title: Justin Albert

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Justin Thomas Albert  (born 19 February 1965) is the Director for Wales of the National Trust, Executive Director and Trustee of the International National Trust Organization (INTO) advisor to the Minister for Economy and Transport, Vice President of Hay Festival and Member of the Hay Festival Council. He is also a Director and Trustee of Michael Morphurgo's Farms For City Children charity, as well as being appointed Director and Trustee for the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies.

In earlier years he was a multi award winning history and environmental filmmaker and television executive. He is the son of lawyer Robert Alan Albert and filmmaker Revel Sarah Guest. He has a degree in law from the University of Buckingham and an honorary Masters in Arts from the University of Wales.

The National Trust
Albert was appointed Director of Wales for The National Trust in 2011. The National Trust is the largest volunteer conservation charity in Europe. National Trust Wales is the largest landowner in Wales, and it protects numerous castles and historic buildings, thousands of acres of wilderness and farmland, and 200 miles of Welsh coastline.

Albert was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to the historic and natural environment in Wales.

International National Trust Organization (INTO)
Albert was appointed as lead director and Trustee to INTO in 2013.  The international charity represents the interests of 64 international heritage and conservation charities from around the globe.

Other
He has been a Vice President of Hay Festival since 2005. He is a Trustee of Hay Castle Trust, and a member of the Welsh Government Tourism Advisory Board.  In 2017 he became Director and Trustee of Michael Morphurgo's Farms For City Children charity. He is also Director and Trustee for the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, and a founding trustee of the Hay Castle Trust.

Film and television

Documentary film production
Albert was a documentary filmmaker and company director of Transatlantic Films. He has directed and produced over 60 documentaries, including: History's Turning Points (1995); Three Gorges: The Biggest Dam in the World (1998); Trailblazers (1998); Lost Treasures of the Ancient World: Ancient China (2000); China's Mega Dam (2006).

Broadcasting
He was Executive Vice President at Mandalay Media Arts in Los Angeles 1999. He joined Discovery Communications Digital Networks as a Vice President in 1999, and became head of production at Animal Planet in 2001. He founded West Beach Television, an independent production company, in 2003, and in 2008, he became General Manager of Horse and Country TV.

Personal life
Albert married Hester Amanda Jessica Gray, elder daughter of restaurateur Rose Gray, in 1991, and was divorced in 1997. He married Nancy Burns Lavin, a former television executive and building preservation charity director, in 2000. They live in Wales. He has three children, Charlotte (b. 27 March 1992), Oscar (b. 9 March 1996) and Theodore (b. 19 May 1997).

References

External links
The National Trust
The Discovery Channel
Horse and Country TV
Hay Festival
Hay Castle Trust

Living people
1965 births
British film producers
British television executives
Alumni of the University of Buckingham
British documentary filmmakers
National Trust people
Officers of the Order of the British Empire


title: Gymnelia paranapanema

text:
Gymnelia paranapanema is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1911. It is found in São Paulo, Brazil.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Gymnelia pavo

text:
Gymnelia pavo is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by George Hampson in 1914. It is found in Guyana.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1914


title: Gymnelia peculiaris

text:
Gymnelia peculiaris is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1931. It is found in Bolivia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1931


title: Gymnelia peratea

text:
Gymnelia peratea is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1910. It is found in Colombia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1910


title: Gymnelia perniciosa

text:
Gymnelia perniciosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1923. It is found in Colombia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1923


title: Gymnelia semicincta

text:
Gymnelia semicincta is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1910. It is found in Colombia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1910


title: József Szekó

text:
József Szekó (21 December 1954 – 27 September 2019) was a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) from Fidesz Baranya County Regional List from 2010 to 2014. He was elected Mayor of Mohács on 18 October 1998. He served in this capacity until his death.

Szekó was appointed a member of the Committee on Local Government and Regional Development on May 14, 2010, holding the position until May 5, 2014.

References

1954 births
2019 deaths
Hungarian mechanical engineers
Mayors of places in Hungary
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
People from Mohács


title: Gymnelia simillimum

text:
Gymnelia simillimum is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

Note: The species name simillima may be technically correct spelling if interpret the current genus Gymnelia as feminine, however any usage derives from the original Cosmosoma simillimum Rothschild, 1911; Novit. Zool. 18 (1): 33.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Gymnelia steinbachi

text:
Gymnelia steinbachi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Bolivia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Gymnelia stuarti

text:
Gymnelia stuarti is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Brazil (Amazonas).

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Tabaroa

text:
Tabaroa caatingicola is a species of legume found in the Caatinga of Bahia state, Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Tabaroa.

References

Brongniartieae
Monotypic Fabaceae genera
Flora of Bahia
Endemic flora of Brazil


title: The Australasian College Broadway

text:
The Australasian College Broadway is a privately operated educational institution situated in Sydney, Australia. It offers training programs specializing in beauty, makeup, and hairdressing. Established by Maureen Houssein-Mustafa in 1994, the college underwent administrative changes on 23 December 2016. In 2015, the college received funding exceeding $10.4 million from loans supported by taxpayers.

Located in Glebe, Sydney, the college's campus encompasses 8,000 square metres and has the potential to accommodate up to 1,000 students. However, as of December 23, there were 800 enrolled students, and according to data from the Federal Department of Education, only 73 students successfully graduated.

In the year 2000, the college earned recognition as the first private registered training organisation to be honoured with the Training Provider of the Year award by the NSW Department of Education.

Currently, the college is the focus of an investigation by the NSW police regarding allegations concerning federal training loans claimed for graduates who may not have met the required skill levels. These ongoing police investigation is taking place concurrently with forensic accountants examining the company's financial records.

References

Australian vocational education and training providers
Educational institutions established in 1994
Education in Sydney
1994 establishments in Australia


title: Triin Tobi

text:
Triin Tobi (born 3 June 1995) is an alpine skier from Estonia. She was born in Tartu, and competed for Estonia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the slalom and giant slalom.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Estonian female alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Estonia
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Sportspeople from Tartu
Alpine skiers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics


title: Aleksandr Ivanovsky

text:
Aleksandr Viktorovich Ivanovsky (; November 29, 1881 – January 12, 1968) was a screenwriter and film director in Soviet Union. He was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1941, for his work on the 1940 film Musical Story. His 1944 operetta film Silva was one of the most popular releases in the Soviet Union that year.

Selected filmography
 Comedienne (1923)
 The Palace and the Fortress (1924)
 The Decembrists (1927)
 House of Greed (1933)
 Dubrovsky (1936)
 Musical Story (1940)
 Spring Song (1941)
 Anton Ivanovich Is Angry (1941)
 Silva (1944)
 Russian Ballerina (1947)
 Tamer of Tigers (1955)

References

Bibliography
 Spring, Derek & Taylor, Richard. Stalinism and Soviet Cinema. Routledge, 2013.

External links

1881 births
1968 deaths
Mass media people from Kazan
Kazan Federal University alumni
Recipients of the Stalin Prize
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Male screenwriters
Soviet film directors
Soviet male writers
Soviet screenwriters

Soviet theatre directors


title: Gymnelia villia

text:
Gymnelia villia is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1906. It is found in Peru.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1906


title: Ten Feet Tall

text:
"Ten Feet Tall" is a song performed by Dutch music producer and DJ Afrojack featuring vocals from American singer Wrabel, with "Ten Feet Tall" becoming Wrabel's first international chart hit. It was released on 4 February 2014 as the second single from Forget the World (2014).

Track listing
Digital download – single
"Ten Feet Tall" (featuring Wrabel) – 3:53

Digital download – David Guetta remix
"Ten Feet Tall" (David Guetta Remix) (featuring Wrabel) – 6:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2014 singles
2014 songs
Afrojack songs
Songs written for films
Songs written by Chris Braide
Songs written by Wrabel
Island Records singles
Wrabel songs


title: Gymnelia viridicingulata

text:
Gymnelia viridicingulatum is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Ecuador.

Note: The species name viridicingulata may be technically correct spelling if interpret the current genus Gymnelia as feminine, however any usage derives from the original Cosmosoma viridicingulatum Rothschild, 1911; Novit. Zool. 18 (1): 32.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Siege of Oldenzaal (1597)

text:
The siege of Oldenzaal was a short siege that  took place during the Eighty Years' War and the Anglo–Spanish War by a Dutch and English army led by Maurice of Orange of the city of Oldenzaal from 20 to 23 October 1597.  The city surrendered to the overwhelming Dutch and English force. The siege was part of Maurice's campaign of 1597 known as the Ten Glory Years, his highly successful offensive against the Spaniards.

Background
In the year 1597 Maurice had launched an offensive and so far had had a very successful campaign in the east of the Netherlands. Earlier that year he had captured all the cities in the area Rheinberg, Meurs, Grol and Bredevoort. The last two sieges were fierce and the capture of Bredevoort even led to a sacking of the city. Maurice then moved on the city of Enschede where the place  surrendered soon afterward.

Maurice then split his force in order to complete the simultaneous capture of the towns of  Oldenzaal and Ootmasrum - Captain Van Duivenvoorde was sent with part of the army which included English and Scots under  Nicholas Parker from Enschede to Ootmarsum which also surrendered.  Maurice along with his cousin (and brother-in-law) William Louis meanwhile drew his portion of the army some 4,000 strong to Oldenzaal with the rest of the English troops under Horace Vere.

Since 1572 Oldenzaal had been in the hands of the Spaniards with the Catholic Church deeply rooted and every year a procession celebrated the Beggars being expelled from Oldenzaal. Oldenzaal's defenses consisted of a main wall surrounding the city, six bastions, a moat, and an earthen rampart, however some of the work on rebuilding the defenses was left unfinished.

Siege and aftermath
The city was defended by six companies of approximately 400 men under Governor Frederick Boymer. They only had one large gun at their disposal and could hardly do anything against the number of Maurice, who with his Dutch and English troops had encamped north of Oldenzaal.

The siege commenced soon after but the town replied with cannon and matchlock causing some of the besiegers to run away from their incomplete siege works leaving the gabions unfilled. The setback was only temporary and the Spanish garrison, realizing they were outnumbered, began to negotiate terms with an honorable surrender. Terms were signed with the governor and the clergy and the Spanish garrison were thus allowed to leave for Lingen with full honors and the following day Maurice marched his triumphant troops into the city.

After having seized Oldenzaal and Ootmarusm the forces rejoined and Maurice then marched to Lingen and captured that city as well, ending the highly successful campaign for the year. The conquests of Oldenzaal and Lingen were a great achievement for Maurice during this successful period, known as the Ten Glory years and strengthened the eastern boundaries of the Republic.

In 1605 Ambrogio Spinola captured the city for Spain but it was regained again in 1626 by Frederick Henry and stayed permanently in Dutch hands.

See also
 List of stadtholders in the Low Countries
 List of governors of the Spanish Netherlands
 Capture of Enschede (1597)
 Siege of Groenlo (1597)

Notes

References

  (1753): Vaderlandsche Historie, Vervattende Geschiedenislessen der Vereenigde Nederlanden, in Zonderheid die van Holland, van de Vroegste Tyden af - Achtste Deel Amsterdam: Isaak Tirion (Dutch)

Oldenzaal
1597 in the Dutch Republic
1597 in the Habsburg Netherlands
16th-century military history of the Kingdom of England
16th-century military history of Spain
Oldenzaal (1597)
Eighty Years' War (1566–1609)
Oldenzaal (1597)
Oldenzaal (1597)
Oldenzaal (1597)
Oldenzaal (1597)
Oldenzaal
Oldenzaal


title: Gymnelia zelosa

text:
Gymnelia zelosa is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1899. It is found in Colombia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1899


title: Klodian Gino

text:
Klodian Gjino (born 13 February 1994) is an Albanian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Peramaikos.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Berat
Albanian emigrants to Greece
Men's association football midfielders
Albanian men's footballers
Albania men's youth international footballers
Albania men's under-21 international footballers
Olympiacos F.C. players
Fostiras F.C. players
Aris Thessaloniki F.C. players
Panargiakos F.C. players
Kalamata F.C. players
Panachaiki F.C. players
Apollon Smyrnis F.C. players
Football League (Greece) players
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece


West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy is a Church of England mixed secondary school in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England.

History
Built and established in the 1960s as St Hugh's Church of England Secondary School, it later became St Hugh's CofE Mathematics and Computing College as a foundation school administered by Lincolnshire County Council. It closed as such on 31 January 2011, converting to an academy on 1 February 2011 and renamed The West Grantham Academy St Hugh's.

A January to February 2018 Ofsted inspection of the school, then as The West Grantham Academy St Hugh's, rated it as Grade 4 'Inadequate' for overall effectiveness, one of 46 schools in Lincolnshire so rated. An ongoing monitoring inspection in 2018 noted improvements in quality of leadership and management.

Following the reports, in early 2019 the "struggling" school, with its associated Bluecoat Meres Primary School, was taken under the auspices of the Archway Learning Trust. The school was then renamed Bluecoat Meres Academy. However, by November 2019 it was announced that the schools would be reverting to the West Grantham Academies Trust.

In January 2021 the school was taken over by the Diocese Of Southwell and Nottingham Multi-Academy Trust and was renamed West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy.

Curriculum
The curriculum of West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy includes teaching towards GCSEs and BTECs.

References

External links
West Grantham Church of England Secondary Academy official website

Secondary schools in Lincolnshire
Schools in Grantham
Church of England secondary schools in the Diocese of Lincoln
Academies in Lincolnshire


title: Ten Feet Tall (disambiguation)

text:
"Ten Feet Tall" is a 2014 song by Afrojack featuring Wrabel.

Ten Feet Tall may also refer to:

Music
Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof, American country artist Travis Tritt's fourth album

Songs
"Ten Feet Tall", 1970 single by Joe Gibbs (record producer)
"Ten Feet Tall", 1979 song by XTC the album Drums and Wires
"Ten Feet Tall", 1990 song by Mark Lanegan from the album The Winding Sheet
"Ten Feet Tall", 1992 song by punk band Samiam from Billy
"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" (song), title track from above album by Travis Tritt
"Ten Feet Tall", 1986 song by Eric Martin
"Ten Feet Tall (II)", 2015 song by Passion Pit from the album Kindred
"Ten Feet Tall", 2018 song by Cavetown from the album Lemon Boy

Other uses

Ten Feet Tall, a short film by Aaron Wilson (director)

See also
A Boy Ten Feet Tall, 1963 British film directed by Alexander Mackendrick
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall, a screenplay by Robert Alan Aurthur produced as the final episode of The Philco Television Playhouse
"A Man is Ten Feet Tall", 1956 song by Dick Williams
"Little Man...Ten Feet Tall", episode 34 of season 4 of Bonanza
"Love Makes You Feel Ten Feet Tall", 1970 song by The Velvet Underground from Loaded


title: Jack Penrod

text:
Jack Penrod is an American entrepreneur. He is the founder and owner of Nikki Beach Worldwide, a global luxury lifestyle and hospitality brand. Before founding Nikki Beach, Penrod was the founder and owner of Penrod's Beach Club in Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, and Miami. Prior to the club's business, Jack Penrod was the largest McDonald's franchise owner in Florida in the 1980s.

Career

McDonald's
Penrod started his career with McDonald's Restaurant Corporation in 1969 as a line cook.  Penrod eventually became the largest franchise owner of the McDonald's brand Restaurant in the Florida with 16 Restaurants.

Wuv's
For six years Penrod created and expanded a chain of hamburger restaurants under the name of Wuv's International, Inc., based in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. The firm filed for Chapter 11 in 1981.

Penrod's Beach Club
After the franchise business, Jack Penrod turned his attention toward the entertainment, nightlife, and hospitality industry. Penrod opened several clubs in Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, and Miami. Penrod's Beach Club in Fort Lauderdale attracted up to half a million patrons each spring break.

After working with the city of Miami, in 1985 Jack decided to move his operations to Miami South Beach. Before opening in Miami Beach, Penrod spent the first few years traveling through the United States to promote the opening of Penrod's Beach Club in Miami Beach. Three years later, Penrod's Beach Club opened its doors of a $4 million entertainment complex at One Ocean Drive, Miami.

Nikki Beach

Nikki Beach is a chain of luxury beach clubs. On December 24, 1997, Jack Penrod created Café Nikki, a garden at Penrod's Beach Club in South Beach, that later turned into Nikki Beach.

In 1998, Jack Penrod decided to expand the beach club concept to the beach with a French-style beach club and restaurant. Nikki Beach expanded into a luxury lifestyle brand across the world, with locations including Thailand, Bali, Indonesia; Miami Beach, Florida; Barbados; St. Barth, French West Indies; Marbella, Spain; Cabo San Lucas, Mexico; and Marrakech, Morocco.

Nikki Beach is named in tribute to Penrod's daughter, Nicole Penrod, who died in a car accident in Miami in 1997.

Recognition
April 17, 2012, was named "Jack Penrod Day" by the Miami Dade County Officials, and the City of Miami Beach.

Notes

References

Businesspeople from Florida
American restaurateurs
People from Miami Beach, Florida


title: Ilex hemiepiphytica

text:
Ilex hemiepiphytica is a plant species known only from Costa Rica.

Ilex hemiepiphytica is a tree up to 18 m tall, sometimes epiphytic when young (unusual in the genus). Leaves are thick and leathery, green above, olive or yellow-green below, elliptic to ovate, up to 13 cm long. Leaf margins are toothed with a spine at the tip of each tooth. Flowers are greenish to white, borne in small groups of the axils of the leaves. Fruits are spherical, red or purple, about 4 mm in diameter.

References

Flora of Costa Rica
hemiepiphytica
Epiphytes


title: Wrabel

text:
Stephen Samuel Wrabel
(born January 7, 1989), known mononymously as Wrabel, is an American singer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles.

Life and career
Wrabel attended high school at The Kinkaid School in Houston, Texas. After high school, he studied at the Berklee College of Music for a semester until he left Boston to move to LA and focus on songwriting. He got his first big break when he was signed to Pulse Recording as a songwriter.

In 2010, Wrabel recorded the theme song for the NBC game show Minute to Win It, "Get Up", produced by Eve Nelson.

Wrabel was signed to Island Def Jam in 2012 by Island Def Jam Music Group chairman and CEO Barry Weiss and Executive Vice President/Head of A&R Karen Kwak.

In 2014, Dutch DJ Afrojack released a version of Wrabel's song "Ten Feet Tall", resulting in an international hit. The song premiered in the United States during Super Bowl XLVIII in a Bud Light commercial and was viewed by around 100 million viewers. Wrabel later released the original piano-based version of the song on May 19, 2014. BuzzFeed named the Afrojack version of "Ten Feet Tall" one of the "35 Best Pop Songs You May Have Missed This Summer".

On June 24, 2016, Wrabel released his single "11 Blocks", which was heavily supported and promoted by Kesha. He also released both a lyric video and a music video for the song. He released his second single, titled "Bloodstain", on March 10, 2017. A lyric video for the song was released the same day. In May 2017, he released an EP titled We Could Be Beautiful.

In July 2017, he released a song titled "The Village", the song dedicated to show support for transgender people. The video shows a teenage trans boy living with his closed-minded family while the lyrics explain the difficulties in being transgender and a part of the LGBT community. The video ends with "#trans_rights_are_human_rights". The song was written in February 2017 after the removal of federal protections for trans students in public schools, and was quickly released after Donald Trump tweeted about banning transgender individuals from the military.

Achievements
On the April 22, 2019 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Pink praised Wrabel and his video for "The Village", stating, "The song ‘The Village' will break your heart into many little tiny pieces... he's great."

Billboard named Wrabel their Pride Artist of the Month in August 2019 saying "For the last decade, the 30-year-old singer-songwriter has been working with big names like Kesha and Adam Lambert while slowly building up his solo career. Now, he's ready for his breakthrough."

People magazine called Wrabel One to Watch in October 2019, saying "in 2019 he went from behind-the-scenes player to pop star."

In September 2019, The Huffington Post said Wrabel is "One of pop's unsung talents", adding "Recommendation from an artist of Pink's stature, on a huge platform like The Ellen DeGeneres Show, was an overdue acknowledgment of a prolific, if still overlooked, talent."

Wrabel was named to the OUT100 in 2017 and is a GLAAD Media Award Nominee for Outstanding Music Artist.

Nylon says Wrabel's debut EP Sideways is "stocked with the soulfulness of a Sia or Sam Smith, and a melodic pop DNA that throws back to icons like Paul Simon, the title track twists heartbreak into something, well, beautiful."

BuzzFeed named "I Want You" one of "The Most Criminally Underrated Pop Songs of 2015".

MNDR released a remix of Wrabel's "I Want You" on October 21, 2015, which premiered on Noisey.

His songwriting credits include releases by Pentatonix, Pink, Kesha, Louis The Child, Kygo, Marshmello, Backstreet Boys, and Ruel.

Usage of songs in other media
In 2016, the song "Sideways" was featured in the first season finale of Quantico.
In 2017, the song "We Could Be Beautiful" appeared in the 2017 reboot of Dynasty in the first season episode "Our Turn Now", during the wedding preparation scene. In 2020, this song also makes an appearance in the Hulu series Love, Victor, in the pilot episode "Welcome to Creekwood".
In 2023, the song "On the Way Down" was featured in season 19 episode 8 of Grey's Anatomy.

Personal life
Wrabel is openly gay. He is invested in promoting LGBTQ+ rights as a member of this community. His song "11 Blocks" is autobiographical describing his feelings about his first love who had moved 11 blocks away from him in California. The music video for his song "Bloodstain", directed by Isaac Rentz, depicts suffering and heartache in a relationship, while the star Wrabel is fighting for his life.

The music video to his 2017 song "The Village", directed by Dano Cerny, depicts a trans teenager struggling with gender dysphoria, using a binder to flatten his chest and dealing with hostile family members, with the lyrics discussing the same topics. The video includes a caption "In nature, a flock will attack any bird that is more colorful than the others because being different is seen as a threat" and ends with a caption "Dedicated to all the colorful birds" and the hashtag "#TransRightsAreHumanRights". In an interview about the song and video with Billboard, he described it as "the most important thing to me that I have ever done and probably will ever do. It's the closest thing to my heart." He wrote the song in February 2017, shortly after Donald Trump removed federal protections for trans students in public education, and asked his management to rush the release of the video after Trump announced a ban on trans military personnel, with the video including a visual reference to Trump's ban.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Live albums

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Guest appearances

Songwriting credits

Notes

References

External links

American male singer-songwriters
American gay musicians
Living people
1989 births
People from New York City
Singers from Los Angeles
American LGBT singers
American LGBT songwriters
Gay singers
Gay songwriters
21st-century American male singers
21st-century American singer-songwriters
20th-century American LGBT people
21st-century American LGBT people
American gay writers


title: Melinda Széky-Sztrémi

text:
Melinda Széky-Sztrémi (née Sztrémi; born 16 March 1958) is a Hungarian educator and politician, mayor of Salgótarján from 2006 to 2014 and also a member of the National Assembly (MP) for Salgótarján (Nógrád County Constituency I) between 2010 and 2014.

References

1958 births
Living people
Hungarian educators
Hungarian women educators
Mayors of places in Hungary
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Women members of the National Assembly of Hungary
People from Balassagyarmat
21st-century Hungarian women politicians


title: Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington

text:
Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington (18 April 194216 October 1986) was a British-born philanthropist who contributed to education in East Africa, particularly for refugees from Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Family background

Hugh Pilkington was direct descendant of Richard Pilkington who in 1826 founded an early glass manufacturing company that in 1845 became Pilkington Brothers Ltd. Innovative methods of glass manufacture developed by the company resulted in the company earning great income, and members of the Pilkington family became beneficiaries of company trusts. Hugh Pilkington was the son of Roger Windle Pilkington (b. 17 January 1915, died 5 May 2003) who in 1962 became president of the London Missionary Society. Hugh, while still young, accompanied his father on travels overseas, including to East Africa.

Education and early working life

Hugh was educated at Cambridge University in the 1960s and upon graduation was named the top classical scholar in his graduation year having gained a double first degree and was awarded a number of university prizes.
He then worked for the family firm, Pilkington Glass. In Germany and elsewhere but came to realise that he was not suited to the world of commerce. He travelled to Africa to translate the Bible and in 1972 he joined the Theology and Philosophy Department of the University of Nairobi, eventually becoming a naturalised Kenyan citizen. He became interested in the book of Proverbs and its early manuscripts of Coptic origin. This launched him on an Oxford doctoral degree, and also required him to read manuscripts in Ge'ez, the almost extinct church language of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church. To learn Ge'ez, Hugh found two young Ethiopian refugees to teach him the language in exchange for board and lodging in his Nairobi home.
In 1979 Hugh was awarded a doctorate from Oxford. His doctoral thesis on the Ethiopic version of the Book of Proverbs remains the only scholarly record of this topic.

Interest in education and refugees

Through his contact with the two Ethiopian refugees who assisted him in his doctoral studies, he became increasingly involved with supporting other young refugees to continue their studies at universities in Africa and overseas. In 1977, he set up the Windle Charitable Trust in Kenya to support needy Kenyan students.
In 1980 Pikington left his university post and dedicated himself full-time to providing educational opportunities, particularly for refugees. Hugh valued his own education highly and believed that good education was a key to promoting positive change in Africa and this became the vocation of the last ten years of his life: to help rebuild the lives of young Africans driven from their countries because of political beliefs and ethnic origins.
He became increasingly concerned with the plight of African refugees arriving in Kenya and with the need for educational development in Kenya. He opened his home in Nairobi to refugees from other parts of Africa, particularly from Ethiopia and Eritrea, and subsequently financed their education in universities in the UK, North America and as far abroad as Fiji. He arranged for scholarship for hundreds of refugees; he was their counselor and their friend. He compiled a handbook of African universities for refugees, and helped run a small hostel for homeless refugees, presided over a teachers' committee for a refugee school, planned old people's homes and often assisted individual refugees including bailing detained refugees out of prison.

Death and legacy

On 16 October 1986 he was knocked down by a motorist in Canada. At the time, he was on a tour of Canadian universities to speak about the plight of African refugees, promote university scholarships for refugees, and to visit African students whom he had helped to place in Canadian universities and colleges. As the UNHCR High Commissioner at the time, Jean-Pierre Hocké, observed, Hugh was an outstanding example of the capacity of one man to improve the human condition by individual effort.
Before his death he had made arrangements for his personal estate to be used to set up a foundation to promote the education of refugees and in 1988 the Hugh Pilkington Charitable Trust (HPCT) was established in the UK. In 2002 Windle Trust International (WTI) was formed to manage the programmes of HPCT as a charitable company limited by guarantee. Since Hugh's death the Windle Trusts, which are built on the foundation of the work he started, have assisted over twenty thousand young people in Africa whose lives have been blighted by conflict.

References

1942 births
1986 deaths
Kenyan philanthropists
University of Nairobi
Pedestrian road incident deaths
Road incident deaths in Canada
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
20th-century British philanthropists


title: George Bland Humble

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George Bland Humble (22 December 1839 – 23 October 1930) was born in Leyburn, West Yorkshire. Educated at the Wesleyan School, Richmond and the Wesleyan Normal Institute in Marylebone, London, he was appointed as Headmaster of the Wesleyan School in 1860. Four years later he immigrated to Australia, and after a year teaching in a primitive schoolhouse at Greenough he became headmaster of Fremantle Boys' School, a post he held from 1864 until 1889.

He was commissioned second lieutenant in the Volunteer Rifle Corps in 1864, from which he retired (as a major) in 1889. He became the first Town Clerk of Fremantle in 1871 and served until 1904. He also was Secretary of the Fremantle Building Society for 25 years and Deacon of the Fremantle Congregational Church.

Humble married Ellen Allpike in 1864. There were two sons and five daughters. His son Major John Humble was officer-in-charge of the Fremantle Rifle Volunteers, and his grandson Captain Forrest Hopetown Bland Humble was Harbour Master of Fremantle Harbour in 1953.

He was a Mason. He died on 23 October 1930.

References

External links

People from Fremantle
Australian schoolteachers
Public servants of Western Australia
1839 births
1930 deaths


title: Daphne blagayana

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Daphne blagayana is a species of flowering plant in the genus Daphne. It was discovered in 1837 near Polhov Gradec (now northeastern Slovenia) by Heinrich Freyer and named after the botanist Rihard Blagaj.

Description
Growing to , this trailing evergreen shrub bears fragrant white flowers in early spring. The flowers are followed by round pink or white berries.

Chenmical and medicinal properties
Plants of this species have been used for medicinal purposes because they are found to have antioxidant properties, useful in treating skin diseases, toothache, and malaria, and may be used as a natural laxative or anticoagulant. Cytokines that are directly involved in the inflammatory response are reduced, allowing this effect to occur.

References

External links

Flora, oder (Allgemeine) Botanischer Zeitung. Regensberg
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Daphne blagayana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), US Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 09-Oct-10.

See also
 Campanula zoysii
 Primula carniolica

blagayana
Flora of Southeastern Europe
Plants described in 1838


The Foundation for Maya Cultural and Natural Heritage (PACUNAM) is an organization of visionary corporations committed to the preservation of Guatemala's natural and cultural heritage through sustainable development for the benefit of future generations. One of PACUNAM's priorities is the conservation of the Maya Biosphere Reserve.

PACUNAM's main objectives are:
 Provide financial support for the study of strategic archaeological sites within the Maya Biosphere Reserve in order to protect it as an ecological and cultural system.
 Develop the Carmelita-Mirador route as a sustainable tourist circuit to provide revenue for local communities.
 Support the Conservation Incentive Program in local communities, in order to make biodiversity conservation a viable choice for users of local resources.
 Encourage international cultural exchanges through events, seminars, conferences, workshops, and exhibits.

PACUNAM supports initiatives that promote sustainable development in the country in three strategic areas: archaeological research, environmental conservation and sustainable economic activities.

Strategic areas

Support to archaeological research, restoration and preservation

Program dedicated to the rescue, restoration, consolidation and preservation of archaeological sites, such as the Mirador Basin, Holmul, La Corona, El Perú, Cival and Naachtún. Also, they support expositions worldwide, such as the one in the Quai Branly museum in Paris, France, named "The Maya Civilization: From Dawn until Dusk". The archaeological discoveries that have been made in the archaeological field have expanded the information that is known of the Maya Civilization.

The Maya Biosphere Reserve is a tempting location for the people that do illegal activities: Mayan ruins not protected from looters, jungles filled with precious wood for woodcutters, virgin land for illegal occupiers and new routes for drug trafficking. The archaeological projects have proven to be a key component to stop these situations. PACUNAM is focusing its support in archaeological sites that contribute to having a physical presence during all year and generate scientific results and discoveries that attract global attention and show the value of the Mayan culture.

Sustainable economic activities
PACUNAM supports the development of economic activities linked to community development done in a sustainable manner. This is achieved through the support to the development and strengthening of sustainable forestry that contributes to the protection of natural resources through a controlled operation, and with the implementation of projects aimed to help develop the tourism potential of natural and archaeological resources, encouraging new productive activities in conjunction with the communities.

Conservation of the environment

Focused on the conservation of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, taking into account the protection of tropical forest, flora and fauna of the region. In addition, they support national programs that have a positive impact in environmental conservation in Guatemala. Through partnerships, they host forums on strategic issues and implement projects aimed at conserving the environment through payment of environmental services and incentives for conservation, among others.

References

External sources
 Official Site

Environmental organizations based in Guatemala
Organizations established in 2006
2006 establishments in Guatemala


title: List of people from the London Borough of Merton

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The following is a list of people who were born in the London Borough of Merton, or have dwelt within the borders of the modern borough (in alphabetical order):

A
Khalid Abdalla – actor, The Kite Runner and United 93
Admiral Mariot Arbuthnot – Commander of the Royal Navy in North America during the American War of Independence
Bob Astles – former associate of Ugandan presidents Milton Obote and Idi Amin
Ray Austin – TV and film director, actor, stuntman; born in Merton

B
Barloc of Norbury
Ben Barnes – actor, The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian
Cyril Barton – posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II
Ian Bazalgette – posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross during World War II
Sir Joseph Bazalgette (1819–1891) – civil engineer; his creation in the mid-19th century of the sewer network for central London eliminated cholera epidemics
Dave Benson-Phillips – children's television presenter, lived in Cannon Hill Lane
Bernard Braden – TV personality, mainly of the 1960s
Jo Brand – comedian, lived in Mitcham
Martin Brett (Brett Martini) – musician, voice of Beehive
Richard Briers – actor
Raymond Briggs – cartoonist
Steve Brookstein – winner of the first series of TV talent show The X Factor
James Brunlees – engineer, lived at Argyle Lodge, Parkside
Roy Budd – jazz musician
Josephine Butler – feminist campaigner of the Victorian era, Blue Plaque at 8 North View, Wimbledon Common

C
Jane Campbell, Baroness Campbell of Surbiton – British peer and Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Anthony Caro – sculptor, born here in 1924
George Edward Cates – World War I Victoria Cross recipient
Ernst Boris Chain – joint winner of the 1945 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of penicillin; Blue Plaque at 9 North View, Wimbledon Common
Mavis Cheek – novelist born and brought up in Wimbledon
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough – close friend of Queen Anne
Danny Cipriani – rugby player
Norman Coburn – actor, played Donald Fisher in Australian soap opera Home and Away
Vernon Corea – radio broadcaster
Annette Crosbie – actress, screen wife of Victor Meldrew in the BBC TV sitcom One Foot in the Grave
Ambrose Crowley – ironmaster
Steve Curtis – eight-time World Offshore powerboat racing champion

D
Sean Davis – footballer, played for Bolton Wanderers, Fulham, Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth
Clint Dempsey – footballer, during his playing career at Fulham
Sandy Denny – singer, born at the Nelson Hospital
Laurence Doherty – winner of thirteen Wimbledon tennis championships and two Olympic gold medals
Reginald Doherty – winner of twelve Wimbledon tennis championships and three Olympic gold medals
John Donne – Jacobean poet
Hugh Dowding – commander of RAF Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain in 1940, Blue Plaque at 3 St Mary's Road
Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville – Home Secretary and Secretary of State for War to William Pitt the Younger, resident of Cannizaro House

F
The Field Mice – pop group
Michael Fielding – The Mighty Boosh comedian; Noel's younger brother
Noel Fielding – The Mighty Boosh comedian
Mike Fillery – footballer
Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) – author; works include The Good Soldier and Parade's End

G
Paul Geraghty – author, illustrator
David Gibson – cricketer
John William Godward – painter
Good Shoes – indie music band whose first album, Think Before You Speak, included the track "Morden"
Charles Patrick Graves – journalist
Robert Graves – poet
Deryck Guyler – actor

H
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia – guest at a house in Parkside while in exile from Ethiopia owing to the Italian invasion; his statue stands in Cannizaro Park
Victoria Hamilton – actress
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen – prime minister 1852–55; resident of Cannizaro House
Florence Harmer – historian, born in Mitcham
Will Hay – actor
Tubby Hayes – jazz musician
Georgette Heyer – novelist, born and grew up in Wimbledon; wrote her first five novels there; a later novel, Pastel, is set in a suburb very like Wimbledon
Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha – while Minister of Transport, 1934–7, he introduced the driving test and the Belisha Beacon; then Secretary of State for War, 1937–40
John Horne Tooke – politician, lived at Chester House on Wimbledon Common
Neil Howlett – opera singer, born in Mitcham
Thomas Hughes – author of Tom Brown's Schooldays, written in Wimbledon
James Hunt – 1976 Formula 1 World Champion

J
Vinnie Jones – former footballer and film actor

K
Barbara Kelly – TV personality
Hetty King – music hall artiste and male impersonator; a blue commemorative plaque was erected on her home in Palmerston Road, Wimbledon by The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America in November 2010
Lorelei King – actress
Maxwell Knight – spymaster
David Kynaston – author, historian

L
Jay Laga'aia – actor
Don Lang – Britain's answer to Bill Haley; with his band, a mainstay of Britain's first television rock and roll programme Six-Five Special
Libera – boy vocalists; regular contributors to the BBC's Songs of Praise TV programme; have toured extensively throughout the world; have released several chart-topping albums; based at St Phillip's Parish Church in Norbury
Glen Little – footballer
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer – scientist and astronomer; joint discoverer of helium

M
M.I.A. – singer-songwriter and rapper
Alexander Maconochie – founder of the Royal Geographical Society; penal reformer
Frederick Marryat – author, Blue Plaque at Gothic Lodge, 6 Woodhayes Road; also lived at Wimbledon House
John Martyn – singer-songwriter
Master Shortie – MC
Tony McGuinness – musician, Above and Beyond
Will Mellor – actor
Thomas Ralph Merton – physicist
Sally Morgan – celebrity psychic medium
Mud – glam rock group
Marcus Mumford – musician, Mumford & Sons
Gillian Murphy – dancer, American Ballet Theatre
John Murray III (1808–1892) – publisher; significant publications include Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species; built a house called "Newstead" at Somerset road.
Mat McNerney – singer-songwriter Hexvessel, Beastmilk, Grave Pleasures, Code, Dødheimsgard, guitarist, grew up in Wimbledon and attended Donhead Catholic Prep School and Wimbledon College

N
Lord Horatio Nelson – Admiral; his estate, Merton Place, included part of Wimbledon at the eastern end of the Broadway, though strictly he was a resident of Merton, the neighbouring parish

O
Mikel John Obi – Chelsea FC defensive midfielder

P
F.W.J. Palmer – engineer, born here
Alan Pardew – football manager
Michelle Paver – author, Chronicles of Ancient Darkness
Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham – Lord Chancellor
Augustus Porter – socialite
Chris Powell – manager of The Championship football club Charlton Athletic, former footballer, grew up in Mitcham
Sir William Henry Preece – developed English telephone system; Blue Plaque at Gothic Lodge, 6 Woodhayes Road
Robert Prizeman – classical crossover music composer; choirmaster of Libera and St Phillip's Parish Church, Norbury; composed the BBC's Songs of Praise signature music
Steve Punt – comedian

R
Oliver Reed – actor
Diana Rigg – actress
Laura Robson – Junior Wimbledon tennis champion
Annie Ross – jazz singer
Rox – musician
Margaret Rutherford – actress, Blue Plaque at 4 Berkeley Place

S
Sampha – singer-songwriter, known for collaborative work with SBTRKT, Jessie Ware and Drake
Arthur Schopenhauer – philosopher, Blue Plaque at Eagle House where he lived in 1803
Ridley Scott – film director, Blade Runner and Gladiator
Jay Sean – R&B singer
Brian Sewell – art critic and media personality
Slick Rick (Richard Walters) – rapper, hip-hop musician, born in Mitcham but moved to the Bronx, New York
Shane Smeltz – New Zealand footballer: lived in Mitcham when he played for AFC Wimbledon
Mark Edgley Smith – composer
Alex Stepney – former Manchester United footballer and 1968 European Cup winner
Steve-O – Jackass performer
Herbert Strudwick – cricket wicket-keeper
Graham Stuart – footballer
Dave Swarbrick – fiddler of Fairport Convention

T
Jamie T – singer-songwriter and musician
Arnold Toynbee (1852–1883) – economic historian, Blue Plaque at 49 Wimbledon Parkside
Joseph Toynbee (1815–1866) – surgeon, Blue Plaque at 49 Wimbledon Parkside
Ralph Tubbs – architect; his buildings include the Dome of Discovery and Charing Cross Hospital
John Mosely Turner – supercentenarian

W
Terri Walker – R&B and soul singer
Max Wall – actor, comedian and entertainer
David Walliams – actor, comedian, TV sensation, children's book writer - awarded OBE from Queen
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730–1782) – twice Prime Minister
William Allison White – recipient of the Victoria Cross
William Wilberforce (1759–1833) – 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner
Nigel Winterburn – football player
Jamie Woon – singer-songwriter

Y
Young MC (Marvin Young) – hip-hop musician, born in Wimbledon and moved to Queens, New York

Z
Faryadi Sarwar Zardad – Afghan warlord; later tried for war crimes, convicted and imprisoned

References

Merton
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title: Rudi Feld

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Rudi Feld (1896–1994) was a German art director and set designer who worked for many years in the United States.

Germany
Feld was born Rudi Feilchenfeld in Berlin, the elder brother of the actor Fritz Feld. He served in the German army during World War I and then began his early career designing posters for revue and cabaret shows, before graduating to creating film sets. Feld worked in the German film industry during the boom years of the late silent era. He was employed by the German Major studio UFA as head of advertising. He designed the exterior displays of the flagship UFA cinema Ufa-Palast am Zoo for each new premiere.

Exile
Following the Nazi rise to power in 1933, the Jewish Feld went into exile. Feld settled in Mandatory Palestine where he briefly owned a nightclub. In 1937 he emigrated to the United States and from the mid-1940s he found regular work in the American film industry. Feld was frequently employed by smaller Hollywood studios such as Eagle-Lion during the post-World War II years, and worked as a draftsman for MGM. He continued working until 1969.

Partial filmography
 Miss Rockefeller Is Filming (1922)
 William Tell (1923)
 King of Women (1923)
 Leap Into Life (1924)
 The Adventure of Mr. Philip Collins (1925)
 Express Train of Love (1925)
 The Wooing of Eve (1926)
 The Armoured Vault (1926)
 Summer Storm (1944)
 Voice in the Wind (1944)
 The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945)
 Whistle Stop (1946)
 New Orleans (1947)
 Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
 The Argyle Secrets (1948)
 The Vicious Circle (1948)
 My Dear Secretary (1948)
 Parole, Inc. (1948)
 Impact (1949)
 Guilty of Treason (1950)
 Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
 Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
 Escape from Red Rock (1957)
 Operation Eichmann (1961)
 The Gun Hawk (1963)

References

Bibliography
 Prawer, S.S. Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910–1933. Berghahn Books, 2005.
 Ward, Janet. Weimar Surfaces: Urban Visual Culture in 1920s Germany. University of California Press, 2001.

External links

1896 births
1994 deaths
German art directors
Film people from Berlin
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to Mandatory Palestine
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States


title: Kalev Ermits

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Kalev Ermits (born 19 September 1992) is an Estonian former biathlete and cross-country skier.

He competed for Estonia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, and the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

He retired from Biathlon following the 2021-2022 season. After this he ran a half-marathon and began racing in cross-country skiing and was second in the 15 km freestyle race at the Estonian National Championships.

In May 2022 he married Estonian biathlete Regina Oja.

Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Winter Olympics
0 medals

World Championships
0 medals

European Championships
0 medals

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Estonian male biathletes
Estonian male cross-country skiers
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Estonia
21st-century Estonian people
Sportspeople from Tartu


title: Leslie Ashmore

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Vice Admiral Leslie Haliburton Ashmore,  (21 February 1893 – 10 January 1974) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet from 1945 to 1947.

Naval career
Ashmore joined the Royal Navy in 1906 and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in 1915 during the First World War. He became commanding officer of the cruiser  in 1938, just before the start of the Second World War and then became Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord in 1940. He became commanding officer of the battleship  in 1942 and then commanding officer of the battleship  in 1943. He went on to be Flag Officer commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1945 before retiring in 1947. He died in Kent at the age of 80.

Family
Ashmore was married to Tamara Vasilevna Schutt. One son, Sir Edward Ashmore, became admiral of the fleet and Chief of the Defence Staff, while another was Vice Admiral Sir Peter Ashmore, who was the Master of the Household to HM the Queen from 1973 to 1986.

References

External links

 The Papers of Leslie Ashmore held at Churchill Archives Centre

1893 births
1974 deaths
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Royal Navy admirals of World War II
Royal Navy personnel of World War I
Military personnel from London


title: Valon Ahmedi

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Valon Ahmedi (born 7 October 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Shakhtyor Soligorsk. Born in the Republic of Macedonia, he represented the Albania national team.

Club career

Early career
Ahmedi was born in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), to ethnic Albanian parents and was raised in Castellanza, Italy. He began his career with Kastelbell. He moved to F.C. Südtirol in August 2011 after being spotted by the club's scout and was offered a place in the youth team.

He made his senior debut for Südtirol on 22 December 2012 against Tritium during the 2012–13 season, coming on as an 89th-minute substitute for Alessandro Campo in the 1–1 draw. His next and last senior appearance of the 2012–13 season came on 13 January 2013 against Pavia in a 2–1 loss, where he came on in the 67th minute of the game in place of Alessandro Furlan.

In the 2013–14 season he played overall 4 matches all as a substitute.

Celje
In July 2014 Ahmedi signed with Slovenian PrvaLiga side NK Celje. He made his debut in the opening match of the 2014–15 season against Zavrč playing the full 90-minutes. He was considered as an important player for the team and regularly played for entire matches, and on 1 August 2014 he scored his first goal against Krka in the third round, helping his team to a 3–0 victory. Ahmed had a three months break as he got injured in the start of the 2015 and missed out for two months until May 2015.

He finished his first season at Celje with 20 league appearances, scoring five goals. Celje finished as league runners-up and this made them to secure a place in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League qualifiers. Ahmedi also played five matches in the 2014–15 Slovenian Football Cup and scored one goal, as Celje finished runners-up losing to the final against Koper.

He made his European debut on 2 July 2015 in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round against Śląsk Wrocław, where he played for 45 minutes before being substituted at the half-time for Sunny Omoregie. In the second leg on 9 July, Ahmedi started from the bench and came in to play in the 79th minute in place of Danijel Miškić. The match ended in a 3–1 loss and it resulted in elimination of Celje 4–1 on aggregate.

Maribor
He signed for Slovenian champions NK Maribor in January 2016. He debuted on 20 April 2016 in the 2015–16 Slovenian Cup semi-final game against Zavrč, replacing Dare Vršič in the 64th minute. Maribor won the game 5–1 after extra time and secured a place in the final. Ahmedi scored his first goal for Maribor on 22 September 2017 in the 2017–18 Slovenian PrvaLiga 10th matchday against Aluminij, helping his team to win the match 3–2.

International career
Ahmedi was eligible to represent Macedonia through birthplace, Italy through residence, and Albania through his ethnicity.

Albania under-19
He caught the attention of the Albanian Football Association in 2012 with his performances in the youth team of Südtirol, and he accepted their invitation to the join Albania U19s for a friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina U19 on 8 May 2012, which he featured in from the start as a striker in the 3–1 win. Then, Ahmedi was called up against in August 2012 to participate with Albania U19 in a friendly tournament in Slovenia.

Ahmedi was named in the Foto Strakosha squad for the 2013 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification from 12 to 17 October 2012 with opponents Italy U19, Belgium U19 and Belarus U19. In the opening match of the tournament on 12 October 2012 against Italy U19, he made it his debut by playing as a starter and got substituted off in the 81st minute for Dardan Vuthaj in a 3–0 loss. In the second match against Belgium U19 he was included in the starting line-up and played for 84 minutes as Albania U19 made a crucial 3–1 victory. In the closing match against Belarus, Ahmedi managed to play the full 90-minutes but, however, was unable to avoid a 2–0 loss which resulted in elimination for Albania U19, which finished in the last place in their group.

Albania under-20
Ahmedi was called up at Albania national under-20 football team by coach Skënder Gega to participate in the 2013 Mediterranean Games football tournament which began on 19 June 2013 in Mersin, Turkey. Ahmedi played in all five Albania U20s matches, in which one of them was a full 90-minutes game, two as a starter until second half, and two others as a substitute. Albania U20 was ranked in the last place out of eight teams.

Albania under-21
Following impressive performances in the under-19s national team as well as his club Südtirol, Ahmedi received his first call up for the Albanian under-21 national team by coach Skënder Gega for a friendly against Macedonia U21 on 6 February 2013. He debuted for the under-21 side against Macedonia U21, playing as a starter for the entire first half in an eventual goalless draw. He received another call up for the under-21 side by same coach Skënder Gega for the friendly match against Romania U21 on 8 October 2014. He played against Romania U21 as a starter and in the 60th minute provided the assist for the 1–1 equalising goal scored by Vedat Muriqi, which however wasn't enough as Romania U21 won 3–1.

Ahmedi was called up for the first time in an official competitive match by the coach Skënder Gega for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification opening match against Liechtenstein on 28 March 2015, but he withdrew due to a lately injury at Celje.

Albania senior side
Following his good form at Maribor in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League, progressing and qualifying for the group stage, he received his first call for the Albania senior team by newly appointed coach Christian Panucci for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Liechtenstein and Macedonia (which he announced to have refused only to play for Albania) on 2 and 5 September 2017, respectively.

Personal life
Ahmedi speaks Albanian as a mother tongue, Italian, German, English, Croatian, and Slovenian.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours
Maribor
Slovenian Championship: 2016–17
Slovenian Cup: 2015–16

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Ohrid
Albanian men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football forwards
Serie C players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
Israeli Premier League players
Croatian Football League players
Macedonian First Football League players
Belarusian Premier League players
FC Südtirol players
NK Celje players
NK Maribor players
Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona F.C. players
NK Inter Zaprešić players
KF Shkëndija players
FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk players
Albania men's youth international footballers
Albania men's under-21 international footballers
Albania men's international footballers
Albanian expatriate men's footballers
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate men's footballers in Slovenia
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
Expatriate men's footballers in Israel
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia
Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia
Albanian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games competitors for Albania


title: William W. Jarvis House

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The William W. Jarvis House is a historic house located at 317 East Center Street in Troy, Illinois.  The house was built in 1867 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1988.

William W. Jarvis

William W. Jarvis was a Madison County, Illinois native, born on 11 March 1842, the fourth child of Wesley Jarvis, a farmer.  His grandfather, John Jarvis, was an early Troy Settler and was one of the first practical abolitionists in Madison County.  On 10 Sept 1814, John Jarvis and Titus Gregg made the first entries of land that would become the current city of Troy.  The township in which the city is located still bears his name.  William built the house in 1867, in anticipation of his marriage to Ms. Sarah Barnsback on 23 Dec of that year. The property, on which the home sits in its original location, was a 13-acre land grant given by President Monroe, approximately two acres of which remain.

By all accounts, Jarvis received a good business education in the schools of Troy.  In 1861, as the Civil War broke out, he was an early volunteer for the Union Army, Company One, Ninth Illinois Infantry.  After serving an initial three-month enlistment, he re-enlisted for three years and mustered out as a Sergeant in 1864.  He served in nearly all of the Ninth’s 110 engagements with distinction, was wounded twice, and was taken captive by the enemy twice.  After the war, he took up farming and studied law.

Business Pursuits
He soon abandoned his study of law in favor of matrimony and mercantile pursuits.  In partnership with J. A. Barnsback, he opened the first lumberyard in Troy.  He purchased his partner's interest in 1869 and conducted the business successfully as sole owner until 1876, when he entered the livestock commission trade at the National Stockyards at St. Clair, Co., Ill.  In 1885, with H.H. Padon as his partner, he opened the Troy Exchange Bank and became sole proprietor in 1887.  While political office did not appeal to him, he still served his fellow citizens as one of the first commissioners of Madison County, from 1874 to 1876, before inauguration of the township system.

Friendship With General William Tecumseh Sherman

Jarvis had met General William Tecumseh Sherman during the Civil War and the two became friends, corresponding often by mail.  Numerous letters, newspaper accounts, and stories from his descendants document his management of Gen. Sherman's business affairs in the Troy area, and their friendship.  Gen. Sherman was a guest at the Jarvis home when he visited the area, and Mr. Jarvis named one of his sons (Willie Sherman Jarvis, who died in childhood) after the General.

The Jarvis House

Mr. Jarvis designed his home in the picturesque Italianate style, which dominated American houses constructed between 1850 and 1880, particularly in the towns and cities of the Midwest. The house is significant and distinctive by its outstanding state of preservation and architectural integrity, and by its being the only remaining example in the local community of the asymmetrical, compound-plan subtype.  The two-story house has a projecting mass on one side of the front facade and a porch on the other. A polygonal window bay protrudes from the first floor of the projecting mass. All of the house's windows are sash windows, constructed of sugar pine, and topped by pediment hoods. The house's cross gabled roof features overhanging eaves and a cornice decorated with large, ornately scrolled eave brackets with turned finials.
The entryway of the home features a curving staircase, with a large, octagonal carved walnut newel post at the base, turned spindles, and scrolled stair brackets.  The handrail is constructed of seven pieces of solid, hand-carved walnut, each individually numbered and butt-joined.  The first floor features marble fireplaces in the Italianate style in the front and main parlors, and a brick fireplace in the formal sitting room.  The two main doors are solid wood with oval, beveled glass cutouts, in the Victorian style.  All doors have transom windows above.  A narrow stairway to the former maid's quarters on the second floor is concealed within an interior wall.  The unique floor in the formal dining room consists of alternating slats of oak and walnut.  Light fixtures throughout much of the house are the original gas futures which were subsequently converted to electric.
Soon after construction, Jarvis made alterations to the house in the interest of gaining living space for his growing family.  None of these alterations changed the fundamental structure and, as owner of Troy's lumber yard, his unencumbered access to fine construction materials enabled his ability to accomplish structural alterations with matching materials and little impact.  Subsequent owners added an approximately 20 foot addition to the rear of the home and a detached garage, both of which are complementary to the original structure.

The grounds are heavily wooded, dominated by black walnut and white oak, but also containing an abundance of unique species—a previous owner was an ardent arborist.

William W. Jarvis lived in the house until his death in 1927, when his daughter, Bessie Jarvis Keller, took over residency. The house remained in the family for almost 100 years, and the current owners are only the third owners of the home outside of the Jarvis family.

Recognition
The home was named on the National Register of Historic Places on 3 Feb 1988, is the recipient of the Historic National Road’s Art & Architecture Plaque as one of the “Top 100 Art & Architecture sites on the National Road”, and has been recognized as historically significant by the Troy Historical Society.

References

Sources
 Illustrated Encyclopedia & Atlas Map of Madison County, Ill. (1873). St. Louis, MO: Brink, McCormick, & Co.
 Norton, W.T., Flagg, Hon. N.G., & Hoerner, J.S. (1912). Centennial History of Madison County, Ill., and Its People, 1812-1912—Vol. I.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Italianate architecture in Illinois
Houses completed in 1867
National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois
Houses in Madison County, Illinois


title: Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire

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The Alcohol Dependence Data Questionnaire (SADD) is a treatment evaluation instrument is used to measure an individual's current level of alcohol dependence. The evaluation was created by Raistrick D. S., Dunbar G., and Davidson R. J. in 1983. The evaluation is aimed at adults who have a mild to moderate dependence on alcohol and are seeking help.

The SADD was designed to be quick, with it being a 15 item questionnaire that may be self administered or administered through a structured interview.  The items on the evaluation ask about the drinking habits of the patient as well as the physical and mental effects of their drinking. Each item is scored on a scale of 0 to 3, giving the evaluation a range of 0 to 45. A score of 1-9 is indicative of a low dependence on alcohol, a score of 10-19 is indicative of a moderate dependence on alcohol, and a score of 20 or greater is indicative of a high dependence on alcohol.

References

Alcohol abuse screening and assessment tools


title: Tibor Szólláth

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Tibor Zoltán Szólláth (born April 4, 1969) is a Hungarian engineer and politician, mayor of Hajdúnánás since 2010. He became a member of the National Assembly (MP) from the Nógrád County Regional List of the Fidesz in the 2010 parliamentary election.

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1969 births
Living people
Hungarian engineers
Mayors of places in Hungary
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
People from Hajdúnánás


title: L'allenatore nel pallone 2

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L'allenatore nel pallone 2  is a 2008 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Martino. The film is a sequel of L'allenatore nel pallone.

Plot
The famous Italian football coach Oronzo Canà has retired to a villa in Apulia. Now, old and tired, he is enjoying a quiet life there, cultivating his vineyard, when suddenly he is summoned to Milan, in northern Italy. There the elderly chairman of a great Lombard ("Longobarda") club is suffering from dementia and has lost his powers of judgement, and the club's manager has been fired. He has decided to bring back Oronzo Canà as trainer, remembering him from his great football team of thirty years before, tasking him with bringing the club back to its old winning ways. Oronzo puts his trust in the intervention of a Russian billionaire who has bought the club for promotion. But it is a deception.

Cast

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2000s sports comedy films
2000s Italian-language films
2008 films
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Italian association football films
Italian sequel films
Italian sports comedy films


title: Lyclene acutiseriata

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Lyclene acutiseriata is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2001. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland forests, but the species has also been recorded from cultivated areas.

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm.

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Nudariina
Moths described in 2001
Moths of Asia


title: Lyclene angulifera

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Lyclene angulifera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2001. It is found on Sumatra and Borneo. The habitat consists of lowland heath forests and lower montane forests.

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm for males and about 8 mm for females.

References

Nudariina
Moths described in 2001
Moths of Asia


title: Lyclene angulinea

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Lyclene angulinea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2001. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lower montane forests.

The length of the forewings is 13 mm.

References

Nudariina
Moths described in 2001
Moths of Asia


title: Lyclene apiseriata

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Lyclene apiseriata is a species of lichen moths of the family Erebidae, subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2001. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of lower montane forests on limestone.

The length of the forewings is 8–9 mm.

References

Nudariina
Moths described in 2001
Moths of Borneo


title: Lyclene areolifera

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Lyclene areolifera is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2001. It is found on Borneo. The habitat consists of various lowland forest types, including lower montane forests.

The length of the forewings is 8–10 mm for males and 10 mm for females.

References

Nudariina
Moths described in 2001
Moths of Asia


title: 2014 V8 Supercar season

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The 2014 V8 Supercar season was the eighteenth year in which V8 Supercars contested the senior Australian touring car series. It was the 55th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship, now known as the International V8 Supercars Championship, and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500.

The season began on 27 February at the Adelaide Street Circuit and finished on 7 December at the Homebush Street Circuit. 2014 featured the eighteenth V8 Supercar Championship, consisting of 38 races at 14 events covering all six states and the Northern Territory of Australia as well as an event in New Zealand. There was also a stand-alone event supporting the 2014 Australian Grand Prix. The season also featured the fifteenth second-tier Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, contested over seven rounds. For the seventh time a third-tier series was run, the Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series.

Race calendar

Dates sourced from:

IVC – International V8 Supercar Championship
DVS – Dunlop V8 Supercar Series
KVTC – Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series
NC – Non-championship

International V8 Supercars Championship

Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

MSS Security V8 Supercars Challenge

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title: 2013–2014 Tunisian political crisis

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A political crisis evolved in Tunisia following the assassination of leftist leader Mohamed Brahmi in late July 2013, during which the country's mainly secular opposition organized several protests against the ruling Troika alliance that was dominated by Rashid al-Ghannushi's Islamist Ennahda Movement. The events came as part of the aftermath of the Tunisian Revolution which ousted the country's longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, followed by a general election which saw Ennahda win a plurality alongside Moncef Marzouki's allied Congress for the Republic (CPR). The crisis gradually subsided when Prime Minister Ali Laarayedh resigned and a new constitution was adopted in January 2014.

Many incidents fueled the protests including the assassination of prominent secular leaders Chokri Belaid on 6 February 2013 and Mohamed Brahmi on 25 July. Other factors include the government's failure to deal with the rise of hardline Salafist groups including Ansar al-Sharia which is widely believed to be behind the assassinations, as well as many other attacks on security personnel and state institutions. This prompted the government to list the group as a terrorist organization amid growing pressure by opposition groups.

The protests intensified on 23 October 2013, when thousands of demonstrators took to the streets calling for the government to step down hours before talks between the ruling Islamist coalition and opposition leaders that concluded with Ennahda promising to resign in three weeks ending a months-old political deadlock. In exchange for Ennahda's resignation, the opposition agreed to pass a constitution in which freedom of worship will be guaranteed but in the same time gave a greater role to religion in public life than before.

Background

Tunisian revolution of 2011

A period of civil resistance characterized by riots and unrest took place throughout the nation following the self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi on 17 December 2011 and fueled by high unemployment, corruption, political repression and poor living conditions forcing President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee the country ending his 23-year rule over Tunisia. This was followed by the suspension then dissolution of the former ruling RCD party and the resignation of Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi amid further public pressure.

Constituent Assembly and new government

Following the revolution, an election for a constituent assembly which had 217 seats was held on 23 October 2011 that saw the Ennahda Movement led by Rashid al-Ghannushi win a plurality in the election (41% of the seats) closely followed by the Congress for the Republic (CPR) led by Moncef Marzouki (13.4% of the seats) who was later elected as President of Tunisia by the Constituent Assembly.

The Ennahda Movement had long been banned in the political spectrum by former President Ben Ali, most notably in the 1989 elections where some of its members had to run independently due to government repression. Two years after the elections Ben Ali jailed nearly 25,000 of its activists with Ennahda militants responding by attacking the ruling party's headquarters killing one person and splashing acid on others. Following the revolution, it described itself to be a "moderate Islamist" party by advocating democracy and recognizing political pluralism and dialogue with the West. Its supporters back then regarded the party as an example of how a balance can be struck between modernity and Islamism while its critics viewed it as a threat to secularism in Tunisia, which was often regarded as the most secular Arab state. In addition, leading Ennahda figures have repeatedly tried to reassure worrying Tunisians that it would protect civil rights and democracy. However, the movement was accused to have been shaped by Qutbism and is highly influenced by the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt and many of its secular opponents pointing out to acid attacks on female students in the 1980s for dressing "indecently" as a warning sign from Islamist repression. It is also believed that Rashid al-Ghannushi himself, the co-founder of the party had a long history of violent thinking. Following Ben Ali's ouster, the party was legalized and Ghannushi was welcomed by a crowd of 1,000 people upon his return to the country after 22 years of exile in Europe. Ghannushi later formed an alliance called the Troika with two secular political parties which are Moncef Marzouki's CPR and the Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties.

Issues

Political assassinations

The protests were fueled by high scale political assassinations, most notably the murder of Democratic Patriots' Movement leader Chokri Belaid on 6 February 2013 and of People's Movement leader and member of parliament Mohamed Brahmi on 25 July 2013 who were both members of the same left-wing coalition. Both murders were blamed on Islamic extremists with Boubacar Hakim, a hardline Salafist who is being sought for under suspicion of smuggling weapons from Libya, as the prime suspect.

Assassination of Chokri Belaid
On 6 February 2013, Chokri Belaid was leaving his house on his way to the headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union for a meeting with its secretary general when he was shot four times by a gunman who later took off on a motorbike driven by a second accomplice. Belaid was quickly rushed to the nearest clinic but the doctors were unable to save him and he was pronounced dead at the clinic. Current secretary general of Belaid's party and leader of the Popular Front, Ziad Lakhdhar, said in a statement: "Chokri Belaid was killed today by four bullets to the head and chest ... doctors told us that he has died. This is a sad day for Tunisia". It was also reported that Belaid had received several death threats prior to his assassination with many of his supporters blaming Ennahda for failing to protect him following those threats and an incident targeting fellow party members a week earlier. Belaid had always attacked the "Leagues for the Protection of the Revolution" (LPR), a government-aligned nationwide organization that claims to root out remnants of Ben Ali's regime but are accused of thuggish behaviour towards opposition groups, and he claimed that there are groups inside Ennahda that incite violence and that the LPR's committees are tools used by the government and its allied Islamists to get rid of the party's leftist coalition. The night before the incident, he appeared in a political talk show on Tunisia's Nessma TV and said; "Rashid Ghannushi considers the leagues to be the conscience of the nation, so the defense of the authors of violence is clear. All those who oppose Ennahda become the targets of violence." Following his assassination, thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the Interior Ministry building in Tunis carrying Belaid's coffin and shouted "The people demand the fall of the regime". The day turned violent when some of the protesters threw rocks with the police using tear gas to disperse the rallies.

Assassination of Mohamed Brahmi
On 25 July 2013, Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead in his car in front of his home in Tunis by unknown gunmen on a motorbike in front of his wife Mbarka and his daughter Belkis who were both shocked after the tragedy. The incident occurred on the day Tunisia was set to celebrate Republic Day when the country was celebrating the 56th anniversary of the beginning of Habib Bourguiba's presidency. He was later transported to Charles Nicolle Hospital after being paraded down Avenue Habib Bourguiba by thousands of his supporters including relatives and fellow party members who demonstrated and blamed the incumbent Ennahda Party and their followers for the assassination while shouting "Down with the rule of the Islamists!". They were also joined by his wife and daughter in front of the hospital where he died. Hundreds of supporters also protested in Brahmi's hometown of Sidi Bouzid. During Brahmi's funeral, protesters called for the government to be toppled, while police fired tear gas on them. According to a statement made by the Tunisian Prosecutor regarding the autopsy of Brahmi's corpse; "The deceased had been hit with fourteen gunshots: six in his torso and eight in his left leg". Brahmi's killing was condemned by many international leaders including UN Human Rights chief Navi Pillay and President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz who said in a statement; "I am deeply saddened to learn of the despicable murder of our colleague Mohamed Brahmi. I condemn this assassination in the strongest terms."

Investigations
Investigations had been issued following both assassinations and Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou announced at a news conference that the same 9mm automatic weapon that killed Belaid also killed Brahmi. The Chokri Belaid defense committee spokesman Tayeb Oqaili claimed on 2 October that, according to official documents, Abdulhakim Belhadj of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group was involved in the killings of both Belaid and Brahmi, pointing to links between the LIFG, Ansar al Sharia and the Ennahda Movement. The left-wing leader maintained that Belhadj apparently intended to carry out terrorist attacks in Tunisia, and trained the Ansar al-Sharia cell that killed the opposition politicians, all under close observation by Ennahda leaders Rashid al-Ghannushi, Hamadi Jebali and Samir Dilou, among others. On 19 September 2013, Tunisia's interior minister told lawmakers the CIA informed authorities Brahmi was a target and said there'd been a "failure" in the security services' response. He announced an investigation had been opened.

Rise of extremism
The post-revolution Tunisia has witnessed an unprecedented rise in extremism through increasing militant activity, weapons smuggling from Libya and involvement in the political scene. They range from self-claimed moderate parties like Ennahda to the more hard-line Ansar al-Sharia and Hizb ut-Tahrir. Most of them denounced violence as a way to reach their goals and have advocated democracy. However, some have been engaged in numerous clashes with security forces mainly in the south and north-west of the country resulting in numerous casualties on both sides in a conflict that is often related to the wider Maghreb insurgency. Several attacks by extremist factions took place in the Mount Chaambi national park on the border with Algeria. On 29 July 2013, a military convoy was ambushed by militants resulting in a number of deaths with many of the victims found beheaded and others mutilated. A week later, the Tunisian Armed Forces responded with an army offensive and air strikes to clear out the mountains of Islamist elements responsible for the assaults.

One of the most prominent extremist organizations is Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia (AST) that was highly involved in the political scene before being listed by the government as a terrorist group. The group was founded in April 2011 by Abu Iyadh al-Tunisi, who had previously co-founded the Tunisian Combat Group (TCG) in Afghanistan with Tarek Maaroufi. Unlike Al-Qaeda and other like-minded groups in the Arab world, the AST claims to be non-violent and engages in charitable activity as a way of gaining support providing food, medicine and clothing while at the same time preaching mainstream Salafist thinking. However, they have been involved in numerous violent incidents such as their alleged role in the storming of the US embassy in Tunis and an attack on a television station that showed the animated film Persepolis because it depicted God while repeatedly calling for the Islamization of the Tunisian media. They have also carried out attacks on art exhibits, premises that sell alcohol and ransacked ancient shrines it considered un-Islamic.

Timeline
 6 February 2013 – Following news of Chokri Belaid's assassination earlier in the day by unknown gunmen, thousands of his supporters took to the streets across the nation. The National Guard fired tear gas at protesters who barricaded Avenue Habib Bourguiba using bins, coffee tables and barbed wire. Other violent protests erupted in other parts of the country including Mezzouna where people torched the premises of the Ennahda party, Gafsa where the party's offices were ransacked and in Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the 2011 revolution, where 4,000 demonstrators reportedly flooded the city, burning tyres and throwing rocks at security forces prompting clashes with the protesters. In an evening televised address, Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced that he would dissolve the government.
 7 February 2013 – Tunisia's governing Islamists rejected Jebali's plan to dismiss the government without consulting other party members. "The prime minister did not ask the opinion of his party," said Abdelhamid Jelassi, Ennahda's vice-president.
 8 February 2013 – Hundreds of thousands of mourners, gathered at the funeral of Chokri Belaid, were disrupted by a number of young men armed with machetes who reportedly attempted to steal the protesters' phones and cameras and set fire to cars, prompting the police to use tear gas to disperse the demonstrators who clashed with them outside the cemetery. Banks, factories and shops closed as part of a general strike which were joined by Tunis Air that suspended all of its flights.
 9 February 2013 – Thousands of Islamists held a mass rally in a show of strength to support Rashid al-Ghannushi and the ruling Ennahda party.

 15 March 2013 – Lawmakers voted on Friday to have a draft constitution ready by the end of April with the next election to be held between 15 October and 15 December.
 25 July 2013 – Thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to the assassination of Mohamed Brahmi in the presence of his wife and daughter earlier this day. The demonstrators gathered in masses around the Interior ministry building in Tunis calling for the government to resign and chanting "Down with Islamist rule" and shouted slogans against Ennahda leader, Rashid Ghannushi calling him a murderer. Similar demonstrations took place in Brahmi's hometown Sidi Bouzid where it is reported that two Ennahda party offices were set fire to by angry mobs.
 26 July 2013 – The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) announced an official day of mourning and called for a general strike with shops, banks and most public transport having closed. In addition, 42 members representing six opposition parties have withdrawn from the 217-seat constituent assembly and called for the government to be replaced by a national unity government tasked with finishing off the constitution and paving the way for fresh elections.
 27 July 2013 – Masses gathered at Brahmi's funeral joined by his wife, children and fellow party members shouting anti-government chants with soldiers carrying the deceased's coffin to Jellaz Cemetery. Following the funeral, hundreds demonstrated in front of the parliament building calling for the dissolution of the constituent assembly but the day turned violent when the protests were met with tear gas resulting in the death of a 48-year-old activist who was in the same leftist coalition as Brahmi when he was hit by a tear gas canister in the head. In addition to the day's turmoil, a police officer was injured due to a rare bomb attack outside a police station in a Tunis suburb.
 6 August 2013 – Tens of thousands of protesters rallied in Tunis calling for the resignation of the Islamist-led government. It was the largest demonstration of its kind since Brahmi's murder.
 27 August 2013 – The government listed Ansar al-Sharia as a terrorist group.
 1 September 2013 – A mass rally was held, forming a 2 miles-long human chain in the country's capital Tunis from the parliament building to the seat of the government and calling for the government's immediate resignation.
 28 September 2013 – The government agreed to resign with UGTT mediation proposing three weeks of negotiations between the two opposing sides.
 23 October 2013 – Prime Minister Ali Larayedh confirmed that the government was ready to resign but insisted that the new constitution be completed first and an electoral commission be established, with a clear election date before handing over power. Hours before crisis talks between the Islamist-led government and the mainly secular opposition, thousands of Tunisians doubtful about the Ennahda's intentions rallied across the country calling for the government's immediate resignation. However, talks have been delayed to Friday following clashes between Islamist militants and security forces that left six policemen dead.
 24 October 2013 – The UGTT called for a general strike in Sidi Bouzid following the deaths of six police officers the previous day.
 25 October 2013 – Talks between the government and the opposition began, with discussions over a new and peaceful political transition.
 28 October 2013 – Ennahda leader, Rashid al-Ghannushi, said in a televised interview that the party may be willing to give up the government but not power.
 27 November 2013 – Three cities were hit by general strikes in protest over economic difficulties. The protest-hit cities were Siliana, the mining town of Gafsa and Gabès, with demonstrators calling for greater investment in their regions and for the government to deal with the unequal investment opportunities favoring the capital and nearby cities. In Siliana, protests turned violent when a group of young demonstrators clashed with police leaving nearly 50 policemen injured according to the Ministry of Interior with two of them seriously wounded and others suffering fractures while a hospital source quoted by AFP mentioned 30 police officers and 2 protesters injured. Hundreds of demonstrators attacked and torched two of the ruling party's offices in Gafsa after trying to break into the governor's office where they were dispersed by police firing tear gas. They chanted slogans such as "The people of Gafsa are free people". In Gabès, protesters laid a symbolic cornerstone at the location of the future medical school of the University of Gabès and there were no reported clashes.
 28 November 2013 – The Tunis headquarters of the Popular Front, a coalition of major opposition leftist parties, was attacked by a mob of 60 men on Thursday night. The group said on its Facebook page that there was no damage and that its members were fine.
 14 December 2013 – UGTT head, Houcine Abassi, announced that politicians had agreed on a new acting Prime Minister, Mehdi Jomaa, after talks between the ruling Ennahda party and the opposition. Out of 21 parties participating in the dialogue, 18 were supposed to participate in the election of the new PM with 9 voting in favor of Jomaa. Seven had withdrawn, including Nidaa Tounes, due to their opposition of Jomaa's candidacy because he was a member of the governing cabinet serving as Minister of Industry. In addition, two parties voted for the runner-up and three were absent.
 26 January 2014 – A 146-article draft constitution was completed. It was put to a vote and was adopted by a 200–12 vote with 4 abstentions.

See also

Troika (Tunisia)
2012–2013 Egyptian protests
List of protests in the 21st century

References

External links
 The New York Times – Tunisia News
 BBC News – Ennahda Profile

Tunisian Revolution
2013 protests
2014 protests
2013 in Tunisia
2014 in Tunisian politics
Civil disobedience
Riots and civil disorder in Tunisia
Arab Winter in Tunisia


title: Bill (2015 film)

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Bill is a 2015 British family adventure comedy film from the principal performers behind children's TV series Horrible Histories and Yonderland. It was produced by Punk Cinema, Cowboy Films and BBC Films and was released in the UK on 18 September 2015 by Vertigo Films. The film is a fictional take on the young William Shakespeare's search for fame and fortune, as written by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond and directed by Richard Bracewell who co-produced with Tony Bracewell, Alasdair Flind and Charles Steel. It features the six lead performers playing several different roles each including Mathew Baynton, Martha Howe-Douglas, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby, Jim Howick and Laurence Rickard. Bill has received mostly positive reviews from critics and grossed $968,534 worldwide. The film also received nominations for the Evening Standard British Film Award for Award for Comedy and the Into Film Award for Family Film of the Year.

Premise
Bill is set during Shakespeare's "lost years"—the crucial period, long a mystery to scholars, covering his rise from obscurity in Stratford-upon-Avon to fame as a playwright in London. According to the official synopsis, the film will tell the "real story" of what happens when "hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home to follow his dream. It’s a tale of murderous kings, spies, lost loves, and a plot to blow up Queen Elizabeth I." Writer Rickard further explained that in this "very different" version of his life, the future Bard has already tried "everything from contemporary dance to playing lute in a band. He's never found his calling."

Cast
The six members of the starring troupe were announced as playing 40 total roles, in the manner of the Monty Python films. Their full list of roles is below:
 Mathew Baynton as William Shakespeare, Lord Burghley, English messenger, Customs official
 Martha Howe-Douglas as Anne Hathaway, Molly, Spanish courtier, Body collector
 Ben Willbond as King Philip II of Spain, Earl of Southampton, Grubby Thief, Alexander Dimitrievitch, Head of Guards
 Simon Farnaby as Juan Domingo, Earl of Croydon, Sausage, Dimitri Alexandrovitch, Fur Seller
 Jim Howick as Gabriel Montoya, Christopher Marlowe, Cynical Jester, Palace Doorman, Mysterious Man, Even Grubbier Thief, Party Planner
 Laurence Rickard as Lope Lopez, Sir Francis Walsingham, Stand-up Jester, Chatty Guard, Slightly late courtier, Ian, Hanging Criminal, Chicken Drumstick

It was confirmed at the 2014 Cannes film festival that Homeland star Damian Lewis would be joining the cast as Sir Richard Hawkins.
Other supporting actors include:

Production

BBC Films announced Bill on 13 May 2013, as a co-production with fellow UK production companies Punk Cinema and Cowboy Films. Head of BBC Films Christine Langan said that "we’re thrilled [to be] making the first film starring this team of incredibly talented and popular British comedy writers and performers." In November of the same year ScreenDaily.com reported that the BFI (British Film Institute) Film Fund had invested £1 million in the production, with further undisclosed amounts coming from BBC Films, LipSync and Screen Yorkshire, through its Yorkshire Content Fund.

Principal filming began on 10 February 2014 at locations around Yorkshire, including York Minster, Skipton Castle, Marske-by-the-Sea, Bolton Castle and Selby Abbey. Other filming locations included Stowe School, Caroline Gardens Chapel in Peckham, London, and Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex. The closing scenes were filmed at Shakespeare's Globe, a modern recreation of the theatre where many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed.

Former Horrible Histories co-stars Rickard and Willbond are credited with the Bill screenplay, and are also the top-billed performers along with the four other members of the HH starring cast (Baynton, Howe-Douglas, Farnaby and Howick). Despite this connection, and sharing a similar subject matter, the film has no official affiliation with the earlier TV series. It is the second project (after Yonderland) created by the sextet as a means to continue working together as a troupe after Horrible Histories ceased production in 2012, while maintaining the familiar character-and-costume driven comedy style. Making the move to film was "a bit scary," Willbond said, "but we cooked up a really nice plot." Rickard described the overall tone of the new project as "a hundred different brands of idiocy, really... We staunchly defend the idiocy."

In contrast to the conscientious grounding in accuracy that was the trademark of Horrible Histories, Bill is by design a purely imaginary tale. In the initial press release for the film, the co-writers noted that "We're playing with history, just as Shakespeare did, for the entertainment of the audience." Commenting on the choice of subject, Rickard added that in fact "the joy of the "lost years" is we can tell a fun story without trampling on the facts—it gives us licence to take William Shakespeare on a truly ridiculous caper, yet end with him becoming the man the world knows."

The first full-length trailer for the film was released in December 2014, at which point the film's theatrical release date – originally scheduled for late February 2015 – was confirmed to have been delayed until 27 March the same year. This was subsequently revised again – with no official explanation – to 21 August.

Vertigo Films announced on 12 August 2015 that it would be releasing Bill in the UK after previous distributor Koch Media had closed its UK film distribution business. Vertigo Films co-owner Rupert Preston told Screen International that “The film is really good fun and plays well with both adults and kids. It’s clever, bright and great British entertainment.”

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by Andrew Hewitt. The soundtrack was released on 18 September 2015 by Varèse Sarabande.

Track listing
 1593 – A Time Of War And Plague
 Sir Richard Hawkins Is Captured
 Bill Shakespeare And His Family
 King Philip II Of Spain – Deuce Or Juice?
 The First Fanfare
 The Court Music Of Queen Elizabeth I
 The Specialists And Walsingham The Spy
 Bill Travels To That London
 More Court Music
 King Phil Sails To England
 King Phil Lands In England
 The Second Fanfare
 Phil's Catholic Lair
 The Earl Of Croydon
 Even More Court Music
 Anne And Bill
 Bill Pursued By Walsingham
 Duelin’ Banjos
 Phil Closes In On Christopher Marlowe
 Marlowe's Death
 Marlowe's Ghost
 A Series Of Funny Misunderstandings – Bernard Hughes and Laurence Rickard
 The Specialists And The Gunpowder Plot
 Prologue To The Play
 The Play Begins
 The Final Sword Fight
 Bill's Final Speech To Anne
 Mortal Coil
 William Shakespeare

Release
Bill was released in the UK on 18 September 2015 by Vertigo Films. It was released on DVD in the UK on 15 February 2016.  It was shown on a one-time basis in the United States on 11 April 2016 through Fathom Events.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 90%, with an average rating of 6.3/10 based on 20 reviews.  Elliott Noble said 'the gags keep coming in a madcap tale that's Bard to the bone.' Alys Keys said 'Those who are unaware of their previous work will find just as much to enjoy in this iconoclastic approach to the bard as the most dedicated fans. No matter what your age or fan-status may be, it is simply a joy to watch.' Mark Kermode said in The Guardian, 'Nicely balancing its historically literate gags with broad knockabout slapstick, Bill is a crowd-pleasing treat that should tickle audiences young and old alike.'
The film grossed $968,534 worldwide.

Accolades

References

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2010s adventure comedy films
2010s historical comedy films
2015 films
Vertigo Films films
BBC Film films
Films shot in North Yorkshire
British adventure comedy films
British historical films
Films about William Shakespeare
British independent films
2015 comedy films
Films scored by Andrew Hewitt
2010s English-language films
2010s British films
Cultural depictions of Philip II of Spain
Cultural depictions of Elizabeth I
Cultural depictions of Walter Raleigh
Cultural depictions of Francis Drake