title: EuroTech Universities Alliance

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EuroTech Universities Alliance is an alliance of Technical University of Denmark, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, École polytechnique, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, and Technical University of Munich. Founded in 2011, it aims to promote collaboration in research, education and innovation between European universities of science and technology. Today, the alliance focuses on five fields: artificial intelligence, additive manufacturing, health and bioengineering, sustainability (including energy, climate, environment, and circular economy), and entrepreneurship and innovation. The current president of the alliance is Éric Labaye (École Polytechnique).

History
In 2006, Technical University of Munich and Technical University of Denmark established a strategic collaboration framework to strengthen bottom-up joint activities. Eindhoven University of Technology joined this partnership two years later. When École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne followed in 2011, the EuroTech Universities Alliance was officially founded. École Polytechnique joined the alliance in 2018 and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in 2019. Since 2012, the alliance has had an office in Brussels. From 2014 to 2019, EuroTech Universities published the popular science magazine Technologist.

Strategic projects
In 2018 and 2020, the alliance launched two large programmes for postdoctoral researchers. Both programmes have been co-funded by the European Commission. In 2020, EuroTech Universities Alliance, together with Czech Technical University in Prague and Tallinn University of Technology launched the EuroTeQ Engineering University, which is part of the European Commission's European Universities Initiative.

References

External links
Official website

College and university associations and consortia in Europe
Engineering education
Technology consortia


title: Eurotech

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Eurotech may refer to:
 Eurotech (company)
 EuroTech Universities Alliance


title: Artedius lateralis

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Artedius lateralis, also known as the smoothhead sculpin or round-nosed sculpin, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cottidae, the typical sculpins.  The species, commonly found in the intertidal zone and to depths of 43 feet, is native to the northern Pacific, from Russia and the Bering Sea to Baja California.  Growing to a length of 14 centimeters, it takes its name from the lack of scales on its head.

References

External links

 Smoothhead Sculpin (Artedius lateralis) at the Encyclopedia of Life

lateralis
Fish described in 1854
Fish of the Pacific Ocean
Taxa named by Charles Frédéric Girard


The Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act () would direct the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to issue a decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 90 days after the later of: (1) the end of the comment period for that decision as set forth in the Federal Register, or (2) the date of enactment of this Act.

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.

Background

Natural gas  is a fossil fuel formed when layers of buried plants, gases, and animals are exposed to intense heat and pressure over thousands of years. The energy that the plants originally obtained from the sun is stored in the form of chemical bonds in natural gas. Natural gas is a nonrenewable resource because it cannot be replenished on a human time frame. Natural gas is a hydrocarbon gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, but commonly includes varying amounts of other higher alkanes and even a lesser percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and hydrogen sulfide.  Natural gas is an energy source often used for heating, cooking, and electricity generation. It is also used as fuel for vehicles and as a chemical feedstock in the manufacture of plastics and other commercially important organic chemicals.

Natural gas is found in deep underground rock formations or associated with other hydrocarbon reservoirs in coal beds and as methane clathrates. Petroleum is another resource and fossil fuel found in close proximity to, and with natural gas. Most natural gas was created over time by two mechanisms: biogenic and thermogenic. Biogenic gas is created by methanogenic organisms in marshes, bogs, landfills, and shallow sediments. Deeper in the earth, at greater temperature and pressure, thermogenic gas is created from buried organic material.

Before natural gas can be used as a fuel, it must be processed to remove impurities, including water, to meet the specifications of marketable natural gas. The by-products of this processing include ethane, propane, butanes, pentanes, and higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, hydrogen sulfide (which may be converted into pure sulfur), carbon dioxide, water vapor, and sometimes helium and nitrogen.

The world's first industrial extraction of natural gas started at Fredonia, New York, USA in 1825. By 2009, 66 trillion cubic meters (or 8%) had been used out of the total 850 trillion cubic meters of estimated remaining recoverable reserves of natural gas. Based on an estimated 2015 world consumption rate of about 3.4 trillion cubic meters of gas per year, the total estimated remaining economically recoverable reserves of natural gas would last 250 years.

Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act would direct the United States Department of Energy (DOE) to issue a decision on an application for authorization to export natural gas within 90 days after the later of: (1) the end of the comment period for that decision as set forth in the Federal Register, or (2) the date of enactment of this Act.

The bill would grant original and exclusive jurisdiction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the circuit in which the export facility under an application will be located over any civil action for the review of: (1) a DOE order about the application, or (2) DOE failure to issue a decision on the application.

The bill would require the Court, if it finds in a civil action that DOE has failed to issue a decision on an application, to order DOE to issue one within 30 days.

The bill would require the Court to set any civil action brought under this Act on the docket, for expedited consideration, as soon as practical after the filing date of the initial pleading.

The bill would amend the Natural Gas Act to set, as a condition for approval of any authorization to export liquefied natural gas (LNG), that the DOE Secretary require the applicant to disclose publicly the specific destination or destinations of any such authorized LNG exports.

Congressional Budget Office report
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 30, 2014. This is a public domain source.

Under the Natural Gas Act, the Department of Energy (DOE) regulates imports and exports of natural gas. H.R. 6 would amend that act to specify a deadline for DOE to issue decisions on certain applications for authority to export natural gas. Specifically, H.R. 6 would require DOE to issue a decision on any existing application within 90 days of either the enactment date of H.R. 6 or the close of the comment period pertaining to the application, whichever is later.

Based on information from DOE, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that enacting H.R. 6 would not significantly affect the federal budget. The bill would not materially alter DOE's regulatory responsibilities under the Natural Gas Act, and CBO estimates that any change in DOE's administrative costs, which are subject to the availability of appropriated funds, would be negligible because of the small number of permits involved. H.R. 6 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

H.R. 6 contains no intergovernmental mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA) and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.

The bill would impose a private-sector mandate, as defined in UMRA, on entities seeking DOE approval to export natural gas. The Natural Gas Act requires entities seeking to export natural gas to obtain approval from DOE. The bill would require that applicants, as a condition for approval, publicly disclose the countries that would receive the exports. According to DOE, fewer than 100 applications have been approved or are pending for export of natural gas as of March 2014. Because the number of applications for export is small and the cost to disclose destination countries is low, CBO estimates that the cost of the mandate would fall well below the annual threshold established in UMRA for private-sector mandates ($152 million in 2014, adjusted annually for inflation).

Procedural history
The Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on March 6, 2014, by Rep. Cory Gardner (R, CO-4). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Energy and Power. It was reported (amended) on June 19, 2014, alongside House Report 113-477.

Debate and discussion

The organization Heritage Action for America argued in favor of the bill, charging that the "Department of Energy is refusing to move forward on approximately 24 applications to export liquified natural gas (LNG) to non-FTA countries... onerous delays (that) are detrimental to America's international competitiveness." Some of the current applications have been waiting for a determination from the Department of Energy for over 2 years. Heritage Action said that how a member of Congress voted on this bill would be reflected in the organization's scorecard.

The United States Chamber of Commerce supported the bill, arguing that it would "eliminate trade barriers limiting and delaying export of natural gas and bringing more supply of this critical energy source to the world, while spurring additional investment in new domestic production." They cited a study by the Department of Energy from December 2012 that concluded "the U.S. would experience net economic benefits from increased LNG exports."

The trade organization America's Energy Advantage opposed the bill arguing that "the unlimited and unchecked export of LNG to nations that have yet to sign free trade agreements with the U.S. will undermine the efforts of U.S. trade negotiators to open closed markets to all American goods and services." The organization argued that allowing greater exports of LNG would increase "domestic natural gas and electricity prices for every American."

See also
List of bills in the 113th United States Congress
List of countries by natural gas exports

References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 6
beta.congress.gov H.R. 6
GovTrack.us H.R. 6
OpenCongress.org H.R. 6
WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 6
Congressional Budget Office's report on H.R. 6
House Report 113-477 on H.R. 6

Proposed legislation of the 113th United States Congress
Natural gas in the United States


title: Contentverse

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Contentverse is a document management system designed by Computhink, Inc. for use in businesses within various industries. Contentverse provides an in-depth filing structure for all files, including documents, images, PDF files, video, audio, and metadata. Documents can be scanned directly into the system or imported from other sources already on the hard drive, network, or cloud. Administrators have the ability to select which users have access to which data, and how they may interact with it. The software was originally released in 1998 as The Paperless Office. The name was changed to ViewWise in 2000 with the fourth major software update. With the launch of a new website built solely for the software in January 2013, the product was rebranded to Contentverse.

Product features
Contentverse is document management software with features that allow businesses to streamline operations while maintaining accountability through integration document imaging and scanning, security, workflow and email archiving.

 Instant search and find allows users to categorize each document when imported according to the fields they choose. With the search function, any file or set of files can then be retrieved from within the database instantly.
 Version control creates a new version of a document every time it is saved. Users can go back to previous versions at any time.
 Annotations can be made with ease in the system. Highlighting, circling, comments and sticky notes can be saved to each page in a document as a layer which can be toggled.
 Redaction tools allow users to block out a region of a page and lock it with a password. This region can only be revealed by a user with the password.
 Automated data import features include importing indices and images from a pre-existing text, and importing a native file-format document or image file.
 Business process automation is central to the workflow feature in Contentverse, organizing the timeline of a project into a system similar to an assembly line. Each user in the line receives the document in order, adjusts it appropriately, and then it continues down the line until complete. Multiple users may work on a single task together or separate tasks simultaneously. The parameters of the workflow feature are decided by the administrator who creates it.
 Regulatory Compliance is offered through a retention module that allows the user to set reminders for any specific documents, enabling compliance.
 Web access from desktop, laptop, mobile devices, and tablets. Currently, Contentverse 8.1 is available on Apple computers through the Parallels program.
 Microsoft Office compatibility for documents imported into Contentverse in their current state. The program is designed to mimic some of the layout of Microsoft products, giving users a familiar interface.
 Audit Trail keeps a record of every action in Contentverse. Every addition, revision, and deletion of a document is tracked, monitored, and logged, even if the changes are executed by the administrator.

Data security

Contentverse features a number of methods for keeping files secure within and outside of the program. The administrator decides which persons or groups of persons may view files. There is no way for a user to gain access to content which the admin has not exclusively given them permission to see. The files are kept in a storage server, or a number of storage servers, not on the individual interface devices. Administrators may choose which files are stored in which server as well.

Additionally, since content accessed through the Contentverse interface is not located on the computer or device itself, any viral or criminal intrusion would not have access to the files themselves. If an invasive force hacks through the server, while files are stored there, they are encrypted in layers.

See also
Document Management
Enterprise Content Management
Records Management

References

External links

Document management systems


title: Sayyid Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari

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Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari (; 1932 – 26 January 2023) was a Sindhi Pakistani Islamic scholar. He belonged to the Naqshbandi Sufi school of thought. He managed the Dargah Hussainabad, one of the largest religious institutions in Pakistan.

Biography
Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari was born in 1932 in the village of Drib Chandia, Qambar Shahdadkot, Bombay Presidency, British India.

In 1980, he built a masjid and madrassa titled Dargah Hussainabad where religious education and accommodation is free of all political associations. He was also the head of Tanzeem Islahul Fuqra Al-Hussainia, that also provides religious education to people.

In 2013 Bukhari was attacked by terrorists.

Bukhari died at Karachi's private hospital on 26 January 2023, at the age of 90.

See also
 Pir Fazal Ali Qureshi
 Khwaja Abdul Ghaffar Naqshbandi

References

External links
 Pir of Qambar Sharif injured in bomb attack, grandson killed
 Speeches By Syed Ghulam Hussain Shah Bukhari

1932 births
2023 deaths
Naturalised citizens of Pakistan
Pakistani Sunni Muslims
Naqshbandi order
Sufi mystics
Sufism in Sindh
Sufis of Sindh
Sindhi people


title: Topo Galileo

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Topo Galileo (Galileo Mouse) is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Laudadio. The film was a box office bomb.

Cast

 Beppe Grillo: Giuseppe Galileo
 Jerry Hall: Dr. 18
 Paolo Bonacelli: Professor
 Eros Pagni: Suicide General
 Athina Cenci
 Dagmar Lassander
 Claudio Bisio

References

External links

1988 films
Italian comedy films
1988 comedy films
Films directed by Francesco Laudadio
1980s Italian films


title: Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art

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Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art (MMOBA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to art made in and inspired by Bermuda.

MMOBA was founded in 1987 by Tom Butterfield, MBE (born 1948) and has been located in the Bermuda Botanical Gardens in Paget Parish, Bermuda since 2008. The building was originally an arrowroot factory built in the mid 1800s that was renovated between 2004 and 2008 into a 16,000 square foot purpose-built museum. Part of the remaining original structure is home to the Arrowroot Gift Shop, which features art and crafts created by local artisans. Homer's Café which offers baked goods and lunch items, and also serves as a space to exhibit and sell local artists' work. The museum averages of 15,000 visitors per year from all over the world. MMOBA's official patron is the Prince of Wales, KG, KT, GCB, OM.

MMOBA's core collection consists of paintings and drawings dating from the early 1800s to the present. The museum also holds objects relating to Bermuda's history and culture in the form of vernacular and fine-art photographs, sculpture, and historic documents and ephemera. Notable holdings include works by Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, Albert Gleizes, Henry Moore, Marsden Hartley and Yousuf Karsh. Exhibits drawn from the permanent collection are on view in the main gallery and are rotated twice per year. Smaller exhibits in the Rick Fairies and Mezzanine Galleries, often featuring local artists or artists in residence, rotate more frequently.

The Artist in Residence program allows international artists to create and exhibit new works inspired by their time in Bermuda. Educational programs include classes and workshops for both children and adults, and a free family-oriented art workshop, Super Saturday, takes place on the last Saturday of every month.

The Charman Prize, which was established in 2008, is funded by British businessman and resident of Bermuda John Charman. It is a biannual exhibit and juried competition open to local artists.

References

External links
 MMOBA website
 Frommer's guide to the museum

Art museums established in 1987
Art museums and galleries in Bermuda
Paget Parish


title: RCCA security

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Replayable CCA security (RCCA security) is a security notion in cryptography that relaxes the older notion of Security against Chosen-Ciphertext Attack (CCA, more precisely adaptive security notion CCA2): all CCA-secure systems are RCCA secure but the converse is not true. The claim is that for a lot of use cases, CCA is too strong and RCCA suffices. Nowadays a certain amount of cryptographic scheme are proved RCCA-secure instead of CCA secure. It was introduced in 2003 in a research publication by Ran Canetti, Hugo Krawczyk and Jesper B. Nielsen.

References

Cryptography


title: Joseph Otting

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Joseph M. Otting (born 1957) is an American businessman and government official. He served as the 31st Comptroller of the Currency from November 27, 2017 to May 29, 2020.

Early life and education
Otting grew up in Maquoketa, Iowa, the son of Grace and James Otting.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in management from the University of Northern Iowa, which he received in 1981. He is also a graduate of the School of Credit and Financial Management, a multi-year program that includes four-weeks of classroom instruction offered by the National Association of Credit Management, which was held at Dartmouth College at the time he attended in 1992.

Career

Bank of America and Union Bank
Otting started his career at Bank of America, where he held positions in branch management, preferred banking, and commercial lending. From 1986 to 2001, Otting was with Union Bank, where he held roles including deputy regional vice president, senior vice president, executive vice president, and group head of commercial banking.

U.S. Bank
Between 2001 and 2010, Otting worked for U.S. Bank, a subsidiary of U.S. Bancorp. Otting served as Market President of U.S. Bank in Oregon from December 2001 to June 2003 and as Executive Vice President and Manager of East Region Commercial Banking Group from June 2003 to April 2005. Until his departure in 2010, he served as one of eight Vice Chairman, as the head of the Commercial Banking Group. In addition, during his tenure, he led U.S. Bank's efforts in California as the senior executive responsible for expansion in the region.

OneWest Bank
Otting was president, CEO, and a board member of OneWest Bank, N.A., from October 2010 until August 2015, when the bank merged with CIT Group, which purchased OneWest Bank for $3.4 billion, following regulatory approval. He served as President of CIT Bank and co-president of CIT Group from August 2015 to December 2015.

At OneWest, he worked closely with the bank's founder, Steven Mnuchin, who later became the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury. Mnuchin led a group that purchased the California-based residential lender, IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB, on March 19, 2009, from the FDIC to create OneWest, FSB. The FDIC established IndyMac Federal Bank, FSB, in 2008 when IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., failed. OneWest Bank, FSB, converted to a national bank and was renamed OneWest Bank, N.A., in February 2014, as the bank transitioned from a residential lender to a full-service bank.

In 2011, Otting signed a consent order, in conjunction with 14 other large bank mortgage servicers, with the U.S. Office of Thrift Supervision regarding the bank's mortgage servicing and foreclosure practices. The OCC terminated that order on July 21, 2015, after determining that the bank “satisfied the terms of the 2011 foreclosure-related consent order” and completed the independent foreclosure review in accordance with the requirements included in the original 2011 order. OneWest did not enter into a payment agreement with the OCC, and in April 2014, the OCC published a report showing that an independent consultant found a relatively low error rate in the bank's mortgage and foreclosure activity covered by the regulator's order. When Otting left CIT in December 2015, the Wall Street Journal calculated that he earned $24.9 million in compensation for 2015, including a $12 million severance payment.

During the merger of OneWest and CIT, consumer advocates who protested against approval of the merger clashed with bank supporters, based on the community redevelopment and reinvestment activities of the bank.

In May 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice reached an $89 million settlement with CIT involving a portfolio of reverse mortgage products acquired from the failed IndyMac Federal Bank and compliance with HUD foreclosure requirements, which requires banks to complete resolution and foreclosure activities within an aggressive timeline.

Comptroller of the Currency

On June 5, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Otting to become the Comptroller of the Currency, responsible for overseeing federally-chartered banks, savings associations, and federal branches of foreign banks operating in the United States. The U.S. Senate confirmed him on November 16, 2017, and he was sworn in on November 27, 2017.

The Comptroller of the Currency is the administrator of the federal banking system and chief officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC supervises nearly 1,400 national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks operating in the United States. The mission of the OCC is to ensure that national banks and federal savings associations operate in a safe and sound manner, provide fair access to financial services, treat customers fairly, and comply with applicable laws and regulations.

The Comptroller also serves as a director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

During his July 27, 2017, confirmation hearing before the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Otting voiced support for simplifying regulatory capital requirements and for bank's ability to provide short-term, small-dollar loans, which in his view had been pushed out of the federal banking system by previous regulatory action.

During his swearing-in ceremony, Otting stressed that his priorities include job creation and economic discrimination, reducing regulations, enhancing the value of the federal charter, and ensuring the OCC operates as effectively and efficiently as possible.

In his first testimony as Comptroller, Otting discussed his main priorities, which included modernizing the Community Reinvestment Act; encouraging banks to meet the short-term, small-dollar needs of their customers; making Bank Secrecy Act compliance work more efficiently; simplifying regulatory capital and Volcker Rule; and helping the OCC operate as efficiently and effectively as possible.

On May 23, 2018, the OCC published a bulletin promoting short-term, small-dollar installment loans to encourage national banks and federal savings association to help meet the credit needs of their customers.

On July 31, 2018, Otting his decision to begin accepting applications for national bank charters from non-depository financial technology (fintech) companies engaged in the business of banking. "The decision to consider applications for special purpose national bank charters from innovative companies helps provide more choices to consumers and businesses, and creates greater opportunity for companies that want to provide banking services in America," said Comptroller Otting. "Companies that provide banking services in innovative ways deserve the opportunity to pursue that business on a national scale as a federally chartered, regulated bank." Federal preemption applies to state law regarding federally chartered banks.

On August 28, 2018, Otting announced that the OCC released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to solicit input on the best ways to modernize the regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). On December 12, 2019, the FDIC and the OCC announced a proposed rule to strengthen and modernize CRA regulations, which may require large banks "to lend more in poor areas under the new rules."

On May 20, 2020, the OCC finalized the updates to the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. On that same day, the OCC and other federal financial regulators published principles for offering small-dollar loans in a responsible manner to meet financial institutions customers’ short-term credit needs. Although community and industry groups agree that the CRA, which has gone without major updates since 1995, is in need of updates, groups from both camps were critical of Otting's proposed changes. Community groups such as the National Community Reinvestment Coalition expressed concerns that the changes would lead to reduced lending in low- and middle-income communities. Industry groups like the American Bankers Association and Independent Community Bankers of America worried about the complexity of the updates and the lack of agreement between the OCC and the FDIC and Federal Reserve, all of which share responsibility for enforcing the CRA, on the rule changes. Otting's proposed changes would go into effect on January 1, 2023, and would expand the criteria under which banking activities qualify as serving low-income communities. For example, a $500,000 mortgage in an area where the average mortgage size is $1 million could qualify as low- or moderate-income lending. Otting was the CEO of OneWest when the bank sought approval to merge with CIT, a process that was complicated by the bank's history of noncompliance with the CRA. Regulators approved the merger only after both banks pledged to increase their lending in low-income communities. Congresswoman Maxine Waters commented that Otting's efforts to weaken the CRA were likely informed by the challenges the law presented to the merger he presided over at OneWest.

In May 2020, it was reported that Otting would resign as Comptroller of the Currency, upon the finalization of the updates to the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act. He formally announced his resignation on May 21, 2020.

Federal Housing Finance Agency
On December 21, 2018, President Donald J. Trump designated Otting to be the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) upon completion of current Director Mel Watt's term.

Personal life
Otting has played significant roles in charitable and community development organizations. He has served as a board member for the California Chamber of Commerce, the Killebrew-Thompson Memorial foundation, the Associated Oregon Industries, the Oregon Business Council, the Portland Business Alliance, the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oregon. He was also a member of the Financial Services Roundtable, the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and the Board and executive committee of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation.

Otting and his wife, Bonnie, currently reside in Southern Highlands, Las Vegas, Nevada. His interests include golf, tennis, cross-training and reading. In addition, the Ottings are co-owners of Southern Highlands Golf Club, Tennis Facility, and Spa.

References

Attribution
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External links

1957 births
American bank presidents
Living people
People from Maquoketa, Iowa
Businesspeople from Santa Monica, California
United States Comptrollers of the Currency
University of Northern Iowa alumni
Trump administration personnel
Federal Housing Finance Agency personnel


title: José Peraza

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José Francisco Peraza Polo (born April 30, 1994) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman and shortstop in the New York Mets organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, and New York Mets. Listed at  and , he bats and throws right-handed.

Career

Atlanta Braves
Peraza signed with the Atlanta Braves for $350,000 as an international free agent on July 2, 2010. He made his professional debut in 2011 for the Dominican Summer League Braves. Peraza split the 2012 season between the Gulf Coast League Braves and the Danville Braves. He was promoted to the Rome Braves in 2013, where he spent the whole season. He started 2014 with the Lynchburg Hillcats of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League. In 66 games with Lynchburg, Peraza batted .342 and stole 35 bases. He was promoted to the Mississippi Braves of the Class AA Southern League in June, and selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game in July. Peraza was also named the Braves top prospect and #58 on MLB.com's Top 100 list. He hit .339/364/.441 with 60 stolen bases between the two levels. At the end of the season, Peraza was named the Braves Minor League Player of the Year.

The Braves added Peraza to their 40-man roster on November 19, 2014, to protect him from being selected in the Rule 5 draft. He was invited to spring training in 2015, and sent down on March 16 to begin the season with the Gwinnett Braves of the Class AAA International League. With the emergence of Jace Peterson at second base, the Braves decided to begin starting Peraza at center field to increase his experience in the outfield and overall versatility. When outfielder Mallex Smith was promoted to Triple-A in June 2015, Peraza returned to man second base.

Los Angeles Dodgers
On July 30, 2015, in a three-team trade, the Los Angeles Dodgers acquired Peraza, Mat Latos, Michael Morse, Bronson Arroyo, Alex Wood, Jim Johnson, and Luis Avilán, while the Miami Marlins acquired minor league pitchers Victor Araujo, Jeff Brigham, and Kevin Guzman, and the Braves received Héctor Olivera, Paco Rodriguez, minor league pitcher Zachary Bird and a competitive balance draft pick for the 2016 MLB Draft. He was initially assigned to the Oklahoma City Dodgers of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, however, he was promoted to the major league roster on August 10 and made his debut that night as the starting second baseman against the Washington Nationals. His first major league hit was a triple off of Nationals starter Gio González. He was the third Los Angeles Dodger to hit a triple in his first major league game, joining Doug Rau in 1972 and Gary Moore in 1970. He wound up battling hamstring injuries during his time with the club and only played in seven games before he was shut down for good. In those games, he had four hits (including one double and one triple) in 22 at-bats for a .182 average and also stole three bases.

Cincinnati Reds

On December 16, 2015, Peraza, along with Scott Schebler and Brandon Dixon, were traded to the Cincinnati Reds in a three team trade that sent Frankie Montas, Micah Johnson and Trayce Thompson to the Dodgers and Todd Frazier to the Chicago White Sox. Peraza opened the 2016 season with the Louisville Bats of the International League, playing as a shortstop. He had spent time with the major league team in spring training, but was sent to the minors so he could get regular playing time. Peraza was recalled for the first time in 2016 on May 13, and returned to Louisville five days later. On June 14, Peraza was recalled for the second time, and expected to play a utility role. He was optioned to the minors on August 2, as the Reds wanted him to play regularly at shortstop. On August 21, he returned to the Reds, starting at shortstop in place of the injured Zack Cozart. In 2016 in the majors he batted .324/.352/.411 with 3 home runs.

During the 2016–17 offseason, Brandon Phillips was traded to the Atlanta Braves, a move that was expected to give Peraza a chance to become the Reds' starting second baseman. Just after the All-Star break, Peraza had lost his starting position to Scooter Gennett. He played in 143 games, getting 487 at bats for the Reds, hitting .257 with 5 home runs, 37 RBIs, and 23 stolen bases, while leading the majors in percentage of soft-hit batted balls (26.6%). He had the lowest ISO (Isolated Power) of all MLB players in 2017, at .066.

Peraza was named the Reds' starting shortstop prior to the start of the 2018 season. He batted .288/.326/.416 with 14 home runs. He had the lowest fielding percentage among major league shortstops, at .963.

Peraza was non-tendered on December 2, 2019, and became a free agent.

Boston Red Sox
Peraza signed a major league deal with the Boston Red Sox on December 13, 2019. He made his Red Sox debut against the Baltimore Orioles on July 24, 2020, getting his first hit, a double, in the third inning. The Red Sox optioned Peraza to the team's alternate training site on September 9; he had appeared at multiple positions for Boston: second base, third base, shortstop, left field, designated hitter, and pitcher. Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, Peraza appeared in 34 games, batting .225 with one home run and eight RBIs. On October 28, Peraza was outrighted off of the 40-man roster and elected free agency.

New York Mets
On November 4, 2020, Peraza signed a minor league deal with the New York Mets. On April 10, 2021, Peraza was selected to the active roster when J. D. Davis was placed on the injured list. He was sent back down without appearing in a game. He was activated again on April 27 after Stephen Tarpley was sent down. On April 30, he was deactivated again but was called up later that same day when Luis Guillorme was placed on the injured list. He had a clutch pinch hit in his first plate appearance of the season on Sunday Night Baseball on May 2. Peraza played in 64 games for the Mets, hitting .204 with 6 home runs and 20 RBI's. On October 29, Peraza elected free agency.

New York Yankees
On November 28, 2021, Peraza signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees. In 63 games with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, he batted .239 with five home runs and 29 RBIs. He was released on July 15, 2022.

Boston Red Sox (second stint)
On July 29, 2022, Peraza signed a minor-league contract with the Boston Red Sox. He elected free agency on November 10, 2022.

New York Mets (second stint)
On December 15, 2022, Peraza signed a minor-league contract with the New York Mets organization.

See also
 List of Major League Baseball players from Venezuela

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Boston Red Sox players
Cincinnati Reds players
Danville Braves players
Dominican Summer League Braves players
Florida Complex League Mets players
Gwinnett Braves players
Gulf Coast Braves players
Los Angeles Dodgers players
Louisville Bats players
Lynchburg Hillcats players
Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
Major League Baseball second basemen
Mississippi Braves players
New York Mets players
Oklahoma City Dodgers players
Sportspeople from Barinas (state)
Rome Braves players
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players
Syracuse Mets players
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States


title: Charlie Spares

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Charles William Reginald Spares (1917 – 29 October 1958), also commonly known as Chuck Spares, was a British jockey. Although predominantly a National Hunt jockey, his biggest victory came on the flat, when he won the 1951 Epsom Derby on Arctic Prince.

Career

Charlie Spares was born in 1917 in Upton-upon-Severn, and became apprentice jockey to trainer Len Cundell at Chilton, Berkshire, riding his first victory on Penny-a-Liner at Birmingham Racecourse on 31 October 1932. In 1936, he switched codes to ride over hurdles. He gained a big victory on the flat in the 1944 November Handicap on Kerry Piper and also won the final race run in wartime Britain - on a horse called Wisecrack in a maiden race at Stockton on 1 September 1945, the evening before the Japanese surrender.

After the war, he rode initially for Ernie Davey's stable in Malton, Yorkshire, and then for Willie Stephenson in Royston, Hertfordshire, for whom he rode under both codes. For Stephenson, he won the biggest race of career when he rode Arctic Prince in the Epsom Derby, winning at odds of 28/1 in a field of thirty-three.

In the race, the favourite, Ki Ming, disputed the lead with Mystery IX as the field approached Tattenham Corner, at which point Arctic Prince was still moving through the field. Arctic Prince overtook Mystery IX to take the lead early in the straight and pulled clear to win by six lengths from Sybil's Nephew for what was reported to be "one of the easiest triumphs in the recent history of the race." Spares explained that "I took the lead and then it was all over." With a total prize of £22,625, it was the most valuable race ever run in England at the time.

The following year was numerically Spares' most successful, winning 21 winners from 193 rides, and in 1953 he won the Sussex Stakes on King Of The Tudors. However, his association with Stephenson ended the same year, his health began to fail and he quit riding. A comeback in the spring of 1958, with the support of trainer Harry Blackshaw in Middleham, was unsuccessful, and he died there, aged 41, on 28 October 1958. He left a widow and three sons, one of whom, also known as Chuck, was a racehorse trainer, best known for training Ascot Hurdle winner Ibn Majed.

Major wins
 Great Britain
 Epsom Derby - Arctic Prince (1951)
 Sussex Stakes - King Of The Tudors (1953)

See also
List of jockeys

References

External links
 1951 Derby from Pathe News

Bibliography

1917 births
1958 deaths
British jockeys


title: American Principles Project

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The American Principles Project (APP) is a socially conservative 501(c)(4) think tank founded in 2009 by Robert P. George, Jeff Bell, and Francis P. Cannon. It is chaired by Sean Fieler. It is led by Terry Schilling, the son of the late former U.S. Representative Bobby Schilling. It has opposed Common Core standards and advocated for monetary reform by suggesting a return to the gold standard. The organization has an affiliated super PAC, the American Principles Project PAC, which spent nearly $4 million during the 2020 election cycle.

History

In 2009, the American legal scholar Robert P. George and political strategist Francis P. Cannon formed APP. In 2010, Jeff Bell became the policy director at APP, alongside Cannon.

In 2011, APP sponsored a Republican presidential primary debate, called the Palmetto Freedom Forum, where panelists Jim DeMint, Steve King, and Robert P. George asked questions.

Following the Republican Party's post-2012 election review, in which the GOP suggested de-emphasizing social issues, APP published a report detailing the importance of social issues to the Republican Party. The report pointed out that Republicans ran almost exclusively on economic issues during the 2012 election to lackluster effect.

In 2018, the APP Foundation released a “Contract with American Families” describing its agenda for 2019. In 2021, APP created a membership program that it called an "NRA for Families."

Super PAC
The American Principles Project super PAC received $3.2 million from Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein between 2020 and 2022. In 2022, the PAC spent $25,000 on commercials for a school board election in Polk County, Florida.

Policy initiatives

Abortion
APP is anti-abortion.

Education
The American Principles Project has been critical of the Common Core standards.

In 2012, Jane Robbins, Senior Fellow at the American Principles Project, and Emmett McGroarty, Executive Director of APP Education, co-authored a report for the APP and the Pioneer Institute called Controlling Education From The Top: Why Common Core Is Bad For America. APP staff members have testified before state legislatures, encouraging states to withdraw from the Common Core standards. APP argued that the Republican Party would suffer in the 2016 presidential election if it fielded a pro-Common Core candidate.

APP has also opposed the teaching of critical race theory and transgender topics in public schools.

Economics and monetary policy
The American Principles Project has been critical of Federal Reserve System monetary policy and has advocated a return to the gold standard.

In November 2014, Steve Lonegan, Director of Monetary Policy at the American Principles Project, sent a public letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen requesting a meeting to discuss how current monetary policy is "reducing" the standard of living for "average working Americans."

In 2015, American Principles Project funded a conference on economic policy held from August 27–29, 2015, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to advocate for hard money monetary policies and an end to government involvement in the money supply. According to associates of hedge fund CEO Robert Mercer interviewed by Bloomberg, Mercer was the main financial backer of the Jackson Hole Summit.

LGBTQ people

APP has funded political campaign ads that reflect the organization's opposition to civil rights protections for LGBTQ people. APP has opposed same-sex marriage and supported restrictions on transgender youth.

In the 2017 Virginia elections, the American Principles Project ran anti-transgender robocalls in the district in which Democratic candidate Danica Roem, a former journalist who is a transgender woman, was challenging Republican Delegate Robert Marshall.

In February 2021 Terry Schilling co-authored an op-ed in USA TODAY criticizing the proposed Equality Act, arguing that transgender women should not compete in women's sports.

The APP has said that its longterm goal is to eliminate transgender healthcare in its entirety. In February 2023, the group's president, Terry Schilling, told CNN that they oppose gender-affirming care for all Americans, regardless of age and that they are working with states to introduce and pass bans on it for all ages, but are starting with bans for children since "that's where the vast majority of the American people are right now."

Voting
APP has worked with Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America against voting rights legislation. In 2021, the APP PAC contributed $280,000 to Restoration PAC, which ran inaccurate commercials about the For the People Act.

References

External links

 Organizational Profile – National Center for Charitable Statistics (Urban Institute)

Conservative organizations in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.
Organizations that oppose transgender rights in the United States
Organizations that oppose LGBT rights in the United States


title: Jet Star 2 (Lagoon)

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Jet Star 2 is a Schwarzkopf steel sitdown roller coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, Utah. It opened in 1976.

History
Jet Star 2 was designed by famous ride designer Anton Schwarzkopf and was first operated at the 1974 World's Fair in Spokane, WA. After the fair ended, Lagoon purchased Jet Star 2 and relocated it to the park in 1976. Since its relocation to Lagoon, the ride is and has always been a central part of the North Midway section of Lagoon. Jet Star 2 has had many mechanical problems over the years but the system has been overhauled to be more reliable in recent years.

Previously, Jet Star 2 had a blinking lighted sign at the top of the lift hill. This sign was removed when the ride was repainted with its current bright red and yellow color scheme in 2006. Before 2005, the colors on Jet Star 2 were reversed with red track and yellow supports. In 2012, Jet Star 2's loading platform was remodeled slightly so that the capacity could increase due to its constant popularity.

Jet Star 2 had a large enough impact with the local residents of Spokane, WA during the 1974 World's Fair that local brewery NoLi Brewhouse has named one of their brews "Jet Star" after the ride.

Experience
The ride starts with a spiral lift, which can sometimes be known as the "hot rail" or "power track". Once at the top of the lift, the vehicle descends a hill, then takes a left turn, another right turn, and another smaller drop. The ride then goes into a series of drops, and turns (these turns after the second stop being called the south carousel) before hitting the final reduction and staging brake run and stopping at an unloading station. After unloading, the vehicles return to the loading station.

Jet Star 2's trains are unique in that they do not have lap bar restraints like a traditional roller coaster. Instead, the restraints are much more like seat belts in a traditional automobile that allow for much more free movement. Riders may have to ride on laps of larger riders if they wish to ride together. Each train has three of these large seats available, allowing for up to six riders at a time. Lagoon's policy is that no single riders may ride on Jet Star 2 and that only 2 riders will be required in the front section of the train, allowing a maximum of 8 riders per train.

References

Lagoon (amusement park)
1976 establishments in Utah


title: Troppo forte

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Troppo forte (also known as Great, He's Too Much and Too Much) is a 1986 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone.

Plot
Oscar Pettinari is a young hick from the suburbs of Rome, who gravitates around Cinecittà trying rather unsuccessfully to impress his acquaintances as well as the producers with the tales of his experiences as a stuntman in Rambo-like action movies. The movie starts when he alone is rejected even as an extra, for the production of an American Sci-Fi movie. While boasting among bystanders about his supposed previous jobs in the movie industry, the disappointed Oscar meets by chance the whimsical lawyer Giangiacomo Pigna Corelli in Selci. The confident laywyer impresses the looser Oscar, who accepts on the spot his suggestion to stage a fake incident and play the victim of a car crash with the foreigner movie producer, in order to blackmail him into either paying damages or offer him a chance as an actor.
On the appointed day for the simulation, it turns out however that the producer's car was not driven by him, but his lead actress and lover, Nancy. The young and beautiful Italo-American actress is dismissed and abandoned by the movie production, concerned about possible scandals. She has to face alone, money-less and in a country that she doesn't know the insisting demands of Oscar and his lawyer Giangiacomo, who has no scruples in even arranging some unnecessary surgery in order to get further evidence about the crash.

Oscar however reveals his good-natured soul, and ends up offering the girl hospitality at his home, even making debts in order to try and keep up with her lavish lifestyle. As they spend more time together, it appears that some mutual understanding and possibly even attraction is developing between the two. At the same time, Oscar is grappling with the increasingly frequent and more extreme quirks of his lawyer, who makes him reject a favorable settlement proposal with the movie producer and wants to bring the attempted scam to court. Upon gaining the spotlight and in the middle of a nationalistic, far-fetched harangue, Giangiacomo however faints and then appears amnesiac and entirely unaware of his surroundings.

It turns out that in reality he is nothing more than a mythomaniac, of noble origins but prone of continuous episodes during which he convinces himself and some naive and unlucky victims to be some kind of expert - in this case a lawyer, previously a dentist or a veterinary, and after the last crisis a ballet choreographer. He is looked after and protected by his old mother and aunt, who do not seem to understand or care about the impact of his escapades. Oscar tries in vain to make Giangiacomo recall his promises and commitments, and eventually gives up on him. On the other hand, Nancy eventually finds another chance for resuming her attempts to pursue a serious acting career in the United States. She leaves Oscar without hate for the events, possibly more mature after the experience. Oscar misses her immediately, but returns immediately to his old routine, with questionable tales of heroic stuntman performances and auditions in Cinecittà, now as a copy-cat of Indiana Jones.

Cast
Carlo Verdone as Oscar Pettinari
Stella Hall as Nancy
Alberto Sordi as Giangiacomo Pigna Corelli in Selci
Sal Da Vinci as Capua
Mario Brega as Sergio
John Steiner as Mr. Adams
Penny Brown as Susan Taylor
Franca Dominici as Domitilla, Pigna Corelli's mother
Michele Mirabella as a Lawyer

References

External links

1986 films
Italian comedy films
1986 comedy films
Films directed by Carlo Verdone
Films with screenplays by Sergio Leone
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films


title: Arshad al-Salihi

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Arshad al-Salihi (, ) is an Iraqi Turkmen politician who has been leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front since May 2011, and a member of the Iraqi parliament since 2010.

Early life and education
Salihi was born in the Musalla district of Kirkuk in 1959. He completed primary and secondary education in Kirkuk, later entering the Faculty of Science at the University of Baghdad in 1978.

Career
After secondary school, Salihi began participating in pro-Turkmen political activities, resulting in his arrest by the Ba'athist government in 1979. He spent nine years in Abu Ghraib Prison as a political prisoner. His older brother was executed by the government and his family was expelled to the southern parts of Iraq.

After the fall of Saddam in 2003, he became the representative of the Iraqi Turkmen Front in his native Musalla. After 2004, he served as representative of the party in Syria for 4 years. In 2008 at the Iraqi Turkmen Congress, he was elected as the party's head in Kirkuk. He was elected to the Iraqi Parliament from Kirkuk in the 2010 parliamentary elections.

In 2011, Salihi's home was damaged by a mortar attack, and in 2013 he survived an assassination attempt.

In May 2011, he succeeded Sadettin Ergeç and became the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen Front. In 2014 he became the deputy chairman of the party.

In 2014, Salihi was elected as chairman of the Iraqi Parliamentary Human Rights Committee.

References

1959 births
Living people
People from Kirkuk Governorate
Iraqi Turkmen Front politicians
Members of the Council of Representatives of Iraq


title: List of 2014–15 DBL transactions

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This is a list of 2014–15 Dutch Basketball League (DBL) transactions . Moves made during the 2014 offseason till the end of the season are included. Contract extensions and retiring players are not included.
Only players on the move are included.

References

Dutch Basketball League transactions


title: Blakemere Pond

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Blakemere Pond, also known as Black Mere Pool or Mermaid's Pond, is a small, natural lake in Staffordshire, England, six miles north-west of Leek. The pond is the subject of an enduring legend that claims that the water is haunted by the ghost of a mermaid.

History
The earliest known record of the lake is from 1686, when Robert Plot wrote about it in his book The Natural History of Staffordshire. According to this text, the pond used to be much larger than its current diameter of . There is some evidence of an artificial trench dug towards its eastern shore which could be the remnants of an attempt to lower the water level.

Over the centuries the pond has been the scene of a number of drownings and a murder when, in 1679, a woman pedlar was reportedly dumped in the pool by a local serial killer.

Legend of the mermaid
The local legend of Blakemere Pond tells of a beautiful young woman who rejected the advances of a local man named Joshua Linnet. Unable to accept the rejection, Joshua accused the woman of being a witch and he managed to convince the local townsfolk to drown her in Blakemere Pond. With her final breath, however, the young woman is told to have muttered a curse against Joshua and three days later his body was found by the pool, his face covered with claw marks.

The last recorded sighting of the mermaid was in the mid-19th century when a group of locals attempted to drain the lake to see if the pool was indeed bottomless as claimed. Shortly after they began digging at the southern end of the pool (where a drainage ditch can still be seen to this day), it is said that the mermaid appeared from the lake and threatened to flood the nearby towns of Leek and Leekfrith unless they ceased their activities immediately. The source of the story, the folklorist Charlotte S. Burne, records the placename as 'Black Mere'.

Physical dimensions
The pond is near circular with an approximate diameter of . In 1958 a member of the British Sub-Aqua Club established that, at its deepest point, the pool is no more than  deep and has a muddy bottom.

References

Lakes of Staffordshire
Peak District


title: John O'Hagan (politician)

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John J. O'Hagan (born March 1936) was an Irish nationalist politician and business owner.

Born in Ballymena, O'Hagan studied at Ballymena Technical College before becoming an accountant, soon founding J. J. O'Hagan and Company.  He stood at the 1973 Northern Ireland local elections for Ballymena Borough Council as an independent, but was not elected.  After the election, he joined the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), and was immediately adopted as one of their candidates for North Antrim at the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, even though the election was a mere six weeks later.  He was successful, becoming the only nationalist representative for the seat.  However, he did not stand for the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975, instead leaving politics.

References

Independent politicians in Northern Ireland
Members of the Northern Ireland Assembly 1973–1974
People from Ballymena
Social Democratic and Labour Party politicians
1936 births
Living people


title: Tom Davenport (filmmaker)

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Tom Davenport (born June 13, 1939) is an independent filmmaker and film distributor who has worked for decades documenting American life and exploring folklore. Currently based in Delaplane, Virginia, he is the founder and project director for Folkstreams, a website that houses independent documentary films about American folk roots and cultures.

In the winter 2016, Davenport released his follow-up film to his profile of a North Carolina family, A Singing Stream (1986) which he made in partnership with the Landis family who were featured in that film.  In 2018, he released a documentary on a 1932 lynching near his home in Fauquier County in Virginia.  He continues to oversee the Folkstreams website, as well as help with the management of his family farm in northern Virginia at Hollin Farms.

Early life and education
Davenport grew up in Virginia outside Washington, D.C. He received his bachelor's degree in English from Yale University in 1961. After graduating, Davenport was hired through the Yale-China program, which sent him to Hong Kong to teach English at New Asia College for two years.

Davenport went on to study Chinese at the East–West Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. As part of that program, he spent a year in Taiwan, where he took an interest in Zen meditation that has continued since.

Film career
Back in the United States in the late 1960s, Davenport moved to New York City, where he worked as an apprentice with renowned documentary filmmakers Richard Leacock and D.A. Pennebaker. In 1969, Davenport released his first independent film, T'ai Chi Ch'uan, on the Chinese martial art of tai chi.

In 1970, Davenport settled in Delaplane, Virginia, on his family's land. The following year, he founded an independent film company, Davenport Films, along with his wife, co-producer and designer, Mimi Davenport. The company gained recognition through "From the Brothers Grimm," a series of live-action adaptations of traditional folktales translated into American settings. As fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes notes in The Enchanted Screen (2011), through these films, Davenport "made original use of the fairy tale and film to enhance viewers' understanding of storytelling, politics, and creativity."

In 1974, Davenport and Frank DeCola directed and produced, along with Daniel Patterson, a 30-minute documentary called The Shakers, which The New Yorker Magazine dubbed "the definitive film on the Shaker movement." Newsweek called it "a touching, and probably final, glimpse of the Shakers," underscoring the importance of Davenport's film.

Davenport collaborated with the University of North Carolina Curriculum in Folklore and folklorist Daniel Patterson to direct and produce a series of documentaries on folklife in Appalachia and rural America, including Born for Hard Luck (1976), Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains (1980), A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle (1986), The Ballad of Frankie Silver (1998), and When My Work Is Over: The Life and Stories of Louise Anderson (1998). Davenport's collaboration with Patterson is discussed at length in Sharon R. Sherman's Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture (1998).<ref>Sherman, Sharon R. 'Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture. Lexington: Univ. Press of Kentucky, 1998.</ref>

In 2019, Davenport released his latest long form documentary "The Other Side of Eden: Stories of a Virginia Lynching".

Folkstreams
Davenport developed Folkstreams.net in 1999 as "A National Preserve of Documentary Films about American Roots Cultures." A non-profit organization, Folkstreams aims "to build a national preserve of hard-to-find documentary films about American folk or roots cultures.... [and] to give them renewed life by streaming them on the internet." The site features the work of independent filmmakers from the 1960s and later—including Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Les Blank, Davenport, and others—focusing on films that document and preserve the culture and folklife of various American regions and communities. Folkstreams also features explanatory material alongside the films, providing cultural, historical, and artistic context and significance as a means to educate the public.  Davenport received a 2021 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for his work developing Folkstreams.

Awards and honors
In 2009, Davenport was the first scholar to receive the Archie Green Public Folklore Advocacy Award from the American Folklore Society in 2009. This award recognizes individuals "who have made significant contributions to the preservation and encouragement of folk traditions in the United States ... and [have] advanced the mission of public folklore." Davenport had previously received a Brown Hudson Award from the North Carolina Folklore Society in 1995 for his contributions to the study and preservation of North Carolina folk traditions.

Many of Davenport's films have received critical acclaim. The Shakers (1974) documentary received first prize at the American Film Festival, and his first feature-length film Willa: An American Snow White (1998) was awarded the 1998 Andrew Carnegie Award from the American Library Association for "Excellence in Children's Video." Soldier Jack, or The Man Who Caught Death in a Sack (1988) took first prize at the International Festival of Children's Films, the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival, the Chicago International Film Festival, and the American Film Institute's American Video Conference, among others."Davenport Films: Soldier Jack."  Davenport Films. Retrieved 24 June 2014.Ashpet: An American Cinderella—perhaps Davenport's most lauded work, released in 1990—has garnered film awards at 18 regional, national, and international film festivals, including seven first-place prizes.

Davenport has received numerous grants for his work, including federal grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, along with state-level arts and humanities organizations.

He is a recipient of a 2021 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts, for his work developing Folkstreams.net.

Davenport's collected papers from 1973-1995, along with archival footage from Folkstreams.net, are held in the Southern Folklife Collection at Louis Round Wilson Library, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The collection includes materials documenting the making of Davenport's films, as well as production notes, transcripts, field notes, correspondence, posters and other publicity materials, audiotapes and cassettes, grant applications, and other items.

Davenport's still photographic collection from Taiwan in the 1960s is in the East Asian Collection of the University of California, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, UC Berkeley.

Filmography
1970 T'ai Chi Ch'uan1973 It Ain't City Music1973 The Upperville Show1974 The Shakers1975 Thoughts on Fox Hunting1976 Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson1977 Hansel and Gretel: An Appalachian Version1979 Rapunzel, Rapunzel1980 The Frog King1981 The Making of The Frog King
1981 Being a Joines: A Life in the Brushy Mountains1982 Bristlelip1982 Bearskin, or The Man Who Didn't Wash for Seven Years1983 The Goose Girl
1983 Jack and the Dentist's Daughter1986 A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle1988 Soldier Jack, or The Man Who Caught Death in a Sack1990 Ashpet: An American Cinderella1992 Mutzmag1994 Blow the Tannery Whistle: A Western Carolina Story1995 Making Grimm Movies
1996 The Ballad of Frankie Silver1997 Thoughts on Beagling~
1998 Willa: An American Snow White
2000 Remembering Emmanuel Church2000 When My Work is Over: The Life and Stories of Miss Louise Anderson, 1921-19942003 Remembering The High Lonesome2008 Bodhidharma's Shoe2012 Where Do They All Go?2016 A Singing Stream: Reunion2018 The Other Side of Eden: Stories of a Virginia LynchingReferences

External links
Davenport Films—Tom Davenport's production company

Folkstreams.net
Folkstreams on YouTube
Folkstreams on Vimeo
"From the Brothers Grimm" series website
Tom Davenport Collection at UNC Libraries
Folkstreams.net Collection at UNC Libraries
Hollin Farms

Interviews
“Folkstreams Documents America, An Hour At a Time.” Interview by Lynn Neary. Aired 26 May 2007. NPR: Weekend Edition Saturday. MP3 audio and transcript. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
"From Documentary Films to YouTube & Folkstreams: Interview with Filmmaker Tom Davenport." Appalachian Journal'' 41.1-2 (Fall 2013/Winter 2014): 78-101.
“Tom Davenport.” Interview by Anne Kimzey. Aired 1 Jan. 2012. Alabama Arts Radio Program Archive. MP3 audio. Retrieved 21 June 2014.

1939 births
Living people
Yale College alumni
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
New Asia College
American expatriates in China
American expatriates in Taiwan
Film directors from New York City
People from Fauquier County, Virginia
Film directors from Virginia
National Heritage Fellowship winners


title: Island Field Site

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The Island Field Site (7K-F-17) is a major archaeological site in Kent County, Delaware, United States.  The site is located in South Bowers, just south of the Murderkill River near where it empties into Delaware Bay.  The site was a major prehistoric Native American village site, which was most notable for its cemetery.  The site was first identified in the 1920s during road work, and was excavated in the 1950s-60s, after which the area was eventually built up to include a museum.  In 1986 members of the local Nanticoke tribe protested the display and removal for research of burial remains at the site.

The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Kent County, Delaware

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware
Kent County, Delaware
National Register of Historic Places in Kent County, Delaware


title: AIDS United

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AIDS United is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., that is dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic in the United States.

History and mission
AIDS United was born out of a merger between two Washington, D.C.-based organizations: the National AIDS Fund (NAF), a strategic grantmaking foundation and public charity, and AIDS Action, an advocacy organization for sound policy creation and the dissemination of education regarding the AIDS epidemic. NAF was founded in 1987, with the mission to support community-driven responses to the HIV epidemic around the country that would reach the nation’s most disproportionately affected populations, including gay and bisexual men, communities of color, women, people living in the deep South and people living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Action was developed out of a 1984 coalition among AIDS service organizations across the United States, in response to the federal government’s seeming indifference at that time to the needs of communities affected by HIV. Their mission was to cultivate and create policies and programs in response to the HIV epidemic, distribute information, and advocate on behalf of all those living with and affected by HIV. The two organizations merged in 2010 to form AIDS United, under the direction of Mark Ishaug, then president and CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

The mission of AIDS United is to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States through strategic grantmaking, capacity building, policy/advocacy, technical assistance, and formative research.

Administration

Jesse Milan Jr. is the President and Chief Executive Officer of AIDS United.

References

External links

 Leading National AIDS Organizations Merge to From AIDS United (Press Release)
 Preliminary Guide to the AIDS Action Foundation Records, 1984-2006, Special Collections Research Center, Estelle and Melvin Gelman Library, The George Washington University

HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States
Non-profit organizations based in Washington, D.C.


title: The Way (Buzzcocks album)

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The Way is the ninth studio album by English punk rock band Buzzcocks, released digitally on 1 May 2014 via PledgeMusic for pledgers only. It was released by 1-2-3-4 Go! Records as a digital download on 6 October with a physical release on 18 November. It is the first Buzzcocks album with bassist Chris Remmington and drummer Danny Farrant, and the final album to feature Pete Shelley before his death in 2018. It was followed by Sonics in the Soul in 2022, which was the first album from the band released after Shelley's death and thus saw long-time guitarist and occasional co-vocalist Steve Diggle perform all vocals.

Background

The band wrote a message on their website:

We've teamed up with PledgeMusic to give you privileged access to pre-order the new album plus other premium items such as the new album on signed CD or vinyl, the chance to attend a VIP "meet and greet" and even a signed guitar. Each and every one of these items and experiences comes with a high quality digital download of our ninth studio album, plus bonus tracks exclusive to PledgeMusic!
The new album will be officially released to the public in the summer but by pre-ordering you'll get your copy much sooner. Throughout the pre-order period, you'll also get free access to our 'Pledgers Only' updates here on PledgeMusic where you will be able to enjoy a load of exclusive extras, videos from the studio, interviews, demos and much, much more [...] In addition to this, pledges will benefit Teenage Cancer Trust to help them continue the incredible work they do. So as you can see, there are so many great reasons to be a part of our new album from the outset. Thanks again for all your support over the years,
Pete, Steve, Danny & Chris
Buzzcocks
2014

5% of any money raised after the goal is reached will go to Teenage Cancer Trust.

Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, The Way has an average score of 67 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable" reception based on 12 reviews.

Track listing

Personnel
Adapted from the album liner notes.

Buzzcocks
Pete Shelley – Vocals, guitar
Steve Diggle – Vocals, guitar
Chris Remmington – Bass
Danny Farrant – Drums
Technical
Buzzcocks – Producer
David M. Allen – Producer, engineer (New Rose Studios), mixing
Nathaniel Kemp-Hall – Assistant engineer (New Rose Studios), mixing
Sveinn Jonsson – Engineer (Great Eastern Studios), mixing
Mazen Murad – Mastering
Leon Seesix (credited as "Dotmasters") – Artwork
Joe Giacomet – Layout, photography
Ian Rook – Live photography

References

External links

2014 albums
Buzzcocks albums
Albums produced by David M. Allen


title: Annette Moreno

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Annette Moreno (born April 26, 1972) is an American singer and songwriter who performs in the Spanish language. Since her first solo album in 1995 she has released 15 albums, a singles collection and a live DVD. She was previously a member of Rojo and comes from a musical family. Moreno has toured around Latin America and Europe.

Biography
Annette Moreno was born on April 26, 1972, in San Diego, the daughter of Eliezer Moreno, songwriter and singer and a Mexican immigrant. The third in a family of twelve, music was central to her upbringing as her parents performed as Dueto Moreno. In the mid 1970s, they moved to Tucson, Arizona, where her father became a pastor. Like her siblings, she began her singing career at a young age. Moreno began to devote herself to her father's church in her youth. With training and education in music from the age of 12 she began her career in the Mariachi group "Los Salmos" led by her parents, featuring as a violinist and singer for twelve years. Besides supplying vocals, Moreno also began to write lyrics. Her sisters Lilian, Karina, Esther Linda and Keila are also recording artists.

Later in 1995, she recorded her first album called Volar Libre. In 2000 she joined the Rojo, playing Christian rock music, which recorded a self-titled album in 2001. It brought a degree of success and in the same year she recorded her second solo album El Amor que me das, which is nominated for a Ritmo Latino award. It was followed by her third solo album Un Ángel Llora released in October 2002. It received international recognition and won her an ARPA Award. At the end of 2003 Moreno released the seasonal album Navidad.

The 2004 album Ruleta Rusa became an international success, while a greatest hits collection Rewind was released towards the end of the year. In early 2005 she released her first live album En Vivo on CD and DVD. A more personal self-titled album was released in 2006. After a break, Moreno returned to live-performance in 2010 with an extensive tour of Europe and Latin America. In 2011 she released the album Barco de papel where the title-track was released as a single. The following year she recorded a duet "Demente" with the band Tercer Cielo.

In 2013 she published Los Perros Que Ladran, a book outlining her religious inspiration.

In 2009 she married the drummer in her band, Donnie Serrano, and lives in Arizona with their four sons.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Compilation albums

Live / special edition albums

As featured artist

Awards and nominations

Arpa Awards

Diosa de Plata Awards

Latin Grammy

References

External links

1972 births
Living people
American performers of Christian music
American musicians of Mexican descent
Spanish-language singers of the United States
Christian music songwriters
Singers from San Diego
21st-century American singers


title: Johan Forssell (politician, born 1855)

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Johan Forssell (referred to in Parliament as "Forssell in Kolbäck", later "Forssell in Hallstahammar"), born 16 March 1855 in Hökhuvud, died 18 September 1914 in Svedvi, was a Swedish school teacher and politician (Liberal, later Social Democrat) who was a member of the Parliament of Sweden.

Forssell was active in Kolbäck as a primary school teacher from 1878. He was a member of parliament in the second chamber 1903–1905 and 1909–1914, until 1911 for Västmanland County southern circuit constituency and from 1912 to Västmanland county west constituency. During the period, 1903–1905, he belonged to the Liberal Unity Party, but he later joined to the Swedish Social Democratic Party and was one of their candidates at the 1908 election. His parliamentary activities included being a substitute in the banking committee 1912–1914 and a regular member of that committee in 1914. He advocated reduced government spending.

Johan Forssell was also a beekeeper, as described in the December 3, 1896, issue of the British Bee Journal.

References

1855 births
1914 deaths
Members of the Andra kammaren
Members of the Riksdag from the Social Democrats
Swedish liberal politicians


Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home is the debut studio album by American alternative country band the Geraldine Fibbers. It was released on July 18, 1995 on Virgin Records. "Dragon Lady" was released as a promotional music video and single in June 1995.

Lyrics
The album's lyrics, written by the band's frontwoman Carla Bozulich, focus on somber topics including, but not limited to, abusive relationships and prostitution. The album's songs also discuss drug use at length, as well as the concept of loss of identity.

Music
Bozulich, in addition to writing the band's songs, also served as their lead vocalist. On this album, her voice was described by the Los Angeles Times as "raw, raspy, [and] Joplin-tinged." CMJ noted that the album's restrained, roots-rock instrumentation is virtually the polar opposite of the music Bozulich made in her previous band, Ethyl Meatplow.

Critical reception

Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home received mixed to positive reviews upon its release, with some critics comparing the band to X due to their shared country-music-influenced sounds. No Depression critic Neil Weiss called it "a tough, confusing record, both thematically and musically", rooted "in the street poetics of the Hollywood underground by way of some West Virginian backwoods on a planet five times more sinister than our own."

Spin magazine named Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home to their best albums of 1995 list.

More recently, other musicians have written very favorably of the album; for instance, Lydia Lunch named it one of her 13 favorite albums in 2013. A 2009 article in Magnet called the album a "lost classic", and said that on the album, "the Fibbers' warped alt-country twang haunted the City of Angels like ghosts of California country’s past, full of grinding violin and poisoned tales of junkies, madness and lost innocence." Nels Cline, who joined the Geraldine Fibbers for the recording of their second album, Butch, called Lost "a stone classic" in an interview with the Vancouver Sun in 2014. Also in 2014, Spin ranked the album as the 9th best album of 1995, and, like previous reviews of the album, compared its sound to that of X. In 2017, Al Shipley described the album as a "country feedback masterpiece", adding that it was his "...favorite rock album of the 90's."

2017 Vinyl Reissue
Jealous Butcher reissued the album May 5, 2017. Steve Fisk returned to mix the album for its first vinyl release. The initial 1,000 copies will be released on clear vinyl. The new pressing and future vinyl pressings include four bonus tracks: "Bitter Honey" and "234" from the original sessions, a previously unreleased version of their cover of Can's "Yoo Doo Right" predating the version on the album Butch and featuring both Daniel Keenan and Nels Cline on guitars, and a new song "Thank You For Giving Me Life" with Bozulich, Cline, Tutton, Fitzgerald and Moss as the lineup.

Track listing

Personnel
The Geraldine Fibbers
Carla Bozulich – guitar, vocals
Kevin Fitzgerald – banjo, drums
Jessy Greene – viola, violin
Daniel Keenan – guitar
William Tutton – bass

Additional personnel
Mark Brooks – art direction
Steve Fisk – mixing, piano, production
Dave Franklin – composition
John Goodmanson – engineering, mixing
Rob Groome – engineering
Sam Hoffstead – engineering
Jean Krikorian – design
Len Peltier – art direction
Eddy Schreyer – mastering
Irving Taylor – composition

References

Geraldine Fibbers albums
1995 debut albums
Virgin Records albums
Albums produced by Steve Fisk


title: David Lyon (British politician)

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David Lyon Junior (1794–1872) was a West Indies merchant, Member of parliament, and landowner. His portrait was painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence , and is now in the Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.

Background

David Lyon senior (1754–1827) was a successful West Indies merchant. He was descended from William Lyon of Pettanys (1433–1498) progenitor of the Easter Ogil branch (Burkes L.G. 1906), 3rd son of Patrick Lyon 1st Lord Glamis (1402–1459). With his wife Isabella Read (1776–1836) he had ten children, of whom David was the third, born on 8 April 1872. David junior was educated at Harrow (1809). In 1825, aged 31, his portrait was painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence, then president of the Royal Academy and at the peak of his career. Lawrence was paid for the painting in 1828, which would seem to have cost the high sum of 700 guineas. His father, David Lyon senior, also had his portrait painted by Lawrence, but the whereabouts of this portrait is unknown.

Career
Lyon Junior was a Tory Member of Parliament for Bere Alston, a so-called rotten borough, controlled by Lord Beverley. He never spoke in Parliament, and, after Bere Alston was disenfranchised by the Reform Act, never returned to office.
David Lyon junior joined the family business and had large interests in Jamaica. He was a slave owner, until the abolishment of slavery in 1833, when he was compensated for over two thousand slaves, held on thirteen estates.
Two years after retiring from Parliament, he bought an estate near Worthing, Sussex. He pulled down the existing manor house and built Goring Hall, now in use as a hospital. In 1836 he commissioned architect Decimus Burton to redesign St Mary's Church at his expense. He employed Sir Francis Chantry to sculpt a memorial to his mother in 1836 and planted a mile-long avenue of Holm Oaks, known as Ilex Avenue. Around this time he also built Highdown Tower, then known as the Dower House.

In 1848, aged 54, he married Blanche Augusta Bury, daughter of Edward Bury and Lady Charlotte Bury, the last being a celebrated novelist in her time. As a dutiful son-in-law he seems to have settled all her debts, and Lady Charlotte lived with the couple, who appeared to be very happy, at least to Benjamin Disraeli. David is portrayed as a "celebrated yachter" and a "very rich" man. Lyon becomes High Sheriff of Sussex in 1851.

Ten years after their marriage, the couple was involved in an acrimonious and very public quarrel. Blanche took her husband to court to claim "restitution of conjugal rights". The case was arranged out of court and "Mrs. Lyon went home to her husband". But a year later, the same paper carries the announcement by David that she is absenting herself without cause from his house and will not honour any debts she made.  She retaliates by announcing this is because of 'his conduct towards her'.

In 1860 David Lyon bought Balintore Castle in Angus, the county of his forebears. Apart from his two country estates, David Lyon owned a London house at 31 South Street, Park Lane.

Death

Lyon died on 8 April 1872, aged 77, at his winter residence in Nice, without his family, as a delay in telegrams meant his family did not know that he was ill. He is buried against the north wall of Brompton Cemetery in London towards the north end. His grave sits next to that of British naval officer Admiral Sir Charles Fremantle, namesake of Fremantle, Australia.

Lyon left Goring and Balintore to his only surviving brother William, and other property in Sussex to his nephew Arthur James Fremantle. At his death, Blanche Lyonquoted as "long estranged from her husband"was sued by her butcher-cum-moneylender, in which case it is stated that though she had £1,300 a year, she still lived far beyond her means.

The portrait stayed in the Lyon family until the death of Joy Lyon, who willed it to her friend Elizabeth Carnegy-Arbuthnott. In 1980 the portrait was sold at Christies and was bought by Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza a year later.

References

External links
 Information on the portrait at the Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza
 History of Parliament biography
 Profile on 'Legacies of British Slave-ownership'

1794 births
1872 deaths
People educated at Harrow School
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Bere Alston
High Sheriffs of Sussex
MPs for rotten boroughs
Recipients of payments from the Slavery Abolition Act 1833
UK MPs 1830–1831
UK MPs 1831–1832


title: Town Center East

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Town Center East is an apartment complex in the Southwest quadrant of Washington, D.C., built in 1960–1961. The twin apartment buildings are across the street from Town Center West; both developments are part of the Town Center Plaza mixed-use development. Town Center East, as well as the plaza as a whole, was designed by I.M. Pei on behalf of William Zeckendorf, who worked with the firm Webb and Knapp.

The development of Town Center East was part of a broader redevelopment of Southwest Washington, D.C. that included the construction of L'Enfant Plaza. The city's Redevelopment Land Agency had awarded Zeckendorf an exclusive-rights agreement to redevelop Southwest in 1954, and in 1956 the original plans were developed. The plan changed significantly in the following years, due in part to operational difficulties at Webb and Knapp, and the plan for a more grandiose development was scaled back to the two apartment complexes and one building of the retail center, the retail center not being built until the early 1970s.

Town Center East was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 15, 2014.

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External links

I. M. Pei buildings
Residential buildings completed in 1961
Residential buildings in Washington, D.C.
Residential buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C.


title: 2014–15 Eastern Counties Football League

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The 2014–15 season was the 73rd in the history of Eastern Counties Football League, a football competition in England.

Norwich United were champions, winning their first Eastern Counties Football League title.

Premier Division

After the promotion of Brightlingsea Regent to the Isthmian League, the resignation of Cambridge Regional College and the relegation of Woodbridge Town to Division One at the end of the previous season, the Premier Division remained at 20 clubs, and featured three new clubs promoted from Division One:
Fakenham Town
Ipswich Wanderers
Whitton United

The following four clubs applied for promotion to Step 4: Godmanchester Rovers, Haverhill Rovers, Norwich United and Stanway Rovers. However, Norwich United, Godmanchester Rovers and Stanway Rovers all withdrew from the process, and with Haverhill Rovers outside the top three, it meant that no team would be promoted from the league for the first time since the 2007-08 season.

League table

Results

Stadia and locations

Division One

After Whitton United, Fakenham Town and Ipswich Wanderers were promoted to the Premier Division at the end of the previous season, Division One remained at 19 clubs, and featured three new clubs:
King's Lynn Town reserves, promoted from the Peterborough and District League
Leiston reserves
Woodbridge Town, relegated from the Premier Division

League table

Results

Stadia and locations

References

External links
 Eastern Counties Football League

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title: Gordon Wilson (British Army officer)

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Lieutenant-General Sir Gordon Wilson, KCSI, CB, CBE, MC (1 February 1887 – 17 July 1971) was a British surgeon in the Royal Army Medical Corps, sometime Honorary Surgeon to the King and Director, Medical Services in India.

Career
Wilson was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps on 27 January 1911 as a lieutenant. During World War I, he was awarded the Military Cross.

He was promoted to colonel on 1 May 1938 and in 1939 he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force and served as Commandant in Dieppe. After the evacuation in 1940, he was appointed Deputy Director of Medical Services with X Corps from 17 July 1940, with the acting, then temporary, rank of brigadier. He relinquished this post on 22 September 1941 and was appointed as the Deputy Director of Medical Services of the Southern Army, India with the permanent rank of major general. He was promoted to the local rank of lieutenant general on 1 June 1943 and, at about the same time, became Director of Medical Services of the Southern Army.

Between 1941 and 1946, Wilson was also Honorary Surgeon to the King (KHS).

Wilson retired on 20 June 1946 as an honorary lieutenant general.

Awards and decorations
 Knight Commander of the Star of India (13 June 1946)
 Companion of the Order of the Bath (8 June 1944)
 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (11 July 1940)
 Officer of the Order of the British Empire (4 June 1928)
 Military Cross
 Mention in Despatches (26 June 1940)

Bibliography

References

External links
British Army Officers 1939−1945
Generals of World War II

1887 births
1971 deaths
Military personnel from London
British Army lieutenant generals
British surgeons
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Knights Commander of the Order of the Star of India
People from Edmonton, London
Recipients of the Military Cross
Royal Army Medical Corps officers
British Army personnel of World War I
British Army generals of World War II
20th-century surgeons


title: Bhim Bahadur Rawal

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Dr. Bhim Bahadur Rawal () commonly known as Bhim Rawal is a Nepali politician, former Deputy Prime Minister & Defence Minister of Nepal in Second Oli cabinet. He served as the Minister of Home Affairs of Nepal in Madhav Nepal cabinet. He was one of the six Deputy Prime Minister in KP Sharma Oli cabinet including Bijay Kumar Gachhadar, C. P. Mainali, Chitra Bahadur K.C., Kamal Thapa and Top Bahadur Rayamajhi which was accused of paving the way for MCC in Nepal but not confirmed yet.

He has also served as Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in  Girija Prasad Koirala cabinet led by Nepali Congress from 1998 - 1999. He was taken as prospective CPN-UML chairman by his cadres during 2017 Nepalese legislative election campaign. He lost in 10th general congress of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) from KP Sharma Oli in chairman post gaining as low as 10% vote. since then, his political future is said to be uncertain. He was proposed by Mahadev Bajgai and Supported By Dudhkala Bista for his  Candidacy of party chairman.

On 18 July 2021, he had resigned as member of parliament stating he wanted to leave active politics. Still he took his resignation back which is his usual practice to keep sympathy of people continuously.

Personal life
Rawal was born in Achham district, Nepal. He has a wife and two sons. He obtained both master's and bachelor's degrees from the Tribhuwan University and in the 1980s became a lawyer who specialized in legal awareness for the Nepal Bar Association. He has done PhD on Political Violence and the Maoist Insurgency in Nepal.

Political career
Rawal began his political career when he began serving as Jhalanath Khanal's adviser in 1990. From 1992 to 1993 he served on the United Nations's Cambodian elections panel and later allied himself with Madhav Kumar Nepal. In 1994 he was elected into Parliament following by being its Minister for Commerce, Tourism and Civil Aviation till 1995. From 1998 to 1999 he served the same positions for second term and also was Minister of Science and Technology. In April 2008 he was Proportional representative of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly.

In 2009 he spoke at the Millennium Development Goals' meeting about least developed countries. After the meeting he addressed the Third UN Private Sector Forum regarding poverty and hunger and urged the government and various private sectors to work together in order to form economy's synergy.

In 2014 it was reported that he was injured in a Sharma Oli attack on a campaign trail at a Seti-Kathmandu liaison committee.

See also
Achham 1 (constituency)
 Nepal Communist Party

References

1956 births
Living people
Deputy Prime Ministers of Nepal
Government ministers of Nepal
People from Achham District
Tribhuvan University alumni
Nepal MPs 2017–2022
Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians
Nepal MPs 1994–1999

Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Members of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) politicians