title: Gaur Yamuna City

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Gaur Yamuna City is a group housing residential city located near Yamuna Expressway. Spread over 101 hectares (250 acres), Gaur Yamuna City is being developed by Gaursons India, through the construction of plots, villas, and apartments. The township has 20,000 residential apartments as well as hospitals, schools, and commercial complexes.

The land on which Gaur Yamuna City resides was originally part of the Dankaur Village and after its acquisition, the land was allocated to Jaypee Group for the development of Yamuna Expressway. This land acquisition saw protests by farmers in 2011 and the issue was resolved when farmers got additional compensation for their land and 7% of the developed land in lieu of the acquired land. Gaursons India purchased this land from Jaypee Group for ₹1500 crore and will be investing ₹5000 crore in its development over the next 4 years starting in 2014. It is the first integrated township on the Yamuna expressway which will connect to the upcoming Jewar Airport.

References

External links
 Gaur Yamuna City

 Cities and towns in Gautam Buddh Nagar district


title: Alex Deibold

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Alexander "Alex" Deibold (born May 8, 1986) is an American snowboarder from Manchester, Vermont. Deibold won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Deibold who started snowboarding at the age of four, was a backup and wax technician at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
Deibold graduated from the Stratton Mountain School, Vermont in 2004. He attended with fellow Olympians Lindsey Jacobellis, Louie Vito, and Danny Davis.

References

External links

 Alex Deibold at U.S. Ski & Snowboard

1986 births
Living people
American male snowboarders
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in snowboarding
Olympic medalists in snowboarding
People from Manchester, Vermont
Sportspeople from Vermont
X Games athletes
21st-century American sportsmen


title: William J. Barry

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William John Barry (born 1943 in Ireland) is a phonetician in Germany.

Academic life
He moved to Germany in his early years and was mainly educated at the University of Kiel by the German phonetician Klaus J. Kohler. In 1992, he was appointed to the Chair of Phonetics at Saarland University. His principal research areas were speech synthesis, rhythm and segmental structures, the application of linguistics to questions of pronunciation learning, speech-language pathology and speech technology in general.

Barry's innovative and productive research and his close co-operation with the Institute of Computational Linguistics at Saarland University as well as with the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (also Saarbruecken) made the Saarbruecken Institute of Phonetics an outstanding pillar of science in Europe. In 2007, Barry held the chair at the 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS). He became an emeritus professor in 2008.

Barry is currently a council member of the International Phonetic Association and editor of PHONUS journal.

Selected works
Most of his publications resulted from co-operation with other researchers:
 1979: ""Time" in the Production and Perception of Speech" (with Klaus J. Kohler)
 1995: "Schwa vs. schwa + /r/ in German", Phonetica 52, 1995. p. 228-235
 1996: "The relevance of phonetics for pronunciation teaching", PHONUS 2, 1996, Saarbrücken. p. 5-20
 1996: "Some fundamental problems of looking at connected speech", Arbeitsberichte des Instituts für Phonetik und Digitale Sprachverarbeitung der Universität Kiel (AIPUK) 31, 1996. p. 113-117
 1997: "Another R-tickle", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 27 1 & 2, 1997, 35-45
 1998: (with J. Trouvain, C.Nielsen & O. Andersen) "Implications of energy declination for speech synthesis", Proceedings 3rd ESCA/COCOSDA Worksop on Speech Synthesis, Jenolan Caves 1998, 47-52
 1998: "Time as a factor in the acoustic variation of schwa", Proceedings ICSLP 5, Sydney 1998, Paper 554
 1999: "Trends und Ergebnisse der phonetischen Forschung und ihr Nutzen für den Fremdsprachenunterricht", Deutsch als Fremdsprache 36.2 1999, p. 81-87
 1999: "Soziophonetische Betrachtungen zu deutschen Dialekten in Lothringen (Frankreich)", Folia Linguistica XXXII, 3-4, 1999, 161-199
 2000: (with J. Trouvain) "The prosody of excitement in horse race commentaries", Proceedings ISCA Workshop on Speech and Emotion: A Conceptual Framework for Research,
September 5–7, 2000. p. 86-91, Belfast, Northern Ireland
 2001: (with B. Andreeva) "Cross-language Similarities and Differences in Spontaneous Speech Patterns", Journal of the International Phonetics Association, 31.1, 2001, 51-66
 2001: (with C. Nielsen and O. Andersen) "Must diphone synthesis be so unnatural?", Proc. Eurospeech 2001 Scandinavia, Aalborg.
 2002: "Differential weighting of phonetic properties in cross-dialectal perception"
 2002: (with H. Eckert) The Phonetics and Phonology of English Pronunciation (Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier)
 2003: (with B. Andreeva, M. Russo, S. Dimitrova, & T. Kostadinova) "Do Rhythm Measures Tell us Anything about Language Type?", Proc. 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona 2003
 2004: "Interaction between segmental structure and rhythm. A look at Italian dialects and regional standard Italian"
 2004: (with M. Pützer) "Methodische Aspekte der auditiven Bewertung von Stimmqualität", Sprache Stimme Gehör 28, 2004, pp. 1–10
 2005: Phonetic knowledge in speech technology - and phonetic knowledge from speech technology (Springer Verlag)
 2006: (with P. Howell and D. Vinson) "Strength of British English accents in altered listening conditions", Perception and Psychophysics 68 (1) 2006, 139-153
 2007: "Rhythm as an L2 problem: How prosodic is it?" in Jürgen Trouvain and Ulrike Gut (eds.), Non-Native Prosody. Phonetic Description and Teaching Practice Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter 2007, 97-120
 2008: (with Jürgen Trouvain) "Do we need a symbol for a central open vowel?", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 38 No. 3, 2008, 349-357.

References

External links
 University homepage
 dblp computer science bibliography

Phoneticians
Phonologists
Computational linguistics researchers
Irish emigrants to Germany
1943 births
Living people


title: Trevor Jacob

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Trevor Daniel Jacob (born August 6, 1993) is an American snowboard cross competitor, extreme sports athlete, YouTuber, and former aircraft pilot.  He represented the United States in snowboarding in the 2014 Winter Olympics.

In December 2021, Jacob posted a YouTube video in which he parachuted out of a light aircraft claiming engine failure. The Federal Aviation Administration revoked his pilot certificate after determining that he had crashed the plane for the sole purpose of filming it. In May 2023, Jacob pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge of destroying the aircraft wreckage without authorization or supervision while lying to federal investigators about its disposition.

Athletic career
A native of Mammoth Lakes, California, Jacob competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. He made it to the semifinal of the men's snowboard cross, where he failed to qualify for the final. He lost by inches to fellow American Alex Deibold, who went on to earn the bronze medal. Jacob ultimately finished ninth.

Jacob competed in snowboard cross at the Winter X Games in 2014, 2015, and 2016, with a best finish of fifth place in the 2016 competition.

In addition to snowboarding, Jacob has participated in skateboarding, surfing, BMX riding, motocross and mixed martial arts, and was part of Travis Pastrana's Nitro Circus collective.

YouTube
Jacob produced videos for YouTube and has become known for skydiving, aviation and snowboarding content. By January 2022, his YouTube channel had over 100,000 subscribers.

Airplane crash

Jacob owned a Taylorcraft BL-65, a 1940 vintage single-engine light aircraft registered as N29508. On November 24, 2021, he took off from Lompoc Airport alone, claiming that he was flying to Mammoth Mountain to spread ashes of his friend Johnny Strange. The aircraft was described by sources at Lompoc Airport as "in need of major maintenance." Unusually for him when piloting, indeed for pilots of most civil aircraft, Jacob wore a bulky skydiving parachute, a style that is awkward to wear in a small Taylorcraft with standard seats. The aircraft was outfitted with several digital cameras to film the flight, and Jacob carried a selfie stick.

During the flight, the engine stopped running and Jacob parachuted to the ground, suffering minor injuries on landing. The unoccupied aircraft crashed into unpopulated scrubland in Los Padres National Forest near New Cuyama, California, and was substantially damaged. Jacob walked to the crash site before hiking out and saying that the engine had failed.

A month later, Jacob released an edited video depicting many of these events on his YouTube channel. It does not show the aircraft controls nor engine instruments when the engine stops running. Jacob is also not seen carrying out basic aviation emergency procedures such as trying to restart the engine, contacting air traffic control, or initiating a forced landing despite potential landing sites being visible. These and other unusual behaviors led to skepticism from the aviation community, who suspected that the crash was a deliberate publicity stunt.

Jacob denied having purposefully left the aircraft to crash, saying that "People can believe whatever they choose."

Investigations
Two days after the accident, Jacob reported the crash to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which immediately opened an investigation and ordered Jacob to preserve the wreckage for examination and share all of his video footage of the incident; Jacob agreed to do so. The NTSB does not normally investigate off-airport general aviation crashes that do not involve serious injuries to persons, flight control problems, or substantial damage to property other than the aircraft itself. Three days later, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also opened an investigation. Jacob told the NTSB and FAA that he could not remember exactly where the crash took place despite having hiked to and from the site to recover his cameras. The U.S. Forest Service said that the aircraft wreckage was removed from Los Padres under mysterious circumstances before the YouTube video was posted. Jacob told FAA and NTSB investigators that he could not explain why the wreck seemingly vanished.

In April 2022, the FAA determined that Jacob indeed abandoned the aircraft solely to film the crash. The FAA cited his opening of the cabin door prior to the purported engine failure; the lack of any attempt to execute an emergency landing, contact air traffic control, or restart the engine; and his personal unsupervised recovery of the onboard cameras and the aircraft wreckage, which he disposed of, the agency said. The FAA revoked his private pilot certificate and ruled that he will not be permitted to apply for a new certificate for one year, stating that "your flight ... [was] careless or reckless so as to endanger life or property of another."

On May 11, 2023, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced that Jacob pleaded guilty to a felony charge of "destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation." According to prosecutors, Jacob admitted he lied to federal investigators by submitting a false aircraft accident report and by falsely stating to an FAA investigator that he parachuted from his plane because the engine had quit and he could not find a safe place to land. He also admitted that he and an unnamed friend used a helicopter to airlift the wreck to the Rancho Sisquoc area on December 10, 2021, where Jacob later loaded it onto a truck trailer, moved it to a hangar at Lompoc Airport, cut it up, and disposed of the pieces in various locations over several days, all without authorization and while telling investigators he did not know where the wreckage was. Jacob said that the motive for his scheme was to earn commissions from The Ridge, the wallet manufacturer which sponsored his video. The crime is punishable by a maximum of 20 years in federal prison; however, as a consequence of the plea agreement, Jacob will serve no more than 24 months in prison, and may be fined "$250,000 or twice the gross gain or gross loss resulting from the offense, whichever is greatest". When released from prison, Jacob will not be able to apply for a pilot's certificate during his probation or parole.

References

External links

 Profile at ESPN

1993 births
Living people
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic snowboarders for the United States
People from Mammoth Lakes, California
People from West Hills, Los Angeles
American YouTubers


title: Hasse Persson

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Hans "Hasse" Persson (20 January 1929 – 29 July 2001), often called HP, was a Swedish football forward who in his time was immensely popular in the football club Landskrona BoIS.

Biography
Hasse "HP" Persson started his football career in his hometown Klippan before the age of 20, and in 1949 he took the step to Helsingborgs IF and Allsvenskan. There, he soon blossomed into his role as left inner and got his debut in the Swedish national team. His first game for Sweden was in September 1952 in Helsinki in an international match against Finland and he made a hat trick in an 8-1 triumph. The next international against Norway that same autumn he made the decisive 2-1 goal, and he also scored in his international game number three, against Italy. In this match, however, he injured his neck and had to leave the game in half time. The injury came to be fatal, and as a result of it he had to say no to test games with Italian side AC Milan.

Hasse Persson was something of a bohemian. Many are the stories of a willful and exuberant gentleman who often went his own ways. After a turbulent time, he left Helsingborgs IF. In 1955, HP wrote a contract with Helsingborgs IF arch rivals, Landskrona BoIS. In Landskrona, he soon became a big star in the city and it is said that he alone brought big crowds to Landskrona IP. There are many citizens in Landskrona who believes that the club never had a better player than Persson. Many of those who experienced the 1950s and 1960s have their special Hasse Persson-memories. This is almost always about goals from impossible distances, rocket shots, phenomenal assists or various other technical showpieces.

Even during the years in Landskrona professional clubs were interested in contracting him, for example Italian side Udinese Calcio. During Hasse Persson time in BoIS the club played qualification games to Allsvenskan no less than three times: in 1958, 1959 and 1962. Landskrona BoIS failed, however, to take the step up in all occasions. In the qualifying game in 1959 against Degerfors IF a new attendance record for Landskrona IP with 18 535 spectators was created, a record that still stands today. Hasse Persson winded down in his home club Klippan in 1966. He continued to be a welcome guest at Landskrona IP even after his career ended. He died in 2001.

References

Möller, Lars (2 February 2007). "En legend redan när han levde". hd.se. Helsingborgs Dagblad.
Majlard, Jan (3 April 2004). ""HP" gav krydda åt Landskronas mål". svd.se. Svenska Dagbladet.

1929 births
2001 deaths
Swedish men's footballers
Footballers from Skåne County
Landskrona BoIS players
Helsingborgs IF players
People from Klippan Municipality
Men's association football forwards


title: Jacqueline Hernandez (snowboarder)

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Jacqueline Hernandez (born December 2, 1992) is an American snowboarder. Hernandez was injured at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
American female snowboarders
Olympic snowboarders for the United States
Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics
People from Windham County, Vermont
Sportspeople from Vermont
21st-century American women


title: Deneen

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Surname
 Bina Deneen (1868–1950), wife of Charles S. Deneen, first lady of Illinois
 Charles S. Deneen (1863–1940), governor of Illinois
 Matthew Deneen (born 1968), American politician
 Patrick Deneen (skier) (born 1987), American freestyle skier mogulist
 Patrick Deneen (author) (born 1964), American author of Why Liberalism Failed

Given name
 Deneen Borelli (born 1964), American conservative author, radio and television personality, and columnist
 Deneen Graham (born 1964), U.S. dance teacher
 Leeah Deneen Jackson (born 1998), U.S. actress
 Dante Deneen Washington (born 1970), U.S. soccer player

See also
 Dannen
 Dennen (disambiguation)
 Dineen
 Dinneen


title: Patricia Gozzi

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Patricia Gozzi (born 12 April 1950) is a French actress. She is best known for her starring roles in Sundays and Cybèle and Rapture.

Hung Up was Gozzi's final film.

Filmography

References

External links

1950 births
Living people
French film actresses
20th-century French actresses


title: St James' Church, New Brighton

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St James' Church is in Victoria Road, New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside, England.  It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Wallasey, the archdeaconry of Chester and the diocese of Chester.  Its benefice is united with that of Emmanuel, New Brighton.  The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.

History

The church was built between 1854 and 1856 to a design by George Gilbert Scott.  The foundation stone was laid on 16 February 1854 by the Rt Revd John Graham, Bishop of Chester, and the church was consecrated on 10 July 1856.  The total cost of the church and parsonage was £12,523.  A south vestry designed by A. R. Keighley was added in 1924.

Architecture

Exterior
St James' is constructed in stone with a slate roof, and has a cruciform plan.  The plan consists of a four-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles under lean-to roofs, north and south transepts, a chancel with a canted east end, a south chapel and vestry, north and south porches, and a steeple at the northeast corner. The windows along the sides of the aisles are paired between buttresses, and in the clerestory are triangular windows.  At the west end of the church are gabled buttresses, between which is a doorway.  Above the doorway are three lancet windows and a circular window.  The transepts also have gabled buttresses and triple lancets, and a rose window on the north and south sides.  In the chancel are two-light windows in each of the three sides of the canted east end, and there are two-light windows in the chapel.  The tower has angle buttresses and is in four stages.  In the bottom stage is an entrance on the east side and blind arcading on the north side.  The second stage contains traceried lancets, the third stage has pairs of trefoil-headed windows, and in the top stage are two-light louvred bell openings and a cornice decorated with ballflowers.  On top of the tower is a broach spire with lucarnes and a niche above each broach.

Interior
Inside the church are five-bay arcades with round columns.  The chancel arch also has round columns, these having foliate capitals.  There is a low iron chancel screen, and a two-bay arcade with a parclose screen between the chancel and the chapel.  The timber pulpit is octagonal and decorated with figures.  The reredos of 1897 is by A. O. Hemming, who also executed paintings on the chancel walls and ceiling in 1899.  The original pipe organ was made in 1891 by Hele and Company, and was repaired by the same company in 1910 following damage caused by a gas explosion.  This organ was replaced in 2006 by one moved here by David Wells from St John's Church, Egremont.

See also

List of new churches by George Gilbert Scott in Northern England
Listed buildings in New Brighton, Merseyside

References

Church of England church buildings in Merseyside
Grade II listed churches in Merseyside
Gothic Revival church buildings in England
Gothic Revival architecture in Merseyside
Churches in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Diocese of Chester
George Gilbert Scott buildings
New Brighton, Merseyside


title: Denis Koval

text:
Denis Anatolyevich Koval (; born 6 November 1991, in Irkutsk) is a Russian speed skater. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 meters.

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Irkutsk
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Russian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Russia


title: 1941 Taça de Portugal final

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The 1941 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1940–41 Taça de Portugal, the 3rd season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 22 June 1941 at the Campo das Salésias in Lisbon, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Belenenses and Sporting CP. Sporting CP defeated Belenenses 4–1 to claim their first Taça de Portugal.

Match

Details

References

1941
Sporting CP matches
C.F. Os Belenenses matches
Taca


title: Obraz

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Obraz may refer to:

Face (sociological concept), a traditional South Slavic expression for honor
Obraz (organization), a nationalist organization from Serbia, banned since 2012
Dragan Nikolić, co-host of the 1970s Serbian television show Obraz uz obraz (Cheek to cheek)


title: Rashad Hasanov

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Rashad Hasanov (, born on May 2, 1985, Lankaran) is a youth activist and ex-board member of N!DA Civic Movement from September 2012 to September 2013. He was arrested on March 14, 2013, a few days after the protests held in Baku against the non-combat deaths in the military. Hasanov was accused in preparing the riots during the protests. International human rights organization, Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience. He was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months of imprisonment on May 6, 2014, but later pardoned and released on March 17, 2016 being imprisoned for three years.

On February 12, 2017, Rashad Hasanov migrated to Europe. According to him, the reason for his migration was his being forced into collaboration with the State Security Service. On June 7, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights announced a decision on complaints of former members of the NIDA civic movement, Rashad Hasanov, Zaur Gurbanli, Uzeyir Mammadli and Rashadat Akhundov. The ECHR found their arrest in 2013 unlawful, seeing in this violation of the rights under Articles 5.1 (the Right to freedom) and 18 (Restriction of rights for political purposes) of the European Convention on Human Rights.

By the decision of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated November 19, 2021, the criminal case on charges under Articles 28, 220.1 and 228.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan was terminated on the grounds of acquittal.

At the moment he is a political refugee in Germany.

Education

Rashad Hasanov is a graduate of Lankaran Private Turkish High School. During his high school years, he took part in the National Mathematics Olympiads and was awarded a gold medal. In 2002, Hasanov has been graduated from the school with an honors diploma.

Hasanov continued his studies at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey. At the same time he led the METU Azerbaijani Students Association with more than 100 members. In 2009–2010, Hasanov was the vice-president of the Azerbaijani Students and Alumni Association of over 300 students.

After his graduation from METU in 2010, Hasanov was admitted into the MA programme in International Security and Terrorism. However, he did not have enough financing to cover his full expenses. Moreover, his request from the Ministry of Education to finance his studies under the State Programme on Education of Azerbaijani Youth Abroad in 2007–2015 was turned down.

Activity

During the Azerbaijani parliamentary election in 2010, Rashad Hasanov actively ran the election campaign for young nominee Bakhtiyar Hajiyev and co-ordinated the work of more than 100 volunteers. Hasanov was one of the members of the Positive Change Youth Movement established on November 10, 2010, by more than 35 volunteers. He was twice elected to the board of the movement between March 2011 and May 2012. He also actively participated in the “Support Bakhtiyar” campaign formed in order to support Bakhtiyar Hajiyev who was that time arrested with political motives.

In 2011, Rashad Hasanov was one of the board members of the Committee for Protection of Youth Rights which has been represented by nine organizations. In May 2012, he left the Positive Change Youth Movement in order to reach a wider audience and joined to N!DA Civic Movement. Starting from September 2012 on, he was the board member of the movement.

In August 2012, he took part in the Forum of Azerbaijanis living in Europe held in Prague, furthermore he was the member of Co-ordination Committee in it.

In October 2012, Rashad Hasanov was one of the responsible people in the inquiry conveyed by “Frontline SMS” programme in “Education without corruption” project, which intended to define the level of bribery at the universities of Azerbaijan with the donation of IREX.

On November 4, 2012, Rashad Hasanov co-founded the Youth Assembly which comprises close to 50 activists.

References

See also
 Nida Civic Movement
 Rashadat Akhundov
 Zaur Gurbanli
 Uzeyir Mammadli

1985 births
Living people
Azerbaijani democracy activists
Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani prisoners and detainees
Middle East Technical University alumni


title: Artyom Kuznetsov

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Artyom Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov () is a Russian speed skater. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 meters finishing 19th overall with a best time of 35.14 seconds. He received a gold medal in race 1 for his 34.85 seconds time on November 30, 2013, and a bronze medal in race 2 for his 34.92 seconds time on December 1, 2013, at the ISU 2013-14 Speed Skating World Cup 3 in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. He competes with Cherepovets Dynamo in Vologda Oblast.

In December 2017, he was one of eleven Russian athletes who were banned for life from the Olympics by the International Olympic Committee, after doping offences at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

References

1987 births
Living people
People from Yartsevo
People from Cherepovets
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Russian male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Russia
Doping cases in speed skating
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Sportspeople from Smolensk Oblast


title: Prenton Golf Club

text:
Prenton Golf Club is a golf club to the south of Prenton, Merseyside, England. Prenton Golf Club was established in 1905 and was designed by the famous golf architect of his time James Braid. The course is a scenic parkland course of 6,457 yards and has held many a Cheshire Union County fixture and tournament over its illustrious history. The course has views to the west across the Wirral Peninsula with the Welsh mountains in the distance – and yet it is located close to the cities of Liverpool and Chester.

References

Golf clubs and courses in Merseyside
Sport in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral


title: Nilganj River

text:
The Nilganj River is a river in Bangladesh. It is one of the major rivers of Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali District and flows into the Andharmanik River.

References

Rivers of Bangladesh
Rivers of Barisal Division


title: Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas

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Os Trapalhões na Guerra dos Planetas (lit: The Bunglers in the War of the Planets) is a 1978 Brazilian comedy film directed by Adriano Stuart. It is the thirteenth film of the Brazilian comedy group Os Trapalhões, starring Renato Aragão, Manfried Sant'Anna, Antonio Carlos, and Mauro Faccio. The film is a parody of the American film Star Wars. Outside of Brazil, mainly in English-speaking countries, this film is known by the suggestive title of Brazilian Star Wars. It features characters resembling Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, and Stormtroopers.

Guerra dos Planetas marks Faccio's first appearance in a film as his character Zacarias.

Cast
Renato Aragão as Didi
Manfried Sant'Anna as Dedé
Antonio Carlos as Mussum
Mauro Faccio as Zacarias (his first film with Os Trapalhões)
Pedro Aguinaga as Prince Flick (parody of Luke Skywalker)
Carlos Bucka as Zuco
Wilma Dias as Loya
Carlos Kurt as Igor
Maria Cristina as Princess Myrna (parody of Princess Leia)
Emil Rached as Bonzo (parody of Chewbacca)

Production
Because of the special effects, the film was shot in videotape format, but was later expanded to 35mm in the United States, although there are legal restrictions on showing the material outside Brazil.

References

External links

1978 films
Brazilian comedy films
Brazilian parody films
Os Trapalhões
Parody films based on Star Wars
1970s American films


title: Mithat Yıldırım

text:
Mithat Yıldırım (born January 12, 1966) is a retired Olympian cross-country skier from Turkey.

Mithat Yıldırım competed for Turkey at the 1992 Winter Olympics and 1994 Winter Olympics in cross country 10 km (classical) and 10 km events. He was the flag bearer for his country at the 1994 Lillehammer Games.

In 2009, he was on the Technical Committee of the Turkey Ski Federation.

References

External links

1966 births
People from Muş
Olympic cross-country skiers for Turkey
Turkish male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 1992 Winter Olympics
Cross-country skiers at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Living people


title: Leandro Cuzzolino

text:
Leandro Cuzzolino (born 21 May 1987) is an Argentine futsal player who plays for Pesaro Calcio a 5 and the Argentine national futsal team.

References

External links
FIFA profile
Divisione Calcio a 5 profile

1987 births
Living people
Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
Argentine men's futsal players
Pan American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Futsal players at the 2007 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games
Pan American Games medalists in futsal


title: Steve Harrison (politician)

text:
Steve Harrison (born October 25, 1966) is an American politician from the state of West Virginia. A member of the Republican Party, Harrison served in both the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia Senate. He is currently the Clerk of the West Virginia House of Delegates.

Career
Harrison served in the West Virginia House of Delegates and West Virginia Senate for a total of 14 years. He opted not to run for re-election to the state Senate in 2006. Since retiring from the state Senate, Harrison has worked for Poca Valley Bank, and played as a placekicker for a semi-professional American football team. He also coaches track and field.

Harrison lost the May 2014 primary for the United States House of Representatives, running to represent  in the 2014 election. Incumbent Shelley Moore Capito was running for the United States Senate. Harrison had won a straw poll held by the Republican Executive Committee of Kanawha County, but ended up losing the primary.

Personal
Harrison received a bachelor's degree from Brown University. He is married.

References

External links

Living people
Republican Party members of the West Virginia House of Delegates
Republican Party West Virginia state senators
Place of birth missing (living people)
Brown Bears football players
1966 births
Politicians from Charleston, West Virginia
People from Cross Lanes, West Virginia


title: Dhankhali River

text:
The Dhankhali River is located in Bangladesh. It is one of the major rivers of Kalapara Upazila in Patuakhali District, and flows into the Rabnabad Channel.

References

Rivers of Bangladesh
Rivers of Barisal Division


title: Italy men's national goalball team

text:
Italy men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Italy.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international goalball competitions.

Paralympic Games

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.  The team finished fourth.

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.   Italy was the gold medal winner, ahead of Finland and bronze medal winner Egypt.

Athletes were: Natale Castellini, Roberto Gallucci, Paolo Martini, Dario Merelli, and Hubert Perfler.

Regional championships

The team competes in the IBSA Europe goalball region.  Groups A and C are held one year, and Group B the following year.  Strong teams move towards Group A.

2005 Neerpelt (Groups A and B)

The team competed in the 2015 IBSA European Regional Championships, from 15 to 23 October 2005, in Neerpelt and Overpelt, Belgium.  Organised by the Vlaamse Liga Gehandicaptensport vzw (Flemish Sport Federation for Persons with a Disability), it hosted the fourteen men's teams of Groups A and B, and the ten women teams.  Games were held in the Provinciaal Domein Dommelhof Sport in Neerpelt, and Sportcentrum De Bemvoort in Overpelt.

2021 Pajulahti (Group B)

The team competed in the 2021 IBSA Goalball European B Championships, from 3 June 2021 to 6 June 2021, at Pajulahti, Nastola, Finland.  Originally to be hosted in Israel from 15 to 22 October 2021, it was moved to Finland but delayed from January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Men's teams are (Group A) Greece, Portugal, Israel, Russia and Romania, and (Group B) Great Britain, Italy, Montenegro, Poland, and Sweden.  Women's teams are host nation Finland, Denmark, Hungary, France, Poland, and Spain.  Romania and Italy stepped in to replace Czech Republic and Slovenia, who elected not to attend.

See also

 Disabled sports
 Italy women's national goalball team
 Italy at the Paralympics

References

Goalball
National men's goalball teams
European national goalball teams


title: Maurice Pedro Muteba Mwanza

text:
Mwanza Muteba (born 29 September 1980) is a Congolese former football player.

Career
In 2001, Muteba became the first Congolese footballer to play in the Russian top flight, when he signed for Anzhi Makhachkala, but only made one appearance for the club.

Career statistics

References

External links

1980 births
Living people
Republic of the Congo men's footballers
Republic of the Congo expatriate men's footballers
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan
Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan
Republic of the Congo expatriate sportspeople in Northern Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Northern Cyprus
AS Vita Club players
Russian Premier League players
FC Anzhi Makhachkala players
FC Torpedo Mogilev players
Mil-Muğan FK players
Shuvalan FK players
Men's association football midfielders


title: Cristian Borruto

text:
Cristian Borruto (born 7 May 1987) is an Argentine futsal player who plays for Acqua & Sapone and the Argentine national futsal team.

References

External links
FIFA profile
Divisione Calcio a 5 profile

1987 births
Living people
Futsal forwards
Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
Argentine men's futsal players
Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy


title: Hungary men's national goalball team

text:
Hungary men's national goalball team is the men's national team of Hungary.  Goalball is a team sport designed specifically for athletes with a vision impairment.  The team takes part in international competitions.

Paralympic Games

1984 New York

The team competed in the 1984 Summer Paralympics at Long Island, New York City, United States of America, where thirteen men's and five women's teams participated.  The team finished eighth.

1988 Seoul

The team competed in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, from 15 to 24 October 1988, in Seoul, South Korea.  There were fourteen men's and eight women's teams.  This was the first time the term "Paralympic" came into official use.

The team came fourth behind Egypt, USA, and Yugoslavia.

1992 Barcelona

The team competed in the 1992 Summer Paralympics, from 3 to 14 September 1992, in the Pavelló de la Vall d'Hebron indoor stadium, Barcelona, Spain.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

The team came tenth.

1996 Atlanta

The team competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics, from 16 to 25 August 1996, in the GSU Sports Arena building, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

The team came eighth.

2000 Sydney

The team competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics, from 18 to 29 October 2000, at an Olympic Park indoor hall, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

The team came seventh.

2004 Athens

The team competed in 2004 Summer Paralympics, from 17 and 28 September 2004, in the Faliro Sports Pavilion Arena, Athens, Greece.  There were twelve men's and eight women's teams.

The team came seventh.

World Championships

IBSA World Goalball Championships have been held every four years from 1978.  The men's team has represented Hungry in these championships.  Placing first or second in the tournament may earn a berth in the Paralympic Games goalball tournaments.

The team has participated in the 1986, 1889, 2002, and 2010 World Championships.

References

Goalball men's
National men's goalball teams
Hungary at the Paralympics
European national goalball teams


title: Hubert Rohault de Fleury

text:
Hubert Rohault de Fleury may refer to:

Hubert Rohault de Fleury (architect) (1777–1846), French architect
Hubert Rohault de Fleury (soldier) (1779–1866), French soldier
Hubert Rohault de Fleury (painter) (1828–1910), French painter


title: Nanula galbina

text:
Nanula galbina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails

Description
The height of the species' shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 7 mm. The broadly perforate, translucent, glossy shell has a depressed-turbinate shape. Its colour is variable, either uniform buff, uniform white, or with brown spirals on a white ground. The 4½ whorls are rounded on the base, angled at the periphery, flattened above and impressed at the suture. The sculpture of the protoconch is smooth, the next whorl shows a couple of spiral keels, which by intercalation multiply in number, but decrease in relative importance as the whorls advance. The body whorl carries close fine spiral threads, of which every fourth or fifth predominates. The radials are confined to faint growth lines. The aperture is slightly descending, oblique, angled above, rounded below. The outer lip is simple. The columella is expanded, and a little reflected above. A substantial callus unites the lips. The deep umbilicus is narrow, spiral, externally funicular, exempt from the spiral sculpture.

Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the shallow subtidal zone and the continental shelf off South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.

References

Further reading
 Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles of Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108–125, pls 22–25 [114, pl. 22, fig. 2]
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109
 Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286
 Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp

External links

galbina
Gastropods of Australia
Gastropods described in 1908


title: Nico Ihle

text:
Nico Ihle (born 2 December 1985 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) (since 1990 renamed Chemnitz) is a German speed skater. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 meters and 1000 meters events and also at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Speed skating

Personal records

German national records held by Ihle

Tournament overview

source GWC:

source German data:

World Cup overview

 – = Did not participate
 (b) = Division B
 DQ = Disqualified
 DNF = Did not finish
 GWC = Grand World Cup

References

External links

 Nico Ihle at SpeedSkatingStats.com

1985 births
Living people
German male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Germany
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Chemnitz
21st-century German people


title: 2013–14 United Kingdom winter floods

text:
The 2013–2014 United Kingdom winter floods saw areas of Ireland and the United Kingdom inundated following severe storms. The south of England saw heavy rainfalls associated with these storms which caused widespread flooding, power cuts and major disruptions to transport. Economically, the worst affected areas were Somerset, Devon, Dorset and Cornwall in the south west and the Thames Valley in the south east.

The Met Office reported the storms produced the wettest 1 December to 31 January since 1876; a local authority report states the winter as a whole, from the beginning of December until the end of February, was the wettest recorded in the UK since records began in 1766. Parts of South East England received almost two and a half times the amount of rainfall that they would normally expect.

The flood phenomena ranged from coastal flooding, pluvial flooding, fluvial flooding to groundwater flooding. The flooding took over most of the Somerset Levels and saw the main railway line to Cornwall and West Devon at Dawlish severed for several weeks.

Meteorological history

A series of low pressure areas developed or formed over North America explosively deepening over the Atlantic/gulf stream before reaching the European coast. An Omega Block developed over northern Norway/Scandinavia which prevented the lows moving east over Europe, with a series of lows "dying" to the northwest of Britain and Ireland. The blocking pattern over northern Norway led to a severe drought and forest fires there in early 2014.

Time line
19 December 2013 Cyclone Dirk hit the UK.
Network Rail imposed speed restrictions from 16:00 23 December. Network Rail described the damage to rail infrastructure in southern England worse than seen during the St. Jude storm in October.
Saturated ground led to localised flooding in southern England, as the storm brought up to  of rain to the UK. A major incident was declared in the region of Leatherhead and Dorking with Fire Brigade unions calling off a planned strike in Surrey and Kent. An Environment Agency spokesman said flooding in Kent and Sussex were the worst to hit the area since Autumn 2000.
100,000 homes reported without power across Southern England.
3 January – Strong winds and high tides bring flooding to large parts of Western England, Wales and Scotland.
24 January – Sedgemoor District Council in Somerset declares a "major incident" in flooded areas as forecasters warn of more rain.
25 January – Trees are uprooted and structural damaged caused to buildings by lightning as a heavy rainstorm hits the Midlands region.
30 January – Figures released by the Met Office indicate Southern England and parts of the Midlands have experienced their highest January rainfall since records began in 1910. The announcement comes as military personnel prepare to help residents in flooded areas of Somerset.
5 February – Part of the South Devon Railway sea wall carrying the railway line linking London with the west of England is washed away by a powerful storm that has hit the UK overnight. Thousands of homes are also left without electricity. Prime Minister David Cameron announces that an extra £100 million will be spent on dealing with the aftermath of the floods that have hit the UK.
6 February – The Ministry of Defence sends around 40 Royal Marines to the Somerset Levels to help with flood protection as more storms are expected. The Government also provides an extra £30 million for repairs.
8 February –
Large areas of England and Wales are under flood warnings as another storm arrives. The Somerset Levels are the worst affected area.
Rail links to South West England are cut off by the storms.

Impact

Coastal flooding

The period began on 5 December 2013 when a deep low pressure area moved from the Atlantic over Scotland and the North Sea inducing a storm surge in the Irish Sea and North Sea coasts of the United Kingdom. In the North Sea some of the highest level tides were recorded in the Humber and Thames estuaries, exceeding levels which occurred during the disastrous North Sea flood of 1953. Flooding occurred in Tyneside, Teesside, along the Yorkshire coast, around the Humber and the Wash, where in particular the town of Boston, Lincolnshire was badly affected by when the high tide overtopped defences.

Coastal flooding particularly affected the south and west of the UK, with severe damage reported Wales, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
A particularly notable event occurred on 5 February when the seawall and railway line were breached at Dawlish.

The Riviera Line and transport disruption
The only railway that runs south-west of Exeter was severed on 3 February when a 165 ft (50 m) section of the Riviera Line track was damaged at Dawlish. Network Rail said it had pulled all repair staff away from working on washed away track on 4 February. A section of the town's sea wall was later reported to have washed away among with the track. A Network Rail spokesman estimated "hundreds of tonnes" of ballast had been dislodged from under tracks after they had "taken a real pounding from the sea".  In a press release, First Great Western had initially said the line would only be closed until Wednesday as a result of the "poor weather conditions", but this was extended the until the end of the week.

High tides lashed Plymouth's Hoe seafront and the nearby Barbican. Near Exeter, firefighters rescued a man from a vehicle stuck in floodwater. Sea defences, walls and footpaths were damaged, including at Newlyn Green on 4 February. The Tamar Bridge between Plymouth in Devon and Saltash in Cornwall was closed to all traffic for a period after wind speeds surpassed .

It was reckoned that the storms had caused more than £4m worth of damage across Cornwall in a month.

David Cameron chaired his first COBRA meeting of the year and announced an extra £100m for flood works on 5 February.

Meanwhile, powerful waves continued to thrash the exposed coastline railway line at Dawlish and slightly damaged Dawlish station itself. A wave measuring more than  was recorded off the coast of Penzance. A flood buoy nearby triggered a reading of  at 3 am.

A Department for Transport source said that the "most pressing issue" was to get the line up and running as soon as possible, "but equally it is clear it is important we look at the long term as well." Lib Dem MP for Torbay, Adrian Sanders, said the loss of the main line was "a disaster" and called on the Transport Secretary to intervene.

A landslip on the West of England Main Line at Crewkerne led to Somerset cutting off Exeter's railways (apart from the Tarka Line to Barnstaple in its county) on 8 February. Repairs were initially expected to take a week, but an inspection found the track was safe for slow moving trains. The line re-opened and a limited service was restored on 9 February after signalling problems were resolved. The alternative route along the Bristol to Exeter line was flooded on the Somerset Levels for longer.

Inland flooding
The number of properties flooded was less than in the 2007 United Kingdom floods and was akin to the Autumn 2000 western Europe floods. During this flood more than 200,000 sandbags were used.

Severn catchment
Flooding on the middle and lower reaches of the River Severn were similar in magnitude to those experienced during the 2007 United Kingdom floods.

Somerset Levels

The 2012 Great Britain and Ireland floods had brought severe flooding to the Somerset Levels. During December 2013 and January 2014 heavy rainfall led to extensive flooding on the Somerset Levels with over 600 houses and  of agricultural land, including North Moor, Curry and Hay Moors and Greylake, affected. The village of Thorney was abandoned and Muchelney cut off. Northmoor Green, which is more commonly known as Moorland was also severely affected. It was said that the government had not been quick enough to react and provide assistance to flooded communities. Flood relief activities included the use of rescue boats and the army. High volume pumps were brought in from the Netherlands and installed at several points to try to relieve the flooding. Prince Charles and several senior politicians visited the area.

Controversy arose about the role of the Environment Agency, with claims that the need for ongoing dredging of the main rivers had been neglected. However, Professor of Water Management at Cardiff University, and other hydrologists made clear that dredging does not offer a useful solution to flooding on the Levels.

Mid Surrey to Mid Kent

A stormy period from the 23–27 December 2013 brought heavy rainfall to southern England, especially in a swathe from Dorset through Hampshire, Surrey and Kent. The first storm brought travel disruptions, especially as the flooding affecting Yalding and the electrical substations at Gatwick Airport leaving the northern terminal without power on Christmas Eve.
After Cyclone Dirk on Christmas Day, saturated ground led to localised flooding in southern England, as the storm brought up to 60mm of rain to the UK. A major incident was declared including parts of Leatherhead and Dorking; Fire Brigade unions calling off a planned strike for the counties. An Environment Agency spokesman said flooding in Kent and Sussex was the worst since Autumn 2000.  Surrey County Council produced statutory investigation reports, documenting responsibilities, actions, next steps and the estimation of homes internally flooded, in total, across its other parts (eight districts) less acutely affected than its Thames Valley three districts.

Thames Valley

The flooding in the three north-west Boroughs of Surrey was predominately due to the Thames. It was caused by unprecedented rainfall during the winter 2013/2014 period (275% in Surrey compared with an average winter). There were approximately 1170 incidents of internal property flooding in Runnymede during winter 2013/2014; approximately 130 in Spelthorne; and about 100 in Elmbridge. The Thames's peak flow was assessed as having a 1 in 15–20 annual chance Shepperton.

Many residents in Wraysbury and Datchet berated the bank-damaging flows admitted into the Jubilee River, an anabranch for Windsor and Maidenhead. They blamed this sluice-controlled flow for augmenting the Thames which caused them flooding.

A Surrey County Council investigation report states the winter as a whole, from the beginning of December until the end of February, was the wettest recorded in the UK since records began in 1766. Parts of South East England received almost two and a half times the amount of rainfall that they would normally expect.

For two days in February, the River Ash flooded at least 80 homes, their grounds, garages and/or outbuildings in Staines-upon-Thames. Slow flow into the swollen Thames created flooding pinchpoints of two Colne distributaries into the Staines Aqueduct owned by Thames Water which briefly burst its banks. The latter said it had been following an existing three-party protocol. The EA replaced its inadequate sluice quickly. The Council's resultant section 19 Report was published on 20 April 2015. It states "the primary source of flooding that contributed to this flooding incident was fluvial in nature; the Environment Agency is the lead on managing fluvial flood risk...The EA owns and operates a sluice gate which controls flow from River Colne to the River Ash. This...is designed to ensure there is always a base flow in the River Ash to maintain the ecosystem of the river. This sluice gate adjusts automatically to send flow into the River Ash as needed. In the February event the EA overrode the automatic settings on this gate to control flooding. On 9 February (morning), EA reported that the Hythe End intake gates to the Aqueduct were fully closed. And that from this point, the Aqueduct was being fed solely with floodwater originating from the County Ditch and Wraysbury River. Thames Water increased the pumping rate from 270 million litres-a-day to 350 million litres-a-day from its Birch Green pumping station in an attempt to control flood levels. On 9 February, according to the EA, they asked Thames Water to close the Moor Lane sluice gate, which is located on the Aqueduct. Thames Water claimed to have no record of receiving that request and as a consequence, the gate was not closed... ...the Aqueduct had partially collapsed while causing significant damage. LLFA Surrey County Council had no direct flood risk management functions during the event. [M]odelling work due...by the EA...will inform more robust water management measures in the future.

The army dispensed free sandbags to Wraysbury victims. In Datchet, Princes William and Harry helped with defences at a road including a school which then closed for months.

The Thames Barrier was used on an unprecedented level during this period. The operational use of the gates that are designed to prevent London flooding, span the River Thames between Silvertown and Charlton, quadrupled and accounted for nearly half of the barriers fluvial flooding closures since it was built in 1983.

Dorset
The River Stour in Dorset burst its banks and 100 residents were evacuated.

See also
2018–19 European winter
2018 British Isles cold wave

References

External links

Local Authority and national reports
Cornwall Council report: Cumulative Impact of Severe Weather in Cornwall:  Winter 2013 / 2014
Devon Council: Extreme weather resilience report
Dorset Council: The Impact of Flooding and Storms on Western Dorset between December 2013 and February 2014
Natural Resources Wales: Coastal storms December 2013 & January 2014 – an assessment of environmental change
Flood reports
Berkshire
West Berkshire

2010s floods in the United Kingdom
2013 disasters in the United Kingdom
2013 floods in Europe
2013 natural disasters
2014 disasters in the United Kingdom
2014 floods
2014 natural disasters
Winter weather events in the United Kingdom
Climate change in the United Kingdom


title: Shibli al-Aysami

text:
Shiblī Yousef Hamad al-Aysamī (), alternatively also Shibli-L-Aʾysami, al-Ayasami, al-Ayssami or al-ʿAisamī, (5 February 1925 – June 4, 2011) was a Syrian politician and Arab nationalist figure. He was born to a Druze family in al-Suwayda, Syria. He was kidnapped by unknown persons in Aley, Lebanon and is presumed to be dead.

Political career

Syria
He was born to a Syrian Druze family. In 1947, together with Michel Aflaq, he became a founding member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party and from 1963 to 1964 he held different ministerial posts in the Syrian government. In 1964 he was elected as General Secretary of the Syrian Regional Command of the Ba'ath Party and in 1965 he became Vice President of Syria under Amin al-Hafiz.

Iraq

Following the 1966 Syrian coup d'état which resulted in President al-Hafiz being overthrown and the creation of the Syrian-Iraqi rift, al-Aysami, then Vice President of Syria, fled to Iraq. In 1974 the Iraqi Branch of the Ba'ath Party installed a rival National Command of the Ba'ath Party with Michel Aflaq as General Secretary and al-Aysami as his deputy (until 1979).

In 1982 al-Hafiz and al-Aysami, together with Islamist, nationalist and leftist opposition groups founded the Iraqi-backed National Alliance for the Liberation of Syria, but in 1992 al-Aysami retired from political life. He remained in Iraq until the 2003 invasion of Iraq and fled to Egypt, then the United States and Yemen thereafter.

Kidnapping

On 4 June 2011, during a visit to Lebanon, al-Aysami was kidnapped by unknown militants and is presumed dead. His family accused the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad for the kidnapping, after many witnesses came forth with evidence, however the Lebanese government was too weak to take measures against the Syrian government. The Syrian government, however, blamed the Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt.

Personal life
He was the great uncle of Tareck El Aissami, the former Vice President of Venezuela.

See also
List of kidnappings
List of people who disappeared

Bibliography

 Muhafazat al-Suwayad (1962)
 La révolution arabe (1971)
 Arab Unity through experience (Beirut, 1971)
 Unity, Freedom, Socialism (Madrid, 1976)
 Arabische Sozialistische Ba'th Partei: Die Gründungsperiode in den vierziger Jahren (Varese, 1977)

Further reading
 Itamar Rabinovič: Syria Under the Baʻth, 1963-66 - The Army Party Symbiosis. Tel Aviv/Jerusalem 1972

References

External links

Where is Shibli al-Ayssami?
Shibli al-Ayssami is in Syria, son says

1925 births
2010s missing person cases
2011 deaths
Syrian Druze
Kidnapped politicians
Kidnapped Syrian people
Members of the Regional Command of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region
Members of the National Command of the Ba'ath Party
Missing people
Missing person cases in Lebanon
Syrian anti-communists
Syrian Arab nationalists
Syrian expatriates in Iraq
Vice presidents of Syria


title: Stephen Lapeyrouse

text:
Stephen Ludger Lapeyrouse (born December 10, 1952) is an American author, essayist, journalist and the founder of English Language Evenings community-forum in Moscow, Russia.

Biography
Stephen Lapeyrouse was born in Fort Knox, Kentucky; grew up in Mobile, Alabama. Graduated University Military School in 1971; graduated New College, University of Alabama in 1977 with a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies: Religion and Philosophy; he received an MA in 1981 with Antioch College’s Individualized Master of Arts Degree Program (resided in Germany and Switzerland), completed his Master’s Thesis, “In Quest of Incarnation”, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 1988-89 Lapeyrouse delivered a series of public lectures titled "Chrysopylae Lectures – The Call of Spiritual Nobility", in Santa Cruz, Palo Alto, Berkeley, and Mt Shasta, California.

After annual travels to Russia starting in 1986 he wrote a book Towards the Spiritual Convergence of America and Russia: American Mind and Russian Soul, American Individuality and Russian Community, and the Potent Alchemy of National Characteristics (published in Santa Cruz, 1990).

Lapeyrouse moved to Moscow in July 1994.

In 1994 he won the prize (shared with Tatyana Morozova) of the literary magazine Moskva for the first article in the series “Russian-American Dialogue”; participated in a round-table discussion on Russia with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at the Moskva office on Arbat Street in 1998.

Since 1995 Lapeyrouse worked as a writer, editor and consultant for the educational magazine English of Publishing House “First of September”. With some TV appearances over the years, during 2013 he was a special correspondent for eighteen programs of “Brainstorm” on TV Tsentr; and has been a free-lance contributor to various periodicals since 1994.

In 1998 he founded an independent, public English-language lecture forum English Language Evenings (ELE) to which he remained host and moderator until 2015. ELE has had more than 250 meetings with more than 200 different speakers from some 12 different countries since it began.

In summer 2013 Lapeyrouse read passages from HenryThoreau's Walden at the inauguration ceremony of the Thoreau Cabin in the Russian village of Medvedevo during the annual meeting of the Ugory Project.

In 2013 Stephen Lapeyrouse became one of the nominees for The Moscow News special prize “Import of Goodwill” honoring expats who perform community service for public benefit in Russia.

Bibliography
 Towards the Spiritual Convergence of America and Russia: American Mind and Russian Soul, American Individuality and Russian Community, and the Potent Alchemy of National Characteristics, 1990. –
 В поисках «Американской мечты» – Избранные эссе, M.: Буки Веди, 2015. –
Periodical publications (selection from 80+ articles 1995-2007)
 The Search for the “American Dream” (5 parts; English, October – November 1995)
 Notes on the Lost Cosmos of American Culture (17 parts; English, November 1995 – August 1996)
 Worried Questions to Russian Teenagers, from an American Scholar (English, No. 5, February 1997)
 Contrasting Ideas of Man – The “American Creed” vs. the “Perennial Philosophy” (Американский характер. Традиция в культуре: Очерки культуры США / отв. ред. О.Э. Туганова. – М.: Наука, 1998. – С. 68-98.)
 Zarathustra’s Answer to Leo Tolstoy’s Despair (English, No. 22, June 1999)
 “Gazing on the face of death...” – The Memento Mori of “September 11, 2001” (English, No. 34, September 2002)

References

External links
  Stephen Lapeyrouse’s personal website an American's Reflections
  ELE official website
 How to Get a Residence Permit II Passport Moscow (July, 2009)
  Third Round to Stephen Lapeyrouse Passport Moscow (February, 2010)

1952 births
Living people
American male writers


title: Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Statistics

text:
This is a statistical synopsis of the curling tournaments at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

A total of thirty-three curlers are Olympic veterans. Two female curlers from the inaugural Olympic curling event in Nagano in 1998 returned to the Olympics. Seven female curlers and one male curler who competed in Salt Lake City in 2002 have qualified again. Ten curlers from the Torino Olympics in 2006 are competing at these Olympics, and fifteen women and eighteen men who participated in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics have returned.

Percentages
In curling, each player is graded on their shots on a scale of zero to four. Their cumulative point total is then marked as a percentage out of the total points possible. This score is just for statistical purposes, and has nothing to do with the outcome of the game.

Men's tournament
Percentages by draw.

Leads

Seconds

Thirds

Fourths

Team totals

Women's tournament
Percentages by draw.

Leads

Seconds

Thirds

Fourths

Team totals

References
Men's statistics
Women's statistics

Statistics


title: Schisandra glabra

text:
Schisandra glabra, the bay star-vine, is the only American species of this primarily Asian genus. It is native to the southeastern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in Louisiana, eastern Arkansas, southwestern Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, northwestern Florida, and Georgia, with isolated populations in Kentucky, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Hidalgo. Despite its wide range, it is considered a vulnerable species. Few populations are secure due to competition from invasive species (such as Japanese honeysuckle) and habitat loss.

Schisandra glabra is a trailing or twining woody vine sometimes climbing to a height of 20 m (67 feet) or more. Leaves are elliptic to cordate (heart-shaped), up to 13 cm (5.2 inches) long. The plant is monoecious, with staminate (male, pollen-producing) and pistillate (female, seed-producing) flowers separate on the same plant. Sepals are whitish, petals pink or red. Berries are red, spherical to ellipsoid, up to 15 mm (0.6 inches) long.  It can be found in wooded bluffs, hillsides and ravines at elevations less than 500 m (1650 feet).

Some sources spell the name Schizandra, while others use the now-rejected name Stellandria. Schisandra is the accepted spelling.

References

glabra
Flora of the Southeastern United States
Flora of Hidalgo (state)
Plants described in 1803


title: Tomáš Dujsík

text:
Tomáš Dujsík (born November 3, 1992) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays with HC Olomouc in the Czech Extraliga.

Dujsík made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Kometa Brno debut during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey defencemen
AZ Havířov players
HC Kometa Brno players
HC ZUBR Přerov players
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč players
Ice hockey people from Brno
HC Karlovy Vary players
HC Olomouc players


title: Tentulia River

text:
The Tentulia River, called Ilsha for part of its length, is located in Bangladesh. It is one of the larger coastal rivers of the Ganges-Padma system, and a major flow of the Meghna River.

References

Rivers of Bangladesh
Rivers of Barisal Division


title: Fred Anderson / DKV Trio

text:
Fred Anderson / DKV Trio is an album by the American jazz saxophonist Fred Anderson with the DKV Trio, composed of drummer Hamid Drake, bassist Kent Kessler and reedist Ken Vandermark. The album was recorded in 1996 and released on Okka Disk. The DKV Trio formed in the summer of 1994 and started performing at Anderson's Velvet Lounge very early in their career. Those meetings led to the idea of doing a record with Fred. "Black Woman", a classic Anderson composition that appears on several of his other recordings, is a tenor sax duet.

Reception

In her review for AllMusic, Joslyn Layne states that "Fred Anderson & DKV Trio cannot disappoint any free-jazz fan; with its lyrical beauty, passion, and warmth, it will convert many a jazz enthusiast who thinks 'free' means 'squalling.'"
The Penguin Guide to Jazz states: "The DKV Trio collaboration was an important turning point in perceptions of Fred Anderson's music, since these younger player were leading something of a charge in contemporary Chicagoan jazz."

Track listing
All compositions by Fred Anderson
 "Planet E" - 8:30
 "Aaron's Tune" - 5:55
 "Black Woman" - 6:09
 "Our Theme" - 5:56
 "Dark Day" - 10:54
 "Lady's in Love" - 10:30

Personnel
Fred Anderson - tenor saxophone
Ken Vandermark - reeds
Kent Kessler - bass
Hamid Drake - percussion

References

1997 albums
Fred Anderson (musician) albums
Ken Vandermark albums
Okka Disk albums


title: 1942 Taça de Portugal final

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The 1942 Taça de Portugal Final was the final match of the 1941–42 Taça de Portugal, the 4th season of the Taça de Portugal, the premier Portuguese football cup competition organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The match was played on 12 July 1942 at the Estádio do Lumiar in Lisbon, and opposed two Primeira Liga sides: Belenenses and Vitória de Guimarães. Belenenses defeated Vitória de Guimarães 2–0 to claim their first Taça de Portugal.

Match

Details

References

1942
Taca
C.F. Os Belenenses matches
Vitória S.C. matches


title: Naturism in France

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Naturism has been active in France since 1920.

France has 150 member clubs offering holiday accommodations, 50 holiday centers, official naturist beaches, unofficial beaches, and many homes where naturist swimming and sunbathing is normal.  Naturism employs more than 3000 people, and is estimated to be worth €250 million to the French economy. France is represented on the International Naturist Federation (INF) by the Fédération française de naturisme (FFN).

History

In 1903 S. Gay created a naturist community at Bois-Fourgon. In 1907, supported by his superiors, Abbé Legrée encouraged the students at his catholic college to bathe nude on the rocky beaches near Marseille. A report on German naturism was published in la Revue des deux mondes.

Marcel Kienné de Mongeot, who came from a noble family and who was an aviator in the Great War, is credited with starting naturism in France in 1920. By then he was a journalist who wrote a defense of the dancer, Malkowski, in the journal Vouloir. His family had suffered from tuberculosis, and he saw naturism as a cure and a continuation of the traditions of the ancient Greeks. In 1926, he started the magazine Vivre intégralement (later called Vivre) and the first French naturist club, Sparta Club at Garambouville, near Evreux. Others quickly followed as did local opposition. His victory in court established that nudism was legal on private property that was fenced and screened.

Drs. André and Gaston Durville opened a naturist health centre, edited the La vie sage (1924) and bought a  site on the Île du Levant on which they established the Héliopolis. The village was open to the public. Dr François Fougerat de David de Lastours, who was gassed in the Great War and was saved by exposure to the sun, in 1925 wrote a thesis on heliotherapy and in that year opened the Club gymnique de France. Jacque de Marquette wrote on naturism and vegetarianism. In 1936, government minister Léo Lagrange recognised the naturist movement.

Facilities
Albert and Christine Lecocq were active members of many of these clubs, but after disagreements left and in 1944 founded their own travel club Club du Soleil. It was popular and had members in 84 cities, becoming the world's largest naturist club. In 1948 they founded the FFN. In 1949 they started a magazine, Vie au Soleil and in 1950 they opened the CHM Montalivet at Montalivet, the world's first naturist holiday centre. In 1951 they assisted in the formation of the INF.

The Quartier Naturiste at Cap d'Agde opened offering a different form of social nudity. In 1975, Euronat, the largest holiday centre (335ha) opened 10 km north of Montalivet which was running at capacity. In 1983 the FFN was accepted as an official tourist and youth movement. SOCNAT provided the management and financial stability to the movement and runs 5 centres in France and one in Spain. Holiday centres started to form cooperative marketing groups and aim for 5 star status. Publicity material was of a quality indistinguishable from textile holiday companies.

In this benign climate, Randonue, an unauthorised form of naturisme sauvage has become popular, and areas traditionally known for discreet sunbathing have been revisited. Naturism is accepted and can even be practised on many popular textilist beaches.

As of 2007, France has 150 member clubs offering holiday accommodation, 50 holiday centers, official naturist beaches, unofficial beaches, and many homes where naturist swimming and sunbathing is normal.  Naturism employs more than 3000 people, and is estimated to be worth  million to the French economy. France is represented on the INF by the FFN.

See also
 APNEL
 List of social nudity places in Europe#France – list of social nudity places in France

References
Footnotes

Citations

Bibliography

Naturist resorts


title: Numb (August Alsina song)

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"Numb" is a song by American singer August Alsina, released on December 10, 2013, as the third single from his debut studio album Testimony (2014). The song was produced by DJ Mustard and features guest appearances from American rappers B.o.B and Yo Gotti. When it was originally released in October 2013 it featured West Coast rappers Iamsu! and Problem. The song has since peaked at number 39 on the US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.

Commercial performance
Following the BET Awards 2014, August Alsina experienced a surge in digital single sales resulting in "Numb" reaching a new peak of 41 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. On the week ending June 29, 2014, the song sold 8,757 copies, up from 3,920 copies the previous week.

Music video
The music video for "Numb" was released on December 2, 2013.

Chart performance

References

2013 songs
2013 singles
August Alsina songs
B.o.B songs
Yo Gotti songs
Song recordings produced by Mustard (record producer)
Songs written by Yo Gotti
Songs written by Mustard (record producer)
Songs written by B.o.B


title: English Language Evenings

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English Language Evenings (ELE)  is an independent, public, English-language lecture forum established in 1998, 23 years ago, by Stephen Lapeyrouse in Moscow, Russia.

History
ELE was founded in 1998 by American Stephen Lapeyrouse – author, essayist, editor, private English language tutor. In the first three seasons, 1998–2000, the forum was called “English Language Discussion Club” – ELDC. Stephen Lapeyrouse remained a permanent ELE host and moderator for 17 years. In 2015 he stepped back and devolved this position on John Harrison, editor of the magazine Moscow Expat Life, artist, radio program host of “Brave New World”. John Harrison has retired as a host of ELE II at the end of the 20th season (2017/2018). Now the hosts of ELE III are Oksana Danchevskaya, a Cultural Studies specialist and an associate professor at Moscow State Pedagogical University, and Oksana Konstantinova, a translator, an English teacher and an avid traveller to English-speaking countries.

By its 21st season (2018/2019) ELE had hosted more than 300 meetings with more than 230 different speakers from some 12 different countries: from astronauts to adventurers; from ambassadors to attaches of various embassies; visiting and resident professors; Fulbright scholars; writers and poets; well-known Moscow journalists (from e.g. The Moscow Times, The Moscow News, Russian Journal) and international TV and radio correspondents (from the BBC, VOA, Sky News, RT, et al.); social activists; heads of institutions (AmCham, Carnegie Moscow Center, Amnesty International, et al.) and just interesting individuals, on a very wide variety of lecture topics.

The list of ELE speakers includes Australian poet and artist David Wansbrough, American diplomat and scholar David Firestein, journalist and blogger John Helmer, philosopher William Lane Craig, US diplomat James Warlick, journalist and editor Lynn Berry, American scholar of public diplomacy John H. Brown, Irish ambassador Justin Harman, US diplomat Tobias Bradford, New Zealand diplomat Rowena Hume, NASA astronaut Benjamin Alvin Drew, Australian ambassador Margaret Twomey, American writer Jeff Parker, Hollywood producer Bob Van Ronkel, humanitarian aid worker Carl Wilkens, British historian Geoffrey Roberts, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s son Yermolai Solzhenitsyn, American writer Deidre Dare and many others. The well-advertised forum is attended both by English-speaking Russians and the members of Moscow’s permanent and changing expat community.

Purposes
The purpose of ELE is to provide intelligent, interesting evenings in Moscow in English of ideas, stories and people, in an informal, friendly atmosphere, where the speakers and the public audience are able to interact over a wide variety of topics, allowing for personal contacts and relations between the mostly expat speakers and Russians in Moscow.
In the context of Moscow, ELE is a distant descendant of the Lyceum movement started in 19th century America, and a direct relative to the “Penny University”  in Santa Cruz, California, founded in 1974 by American historian Page Smith, artist and art historian Mary Holmes, Dr Paul Lee, philosopher and author, and others, and is still ongoing. The host of ELE participated in the Penny University for many years.

Organization
Meetings are usually held on Fridays twice a month from September to late May at the Chekhov Cultural Center (Strastnoy Boulevard, 6/2, near Pushkin Square) with lectures by (mostly) native English speakers giving lectures on topics of their own choice. Lectures usually start at 19:00, followed by questions and answers, discussion and comments, ending about 21:00.

Since the 21st season (2018/2019) ELE is absolutely free due to new library rules. For many years the attendance fee was only 200 rubles (~$3), as the host tried to limit the influence of money on ELE topics, attendance, attitudes, atmosphere. A modest honorarium was offered to speakers, though some had donated theirs to more than a dozen Russian charities over the years (e.g. Russian Orphan Opportunity Fund, Action for Russia's Children, Moscow Animals, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Nastenka, Sofia Foundation, United Way).

References

External links
 ELE official website
 English Language Evenings in Passport Moscow
 English Evenings with a Dash of the Russian Soul
 Import of Goodwill: An engine of ideas on Pushkin Square Interview with Stephen Lapeyrouse (The Moscow Times, November 27, 2013).

Public speaking organizations
Lecture series
Clubs and societies in Russia
1998 establishments in Russia
English language in Russia
Organizations based in Moscow


title: Adam Raška (ice hockey, born 1994)

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Adam Raška (born November 26, 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward currently playing with Czech Extraliga side HC Kometa Brno. He last played for UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) side Sheffield Steelers.

Playing career
Raška made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Kometa Brno debut during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey forwards
HC Kometa Brno players
Motor České Budějovice players
Orli Znojmo players
People from Kopřivnice
Piráti Chomutov players
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč players
BK Mladá Boleslav players
Sheffield Steelers players
Ice hockey people from the Moravian-Silesian Region
Czech expatriate sportspeople in England
Czech expatriate ice hockey people
Expatriate ice hockey players in England


title: Kobarweng or Where Is Your Helicopter?

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Kobarweng or Where Is Your Helicopter? (1992) is a short documentary directed by Johan Grimonprez that deals with the history of a remote village in the highlands of New Guinea. The videotape assembles archival footage and oral histories depicting the first encounter between the Irian Jaya people and the scientific crew, including anthropologists, of the Dutch Star Mountains Expedition.  The confrontation with the crew and their helicopter caused a shock that threw the worldview of the villagers upside down.

The event even entered their Sibil-tongue language; literally translated, "weng" means language, whilst "kobar" airplane. Kobarweng's title is an ironic reference to a question first posed to Grimonprez by a local man named Kaiang Tapor, who, upon Grimonprez's arrival in the village of Pepera after a three-day hike, asked him where his helicopter was. The footage in the film is traversed by a running band of script, reporting observations and remarks culled from anthropologists' interviews, eye-witness reports, and the reminiscences of those highlanders who recall those moments of 'first contact' between the white intruders (missionaries, prospectors, anthropologists, adventurers) and the local inhabitants: "We never tell everything, we always keep something for the next anthropologist" they are candid enough to admit to Margaret Mead, while another wit remarks: "We called the whites 'people of soap', but their shit smelled the same as ours."

Switching the roles of observer and observed, the relation implied in the anthropological representation is reversed: the desire of the observing anthropologist itself becomes “other”, “exotic”, an object of curiosity destabilised by the villagers' questions. According to Grimonprez: "Kobarweng critically considers the myth of objectivity, the pretence of an epistemic and scientific detachment maintained not just by the anthropologist, but throughout the discourse of western science, where the observer finds himself caught in an alienated position of transcendence over his/her subject."

It Will Be All Right If You Come Again, Only Next Time Don't Bring Any Gear, Except a Tea Kettle...

In 1994, Grimonprez showcased a five-channel installation entitled It Will Be All Right If You Come Again, Only Next Time Don't Bring Any Gear, Except a Tea Kettle..., which expanded upon the themes of Kobarweng. The encounter between the different groups in 1939 up to the current problems caused by neocolonialism.

Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous countries in the world and has long been a favorite among anthropologists, with its more than 7000 years of agriculture, its hundreds of tribes and languages, some of whom have still not been "discovered". Beside a cultural-rich area, Western New Guinea is also an area with considerable reserves of gold, copper, uranium, nickel, oil and natural gas which causes environmental degradation and ongoing series of human abuses.
An estimated 100.000 people have died in the region since Indonesia took control. According to a Yale university law school report "there can be little doubt that the Indonesian government has engaged in a systematic pattern of acts that has resulted in harm to a substantial part of the indigenous population of West Papua." Amnesty International found that there were no effective means for people of the public could complain against the police acting in violation of international law and standards.

Critical reception

The film was acquired by the museum collections housed at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, and Tate Modern.
The film was awarded the Grand Prix de Ville de Genève - First prize at the SIV Video Biennale Saint-Gervais Genève in 1993; the First prize for the best international video creation at the Cadiz International Video Festival 1994; as well as winner for the category 'experimental documentary' at the Baltimore Film forum 1992.

Director

Johan Grimonprez is a Belgian multimedia artist, filmmaker, and curator. He is well known for his films dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y (1997) and Double Take (2009). As of 2014, Grimonprez's upcoming projects include the feature films How to Rewind Your Dog (2014) and Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade (2015), based on the book by Andrew Feinstein and was awarded a production grant from the Sundance Institute. In 2011 Hatje Cantz published a reader on his work titled Johan Grimonprez: "It's a Poor Sort of Memory that Only Works Backwards", with contributions by Jodi Dean, Thomas Elsaesser, Tom McCarthy (novelist), Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Slavoj Žižek. The filmproject Kobarweng or Where is Your Helicopter? (1992), was completed during Johan Grimonprez's study at the School of Visual Arts (New York), while attending the Independent study program at the Whitney Museum.

Further reading

Time and the Other: How Anthropology Makes Its Object.
Other People's Anthropologies: Ethnographic Practice on the Margins
Het witte hart van Nieuw-Guinea, met de Nederlandse expeditie naar het Sterrengebergte
First Contact: New Guinea's Highlanders Encounter the Outside World
Like People You See in a Dream: First Contact in Six Papuan Societies
West-Papua, plunder in paradise. Anti-Slavery International
A Cargo Movement in the Eastern Central Highlands of New Guinea
West Papua: The Obliteration Of A People
Oh, What a Blow That Phantom Gave Me!
Ok Tedi: The pot of gold
Ok Tedi", in Neuguinea: Nutzung und Deutung der Umwelt
A Small Footnote to the "Big Walk": Environment and Change among the Miyanmin of Papua New Guinea
"Zij en wij"
Flying MacArthur to victory
The trumpet shall sound; a study of "cargo" cults in Melanesia
Videofilm: Anthropology on Trial
Videofilms VPRO - Andere tijden (2004)

See also

References

External links
 Kobarweng or Where is Your Helicopter?
 'We didn't realize the sound was coming from above'
 'It comes, it goes'
 'Anthropologists dropped from the sky'
 'Then their cargo went bang into their faces'

Anthropology documentary films
Works about New Guinea


title: David Dolníček

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David Dolníček (born February 6, 1979) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč in the First National Hockey League.

Dolníček made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Kometa Brno debut during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1979 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey forwards
HC Kometa Brno players
SK Horácká Slavia Třebíč players
HC Dukla Jihlava players


title: Roman Krech

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Roman Krech (; born 14 July 1989) is a Kazakhstani speed skater. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the 500 meters.

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Speed skaters at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Kazakhstani male speed skaters
Olympic speed skaters for Kazakhstan
Speed skaters at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games competitors for Kazakhstan
21st-century Kazakhstani people


title: Bed Peace

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"Bed Peace" is a song by American recording artist Jhené Aiko, taken from her debut EP, Sail Out (2013). The song was first premiered in July 2013 during a performance for Rap-Up Sessions, "Bed Peace" was later released as the EP's lead single on September 17, 2013, through ARTium record and Def Jam Recordings. The song was produced by frequent collaborator Fisticuffs and features a guest appearance from American rapper Childish Gambino, who co-wrote the song along with Aiko.

Bed Peace is a mid tempo minimalist R&B song, with lyrics revolving around smoking marijuana and having sex, as she describes her ideal day. Upon its release, Bed Peace was met with generally positive reviews from music critics; whom praised Aiko's vocals and compared the song to the work of Aaliyah and Ciara. Commercially the song did not fare well, making no appearances on major charts but did chart at number one on the US Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles.

The cover artwork and music video for "Bed Peace", pay homage to and feature many references to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-Ins for Peace protest against the Vietnam War. The song's accompanying music video was released on October 28, 2013, and was directed by longtime collaborator Topshelf, the song's video was met with positive reviews from critics. The song was further promoted by various live performances including at the Live Byte series and BBC Radio 1's Future Festival.

Background

It was revealed in 2012 that Aiko's debut EP would feature production from producer Fisticuffs, who helped produce the majority of Aiko's 2011 mixtape Sailing Soul(s). Bed Peace was written by Aiko herself, along with her frequent collaborators Mac Robinson and Brian Warfield while the latter two handled the song's production under their production name Fisticuffs.
During the writing and recording of Bed Peace Aiko purposely left a verse free, as she felt a feature was necessary. When looking for a feature she had the idea to find her "John Lennon" and began to send out requests to other artists, but a lot of the musicians were busy or had overlapping schedules. During an interview Aiko commented on the song's recording process and the choice to include Gambino;
"What ended up happening was, I was performing with Big Sean on Jimmy Kimmel and my publisher took me out to eat afterward. Childish Gambino came because he’s friends with one of my brother’s friends. That’s where we met, and we just talked and clicked. I really know him from his acting, from Community, and I knew that he rapped, but I never really listened and then, of course, I did my homework and I was like ‘You’re dope.’ We sent him the song maybe the next day, and he sent it back within the same day and he was the only person who did that—the only one that was excited about it. I told him my idea about John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and really just creating, like ‘You have to know that this means you’re my John Lennon now’ and he was down. He’s really cool. We’re good friends."

On July 12, 2013, Jhené Aiko premiered an acoustic version of "Bed Peace" during a performance for Rap-Up Sessions. "Bed Peace" was released as the lead single from her debut EP Sail Out on September 17, 2013.
The source of inspiration for Bed Peace's artwork are the Bed-Ins for Peace protest against the Vietnam War by John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Composition

Bed Peace is a minimalist R&B song. Bed Peace is built over a "laid-back, mid tempo" production and contains a "breezy beat."
The song contains a "soft melody" with Aiko "playfully singing", followed by a verse from Childish Gambino, which Edwin Ortiz of Complex magazine described as "calming."
According to Rap-Up magazine the song has a "laidback vibe" which Aiko herself described as "It’s a very summer, feel-good type of song."
Mike Wass of Idolator described the song as a "dreamy alt-soul" song, and noted Aiko's vocals on the track as being "silky smooth" and "jazz-tinged."

The song's lyrics feature Aiko singing about smoking marijuana and having sex, as she describes her ideal day. Commenting on the song's lyrics BJ of Consequence of Sound stated the song's lyrics are "simplistic" and Aiko is clear on her "demands", with the concept being introduced with lyrics including; "You show up right away/ We make love then and then we fuck/ And then you’d give me my space."

Reception
Upon its release, Bed Peace was met with generally positive reviews from music critics. Ryan B. Patrick of  Exclaim! praised the song and commended Aiko's vocals and she "breezes" over the "minimalist" track, Patrick continued to compare the song to the work of American R&B singer Ciara and the late singer Aaliyah.
 Jordan Sargent of Pitchfork Media also praised the song noting the song's lyrical content and Aiko's "fixation with weed'" Sargent continued to praise Aiko's use of intoxication as a metaphor.
Edwin Ortiz of Complex magazine praised the single, and commended Aiko's choice to include Childish Gambino as a feature, Ortiz also praised the song's melody and playful lyrics.

A reviewer at Huffington Post praised the song particularly its lyrical content, stating that this song is "her take on modern day love, in her unique style, the track is a concoction of heart filled and sensual yet sex driven, drug fuelled and passionate."
David Jeffries of AllMusic praised Aiko's "twist" on the work of Lennon calling it a "cheeky twist" and praised the song for being "light-stepping," Jeffries continued to praise the inclusion of rapper Gambino.

Commercially the song did not fare well, making no appearances on major charts however Bed Peace did chart at number one on the US 'Billboard Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles an extension of the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Music video

The song's accompanying music video was released on October 28, 2013, the video was directed by Topshelf  who had previously working with Aiko on a number of videos including "Stranger", "My Mine" and "3:16AM".

 The song's video was premiered by American fashion magazine V. During an interview Aiko spoke on the video's influence and her choice to reference Lennon and Ono;
"I am a fan of anything that has to do with peace because I grew up in LA where there is not always a lot of peace, except by the beach. When I became a teenager, I started reading about things like Buddhism, which made me find inner peace. John Lennon was like a spokesperson for world peace, so I just fell in love with him and Yoko’s relationship. They were always in pictures together, and you could just feel the love. That was something I really admired, because people are so afraid to admit when they’re in love with someone.
The music video pays homage to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-Ins for Peace protest, and the artists use sun-filled scenery of a beautiful morning and 1970s feel, in order to do that.
The two artists are dressed in all-white pajamas, as they lay in the bed of a high-rise Los Angeles apartment performing their respective parts of the song. The song breaks multiple times in the video as Aiko answers questions from a reporter who is interviewing her. The video also features many comparisons to the videos of Lennon and Ono's Bed-In protests. In a later interview with Vice, Aiko stated that her and Gambino were high on marijuana, using a portable vaporizer during the video's filming.

Mike Wass of Idolator praised the song's accompanying video, calling the video an "unexpectedly good fit" to its accompanying track.
A reviewer at Rap-Up magazine praised the video for its "vintage" style, continuing to praise the influence and Aiko's idea to pay "homage" to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Bed-Ins for Peace.

Live performances
On November 21, 2013, Jhené Aiko performed the song for The BoomBox's and McDonald's' Live Byte series. On January 21, 2014, Aiko performed "Bed Peace", "From Time" and "The Worst" during BBC Radio 1's Future Festival.

Track listing
Digital download
 Bed Peace featuring Childish Gambino - 4:16

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from AllMusic.
Jhené Aiko - primary artist, songwriting
Childish Gambino - featured artist, songwriting
 Fisticuffs - production

Charts

Ceritifications

Release history

References

2013 songs
2013 singles
Cultural depictions of John Lennon
Cultural depictions of Yoko Ono
Donald Glover songs
Def Jam Recordings singles
Jhené Aiko songs
Songs about cannabis
Songs written by Donald Glover
Songs written by Jhené Aiko


title: Hynek Zohorna

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Hynek Zohorna (born 1 August 1990) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with IK Oskarshamn in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Zohorna made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Kometa Brno debut during the 2011–12 Czech Extraliga season.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
Amur Khabarovsk players
Czech ice hockey forwards
HC Dynamo Pardubice players
HC Kometa Brno players
Lahti Pelicans players
IK Oskarshamn players
Ice hockey people from Havlíčkův Brod
Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players for the Czech Republic
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland


title: Vryses

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Vryses () is a village in Crete, Greece, and the capital in the municipality of Apokoronas. It has a population of 740 inhabitants according to the 2011 census. It is now a popular tourist destination that has maintained its Cretan character.

On New Year's Day 2010 the meteorological station of the National Observatory of Athens recorded a maximum temperature of 30.4 °C in Vryses, which is the highest January temperature ever recorded in Greece.

References

Populated places in Chania (regional unit)
Apokoronas


title: Benjamin Thayer House

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The Benjamin Thayer House is a historic house at 200 Farm Street in Blackstone, Massachusetts.  Built around 1790, it is the best-preserved property associated with the Thayer family, who were prominent landowners and one of the first Pilgrim families.  Benjamin Thayer and his descendants lived and farmed here until about 1920, when the property, much reduced in size, was sold out of the family.  The house and its surrounding  of surviving farmland was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Description and history
The Thayer House is located in a rural area of northeastern Blackstone, on the southwest side of Farm Street, historically one of the main roads joining Woonsocket, Rhode Island and Mendon, Massachusetts (of which Blackstone was a part until the 19th century).  The house is set back from the road, the street lined by a low retaining wall, with period stepping stones leading to the front entrance.  The house is a -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, large off-center chimney, clapboard siding, and a stone foundation.  The main facade is symmetrical, with a center entrance, flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window and entablature.  A single-story gable-roofed wing extends to one side.  The interior of the house has a typical Georgian center-chimney layout, with a vestibule area housing a winding staircase to the second floor, parlor chambers to its left and right, and a long kitchen in the rear with small rooms at either end.  The interior retains a significant number of original fixtures and finishes, including doors and door hardware, wainscoting, and plaster.

The first Thayer to settle in Mendon's South Parish, which later became Blackstone, was Ferdinando Thayer, who probably arrived in the area in the 1670s.  This house was built about 1790 by Benjamin Thayer, who purchased the land it stands on in that year.  His farm of more than  was divided by his widow among his heirs, the property including the house going to their son-in-law, Alanson Adams.  Adamses and Thayers owned the property throughout the 19th century, and it was finally sold out of the family in 1920, portions of the farmland having been progressively removed from the holding.  Only two other families held the property during the 20th century.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Worcester County, Massachusetts

References

Houses completed in 1790
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Georgian architecture in Massachusetts
Federal architecture in Massachusetts
Buildings and structures in Blackstone, Massachusetts