title: Sardines (Inside No. 9)

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"Sardines" is the first episode of the first series of the British black comedy anthology series Inside No. 9. Written by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, it premiered on BBC Two and BBC Two HD on 5 February 2014. In the episode, a group of adults play sardines at an engagement party. Rebecca, the bride-to-be, finds a boring man named Ian in a wardrobe; he introduces himself as a colleague of Jeremy, Rebecca's fiancé. The pair are subsequently joined by family, friends and colleagues of Rebecca and Jeremy. As more people enter the room and step into the wardrobe, secrets shared by some of the characters are revealed, with various allusions to incestuous relationships, child sexual abuse, and adultery. The humour is both dark and British, with references to past unhappiness and polite but awkward interactions.

The story takes place entirely in the bedroom of a country house, with much of the filming taking place inside the wardrobe. Pemberton and Shearsmith wrote the episode with the intention of evoking a feeling of claustrophobia in viewers. In addition to the writers, the episode starred Katherine Parkinson, Tim Key, Luke Pasqualino, Ophelia Lovibond, Anne Reid, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Anna Chancellor, Marc Wootton, Ben Willbond and Timothy West. The cast and writing were praised by television critics, and the episode was chosen as pick of the day in a number of publications. On its first showing, "Sardines" was watched by 1.1 million viewers, which was 5.6% of the audience.

Development and production

The comedy writers and actors Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, who had previously worked together on The League of Gentlemen and Psychoville, took inspiration for Inside No. 9 from "David and Maureen", the fourth episode of the first series of Psychoville, which was in turn inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's Rope. "David and Maureen" took place entirely in a single room, and it was filmed in only two shots. The writers were keen to explore other stories in this bottle episode or TV play format, and Inside No. 9 allowed them to do this. At the same time, the concept of Inside No. 9 was a "reaction" to Psychoville, with Shearsmith saying that "We'd been so involved with labyrinthine over-arching, we thought it would be nice to do six different stories with a complete new house of people each week. That's appealing, because as a viewer you might not like this story, but you've got a different one next week."

The format of the series also pays homage to Tales of the Unexpected, The Twilight Zone, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Pemberton and Shearsmith returned to writing more macabre stories, according to the latter, as they "always feel slightly unfulfilled if [they] write something that's purely comedic, it just feels too frivolous and light". During the filming of "Sardines", Shearsmith professed excitement to be working on Inside No. 9, saying that "being in the middle of filming a third series of Psychoville would be utterly depressing". Pemberton and Shearsmith aimed for a simpler experience than Psychoville, describing "Sardines" by saying the episode is "just about some good actors in a wardrobe with a good story". As each episode of Inside No. 9 features new characters, the writers were able to attract actors who might have been unwilling to commit to an entire series. In addition to Pemberton and Shearsmith, "Sardines" starred Katherine Parkinson, Tim Key, Luke Pasqualino, Ophelia Lovibond, Anne Reid, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Anna Chancellor, Marc Wootton, Ben Willbond, and Timothy West. West had previously starred in Tales of the Unexpected, and Shearsmith said that, due to this prior appearance, "it was a great nod" to have West in the episode. "Sardines" has more characters than any other episode of the first series of Inside No. 9, and these characters were written before casting took place. Pemberton recalls the fun he had in selecting a cast for the episode, aiming to bring together a very varied group of actors who would work well as a group.

Pemberton described the concept of "Sardines" as "a simple idea", and he was happy that the pair did not "have to worry about the consequences of it", due to the format of the series. The writers were inspired by a large wardrobe in their workspace. They had already written several other episodes for the series, and confinement was a recurring theme; the possibility of putting characters into a wardrobe gave them the opportunity to develop the theme to a more extreme level. The story was not initially about the game of sardines. Pemberton said that the writers "talked about various ideas of why [the characters] were in a wardrobe", but that the pair "were certainly not working out [their] Freudian psychobabble". A list of characters was written before the script, and the script included the introduction of a new character every three pages.

"Sardines" was written so that a feeling of claustrophobia would develop as the story progressed; Pemberton said that "our first consideration was, 'Can we get 12 people in a wardrobe?' So when we did the script read-through, the designer bought a wardrobe off eBay and we checked whether we could all get in it and shut the door". Writers for Broadcast described seeing the assortment of actors "crammed inside an imposing wardrobe" during filming as "an arresting spectacle". The story is filmed from within a single bedroom, with much of it taking place inside the wardrobe. Filming presented a particular challenge, as the aim was to give the impression that the viewer was in the wardrobe with the characters, and not to "cheat" by giving the impression that the viewer was outside the wardrobe looking in. The episode was filmed with two wardrobes; one complete one, and one "faked" one. The complete prop was used to film the characters entering the wardrobe, while the other was in a different room for close-up shots from "within" the wardrobe. For the director David Kerr, the difficulty was sustaining the illusion that everything was happening in a single place, ideally without viewers even realising that there was a technical challenge involved. The episode was filmed mostly in sequence, meaning more actors arrived as the filming continued, reflecting the fact that more characters arrive as the episode progresses. Kerr aimed for a particularly "immersive" filming style on the episode, with extensive use of wide angle shots. He aimed to avoid "leading" the audience with regard to the more important characters by "not giving [them] coverage" earlier in the episode.

Plot

Rebecca and Jeremy host their engagement party at her family's stately home. The guests play sardines, a variation of hide-and-seek in which one person hides and the other players join them in their hiding place once found. Rebecca finds a boring man called Ian in a bedroom wardrobe. As they wait for more people to arrive, Ian mistakenly calls her "Rachel". A young man, Lee, enters the room but does not find the pair, though they are later found and joined by Rebecca's prudish brother, Carl, and then Carl's flamboyant partner, Stuart. Jeremy's ex-girlfriend Rachel finds and joins them. Ian mentions that Jeremy frequently talks about "you", but it is unclear whether he is talking to Rebecca or Rachel. To Rebecca's annoyance, Stuart, Rachel and Ian leave the wardrobe for a break. Stuart enters the en suite where Geraldine (Rebecca and Carl's former nanny) is on the toilet. In the wardrobe, Carl and Rebecca talk; he is uncomfortable, and, when she asks why, he tells her to "look where we are".

Ian, Rachel, and Geraldine join Rebecca and Carl. Geraldine says that the room is normally locked, but Rebecca rebukes her. Stuart rejoins the group after using the toilet. As the group talk, Mark (Jeremy's boss) and his wife, Liz, enter the bedroom, unaware of the people in the wardrobe. The pair talk candidly before beginning foreplay on the bed. Geraldine shouts to alert them, and the wardrobe occupants pretend they did not hear Mark and Liz's conversation. Mark and Liz reluctantly enter the wardrobe. As the doors close, Rachel's boyfriend Lee re-enters the room, but as the wardrobe has become more cramped, Stuart and Lee hide under the bed, while Ian moves to the en suite. Stuart and Carl argue, and it is revealed that Carl has a fear of intimacy. When "Stinky" John enters the room, the others claim there is no room in their hiding places, so he hides behind a curtain. Jeremy enters and tells Rebecca he is going to pick up another guest from the train station, but as he turns to leave he mistakenly calls her "Rachel". Andrew, Rebecca and Carl's father, enters and becomes annoyed when he sees people hiding in different places. He takes charge, forcing Jeremy, Stuart, Lee, and Stinky John into the wardrobe, then follows them in.

Everyone becomes uncomfortable, not least because of John's odour. Geraldine passes around mints as Andrew tells Mark that he no longer has contact with Dicky Lawrence, a potential business contact of Mark's. Andrew sings the "sardine song", but Carl angrily stops him. Andrew and Geraldine reminisce about a scout jamboree held in the house many years ago, but Geraldine remembers that a boy named Phillip Harrison, nicknamed "Little Pip", accused Andrew of "horrible things", and that the police were involved. Carl says Andrew paid Pip's family to move away, and Andrew counters by claiming he did nothing to Pip and was only teaching him how to wash himself. Carl implies that he and John were not as lucky as Pip, and John says he can smell carbolic soap and panics. There is silence, and Stuart points out no one else is looking for them, but they realise Ian has not yet returned. Jeremy says Ian is the person he was going to pick up from the station, but when Mark claims Ian is already at the party, Jeremy reveals the person Mark is referring to is not Ian. Outside, "Ian" locks the wardrobe and sprays it with lighter fluid while singing the sardine song. Carl realises "Ian" is Phillip, and the episode ends with Phillip leaning against the wardrobe, a lighter in his hand.

Cast

Analysis

The episode is, in effect, a one-scene, one-act, play. Writing in The Times, Andrew Billen observed that Aristotle "ruled that plays should take place over a single day in a single place", while "Sardines" takes place "over half an hour in a single wardrobe". The use of the wardrobe is reminiscent of Beckettian absurd theatre, and presented particular cinematographic challenges. For Ryan Lambie, writing for the entertainment website Den of Geek, the single-camera setup and Kerr's direction gave the episode "the tense look of an early Hitchcock film, all low angles and illuminating shafts of light".

The characters bring their respective agendas, relationships, and backstories into the wardrobe. The various interconnected plotlines are seeded towards the start of the episode, and more is gradually revealed before they are resolved. "Sardines" starts as comedic, before becoming darker; as more characters arrive, their relatively cordial interactions become more unpleasant. The increasingly claustrophobic environment serves to heighten the tension.

The comedy is black, with the most overt humour coming from Stuart, a flamboyant character played by Shearsmith. The humour is also extremely British. Tropes of Britishness identified by the critic David Upton include the dated clothing and the awkward interaction between Rebecca and Ian at the start of the episode. Despite not knowing each other, they converse courteously, which "smacks of more refined days"; the conversation is a "portrayal of social awkwardness". With the introduction of the noticeably younger Lee, there is a clash of customs, illustrating the differing norms of the respective generations. This "1940s aesthetic" and the fact the story took place in a single location tied the episode to "a golden age of plays on British television". The broadcaster and writer Mark Radcliffe felt that the script "could be a really arresting stage play".

As is typical of Shearsmith and Pemberton's work, "Sardines" addresses dark topics. Writing in The Daily Telegraph, Paul Kendall identified some of Shearsmith and Pemberton's "regular tropes" utilised in the episode; namely "a bunch of misfits, uncomfortable silences and allusions to dark crimes in the distant past". Billen felt that the treatment of dark issues was reminiscent of the work of Alan Ayckbourn. Particular themes addressed in the episode include murder, incestuous relationships, child sexual abuse, vengeance and adultery. As the episode progresses, secrets related to these themes are revealed to be the explanation for apparently innocuous tendencies, such as Carl's dislike for the sardine song and John's aversion to soap.

Reception
"Sardines" was well received by television critics. Kendall, Billen, Keith Watson, and Dan Owen (writing for The Daily Telegraph, the Metro, MSN and The Times, respectively) each gave the episode four out of five stars, while, writing for The Arts Desk, Veronica Lee gave it five out of five. The episode was labelled "pick of the day" in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer and the Daily Record.

Reviewers responded positively to the cast. Kendall described the acting as "top notch" and Owen said that all cast-members "played their roles to perfection", while Jane Simon, writing for The Daily Mirror, said that "every twinge of awkwardness and discomfort is played to perfection as the mood turns darker". Harry Venning, writing for The Stage, described the cast as "impressively stellar", and also commended the writers' performances. The comedy critic Bruce Dessau said that the "cast alone is almost recommendation enough", while another reviewer said that if "a bomb dropped on the cupboard where they were hiding, a good portion of the acting talent in this country would be wiped out." Key's portrayal of Ian and Parkinson's portrayal of Rebecca were particularly praised.

Journalists also lauded the script, with Kendall labelling the dialogue "perfectly pitched", Dessau calling it "tightly written" and without wastage, and Owen praising the way each character was "delivered into the story at the exact right moment". Brad Newsome, writing for The Sydney Morning Herald (the episode having been shown in Australia on BBC First in 2015), said that the episode was "deftly written", and Venning said the "lean, mean narrative didn't just twist and turn, it folded back upon itself to provide a totally unexpected, profoundly disturbing and deeply satisfying denouement". On The Arts Desk, Lee praised the direction of Kerr, saying that he delivered "a pitch-perfect piece with no character overwritten or line overplayed".

Dean, writing for The Independent, commended the writers' "weaving together of the morbid with the laugh-out loud", and Mike Bradley, writing in The Observer, called the episode "wickedly funny"; similarly, Newsome said the episode displayed "a wicked sense of humour". Dessau concurred on the darkness and quality of humour. Watson was more ambivalent, saying the episode offered "more of a knowing chuckle than an outright belly laugh".

Watson wrote that "the chief joy [of the episode] was the stealthy way the atmospheric story was built up layer by layer". In The Times, Billen described "Sardines" as "a disciplined comedy, but a little bit of discipline, as one of the League's perverts might say, never did anyone any harm". With the exception of the ending, Billen "loved it". A separate review in The Times, however, praised the twist ending; "this isn't just an inspired set-up performed by a stellar cast – it builds to a macabre and horribly imagined climax". Owen was ambivalent about the ending of "Sardines", saying that it "worked very well in terms of narrative, but perhaps it landed with too much softness". Mark Jones, writing in The Guardian, gave a more mixed review overall, describing "Sardines" as a "slow burner, but a decent introduction to a series". Newsome called the episode a "gem of an opener".

Retrospective reviews rated the episode as one of Inside No. 9 best. In The Telegraph, it was listed as the seventh best episode of the first 38; the "first episode of all set the bar intimidatingly high", according to Michael Hogan. Writers for Chortle said that Inside No. 9 "very first episode established [it] as something special", ranking "Sardines" as the third best episode of the programme's first 37. In The Guardian, it was listed the third best episode of the first 25, while in i it was listed as the ninth best of the first 24.

Viewing figures
On its first showing, "Sardines" was seen by 1.1 million viewers, which was 5.6% of the British audience. This was lower than the premiere of Psychoville, but higher than the audience towards the end of the second series. "Sardines" immediately followed the first episode of the two-part Royal Cousins at War, a BBC documentary. This had stronger viewing figures, with 2 million viewers (8.6% of the audience). Nonetheless, "Sardines" was more highly viewed than is typical for the slot. Despite this strong start for the series, the viewing figures for Inside No. 9 later dipped; the average viewing for the series was 904,000 people, or 4.9% of the audience, lower than the slot average of 970,000 (5.1% of the audience).

Notes

References

External links

 "Sardines" at TVGuide.co.uk
 "Sardines" at the British Comedy Guide

2014 British television episodes
British LGBT-related television episodes
Inside No. 9 episodes
One-act plays
Television episodes about revenge
Siblings in fiction
Television episodes about child abuse


title: Laws Hall

text:
Laws Hall may refer to:

Laws Hall (Miami University), library
Laws Hall (University of Missouri), residence hall

See also
Lawshall, village in Suffolk, England


title: How to Be a Country Star

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"How to Be a Country Star" is a song recorded by American country music group The Statler Brothers, written by group members Harold Reid and Don Reid.  The song – a humorous, tongue-in-cheek advice song that names many of the top country music recording artists of the time, along with a number of classic country artists – was released in March 1979 as the first single from the album The Originals.  The song eventually climbed to No. 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that May, and also No. 18 on the Canadian RPM country singles chart.

Names of artists
As mentioned in the lyrics, directly or indirectly referred to, the song mentions the following country music artists, in order:

 Verse 1: Waylon Jennings, Jerry Reed, Jean Shepard, Tom T. Hall, Merle Haggard, Johnny Rodriguez and Bill Anderson.
 Verse 2: Ronnie Milsap, Mickey Gilley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Acuff, Ralph Emery, Conway Twitty, Buck Owens and Webb Pierce.
 Verse 3: Sonny James, Minnie Pearl, Little Jimmy Dickens, Earl Scruggs, Willie Nelson, Mel Tillis, Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell, Eddy Arnold and Charley Pride.
 Verse 4: Dolly Parton and Crystal Gayle.

The final verse also name drops each one of the Statler Brothers, whose membership at the time included Harold Reid, Don Reid, Phil Balsley and Lew DeWitt.

The song itself gives intended-to-be-taken-lightly advice about what it takes to be a country star, suggesting that if an aspiring star has a quality of one of the mentioned stars (such as being able to play piano like Ronnie Milsap, Mickey Gilley or Jerry Lee Lewis), that would guarantee country stardom. However, if no talent is apparent (as mentioned in the final verse), any beautiful woman could come backstage and meet up with one of the Statlers for advice and audition for their "Statler Brothers Revue."

Chart performance

References

List songs
Cultural depictions of country musicians
1979 singles
The Statler Brothers songs
Mercury Records singles
Songs written by Don Reid (singer)
Songs written by Harold Reid
Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy
1978 songs


title: Amirabad, Sepidan

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Amirabad (, also Romanized as Amīrābād) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 234, in 43 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Khan al-Asal

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Khan al-Assal () is a district of Aleppo city in northern Syria. It is administratively a sub-district of Aleppo, which is a part of the Mount Simeon District in the Aleppo Governorate. Khan al-Assal is located  west-southwest of the center of Aleppo.

The neighborhood is separated in a northern and a southern part by the Aleppo road to Idlib. The Aleppo-Damascus Highway is the village boundary in the south. A police academy is located  southwest of Khan al-Assal. Al-Assad Military Academy is located  east by north of Khan al-Assal. The village Kfar Da’el is located  north by east of Khan al-Assal.

An Army Fueling Base with underground fuel storages, fueling station and several bunkers is located close to the western boundary of the northern part of the village.

Khan al-Assal during the Syrian Civil War
During the Syrian Civil War, in the battle of Aleppo southwestern front, the village and the surrounding area have faced several incidents. Some of them violates International humanitarian law.

2013
March:
Early in March 2013 at least 120 government soldiers/policemen and 80 rebels were killed during a battle over the Khan al-Asal Police Academy.
The village was the location of a chemical weapon attack on 19 March 2013, which resulted in at least 26 fatalities and more than 86 injuries. At the time of the incident, there was ongoing shelling between the Syrian army and the opposition forces, located in areas surrounding the village.

July:
The village was taken by rebel forces on 22 July 2013. In the aftermath of the fall of the village, the rebel forces, and specifically the Al-Nusra Front, were accused of executing 51 captured government soldiers. Video material collected online by the United Nations, indicates that they were executed by gunfire after their capture by members of the Ansar al-Khilafa Brigade.

2020
February:
The Syrian Army captured the village on 11 February 2020.

References

Aleppo


title: Kıvanç Karakaş

text:
Kıvanç Karakaş (born 3 March 1985) is a Turkish professional footballer.

External links

1985 births
Living people
People from Üsküdar
Footballers from Istanbul
Turkish men's footballers
Süper Lig players
Men's association football midfielders
Eskişehirspor footballers
Sarıyer S.K. footballers
Yalovaspor footballers
Karşıyaka S.K. footballers
Bandırmaspor footballers
Şanlıurfaspor footballers
Çaykur Rizespor footballers
Sivasspor footballers


title: Glasha and Kikimora

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Glasha and Kikimora () is a 1992 Russian fantasy animated film directed by Aleksandr Mazayev.

Formation
The content of the film was mainly based on two short stories Kikimora (Кикимора) and Vaska the Cat (Кот Васька), which were all published in 1910 by Aleksey Tolstoy. However, compared to the original text, the film has added many details to make the story more thrilling.

Plot
Kikimora
It is The Magic Story how Glasha has rescued her younger little sister from The Malicious Kikimora. Glasha's Adventures happen in the night forest.

One moonless night, Glasha the Girl had to babysit her little sister Dunechka in their hut on the edge of the forest. There was an woman who had a strange vision and asked for a night's lodging. Then she tricked Glasha into stealing Dunechka and bringing baby into the dark forest. She appeared to be the Malicious Kikimora, who specializes in kidnapping children then turning them into hungry ghosts (Igosha) to be served her forever.
Vaska the Kitten
Glasha had to immediately run into the forest to find her little sister, but Kikimora brought baby into the swamp so it was hard to catch. Glasha met Leshy asking for help. However, he himself was also in trouble with Vodyanoy.
Glasha also helps her Black cat. When the sun rises, evil sorcery dissipated. Glasha decides, that it was her dream. In the end, Vaska the Lazy Kitten had to take action.

Crew

Influences

See also

The Adventures of Buratino
The Magic Lake

Notes

References

Bibliography
Voronov, Boris, Film-tales. Scripts for multfilms : collection (Фильмы-сказки. Сценарии рисованных фильмов : сборник сценариев), Goskinoizdat & Iskusstvo, Moskva, Soviet Union & Russia, 1950-1979.

External links

Soyuzmultfilm
Russian animated films
Russian animated comedy films
Russian children's fantasy films
1990s Russian-language films
1992 films
Animated adventure films
Animated crime films
Animated teen films
Animated thriller films
Films based on fairy tales
Films about plants
Films about animals


title: Banesh

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Banesh (, also Romanized as Bānesh; also known as Bānish) is a village in Banesh Rural District of Banesh District, Beyza County, Fars province, Iran, and serves as capital of both the district and rural district. The village is located 60 km north of Shiraz.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,904 in 688 households, when it was in the former Beyza District of Sepidan County. The following census in 2011 counted 2,837 people in 875 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,873 people in 851 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

In October 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Beyza County and divided into two districts of two rural districts each.

Archaeology
This area was occupied from the sixth millennium BC. During the Proto-Elamite period (late fourth millennium BC), the nearby Anshan became one of the main cities of the Elamite region, thanks to its location on important trade routes.

Banesh Period
Banesh is the typesite for one of the earliest cultural phases in Iran, known as the Banesh period. It is dated in 3400-2800 BC.

In the Early Banesh phase, around 3300 BC, Proto-Elamite culture emerged in the Kur River (or Kor River) basin. During the Susa III period (c. 3200 BC), when Susa was reestablished, its pottery was predominantly Banesh style, also featuring characteristic Proto-Elamite administrative devices.

Banesh is part of the Marv Dasht area, which is a complex of several interconnected valleys and plains. During the mid-late Banesh Period (3100-2800 BC) Anshan was a huge city. It also featured a number of subsidiary villages and campsites.

"Comprehensive studies of Banesh plant (Miller 1990) and animal (Zeder 1988, 1991) remains show that Banesh people focused on intensive cultivation of wheat and herding of sheep. Some craft activity, particularly ceramic and some stone vessel manufacture, was concentrated in specialized villages, at least earlier in the period (Alden 1982). In the main center, however, other craft activity, specifically copper processing, is attested only as small production areas in domestic contexts (Nicholas 1990)."

See also

Elam

References

Beyza County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Beyza County

Elam

Archaeological sites in Iran


title: Bahmani, Sepidan

text:
Bahmani (, also Romanized as Bahmanī; also known as Bahmé, Bahmeh’ī, and Bahme’ī) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 167, in 35 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Bashgan, Fars

text:
Bashgan (, also Romanized as Bashgān; also known as Būshkān) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 140, in 31 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Darreh Sefid, Sepidan

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Darreh Sefid (, also Romanized as Darreh Sefīd) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 217, in 40 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Falak, Fars

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Falak (; also known as Fūlak) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 147, in 37 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Gezak, Fars

text:
Gezak (; also known as Gazak-e Beyẕā’, Gezak-e Beyzā’, Kazak, Khasak, and Khāzak) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 136, in 31 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Haftjan

text:
Haftjan (, also Romanized as Haftjān; also known as Haftenjān, Haftījān, Haftinjān, Kavalah, and Qabāleh) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 205, in 50 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Kamalabad, Sepidan

text:
Kamalabad (, also Romanized as Kamālābād; also known as Kamālābād Beyẕā) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 267, in 58 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Kushk-e Mohammadabad

text:
Kushk-e Mohammadabad (, also Romanized as Kūshk-e Moḩammadābād; also known as Kūshk-e Ḩājjī Gholūm) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 292, in 73 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Pir Mur

text:
Pir Mur (, also Romanized as Pīr Mūr) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 51, in 10 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Qabaleh-ye Firuzi

text:
Qabaleh-ye Firuzi (, also Romanized as Qabāleh-ye Fīrūzī and Qabālehfīrūzī) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 153, in 38 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Qavamabad-e Chichaklu

text:
Qavamabad-e Chichaklu (, also Romanized as Qavāmābād-e Chīchaklū; also known as ChīChaklū, Chūchaklū, and Lakāh) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 455, in 98 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Saqqavan

text:
Saqqavan (, also Romanized as Şaqqavān) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 280, in 70 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Takhteh Sang-e Olya

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Takhteh Sang-e Olya (, also Romanized as Takhteh Sang-e ‘Olyā; also known as Takhteh Sang, Takht-e Sang, and Takht-i-Sang) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 283, in 54 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Takhteh Sang-e Sofla

text:
Takhteh Sang-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Takhteh Sang-e Soflá) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 228, in 56 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Tang-e Tur

text:
Tang-e Tur (, also Romanized as Tang-e Ţūr, Tang-e Tūr, and Tang-i-Tūr) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 452, in 100 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Ezzahabad

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Ezzahabad (, also Romanized as ‘Ezzahābād; also known as ‘Ezzābād) is a village in Banesh Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 316, in 72 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Oswaldo Novoa

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Oswaldo Novoa Mora (born on 2 February 1982) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC strawweight title in 2014.

Professional career
On October 5, 2012, Novoa defeated Jose Alfredo Zuniga by twelfth round unanimous decision to win the WBC FECOMBOX Light Flyweight title.

Novoa won his first world title when he defeated Xiong Zhao Zhong by fifth round knockout to win the WBC Minimumweight title on February 5, 2014.

Professional boxing record

See also
List of world mini-flyweight boxing champions
List of Mexican boxing world champions

References

External links

1982 births
Living people
Mexican male boxers
Boxers from Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mini-flyweight boxers
Light-flyweight boxers
Flyweight boxers
World mini-flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Council champions


title: Saoirse Abu

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Saoirse Abu (foaled 20 March 2005) was an American-bred Irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was one of the leading European two-year-old fillies of her generation, winning three of her eight races including two of Ireland's most important races for juveniles: the Phoenix Stakes and the Moyglare Stud Stakes. She raced three times as a three-year-old in 2008, producing her best effort when a close third in the 1000 Guineas. She was sold for over £2 million at the end of her racing career and became a broodmare in the ownership of Sheikh Mohammed.

Background
Saoirse Abu (an Irish phrase which can be translated as Freedom Forever) is a chestnut mare with a white star bred in Kentucky by White Cloud Bloodstock, Omar Trevino and N & P Partnership. Her sire, Mr Greeley was an American sprinter who won at Grade III level and finished second in the 1995 Breeders' Cup Sprint. Although he was based in the United States throughout his stud career, he had great success in Europe, siring Finsceal Beo and the Sussex Stakes winner Reel Buddy. Saoirse Abu's dam, Out Too Late was an unraced daughter of Morning Has Broken, a mare whose other descendants included Balanchine and the Prix de Diane winner West Wind.

In September 2006, the filly was consigned to the Keeneland yearling sales where she was bought for $260,000 by BBA Ireland. She entered into the ownership of the County Meath-based Ennistown Stud and was sent to Ireland where she was trained by Jim Bolger at Coolcullen, County Carlow. Saoirse Abu was ridden in all but one of her races by Kevin Manning.

Racing career

2007: two-year-old season
Saoirse Abu began her racing career in a six furlong maiden race at Naas Racecourse on 16 May when she finished third of the twenty runners, beaten two lengths and a head by Raja and Pretty Ballerina. Eleven days later, in a similar event at the Curragh, the filly recorded her first success as she took the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and won "easily" by four lengths from the colt Norman Invader.

Saoirse Abu was moved up in class for her next race, the Group Three Swordlestown Stud Sprint Stakes at Naas on 4 June in which she finished second by a length to the Aidan O'Brien-trained You'resothrilling, a filly who went on to win the Cherry Hinton Stakes in England. In the Listed Saoire Stakes at the Curragh at the end of the month, the filly started 9/10 favourite but after racing in second place for the first half of the race, made no further impression and finished  of the seven runners behind Listen. In July, she was moved up in distance for the Listed Silver Flash Stakes over seven furlongs at Leopardstown Racecourse. Ridden by D J Dolan (Manning opted to ride a more fancied stable companion), she finished third of the nine fillies behind Triskel and Mad About You. On 12 August Saoirse Abu was again moved up in class for the Group One Phoenix Stakes in which she was matched against colts over six furlongs on heavy ground. Equipped with blinkers for the first time, she was made the 25/1 outsider of the six runner field with Aidan O'Brien's unbeaten Coventry Stakes winner Henrythenavigator starting odds on favourite ahead of the Queen Mary Stakes winner Elletelle. Manning positioned the filly just behind the leaders before taking the lead in the final quarter mile. She was overtaken by Henrythenavigator a furlong from the finish, but rallied strongly to regain the lead in the closing stages and defeat the colt by a length with Elletelle one and three quarter lengths back in third place.

Three weeks later, over seven furlongs at the Curragh, Saoirse Abu contested the Moyglare Stud Stakes, Ireland's only Group One race restricted to two-year-old fillies. Despite her previous Group One success, she was only third in the betting behind Listen and the English-trained Albabilia, the winner of the Sweet Solera Stakes. Saoirse Abu raced in third place before moving up to challenge Albabilia in the final quarter mile. She took the lead approaching the final furlong and won "comfortably" by one and a half lengths from Listen, Mad About You and Albabilia. After the race, Jim Bolger said "I have been very happy with her. She is a hardy horse and is very professional. We have no definite plans as yet but I wouldn't be certain she would be seen out again on the track this season. The 1,000 Guineas is the real aim for her next year, and even at this stage, she wants a mile really". On 29 September, the filly was sent to England and moved up in distance for the Group One Meon Valley Stud Fillies' Mile at Ascot Racecourse in which she was again matched against Listen. Saoirse Abu raced in second place before briefly taking the lead two furlongs out, but was unable to quicken in the closing stages and finished third behind Listen and the French-trained favourite Proviso.

2008: three-year-old season
Saoirse Abu began her second season in the Leopardstown 1,000 Guineas Trial Stakes over seven furlongs on 7 April. She started at odds of 2/1 and kept on well in the closing stages without ever looking likely to win and finished third behind  and Halfway to Heaven. Four weeks later, Saoirse Abu started a 20/1 outsider in a field of fifteen for the classic 1000 Guineas over the Rowley Mile at Newmarket Racecourse. Manning restrained the filly behind the leaders and briefly struggled to obtain a clear run approaching the final furlong. She stayed on well in the closing stages to finish third behind Natagora and Spacious, a length behind the winner. On 25 May, the filly started the 7/2 second favourite for the Irish 1,000 Guineas at the Curragh. She was held up by Manning at the back of the thirteen runner field but after moving into contention two furlongs from the finish, was unable to make further progress and finished fifth, behind Halfway to Heaven, Tuscan Evening, Mad About You and  Sunset.

Saoirse Abu did not race again. On 1 December, she was offered for sale at the Tattersalls Breeding Stock Sale at Newmarket and bought for 1,950,000 guineas by John Ferguson, acting on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed. A representative of the Ennistown Stud commented "Maybe in 10 years' time I'll have a couple of Saoirse Abus out in the field but for me she was too valuable to hold on to".

Breeding career
Saoirse Abu was retired from racing to become a broodmare for Sheikh Mohammed's Dalham Hall stud. To date, she has produced two foals:

Ennistown (bay gelding, foaled in 2010, sired by Authorized), won four races
Bounding (bay filly, 2011, by Exceed and Excel)

Pedigree

References

2005 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Kentucky
Racehorses trained in Ireland
Thoroughbred family 4-k


title: Donald Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie

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The Hon. Donald Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie FRSE (22 June 1818 – 19 May 1875) was a Scottish lawyer who served as a Senator of the College of Justice in Edinburgh.

Early life

Donald Mackenzie was born 22 June 1818, the only son of Margaret Robina Jamieson, daughter of the Rev. John Jamieson, DD, author of the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, and Capt. Donald Mackenzie, of the 21st Fusiliers. In early life the family lived at 39 George Square in south Edinburgh.

He studied at the Loretto School and the University of Edinburgh. He originally studied medicine, graduating with an MD at the University of Edinburgh in 1838, and became a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and also a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. Mackenzie never practised as a physician, instead, yielding to his mother's wishes, he took up the study of the law.

Legal career and later life

Mackenzie was admitted as an advocate to the Scottish bar in 1842. He was Advocate Depute from 1854 to 1858, and again from 1859 to 1861. He served as the Sheriff of Fifeshire from 1861 to 1870. On 16 March 1870, he was appointed a Judge of the Court of Session in Scotland, under the name Lord Mackenzie.

Mackenzie's Edinburgh Georgian townhouse was at 24 Heriot Row, in the New Town.

In 1870 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being his legal colleague, Charles Neaves, Lord Neaves.

Mackenzie died at Maulside, Dulwich Wood Park, Norwood, outside London, England, on 19 May 1875. Due to ill health he had taken a leave of absence from his duties at the College of Justice a short time before his death. He is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. The grave lies on the western wall in the section known as "Lord's Row".

Family
On 6 September 1843, Mackenzie married Janet Alice Mitchell (1821-1914), the daughter of Andrew Mitchell, Esq. of Maulside, Ayrshire. The couple had 12 children.

 Donald Mackenzie (1844-1924), married Laura Augusta Mackenzie Douglas, the granddaughter of Sir Archibald Campbell, 1st Baronet
 Lilias Oswald Mackenzie, married John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross, in 1869  Died in 1872
 Andrew Mitchell Mackenzie (1847-1885), Stockbroker, married Helen Maria Mackenzie Douglas, a second granddaughter of Sir Archibald Campbell
 Charlotte Margaret Robina Mackenzie (1850-1903)
 Alice Elizabeth Mackenzie (b. 1852), married Charles Walker
 Annie Adele Mackenzie (1854-1925), married the Hon. Alexander Low, Lord Low, a Senator of the College of Justice, Edinburgh, Scotland
 Robert Jameson Mackenzie (1857-1912), Rector of Edinburgh Academy 1888 -1901 and author of the book, "Almond of Loretto"
 Alastair Oswald Morison Mackenzie, K.C. (1858-1949), Sheriff of Inverness, Elgin and Nairn, then later Renfrewshire, and later still Sheriff of Lanarkshire
 Farquhar John Conrad Mackenzie (1861-1916), Farmer in USA
 The Right Reverend Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie (1863-1945), Bishop of Argyll and The Isles
 Mary Oswald Mackenzie (1866-1954), married Charles Frewen Jenkin, an engineer and later Professor of Engineering Science at the University of Oxford

References

External links
 Portrait of Donald Mackenzie

1818 births
1875 deaths
People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Members of the Faculty of Advocates
Senators of the College of Justice
Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Burials at the Dean Cemetery
Scottish sheriffs
19th-century Scottish judges


title: 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships

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The 2014 Dubai Tennis Championships (also known as the 2014 Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a 500 event on the 2014 ATP World Tour and a Premier event on the 2014 WTA Tour. Both of the events took place at the Aviation Club Tennis Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The women's tournament took place February 17 to 22, while the men's tournament took place from February 24 to March 1.

Points and prize money

Point distribution

Prize money

* per team

ATP singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Somdev Devvarman
  Malek Jaziri
  James Ward

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Marius Copil
  Thiemo de Bakker
  Lukáš Lacko
  Adrian Ungur

Retirements
  Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

Withdrawals
During the tournament
  Nikolay Davydenko (left rib injury)
  Mikhail Youzhny (illness)

ATP doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings are as of February 17, 2014.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  Omar Alawadhi /  Hamad Abbas Janahi
  Novak Djokovic /  Carlos Gómez-Herrera

The following pair received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Nikolay Davydenko /  Victor Hănescu

Withdrawals
During the tournament
  Juan Martín del Potro (wrist injury)

WTA singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Nadia Petrova
  Serena Williams
  Venus Williams

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Annika Beck
  Flavia Pennetta
  Karolína Plíšková
  Maryna Zanevska

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
  Svetlana Kuznetsova → replaced by Alizé Cornet

Retirements
  Simona Halep (right ankle injury)

WTA doubles main-draw entrants

Seeds

 Rankings are as of February 10, 2014.

Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
  Kirsten Flipkens /  Petra Kvitová
  Flavia Pennetta /  Samantha Stosur
  Serena Williams /  Venus Williams

Withdrawals
Before the tournament
  Kristýna Plíšková (visa issues)

Champions

Men's singles

  Roger Federer def.  Tomáš Berdych, 3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

  Venus Williams def.  Alizé Cornet, 6–3, 6–0

Men's doubles

   Rohan Bopanna /  Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi def.  Daniel Nestor /  Nenad Zimonjić, 6–4, 6–3

Women's doubles

  Alla Kudryavtseva /  Anastasia Rodionova def.  Raquel Kops-Jones /  Abigail Spears, 6–2, 5–7, [10–8]

References

External links
 Official website

2014
Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai Tennis Championships
Dubai Tennis Championships


title: Bushkan (disambiguation)

text:
Bushkan is a village in Bushehr Province, Iran

Bushkan () may also refer to:
 Bushkan, Sepidan, Fars Province
 Bushkan-e Deylami, Fars Province
 Bushkan-e Mirzai, Fars Province
 Bushkan District, in Bushehr Province
 Bushkan Rural District, in Bushehr Province


title: List of animal species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands

text:
This is a list of animal species introduced to the Hawaiian Islands, and that are currently still established.

Amphibians

Arthropods

Birds

Mammals

Reptiles

See also
 List of introduced species

References

Introduced


title: List of locomotives saved from Woodham Brothers scrapyard

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Locomotive types
Below is a list of the locomotive types saved at Woodham Brothers scrapyard, Barry Island, Wales. They are shown by class, indicating how many of each class were saved.

GWR classes
6 GWR 2800 Class 2-8-0 - No. 2807 was the oldest locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in January 1981.
9 GWR 2884 Class 2-8-0
5 GWR 4073 Class Castle class 4-6-0
5 GWR 4200 Class 2-8-0T
2 GWR 4300 Class 2-6-0 - No. 5322 was the first GWR locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in March 1969.
2 GWR 4500 Class 2-6-2T
11 GWR 4575 Class 2-6-2T - No. 5553 was the last locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in January 1990.
11 GWR 4900 Class Hall class 4-6-0
10 GWR 5101 Class 2-6-2T
3  GWR 5205 Class 2-8-0T
8 GWR 5600 Class 0-6-2T
6 GWR 5700 Class 0-6-0PT
2 GWR 6000 Class King class 4-6-0
6 GWR 6959 Class Modified Hall class 4-6-0
3 GWR 7200 Class 2-8-2T
8 GWR 7800 Class Manor class 4-6-0
1 GWR 9400 Class 0-6-0PT

Midland classes
1 Midland Railway 3835 Class - No. (4)3924 was the first locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in September 1968. It is also the only surviving member of its class left in existence.

Somerset & Dorset joint railway classes
2 S&DJR 7F 2-8-0 - No. 53808 was the first S&DJR locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in October 1970.

LMS classes
6 LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 Black 5
2 LMS Jubilee Class 4-6-0
6 LMS Stanier Class 8F 2-8-0
2 LMS Hughes Crab 2-6-0
1 LMS Stanier Mogul 2-6-0 - No. 13268/(4)2968 is now the only surviving member of its class left in existence.
7 LMS Fowler Class 3F Jinty 0-6-0T - No. 47327 was the first LMS locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in July 1970
4 LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0
2 LMS Fowler Class 4F 0-6-0
2 LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T

LNER classes
1 LNER Thompson Class B1 4-6-0 - No. 61264 was the first and only LNER locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in July 1976

LSWR classes
2 LSWR S15 class 4-6-0 - No. 30506 was the first LSWR locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in April 1976

SECR classes
1 SECR N Class 2-6-0 - No. (3)1874 is the only surviving member of its class left in existence.

SR classes
1 SR Class Q 0-6-0 - No. 30541 is the only surviving member of its class left in existence.
5 SR S15 Class 4-6-0
4 SR U Class 2-6-0 - No 31618 was the first SR locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in January 1969
10 SR Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2
18 SR West Country and Battle of Britain Classes 4-6-2 - of these, ten are examples of the 1950s rebuild locos with Walschaerts valve gear and air-smoothed casing removed. These were the most common steam locomotives to be rescued from Barry Scrapyard.

BR Standard classes
4 BR Standard Class 2 2-6-0
4 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-0
14 BR Standard Class 4 2-6-4T- No. 80079 was the first locomotive of the BR standard range to leave Woodham's for preservation in May  1971. These were the second most common steam locomotives to be rescued from Barry Scrapyard.
4 BR Standard Class 4 4-6-0
4 BR Standard Class 5 4-6-0
1 BR Standard Class 8 4-6-2 71000 Duke of Gloucester - Sole member of its class built.
7 BR Standard Class 9F 2-10-0 - No. 92214 was the youngest locomotive to leave Woodham's for preservation in December 1980.

Preserved locomotives

See also
 Barry Ten

References

The Story of Barry (book) by Roger Hardingham
A DVD has also been produced which documents this remarkable story https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Legend-Barry-Scrapyard-Woodhams/dp/B004CDN74C

External links

Woodham Brothers website
Story of the Barry scrapyard at the Great Western Society


title: Adams County Correctional Center

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Adams County Correctional Center (ACCC) is a medium security prison for men located  in unincorporated Adams County, Mississippi, near Natchez, It is owned and operated by CoreCivic under contract with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons. After striking ground in August 2007 at 20 Hobo Fork Road Adams Correctional Center opened July 2009.

The facility has a capacity of 2567 inmates.  Most of its prisoners are illegal immigrants charged with re-entering the United States after a deportation.  CoreCivic has owned the prison since 2007; the facility did not open until late in 2009.

According to an FBI affidavit dated to 2012, the majority of those incarcerated were Mexican nationals. The largest group of prisoners were the Paisas.

History
In May 2012 a riot at the facility claimed the life of Corrections Officer Catlin Hugh Carithers and left sixteen other staff members and three prisoners injured. Twenty-five employees were held hostage during the disturbance, which was ultimately quelled by facility staff with assistance from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. According to a company statement, the fatality was the second time an employee had "lost his life to inmate assault."

A federal court affidavit filed by the FBI claims the riots were triggered by protests against the abysmal food and medical care provided at the facility. In January 2017, the last of 23 prisoners who were tried for organizing the May 2010 riot was sentenced to an additional 10 years in prison.

In August 2016, Justice Department officials announced that the FBOP would be phasing out its use of contracted facilities, on the grounds that private prisons provided less safe and less effective services with no substantial cost savings.  The agency expects to allow current contracts on its thirteen remaining private facilities to expire.

References

External links
"CI Adams County ." Federal Bureau of Prisons
"Adams County Correctional Center." Corrections Corporation of America
 Our History. CorrectionCorp's timeline with ACCC history

CoreCivic
Prisons in Mississippi
Buildings and structures in Adams County, Mississippi
Private prisons in the United States


title: James Dunnigan (politician)

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James 'Jim' A. Dunnigan (born March 31, 1953) is an American politician serving as a member of the Utah House of Representatives for the 36th district. Elected in November 2002, he assumed office on January 1, 2003.

Early life and education
Dunnigan was born March 31, 1953, in Salt Lake City. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in business management from the University of Utah.

Career
Outside of politics, Dunnigan owns an insurance agency. He served as a member of the Taylorsville/Bennion Community Council and Taylorsville City Council.

Dunnigan was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in November 2002 and assumed office on January 1, 2003. During the 2015 and 2016 general sessions Dunnigan served as House's majority leader. He was challenged by Brad Wilson for the position in 2016 and ultimately dropped out of the leadership race before voting took place.

Personal life
He currently lives in Taylorsville, Utah with his wife Vicki and two children.

References

External links
 Official page  at the Utah State Legislature
 Official Campaign Website
 Jim Dunnigan at Ballotpedia
 Jim Dunnigan at OpenSecrets

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1953 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
People from Taylorsville, Utah
Politicians from Salt Lake City
Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
University of Utah alumni


title: Speak My Mind

text:
Speak My Mind may refer to:

 "Speak My Mind", a song by Drake Bell from A Reminder (2011)
 Speak My Mind, a 2018 album by The Willis Clan, as well as the title track


title: Glufosfamide

text:
Glufosfamide, also known as glucophosphamide, D-glucose isophosphoramide mustard, D-19575 is an experimental cytotoxic chemotherapeutic agent for treatment of malignancies.

Chemical structure
Glufosfamide is, basically, a glycosidic conjugate between β-D-glucose and the active alkylating moiety of the well-known antineoplastic drug ifosfamide, so-called "isophosphoramide mustard".

Theoretical advantages
Glufosfamide, being a conjugate of glucose and active alkylating moiety of ifosfamide, has the better cell permeability than the parent compound — ifosfamide — or its metabolites. Glufosfamide utilizes the normal cell glucose transport mechanism (a sodium-dependent glucose/sodium co-transporter) for its own transport into the cell. And the glucose uptake mechanism is grossly overexpressed and upregulated in certain cancer cell lines, especially pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, and glioblastoma multiforme. This, theoretically, should render them more sensitive to the alkylating effects of glufosfamide while relatively sparing (doing relatively little collateral damage) to the normal cells in which the glucose uptake mechanism is not so upregulated.

Clinical trials
Glufosfamide demonstrated modest efficacy in Phase I and Phase II clinical trials in the treatment of pancreatic cancer, non-small cell lung cancer and recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. A large Phase III trial comparing glufosfamide against 5-FU, both in combination with Gemcitabine, for 2nd line treatment of metastatic pancreatic cancer (NCT01954992) is currently active.

References

Alkylating antineoplastic agents
Experimental cancer drugs
Glucosides
Nitrogen mustards
Phosphorodiamidates
Abandoned drugs
Chloroethyl compounds


title: Aglaia rufibarbis

text:
Aglaia rufibarbis is a small tree in the family Meliaceae. It grows up to  tall with a trunk diameter of up to . The bark is usually grey and pale brown, sometimes dark brown. The fruits are roundish, up to  in diameter. The specific epithet  is from the Latin meaning "red beard", referring to the reddish brown hairs of the indumentum. Habitat is mixed dipterocarp forests from  to  altitude. A. rufibarbis is found in Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo.

References

rufibarbis
Plants described in 1917
Trees of Peninsular Malaysia
Trees of Borneo


title: Socrates Nelson

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Socrates Nelson (January 11, 1814 – May 6, 1867) was an American businessman, politician, and pioneer who served one term as a Minnesota state senator from 1859 to 1861. He was a general store owner, lumberman, and real estate speculator and was associated with numerous companies in the insurance and rail industries. He was involved in the establishment of the community of Stillwater, Minnesota and was an early member of the first Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge in Minnesota. He served on the University of Minnesota's first board of regents before being elected to the Minnesota Senate.

Nelson was a member of an 1848 committee that met in Stillwater to petition the U.S. Congress to create the Minnesota Territory. He took part in the early organization of the Minnesota Democratic Party.  He was a county treasurer, territorial auditor, and county commissioner. As a senator, he voted in favor of a failed bill to legalize bringing slaves in to Minnesota temporarily and helped to repeal the Loan Amendment – intended to expedite the creation of railroad infrastructure – from the Minnesota Constitution. He was elected as a delegate for the 1864 Democratic National Convention.

After Nelson died in 1867 from tuberculosis, his achievements in Stillwater were memorialized. The Nelson School was named after him. A plaque at the Washington County Historic Courthouse commemorates his sale of the land on which the courthouse was built.

Early life and family

Socrates Nelson was born in Conway, Massachusetts, on January 11, 1814, to Socrates Nelson and Dorothy Boyden. He lived in nearby Greenfield and took a partial course at Deerfield Academy before returning to his hometown to become a merchant.

When he was 25, Nelson moved to Illinois on a prospecting tour; he moved again in 1840 to St. Louis, Missouri, to sell goods and collect furs. There, he met his future business partner Levi Churchill.

In early 1844, he traveled up the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Chippewa River in the Wisconsin Territory and opened a trading post at a site known as Nelson's Landing or Nelson's Point, about three miles south of Wabasha, Minnesota. The post was maintained for several years but later washed away. On October 23, he married Betsey D. Bartlett in Hennepin, Illinois.

Later in 1844, Nelson took a steamboat farther north to the recently settled town of Stillwater and opened its first general store, known as Nelson's Warehouse. Betsey joined him soon after. The Churchills remained temporarily in St. Louis and the two parties traded goods via the Mississippi River – Nelson's furs for Churchill's merchandise.

The Nelsons had twin daughters, Emma A. and Ella, on September 22, 1848. Ella died in infancy on October 23, 1849.

Nelson was one of the earliest members of the Minnesota Historical Society, joining in 1849 when the organization was formed. He was among the first members initiated into the Independent Order of Odd Fellows in 1849, which became Minnesota Lodge No. 1 in Stillwater in 1852, when he was a trustee.

Business ventures

Nelson was an important settler of the St. Croix River valley. When arriving in Stillwater, he initially built a store and established a mercantile business, which he ran for eleven years. Realizing that land development, rather than fur and trading, would be more prosperous, Nelson and Churchill laid claim to large tracts of land near the St. Croix River in 1845 and purchased the land from the General Land Office in 1849. By the summer of 1847, Nelson was shipping rafts of lumber hundreds of miles downriver to St. Louis, and in the summer of 1848, he and Churchill together purchased an area of timberland. Nelson entered the lumber business in earnest on February 7, 1851, as one of the corporators of the St. Croix Boom Company organized by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature. In 1852, Nelson and associates David B. Loomis and Daniel Mears (Nelson, Loomis and Company) platted what is now Bayport. There, they erected a boarding house and a lumber mill, called the S. Nelson Lumber Company. The steam-powered sawmill operated from 1853, the year Nelson left the mercantile business, to November 1858, when the company dissolved, leaving Nelson as the owner. He operated the mill infrequently over the next ten years, and sold the property in 1868.

Riding a boom in real estate speculation and soaring land prices, Nelson and Churchill deeded  of land in January 1857 to St. Paul real estate salesman Robert F. Slaughter, half of which Slaughter deeded in turn to Hilary B. Hancock. Along with their wives, the four platted the area of nearly 500 lots on June 15, just months before the onset of a worldwide financial crisis known as the Panic of 1857. Amid a collapsing real estate market and with speculation screeching to a halt, the value of the now-platted and mostly unsold land plummeted to practical worthlessness. Months after the Panic began, Levi Churchill died and ceded his estate to his wife Elizabeth. Demoralized by deflated land prices, Slaughter and Hancock forfeited their claim to the lots. In early April 1867, hoping to spur development and drive demand for nearby lots they owned, Nelson and Elizabeth Churchill offered to sell the city of Stillwater an entire block of land for a token amount of $5 () with no strings attached for the construction of a courthouse. The city accepted, and the courthouse building prompted development of the area, which Nelson would not live to see.

In other business ventures, Nelson was a corporator of the Minnesota Mutual Fire Insurance Company in 1848. In 1853, he became one of the corporators of the Louisiana and Minnesota Railroad Company, the St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and the Minnesota Western Railroad Company. In 1854, a stock company consisting of Nelson and others published Stillwater's first newspaper, the St. Croix Union – a Democratic-leaning, weekly periodical which was printed until 1857. On January 27, 1867 Nelson became a corporator of the Stillwater & St. Paul Railroad.

Political career

In 1846, Nelson was elected treasurer for St. Croix County, Wisconsin Territory, and in 1847, he was elected treasurer and county commissioner. That year, he was appointed master in chancery for the county by Territorial Governor Henry Dodge.

When the state of Wisconsin was carved out of the Wisconsin Territory in 1848, some portions of eastern Minnesota (including Stillwater) were not accounted for, and left without representation in Washington, D.C. Nelson was one of a seven-person committee that met at the Stillwater convention on August 26, 1848 and gathered sixty-one signatures for a petition to Congress that led to the 1849 establishment of the Minnesota Territory. A group of citizens organized elections for a congressional representative from the Minnesota Territory, held on October 30, 1848. Henry Hastings Sibley became Minnesota's first representative, with 236 votes; Henry Mower Rice was second, with 122 votes; and Nelson finished third as a write-in candidate, where he received 19 unanimous votes from the precinct in which his lumber camp was located, but no votes from any other precinct.

On October 20, 1849, Nelson was involved with the organization of the Minnesota Democratic Party at a convention held in Saint Paul. That same year, he was elected treasurer for the newly formed Washington County, Minnesota Territory.

From February 1851 to February 1859, Nelson served on the University of Minnesota's first board of regents; he was part of the 1856 building committee that solicited plans for necessary buildings. He was Minnesota Territorial Auditor under Governor Willis A. Gorman from May 15, 1853, to January 17, 1854.

Nelson was a commissioner for Washington County in 1852, 1855, and 1856. In 1858, he organized Baytown Township on the south side of Stillwater. That May, he named the township of Greenfield (later renamed to Grant Township) just east of Stillwater after his former Massachusetts home.

In 1858, Nelson was nominated by the Minnesota Democratic Party as a candidate for state senator. He was elected as a Democrat from the 1st district on October 12, 1858, and served in the Minnesota Senate from 1859 to 1861. During his term in the 2nd Minnesota Legislature, he was on the Railroad and Railroad Bonds Special Committee and the State Prison Committee. As part of the committee on railroads, Nelson co-authored a report with Lucius K. Stannard on February 4, 1860, recommending the expungement of Article IX Section 10 of the Minnesota Constitution – known as the Loan Amendment. The amendment was introduced in 1858 to expedite the development of railway infrastructure and authorized a total of up to $5 million () in loans for railroad companies. Section 10 was expunged soon thereafter during the 1860 presidential election. On March 5, 1860, he was one of five Democrats in the Minnesota Senate to vote in favor of a failed bill to legalize bringing slaves in to Minnesota temporarily.

On October 12, 1860, the Democratic District Convention met and nominated Nelson for state senator from the 2nd district; Republicans nominated Joel K. Reiner, a physician who had previously served the 1st district in the 1st Minnesota Legislature. Reiner won the election held on November 6, 1860, defeating Nelson as part of a string of legislative gains for Minnesota's Republican Party.

Nelson served on the Stillwater City Council from 1863 to 1865. In 1864, he was elected as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention, where he voted for George B. McClellan.

Later life and legacy

Nelson served as president of the Old Settlers Association in 1859 and 1866.  (The association accepted as members only persons who were residents of the territory before 1850; Nelson was a charter member when it was founded in 1857.) In 1866, he was a trustee for the local society of Christian universalists.

In 1867, after being ill for several months and bedridden for several weeks, Nelson died of tuberculosis in Stillwater on the morning of May 6 at the age of 53. Most of the city's businesses closed that afternoon in observance of his death.

Nelson's estate was valued at around $100,000 () when he died. His daughter Emma died in 1880 and Betsey died in 1885; the estate was valued at under $1,000 () by September 1901 due to extravagant spending by Emma's alcoholic husband.

A plaque on the north portico of the Washington County Historic Courthouse commemorates the date when Nelson and Churchill sold the block of land for its construction. , the building was the longest-standing courthouse in Minnesota. Nelson Street, perpendicular to the St. Croix riverfront in Stillwater, is named for him.  Nelson's shop was converted into a furniture store but torn down for lumber in March 1911. On September 28, 1885, the Nelson School, named after him, opened in Stillwater.

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1814 births
1867 deaths
People from Conway, Massachusetts
People from Stillwater, Minnesota
American city founders
Deerfield Academy alumni
Businesspeople from Minnesota
County commissioners in Minnesota
Minnesota city council members
Minnesota Territory officials
Democratic Party Minnesota state senators
University of Minnesota people
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American businesspeople
19th-century Christian universalists
American proslavery activists
Activists from Minnesota


title: Takhteh Sang

text:
Takhteh Sang (), also rendered as Takht-e Sang or Takht-i-Sang, may refer to:
 Takhteh Sang-e Olya
 Takhteh Sang-e Sofla


title: Ayas Jan

text:
Ayas Jan (, also Romanized as Ayās Jān; also known as Ayāz Jān, Yāsgūn, and Yāstagān) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,009, in 239 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Eslamabad, Sepidan

text:
Eslamabad (, also Romanized as Eslāmābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 248, in 53 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Babolbam

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Babolbam (, also Romanized as Bābolbām and Bāb ol Bām) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 403, in 102 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Bosar Jan

text:
Bosar Jan (, also Romanized as Bosār Jān) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 339, in 86 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Buzanjan-e Olya

text:
Buzanjan-e Olya (, also Romanized as Būzanjān-e ‘Olyā; also known as Būzanjān) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 105, in 29 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Buzanjan-e Sofla

text:
Buzanjan-e Sofla (, also Romanized as Būzanjān-e Soflá; also known as Būrenjān) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 81, in 18 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Chah Chah

text:
Chah Chah (, also Romanized as Chāh Chāh) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 43, in 9 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Ebrahimabad, Sepidan

text:
Ebrahimabad (, also Romanized as Ebrāhīmābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 356, in 91 families.

References

Populated places in Sepidan County


title: Fakhrabad, Sepidan

text:
Fakhrabad (, also Romanized as Fakhrābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 251, in 56 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Jahan Nama, Fars

text:
Jahan Nama (, also Romanized as Jahān Namā and Jahān Nemā) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 85, in 19 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Jian, Beyza

text:
Jian (, also Romanized as Jīān and Jīyān) is a village in Beyza Rural District of the Central District of Beyza County, Fars province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,107 in 444 households, when it was in the former Beyza District of Sepidan County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,983 people in 577 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,905 people in 561 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

In October 2019, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Beyza County and divided into two districts of two rural districts each.

References

Beyza County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Gervan, Fars

text:
Gervan (, also Romanized as Gervān and Garrevān) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 205, in 50 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Hajjiabad, Sepidan

text:
Hajjiabad (, also Romanized as Ḩājjīābād, Ḩajīābād, and Ḩājīābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 476, in 114 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Habashabad

text:
Habashabad (, also Romanized as Ḩabashābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 141, in 30 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Hamidabad, Sepidan

text:
Hamidabad (, also Romanized as Ḩamīdābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95, in 26 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Hoseynabad-e Sarab

text:
Hoseynabad-e Sarab (, also Romanized as Ḩoseynābād-e Sarāb and Ḩoseynābād Sarāb) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 292, in 65 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Yahyaabad, Sepidan

text:
Yahyaabad (, also Romanized as Yaḩyáābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 90, in 17 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Jafarabad, Sepidan

text:
Jafarabad (, also Romanized as Ja‘farābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 490, in 113 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Kheyrabad, Sepidan

text:
Kheyrabad (, also Romanized as Kheyrābād and Khairābād) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 204, in 52 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Aliabad-e Sar Tang

text:
Aliabad-e Sar Tang (, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād-e Sar Tang; also known as ‘Alīābād-e Tang) is a village in Beyza Rural District, Beyza District, Sepidan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 554, in 126 families.

References

Populated places in Beyza County


title: Messaoud Berkous

text:
Messaoud Berkous (, born 20 July 1989) is an Algerian handball player for Istres Provence Handball.

Career
Messaoud Berkous started his career with JPA Aïn El Bia in the town of Aïn Bya, Oran Province.

References

External links
 Player's profile - Eurosport

Living people
Algerian male handball players
Sportspeople from Oran
1989 births
Algerian expatriates in Qatar
Mediterranean Games competitors for Algeria
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games
21st-century Algerian people


title: Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's half marathon

text:
The women's half marathon event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held in Beijing, China on 1 September.

Results

References

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
2001 in women's athletics
2001


title: Maro Litra

text:
Maro Litra (), born as Maria Litra (} on 3 November 1970 in Montreal, Quebec), is a Greek singer. She studied music at McGill University Conservatory of Music.

Biography
She was born in Montreal, Canada on 3 November 1970  by Greek parents from Lefkada and Missolonghi, Greece. She studied music at McGill University Conservatory of Music. For many years she worked as singer in Montreal's nightclubs and restaurants. She began her career after she was competing in the second edition of the Greek talent show Fame Story. She has released 2 albums, several singles and she has won 2 awards in MAD Video Music Awards.She has collaborated with some important artists in Greece: Nikos Vertis, Stamatis Gonidis, Natasa Theodoridou, Peggy Zina, Notis Sfakianakis, Vasilis Karras, Antypas, Giorgos Tsalikis, Nikos Makropoulos, Nikos Oikonomopoulos, Julie Massino, Kostas Karafotis, Dakis.

Career

2000-2001: Early years
In 2000 she met the Greek singer Giorgos Alkaios, who offered her to work with him at a nightclub in Greece.
On 24 April 2001 she released her first CD-Single Kiss My Remix by Kewl Records, which includes six covers of Greek hits: «Akros Tolmiro» (Despina Vandi), «Sto Dromo Ola Petamena» (Evridiki), «To Allo Miso» (Despina Vandi), «Pes Mou Ti Sou Efteksa» (Natasa Theodoridou), «Spania» (Despina Vandi) and «Simadi Sto Lemo» (Evridiki).

2004: Fame Story & Collaboration with Julie Massino
In 2004 she was competing in the second edition of the Greek talent show Fame Story and she managed to reach the semifinals. When she left the talent show, she participated in Julie Massino's album «I'm In Love» with a duet called «Oso Girizi I Gi» which was certified gold.

2005-2006: Mikres Amarties
In 2005, Maro Litra signs a contract with Heaven Music and released her first album Mikres Amarties (Small Sins). The album was distinguished by the first single "Iparhi Alli" as long as by the songs "Thymisou", "File" and her duet "Thelo Na Sou Po" (I Want To Tell You) with Kostas Karafotis which included in the reissue of her album. Two songs "Ma Den Boro Na Se Ksehaso" and "Mi Me Kitas" were written by Natalia Germanou.
In the spring of 2005, Litra started performing at club «Posidonio»  with Nikos Vertis. For the winter season of 2005–2006, she started her second round of performances at club «Posidonio». At the Mad Video Music Awards she was nominated as «best debut artist» with her song Iparhi Alli and she performed live with Constantinos Christoforou a mashup of the hits "Crazy In Love / Ain't Nobody". On 14 June 2006 Maro Litra appeared on MAD Video Music Awards and performed the song "Baila Morena" with Christos Dantis.
For the winter season 2006-2007 she performed at «Votanikos»  with Stamatis Gonidis, Natasa Theodoridou and Giorgos Lianos.

2007: I Mihani Tou Hronou (Phoebus era)
In 2007, Maro Litra collaborated with the popular songwriter Phoebus. He wrote 4 songs of Litra's next album, I Mihani Tou Hronou (The Time Machine) which includes 11 new tracks. The album was distinguished by the first single "I Mihani Tou Hronou" as long as by the songs "Metaniosa", "Gyrizo", "Ola Ki Ola" written by Phoebus, "Ke Ti Katalaveno" and "Gyalia Spasmena". The duet "Ine Trela" with Giorgos Lianos were written by Stamatis Gonidis for their performances at «Votanikos». She performed the track "Summer Wine" with Kostas Martakis on 25 June 2007 at the MAD Video Music Awards, where she won the category "Sexy Video Clip" with the music video "I Mihani Tou Hronou". For the summer season she performed at «Thea» with Nikos Makropoulos and Nikos Oikonomopoulos. For the winter season 2007-2008 she performed at «FIX», Thessaloniki with Giorgos Tsalikis and Goin' Through.

2008-2009: Taxidiotes Psihis & Elpizo Pia Se Mena
In 2008, she collaborated with the band Taxidiotes Psihis for the duet "De Theli Logo I Kardia N' Agapa", written by Pantelis Makris. On March of 2009 she released her new digital single with Heaven Music Kaneis Lathos (feat. TNS), written by Konstantinos Pantzis. It was the first single of her upcoming album Elpizo Pia Se Mena, but the release was canceled. Some years later, the self titled "Elpizo Pia Se Mena" was leaked on YouTube. On 24 June 2009 she performed live at the MAD Video Music Awards the song "It's Not Right (Tha Kano To Sosto)" and she won the category "Best Duet/Featuring" with "Kaneis Lathos". In the autumn of 2009, Litra started performing at club «FIX», Thessaloniki with Vasilis Karras & Dionysis Makris.

2010: Collaboration with Toni Cottura & move to "Sony Music"
In 2010, Litra signs a contract with Sony Music Entertainment and the producer Toni Cottura asks her to collaborate on some new songs. Their first single "Elevator Love" was released in two versions (English & Greek) by Sony Music Entertainment. At the Mad Video Music Awards she was nominated as «Sexy Video Clip» with the Elevator Love. Her second single with Cottura "Unut Onu / Miss You Like Crazy" was a duet with the Turkish singer İsmi Sina. On 7 May 2010 she released a new cover of the classical song of Vicky Leandros "To Mistiko Sou" (Something's Got a Hold of My Heart). In November 2010 she released a new digital single with Cobalt Music "Ora Na Pigaineis" written by Konstantinos Pantzis & Posidonas Giannopoulos. For the winter season 2010-2011 she performed at «EDO Athens Club Restaurant» with Christos Kiprianidis & Giorgos Christou.

2011: Collaboration with Notis Sfakianakis & Return to Canada
In 2011 she released her new digital single "Ise Oti Agapao" written by Andreas Lambrou. On 29 April 2011 Litra collaborated with Notis Sfakianakis at «Pili Aksiou» in Thessaloniki. For the summer season she was on tour with the rapper BO. In September 2011 she decided to move back to Canada, because of Greece's economic crisis.

2016: Ti Den Katalavenis & Makria Kai Agapimeni
On May of 2016, Litra decided to make a "comeback" with two new songs written by Stavros Zacharias and Nikos Tassiopoulos, and released from Smile Records. The first digital single "Ti Den Katalavenis" released on 19 May 2016. The second single "Makria Ke Agapimeni" released on 18 July 2016. After a year, she released a new summer remix of her single "Makria Ke Agapimeni", on 17 May 2017.

2020: Soon & Gone
In 2020, Litra collaborated with the band "The Far Removed" (Tony Marcello & Dionyssios Roussianos) and she released a new digital single called "Soon". In November 2020 she released by Real Music her new pop dance single "Gone" written by "The Far Removed".

2021: Greece
In 2021 she signs a contract with Heaven Music / 314 Records and she released her new single and music video "Greece" written by "The Far Removed".

References

External links
Maro Litra in gossip-tv.gr

1970 births
Living people
21st-century Greek women singers
Singers from Montreal
21st-century Canadian women singers


title: Kemal Vrioni

text:
Kemal Vrioni (1885–1952) was an Albanian political figure of the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography
Kemal Vrioni was a member of the Vrioni family, a major landowning family from the Ottoman cast. He was the main landowner in the Fier region. Born in Fier in 1885. He studied economics public administration in Istanbul.
Qemal Vrioni was a participant at the Congress of Durrës in December 1918. He was Assemblyman of Albanian Parliament during 1921-1928. He was involved in the anti-Zogist Uprising of Fier in 1935. Unlike other organizers like Costa Chekrezi, Musa Kranja, or Xhevahir Arapi who fled the country or were severely punished, he managed to come out unharmed. In 1938-1939 he was appointed in charge of SITA, an Italian corporation operating in Albania in the field of electrical equipment and infrastructure. He would be replaced later by Salih Bey Vuçitërni.

In 1940, during the Italian Occupation he took over the direction of the Tomorri newspaper, a fascist media which succeeded Fashizmi (Fascism). He was Minister of Finance in the government of Shefqet Vërlaci of 1940 succeeding Fejzi Alizoti.

At the end of World War II he was arrested by the Albanian Partisans, proceeded at the Special Court of Spring 1945 which handled many previous politicians at that time. He was initially sentenced to death as "war criminal" and "enemy of the people", but later the charge was changed to prison time. According to Elsie, he died in Burrel prison in 1946. According to Aliko, he was condemned to 10 years of imprisonment, and released in 1952, being persecuted ever after. All the properties and estates were confiscated.

Vrioni was accused during the 1920s  for brutal behavior towards his estates' peasants, including driving them out of his land and burning their homes. He was unsuccessfully brought to court for that.

See also
Ilias Vrioni

References

1885 births
1946 deaths
People from Fier
Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire
19th-century Albanian politicians
20th-century Albanian politicians
Qemal
Government ministers of Albania
Finance ministers of Albania


title: Orhan Ovacıklı

text:
Orhan Ovacıklı (born 23 November 1988) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a right back for TFF First League club Erzurumspor.

External links

1988 births
Footballers from İzmir
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Bandırmaspor footballers
Çaykur Rizespor footballers
Erzurumspor F.K. footballers
Süper Lig players
TFF First League players
TFF Second League players
TFF Third League players


title: Woog

text:
A woog (from wâc, a Middle High German hydronym) is the local name for a body of still water in parts of southwest Germany. A woog may be of natural origin or manmade.

Distribution of the name
The name is used for waterbodies in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate (being especially common in the Palatine Forest), the Saarland, in South Hesse (commonly in the Odenwald) and in the state of Baden-Württemberg (Nordbaden); even the names of roads or settlements are derived from such bodies of water. Examples are:

Baden-Württemberg
 Woogsee, natural lake near Rastatt in the basin of the Kinzig-Murg-Rinne

Hesse
 Großer Woog, reservoir on the Darmbach

Rhineland-Palatinate
 Biedenbacher Woog, reservoir on the Leinbach
 Büttelwoog, campsite near Dahn
 Dämmelswoog, reservoir near Fischbach
 Eiswoog, reservoir on the Eisbach
 Finsterthaler Woog, reservoir on the Leinbach
 Franzosenwoog, former reservoir on the Hochspeyerbach
 Gelterswoog, reservoir of tributaries of the Aschbach
 Hammerwoog, reservoir in Kaiserslautern
 Kammerwoog, former woog on the Nahe in Idar-Oberstein, today a section of the river
 Katzenwoog, reservoir on the Erlenbach near Kaiserslautern
 Kolbenwoog, reservoir on a tributary of the Aschbach
 Mörstadter Woog, reservoir on the northern perimeter of Mörstadt
 Mühlwoog, reservoir on the Leinbach, just before its confluence with the Hochspeyerbach
 Niederhausener Woog (also Niederhausener reservoir), reservoir der Nahe between Norheim and Niederhausen
 Pfälzerwoog (also Pfalzwoog), reservoir on a right tributary of the Saarbach
 Salzwoog, district of Lemberg, named after an old reservoir on the Salzbach
 Scheidelberger Woog, nature reserve between Miesau and Hütschenhausen
 Schweinswoog, reservoir on the Eußerbach
 Seewoog, reservoir on the Leinbach near Waldleiningen
 Sixmeisterwoog reservoir on the Aggenbach near Otterberg
 Spießwoog, reservoir near Fischbach
 Stüdenwoog reservoir on the Eppenbrunner Bach
 Vogelwoog, reservoir and surrounding nature reserve on the edge of Kaiserslautern
 Woogfelsen rocks, a heritage site on the Biedenbacher Woog in Frankenstein (Pfalz)

Saarland
 Alter Woog, road name in the old town of St. Wendel
 Am Altwoog, road name in the Neunkirchen district of Furpach
 Merwoog, road name in Kirrberg derived from an old reservoir on the Lambsbach
 Möhlwoog, reservoir on the Erbach near Homburg-Jägersburg
 Woogbachtal (also Ensheimer Gelösch), valley with ponds near Saarbrücken-Ensheim Airport
 Zum Altwoog, road name in Fürth im Ostertal

References

Hydrogeology
Hydronymy


title: Gervan

text:
Gervan or Garrevan () may refer to:
 Gervan, Fars
 Gervan, Sistan and Baluchestan


title: Cairnholy

text:
Cairnholy (or Cairn Holy) is the site of two Neolithic chambered tombs of the Clyde type. It is located 4 kilometres east of the village of Carsluith in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. The tombs are scheduled monuments in the care of Historic Scotland.

The name Cairnholy represents Gaelic *Càrn na h-ulaidhe ‘cairn of the stone tomb’.

Description
The Cairnholy tombs are situated on a hillside overlooking Wigtown Bay. They are situated next to Cairnholy Farm. The site can be accessed at the end of a minor road about 1 kilometre from the A75 road. The two tombs lie within 150 metres of each other.

Both tombs lie open to the sky as most of their original covering stones have been taken in the past to build field walls. Both tombs were partially excavated in 1949 by Stuart Piggott and Terence Powell. Finds from the excavations are in the National Museum of Scotland.

Cairnholy I

Cairnholy I () is the more elaborate of the two tombs. It measures 50 by 15 metres and has a monumental curving façade, that formed the backdrop to a forecourt in front of the tomb. Excavation showed that several fires had been lit in the forecourt.

The tomb itself has two chambers. The outer chamber, which was entered through the façade, contained a fragment of a jadeite ceremonial axe, together with sherds of Neolithic pottery and a leaf-shaped arrowhead. Late grave-goods comprised Peterborough-ware and Beaker-ware pottery sherds and a flint knife. The inner chamber was built as a closed box, and was inaccessible from the outer one. It was probably originally roofed by a great stone slab resting on the two taller end-slabs. The inner chamber contained a secondary cist, with food vessel sherds and a cup-and-ring carved stone.

Cairnholy II

Cairnholy II () is located to the north of Cairnholy I. Local tradition maintains that it was the tomb of Galdus, a mythical Scottish king. It is from this tomb that the nearby farm takes its name. It measures 20 by 12 metres, and is less than 60 centimetres high. It has been robbed of stones but there are still two portal stones in front of the chambered tomb. There is a very shallow v-shaped forecourt at the front of the tomb. The tomb contained two chambers. The rear chamber had been previously robbed, and the other disturbed, but an arrowhead and a flint knife were found within the filling, along with secondary sherds of Beaker pottery.

Other prehistoric monuments
Around 160 metres to the east of Cairnholy farm is the remains of circular cairn less than 15 centimetres high (). When stones were being removed from it some time before 1849, it was found to contain human bones.

The area is surrounded with rocks bearing cup and ring marks.

Kirkdale Church
Around 700 metres to the west are the ruins of Kirkdale Church. The church was dedicated to St Michael. Kirkdale, which belonged to Whithorn Priory, was originally a separate parish, which united with Kirkmabreck in 1618. The church is enclosed by an overgrown burial ground.

References

External links

Archaeological sites in Wigtownshire
Historic Scotland properties in Dumfries and Galloway
Megalithic monuments in Scotland
Neolithic Scotland
Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Dumfries and Galloway
Chambered cairns in Scotland


title: Planck star

text:
In loop quantum gravity theory, a Planck star is a hypothetical astronomical object, theorized as a compact, exotic star, that exists within a black hole's event horizon, created when the energy density of a collapsing star reaches the Planck energy density. Under these conditions, assuming gravity and spacetime are quantized, a repulsive "force" arises from Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. The accumulation of mass–energy inside the Planck star cannot collapse beyond this limit because it violates the uncertainty principle for spacetime itself.

The key feature of this theoretical object is that this repulsion arises from the energy density, not the Planck length, and starts taking effect far earlier than might be expected. This repulsive "force" is strong enough to stop the star's collapse well before a singularity is formed and, indeed, well before the Planck scale for distance. Since a Planck star is calculated to be considerably larger than the Planck scale, there is adequate room for all the information captured inside a black hole to be encoded in the star; thus, avoiding information loss.

While it might be expected that such a repulsion would act very quickly to reverse the collapse of a star, it turns out that the relativistic effects of the extreme gravity of such an object slow down time for the Planck star to a similarly extreme degree. Seen from outside the star's Schwarzschild radius, the rebound from a Planck star takes approximately fourteen billion years, such that even primordial black holes are only now starting to rebound from an outside perspective. Furthermore, the emission of Hawking radiation can be calculated to correspond to the timescale of gravitational effects on time, such that the event horizon that "forms" a black hole evaporates as the rebound proceeds.

Carlo Rovelli and Francesca Vidotto, who first proposed the existence of Planck stars, theorized in 2014 that Planck stars form inside black holes as a solution to the black hole firewall and the black hole information paradox. Confirmation of emissions from rebounding black holes could provide evidence for loop quantum gravity. Recent work demonstrates that Planck stars may exist inside black holes as part of a cycle between black and white holes.

A somewhat analogous object theorized under string theory is the fuzzball, which similarly eliminates the singularity within a black hole and accounts for a way to preserve the quantum information that falls into a black hole's event horizon.

See also
 List of nearest black holes
 Supermassive black hole
 Intermediate-mass black hole
 Stellar black hole
 Micro black hole
 Neutron star

References

Star types
Hypothetical stars
Black holes


title: ASV De Dijk

text:
Amsterdamse Sport Vereniging De Dijk is a football club based in the Amsterdam borough of Amsterdam-Noord, in the neighborhood of Schellingwoude. Founded on 1 June 1930 out of a fusion of two clubs, Rood Wit-A and ASV Schellingwoude, they are currently members of the Eerste Klasse, the sixth tier of the Dutch football league system. They play their home matches at Sportpark Schellingwoude.

History
Rood Wit-A were founded on 13 April 1921 as VVA (Voetbal Vereniging Augustinus) joining the Katholieke Voetbalbund (Catholic football union). The name of the club was then changed to RKVVA, following the fusion of the IVCB and the KNVB, in order to tell them apart from VVA who were already competing in the KNVB. In 1957 the club merged with the gymnastics and handball clubs SVA and VDO, as well as the table tennis club KK (Katholieke Kring), becoming an Omni sports club by the name of RKSV Rood Wit Amsterdam.

ASV Schellingwoude were founded on 23 July 1921 as VVS (Voetbal Vereniging Schellingwoude). The club competed in the NHVB at first, before joining the AVB, with both leagues being under the KNVB. A handball team was established as well during the club's 25th anniversary, and the name was subsequently changed to Amsterdamse Sportvereniging Schellingwoude.

On 1 June 1999 the two clubs merged. The new team colors became red-blue-white, with the new name referring to the Schellingwouderdijk upon which the team's ground Sportpark Schellingwoude was built. In 2011 the club's Sunday team won their third consecutive championship, when the team was promoted for three consecutive seasons from the Vierde Klasse to the Eerste Klasse, followed by promotion to the Hoofdklasse. In 2016 they won entry to the Derde Divisie after finishing second.

Team management
ASV De Dijk are the first football club in Amsterdam to have a completely separate Management Column for "Team Development", working exclusively on the team's position in society as a sports club. De Dijk is the first amateur football club to partner with the John Blankenstein Foundation. By partnering with Right to Play the club's youth teams play with the RtP print on the shirt, and a portion of the proceeds are donated to the cause of their charity.

Through active collaborative efforts, the team and its sponsors use the partnership as a means to promote team related activities, commonly in the name of teamwork and social responsibility.

Honours
Derde Divisie (Sunday clubs)
2016–17

Eerste Klasse (Sunday clubs)
2012–13

Tweede Klasse (Sunday clubs)
2010–11

Derde Klasse (Sunday clubs)
2009–10

Vierde Klasse (Sunday clubs)
2008–09

References

External links
 ASV De Dijk - official website

Football clubs in the Netherlands
Football clubs in Amsterdam
1999 establishments in the Netherlands
Association football clubs established in 1999


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Evan J. Vickers is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah State Senate representing District 28 since January 1, 2013. Vickers previously served in the Utah State Legislature from January 1, 2009, until December 31, 2012, in the Utah House of Representatives District 72 seat.

Personal life, education, and career
Vickers earned his BS in pharmacy from the University of Utah. He is a pharmacist by profession and has won the Pharmacist of the Year award from the Utah Pharmacist Association. Vickers has also been associated with the Utah Pharmacists Association (on the board of directors), American Associated Pharmacies (on the board of directors), Iron Mission Foundation Board, and Valley View Medical Center Board of Directors.

Vickers has been married to his wife, Chris for 36 years and they have 5 children together.

Political career
Vickers started his political career by serving on the Cedar City Council from 1987 to 1999. He then served in the House of Representatives from 2009 to 2012. He was elected to his Senate seat in 2012. Throughout his time in the Legislature, Vickers has been awarded the Legislator of the Year for the Utah Pharmacist Association, the NFIB Utah Small Business Champion of the Year, and the Man of the Year.

In 2016, Vickers served on the following committees:
Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee
Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate Health and Human Services Committee (chair)
Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee

Elections
Vickers ran for reelection in 2014 unopposed in the general election and won. He had one challenger in the primary that he beat.

2012
Vickers challenged appointed Republican Senator Casey O. Anderson in the special election June 26, 2012, Republican Primary, winning with 6,549 votes (66%) and won the November 6, 2012, general election with 28,073 votes (82.6%) against Democratic nominee Geoffrey Chestnut.

2010
Vickers was unopposed for the June 22, 2010, Republican Primary and won the November 2, 2010 general election with 7,356 votes (83.5%) against Libertarian candidate Barry Short.

In 2008 Vickers challenged House District 72 incumbent Republican Representative DeMar Bowman and was selected by the Republican convention for the three-way November 4, 2008 general election, winning with 10,238 votes (74.8%) against Democratic nominee Lawrence Daniel (who had run for the seat in 2006).

Legislation

2016 sponsored bills

References

External links
Official page at the Utah State Legislature
Campaign site
Evan Vickers at Ballotpedia
Evan J. Vickers at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

1954 births
21st-century American politicians
Living people
Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
People from Cedar City, Utah
People from Panguitch, Utah
University of Utah alumni
Utah city council members
Republican Party Utah state senators