title: Howard Hack

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Howard Edwin Hack (July 6, 1932 – June 11, 2015) was an American representational painter and graphic artist, with works in numerous museum collections. Known for an innovative approach to a variety of media, as well as use of traditional oil paints, Hack began working in the late 1940s. He was active in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Early life and education
Hack was born July 6, 1932, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and moved with his family to Oakland, California, in 1939. As a youth, Hack established himself among San Francisco’s North Beach artists, exhibiting paintings at Vesuvio Cafe and The Coffee Gallery.

Between 1950 until 1953, Hack learned Flemish painting techniques from Martin Baer, who had studied in Munich and Paris. Hack attended California College of Arts and Crafts and the San Francisco Art Institute in this period, as well as studying with Yasuo Kuniyoshi at Mills College in the summer of 1949. In 1953, Hack was drafted into the United States Army and assigned to Korea where he served as a truck driver and battalion clerk-typist (S-1).

Career
Upon returning to the United States, Hack resumed painting, using images from his stay in Korea, and scenes from Oakland. Hack occupied studio space and lived in the Ghost House (a victorian house located at Franklin Street at Sutter Street in San Francisco), along with other artists, including Wally Hedrick, Jay DeFeo, and Hayward Ellis King. From the Ghost House, Hack attended the gathering at the nearby Six Gallery (the Six Gallery Reading at 3119 Fillmore Street, San Francisco), where poet Alan Ginsberg debuted his poem Howl on October 7, 1955.

Between 1957 and 1959, Hack lived primarily in San Miguel de Allende, in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, a haven adopted by American artists and bohemians after World War II.  In 1959, Hack returned to the United States, enrolling as a philosophy undergraduate at the University of San Francisco (USF). At USF Hack studied the theories of the neo-Kantian idealist philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874–1945), in particular his concepts of symbolism.

Audiffred Building

In 1959, after a referral by Beat poet and bookstore owner Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Hack rented studio space with other artists on the third floor of the Audiffred Building located at 9 Mission Street in San Francisco. The artists included Frank Lobdell, Hassel Smith, Sonia Gechtoff, Madeline Dimond, Philip Roeber, Manuel Neri, and Joan Brown. Despite eviction efforts mounted in 1971, Hack alone used this studio space until 1978, completing some of his most notable oil paintings and silverpoints.

In 2013, Hack donated the door from his Audiffred studio (salvaged in 1978), signed by artists who had worked on the premises, to the Beat Museum in San Francisco’s North Beach.

Major exhibitions

In 1967, the M.H. De Young Museum, San Francisco, exhibited Hack’s “Window Series,” oil paintings depicting scenes from San Francisco’s South of Market area designated for demolition.  In his review of the show San Francisco Chronicle art critic Alfred Frankenstein referred to the works as “magic realism,” a phrase coined in 1943 by Alfred H. Barr Jr., founding director of the New York Museum of Modern Art.  (In her “Foreword and Acknowledgment” to the MoMA catalog for the exhibition Realists and Magic Realism, Dorothy Canning Miller referred to Barr’s definition of magic realism as “a term sometimes applied to painters who by means of an exact realistic technique try to make plausible and convincing their improbable dreamlike or fantastic visions.”)  Frankenstein noted: “Hack has lived for a long time with the moods of windows….  (T)hey display for him the humble machinery of everyday living - shoemaker’s equipment, the chairs and cabinets of a barber shop, a tailor’s padded pressing iron – always silent, always at rest, intensified to the highest degree by isolation and close scrutiny.  But his collection of Sunday morning glimpses into little offbeat shops is neither a social document, in the manner of Edward Hopper, nor a celebration of the mechanized, in the style of Charles Sheeler.  It is a document of Howard Hack’s perceptions, reactions, and experiments.”
In 1981, the California Palace of the Legion of Honor presented a collection of works in silverpoint by Howard Hack.  The show’s catalog curator Robert Flynn Johnson wrote: “What will people think of Howard Hack’s art one hundred years from now?  What will they think of the time, patience and concentration necessary to create these works?  What will they think of his seductive style and idiosyncratic subject matter?  I believe that Howard Hack’s art will age far more gracefully than the strained and artistic fashions that currently strut upon the stage of history.  Time will tell.”
In San Francisco, Howard Hack was represented by several galleries, including Richard Gump’s and John Bolles.  In New York, Hack’s works were sold through Lee Nordness Gallery.

His art studio at 54 Cook Street in the Laurel Heights neighborhood of San Francisco was left abandoned for more than 15 years, but sold in 2016 for 1.5 million dollars despite decrepit conditions. The same property turned millions in the early 2020s, but no reference to it being Hack's art studio remained. In Hack's obituary, its remembered how 54 Cook Street became an afterschool play area for students from Laurel Hill Nursery School while Howard (Hondo) was still involved with the property. He rented the downstairs to a woman named Dorothy Collier who taught at Laurel Hill in the late 1970s to 1980s and lived on the bottom floor with 60 cats. Hack would often be around in the studio upstairs and sometimes brought his own children by the studio/afterschool care spot. November 14, 2017
"Everyday after Laurel Hill pre-school, Hondo, Russell, myself and a few others would take the steps down to Howard's house where we would stay and play until our parents picked us up. Cook Island! - what a place to be a four year old! Thank you Howard" wrote an old friend on the memory board of his obituary. Hack died in 2015.

Exhibitions

Solo
Information regarding One-Person Shows, Group Exhibitions, Collections, Awards and Prizes for Howard Hack is drawn primarily from the catalog for Howard Hack: Silverpoint Drawing Series, 1967 - 1981, An Exhibition organized by the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor (1981).

 Galeria de la Parroquia, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, 1959
 Bolles Gallery, San Francisco, 1962
 Bolles Gallery, New York, 1963
 Gump’s Gallery, San Francisco, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972
 M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1967
 San Jose College, 1968
 Lee Nordness Gallery, New York, 1968
 Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1972
 Mils College, Oakland, 1972 (Retrospective)
 Triangle Gallery, San Francisco, 1976
 Zara Gallery, San Francisco, 1978
 “Selections from the Blue Print Series,” University Art Gallery, California State University, Chico, 1980

Group

 Western Painters Annual, The Oakland Art Museum, 1955, 1957, 1961
 Winter Invitational, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1961
 24th Annual Drawing and Sculpture Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Art, 1961
 Pittsburgh International Painting and Sculpture Annual Invitational, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1964, 1967
 Whitney Annual of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1965, 1967
 29th Corcoran Biennial, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1965
 Lee Nordness Gallery, New York, 1967
 National Drawing Exhibition (Invitational Annual), San Francisco Museum of Art, 1970
 “Looking West,” Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, 1970
 National Academy of Design 148th Annual, New York, 1973
 Zara Gallery, San Francisco, 1975
 Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan, 1975
 Flint Institute of Arts, Michigan, 1975
 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1976
 National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1977
 “Bay Area”: Painting Invitational, Richmond Art Center, 1979
 “Realism”: Walnut Creek Civic Arts Gallery, 1980
 "Luminous Line: Contemporary Drawing in Metalpoint": Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, Scripps College (1967)

Collections
Hack's works are in private collections and the following public and institutional collections:
 Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
 Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts
 Metro Media, Los Angeles
 The National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.
 The Oakland Art Museum
 San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
 Seattle First National Bank, Washington
 Sara Roby Foundation, New York
 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
 University of San Francisco
 Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Awards and prizes

 Jack London Art Festival, Oakland, California: First Prize, 1961, 1964, 1965
 Painted Flower Exhibition, The Oakland Art Museum: Purchase Awards, 1962, 1963
 San Francisco Museum of Art 84th Annual: Ann Bremer Memorial Award, 1965
 Whitney Annual of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: Neysa McMein Purchase Award
 National Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award for Painting, 1966
 Whitney Annual of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Sara Robey Foundation Award for Painting, 1967
 American Academy of Arts and Letters: Childe Hassam Foundation Purchase Award, 1969

References

Further reading

 Howard Hack: The Window Series, (exhibition catalog), M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, 1967.
 Walter Maibaum, Howard Hack: Behind the Window, American Artist Magazine.
 The Silverpoint Series (film documentary). Direction: Seanchan O’Dell; cinematography: Frank Simon, Richard Reichel; editing: Richard Reichel.

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title: Barbara Edelpöck

text:
Barbara Edelpöck (; ? – 9 March 1495) was the mistress of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary. She gave birth to the King's only, although illegitimate, child, John Corvinus.

Life
Barbara Edelpöck was a daughter of Hans Edelpöck, a citizen of Stein (now Krems an der Donau) in Lower Austria. Matthias Corvinus King of Hungary and Bohemia met Barbara Edelpöck during the 1470 Vienna Summit, where Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor organized dance parties. Matthias took her with him to Buda. On 2 April 2 1473, their child, John Corvinus was born in Buda, whom Barbara began to raise in Besztercebánya in a house given by King Matthias until 1476. In 1476, Matthias married Beatrice of Aragon, and after they had no children, in 1479 he recognized John Corvinus as his legitimate son.

Barbara Edelpöck married Friedrich von Enzersdorf in 1476, with whom she had two more children (which was revealed in her will, but their names are not known) and they lived in a castle bought by Matthias in Enzersdorf in Lower Austria. Barbara died in Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria in 9 March 1495.

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title: John Corbett (rugby union)

text:
John Corbett (1 January 1880 – 11 April 1945) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A forward, Corbett represented West Coast and Buller at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side the All Blacks in 1905, selected from the West Coast.

He played 16 games for the All Blacks but did not appear in any test matches.

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title: Grinnell Willis

text:
Grinnell Willis (1848-1930) was a textile merchant and philanthropist, and the son of noted poet Nathaniel Parker Willis. Willis founded and ran Grinnell Willis & Company. He also funded several civic projects in the Morristown, New Jersey area.

Early life and education

Willis was born to Nathaniel Parker Willis and Cornellia Grinnell Willis in New York City on April 28, 1848. He grew up in Idlewild, his family's country estate near Cornwall-on-Hudson on the banks of the Hudson River in New York state. His brother was Bailey Willis. After preparing for college with William Atkinson, Willis entered Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1866. While at Harvard, he played on the varsity rowing team and served as captain of the Class of 1870 Boat Club. Willis graduated from Harvard in 1870.

Merchant career

After graduating from college, Willis joined the commission house of Almy & Co. He worked for the company and then its successor, Lewis Brothers & Co., until 1889. In 1879, Willis began overseeing their business relationship with Wamsutta Mills, a textile manufacturer (now a brand of Springs Global). He founded Grinnell Willis & Co. in 1889.

Philanthropy

Willis served on the Board of Trustees of Morristown School (now Morristown-Beard School) for 15 years (1905-1920) and as board president for 12 years (1908-1920). He donated funds to help construct a gymnasium for the school and its Headmaster House (now the school's Alumni House). Willis dedicated the gymnasium fund to his wife Mary Baker Hadock Willis.

During World War I, Willis served with the Morristown Infantry Battalion of the New Jersey Militia Reserve. After a fire severely damaged the Morristown Library and Lyceum, he and Samuel Gillespie funded the conversion of the structure into the Morristown Armory. In 1917, Willis donated $56,000 to fund the construction of a new library for Morristown. He also gave donations to create the building's children's room and a $200,000 fund to meet future needs.

Family

Willis married Mary Baker Hadock Willis on October 24, 1874. They had three children together: Hannah, Cornellia, and Joseph. After Mary died in 1911, Willis married Katherine Tappert, the librarian at Morristown's public library.

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title: Stoyan Pilichev

text:
Stoyan Angelov Pilichev (Стоян Ангелов Пиличев, born November 20, 1938, Chiroko, Bulgaria) was a Bulgarian boxer who competed in the lightweight category at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, as a member of the Bulgarian national boxing team. In the 1964 Summer Olympics he lost to Józef Grudzień from Poland in the quarter-final. In the 1968 Summer Olympics he lost to Calistrat Cuțov from Romania in the quarter-final. Pilichev represented Bulgaria in the lightweight category of the 1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships. After reaching the final, he faced Calistrat Cuțov from Romania, in a rematch of 1968 Mexico City quarter-final, and he lost on points, resulting in winning the silver medal of the division.

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title: Kyriakos Savvidis

text:
Kyriakos Savvidis (; born 20 June 1995) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Slovan Bratislava in the Niké Liga.

Career
Kyriakos Savvidis at the end of the 2013–14 season, he tied his future with PAOK by making his debut with the first team and celebrating the championship with U-20 as one of the most important players. The 19 years' old midfielder signed a new four-year contract that will keep him with the club till the summer of 2018. The young midfielder knows that a signature on a paper can not secure a career and is ready to continue the hard work. "What I did before, I will continue to do now. It does not change anything for me. My own goal is one, the establishment in the first team"  he said.

On 23 February 2016, Savvidis joined Slovak club Zemplín Michalovce on a six-months loan deal, until the end of the 2015–16 season.

On 8 July 2016, he signed a two years' contract with Panionios for an undisclosed fee, while his previous club PAOK will keep a 30% resale clause.

On 24 January 2019, he signed a six-month contract with Aris Thessaloniki.
On 8 August 2019, he signed a year contract with Slovak club Zemplín Michalovce. On 9 September 2020, he signed a contract with another Fortuna Liga club Spartak Trnava.

On 4 June 2023, he signed a three-year contract with the biggest rival of his previous employer, Slovan Bratislava.

Career statistics

Club

Honours
Spartak Trnava
Slovnaft Cup (2): 2021–22, 2022–23

References

External links

 OnSports

1995 births
Living people
Greek men's footballers
Greek expatriate men's footballers
Greece men's youth international footballers
Greece men's under-21 international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
PAOK FC players
OFI Crete F.C. players
Panionios F.C. players
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
MFK Zemplín Michalovce players
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Super League Greece players
Slovak First Football League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovakia
Greek expatriate sportspeople in Slovakia
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title: Kantilal Ghia

text:
Kantilal Ghia was a leader of the Indian National Congress from Gujarat. He was the first deputy chief minister in Government of Gujarat in the early 1970s.

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title: Dogfan

text:
Dogfan, also known as Doewan, was a saint and martyr who lived in 5th century Wales. He is venerated in the Anglican Church , Eastern Orthodox Church, True Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church, on 13 July.

Family
He is the patron saint of Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant in Wales. The town may have been the birthplace of his mother. He was also one of the sons of king Brychan.

Martyrdom
He is said to have been put to death by Anglo-Saxon heathen invaders in Pembrokeshire, where a church was built to his memory.

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title: 2001–02 Sunshine Tour

text:
The 2001–02 Sunshine Tour was the 31st season of the Sunshine Tour (formerly the Southern Africa Tour), the main professional golf tour in South Africa since it was formed in 1971.

Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2001–02 season.

Order of Merit
The Order of Merit was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in South African rand.

Awards

Notes

References

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title: Jack Steel

text:
John Steel (10 November 1898 – 4 August 1941) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A wing, Steel represented West Coast and Canterbury at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, from 1920 to 1925. He played 38 matches for the All Blacks including six internationals, and captained the side on two occasions.

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title: Cyngar of Llangefni

text:
Saint Cyngar was a 5th-century Welsh Saint. He is the Patron Saint of Llangefni, Anglesey, in Wales, and a founding member of St. Cybi's Monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey.

Born around 488 AD, he was the son of King Gerren Llyngesog of Dumnonia. As a mature man, he became a follower of his nephew, St. Cybi Felyn, whom he accompanied to Edeligion in South Wales where they built churches in Llangybi-upon-Usk and Llanddyfrwyr-yn-Edeligion before  King Glywys of Glywysing forced them to leave. They then went to the island of Aran Mor in Ireland where they spent 4 years building churches, after which they moved to the Llŷn Peninsula at Cricieth.

They finally established an important monastery at Holyhead, Anglesey, from where Cyngar founded the church at Llangefni.

Ynys Cyngar, once an offshore island but now a coastal headland is located at the mouth of the Afon Glaslyn near Borth y Gest (Grid Ref: SH 5535 3658), where the Church in Wales church is dedicated to St Cyngar.

He died on 7 November of an unknown year in the mid-6th century (probably 550 AD) and he was buried in Llangefni.

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title: William Levington

text:
William Levington (1793 – May 15, 1836) was an African-American clergyman and teacher.  The third African American ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States, he established the first African-American congregation south of the Mason–Dixon line, and worked to educate African American youth.

Early life
Born in New York City, by the time he was seven, Levington was living in Philadelphia and working in the bookstore of Sheldon Potter, along with Alonzo Potter, Sheldon's brother who later became Bishop of Pennsylvania (in 1845). In 1818, Alonzo Potter graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York and began a teaching career there the following year. Levington wanted to study for the ministry and studied under Potter's tutelage until 1822, when Levington returned to Philadelphia to prepare for ordination under the guidance of Rev. Jackson Kemper, assistant to bishop William White. During at least his last years with Alonzo Potter, Levington lived and taught at a school for African American children in Albany. However, New York's Bishop John Henry Hobart refused to ordain him, despite having ordained Rev. Peter Williams Jr., likewise an African American, in 1819. Williams had become an abolitionist in addition to leading St. Philip's Episcopal Church, which had been founded by African American members of historic Trinity Church, Hobart's New York parish before becoming bishop. Levington likewise delivered addresses against slavery, including through the Ladies Philanthropic Benezet society, though that did not prevent Albany's mayor and others from providing glowing references upon his departure.

Ministry
Bishop William White ordained Levington as a deacon at the Church of St. Thomas on March 14, 1824, three decades after ordaining Rev. Absalom Jones at the same church, and six years after Jones' death. However, Levington was not to remain with that congregation. Instead, Kemper wrote a letter of recommendation praising his conduct and piety, which led to an interview with Bishop James Kemp in Baltimore. On June 23, 1824, the new missionary established the St. James First African Protestant Episcopal Church and school in an upstairs room of a building at Marion and Park Avenues in Baltimore. At the time, Maryland law prohibited African American children from attending public schools, though they paid taxes.

The next year, lawyer James Bosley donated land to build a church for the new congregation, and George Whipple donated five thousand bricks, which with other financial donations enabled the congregation to build a new church at North (later renamed Guilford Avenue) and Saratoga Streets. Bishop Kemp consecrated the new building on March 23, 1827, and Levington's friend (and future bishop) Rev. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw of St. Peter's Church delivered the first sermon.

Since Bishop Kemp died unexpectedly in October after a coach accident, Levington returned to Philadelphia's St. Thomas Church, and Bishop White ordained him as a priest on March 23, 1828. After some controversy during which Levington insisted that enslaved and free members of the congregation would receive the same rights, the new church was formally incorporated by Maryland's legislature in 1829. However, for several years Levington needed to travel through several northern states to raise sufficient money to keep the new church operating, pay the construction debt and fund his own salary, since the Episcopal church as a whole did not fund missionaries at the time.

Levington also spoke out against both slavery and the American Colonization Society, despite his donor Whipple's being the society's agent in Baltimore. In 1835, Levington signed a letter (along with Rev. John Fortie of the Sharp Street Methodist Episcopal Church and Rev. Nathaniel Peck of the Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church), which African American teacher and activist William Watkins thought was too conciliatory.

Death and legacy
Levington died of bilious pleurisy on May 15, 1836, and was buried in Old Bethel African Cemetery, with his friend Henshaw paying the burial expenses. His successor was Rev. Joshua Peterkin, a recent white graduate of Virginia Theological Seminary, who soon left the mission congregation, as did several other pastors until George Freeman Bragg, who wrote and published a biography of his predecessor. St. James Church relocated twice under Bragg, including to its current location across from Baltimore's Lafayette Square, which continues to display a memorial marker honoring its founder.

William Douglass, who graduated from the St. James school and had become a Methodist minister, was ordained an Episcopal deacon at St. Stephen's Church in Cecil County, Maryland on June 22, 1834, and moved to Philadelphia to take charge of St. Thomas Church, where he was ordained a priest by Bishop Henry Onderdonk on February 14, 1836. He became that historic black parish's second rector (after Absalom Jones) and served until his death in 1862. Levington also taught the mother of A.M.E. Bishop Levi Coppin, husband of missionary and teacher Fanny Jackson Coppin, for whom Maryland's Coppin State University was later named.

An embroidered sampler which Levington gave to his donor James Bosley on July 4, 1832 was purchased by the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and is displayed in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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title: Emiliano Tade

text:
Emiliano Tade (born March 3, 1988) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Auckland City in the New Zealand Football Championship.

Tade holds the record for number of consecutive participations in the FIFA Club World Cup, appearing for Auckland City at seven consecutive FIFA Club World Cup tournaments from 2011 to 2017. He is currently the all-time leading goal scorer for Auckland City, as well as the all-time leading goal scorer in New Zealand Football Championship history; his exploits earned him a professional move to South Africa, eventually signing for league champions Mamelodi Sundowns in 2019.

Career

Early career
Born in Santiago del Estero, Tade grew up playing for boyhood side Club Atlético Mitre. Instead of pursuing a career in football, Tade was studying to become a lawyer before moving to New Zealand in April 2010. After Martín Pereyra, a fellow Argentine playing in New Zealand, suggested he trial for local semi-pro side Wellington United, Tade began a club football career.

Tade's performances in the Central Premier League impressed Team Wellington head coach Stu Jacobs, and Tade signed for the ASB Premiership club prior to the 2010–11 season, scoring six goals in 16 appearances in his debut season in the New Zealand top flight.

Auckland City
The next season, Tade sealed a move to Auckland City, joining a Hispanic contingent that included Andreu Guerao, Manel Expósito, Albert Riera, Ángel Berlanga and Luis Corrales.

Tade won the golden boot in both the 2013–14 ASB Premiership and 2013–14 OFC Champions League. He also won his first league championship that season, scoring the only goal in the final as Auckland City beat former club Team Wellington on 16 March 2014.

Due to Auckland City's dominance in the OFC Champions League, winning the competition for seven straight seasons, Tade appeared at a record seven consecutive FIFA Club World Cup competitions between 2011 and 2017. This included Auckland City's historic run in the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, falling to Argentine giants San Lorenzo in the semifinal, before defeating Cruz Azul in the third-place playoff. His performances in the tournament earned him a move to Torneo Federal A side Club Atlético Mitre ahead of the 2015 season; however, he lasted less than a season before returning to Auckland.

South Africa

AmaZulu
On 26 May 2018, Tade confirmed that he had completed a move to Absa Premiership club AmaZulu FC following a successful trial. Tade made his debut for Usuthu in a 1−0 win over Baroka FC on 4 August 2018. He quickly began to impress during his time in South Africa, forming a strong partnership with Bongi Ntuli and becoming widely regarded as one of the most dangerous forwards in the league. After a productive first half of the season where Tade scored seven goals in all competitions and won Player of the Month honours for November and December, he drew interest from the league's larger clubs.

Mamelodi Sundowns

On 31 January 2019, reigning champions Mamelodi Sundowns announced the signing of Emiliano Tade for an undisclosed fee - believed to be around 6 million rand - which also included the permanent transfer of Bongi Ntuli, previously on loan to AmaZulu, in the other direction. Mamelodi went on to win the title that season, with Tade contributing two goals in 12 appearances for Sundowns.

His next season in South Africa was plagued by injury and personal issues; Tade failed to make an appearance for Sundowns, and eventually requested a release from his contract, citing constant injury struggles, homesickness and a wish to cease playing professionally. Tade agreed a mutual termination of contract, and he was officially released on 11 December 2019, returning to his family in New Zealand.

Return to Auckland City

On 13 January 2020, Auckland City confirmed that Tade had returned to the club alongside Tom Doyle.

Career statistics

Honours
Auckland City
New Zealand Football Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15
New Zealand National League: 2022
Northern League: 2021, 2022
Chatham Cup: 2022
Charity Cup: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016
OFC Champions League: 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022
OFC President's Cup: 2014
FIFA Club World Cup 3rd Place: 2014

Central United
Chatham Cup: 2012

Individual
Jack Batty Memorial Cup: 2012

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title: Empire, Arkansas

text:
Empire is an unincorporated community in Chicot County, Arkansas, United States.
Empire is located just west of Ross Van Ness, see Ross Van Ness for additional information regarding the Empire community.

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The Australia Women's National Wheelchair Basketball League (WNWBL) is a women's semi-professional wheelchair basketball league in Australia.

Teams
The league currently has six teams:

Sydney University Flames
The Sydney University Flames, as the Hills Hornets, were one of the league's original teams, and the most successful, winning the championship nine years in a row from 2002 to 2010. Seven-time Paralympian Liesl Tesch was one of the team's founding members, who was named the first overall MVP in 2000, and played for the team in 2017. The team became the Sydney University Flames in 2010, and won the league championship in 2019.

Sydney Metro Blues
The Sydney Metro Blues were also one the league's original teams, as the North Sydney Bears. As such, they won the league championship in 2001. They subsequently became the Goudcamp Gladiators, and then the Sachs Goudcamp Bears in 2011. They assumed their current identity of the Sydney Metro Blues in 2016, and won the league championship in 2017.

Kilsyth Cobras
Another of the original teams, the Kilsyth Cobras began as the Victorian Wheelies in 2000. They subsequently became the Dandenong Rangers, and won the league championship in 2011 and 2012 with players including Amanda Carter and Shelley Chaplin. In 2015, the team became affiliated with the Kilsyth Cobras, a club that also fields teams in the men’s and women’s sections of the South East Australian Basketball League (SEABL), the Victorian Youth Championship Competition (VYC), the Victorian Junior Basketball League (VJBL) and the National Wheelchair Basketball League (NWBL). The Kilsyth Cobras went through the 2015 season undefeated, posting a 16–0 record that still stands, and claimed the league championship.

Perth Wheelcats
The Perth Wheelcats (Formerly Be Active Western Stars) joined the league in 2006. The team quickly became a force in the competition, supplying three players (Amber Merritt, Sarah Vinci and Clare Nott) to the Australia women's national wheelchair basketball team at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, plus the coach, John Triscari. The Stars won league championships in 2013 and 2016, and Merritt was the 4.0 MVP and highest point scorer for nine years running from 2011 to 2019.

Queensland Comets
The Queensland Comets (formerly the Minecraft Comets) became the league's fifth team in 2011. They won the league championship in 2014 and 2018.

Red Dust Lady Heelers
The Red Dust Lady Heelers became the league's sixth team in 2017, following the track of the  Red Dust Heelers, who joined the NWBL three years before. The Red Dust Heelers program grew out of the 2012 Outback Academy Australia. In its inaugural year in the competition, it was fortunate to have players like Deanna Smith, Kathleen O'Kelly-Kennedy, Clare Nott and Georgia Inglis.

Champions

Awards

Voted by the coaches and referees

Voted by the captain of each team.

References

External links

WBL Finals 2022

Women's basketball competitions in Australia
Wheelchair basketball leagues in Australia
Recurring sporting events established in 2000
2000 establishments in Australia
Sports leagues established in 2000


title: Syneos Health

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Syneos Health (formerly InVentiv Health Incorporated and INC Research)  is an American company that provides contract research and commercial services to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Based in Morrisville, North Carolina, the company specializes in helping other companies with late-stage clinical trials, but also provides commercial services to market health treatments. Syneos Health was formed from the merger of InVentiv Health and INC Research, each formed from the consolidation of several companies in the contract research industry. It was listed on Nasdaq until 2023 when the company was taken private by Elliott Investment Management.

History
Syneos Health was formed from the merger and acquisition of several companies including InVentiv Health and INC Research. Through InVentiv Health, part of the company's history can be traced back to Snyder Communications, a company founded by Daniel M. Snyder in the 1980s. Snyder Communications had an initial public offering and began trading in the New York Stock Exchange in 1996. The company formed a healthcare services division, Snyder Healthcare, in 1997 and acquired a number of healthcare related companies that operated or were based in the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Holland, and Hungary. As of the end of 1998, the company generated more than $320 million in sales per year and employed about 2,800 people in the United States and more than 4,500 in Europe. In September 1999, Snyder Healthcare was spun off into an independent company called Ventiv Health Inc., with shareholders receiving one share of Ventiv Health Inc. for every two shares of Snyder Communications. Eran Broshy was appointed to serve as chief executive officer and the company began trading on Nasdaq.

In 2005, the company paid $185 million to acquire InChord Communications, a healthcare marketing agency based in Westerville, Ohio. The company subsequently changed its name to InVentiv Health. In 2006, it became listed on the S&P 600 and also acquired for $60 million Adheris Inc. which provides programs for patient persistence and compliance with their prescribed treatment. In 2010, the company, which at the time was traded on NASDAQ as VTIV, went private with the acquisition by Thomas H. Lee Partners in a deal estimated at $1.1 billion.

In May 2017, INC Research announced plans to acquire InVentiv Health. In January 2018, the company assumed a new name, Syneos Health, and stock symbol, .

In February 2019, the company announced the SEC had begun an investigation of the company's accounting policies. Syneos Health's 2018 fourth-quarter and year-end reports were delayed. The COVID-19 pandemic lead to increased business for the company because of the "push to develop COVID-19 vaccines and medicines in 2020 and 2021".

In April 2022, Michelle Keefe, who previously worked for two decades at the pharmaceutical Pfizer, was appointed CEO of Syneos Health to succeed Alistair Macdonald who had led the company since 2017.

In March 2023, the company signed a multi-year deal to collaborate with Microsoft Research in development of a platform to leverage machine learning for the optimization of clinical trials.

On May 10, 2023, an investment consortium comprising Elliott Investment Management, Patient Square Capital and Veritas Capital, agreed to take Syneos private in a deal worth $4.46 billion, or $7.1 billion including debt.

Operations
Syneos Health is currently based in Morrisville, North Carolina. The company's clinical services business specializes in providing contract research for clinical trials to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, while the company's commercial services provide marketing and medical affairs for their products. As of the end of 2022, the company's clinical services business contributed to 75% of its revenue and the commercial services contributed to the remaining 25%.

The company generated $4.42 billion in revenue in 2020, $5.21 billion in 2021, and reported $5.39 billion in 2022. Syneos Health employs about 28,000 people in 110 countries.

References

External links

Biotechnology companies of the United States
Companies based in North Carolina
Contract research organizations
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
Biotechnology companies established in 2018
Announced mergers and acquisitions


title: Urbangarde

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Urbangarde (アーバンギャルド) is a Japanese band active since 2002. The formation is based in Tokyo and is currently composed of Hamasaki Yoko alias Yokotan (vocals), Matsunaga Temma alias Tenma (vocals), Okubo Kei (keyboards). The guitarist Zeze Shin alias Shinsama and the drummer Kagiyama Kyoichi alias Kyouchan left the band. Yachimura Kei alias Yashi (keyboard) was also part of the band in its earlier stages.

Urbangarde's music is characterized by its blend of electronic, pop, rock and various other musical styles. The mix of male and female vocals from Matsunaga Temma and Hamasaki Yoko often speak of social issues in Japan such as the high suicide rate, teen prostitution, teen pregnancy, death and disease. The name of the band is a mix of the word "urban" and part of the French expression "avant-garde" which means experimental or innovative.

Style and influences

Urbangarde's musical styles vary from bubblegum pop to 80s style synthpop, punk, progressive rock, chiptune, new wave, goth, industrial and heavy metal. The members of the band sometimes define what they do as "Tokyo Virginity Pop" or "Trauma Techno Pop". The use of visual arts to support their music and ideas is a large part of their act, with performance art, otome (virginal) and Lolita fashion. They have also been known to sometimes read poetry in live shows. Tenma is responsible for the artistic aspects of the band and notably writes the lyrics, takes care of the general design of the band's image, promotional videos and music videos. Their numerous music videos often incorporate disturbing imagery such as blood, weapons, representations of suicide and a giant Kewpie doll that is often present in live performances as well. According to Matsunaga Temma, the doll represents a baby created by modern society.

Red and white polka dots and sailor school uniforms are often used as an icon of Urbangarde. Temma said, "There’s a “shoujo (girl)” religion unique to Japan which has the sailor uniform and straight black hair as its icons, and you can’t separate those from sexuality and gender. In Japan’s case, it’s not only the demand from the male side, but also the female side has the desire to be young and to remain as a girl." It is cited on their official website that the band represents the "minority of underground cultures, virgins and otakus". For these reasons, their success grew heavily on the internet.

Hamasaki Yoko and Matsunaga Temma said in a PXLBBQ interview in France that Serge Gainsbourg is one of their influences. Technopop from the 80s is also a big inspiration for Matsunaga Temma.

History

Urbangarde was created by lyricist, poet and man of the theatre Matsunaga Temma after meeting Hamasaki Yoko, who then sang old French songs. After seeing one of her performances, Matsunaga Temma recognized her talent and decided to make her the lead singer of the band. They started to significantly rise in popularity in 2007 after having passed the audition for Yahoo! Japan ・WHO’S NEXT and making it in the top 5 in over 3000 bands. After the release of the first three indie albums, their major debut singles "Skirt Kakumei" and "Tokimeki ni Shisu" were released under Universal Music Japan in 2011. The following album "Mental Hells" was their first major label album release. They then started performing for crowds of over 1000 in Tokyo and their 2012 album "Geiger Counter Culture" reached position number 10 on the daily Oricon chart in Japan and made the top 25 on its weekly chart. The album was a reflection on the post-Fukushima era in Japan. In an interview by Daniel Robson from noisy.vice.com, Tenma said; «[...] after the earthquake there has been a lot to get pissed off about in Japanese politics, and now we feel like we have a message to get across. »
Urbangarde also participated in several seasons of the TV program Japan in Motion (NOLIFE TV), which eventually led them to perform live at the Toulouse Game Show in December 2012. Since then, the band has had an ever-growing fanbase in France. The band performed at Paris' anime mega-fest Japan Expo in July 2013  and then released their greatest hits compilation "Koi to Kakumei to URBANGARDE" featuring their new opus "Tokai no Alice".
Urbangarde's new album "Utsukushii Kuni" came out in June 2014. The title "Utsukushii Kuni" (Beautiful Country) is actually a play on words. Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, used the phrase as a title of his book and in a political speech during his first term. Urbangarde intentionally used the wrong Chinese character 鬱 (utsu=depression) instead of 美しい(utsukushii=beautiful). The album features artwork by Makoto Aida, a contemporary Japanese painter renowned for his provocative works of manga, painting, video, photography and sculpture.

Discography

Albums
    Loss Of Virginity Production
    Shōjo wa nidoshinu (少女は二度死ぬ少女は二度死ぬ特装盤) (April 2008)
    Shōjo Toshi Keikaku (少女都市計画) (October 9, 2009)
    Shōjo no shōmei (少女の証明) (October 8, 2010)
    Mental Hells (メンタルへルズ) (October 26, 2011)
    Geiger Counter Culture (ガイガーカウンターカルチャー) (October 24, 2012)
    Koi to Kakumei to URBANGARDE (BEST OF COMPILATION) (恋と革命とアーバンギャルド) (June 19, 2013)
    Utsukushii Kuni (鬱くしい国) (June 18, 2014)
    SHOUWA 90 NEN (昭和九十年) (December 9, 2015)
    Tokyopop (January 1, 2020)
    Avantdemic (November 25, 2020)

Singles

    Revisionist (修正主義者) (May 6, 2007)
    Girls War (傷だらけのマリア) (July 9, 2010)
    Skirt Kakumei (スカート革命) (July 20, 2011)
    Tokimeki ni Shisu (ときめきに死す) (September 28, 2011)
    Umare te mi tai (生まれてみたい) (March 7, 2012)
    Yameru Idol (病めるアイドル) (June 20, 2012)
    Sayonara Sub Culture (さよならサブカルチャー) (September 19, 2012)

References

Japanese musical groups


title: Bruno Schulz (architect)

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Bruno Schulz (24 February 1865, in Friedeberg – 1 April 1932, in Berlin) was a German architectural historian.

From 1893 onward, he was employed as a Regierungsbaumeister (government architect) in Berlin. In 1897-98 he accompanied Friedrich Sarre on a research trip to Persia, and after his return to Europe, lived and worked in Venice during the years 1899–1900. He then served as technical director of the German archaeological excavation at Baalbek (1900–1904). Later on, he taught classes on the morphology of classical and Renaissance architecture at the Technical University of Hannover, and in 1912 was appointed professor of architecture at the Technical University of Berlin.

Published works
 Das Grabmal des Theoderich zu Ravenna und seine Stellung in der Architekturgeschichte, 1911 – The tomb of Theodoric at Ravenna and its place in architectural history.
 Ardabil : Grabmoschee des Schech Safi, 1924  (main author, Friedrich Sarre) – Ardabil, The grave-mosque of Sheikh Safi.
 Die Kirchenbauten auf der Insel Torcello aufgenommen, 1927 – The churches on the island of Torcello.
 Römische Tempel in Syrien, nach Aufnahmen und Untersuchungen von Mitgliedern der Deutschen Baalbekexpedition 1901-1904, (with Otto Puchstein, Daniel Krencker) – Roman temple in Syria; Recordings and studies by members of the German Baalbek Expedition.

References

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1865 births
1932 deaths
German architectural historians
People from Strzelce-Drezdenko County
People from the Province of Brandenburg
Academic staff of the Technical University of Berlin
German male non-fiction writers


title: Yalghaar

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Yalghaar (; previously known as Delta Echo Foxtrot) is a 2017 Pakistani war-epic film directed by Hassan Rana. The film is produced by MindWorks Media and is based on the true story of Pakistan Army's Swat Operation. Yalghaar was facilitated by Brigadier Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi from Inter-Services Public Relations -ISPR.

The film "explores what happens in the lives of those involved, including the militants and how all of them are affected at a personal level because of the ongoing operation". It stars Shaan Shahid in the lead role, along with Humayun Saeed, Adnan Siddiqui, Armeena Khan, Aleeze Nasser, Ayesha Omer, Sana Bucha, Bilal Ashraf. It is the most expensive Pakistani movie to date. Apart from budget and extensive cast, the film features 150 written characters. On 19 December 2014, Hassan Waqas Rana revealed that this film is a tribute to slain children of the 2014 Peshawar school attack.

Plot
The film is based on an actual military operation conducted in the Piochar region of Swat district.

Cast
 Shaan Shahid as Colonel Asad in Special Services Group of Pakistan Army
 Humayun Saeed as Torjan - A Militant leader of the local area who has established himself as an Ameer of the area
 Adnan Siddiqui as Lt Col. Imran
 Bilal Ashraf as Capt. Bilal (SSG)
 Ahmad Taha Ghani as Capt. Asif - Combat Group Pilot  Pakistan Army
 Wali Yousaf as Capt. Abdullah - Combat Group Pilot  Pakistan Army
 Ali Rehman Khan as Capt. Ali - A technical expert who conducts location from army headquarter
 Ali Sohail as Capt. Asif - A technical expert who conducts location from army headquarter
 Sana Bucha as Sadia - A Reporter, and love interest of Col. Asad
 Aleeze Nasser as Fareeha - Wife of Lt Col. Imran
 Armeena Khan as Jero
 Uzma Khan as Capt. Samia - A Military Doctor
 Ayesha Omer as Zarmina
 Gohar Rasheed as Baran
 Syed Irfan Gilani as DG MI Sohail - Military Intelligence Director General.
 Hassan Rana as Maj. General Hassan
 Ashir Azeem as Maj. General Ahmed
 Talib Rizvi as Maj. General Taimur
 Ayub Khosa as Colonel Jogezai
 Sikander Rizvi as Azhar
 Zarrar Azeem as Capt. Zarrar
 Umair Jaswal as Capt. Umair (cameo appearance)

Production

Development
Soon after the release of Waar back in  2013, Hassan Rana signed two more films with ARY Films sequel of Waar known as Waar 2 and Delta Echo Foxtrot later known as Yalghaar. ISPR was approached in order to get more insight of the facts and figures of the Swat Operation. Hassan Rana wanted to know how it feels to be a soldier who is fighting on the front lines of war.

The movie went into production after about 3 years of extensive research. Apart from using a vast number of choppers and heavy ammunition, an artificial tunnel was dug in Karachi to replicate one found in North Waziristan.

In preparation for their roles, all actors spent time with their real-life alter egos. Humayun Saeed, who plays the role of a militant, spent days with captured militants in order to prepare for his role.

Duraid Qureshi, the CEO of Hum Network Limited announced at the 4th Hum Awards that the film will be distributed under the banner of Hum Films.

Release
Yalghaar was officially released on 25 June 2017 for the Eid al-Fitr holiday on 112 screens across Pakistan. It was also released in 22 countries at the same time including United States, UK, UAE, etc.

Home Media
The film had a Television Premier on 14 August 2023 on Hum TV as the eve of Independence Day.

Box office
The film has collected 1.75 crores on day 1 of the Eid, 2.40 crore on day 2 of the Eid, 2.20 crore on day 3 of the Eid. Making a grand total of 6.35 crore as Eid collection. It emerged victorious against other releases of the Eid. These figures are confirmed by movie marketing agents.

On day 4 of its release, it racked in 1.40 crore, which is the record collection of any movie on Thursday in Pakistan. On first weekend of its release, it collected 1.30 crore, 1.50 crore and 1.35 crore respectively on Friday, Saturday and Sunday taking its total collection to 11.9 crore. Nasar Khan, PR & Publications associate manager at HUM Network, local distributors of Yalghaar, confirmed the numbers "These numbers are accurate".

Critical reception
Rafay Mahmood of The Express Tribune said that the film had its "heart in the right place", depicting "what an average soldier goes through in order to serve his country while taking care of his friends, love life and family" while "engaged on two different fronts with two different kinds of enemies — external and internal." However, he criticized the film's loose plot, describing it as an "omelette", as well as forced English dialogues, and the director's romanticism of the "posh side of the army lifestyle". He noted that if done right, the film "had the potential to wake up the sleeping giant that the Eid box-office can be."

Areebah Shahid writing for Bolo Jawan gave the film 3 stars, appreciating the cinematography and war sequences but criticizing the script and editing.

Momin Ali Munshi of Galaxy Lollywood described the film's starting action scenes as "wonderfully executed" and having "definitely set the right motion for the film", in addition to praising its background score; however, he noted that the introduction of multiple characters weakened the sequence of the plot, which made it a "star-studded hot mess".

Faraz Talat of Dawn praised the acting of Adnan Siddiqui, Sana Bucha and Ayub Khoso, but said the movie suffered from an incoherent storyline, in addition to weaknesses in choreography, dialogues, production, and certain aspects of character development. While noting Yalghaar's expensive production value, he concluded that the "film industry needs more than just patriotism; it needs a will to explore new artistic territory."

Sana Gilani of Daily Pakistan called Yalghaar "one of the most promising movies of [the] year" and viewed all characters positively, save for the female extras and the antagonist role played by Humayun Saeed, which she described as "aloof". According to Gilani, critics appeared to miss the fact that the movie relayed true events, which made the storyline and narrative obvious.

Omair Alavi of Brandsynario commended Yalghaar as a "better option" for those wanting to watch a Pakistani film, and approved its action sequences, patriotic and emotion-laced appeal, war theme, as well as its cast which featured renowned and upcoming stars. However, he noted there were certain technical glitches, ordinarily executed scenes, and misplaced dialogues.

See also
 List of directorial debuts
 List of Pakistani films of 2017

References

External links

2017 films
2010s action war films
Pakistani action war films
Films scored by Channi Singh
2010s Urdu-language films
Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa fiction
Films about terrorism in Asia
Films set in Karachi
Films shot in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
MindWorks Media films
War films based on actual events
Epic films based on actual events
Films set in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Films directed by Hassan Rana
Pakistani epic films
Military of Pakistan in films
Hum films
2017 directorial debut films


title: Karachi Breeze

text:
Karachi Breeze is a  is a network of bus rapid transit lines under construction in Karachi, Pakistan. Construction began in 2013, two lines are operational and two lines are under construction as of September 2022, with 2 more planned. The projected ridership of the first line is estimated at 350,000 passengers per day, with a total of 109 km of dedicated bus routes. Upon completion, it will become the largest BRT network in Pakistan, and will connect to the Karachi Circular Railway.

History
Nawaz Sharif, during a high-level meeting in Karachi on July 10, 2014, announced funds to launch the BRT Green Line to alleviate the severe traffic congestion in the city. The slow pace of work on BRT Green Line has irked citizens as the digging work on main arteries has resulted in congestion of traffic, which the former prime minister blamed on the Sindh government. In 2018, the name of the project was changed from Karachi Bus and Mass Rapid Transit system to Karachi Breeze.

Lines
The system will be divided into 6 dedicated lines or "busways". Currently, the Green and Orange lines are operational, the Red and Yellow lines are under-construction, and the Blue and Brown lines are in their planning stages.

Green Line

The green line is extend from Merewether Tower in central Karachi, to Surjani in northern Karachi, with a total length of . The Government of Pakistan financed the majority of the project. Construction of the Green Line began on February 26, 2016 ended in December 2021. The line has 22 bus stations. Engineering Associates had been contracted as the designers and supervision consultants for Green Line while a Consortium of "Ernest & Young", "Exponent Engineers" & "Haider Mota & BNR" had been contracted for "Transaction Advisory for Bus Operational Plan". The line is served by 80 18-metre-long buses. In addition, a Command and Control Centre is established at Garden West.

The green line:

 Numiash Station (to Blue Line)
 Patel Para (Guru Mandir) Station
 Lasbela Chowk Station
 Sanitary Market (Gulbahar) Station
 Nazimabad No.1 Station
 Enquiry Office Station
 Annu Bhai Park Station (to North Nazimabad KCR Station)
 Board Office Station ( to Orange Line )
 Hyderi Station
 Five Star Chowrangi Station
 Jummah Bazar Station
 Erum Shopping Station
 Nagan Chowrangi Station
 U.P. More Station
 Road 4200 (Saleem Centre) Station
 Power House Chowrangi Station
 Road 2400 (Aisha Complex) Station
 2 Minute Chowrangi Station
 4K Chowrangi Station
 Karimi Chowrangi Station
 KDA Flats Station
 Abdullah Chowk Terminal.

Orange Line

The Orange Line, also called the Edhi Line in honour of philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, is the shortest of the five lines, spreading over 3.9 km with only four stations within Orangi. The Orange line will be spread over 2.3 km, of which 0.7 km will be elevated while 1.5 km will be on ground, whereas, the 1.5 km will be semi dedicated section. The project is entirely funded and built by the Sindh government. It was started in 2016, but finally the project was completed in 10 Sep 2022 . The project was criticised as being the only BRT line of the system that was not devised in conjunction with community input.

The line will have the capacity to carry up to 50,000 passengers daily, with a station located at every kilometre of its length. The line begins at Shahrah-e-Quaideen, near TMO Office, to Board Office, where it will join the Green Line BRT, through a rotary flyover.

The orange line:
 AO Chowk Terminal (to Green Line)
 Orangi Station (to Orangi KCR Station)
 Orangi Town Terminal

Blue Line
The Blue Line will extend from Merewether Tower in central Karachi, to Bahria Town in northeast Karachi at a total length of  along Jahangir Road, and Shahrah-e-Pakistan to Sohrab Goth and onto Superhighway. It will be the first privately funded transport system in Pakistan being funded by the Bahria Town Group. Provincial Minister for Transport Syed Nasir Shah told Jang that the Blue Line will have 9 stations with 3 of them underground. Under the project, 357,000 passengers will be able to travel annually.

The blue line:

 Merewether Tower Terminal
 Numaish Chowrangi Station (to Green Line)
 Liaquatabad Station (to Liaquatabad KCR Station)
 Bahria Town Terminal

Yellow Line
The 22-kilometre-long Yellow Line project will connect Numaish Chowrangi near the Mazar-e-Quaid in central Karachi, to its eastern suburbs of Korangi and Landhi, terminating at Dawood Chowrangi. It has an estimated cost of $428 million, of which $382 million will be financed by the World Bank. It will be serviced by 268 buses and 28 stations, including 22 at grade and 6 underground. Construction of the line was delayed due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and is expected to start in 2022, with completion in 2025.

The Yellow Line:
 Numiash Chowrangi Terminal (to Blue Line/Green Line)
 Landhi Station Terminal (to Landhi KCR Station)

Red Line
Construction of Red Line has been started and will connect central Karachi to its eastern suburbs.It will extend from Numaish Chowrangi near the Mazar-e-Quaid in central Karachi, to Malir Halt in eastern Karachi via University Road. The system will be a "third generation" BRT system in which local buses can enter/exit the system at designated points, to travel between city streets and the dedicated bus corridor. It will have a total length of . Construction was to start in August 2020, but was delayed to 2021 due to the global coronavirus pandemic, and was originally planned to be completed in 2022 at a cost of $503.2 million. The projected ridership of the system is 300,000 passengers per day.

It is the first transportation project in the world to receive funding from the UN Green Climate Fund for its use of biomethane from cow dung to power buses. A facility will be established at Cattle Colony to produce 11 tonnes of biogas per day for the line's 213 buses. A system of drains will also be built along the line to harvest rainwater for horticultural use, while the drains will also be perforated to allow rainwater to recharge water tables.

The red line:
 Regal Chowk Terminal (to Blue Line/Yellow Line)
 Regal Chowk Station Terminal (to KCR).

Brown Line
Brown line BRT will start from Singer Chowrangi of Korangi Industrial Area. The first station of Brown line BRT is integrated with Yellow line BRT. Brown Line BRT will pass through Shama Centre Shah Faisal Colony, Drigh Road where it has a combined station with Karachi Circular Railway (KCR), Nipa Chowrangi (combined station with Red Line and KCR), Sohrab Goth (combined station with Blue Line) and will end at Nagan Chowrangi (combined station with Green Line).

Fleet
The government has acquired eighty 18-metre-long articulated buses for the Green Line, twenty 12-metre-long buses for the Orange Line and is in the process of acquiring twenty-five 18-metre-long articulated buses for the Green Line Extension project.

See also
 Lahore Metrobus
 Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus
 Multan Metrobus
 TransPeshawar
 List of rapid transit systems in Pakistan

References

Bus rapid transit in Pakistan
BRT


title: Bethel Ashram, Thiruvalla

text:
Bethel Ashram is an institution which exclusively works for needs among women. The ashram is situated at Warikkad, Thiruvalla in Kerala state of India.

History
In 1922, Miss Edith Neve, a C.M.S. missionary, felt the need to serve the women of the diocese in a wider sphere than in the training school (B.I. Pallom) where she was working. Miss Rachel Joseph, a high school teacher, joined her in the new venture. They rented a house in Alappuzha and undertook various activities among the women there. The name 'Bethel' was adopted, and their work soon attracted women students from all parts of the Diocese.
Bethel moved to permanent quarters at Warikkad, Tiruvalla, in 1926.

Location
Bethel Ashram is located at Warikkad which is on the Thiruvalla–Mallapally road and has an area of 20 acres.

Administration
The ashram is managed by Madhya Kerala Diocese of Church of South India. The administration of the ashram is handled by sisters at Bethel Ashram. The current Bethel mother is Sister Shanta Joseph and Asst. Mother is Sister P. J Annnama.

Activities
The ashram runs an old age home which caters to elderly people and mentally ill patients. A nursery school which is named 'Shanti Nursery School', an orphanage and a playschool is also functioning at Bethel Ashram. Two boarding homes which is named as 'Shanti' and 'Love cottage' has the facility to study up to 7th standard. A chapel has been constructed at Bethel Ashram in 1935 and been consecrated the same year itself. A community center which is called 'Karunalayam' provides training to women in sewing and switching.

Bethel Ashram branches
Bethel Ashram has various branches in Kerala at Trichur, Melukavu, Fern Hill bethel at Trivandrum and Kallada, which is near Kollam. Outside Kerala the branches are at Parkal, Bhagirathapetta and Patpara.

See also
Madhya Kerala Diocese
Church of South India

References

Religious buildings and structures in Pathanamthitta district
1932 establishments in India


title: Pilane (Sweden)

text:
Pilane in Klövdal, Tjörn, Bohuslän, Sweden, is an Iron Age settlement site and grave field, dated to 1-600 AD. The grave field consists of approximately 90 ancient monuments, including stone circles, burial mounds, circular stone grave markers and standing stones. The site is under the care of the Swedish National Heritage Board and the land is leased as sheep pasture.

In the summer of 2007, the Pilane site started to be used for a seasonal outdoor sculpture exhibition: Skulptur i Pilane (Sculpture in Pilane). During its first year the exhibition had 60,000 visitors. The art activities are coordinated by the private, non-profit Pilane Heritage Museum, which is financed by the entry fees.

The site occupies a prominent position, with extensive views over land and sea. The Basteröd rock carvings site is nearby.

External links
 Official register (RAÄ-nummer Klövedal 105:1) at the Swedish National Heritage Board
 Official website of the annual summer sculpture exhibition

Iron Age Scandinavia
Iron Age sites in Europe
Stone circles in Europe
Burial monuments and structures
Outdoor sculptures in Sweden
Tourist attractions in Västra Götaland County
Annual events in Sweden
History of Bohuslän
Germanic archaeological sites
Sculpture exhibitions
Prehistory of Sweden

Archaeological sites in Sweden


title: List of beaches in Australia

text:
Beaches in Australia are in abundance due to the fact that Australia is entirely surrounded by the ocean. Beaches are popular destinations among the country's local population, and travellers alike, as over 85% of Australians live on the coast and most of Australia falls under the warm temperate and subtropical climate zones. Australia has a prominent beach culture, which is often considered part of its national identity, with television shows, movies, and songs being set in or relating to beaches. This page features a list of beaches in Australia.

The longest beach in Australia is the  long sandy beach running down the outer side of the Younghusband Peninsula in South Australia, commonly referred to as The Coorong. It runs from the Murray mouth to Cape Jaffa.

New South Wales

Sydney

 Avalon Beach (Northern Beaches)
 Lady Robinsons Beach
 Bondi Beach
 Coogee Beach
 Cronulla Beach
 Shark Island, Cronulla Beach
  Dee Why Beach
 Manly Beach
 Maroubra Beach
 Palm Beach
 Tamarama
 Wattamolla
 Boat Harbour
 Bents Basin
 Lake Parramatta
 Wanda Beach
 Elouera Beach
 Obelisk Beach
 North Cronulla
 Shelly Beach
 Whale Beach
 Ramsgate Beach
 Little Manly Beach
 Greenhills Beach
 Currawong Beach
 Fairy Bower Beach
 Freshwater Beach
 Garie Beach
 Great Mackerel Beach
 Marley Beach
 Turimetta Beach
 Bilgola Beach
 Bronte Beach
 Curl Curl
 Collaroy

Other regions
 Pambula Beach
 Jones Beach
 Duranbah Beach
 Lighthouse Beach
 Angels Beach
 Hyams Beach
 Bar Beach
 Blueys Beach
 Boomerang Beach
 Bream Beach
 Burgess Beach
 Taylors Beach
 Corindi Beach
 Sawtell Beach
 Murray's Beach, Sawtell
 Byron Bay
 Seven Mile Beach
 South Golden Beach
 Stockton Beach
 Werri Beach

Northern Territory
 Mindil Beach, Northern Territory
 Gunn Point Beach, Northern Territory

Queensland

 Mermaid Beach
 Palm Cove
 Four Mile Beach
 Rainbow Beach
 Sunrise Beach
 Sunshine Beach
 Surfers Paradise
 Main Beach
 Southport Spit
 Snapper Rocks
 Coolum Beach
 Cowley Beach
 Shelley Beach
 Bramston Beach
 Airlie Beach
 Greenmount Beach
 Holloways Beach
 Kewarra Beach
 Kings Beach
 Kinka Beach
 Marcus Beach
 Mission Beach
 Newell Beach
 Nudgee Beach
 Palm Beach
 Castaways Beach
 Teewah Beach
 Trinity Beach
 Whitehaven Beach
 Wonga Beach

South Australia

 Aldinga Beach
 Baudin Beach
 Christies Beach
 The Coorong, the longest in Australia
 Henley Beach
 Island Beach
 Maslin Beach
 Middle Beach
 O'Sullivan Beach
 Sellicks Beach
 West Beach

Victoria

 Bells Beach, Torquay
 Brighton
 Ninety Mile Beach
 Bridgewater Bay
Discovery Bay
 Balnarring Beach
 Altona Beach
 Eastern Beach
 Cheviot Beach
 Manns Beach
 Mentone Beach
 Point Impossible Beach
 Safety Beach
 St Andrews Beach
 St Kilda Beach
 Southside Beach
 Sunnyside North Beach
 Thirteenth Beach
 Woodside Beach
 Wreck Beach

Western Australia

 Cable Beach
 Cottesloe Beach
 Lucky Bay
 Floreat Beach
 City Beach
 Yallingup
 Coogee
 North Beach
 Eighty Mile Beach
 Bathers Beach
 Greens Pool
 Middleton Beach
 Elephant Rocks
 Nanarup Beach
 Ocean Beach
 Peppermint Grove Beach
 Preston Beach
 Shell Beach
 Sunset Beach
 Tarcoola Beach
 West Beach

See also
 List of beaches

References

Australia geography-related lists


title: Escort Teknoloji

text:
Escort is a Turkish computer manufacturer and Consumer electronics retail chain.

History
The company was founded in 1991 as a computer manufacturer, growing to provide a supply service through its own network of retail stores. As of 2014 Escort consisted of twelve subsidiary companies providing services in: software development, consulting, sales and marketing, distribution of Toshiba home electronics, software and equipment for the banking industry.
Shares in Escort Teknoloji Yatırım A.Ş have been traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange since 2000.

References

External links
The Escort homepage

Turkish companies established in 1991
Companies of Turkey
Electronics companies established in 1991
Electronics companies of Turkey


title: Isko Salvador

text:
Herman "Isko" Salvador Jr. (born May 21, 1958), also known as Brod Pete, is a former Filipino actor and comedian. He is known for his "Ang Dating Doon" parody segment in the comedy show Bubble Gang, as a host of Celebrity Bluff, and his frequent use of the word "alien".

Early life and education
Herman Salvador was born in the municipality of Calumpit, Bulacan, Philippines. He graduated from the University of Santo Tomas in 1980 with a Bachelor of Communication Arts. He has mentioned that his idol is Dolphy, a Filipino comedian.

Career
Salvador started his career as a scriptwriter. He began writing gags in the early 1980s. In the 1980s he was a comedy writer for the Philippine's longest-running comedy sitcom, John en Marsha, in which he also played a character named Iskô – giving rise to his stage name. After that sitcom ended, he wrote for other shows, including Plaza 1899, Home Along Da Riles, Champoy, Going Bananas, and Buddy en Sol.

Brod Pete
Salvador became a head writer for the Bubble Gang TV show in the 1990s. He achieved prominence for a segment he wrote for the show, "Ang Dating Doon", a parody religion based on the popular late-1990s Philippine religious program Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path). Salvador as Brod Pete would caricature televangelist Eliseo Soriano, as he with his co-actors Cesar Cosme (as Brother Willy) and Chito Francisco (as Brother Jocel) quoted English fairy tales and Tagalog nursery rhymes in place of religious scripture. The audience was promoted to join in a "fanatical chanting" of "Alien" instead of "Amen". Salvador's "Brod Pete" persona is a name pun on American actor Brad Pitt, as the latter's name is prone to mispronunciation with a thick Filipino accent.

In the 2007 version, the sketch was called "Doon Dati" or "Du'n Dati". In 2011 the sketch was renamed "Ang Bagong Dating Doon", focusing on questions or opinions from the other Bubble Gang cast members and fans on social media. The hosts answer the questions through song lyrics that are meanwhile being reinterpreted by Brod Pete in a more humorous way.

Salvador has also appeared as Brod Pete in various films and television shows, including Boy Pick-Up: The Movie, Pidol's Wonderland, Mr. Suave: Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy! Hoy!, Nobody Nobody But Juan, and Klasmeyts. His Brod Pete character anchors a talk radio show, The Saturday 3 p.m. Habit with Brod Pete, on which he responds to call-in queries with wacky answers, and is a paid celebrity endorser for the Pollen-B line of health supplements.

Celebrity Bluff
Salvador is a former host of Celebrity Bluff, a Philippine game show. His role is the gangnam and his job is to help the contestants answer questions shown on the board.

Other credits
Salvador has also appeared in various sitcoms, gag shows, and films. His credits include the television shows Kapitan Awesome, John en Shirley, Love Spell, Daboy en da girl, Lastikman, Most Wanted, and the Yes! Yes! Show.

5-Minute Brod Pete Show
In September 2015, Isko Salvador launched his own online show, the 5-Minute Brod Pete Show or stylized as #5MBPS. It runs 5 minutes from Monday to Friday, and features various segments such as Internet memes, phone callers, current events, commentary, spoofs, challenges, and Q&A.

#BASA
In 2016, PSICOM Publishing Inc. published Salvador's first book "#BASA". The book contained witty gags and jokes of the comedian himself. Spoofs and scenes from his online show 5-Minute Brod Pete Show are in the book as well.

Filmography

Television

Film

References

External links

"Ang Dating Doon, Bubble Gang" (video) on YouTube

1958 births
Living people
Filipino male comedians
Filipino television personalities
Filipino male television actors
University of Santo Tomas alumni
Filipino parodists
Male actors from Bulacan
GMA Network personalities
ABS-CBN personalities
TV5 (Philippine TV network) personalities
Filipino sketch comedians


title: Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus

text:
The Rawalpindi-Islamabad Metrobus is a  bus rapid transit system operating in the Islamabad–Rawalpindi metropolitan area of Pakistan. It consists of four routes, namely the Red, Orange, Blue, and Green Lines. The Red and Orange Lines have dedicated lanes with proper stations built along them, while the Blue and Green Lines currently run along the Islamabad Expressway and Srinagar Highway respectively, with regular traffic.

The Metrobus network's Red Line was the first to be opened on  june 4, 2015, and stretches 22.5 kilometers between Pak Secretariat, in Islamabad, and Saddar in Rawalpindi. The second route, the Orange Line, stretches 25.6 kilometers between the Peshawar Morr Interchange and the Islamabad International Airport, and was inaugurated on 18 April 2022. On 7 July 2022, the Green Line and Blue Lines were added to this Metrobus network.

The system uses e-ticketing and an Intelligent Transportation System, where the Red Line is managed by the Punjab Mass Transit Authority while the rest are being managed by the Capital Development Authority (CDA).

History
Public transport in Islamabad and Rawalpindi was never been a viable option for commute. Local transport routes existed, but many parts of the city weren't connected to the center of Rawalpindi–Islamabad Metropolitan areas. Therefore, after the completion of the Lahore Metrobus, plans for a similar project in the Rawalpindi–Islamabad Metropolitan area were made.

Phase One: Red Line

Construction of the bus rapid transit system began on 28 February 2014 and was completed by June 2015, with 60 buses initially plying on the route. The Rawalpindi Development Authority was tasked with overlooking the project with a cost of approximately , which was between the federal government and the Punjab provincial government.

The project was initially divided into five packages, where Package-1 consisted of flyovers, bridges and pedestrian underpasses. The project was started on 23 April 2014 and was completed on 27 March 2015 incurring a total cost of  as quoted by the contractor of the project. The construction project was awarded to Habib Construction Services which is one of the largest construction companies of Pakistan and have worked on several other mega projects previously.

In February of 2023, PMBA announced the creation of express route for Red Lin from Monday till Thursday. These are: Saddar - Faizabad and Faiz Ahmad Faiz - Rehmanabad.

Phase Two: Orange, Green and Blue Lines

The 25.6 km Orange route track, from Peshawar Morr to New Islamabad International Airport, worth Rs16 billion was started by the PML-N government in 2017 and was originally scheduled for completion in 2018. After a delay of five years, it was inaugurated on 18 April 2022 by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.  Thirty buses were expected to arrive from China for this route, but faced delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic which led to the closure of the Port of Shanghai. Consequently, CDA started the operations on this route by borrowing 15 buses from the Red Line. The Faiz Ahmad Faiz Station of Red Line was turned into an Interchange Station between Red Line and Orange Line.  For the first month of Ramadan, orange line was free to ride on.

Seeing the dire situation of public transport in Islamabad, the new PML-N government began work on Blue route and Green routes of Rawalpindi - Islamabad Metro Bus. Initially, Blue route is between PIMS and Koral Chowk and Green route is between PIMS and Bhara Kahu before more stops are added on these corridors in the future. For this purpose, 30 buses were ordered from China, of which 15 are plying on Orange route and the rest are plying on Blue and Green routes.

For the new routes, the Federal Government created the Capital Mass Transit Authority (CMTA) to run the operations of Orange, Green, Blue and all the future metro bus routes.

Phase Three: NUST Proposal
In late 2022, CDA approached National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) to carry out the feasibility study to identify new potential routes. As a result of that study, 13 new bus routes were identified by NUST.  The routes are meant to connect the existing Rawalpindi - Islamabad Metro Bus Network to all corners of Islamabad.

Upon his arrival in Islamabad, the new CDA Chairman Noorul Amin Mengal announced the starting of work on new Purple Line from IJP Station to Pirwadhai on IJP Road and Silver Line from Aabpara to Trammri on Park Road.  The Purple Line busses would ply on the newly constructed IJP Road. The stations are announced to have tuck shops which is a welcome change.

Lines

Stations

The Functional elements of the Red and Orange Line Stations include ticketing booths, concourse level passenger transfer, escalators, platform screen, public toilets, doors turnstiles for automatic fare collection and all other amenities for passenger convenience. A central ITS control room is also included in the project to control the whole operation of the Metro Bus system.

Meanwhile, stations of Green and Blue Line are ground-level, however, at most places, there are no pedestrian crossings on main highways such as Kashmir Highway. This puts commuters at a grave danger and reduces interest in the service.

Ticketing and fares

The Red and Orange Lines uses e-ticketing and Intelligent Transportation System wand. The ticketing options include a single-ride token and a refillable metro bus card.

On the other hand, the Green and Blue Line don't have any proper standardized ticketing system yet. As of February, 2023, CMTA is working on working on creating a streamline ticketing system for the three routes.

Fleet
The initial fleet consisted of 68 articulated 18-meter-long high-floor buses for the Red Line route. These buses were imported and supplied by VPL Limited from the China-based company Sunwin Bus, which is a Joint-Venture formed between SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (SAIC) and Sweden-based Volvo Bus Company, VPL Limited also happens to be the sole after-sales distributor for both Volvo Buses and Sunwin Buses in Pakistan, among other products.

In 2022, 30 buses were imported from China for the Orange Line route. Fifteen of these buses are plying on the Orange Line route, while ten were shifted over to the Blue Line route and five to the  Green Line route.

Controversies and mishaps
The rainy season of 2015 exposed significant problems in drainage systems of the network. One of the worst affected stations was the PIMS metrobus station, with severe flooding affecting smooth operation severely. Similarly, cracks appeared after a minor earthquake in Rawalpindi, which raised questions over the structural integrity of the infrastructure used in the project.

The long-term financial model to run the project and its utilization is a subject of serious controversy surrounding the project. Reports show that although 150,000 passengers were expected, but due to both CDA and RDA's lack of interest in creating feeder routes, the project was unable to produce over 80,000 passengers in the long run. It became extremely difficult for management to afford fuel costs for 68 buses, and only 35 buses were utilized. This results in jamming and overcrowding during peak travelling hours.

The Orange route became controversial when it got delayed for nearly 5 years. It was meant to be inaugurated in August of 2018, however, for one reason of the other, it couldn't be completed till April of 2022. Even after its completion, people noticed electrical and civil works being done in sections of Orange Line track. Furthermore, when the question of operating it came, there was dispute between CDA, NHA and Punjab MetroBus Authority. It was finally decided that CDA would run it until a Metro Bus Authority for Islamabad is created.

See also
Rapid transit in Pakistan
Lahore Metrobus
Multan Metrobus
Karachi Metrobus
TransPeshawar

References

External links
 Punjab Masstransit Authority website
 Punjab transport department website

2015 establishments in Pakistan
Bus rapid transit in Pakistan
Transport in Islamabad
Transport in Rawalpindi


title: Pilane

text:
Pilane may refer to:

 Pilane (Botswana)
 Pilane (Sweden)


title: Stacy Doris

text:
Stacy Doris (May 21, 1962 – January 31, 2012) was a poet who wrote in English and French. Doris used the name "Madame Wiener" or «Sa Femme» in some of her French work.

Life and work
Stacy Doris was an innovative writer who imparted her “ferocity of living and invention” as she created new worlds of relationships with each book. As a teacher, each semester she would offer deep, exploratory seminars in different topics. For Doris, writing, learning, living and romancing were all in the service of one another.

Doris was influential in bridging the worlds of French and American poetry through her own fictions, as well as in the anthologies she edited. Some examples include The Violence of the White Page (Tyuonyi, 1991), with Emmanuel Hocquard, Twenty-two New (to North America) French Poets (Raddle Moon, 1997), with Norma Cole, and from French to English, Quelques-uns de mes contemporains: New American Writers (Java 2001).

Doris was an associate professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University, where a poetry award has been created in her honour. Her last published works were Fledge: A Phenomenology of Spirit (Nightboat Books, 2013), which she completed shortly before her death, and The Cake Part (Publication Studio, 2011) of which some 50 poets, film-makers and other artists contributed to making short films for the launch (see  Cake Part Virtual Launch).

Bibliography

Books
Fledge: a Phenomenology of Spirit (Night-boat Books, Callicoon, NY, 2012)
The Cake Part (Portland, OR: Publication Studio) 2011.
Paramour trans. Anne Porutgal and Caroline Dubois (Paris: P.O.L) 2009.
Knot (Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press) 2006. Winner of the University of *Georgia Contemporary Poetry Series Award.Parlement (Paris: P.O.L) 2005.Cheerleader’s Guide to the World : Council Book (NY: Roof) 2006.Conference (Bedford MA: Potes & Poets) 2001.
Une Année à New York avec Chester (Paris: P.O.L) 2000.
Paramour  (San Francisco: Krupskaya) 2000.
La Vie de Chester Steven Wiener écrite par sa femme (Paris: P.O.L) 1998.
Comment Aimer, trans. Anne Portugal and Caroline Dubois of Paramour excerpts (Grâne, France: Créaphis) 1998.
Kildare (NY: Roof) 1995. Reprint at Kildare EPC

Audio compositions
Parlement (l'Atelier de Création Radiophonique, France Culture Radio, director Jean Couturier) Original broadcast November 13, 2005. Rebroadcast at ACR, FranceCulture

Chapbooks
Le temps est à chacun, trans. Martin Richet from Knot (Marseille: Contrat Main) 2002.
Kildare, trans. Juliette Valery (Bordeaux: Format Américain) 1995.
Implements for Use (St. Denis: A. Slacik) 1995.
Mop Factory Incident (NY: Women's Studio) 1995. Reprint at: Mop Factory Incident WSW

Anthologies and collections
Editor, "Quelques-uns de mes contemporains: New American Writers," (Paris: Java) 2001.
Co-editor (with Chet Wiener), Christophe Tarkos: Ma Langue est Poétique--Selected Work (New York: Roof) 2001.
Editor, "Recent French Poetics" in Poetry on the Edge; a Symposium (Durham, NC: Duke University) 1999.
Co-editor (with Norma Cole), Twenty-two New (to North America) French Poets (Vancouver: Raddle Moon) 1997.
Co-editor (with Emmanuel Hocquard), Violence of the White Page, Contemporary French Poetry in Translation  (Santa Fe, NM: Pederal) 1992. Reprint at ViolenceWhitePage Duration

Notes and references

1962 births
2012 deaths
San Francisco State University faculty
American women poets
20th-century American poets
20th-century American women writers
21st-century American women


title: 1985 VFA season

text:
The 1985 Victorian Football Association season was the 104th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the 25th season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Sandringham Football Club, after it defeated Williamstown in the Grand Final on 22 September by six points; it was Sandringham's third Division 1 premiership, and its first since 1962. The Division 2 premiership was won by Brunswick; it was the club's third Division 2 premiership, and the last premiership in either division ever won by the club.

Association membership
During the off-season, the Association's second division contracted from eleven to ten clubs, with Kilsyth leaving the Association. Northcote also temporarily left the Association, but returned prior to the start of the season.

Northcote
On 28 November 1984, the Northcote Football Club, one of the Association's longest-serving clubs, announced that it was withdrawing from the Association due to financial pressures. Northcote estimated its annual expenses to compete in Division 2 had increased to $85,000, including $16,000 affiliation costs. The club saw that increasing administrative costs, and upward pressure on player payments which had flowed on from a similar trend in the increasingly professional Victorian Football League had increased its expenses, but that the small and increasingly apathetic population of Northcote was no longer able to finance the club. Despite its departure, the club described its financial position as no worse than many other Association clubs, and predicted that other clubs would soon leave the Association for the same reason. Two weeks later, the club joined the Diamond Valley Football League, which it estimated had half of the operating costs of the Association.

Over the following two months, five past players keen to keep the club in the Association – Arthur Dearing, Ken Harvey, Chris Kozaris, Tom Martin and Dennis Viney – were voted to the Northcote executive committee. The new committee secured readmission to the Association on 12 February 1985. The new committee worked to cover the club's $18,000 debt by seeking new sponsors and attempting to form a coterie group. Additionally, the club gained some revenue from the League's Fitzroy Football Club, which had arranged a deal to train at Northcote Park (while playing home games at Victoria Park, Abbotsford), after having been evicted from the Junction Oval during the summer.

Kilsyth
The Kilsyth Football Club, which had competed in Division 2 for the previous three years with very little success, withdrew from the Association shortly before the season. As had been the case for Northcote, the club struggled with low revenue and high operating costs, and the club had considered leaving prior to the 1984 season for the same reason. As late as February, the club still intended to contest the 1985 season and had been included in the fixture, and it tried hard to attract strong local players from the Eastern District Football League to compile a competitive playing list; but it did not succeed, and withdrew from the competition before the season began. It returned to the EDFL in 1986 and remains there as of 2022.

Association structure
Four years after expanding the size of Division 1 to twelve teams, the Association decided during the season that the top division would be contracted back to ten teams from the 1986 season. As a consequence, it was determined that the 1985 Division 2 premiers would still earn promotion to Division 1, and that the bottom three from Division 1 would all be relegated.

Division 1
The Division 1 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at the Junction Oval.

Ladder

Finals

Awards
The leading goalkicker for the season was Ian Morrison (Sandringham), who kicked 105 goals during the home-and-away season, and 108 goals overall.
The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Neil MacLeod (Sandringham), who polled 22 votes. MacLeod finished ahead of Ross Gallagher (Sandringham) who polled 16 votes, and Brett Chadband (Port Melbourne), who polled 14 votes.
Preston won the seconds premiership for the third consecutive season. Preston 21.17 (143) defeated Coburg 14.14 (98) in the Grand Final, held on Sunday 22 September at North Port Oval.

Division 2
The Division 2 home-and-away season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were played at Junction Oval.

Ladder

Finals

Awards
The leading goalkicker for Division 2 was Rino Pretto (Oakleigh), who kicked 149 goals in the home-and-away season, and 170 goals overall. Pretto's total was the highest in a season by any player since Ron Todd kicked 188 goals in 1945 during the throw-pass era; it set and, as of 2019, holds the record for most goals in a season outside the throw-pass era.
The J. Field Medal was won by Darren Hall (Dandenong). Hall finished ahead of Greg Packham (Caulfield), who was second, and Glenn Scanlan (Sunshine), who was third.
Brunswick won the seconds premiership for the third consecutive season. Brunswick 17.17 (119) defeated Waverley 14.11 (95) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the Division 1 Seconds Grand Final on 22 September at North Port Oval.

Notable events

Interleague matches
The Association played one interleague match during the season, against the Victorian Amateur Football Association. Gary Brice (who had returned Port Melbourne after a season at League club ) continued as Association coach; David Brine (Preston) was captain. The Association no longer fielded a separate Division 2 representative team.

Other notable events
In December 1984, Alan Wickes, who had served as Association president since March 1981, declined to stand for re-election. Former Brunswick president and Brunswick and Camberwell player Brook Andersen was elected to the office in his place.
The Association's order-off rule, which had been introduced in 1980, was amended in 1985. Under the original rule, the team played one short during the period that a player was ordered off the ground; but under the amended rule, the ordered off player could be replaced, meaning that the teams continued to play sixteen-a-side during the penalty.
Berwick moved its home ground from Arch Brown Reserve to the Manuka Road Oval in 1985, following a clubhouse fire during the summer.
Moorabbin moved from the McKinnon Recreation Reserve to the Bentleigh Recreation Reserve, its third home ground in three years.
Camberwell endured significant financial hardship during the season. Despite having already asked its players to take a pay cut at the start of the season, the club remained unable to make its payments; in mid-June, led by one-time Association leading goalkicker Peter Stevenson and other key senior players Mark Turner and Robert Wilkinson, players began to walk out on the club. Within a year, more than forty players had walked out on the club, resulting in the club – which had played finals in 1984 – falling to a winless season in 1986.
Oakleigh also endured financial difficulties during the year, and, with their consent, did not pay its players during the season.
On 23 June, Williamstown 17.11 (113) defeated Preston 15.14 (104), ending Preston's club-record 23-match winning streak which dated back to 1984. It was also, quite remarkably, the first time Preston ruckman Neil Jordan had lost a game for the club in any grade across his 84-game career; he had previously played 34 matches for the thirds, 24 matches for the seconds, and 25 matches for the firsts without suffering a defeat.
On 26 July, Oakleigh trailed Sunshine by 43 points early in the final quarter, before coming back to win by one point; Oakleigh 16.13 (109) d. Sunshine 15.18 (108)
As in 1984, Network Ten televised one match in each of the final two weeks of the home-and-away season, followed by all of the Division 1 finals. Because of this, the Association made a decision to swap the Division 1 fixtures of Rounds 15 and 17, because ladder positions at the time indicated that there would be no interesting matches to televise in Round 17; this proved to be a wise move, as the top five teams won their originally scheduled Round 17 matches by an average of 105 points.
Port Melbourne missed the finals in dramatic circumstances after a terrible performance in the final round of the home-and-away season. After Round 17, Port Melbourne sat fourth with a record of 12–5 with a percentage of 140.8, which was a substantial advantage over fifth-placed Williamstown with a record of 11–6 and a percentage of 133.1. In Round 18, Port Melbourne lost more than nine percentage points in a heavy televised loss against second-placed Coburg, Coburg 21.15 (141) d. Port Melbourne 5.9 (39); this allowed Williamstown to qualify with a comfortable win against sixth-placed Geelong West, Williamstown 14.16 (100) d. Geelong West 8.10 (58).
Starting from this year, the Association played the Division 1 and Division 2 finals on the same days as double-headers at the Junction Oval, with the Division 2 matches serving as curtain-raisers to the Division 1 matches; this ended the long-standing practice of playing the Division 2 finals at a different venue (usually Toorak Park) and a week or two earlier than the corresponding Division 1 finals. The Seconds finals for both divisions, which had previously served as curtain-raisers to the firsts finals, were played as double-headers at North Port Oval. Under this arrangement, Network Ten televised the final quarter of the Division 2 final before broadcasting the entire Division 1 match.
In the Division 1 Grand Final, Williamstown selected fourteen-year-old Ron James to play his first senior game.

See also
List of VFA/VFL premiers

References

Victorian Football League seasons
VFL


title: Modo, Lamongan

text:
Modo is a district (kecamatan) in Lamongan Regency, East Java Province, Indonesia.

References

External links

Districts of East Java


title: 2005 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's singles

text:
Lleyton Hewitt was the defending champion, but did not participate.

Wildcard James Blake won the title, defeating Feliciano López 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 in the final.

Seeds
All seeds receive a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

References

External links
Main Draw

Pilot Pen Tennis
2005 Pilot Pen Tennis


title: Stefan Živković

text:
Stefan Živković (; born 1 June 1990) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Mladost Lučani.

Career
Born in Kruševac, Živković passed the youth school of Red Star Belgrade. Later he was with Resnik and Hajduk Beograd. Živković joined Borac Čačak in the winter break off-season 2011–12. He made 13 SuperLiga appearances with 10 starts, and also played one cup match until the end of his debut season in club. Živković also played one semi-final cup match, in win against Vojvodina. For the next season, Borac was relegated to the Serbian First League. For two seasons Borac spent in the First League, Živković made 38 league and 4 cup matches and scored 2 goals for the 2012–13 period, but he missed the spring half of 2013–14 season. After Borac promoted to the SuperLiga, Živković contributed with 2 goal on 24 matches to survive in league, after the 2014–15 season. For the 2015–16 season, new coach, Nenad Lalatović gave a captain armband to Živković. During the first half of season, Živković played all 22 league matches and scored 1 goal against Voždovac, from penalty kick. He was also a member of 1 cup match, and will be remain as the leader of the generation that caused one of the worst defeats of Red Star Belgrade on the Rajko Mitić Stadium. He sued the club together with Nemanja Miletić and Dušan Jovančić ending of November 2015, over unpaid wages. Živković joined FK Čukarički beginning of 2016.

On 10 January 2018, Živković signed for FC Atyrau.

Career statistics

Notes & References

External links
 Stefan Živković stats at utakmica.rs

1990 births
Living people
Footballers from Kruševac
Men's association football defenders
Serbian men's footballers
Serbia men's youth international footballers
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
FK Resnik players
FK Hajduk Beograd players
FK Borac Čačak players
FK Čukarički players
FK Zemun players
FC Zhetysu players
FC Turan players
Athlitiki Enosi Larissa F.C. players
Serbian First League players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Super League Greece players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece


title: Ness Lake

text:
Ness Lake is a lake in British Columbia's Northern Interior. Located  northwest of the city of Prince George, it is a popular destination for fishing, swimming and other recreational activities. The lake has a distinctive shape, as it is divided into three larger "basins" (Southwest, Central and East), which are connected to one another via smaller, narrow portions of lake. The Eastern and Central Basins have the greatest amount of development (including Ness Lake Bible Camp  and a public beach). Meanwhile, the Southwest Basin features a wetland.

References

Lakes of British Columbia
Cariboo Land District


title: Merata Kawharu

text:
Merata Kawharu  is a New Zealand Māori writer and academic active in the New Zealand Historic Places Trust and the Māori Heritage Council. Her principal research is on the concept of kaitiakitanga (or guardianship) within Māori culture.

Affiliating to the Ngāti Whātua and Ngāpuhi iwi, she is the daughter of Sir Hugh Kawharu.

Academic career

After a Rhodes Scholarship took her to Oxford University for a PhD in anthropology, Kawharu returned to the New Zealand to posts at the universities of Auckland and Otago and roles with the United Nations, UNESCO, NZ Historic Places Trust Board and Māori Heritage Council. She is a principal investigator at Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.

Kawharu is a member of the New Zealand Geographic Board.

In the 2012 New Year Honours, Kawharu was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to Māori education.

References

External links
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Living people
Academic staff of the University of Auckland
New Zealand women academics
New Zealand Māori academics
New Zealand writers
New Zealand women writers
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Ngāti Whātua people
Ngāpuhi people
Māori studies academics
Year of birth missing (living people)
New Zealand Māori women academics
Academic staff of the University of Otago
Alumni of the University of Oxford