title: Spectral noise logging

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Spectral noise logging (SNL) is an acoustic noise measuring technique used in oil and gas wells for well integrity analysis, identification of production and injection intervals and hydrodynamic characterisation of the reservoir. SNL records acoustic noise generated by fluid or gas flow through the reservoir or leaks in downhole well components.

Development history
Noise logging tools have been used in the petroleum industry for several decades. As far back as 1955, an acoustic detector was proposed for use in well integrity analysis to identify casing holes. In this class of problems, the efficiency of noise logging was comparable to that of temperature surveys. In 1973, McKinley presented his technique for passive noise logging in which signals were recorded in several, e.g. three or four, frequency ranges at every measurement depth. This method, allowing quantitative and qualitative data interpretation, became common across the petroleum industry.

Over many years, downhole noise logging tools proved effective in inflow and injectivity profiling of operating wells, leak detection, location of cross-flows behind casing, and even in determining reservoir fluid compositions. Robinson (1974) described how noise logging can be used to determine effective reservoir thickness.

Physical principles
The theory of sound generation by turbulent flow of fluid or gas through a single channel has been well elaborated by many authors, while the generation of acoustic oscillations by fluid flow through porous reservoirs is still poorly understood.  Various physical models have been proposed, including the mechanism of sound generation by transient pulsing of the fluid flowing through pores with randomly varying properties (Zaslavsky, 2005). This paper also describes the effect of the elastic compressibility of the rock matrix on the noise signal generated by fluid flow. Especially noteworthy among the many sound generation models is the aerodynamic one based on the turbulence of fluid microflows escaping capillaries and entering wider pores (Lighthill, 1954). Generally, all of these existing models are valid and all of the above phenomena contribute to noise generation.

Applications

 Near-wellbore flow characterisation
 Identification of inflow and injection intervals
 Identification of inter-reservoir communications including cross-flows behind casing
 Near-wellbore reservoir pressure evaluation in flow intervals including unperforated casing intervals
 Well integrity monitoring
 Detection of leaks in tubing, casing and other well components

Notes

Geophysics


title: Xiao Shuxuan

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Xiao Shuxuan (, 1894-1945) was a Chinese lieutenant general who served in the National Revolutionary Army before defecting to Wang Jingwei's Reorganized National Government of China. Xiao took part in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution and later fought in the Northern Expedition as a commander. In 1939-40, Xiao defected to Wang Jingwei's faction and joined his new pro-Japanese government. He held a number of prominent positions in Nanjing regime, including minister of Military Training and Chairman of the National Military Council. In 1943, when he was appointed head of the Central Military Academy and in March 1945, Army Minister.

He was killed in 1945 while resisting arrest.

Sources

Literature
Xu, Youchun. Dictionary of the People of the Republic (民国人物大辞典 増訂版). Hebei People's Publishing House, 2007. .
Liu, Shou. Official Chronology of the Republic of China (民国職官年表). Zhonghua Book Company, 1995. .

References

1894 births
1945 deaths
Chinese people of World War II
Generals from Fujian
Chinese collaborators with Imperial Japan
Kuomintang collaborators with Imperial Japan
Republic of China Army generals
Politicians from Fuzhou
Republic of China politicians from Fujian
People executed by China


title: Val-d'Oise's 10th constituency

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The 10th constituency of Val-d'Oise is a French legislative constituency in the Val-d'Oise département.
It is currently represented by Aurélien Taché, who was elected as a member of La République En Marche! (LREM), but left it and joined the new Ecology Democracy Solidarity group in 2020.

Description

The 10th constituency of Val-d'Oise is a new seat created as a result of the 2010 redistricting of French legislative constituencies, which awarded the department with one additional seat. The constituency was created by taking two cantons from the old 2nd constituency of Val-d'Oise.

Historic Representation

Election results

2022

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2012

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Sources
Official results of French elections from 2002: "Résultats électoraux officiels en France" (in French).

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title: M12 (artist collective)

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M12, aka M12 STUDIO, is an American artist collective and non-profit organization based in Colorado that features an evolving group of artist practitioners, curators, and designers.  Together they create artworks, research projects, and education programs that explore rural cultures and landscapes.  Initially formed as the municipalWORKSHOP in 2002 in York, Alabama by Richard Saxton when he was an artist-in-residence at the Rural Studio, an architecture studio run by Auburn University, the group evolved into M12 in 2007 when it became incorporated as a non-profit organization.  The core members have created over 20 projects since founding; their work was featured in the 2014 publication "A Decade of Country Hits: Art on the Rural Frontier."

History
municipalWORKSHOP (2002-2007)

The municipalWORKSHOP was created in 2002 by Richard Saxton based on an effort to bring a "rural renaissance" to the small town of York, Alabama.  This art laboratory aimed to work with municipalities and communities to develop more creative approaches to living in rural America.  The organization's first project was called Utility Now!, a series of pedal-powered street-sweepers and utility tricycles and bicycles for city crews to better maintain York.

From 2002 to 2007, the municipalWORKSHOP created public art projects with local communities throughout the United States. Projects range from a Music Integrated Kiosk Environment (M.I.K.E.) produced for the John Michael Kohler Arts Center in Sheboygan, Wisconsin to the AutoTour Vehicle built for the Center for Land Use Interpretation in Wendover, Utah. In 2007, the collective formalized as M12, and expanded its reach to communities in Europe, South America, and Australia.

2007–present

M12 has exhibited at the 13th International Venice Architecture Biennale, The Kalmar Konstmuseum in Sweden, The Chicago Cultural Center, Franklin Street Works, Wormfarm Institute, The 2011 Australian Biennial (SPACED), The 2010 Biennial of the Americas, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, The Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture at the University of Tennessee, The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, The Contemporary Museum in Baltimore, Wall House #2 in the Netherlands, and The Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin. The group now develops projects worldwide and operates out of a renovated feed store in Byers, Colorado and maintains a 40-acre site in Last Chance, Colorado.

Projects
 Campito, which re-imagined the sheepherders wagon, initially commissioned by the Biennial of the Americas and subsequently featured in the Spontaneous Interventions exhibition in the U.S. Pavilion of the 13th International Venice Biennale of Architecture.
 Prairie Modules, an ongoing series of architectural sculptures that were first installed on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail in Indianapolis, Indiana. Subsequent modules are situated at the Wormfarm Institute in Reedsburg, Wisconsin and The Experimental Site in Last Chance, Colorado.
  Ornitarium, a bird observatory and social space constructed in Denmark, Australia, created as part of the International Art Space Kellerberrin Australia 2011 site-based Biennial.
 Black Hornet, a four-year project with the Hall family racing team that started in 2010 in Fort Morgan, Colorado and featured in the exhibition "The Black Hornet" at the Galleries of Contemporary Art in Ft. Collins, Colorado.
 Action on the Plains, a NEA-funded artist in residence program that invites artists, writers, and researchers to collaborate with M12 in response to the rural Colorado landscape.

References

External links

 Decade of Country Hits; Art on the Rural Frontier

American artist groups and collectives
Architecture groups
Arts organizations based in Colorado
Arts organizations established in 2007


title: State-owned enterprises of China

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A state-owned enterprise is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government. Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular or dominant stockholder. There is no standard definition of a government-owned corporation (GOC) or state-owned enterprise (SOE), although the two terms are often used interchangeably. The defining characteristics are that they have a distinct legal shape and they are established to operate in commercial affairs.

The role of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in SOEs has varied at different periods but has increased during the Xi Jinping administration, with the CCP formally taking a commanding role in all SOEs as of 2020. For example, Lai Xiaomin, the former president of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management announced in 2015 that during the operation of China Huarong Asset Management, the embedded CCP committee will play a central role, and party members will play an exemplary role. As Jin et al wrote in 2022,
CCP branches within China's SOEs are the governing bodies which make important decisions and inculcate its ideology.

Significance
When China's SOEs were first created, they served as instruments for carrying out national goals and providing social stability via the iron rice bowl. Financial performance of SOEs was not a major concern until China's reform era.

, China has more SOEs than any other country, and the most SOEs among large national companies. In 2018, half of the country's centrally-owned SOEs were among the world's 500 largest companies. As of the end of 2019, China's SOEs represented 4.5% of the global economy and the total assets of all China's SOEs, including those operating in the financial sector, reached US$78.08trillion.

State-owned enterprises accounted for over 60% of China's market capitalization in 2019 and generated 40% of China's GDP of US$15.97trillion (101.36 trillion yuan) in 2020, with domestic and foreign private businesses and investment accounting for the remaining 60%. Ninety-one (91) of these SOEs belong to the 2020 Fortune Global 500 companies.

SOEs have a primary role in China's energy sector. Its five large state-owned power generation companies are: Datang, Guodian, Huadian, Huaneng, and China Power Investment Corporation. Its state-owned grid companies are State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) and China Southern Power Grid Corporation.

Most Chinese universities are SOEs.

China's SOEs are at the forefront of global seaport construction, and most new ports built by them are part of the Belt and Road Initiative. State-owned banks are important sources of funding for port construction.

In addition to their own operations, SOEs invest in private enterprises. From the perspective of these private enterprises, this form of partial state ownership is helpful in obtaining financing from banks, particularly as prompts banks to require less collateral. Sometimes in investing in private enterprises, SOEs acquire enough shares to nationalize them. Over the period 2018-2020, 109 publicly traded enterprises with more than $100 billion in collective total assets were nationalized in this way.

According to academic Wendy Leutert, China's SOEs, "...contribute to central and local governments revenues through dividends and taxes, support urban employment, keep key input prices low, channel capital towards targeted industries and technologies, support sub-national redistribution to poorer interior and western provinces, and aid the state's response to natural disasters, financial crises and social instability."

History of SOEs
Following the CCP victory in the Chinese Civil War, one of the party's early steps was to nationalize enterprises that the defeated Nationalists had controlled. By 1952, China's SOEs accounted for more than 40% of industrial production, and by 1956 nearly all large-scale commerce and industry had been nationalized.

During the Third Front campaign to develop heavy industry in China's interior regions, almost 400 state-owned enterprises were re-located from coastal cities to secret sites in the Chinese interior where they would be more protected in event of foreign invasion.

In 1984, the State Council issued a directive to expand the autonomy of SOEs. SOEs were also allowed to sell surplus goods on the market once they had met their quotas.

With the goal of boosting innovation and efficiency, more than half of China's largest SOEs had established technical development centers by 1993. The same year, the CCP issued its "Decision on Issues Related to the Establishment of a Socialist Market Economy System." In the wave of reform thereafter, one goal was to separate SOE management from government and to empower a select group of SOEs with special property rights and autonomy.

Consistent with President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji's strategy of "grasping the large, letting go of the small," major SOE reform occurred in 1997, which represented a change from the previously incremental reform efforts. The state was encouraged to preserve large SOEs and to allow weaker ones to be "let go" through closing or consolidating. Other major policies that were part of the 1997 reforms included management and employee buyouts and the inclusion of foreign strategic partners.

SOE mergers have been routine since 2000. Beginning in 2003 with Hu Jintao's administration, the Chinese government increasingly funded SOE consolidation, supplying massive subsidies and favoring SOEs from a regulatory standpoint. These efforts helped SOEs to crowd out foreign and domestic private sector competitors.

As part of China's Great Western Development program, China's five large state-owned hydropower companies planned, underwrote, and built the majority of dams on the river and its tributaries.

SOEs were major beneficiaries of China's stimulus program following the 2008 global financial crisis, which began a period where the private sector withdrew and the state-owned sector expanded.

Under Xi Jinping
The pace of SOE mergers has increased under Xi. The goals of China's current SOE mergers include an effort to create larger and more competitive national champions with a bigger global market share by reducing price competition among SOEs abroad and increasing vertical integration.

Overall, China's focus on SOEs during the Xi era have demonstrated a commitment to using SOEs to serve non-market objectives and increasing CCP control of SOEs while taking some limited steps towards market liberalization, such as increasing mixed ownership of SOEs. Along with increased mergers, promotion of mixed ownership, and management of state capital have continued; results have been mixed.

According to Xi, "[T]he dominant role of state ownership cannot be changed, and the leading role of the state-economy cannot be changed." In Xi Jinping Thought, the historical importance of state-owned enterprises is highlighted:

Xi Jinping thought also emphasizes the role of SOEs as part of the dominant position of state ownership necessary for common prosperity.

In 2023, several state-owned enterprises, including Shanghai Municipal Investment Group, established internal People’s Armed Forces departments run by the People's Liberation Army.

State Council (Central Government)

China Investment Corporation
 Central Huijin Investment
 China Jianyin Investment
 China Everbright Group

SASAC of the State Council

, SASAC oversees 97 centrally owned companies. Companies directly supervised by SASAC have been reduced and consolidated through mergers according to the state-owned enterprise restructuring plan with the number of SASAC companies down from over 150 in 2008.

Ministry of Finance

Ministry of Education
Peking University
Founder Group (70%)
 Peking University Resources Group (30% by Founder Group, 40% by Peking University directly)
 Peking University Resources (Holdings) (65.96% collectively by Founder Group and PKU Resources Group)
 Founder Technology
 Founder Holdings
 Jade Bird Software (48%)
 Beida Jade Bird Universal Sci-Tech (24.05% collectively)
 Sinobioway Group (40% as minority shareholder)

Regional Governments
Governments below the national level operate portfolios of SOEs which operate both domestically and abroad.

Anhui Province
 Anhui Conch Cement
 Masteel Group (49%)

Beijing Municipality
 Beijing Guoxiang Asset Management
 UBS Securities (33%)
 Beijing State-owned Capital Operation and Management Center
 Shougang
 Shougang Company
 Shougang Concord International
 CSC Financial (37.46%)

Chongqing Municipality
 Chongqing Iron and Steel Company

Gansu Province
 Gansu SASAC
 Baiyin Nonferrous (36.16%)

Guangdong Province
 Guangdong Rising Asset Management
 Zhongjin Lingnan (36.04%)
 Rising Nonferrous Metals Share
 Guangdong Hengjian Investment Holding (100%)
 Shaoguan Iron and Steel Group (49%)
 Guangdong Provincial Communication Group
 Guangdong Provincial Railway Construction Investment Group
 Guangdong Holdings
 Guangdong Investment (54.68%)
TCL Corporation (36%)
Tonly Electronics Holdings Limited (48.70%)

Shenzhen City
 Shenzhen Capital Group
 Shenzhen HTI Group

Zhuhai City
 Gree Group (100%)
 Gree Electric (sold in 2019)
 Gree Real Estate

Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
 Guangxi Non-ferrous Metals

Guizhou Province
 Kweichow Moutai Group
 Kweichow Moutai

Hebei Province
 Hesteel Group
 Hesteel Company
 Hansteel
 Tangsteel

Heilongjiang Province
 Beiman Special Steel (41.37%)

Hubei Province

Wuhan City
 Wuhan Financial Holdings Group (100%)
 Founder BEA Trust (67.51%)

Liaoning Province
 Dongbei Special Steel
 Beiman Special Steel

Shanghai Municipality
 Shanghai Data Exchange
 Shanghai Jiushi Group
 Shanghai Municipal Investment Group
 Shanghai International Port Group

Shandong Province
 Shandong Gaosu Group
 Shandong Energy Group

Linfen City
 Linfen Investment Group (100%)

Yantai City

 Yantai Guofeng (100%)
 Wanhua Industrial Group (39.497%)
 Wanhua Chemical Group (21.56%)

Shanxi Province
 Datong Coal Mining Group
 Datong Coal Industry
 Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group
 Shanxi Coking Coal Group
 Shanxi Coking Company
 Xishan Coal Electricity Group
 Xishan Coal and Electricity Power
 Taiyuan Coal Gasification Group (51%)

Tianjin Municipality
 TEDA Holding
 Tianjin Pipe
 Tianjin TEDA F.C.
 Tianjin TEDA Co.

Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
 Xinjiang Investment Development Group (100%)
 Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron and Steel Group (15%)

Zhejiang Province

Ningbo City
 Bank of Ningbo (21.38%)

Hong Kong S.A.R.
 Hong Kong Link (100%)
 MTR Corporation (around 75% shares)
 Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (100%)

See also

 List of government-owned companies
 State ownership

References

Lists of companies of China
China
China


title: First Songs

text:
First Songs, initially credited to "Gwyn and Will", is the debut album of British singer-songwriter Gwyneth Herbert and composer and acoustic guitarist Will Rutter. Comprising both original songs and standards, it was launched at London's Pizza Express Jazz Club in September 2003. The Herbert/Rutter song "Sweet Insomnia" featured guest vocals from Jamie Cullum.

Reception
Described by BBC Music as a "lovingly crafted debut", the album received a significant amount of radio airplay on Jazz FM and BBC Radio 2, and was promoted by Michael Parkinson.

Writing in The Sunday Times, reviewer Clive Davis said: "If Gwyneth Herbert is not a star before long, I will eat my CD player. The sultry young singer’s partnership with guitarist Will Rutter has caused a stir on London's club circuit, and their debut album — artfully produced and arranged by vocalist Ian Shaw — lives up to that promise, blending pop and jazz values".

Track listing

Personnel
 Gwyneth Herbert – vocals
 Will Rutter – guitar
 Mark Hodgson – bass
 Tom Mason – bass
 Andy Nice – cello
 Josefina Cupido – drums and percussion
 Ben Godfrey – trumpet
 Guy Barker – trumpet
 Jamie Cullum – vocals
 Ian Shaw – keyboards and percussion

Production
The album was produced by Ian Shaw, who arranged all the songs (except "No Other Love", which was arranged by Will Rutter).
It was recorded by Joe Leach at the Cowshed Recording Studio, London between June and September 2003.

References

External links
Gwyneth Herbert: official website

2003 debut albums
Gwyneth Herbert albums
Albums produced by Ian Shaw


title: 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup – Men's team pursuit

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The men's team pursuit in the 2014–15 ISU Speed Skating World Cup was contested over three races on three occasions, out of a total of seven World Cup occasions for the season, with the first occasion taking place in Obihiro, Japan, on 14–16 November 2014, and the last occasion taking place in Heerenveen, Netherlands, on 12–14 December 2014.

The defending champions were the Netherlands.

The South Korean team won the cup after having collected silver medals in the first two competitions, and a gold medal in the final competition.

Top three

Race medallists

Standings
Standings as of 12 December 2014 (end of the season).

References

Men team pursuit


title: The Day Passed

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The Day Passed () is a 1971 Azerbaijani romantic drama film directed by Arif Babayev. It stars Leyla Shikhlinskaya as Asmar, Hasan Mammadov as Ogtay, and Hasanagha Turabov as Ogtay's colleague. It is an adaptation of the novel "Georgian Surname" by Azerbaijani author Anar Rzayev. Rzayev published the novel in 1967 and later adapted it into a screenplay himself.

The film tells the story of two reconciled childhood friends as they reflect on their past, and also encapsulates the atmosphere and soul of Baku at the time. The title refers to the characters' inability to change their past and what has already happened.

Upon release, The Day Passed garnered widespread popularity and critical acclaim in Azerbaijan. It is now considered one of the best Azerbaijani films from the 1970s.

Plot
Asmar, one of the main characters of the film, appears to be happy at first glance. She is married to a diplomat, has a daughter, and many friends. She has exciting memories of travelling all over the world. She used to enjoy her entertaining and pleasant lifestyle, but as time passed, its value and significance faded in her eyes. She still had not found her true place in life.

After separating from Ogtay, she desires to rebuild her life and make certain concessions. The film ends on the note that it is impossible to live clinging to the past and memories, and that everyone should look forward to their future.

During the shooting, actor Hasan Mammadov refused to perform the film's ending, which originally included a sexually intimate scene between Ogtay and Asmar. As a result, the writers were forced to make amends to certain parts of the screenplay.

Cast
 Leyla Shikhlinskaya as Asmar
 Hasan Mammadov as Ogtay
 Hasanagha Turabov as Ogtay's colleague
 Chingiz Aliloghlu as Jamal
 Mukhtar Avsharov as Postman
 Sadaya Mustafayeva as Asmar's mother
Torekhanum Zeynalova as Neighbour

See also
 Cinema of Azerbaijan
 Azerbaijani films from the 70s

References

External links

1971 films
1971 romantic drama films
Azerbaijani-language films
Films directed by Arif Babayev
Azerbaijani romantic drama films


title: Myra Kelly

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Myra Kelly (1875–1910) was an Irish American schoolteacher and author.

Life
Kelly was born in Dublin, she came to the United States with her father, a physician who established a practice on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. She attended the Horace Mann School and Teachers College, Columbia University, graduating in 1899.

Kelly taught elementary school at Public School 147 from 1899 to 1901. She produced three collections of stories based on her experiences as a teacher. Her character Constance Bailey teaches Irish and Russian Jewish immigrant children. A minor theme within her works is the changing character of the neighborhood and the displacement of Irish immigrant families. After the publishing of her "In Loco Parentis", US President Theodore Roosevelt wrote her a letter of appreciation.

Kelly married Allan Macnaughton in 1905. Prior to her death, she also wrote the romance novels Rosnah and The Golden Season.

Kelly developed tuberculosis and died on March 30, 1910, in Torquay, England. She was 35 years old.

Works
Little Citizens, The Humours of School Life (1905)
The Isle of Dreams (1907)
Wards of Liberty (1907)
Rosnah (1908)
The Golden Season (1909)
Little Aliens (1910)

References

External links

1875 births
1910 deaths
20th-century American novelists
Horace Mann School alumni
Irish emigrants to the United States
Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
American expatriates in England
American women novelists
20th-century American women writers
Novelists from New York (state)


title: Open water swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 km

text:
The Men's 10 km competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 14 August.

Results
The race was started at 10:00.

References

2014 European Aquatics Championships
European Aquatics Championships


title: Marais Schmidt

text:
David 'Marais' Schmidt (born 23 April 1992) is a South African professional rugby union player, that played first class rugby with the  and  between 2011 and 2014. His regular position is fly-half or full-back.

Career

Youth and Varsity Cup rugby

He represented the  at all available youth levels. He first played for them at Under-13 level at the primary schools Craven Week tournament in 2005. In 2008, he played for their Under-16 side at the Grant Khomo Week, which also led to his inclusion in a South African Under-16 Elite Squad. He played for the Under-18s at the 2009 Academy Week and the 2010 Craven Week tournaments, top-scoring for the Lions and being selected for a South African Under-18 High Performance Squad in 2010, which played against France, England and Namibia.

He played for the  side in the 2010 Under-19 Provincial Championship, making two appearances, and played a full season in the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship, scoring 97 points in eleven starts. He also made one appearance at Under-21 level in the 2011 Under-21 Provincial Championship.

He reached the century mark in both of the next two seasons for the . In 2012, he scored 131 points in twelve starts, the second most in the competition behind the s Fred Zeilinga and in 2013, he made thirteen starts and scored 156 points to once again finish second in the scoring charts, this time behind s Tim Swiel. He also won the award for the Lions Backline Player of the Year in 2013.

Schmidt was included in the South Africa Under-20 squad that played at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship held in South Africa. He made his appearance in the competition, their final pool match against Italy.

In 2014, Schmidt played Varsity Cup rugby for Johannesburg-based university side . He kicked thirteen conversions and two penalties to finish as UJ's top scorer for the competition with 43 points.

Golden Lions

Schmidt played for a  in a compulsory friendly against the  prior to the 2011 Currie Cup Premier Division, scoring 10 points in a 28–25 loss, but failed to make the squad for the competition proper.

He was included in their squad for the 2012 Vodacom Cup however, and made his debut in that competition against the  in Potchefstroom, scoring all his side's points in a 23–16 defeat. He made a total of five appearances during the competition, contributing 37 points. He made one start for them in the 2013 Vodacom Cup, scoring 9 points in their 30–19 defeat against the  in Welkom. A further two appearances off the bench followed in the 2014 Vodacom Cup.

Griquas

After the 2014 Vodacom Cup, Schmidt moved to Kimberley-based side . He played off the bench on four occasions during the 2014 Currie Cup qualification tournament, as Griquas won promotion to the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. He made his debut in the Currie Cup Premier Division in the opening match of that competition, a 24–31 loss to the  and also played 70 minutes against the  the following week.

Blue Bulls

He moved to Nelspruit to join the  for 2015, but failed to make an appearance for them before joining the  prior to the 2015 Currie Cup Premier Division.

References

Alumni of Monument High School
South African rugby union players
Living people
1992 births
Rugby union fly-halves
Rugby union fullbacks
Golden Lions players
Griquas (rugby union) players
South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
Rugby union players from Johannesburg


title: SD Formentera

text:
Sociedad Deportiva Formentera is a football team based in Sant Francesc Xavier, Formentera in the Balearic Islands. The team plays in . The club's home ground is the Estadi Municipal, which has a capacity of 500 spectators.

History
Founded in 1971, in 1979–80 the club took part in Tercera División, ending in relegation. It also entered the year's Copa del Rey, dispatching UD Porreras 3–2 on aggregate in the first round before falling 2–0 to Atlético Baleares in the second round.

Formentera returned to the fourth division in 2012, after winning the regional Preferente. In 2015–16, they reached the second round of the cup with a 2–1 win at Segunda División B team CD Alcoyano, and a year later they reached the last 32 of the competition before a 14–2 aggregate loss to La Liga team and UEFA Europa League holders Sevilla FC.

In that 2016–17 season, Formentera promoted for the first time ever to the third division after defeating Alavés B in the promotion play-offs. The following season, they reached again the round of 32 of the Copa del Rey, where they eliminated top level club Athletic Bilbao after winning in San Mamés with a goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time; in the last 16 they were eliminated by another top-flight Basque team, Deportivo Alavés, and the league season ended with instant relegation.

Season to season

1 season in Segunda División B
3 seasons in Segunda Federación/Segunda División RFEF
9 seasons in Tercera División

Current squad
.

References

External links
Official website
Club & Stadium History at Estadios de España

Football clubs in the Balearic Islands
Formentera
1971 establishments in Spain
Association football clubs established in 1971


title: 2014–15 Liga Națională (women's handball)

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The 2014–15 Liga Națională was the 57th season of Romanian Women's Handball League, the top-level women's professional handball league. The league comprises fourteen teams. HCM Baia Mare were the defending champions.

Teams for 2014–15

CSM București
HCM Baia Mare
Corona Braşov
SCM Craiova
Dunărea Brăila
HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
Cetate Deva
CSM Ploieşti
HCM Roman
Universitatea Cluj-Napoca
HC Zalău
Neptun Constanţa
CSM Unirea Slobozia
SC Mureșul Târgu Mureș

Standings

1. * CSM București was docked 1 point.

Liga Națională (women's handball)
2014 in Romanian women's sport
2015 in Romanian women's sport
2014–15 domestic handball leagues


title: Open water swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km

text:
The Women's 10 km competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 13 August.

Results
The race was started at 10:00.

References

2014 European Aquatics Championships
European Aquatics Championships


title: Crooked David

text:
Crooked David may refer to:

 Dafydd Gam (c. 1380 – 1415), a Welsh medieval nobleman, prominent opponent of Owain Glyndŵr
 Black Dwarf (personage) (1740–1811), a Scottish dwarf, the inspiration for Sir Walter Scott's novel, The Black Dwarf


title: Nimitala

text:
Nimitala is a place at Mollarpur town, near Fatepur, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India.

Demographics
Here a shivalinga . Here a "smasan" i.e. burning place and a grand field is situated. A grand fair is held every year from shivaratri.

The name "Nimitala" come from  'Nirmalakseswara' shiva. Here the central temple is of Sri Sri Ramkrishna and Maa Sharada.

Amba
Amba village is a village ( now ward / para) of Mollarpur. Amba is a mouza also. Here a primary school, an anganwari centre at Amba. It is Mollarpur III/XII.

References

Villages in Birbhum district


The  is a Japanese research facility headquartered in Tsukuba Science City, Ibaraki, and the workforce is located in Tsukuba and in several cities and towns throughout Japan. The organization is dedicated to scientific research related to Agriculture. It became a new legal body of Independent Administrative Institution in 2001 originally as National Agricultural Research Organization, remaining under the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF).

History
In 2001, the National Agricultural Research Organization was established based on research institutes and experimental stations of MAFF. It was merged with a research institution in 2003 and with two other research institutes in 2006, and then renamed to the present name, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization. Many of the research institutes and research centers constituting NARO have a history of more than 100 years.

Organization

Headquarter (Tsukuba)
NARO Agricultural Research Center (NARO/ARC) (Tsukuba)
NARO Institute of Crop Science (NICS) (Tsukuba)
NARO Institute of Fruit Tree Science (NIFTS) (Tsukuba)
NARO Institute of Floricultural Science (NIFS) (Tsukuba)
NARO Institute of Vegetable and Tea Science (NIVTS) (Tsu)
NARO Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science (NILGS) (Tsukuba)
National Institute of Animal Health (NIAH) (Tsukuba)
National Institute for Rural Engineering (NIRE) (Tsukuba)
National Food Research Institute (NFRI) (Tsukuba)
NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center (NARO/HARC) (Sapporo)
NARO Tohoku Agricultural Research Center (NARO/TARC) (Morioka)
NARO Western Region Agricultural Research Center (NARO/WARC) (Fukuyama)
NARO Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center (NARO/KARC) (Kōshi)
NARO Bio-oriented Technology Research Advancement Institution (BRAIN) (Saitama)

Employees
The number of employees are as follows:
 Researchers: 1,542
 Administrative staffs: 598
 Technical staffs: 528
 Total number of employees: 2,677 (as of April 1, 2013)
(Part-time staffs are not included.)

See also
 List of Independent Administrative Institutions (Japan)

References

External links
 NARO Web site

Independent Administrative Institutions of Japan
Research institutes in Japan
Japanese food- and drink-related organizations


56th (Cornwall) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was a volunteer air defence regiment of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). Originally raised in 1920 as a medium artillery regiment, it was converted to the anti-aircraft role in 1932. During the Second World War, it was employed in Home Defence, in Iceland and then in India, where it was temporarily converted back to medium artillery. Postwar, it reverted to air defence until disbandment in 1955.

Origin
With the reorganisation of the Territorial Force (TF) into the new TA in 1920, a new medium artillery unit was formed, under the title 7th (Cornwall and Warwickshire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery, renumbered 51st the following year. It initially had its headquarters at Truro, Cornwall, and comprised three new Cornish batteries based at Padstow, Par and Penzance, and one existing heavy battery from Birmingham, Warwickshire.

51st (Cornwall and Warwickshire) Medium Brigade
There had been Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) at Padstow and Par since 1859, and at Penzance since 1877, and these had later formed part of the 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Artillery Volunteers. This unit had defended the Cornish ports throughout the World War I, but in the postwar reorganisation it became a Coast Artillery brigade based at Falmouth, and new batteries were raised at Padstow, Par and Penzance for the 51st Medium Brigade.

The other battery had originally been raised in 1908 at Saltley, Birmingham, as the South Midland (Warwickshire) Royal Garrison Artillery, which provided the Heavy battery of the 48th (South Midland) Division of the TF. It had served on the Western Front during World War I.

With minor changes in title over succeeding years, the new unit was organised as follows:

51st (Cornwall and Warwickshire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery
 HQ St Austell
 201st (Cornwall) Medium Battery, RA, Padstow
 202nd (Cornwall) Medium Battery, RA (Howitzer), Par
 203rd (Cornwall) Medium Battery, RA, Penzance
 204th (Warwickshire) Medium Battery, RA, Saltley

56th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Regiment

In 1932, as part of the increase in air defence for the United Kingdom, 51st Medium Brigade was converted into 56th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Brigade. The HQ was at Falmouth and the three Cornish batteries (201, 202 and 203) were converted to the new role. In place of the Birmingham battery, the unit received 165th Battery at Redruth, which had formerly been part of  the Cornwall Coast Brigade (former 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's), see above). The regiment formed part of the Plymouth and Falmouth Defences of Southern Command.

On 1 January 1939 the RA replaced its traditional unit designation 'Brigade' by the modern 'Regiment'. Anti-Aircraft Command was formed in April 1939 to command all TA air defences.

The Blitz
By the outbreak of the World War II, 56 AA Regiment was part of 35th Anti-Aircraft Brigade in 5th Anti-Aircraft Division of AA Command.

On 1 June 1940, along with other AA units equipped with the older 3-inch and newer 3.7-inch AA guns, the 56th was designated a Heavy AA Regiment. By then the regiment had been transferred to the command of 55th Anti-Aircraft Brigade in 8th Anti-Aircraft Division. This brigade provided air defence for the city of Plymouth and its Royal Navy Dockyard during The Blitz.

The regiment provided the cadre for a new 381 HAA Bty formed on 14 November 1940 at 205th HAA Training Rgt, Arborfield, which later joined 120th HAA Rgt. It provided another cadre for 458 (Mixed) HAA Bty formed on 10 July 1941 at 207th HAA Training Rgt, Devizes, which joined 131st (Mixed) HAA Rgt. ('Mixed' units were those in which women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) were integrated.)

In May 1941 the regiment joined the War Office Reserve, while still remaining part of 55th AA Bde. This mean that it was being prepared for service overseas. At the same time, 203 Battery was detached.

Iceland
In July 1941, 203 Battery was sent to Iceland, which had been occupied by British forces ('Alabaster Force') the previous year. The battery came under command of the Regular 12th HAA Regiment and was stationed to protect Royal Navy and Royal Air Force installations. However, the decision to transfer the defence of Iceland to the (still neutral) United States had been taken in July 1941, and the AA positions were taken over by US forces later in the year.

India
In December 1941 the regiment sailed (with 165, 201 and 202 Batteries) to India, arriving at Madras in March 1942, 202 Bty moving on to Calcutta shortly afterwards to join 53rd (City of London) HAA Rgt.

In 1942 56 HAA was under command of 13 AA Bde; a year later it was part of 3rd Indian AA Bde, which then exchanged with 9 AA Bde, all in the Bombay and Madras area. It also had 154 (London) Battery from 52 (London) HAA Regiment, which joined on 29 March 1943 to replace 202 HAA Bty. From 24 April to 13 July 1943 165 HAA Bty was detached under command of 1st Medium Rgt. At the end of March 1944 the regiment arrived in Galunche, where it came under the AA Brigade of XXXIII Indian Corps.

86th (Cornwall) Medium Regiment
In July 1944, by now under 9 AA Bde at Poona, the regiment underwent a major reorganisation, converting back to the medium artillery role. Initially designated 'B' Medium Regiment, it became 86th (Cornwall) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery on 15 August, with 165 and 201 Medium Batteries, while 202 Bty, which had just rejoined, provided personnel to 70th (3rd West Lancashire) Battery in 'C' Medium Regiment (later 87 Medium Regiment). The reorganised regiment moved to Secunderabad in September, and then to Ranchi in December, where it joined RA Training HQ No 40. By the end of 1944, the regiment had acquired a section of 7.2-inch howitzers to operate in the medium artillery role, for which it had to find the detachments, command posts and observation post parties.

In mid-July 1945, 86 Medium Regiment came under the command of 59th Army Group Royal Artillery, which was training for Operation Zipper, the planned amphibious attack on the coast of enemy-occupied Malaya. However, the Japanese surrendered and the war ended before this operation could take place as planned.

86th Medium Rgt, with 165 and 201 Med Btys, was placed in suspended animation on 1 May 1946.

Postwar
In 1947 the regiment was reconstituted in the TA as 456 (Cornwall) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA (TA) with its HQ at Redruth and forming part of 81 AA Bde (the old 55 AA Bde based in Plymouth). However, when AA Command was disbanded on 10 March 1955, the regiment was placed in suspended animation, completing the process by 1 July.

Honorary Colonel
The following officers served as Honorary Colonel of the regiment:
 Hon Maj-Gen Sir Francis C. Poole, KBE, CB, CMG. DSO, appointed 19 January 1929
 Lt-Col Sir Edward Bolitho, KBE, CB, DSO, appointed 24 February 1937

Notes

References
 Maj A.F. Becke,History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56), London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, .
 J.B.M. Frederick, Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, .

 Litchfield, Norman E H, and Westlake, R, 1982. The Volunteer Artillery 1859-1908, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham.
 Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, .
 Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994.
 Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (also in Litchfield, Appendix IV).

Online sources
 Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (Regiments.org)
 The Royal Artillery 1939–45
 British Military History
 British Army units from 1945 on

Military units and formations established in 1932
Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
Heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal Artillery
Military units and formations in Falmouth, Cornwall
Military units and formations in Cornwall


title: Open water swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Men's 25 km

text:
The Men's 25 km competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 August.

Results
The race was started at 09:00.

References

2014 European Aquatics Championships
European Aquatics Championships


title: Open water swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Women's 25 km

text:
The Women's 25 km competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 17 August.

Results
The race was started at 09:00.

References

2014 European Aquatics Championships
European Aquatics Championships


title: Ewingar State Forest

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Ewingar State Forest is a plantation forest in northern New South Wales, approximately 36km east of Tenterfield. It encompasses 18,433 hectares of what was formerly Crown land.

New South Wales state forests


title: Open water swimming at the 2014 European Aquatics Championships – Team event

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The 5-kilometer team competition of the 2014 European Aquatics Championships was held on 16 August. The time trial format was used, teams started at 1-minute intervals from each other and raced against the clock.

Results
The race was started at 10:00.

References

2014 European Aquatics Championships
European Aquatics Championships


title: Haas G

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Haas G (born Carlos Evans, aka Fantom of the Beat) is a Staten Island-based hip hop musician. Haas G was part of the 1990s rap duo the U.M.C.'s, and as Carlos Evans, he is credited as producer of the hit "Magic Stick" (Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent).

Biography
Opening the door for Staten Island Hip-Hop, Fantom of the Beat, born Carlos Evans, began his musical career as Haas G, part of the hip-hop duo UMC’s. In the early 1990s UMC’s won acclaim for their first single “Blue Cheese.” (#1 Billboard rap single) Soon after, the second single, “One to Grow On” became Billboard’s #1 Rap Song. (#2 Billboard rap single). Fantom is credited with producing songs on both of the UMC’s albums “Fruits of Nature” and “Unleashed.”

Music, according to Fantom is the universal language. He credits a lifetime of exposure to a variety of genres for his success as a producer. His production credits, through Fantom of the Beat, span many artists in the hip-hop world including Sadat X, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, G.Snyder, Ab.Money, Mic Handz, and Ms. Toi. He’s worked with some of the world’s most respected labels such as Def Jam Records, Aftermath Records, Koch Entertainment, Epic Records, and Universal Records.  He produced Ghostface Killah’s “Apollo Kids” track from the Supreme Clientele album. This song helped turn Ghostface’s solo career around, with critics calling it his “street credible resurrection song,” and in addition, he produced “Take it Off” for Busta Rhymes on the album E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World Front which is widely considered Busta’s best effort for its sequencing and quality material.

Fantom’s credentials also include “Magic Stick” which he produced for Lil’ Kim and 50 Cent. This track was one of the most played songs in crossover urban markets and reached the #2 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

"Magic Stick" was featured in the (2005) movie, King's Ransom, and also appears on the soundtrack for the movie Now You See Me 2, starring Jesse Eisenberg and Morgan Freeman.

Fantom continues to stretch his production talents to include his trademark style combining elements of the late 1960s and 1970s, creating sounds which represent the struggle and the voice of the inner city. He takes his life experiences and applies them to music creating sounds that, in essence, are capable of moving people to take action.

“Music is a substantial part of my life; it’s how I express my fears, my sadness and happiness, my everything. My music is raw emotion,” Fantom says. “The passion I feel for music shows through in everything I create."

Discography

Albums

With The U.M.C.s
 Fruits of Nature (Wild Pitch/EMI Records, 1991)U.S. R&B & Hip Hop #32U.S. Heatseekers chart #36
 Unleashed (The U.M.C.'s album) (Wild Pitch/EMI Records, 1994)U.S. R&B & Hip Hop #63

Singles

With The U.M.C.'s
 "#NUDont" (2014)
 "Tried To Tell Ya'" (2014)
 "Blue Cheese" (1991)
 "One to Grow On" (1991)

As producer
 E.L.E. (Extinction Level Event): The Final World FrontTrack listing: Take It Off    (Busta Rhymes, 1998)
 Supreme ClienteleTrack listing: Apollo Kids (Ghostface Killah, 1999)
 That Girl (Ms Toi, 2001)
 Guess Who's Back?Track listing: Rotten Apple (50 Cent, 2002)
 La Bella MafiaTrack listing: Magic Stick (Lil' Kim featuring 50 Cent, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: City High (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: Get Right (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: It's Like That (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: U Wanna Be (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: Framed (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: Bumpin' and Grindin (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 The Movement (Inspectah Deck album) Track listing: The Stereotype (Inspectah Deck, 2003)
 More FishTrack listing: Miguel Sanchez (Ghostface Killah, 2006)
 More FishTrack listing: Street Opera (Ghostface Killah, 2006)
 More FishTrack listing: Blue Armor (Ghostface Killah, 2006)
 More FishTrack listing: Cuban Chronicles (Raekwon, 2007)
 Cynthia's Son Track listing: No Luv (Inspectah Deck, 2014)

Features
 The Cleveland ShowBrown Magic Episode (2/19/2012)Track listing: Magic Stick
 King's Ransom (film)SoundtrackTrack listing: Magic Stick    (2005)
 Now You See Me 2SoundtrackTrack listing: Magic Stick    (2016)

References

1971 births
Living people
Musicians from New York (state)


title: Postnormal times

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Postnormal times (PNT) is a concept developed by Ziauddin Sardar as a development of post-normal science. Sardar describes the present as "postnormal times", "in an in-between period where old orthodoxies are dying, new ones have yet to be born, and very few things seem to make sense."

Context
In support of engaging communities of various scope and scale on how to best navigate PNT and imagine preferred pathways toward the future(s), Sardar and Sweeney published an article in the journal Futures outlining The Three Tomorrows method, which fills a gap in the field as "many methods of futures and foresight seldom incorporate pluralism and diversity intrinsically in their frameworks, and few, if any, emphasize the dynamic and merging nature of futures possibilities, or highlight the ignorance and uncertainties we constantly confront".

Theory and criticism
Rakesh Kapoor criticized PNT in 2011 as a Western concept that does not apply to India and other emerging markets. Sam Cole criticised the three Cs of PNT (chaos, complexity and contradictions) as "Alliterative Logic, theorizing through alliterative word-triads that is not based on empirical evidence". Jay Gary has suggested that PNT is embryonic, needs a more robust framework, and should be extended to include C S Holling's adaptive cycle. Scientists working on complex evolving systems have pointed out that PNT recalls the "Long Waves" of Kondratiev and Joseph Schumpeter's view of waves of "creative destruction".

PNT is one of the core areas of research for the Center for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies at East-West University in Chicago, Illinois, US. A number of articles and editorials on PNT have been published in the journal East-West Affairs.

References

External links
Center for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies
East-West Affairs: A Quarterly Journal of North-South Relations in Postnormal Times
'The Centre for Postnormal Policy and Futures Studies (CPPFS) is an international research and consultancy network that promotes futures literacy...'

Scientific method
Philosophy of science
Science and technology studies


title: Hannes Helmke

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Hannes Helmke (born 10 May 1967 in Heidelberg) is a German sculptor creating bronze sculptures.

Life
After an education in wood sculpture, Helmke attended postgraduate studies in free art at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter which he completed in the summer of 1998. Since then Helmke has lived and worked as a freelance sculptor in Cologne. He spends the summer months on the North Sea island of Spiekeroog. All designs are created on Spiekeroog and implemented in bronze in Cologne.

Work

Helmke's artistic theme is the individual and his position in the world. Helmke's original inspiration was the long-drawn evening shadows of the human form. In recent years, Helmke's figures have changed. At first the feet were very big and the limbs were extremely long. Later the bodies became more realistic. For Helmke feet and legs represent the physical human being, whilst the upper body parts stand for the intellectual part. The vivid ears symbolize a connection with the world, the perceiving, as well as the physical big hands. With the absence of faces Helmke's desire for the greatest possible association of the viewer becomes clear.

Helmke's "De Utkieker" (height 3.50 m) has stood on a dune on the island of Spiekeroog since 2007, looking over the sea. It is a symbol for presenting the island as a natural jewel.

Since 2013 visitors of the Maison des Arts in Lingolsheim in Alsace, France have been welcomed by the huge bronze sculpture "Le rêveur sur une grande chaise."

Works in public space

 "De Utkieker" Spiekeroog, Germany, 2007
 "Figur die auf Eimern balanciert" Wipperfürth, Germany, 2009
 "Le rêveur sur une grande chaise" Maison des Arts in Lingolsheim, France, 2013
 "Ein Dalbensitzer" Bingen am Rhein, Germany, 2015
 "Balancier und Sitzender auf großem Stuhl" Spiekeroog, Germany, 2020
 "Der Griff nach den Sternen" Birkenau, Germany, 2020
 "Freunde / Artisten" Fürth, Germany, 2021

Exhibitions (selection)
 Art Karlsruhe, Germany · annually since 2005
 Positions Berlin, Germany · annually since 2016
 Art Fair Cologne, Germany · 2011 – 2016
 Art Bodensee, Austria · 2003, 2006 and 2008
 Sculpture Triennial Bingen · 2017
 "Black & White" Galeria K, Spain · 2017
 "Silhouette" Galleria H. 恆畫廊, Taiwan · 2015
 "Sculptour 2011" Gallery Beukenhof, Belgium · 2011
 Art Fair Tokyo, Japan · 2010
 "Helmke" Gallery Jones, Canada · 2009
 Fine Art Köln, Germany · 2007
 "Skulpturen" Max Planck Society, Germany · 2005
 "Menschenbilder" Forum Paul-Gerhardt-Church Cologne · 2002
 "Neue Skulpturen" Galerie ON · 2000
 "Kunstflut" Diploma Exhibition, Germany · 1998

Literature
 Hannes Helmke, Bronzen 2005 bis 2008 · Cologne 2009 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications)
 Hannes Helmke, Bronzeplastiken · Cologne 2011 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications)
 Hannes Helmke, Bronzeplastiken · Cologne 2012 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications)
 Hannes Helmke, Bronzeplastiken · Cologne 2015 (online: Hannes Helmke | Publications)

References

External links
 Hannes Helmke | Official Website
 Hannes Helmke - Bronzeskulpturen für den Garten in der Kunsthandlung Osper in Köln (Gartenskulpturen, Außenskulpturen) - Osper Kunsthandlung
 BRONZE gestalten – Menschenbilder für die EwigkeitAusgabe 4/2012
 http://www1.wdr.de/fernsehen/ratgeber/wunderschoen/sendungen/nordseeinseln110.html

Living people
1967 births
21st-century German sculptors
German male sculptors
20th-century German sculptors
20th-century German male artists
Artists from Heidelberg


title: James Dodds (artist)

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James Dodds (born 1957) is an East Anglian artist whose practice centers on painting, linocut and relief carving. Born in Brightlingsea, Essex, he now lives and works in Wivenhoe producing prints and books as the Jardine Press. He is the son of East Anglian artist Andrew Dodds and has been described as "boatbuilding’s artist laureate".

Education
James Dodds followed an apprenticeship as a shipwright in Maldon, Essex from 1972 to 1976. He studied at Colchester Institute from 1976 to 1977, the Chelsea School of Art from 1977 to 1980 and the Royal College of Art in London from 1981 to 1984.

Works
Dodds exhibits regularly at Bircham Contemporary Arts Gallery (Holt, Norfolk), Messum's Fine Art Gallery (London), Messums Wiltshire, London and Dowling Walsh Gallery (Maine USA).

His paintings and hand-made prints are inspired by boats and boat building, especially those craft peculiar to East Anglia. He had a major retrospective show, "Shipshape", at Firstsite at The Minories, Colchester in November 2001. This show subsequently toured at Whitstable, Herne Bay, Frome, Isle of Wight, Barnard Castle, National Maritime Museum Cornwall, National Maritime Museum at Greenwich, Great Yarmouth and Hartlepool. Dodds's work returned to Firstsite with a new exhibition called "Wood to Water". A timelapse film of Dodds making a large painting for this show called Timepeace is on his website.

On the 16 August 2016 Dodds received the John Nash medal from Colchester Art Society for his contribution to the arts.

His work has been purchased by Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh; Victoria and Albert Museum; Clacton & Rochford Hospitals; Chelmsford and Essex Museums; Ipswich Borough Council, Museums and Galleries; Colchester Borough Council; Horniman Museum, London. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, UCS East Contemporary Art Collection; Ipswich, MMoFA, Madison, Georgia, USA; Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art; The Sainsbury Centre, Norwich National Maritime Museum Cornwall. and many private collectors. He is better known for his dramatic linocuts of coastal towns, nautical myths and legends, as well as his large paintings of various boats.

In July 2007 Dodds received an honorary doctorate from the University of Essex in recognition of his "distinguished contribution to the local community as an artist and defender of our community and natural heritage." His style evokes the spirit of rural and maritime East Anglia with scenes of daily life and folklore. He has also conceived, illustrated and hand-produced a series of handmade artists' books.

A short film, "Shaped by the Sea", about Dodds, by Emily Harris for Classic Yacht TV was released in May 2014. Played Anthony's father in Joanna Hogg's Sundance Grand Jury winning Film The Souvenir & The Souvenir II

Awards
1999 Awarded GMC Trust Best in Show ‘Aldeburgh Beach’
2007 Honorary doctorate from University of Essex.
2012 Ian Collins biography “James Dodds Tide Lines" wins EDP Jarrolds East Anglian Art & Photography Book Award
2016 John Nash medal from Colchester Art Society
2021 Ian Collins biography “James Dodds The Blue Boat”

Exhibitions

Selected solo exhibitions
1984/1995/1998/2000, Aldeburgh Festival
1985, "Ship of Fools", Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
1986, "Fish, Flesh or Fowl", Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich
1989/1990/1995/1997, Printworks, Colchester
1989/1992/1995, Bircham Contemporary Arts, Norfolk
1990/1994/1995, Chappel Galleries, Essex
1992, Sue Rankin Gallery, London Two man show with John Bratby RA
2001, North House Gallery, Manningtree with John Reay "Blue Boat". University of Essex Gallery
2004/ 2006/ 2007/ 2009/ 2011/ 2013 /2015/ 2016/ 2017/ 2018 /2020 Messum's. Cork Street. London
2010/ 2012/ 2017Dowling Walsh Gallery, Rockland, Maine. USA
2015-2016 Wood to Water, Firstsite,Colchester
2019-2020 Wood to Water, National Maritime Museum Cornwall
2020 The Work of Human Hands, Messums Wiltshire and Cork Street London.
2021 The Blue Boat, David Messum Fine Art,London

Selected group exhibitions
1991/1998/1999/2000, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
1993, Wetzlar, Germany
1994, John Callahan Gallery, Boston, United States
1995, "4 from Wivenhoe". Courcoux & Courcoux, Hampshire "Ultra Marine", Liverpool "Forth, Tyne, Dogger", Brewery Arts, Cirencester
1996, Peter Scott Gallery, Lancaster University "The Sea", Black Swan Arts, Frome
1997, City Arts Gallery. Leeds Union of Artists, St. Petersburg, Russia Mall Gallery, London
1999, Eastern Open. King's Lynn Arts Centre, Norfolk Mystic Seaport. USA: New York Ship Terminal, United States
2000, The Hunting Art Prizes. London
2000, "Alphabet Soup". Printworks, Sudbury, Suffolk
2001/2003,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011, Messum's Cork Street. London
2013, "Masterpieces,Art and East Anglia" Sainsbury Centre, Norwich.

Reviews
"Looking at the paintings of James Dodds for the first time one is struck by the literalness of the work, the sheer specificity of plank on frame built outward by the practiced hand of a man whose obsession with the form and structure of boats had taken him out of school at fifteen and into a shipyard apprenticeship. Slowly, however, the force of his artistry begins to gather beyond this initial impression. In a striking and mysterious piece of visual alchemy, what once seemed specific now glides toward the abstract. Parts, once distinct, become a whole. A lyric buoyancy emerges. Our consciousness fuses with our unconscious. The eye and the mind's eye become one."
-Mayher, Bill. "An Eye for Boats, A Sense of Place: The Art of James Dodds." Wooden Boat Publication 2008.

And in Dodd's world, as in ours, the water is always there. His landscapes, rather than showing a fish-eye view, show a sea's-eye view. Here mankind and its works are laid before us – frail, clever, tender, damaged, beautiful and trying to stay safely alive. His perspective shows us our home from the point of view of the outsider. We are perhaps seeing as a boatman would, or a Viking raider, a Wivenhoe smuggler, a war time mariner. We may be aloft at a masthead, we may be adrift in time. And we may be angels. Something about the work insists – we may be angels with salt on our wings.

A L Kennedy, writer and broadcaster.

References

1957 births
Living people
People from Brightlingsea
People from Wivenhoe


title: Oyster Cove, Tasmania

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Oyster Cove is a semi-rural locality in the local government areas (LGA) of Kingborough and Huon Valley in the Hobart and South-east LGA regions of Tasmania. The locality is about  south-west of the town of Kingston. The 2016 census has a population of 319 for the state suburb of Oyster Cove.

History
Oyster Cove was gazetted as a locality in 1968.
It was originally a convict station. In 1847, 47 Aboriginal Tasmanians that had survived forced removal from the Tasmanian mainland to Wybalenna, Flinders Island, were moved to Oyster Cove. The locality was returned to the indigenous people of Tasmania in 1995 under the Aboriginal Lands Act 1995, and in 1999 Oyster Cove was declared an Indigenous Protected Area.

Oyster Cove Post Office opened in 1897 and closed in 1924. It re-opened in 1927 and closed in 1964.

In 1894, teacher Lily Poulett-Harris established the first woman's cricket league in Australia at Oyster Cove, The Oyster Cove Ladies Club.

Geography
The shore of the D’Entrecasteaux Channel forms the eastern boundary.

Road infrastructure
The Channel Highway (Route B68) passes through from north to south. Route C626 (Nicholls Rivulet Road) starts at an intersection with B68 and runs west until it exits.

See also
 English Passengers by Matthew Kneale

References

Protected areas of Tasmania
Localities of Kingborough Council
Towns in Tasmania
Localities of Huon Valley Council


title: Charles Creed

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Charles Southey Creed (25 May 1909 – 17 July 1966) was a British fashion designer. Born into the longstanding tailoring house of Henry Creed & Company in Paris, he launched his eponymous label in London in 1946. The first elected member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers, he had success in both Britain and the United States.

Early life and career
Creed was born in 1909 at 29 rue Singer in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the sixth child and third son born to tailor Henry Creed (1824–1914). Like Charles Worth, the Creed family was British and became part of the French couture establishment, rising to prominence in the 19th century. His grandfather, also named Henry Creed, had introduced women's professional tailoring to Paris in the 1890s. The company – which said its tailoring roots dated back to the 1700s – had a reputation for creating fine women's riding habits as well as men's tailoring; clients included the British and French royal families. Creed's father was said to have designed the outfit worn by Mata Hari when she was shot.

Charles Creed was educated in France and Vienna, also spending some time as a designer with Bergdorf Goodman in New York, where he was said to have been very popular with clients. After a six-month spell completing his fashion industry education at Linton tweed mill in Carlisle – a key supplier to couturiers, notably Coco Chanel – he returned to work at the family firm in Paris in 1933. He retained a workspace in Knightsbridge during the early 1930s, which he shared with fellow designer – and later IncSoc member – Mattli. He was already considered notable enough in the United States to be chosen – alongside names such as Elsa Schiaparelli and Jeanne Lanvin – to design clothes for Frances Drake in the 1936 film version of I'd Give My Life. Creed was designing for the family firm in Paris  at the outbreak of war, moving back in 1940 after the fall of France. He later described how he left Paris hours ahead of the Germans – with his father Henry Creed, then 80, refusing to evacuate the city where he had spent his life.

Establishment of label
Charles Creed established his London showroom and workspace initially in Fortnum & Mason, moving to a basement air raid shelter once the London air raids started in earnest. In early 1941, he toured the United States to promote British woollens to American consumers and encourage them to support the war effort. He also contributed to the war effort as a member of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers (IncSoc) in 1942. According to the fashion journalist Ernestine Carter, while Creed contributed to a 1941 collection with other IncSoc founding members, he was not among the eight founder members, but was the first elected member of the Society.

Creed opened his eponymous label in London in 1946. His 1947 collection – produced in a year when rationing was still in force in Britain – was greeted enthusiastically by a reviewer for Melbourne newspaper The Age, who described wool and jersey dresses with coordinating coats and box jackets, plus tailored suits in striped tweeds and black barathea worn with brightly coloured blouses. His 1947 range was also showcased in a British Pathé feature, alongside hats by Danish milliner to the Queen Aage Thaarup.  Three years later, Creed's place among the British couture establishment was cemented by the inclusion of one of his suits in a fashion show sequence in the film Maytime in Mayfair – all the designers were IncSoc members.

Creed was well connected among broader fashion circles. His wife Patricia Cunningham had been appointed fashion editor of Vogue at the age of 23; a 1952 article in The Sydney Morning Herald about the women behind London's top designers described her as: "his severest critic", adding that she attended his fashion shows in order to take notes about hits and misses in the collection.

Brand hallmarks
Creed's store was located at 31 Basil Street, Knightsbridge. The premises was masculine in tone, with dark panelling on the walls and displays of Napoleonic toy soldiers (Creed had a fine collection that was later to be the subject of a British Pathé film). This love of military themes and detailing was to influence his designs, which featured frogging, braiding and piping. Capes and tricorn hats were also part of his design signature. While he did make some evening wear, designs were normally slim and tailored.

Legacy
Several years before his death, Creed had established a wholesale fashion house specialising in knitwear and planned to focus on this after the closure of his couture business in 1966.

After the closure of his couture house, he donated a selection of model garments to the Victoria and Albert Museum to illustrate his design style. His work was also exhibited as part of a 2007  V&A exhibition called The Golden Age of Couture. The family name lives on in the Paris perfume house of Creed.

Publications
 Creed, Charles, Maid to Measure (Jarrolds, 1961)
 de la Haye, A., 'Material Evidence' in Wilcox, C. ed., The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947-1957 (V&A Publications, 2007), p. 96-7 & pl.4.6

References

External links
Charles Creed outfit from Victoria and Albert Museum archive
 Charles Creed photographed by Norman Parkinson, National Portrait Gallery
'Golden Age of Couture' exhibition brochure
British Pathé film about Charles Creed's toy soldier collection
1947 British Pathe feature, showing Charles Creed clothes with Aage Thaarup hats

1909 births
1966 deaths
Fashion designers from Paris
British fashion designers
1930s fashion
1940s fashion
1950s fashion
1960s fashion


title: List of Australian rules footballers who died during their careers

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This is a list of Australian rules football players who have died either during their respective playing careers or due to career-ending injury or disease incurred during their playing career. It includes both on-field and off-field deaths. People who had announced their retirement from playing despite still being at an age when they could still have been active, or who only continued to play in low-level amateur or exhibition matches are not listed.

See also
List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service

References

Death in Australia-related lists
Deaths


title: Loures (parish)

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Loures is a civil parish in the municipality of Loures, Portugal. It is an urban parish, part of the city of Loures. The population in 2011 was 26,769, in an area of 32.82 km2.

History

The parish of Loures was first mentioned in 1118, and again in 1191, along with the parishes of Unhose and Sacavém. From this administrative entity, the territories of the civil parish of Póvoa de Santo Adrião (known as Póvoa de Loures), during the middle of the 17th century, and Caneças in 1915 were cleaved from the territory. In 1989 the civil parish of Santo António dos Cavaleiros was de-annexed from Loures.

Geography

The civil parish of Loures, located in the extreme western part of the municipality, is bordered by the neighbouring civil parishes of Fanhões, Santo António dos Cavaleiros e Frielas, Lousa, Santo Antão e São Julião do Tojal and the municipalities of Mafra, Odivelas (the parish of Ramada e Caneças) and Sintra (Almargem do Bispo, Pêro Pinheiro e Montelavar).

It includes several agglomerations and localities dispersed beyond the main settlement; these include: A-dos-Calvos, A-dos-Cãos, Barro, Bolores, Botica, Fanqueiro, Fonte Santa, Guerreiros, Infantado, Lagariça, Loures, Mealhada, Migarrinhos, Moninhos, Montemor, Murteira, Pai Joanes, Palhais, Pinheiro de Loures, Ponte de Lousa (which is shared with the neighbouring parish of Lousa), Quinta Nova de São Roque, São Sebastião de Guerreiros, Sete Casas, Tojalinho and Torre Trotes.

References

Freguesias of Loures


title: Jacob Xavier Vermoelen

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Jacob Xavier Vermoelen or Jacob Xaver Vermoelen (c. 1714 - 1784) was an Italian Flemish-born painter of still lifes and game pieces who was active in Rome.

Life
Vermoelen was born in Antwerp, where he trained under Pieter Snyers and became a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke in 1733.  Nothing is recorded about his activity in Antwerp.  He is recorded as executing a number of paintings in Rome in 1748.  In Rome he appears to have enjoyed high patronage as is demonstrated by two still lifes that he made for the renowned art collector Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga.

Vermoelen died in Rome.

Work

Only about 14 or so of Vermoelen's works are known.  These all depict dead birds and are all dated between 1748 and 1755.  He was influenced by the Antwerp painter David de Coninck who was known for his game pieces.

Notes

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1784 deaths
Painters from Antwerp
18th-century Flemish painters
Flemish still life painters
1710s births


title: Barry Yates

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Barry Yates (born January 30, 1946) is an American former professional basketball player. He played for the Philadelphia 76ers in 24 games during the 1971–72 NBA season. He declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore season at the University of Maryland.

References

1946 births
Living people
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Iowa
Maryland Terrapins men's basketball players
Philadelphia 76ers draft picks
Philadelphia 76ers players
Power forwards (basketball)
People from Fremont County, Iowa


title: Institute of Aviation Engineering and Technology

text:
Faculty of Aviation Engineering and Technology (Arabic:كلية هندسة وتكنولوجيا الطيران) is an Engineering Faculty in Giza, Egypt. It is a Private Faculty that belongs to the Ministry Of Civil Aviation in Egypt & Ministry Of Higher Education under the academic supervision of Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University .

External links
 official website
 https://web.facebook.com/aviation.iaet/  Facebook page

Buildings and structures in Giza
Universities in Egypt


title: Balapora shopian

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Balapora, also known as Balapur or Bala Pora, is a village situated on the Banks of Rambi Ara in Shopian district of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir which is located at a distance of  from its main town. It is named after the King Baldev (1397-1450 K.E., who ruled the area during ancient times. This village has nearly 800 households at present.

History
The people of this village used to do the Bhand Pather in ancient times for the entertainment and this tradition of the village is still being followed by some people. This "Bhand pather" was done near the historical chinar (called Boen in Kashmiri) present in the village and that chinar is known as "Jashne Boen".

Balapora is surrounded by the green apple orchards and the spring of Heemal (named after the daughter of ancient King Baldev (1397-1450 K.E.) which adds to its beauty. The KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) headquarters of district Shopian is present in this village and also the branch of University of Kashmir (Horticulture department).

References

Villages in Shopian district

Place Names in Kashmir by B.K.Raina and S.L.Sadhu First Edition 2000 published by Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai.

Murran..My Village by Chander M Bhat, First Edition 2003, Published by  Vyeth Graphics, Noida (UP)

Kapal Mochan, Shopian Kashmir by Chander M Bhat, First Edition 2023, Published by Shivas Publications and Distributors, Jammu


title: Torridal

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Torridal is a V-shaped valley in Agder county, Norway. The valley passes through portions of the municipalities of Kristiansand and Vennesla in an area that was historically a part of the former Oddernes municipality. Today it includes areas north of the city center of Kristiansand on both riverbanks of the river Otra. The local name Torridalselva (meaning Torridal river) is commonly used for the river's lower course from Mosby to the sea.

The valley includes the areas of Sødal, Skråstad, Lian, Hagen, and Glattetre on the east side of the river and Strai, Hommeren, Aukland, Mosby, and Høie on the west side.  The districts of Espestøl, Hemmes, Mestad, Aurebekk, Rypestøl, and Kulia are also part of the valley, although they don't lie directly along the river. The Mosby and Strai areas are fairly densely populated, and the Torridal Church lies between those two villages.  The Torridal sporting venue has facilities outdoors and indoors in Torridalshallen.

Norwegian National Road 9 (Setesdalsveien) and the Sørlandet Line both run along the west side of the river Otra, through the Torridal valley.

Norwegian County Road 1 ("Sødalssida") runs along the east bank of Otra.

References

Valleys of Agder
Geography of Kristiansand
Vennesla


title: List of Pakistani lawyers

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This is a list of notable Pakistanis who are practicing or have been practicing as a lawyer in Pakistan

 Abdul Ghafoor Bhurgri
 Ahmad Awais Advocate General Punjab
 Ahmad Raza Khan Kasuri
 Aitzaz Ahsan, barrister of Gray's Inn
 Akhtar Aly Kureshy
 Akram Sheikh
 A. K. Brohi
 Ashtar Ausaf Ali
 Asif Ali Malik
 Asma Jahangir, Senior ASC
 Asrar-ul-Haq Mian
 Babar Awan
 Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim
 Farogh Naseem
 Hamid Khan (lawyer)
 Khalid Jawed Khan, Barrister of Lincoln's Inn
 Khalid Ranjha
 Latif Afridi
 Latif Khosa
 Liaquat Ali Khan, barrister of Inner Temple
 Mahmud Ali Kasuri
 Makhdoom Ali Khan
 Mirza Aziz Akbar Baig
 Muhammad Ali Jinnah, barrister of Lincoln's Inn
 Mumtaz Mustafa
 Naeem Bokhari
 Naseer Ahmed Bhutta
 Rana Arif Kamal Noon
 Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan
 Rana Muhammad Akram Khan
 Rashid Rehman
 Salman Aslam Butt
 Shakeel ur Rahman Khan
 Sher Afzal Khan Marwat
 Sharifuddin Pirzada, barrister of Lincoln's Inn
 Syed Ali Zafar
 Wasim Sajjad
 Zafar Mehmood Mughal
 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, barrister of Lincoln's Inn

References

Advocates
Punjab Bar Council
Pakistani lawyers
Lawyers


title: Marcin Nowak (director)

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Marcin Nowak (born 1978 in Łódź) is a Polish producer, director and special effects artist. The foundation for his career began while studying cinematography and editing in Łódź. With his first experience in film and computer games in the 2000s, he focused his work on special effects. With over ten years of film and games production, he deals with projects ranging from production to animation. In 2012, Nowak founded Efektpol.

Computer games

In 2003, he started working on a computer game, The Witcher, as a scriptwriter, main cutscene director, motion capture director and motion capture actor. He was one of the first in Poland to use motion capture in practice. For The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings he was responsible for the main trailers and features. For the 2015 game Dying Light he  served as cutscene director, motion capture director and scriptwriter.

Feature films

For the film Snow White and Russian Red (2009), Nowak was responsible for  action and special effects design, on-set supervision of special effects and post-production. In Manhunt (2012) he held the post of the second unit director and handled the film's VFX. For The Girl from the Wardrobe (2013), Nowak managed the VFX’s pre-production, design and on-set supervision.

Short films, video clips, and commercials

While directing the video clip "Do jutra" (2009) for Borys Szyc, Nowak utilized miniatures and puppetry animation. In 2012, during a period of  one month, he produced, directed and shot a short animated film, Honey I Killed the Cats, based on a text by Dorota Masłowska. He also directed a series of animated commercials for Paperlinx Packaging.

References

External links
 Official website of Efektpol

Polish film directors
Video game directors
Visual effects artists
Living people
1978 births


title: Chris Brooks (ice hockey)

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Chris Brooks (born September 19, 1972) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former player. In June 2022, he became an assistant coach for the Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey program.

College career
Brooks attended Western Michigan University where he played four seasons of NCAA Division I hockey with the Western Michigan Broncos, then of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). During his freshman season his outstanding play was recognized when he was selected as the CCHA Rookie of the Year for the 1992–93 season.

Professional career
He turned professional in 1996, joining the Amarillo Rattlers of the Western Professional Hockey League (WPHL) for the league's inaugural 1996–97 season. In his rookie season Brooks led the league in points with 110, and was named the WPHL's most valuable player. He played the 1997–98 season with the Mobile Mysticks of the ECHL, but also skated in four American Hockey League games (including two playoff games) with the Springfield Falcons. Brooks rejoined the Amarillo Rattlers for the 1998–99 season where he led the league by scoring 48 goals. During the 2002–03 season he skated in 11 games with the Kalamazoo Wings of the United Hockey League.

Coaching career
Brooks commenced his coaching career in 1999 when he returned to the Western Michigan Broncos as an assistant coach. He remained with Western Michigan for nine seasons before accepting the position of head coach for the Rio Grande Valley Killer Bees of the Central Hockey League starting with the 2008–09 season, a position he held for three seasons. He then became the head coach of the ice hockey program for University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, a position he held from 2010–2011 to 2016–2017. During his tenure, he led the Pointers to three straight NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship appearances, finishing as runner-ups in 2014 and 2015 and winning the national championship in 2016. He held a 119-45-13 record in his 6 seasons with the team. In June 2017, Brooks was named an assistant coach for the Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey program by head coach Joe Shawhan.

Awards and honours

References

External links

1972 births
Living people
Amarillo Rattlers players
Canadian ice hockey coaches
Canadian ice hockey centres
Kalamazoo Wings (UHL) players
Mobile Mysticks players
Ice hockey people from Stratford, Ontario
Springfield Falcons players
Western Michigan Broncos men's ice hockey players


title: Chapter Four (song)

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"Chapter Four" is a song by American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. The song was released as a double A-side single with "Eternal Rest" from their second album, Waking the Fallen, where it also appears as track three.

Background
The lyrics of "Chapter Four" are about the story of Cain and Abel. An early demo of the song was featured on the reissue of Waking the Fallen.

Music video
In 2014, the band released a music video for "Chapter Four" to promote the release of "Waking The Fallen: Resurrected". The video features clips of the band playing live, shot entirely in black and white. Footage from the same show was also used to film a music video for Unholy Confessions a decade prior. The video was directed by Rafa Alcantara.

Critical reception
"Chapter Four" is regarded as one of the best songs from the band's early days. In 2020, Louder Sound and Kerrang ranked the song at number thirteen and number fifteen, respectively, on their lists of the 20 greatest Avenged Sevenfold songs.

Track listings
CD promo single

Digital promo

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.

Avenged Sevenfold

 M. Shadows – lead vocals
 Zacky Vengeance – guitars, backing vocals
 The Rev – drums, percussion, backing vocals
 Synyster Gates – guitars, piano, backing vocals
 Johnny Christ – bass guitar, backing vocals

Production
 Andrew Murdock – producer, mixing engineer
 Fred Archambault – co-producer
 THE GATEKEEPERS - recording
 Ai Fujisaki – assistant engineer
 Tom Baker – mastering engineer
 Mike Fasano, Bruce Jacoby, Al Pahanish – drum tech
 Stephen Ferrara – guitar tech
 Larry Jacobson Company – manegment
 Ryan Harlacher – booking
 Scott Bradford – legal representation

References

2003 songs
2003 singles
Avenged Sevenfold songs


title: Otto Rogers

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Otto Donald Rogers  (19 November 1935 – 28 April 2019) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from rural Saskatchewan whose abstract works reflects his belief as a member of the Baháʼí Faith in unity in diversity. His work has been widely exhibited. It is held in many private and public collections in Canada and other countries.

Early years

Otto Donald Rogers was born on 19 December 1935 in Kerrobert, Saskatchewan.
He grew up on a farm near Kelfield, Saskatchewan.
He attended  high school in Kindersley, and then studied at the Saskatoon Teachers' College from 1952 to 1953.
He took an art class with Wynona Mulcaster, who was impressed by his talent and encouraged Rogers to pursue a career in art.
Mulcaster introduced him to cubism, a style he was to adopt for himself.
Rogers attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1954 to 1959.
In 1955 he obtained a scholarship from the Saskatchewan Arts Board that let him attend the Emma Lake Artist's Workshop led by Jack Shadbolt.
He obtained a BSc in Art Education in 1958 and an MSc in Fine Art in 1959.

Later career

After graduating from university Rogers spent a few months in New York City.
He then joined the faculty of the arts department of the University of Saskatchewan, where he taught from 1959 to 1988.
His student Robert Christie remembers Rogers as a charismatic teacher.
He and the structurist Eli Bornstein dominated the department.
Another student said he was "a fantastic mentor, a task master with very high standards."
He helped rejuvenate the Emma Lake Artist's Workshops between 1971 and 1987.
In the early 1970s Rogers spent three months working in Iceland.
In 1973 he became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.
From 1973 to 1978 Rogers was head of the university's art department.
The sculptor Anthony Caro asked Rogers to participate in his Triangle workshop in New York in 1984, and in a second Triangle workshop in Barcelona in 1987.
The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art purchased three of Rogers' sculptural reliefs.

In 1959 Rogers married Barbara Nelson, who brought him to the Baháʼí Faith.
He became a member of the Canadian Baháʼí community in 1960.
Rogers became a leader in Baháʼí activities in Saskatchewan, and held increasingly senior positions in the organization of this religion.
In 1988 Rogers left the University of Saskatchewan and moved to Haifa, Israel, where for ten years he was a Counselor member of the International Teaching Centre at the Baháʼí World Centre.
While based in Israel he visited Russia and met previously banned abstract artists. He was conducted through the vaults of the Hermitage in Saint Petersburg, where he saw the works of artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich.

In 1998 Rogers returned to Canada and settled in Milford in Prince Edward County, Ontario.
His studio there was designed by his son-in-law Siamak Hariri, an architect, who is married to his daughter Sasha Rogers.
She is also a painter.

The passing of Donald Rogers was announced to the Baháʼí community on April 28, 2019.

Work

Rogers follows the Cubist-Constructivist tradition started by Pablo Picasso, Julio González and David Smith.
His early work included portraits, still lifes, landscapes and cityscapes. Later his work became increasingly abstract.
He has worked in different media that range from color-field painting to assembled steel sculpture.
His paintings show the influence of the prairie spaces and of his Baháʼí beliefs.
Both his faith and his art reflect the central belief of unity in diversity.
Clement Greenberg said of the Otto Rogers when he was a young man, that he is “an artist of amazing talent, worthy of an international reputation.”
He has been given many awards for his painting, sculpture and graphic arts.
Rogers' work is held in public and private collections in several countries.
These include:

 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
 MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada
 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Canada
 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
 Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City, Canada
 Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona, Spain
 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, U.S.
 National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
 National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland
 Bank of Montreal, Canada
 General Foods, Canada
 Scotiabank, Canada

References

Sources

Further reading

1935 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Canadian painters
20th-century Canadian sculptors
Canadian male sculptors
Canadian abstract artists
Artists from Saskatchewan
Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Academic staff of the University of Saskatchewan
Canadian male painters


title: Nothando Vilakazi

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Nothando "Vivo" Vilakazi (born 28 October 1988) is a South African soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera División club EdF Logroño and the South Africa women's national team.

Early life
Nothando Vilakazi was born in Middelburg, South Africa, on 28 October 1988. She played for a boys team between the ages of 9 and 14, when she started playing with girls. At the age of 17, she started playing in the Sasol League for the Highlanders team. She completed her schooling at TuksSport High School, associated with the University of Pretoria's High Performance Centre, for which she was selected while representing Mpumalanga at a tournament.

Career
Vilakazi played for Palace Super Falcons, having previously played for Moroka Swallows. In footballing circles, she is nicknamed "Vivo".

International
She made her international debut for the South Africa women's national football team against Ghana in 2007. Vilakazi has been a regular feature of the team as they were managed by Vera Pauw. Vilakazi was part of the team which were runners up in the 2012 African Women's Championship.

As part of the South African team, she has played at both the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, and the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She played in all six of South Africa's games at the 2016 tournament. Vilakazi has continued to feature in the squads for the nation following the transition to the management of Desiree Ellis after the Olympics.

References

External links

Nothando Vilakazi at BDFútbol
Nothando Vilakazi – UEFA competition record

1988 births
Living people
South African women's soccer players
Women's association football defenders
Gintra Universitetas players
South Africa women's international soccer players
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for South Africa
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup players
FIFA Women's Century Club
South African expatriate women's soccer players
South African expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania
Expatriate women's footballers in Lithuania
South African expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Expatriate women's footballers in Spain
Dux Logroño players


title: Francis J. McNeil

text:
Francis J. McNeil (born 1932) was an American ambassador to Costa Rica from 1980 to 1983.

References

1932 births
Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica


title: Lewis Arthur Tambs

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Lewis Arthur Tambs (July 7, 1927 — October 19, 2017) was an American ambassador to Colombia from 1983–1985 and Costa Rica from 1985–1987. Tambs was born in San Diego, California.

References

External links

1927 births
2017 deaths
Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica
Ambassadors of the United States to Colombia
People from San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni


title: Japanese warship Jingei

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was a wooden-hulled paddle steamer warship of the early Imperial Japanese Navy. Already obsolete by the time of its completion, it was used primarily as the Imperial yacht, and later as a training vessel.

Background
Jingei was designed by Léonce Verny, a French naval engineer initially hired by the Tokugawa shogunate, who stayed on as a foreign advisor to the early Meiji government as chief administrator and constructor of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal. The steam-powered vessel with two side paddle-wheels was laid down at Yokosuka Naval Arsenal on 26 September 1873 and was the first vessel to be laid down at that shipyard; however, due to the lack of local technical expertise and the need to create the infrastructure to support her construction, she took a total of seven years and ten months to complete. She was launched on 4 September 1876 (six months after Verny had departed Japan) and commissioned on 5 August 1881 with Lieutenant Commander Tsuboi Kōzō as her first captain, and Lieutenant Tōgō Heihachirō as her executive officer.

Operational history
Initially intended to serve as an ocean-going imperial yacht, Jingei was completed with luxurious internal fittings. However, Emperor Meiji showed little interest in travelling by sea, and the vessel was seldom used.

On 15 April 1882, Jingei accidentally rammed the American survey vessel  which was steaming in Kii Channel en route from Kobe to Yokohama.  Although the night was clear and both vessels had their running lights in sight of each other for an hour, Jingei inexplicably turned hard to starboard just as the vessels passed each other, gashing a large hole in the side of USS Alert. Jingei suffered only minor damage, but Alert took two months to complete repairs.

On 29 January 1886, she was designated as a mine-warfare training vessel. On 1 April 1896, she was re-designated as a utility vessel, however continued to be used as a training vessel, and for the development of naval mines. She was removed from the navy list on 2 December 1903. Her hulk was subsequently sold on 25 January 1909.

Notes

References
Chesneau, Roger and Eugene M. Kolesnik (editors), All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905, Conway Maritime Press, 1979 reprinted 2002,

External links

Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy
1881 ships
Royal and presidential yachts
Paddle steamers
Ships built by Yokosuka Naval Arsenal
Naval ships of Japan


title: Robert O. Homme

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Robert Onan Homme (born c. 1941) is an American former diplomat. A native of Duluth, Minnesota, he joined the United States Foreign Service in 1962 and served in Mexico, Colombia, Italy and Panama.

From 1975 to 1981, he was at the State Department in Washington in charge of the Common Market desk, then was director of personnel for Europe. He formerly served as the American Consul General in Strasbourg, France, since August 1981 and ambassador to Costa Rica from March to July 1993.

On 24 March 1984, at approximately 8:55 am, he was shot five times at close range as he left for work. He was admitted to Hautepierre Hospital for the wounds he received. The attack was carried out by a gunman who walked up to his car and fired a 7.65-millimeter revolver, police said. Police described the assailant who fired at Homme as a man in his 30s, of Asian or Mediterranean origin, wearing a beige overcoat. He fled the scene on a motorcycle. The Lebanese Armed Revolutionary Factions (LARF) claimed involvement in the attack.

He was married and has three children.

References

Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica
Year of birth missing (living people)
United States Foreign Service personnel
1940s births


title: Amanda Sister

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Amanda Sister (born 1 March 1990) is a South African women's footballer, who plays as a defender. She has made over 40 appearances for the South Africa women's national football team, and competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. At club level, she most recently played for Italian club .

Club career
Sister has played for South African club Liverpool Ladies in the Eastern Cape Sasol Women's Football League. In 2015, she signed for Hungarian Női NB I club Győri ETO. She signed a two-year contract, and became the team's highest earning player. Sister made her debut against Kóka KSK; Győri ETO won the match 3–0. In 2016, Sister signed for Italian Serie A club  on a two-year contract.

International career
Sister has made over 40 appearances for the South Africa women's national football team. In 2010, she scored in a match against Mali. In the same year, she competed at the 2010 African Women's Championship, where South Africa finished third. She represented South Africa at the 2012 Cyprus Women's Cup, and the 2012 Summer Olympics, where South Africa drew one match and lost two matches.

Sister scored a goal in a warmup match against Cameroon prior to the 2012 African Women's Championship; she had missed two previous games against Zimbabwe to rest an injury. At the 2012 African Women's Championship, Sister failed a drug test. She was suspended until 16 December 2013; originally, she was given a two-year ban, but that was reduced to one year by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The doctor who administered the drug admitted responsibility, and was subsequently banned for four years.

Sister returned to the national squad in 2014. She was not selected in the South African squad for the 2015 African Games in the Republic of the Congo, as Sister was finalising a move to Győri ETO.

References

1990 births
Living people
People from Ibhayi
Xhosa people
South African women's soccer players
South Africa women's international soccer players
Women's association football defenders
Footballers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic soccer players for South Africa
Doping cases in association football
South African sportspeople in doping cases
Soccer players from the Eastern Cape


title: Donald Harrington (diplomat)

text:
Donald Harrington was an American ambassador to Costa Rica in 1993.

References

Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)

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Haven't Got the Blues (Yet) is the twenty-third studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. It was released on July 28, 2014 on Proper Records.

David Mansfield, who has been one of Wainwright's regular collaborators, produced the album.  Wainwright has said of Mansfield: "I got to know L'il Davey about twenty-three years ago, on a flight back from Vancouver - I think - to New York. I've worked on and off with him ever since, on TV, in the recording studio, and on the road. He's been featured as a player and arranger on some of my best records, including History (1992), Grown Man (1995), Last Man on Earth (2001), and High Wide & Handsome (2009)."

All songs on Haven't Got the Blues (Yet) were written and composed by Loudon Wainwright III, except for "Harmless", which is by Michael Marra.

Dom Flemons played harmonica and jug on the album.

Track listing

References

2014 albums
Loudon Wainwright III albums
Proper Records albums


title: Daniel Ferguson (disambiguation)

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Daniel Ferguson is a filmmaker.

Daniel Ferguson may also refer to:

Daniel C. Ferguson (born 1927), American businessman
Daniel Ferguson (voice actor) (born 1993), American voice actor
Danny Ferguson (1903–1971), Welsh footballer
Danny Ferguson (Scottish footballer) (1939–1977), Scottish footballer


title: I've Got Your Number

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I've Got Your Number or I Got Your Number may refer to:

I've Got Your Number (film), 1934 film
I've Got Your Number (novel), 2012 novel by Sophie Kinsella

Music
I've Got Your Number (album), a 1993 album by jazz saxophonist Tom Chapin
"I've Got Your Number" (Cheyne Coates song), 2004 dance song
"I've Got Your Number" (Cy Coleman song), song by Cy Coleman and others from the 1962 musical Little Me
 "I Got Your Number" (Deep Purple song), 2003 song by Deep Purple from the album Bananas
"I Got Your Number", 1995 song by  Deadstar
"I've Got Your Number", 2003 song by Elbow

See also
 "Got Your Number", 2008 song by Nadia Oh from the album Hot Like Wow
 We've Got Your Number, a BBC National Lottery game show in 1999


title: Joseph Becelia

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Joseph Becelia was an American chargé d'affaires of the United States to Costa Rica from 1993 to 1994.

Becelia is an adjunct professor at the Schar School of Policy and Government at the George Mason University.

References

Living people
Ambassadors of the United States to Costa Rica
Year of birth missing (living people)
George Mason University faculty


title: Live Well, Change Often

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Live Well, Change Often is the second album by Irish rock band The Minutes. It was released on 9 May 2014, through Model Citizen Records. The band claim that the album deals with "the reality of being in a rock 'n' roll band in the 21st Century, the hopes and the dreams, tempered with the shadows and illusions."

In its first week of release, the album peaked at number 12 in the official Irish Albums Chart.

Track listing
All songs written by The Minutes.

Singles

Personnel
 Mark Austin – Lead vocals, rhythm guitar
 Tom Cosgrave – Bass, backing vocals
 Shane Kinsella – Drums, backing vocals

References

2014 albums
The Minutes albums
Rubyworks Records albums