters photographer Anton Meres; additional photographic images were provided by David Manthey.

Release
Dude Incredible was announced for release on Touch and Go Records official website in July 2014. In the announcement, it was revealed that vinyl editions of the album were mastered "entirely in the analog domain" using a process known as direct metal mastering. The vinyl discs were manufactured at Record Technology, Inc. in Camarillo, California using the pressing plant's HQ-180 system.

The album was released on September 16, 2014 on 180-gram LP, CD and as a digital download in various formats, including AAC, MP3 and "full-bandwidth 24-bit" AIFF files, which were made available on HDtracks. A digital booklet was included on the iTunes Store edition of the album, and a CD copy of Dude Incredible was packaged with all LP editions. Upon its release in the United Kingdom, Dude Incredible placed in the top 10 of the Independent Breakers Album Chart.

Reception

Dude Incredible received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 84, based on 13 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". AllMusic reviewer Mark Deming offered a largely mixed review of Dude Incredible, saying "it doesn't sound lazy, just short one or two top-rank songs that would bump its status up a notch, but it's clearly the work of as strong and interesting a band as you can hear these days." He rated the album three-and-a-half out of five stars. Writing for Consequence of Sound, Adam Kivel said that the album "never sounds labored over—it just sounds intensely practiced. The interlocking rhythms and riffs work like cogs in a meticulously handcrafted clock" and selected "All the Surveyors", "Riding Bikes", and "Compliant" as "essential tracks", ultimately awarding the record an A− rating.

The Line of Best Fit's Andrew Hannah rated Dude Incredible a full ten-star rating and concluded in his review: "It's going to be hard for Albini, Weston and Trainer to ever top what we find on Dude Incredible. Worthy of filing alongside and above At Action Park and 1000 Hurts, it's the sound of one of the great bands at the height of their powers." Pitchfork Media writer Nick Neyland published a favorable review of the album and said that considering the gap between its release and Excellent Italian Greyhound (2007) that "Dude Incredible sounds surprisingly vital … Prior records often contained a track or two that were lost somewhere between inspiration, endurance tests, and technical feats but there's none of that [on Dude Incredible]. Instead, Shellac go straight for your throat and don't loosen their grip until the bitter end." Ludovic Hunter-Tilney of the Financial Times awarded the album a four out of five star rating.
John Robb of The Membranes reviewed the album for Louder Than War. He gave the album 10/10 and called it "a relentlessly brilliant work of no compromise and musician perfection that doesn’t fit in anywhere and spits on your boring rock narrative.

Tiny Mix Tapes Simon Chandler was initially critical of the album, saying that while it maintained "the band's adherence to Spartan instrumentation, minimalist structures, and a brutally dry approach … it doesn’t throw up too many surprises." Chandler later wrote positively about the consistency of the album and noted that it "doesn't suffer from any missteps or indulgences" of Shellac's prior releases, such as Terraform (1998). He ultimately rated the album four out of five stars.

Steve Albini went over each song track by track for Exclaim! magazine.

Accolades

Track listing

Personnel
All personnel credits adapted from Dude Incredibles album notes.

Shellac
Steve Albini – guitar, vocals
Todd Trainer – drums, vocals
Bob Weston – bass, vocals

Technical personnel
Grégoire Yeche – engineering
Jon San Paolo – engineering
Matthew Russell – assistance
Steve Rooke – mastering

Design personnel
David Babbitt – layout
Anton Meres – photography
David Manthey – photography

Chart positions

References

External links

2014 albums
Shellac (band) albums
Touch and Go Records albums


title: Graeme McMahon

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Graeme McMahon (15 February 1940 – 1 July 2014) was an Australian rules football player and executive, best known as chairman of Essendon from 1997 to 2003.

McMahon was born in Essendon, Victoria in 1940. At a young age, he began playing Australian football and played for the Essendon Football Club's under-19 premiership team in 1958.  He went on to play over 100 games for Prahran Football Club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA), captaining their team in 1967, and was named in their team of the century.  In 1997, McMahon became the chairman of Essendon and also joined the AFL Commission. Essendon won one premiership during his time as chairman, in 2000.

In 2003 he was selected in Prahran's Team of the Century .

McMahon worked at Ansett Australia for most of his life, moving up from the mail room to the chief executive, and retired in 1996 after nearly 40 years. He fought cancer twice previously but died at the age of 74 on 1 July 2014.

References

1940 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state)
Prahran Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
Essendon Football Club administrators
People from Essendon, Victoria
Australian businesspeople in transport
20th-century Australian businesspeople
Businesspeople from Melbourne
Chief executives in the airline industry


The 1934 United States Senate special election in Montana took place on November 6, 1934. Incumbent United States Senator John E. Erickson, who, as governor, had appointed himself to the seat in 1933 upon the death of Thomas J. Walsh, ran for re-election. However, he was defeated in the Democratic primary by James E. Murray, who was the former Silver Bow County Attorney and the Chairman of the State Advisory Board of the Public Works Administration. In the general election, Murray defeated Scott Leavitt, a former United States Congressman who had represented Montana's 2nd congressional district, and an independent candidate in a landslide to win his first term in the Senate.

Democratic primary

Candidates
James E. Murray, Chairman of the State Advisory Board of the Public Works Administration, former Silver Bow County Attorney
James F. O'Connor, former Speaker of the Montana House of Representatives
John E. Erickson, incumbent United States Senator
Louis P. Donovan
John A. Lovelace
W. W. Hamilton

Results

Republican primary

Candidates
Scott Leavitt, former United States Congressman from Montana's 2nd congressional district
Wellington D. Rankin, former United States Attorney for the District of Montana, former Attorney General of Montana
Leonard C. Young
James A. Jergenson

Results

General election

Results

References

Montana
1934
1934 Montana elections
Montana 1934
Montana Senate (Class II)
United States Senate 1934


title: Liberal Reformist Party (Romania)

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The Liberal Reformist Party (, PLR) was a minor, self-described centre-right and liberal political party in Romania, founded on 3 July 2014 by former PNL president Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu. In February 2014 the National Liberal Party (PNL) split from the Social Liberal Union (USL) alliance with the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and later in July 2014 joined the European People's Party (EPP) group in the European Parliament. Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, along with almost 30 MPs, left the PNL to establish a new liberal party in Romania, intending to become the Romanian member of ALDE and the Liberal International. The party's first congress was held on 1–2 August 2014. On 19 June 2015 the PLR merged with the Conservative Party (PC) to form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE).

Controversies
Tăriceanu has been accused by President Băsescu of interfering with justice in Dinu Patriciu's benefit.

On 24 January 2006, Monica Macovei, then Minister of Justice, made public a meeting with Tăriceanu which took place 7 months before (in June 2005), and to which Tăriceanu invited Dinu Patriciu. Patriciu complained to Macovei about alleged procedural problems regarding his case. Macovei accused Tăriceanu of interfering with justice. On 20 February 2006 Tăriceanu declared on TVR1:" I recognise my fault. I didn't act correctly. But I didn't influence justice." "Îmi recunosc vina. Nu am procedat corect. Dar nu am influenţat justiţia"

Elena Udrea recalled that, while she was Presidential Counsellor, she saw a note written by Tăriceanu. In a few days President Băsescu found the note and made it public, saying that "The Prime Minister suggested to me a partnership, but, unfortunately, with our oligarchies" "Domnul prim-ministru îmi propunea un parteneriat, dar, din păcăte, cu oligarhiile noastre". The note was about a complaint from Petromidia about the 27 May procedure problems:

Dear Traian, 1. I send you annexed a document released by Petromidia, regarding the ongoing investigations.2. If you have the opportunity to speak at the Prosecuting Magistracy about the subject?

In May 2007, Patriciu won a lawsuit against the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), which illegally tapped his phones for two years. He received from SRI 50,000 RON as moral prejudice.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Notes:

1 Because PLR did not manage to register in time for the elections, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu was forced to file his candidacy as an independent.

References

External links

Political parties established in 2014
2014 establishments in Romania
Political parties disestablished in 2015
2015 disestablishments in Romania
Defunct liberal political parties
Liberal parties in Romania


title: Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

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Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation as the twelfth incarnation of Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo animated series. In the show, the Scooby-Doo gang decide to travel during their last summer break together, encountering havoc-wreaking monsters along the way. Described as having a more comedic tone than its previous incarnation, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, the show employs character traits from the original 1969 series on top of redesigned character models.

The series was announced in March 2014 to premiere on Cartoon Network. However, a promotional image at the 2015 upfront announced the show to air on Boomerang and the news was later confirmed on June 29, 2015. It was originally scheduled to air on Boomerang, but the series instead premiered on Cartoon Network on October 5, 2015. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that the remaining unaired episodes would be released on Boomerang's video on demand streaming service. The final eleven episodes premiered on the Boomerang television network in March 2018 and were added to the Boomerang streaming service on September 26, 2018.

Plot

The Scooby-Doo gang decide to travel in the Mystery Machine, seeking fun and adventure during what could possibly be their last summer break together. However, havoc-wreaking monsters seem to be drawn to them, appearing almost every stop of the way. Nonetheless, they do not let it prevent them from completing their journey and, while they are at it, they solve every mystery they encounter.

Voice cast

 Frank Welker – Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones
 Matthew Lillard – Shaggy Rogers
 Grey DeLisle – Daphne Blake
 Kate Micucci – Velma Dinkley

Production
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! was announced in March 2014, along with other reboots of Warner Bros. classics, such as The Tom and Jerry Show and Wabbit.
Sam Register, promoted to president of Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series a month prior, is its supervising producer. The animation direction is performed by Shaunt Nigoghossian, with Richard Lee overseeing art direction.
Episodes run for a half-hour.

The twelfth series in the Scooby-Doo franchise, the show was previewed in an article from a Comic-Con edition of TV Guide, writing that it would be less dark than its previous incarnation, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.
Zac Moncrief, a producer, called it "a more comedic ensemble", with character traits extracted from the original 1969 series.
This decision nulled the romantic subplots present in Mystery Incorporated.
Scooby-Doo has limited dialogue. Meanwhile, Fred has upgraded the Mystery Machine with modern appliances.

In addition, the series employs redesigned character models for the gang, retaining their original clothes, with a few design tweaks. Moncrief described this as a "simplistic, edgy design to match the comedic styling of this latest version." However, he denied it as "a campy or meta version" of Scooby-Doo.

This marks the first Scooby-Doo television series not to feature Casey Kasem in any capacity; Kasem, who voiced Shaggy from 1969 to 2009, retired from voice acting due to declining health during the production of Mystery Incorporated (in which he portrayed Shaggy's father) and died on June 15, 2014. Kasem's death leaves Frank Welker as the only surviving original cast member still with the franchise. It is also the first series since A Pup Named Scooby-Doo where Velma is voiced by an actress other than Mindy Cohn, marking the debut of Kate Micucci as the character's voice actress.

Broadcast

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! made its worldwide debut on October 4, 2015, on Boomerang in the United Kingdom and Ireland and premiered on Teletoon in Canada on October 8. The series premiered on Boomerang in Australia on December 28. The series also aired in 2019 on e.tv.

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2015–17)
This season premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on October 5, 2015. After airing twenty out of the twenty-six episodes from the first season, the series was put on a long hiatus following the premiere of "Giant Problems" on March 12, 2016. The final six episodes of the first season were aired on Cartoon Network's sister station Boomerang in an overnight graveyard slot on June 20, 2017.

Season 2 (2017–18)
On March 7, 2017, it was announced that the rest of Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! would be premiering exclusively on the streaming service for Boomerang, a sister channel of Cartoon Network. The season premiered on the streaming service on September 28, 2017. Despite this, the final eleven episodes of the season premiered on the Boomerang television network. The season concluded on March 18, 2018.

Home media

Region 1

Region 2

Region 4

References

External links

Scooby-Doo television series
2010s American animated television series
2015 American television series debuts
2018 American television series endings
2010s American mystery television series
American children's animated comedy television series
American children's animated fantasy television series
American children's animated horror television series
American children's animated mystery television series
Television shows set in the United States
English-language television shows
Animated television series reboots
Television series by Warner Bros. Animation
Cartoon Network original programming
Boomerang (TV network) original programming


title: Astroblepus jurubidae

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Astroblepus jurubidae is a species of catfish of the family Astroblepidae. It is endemic to the Pacific draining rivers of Colombia.

References

Bibliography
 Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, num. 1, vol. 1–3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, United States. 2905. .

Astroblepus
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Fish described in 1944
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler