title: Mr.Mr. (EP)

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Mr.Mr. is the fourth extended play (EP) by South Korean girl group Girls' Generation. The EP consists of six tracks and it incorporates electropop and R&B-pop music genres. It was released for digital download by SM Entertainment and KT Music on February 24, 2014. The CD and digital version were released in Hong Kong on the same day, and was made available for purchase on February 27 in South Korea. To promote the album, Girls' Generation appeared on several South Korean music programs including Music Bank and Inkigayo. The title track was released as a single. This is the final Korean EP featuring member Jessica who later left the group on September 30, 2014.

Mr.Mr. received mostly positive reviews from music criticsAllMusic's Heather Phares praised the album as showcasing the group's musical strengths, while Billboard'''s Jeff Benjamin positively viewed the EP as a more "impressive" release compared to the group's previous album I Got a Boy (2013). The EP peaked atop the Gaon Album Chart and became the best-selling album by a girl group of 2014 in South Korea, as well as the fifth best-selling album overall. It also entered the Japanese Oricon chart at number 11.

 Songs Mr.Mr. is composed of six songs, which feature "dazzling" electropop and R&B-pop genres. According to member Seohyun, the EP incorporates "exciting" R&B sounds with "cool, simple" melodies. The opening track, "Mr.Mr.", was composed by The Underdogs, who have worked with several American recording artists such as Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, and Britney Spears. It has been described as an R&B-pop song infused with electropop. It also incorporates a hip hop beat and EDM-inspired buildups. The second song, "Goodbye," is a pop-rock track that is instrumented by snare drums and hi-hats. "Europa" (Korean: ), meanwhile, draws from retro late-1980s Europop and disco-pop genres.

"Wait a Minute" was described as a "bouncy" jazz-pop track with "beautiful [harmonizations]", and "Back Hug" (Korean: ) features a "simple, snappy" R&B production. The EP concludes with "Soul"an uptempo Korean version of the group's first original Chinese recording, "Find Your Soul", released in 2013. The original version was used as the theme song on commercials for the Korean MMORPG video game, Blade & Soul, in Chinese-language markets across Asia.

Release and promotionMr.Mr. was released for digital download worldwide on February 24, 2014, under SM Entertainment and KT Music, while the physical version was made available in South Korea on February 27, 2014, by the same labels. The title track served as the EP's lead single and it was released to South Korean mainstream radio on February 25, 2014.

To promote the EP, Girls' Generation appeared on several South Korean music programs, the first being Mnet's M Countdown, where they performed "Mr.Mr." and "Wait a Minute" live on March 6, 2014. The group also appeared on KBS's Music Bank, MBC's Show! Music Core and SBS's Inkigayo on March 7, 8 and 9, 2014, respectively. On Show! Music Core, the group performed "Mr.Mr." and "Wait a Minute", while on Music Bank, they performed the title track and "Back Hug".

Reception

Upon its release, Mr.Mr received mostly positive reviews from music critics. Heather Phares from AllMusic labelled the EP "a set of songs that offers something for every kind of Girls' Generation and expands their musical reach." Phares further praised the EP for helping the group to be an outstanding case of Korean popular music. Writing for Billboard, Jeff Benjamin named the six songs of the EP "strong" and called it a more "impressive effort" compared to the group's 2013 album I Got a Boy. He also deemed the track list "a tight bundle of songs that still see the group dipping and experimenting into new sonic territory, but possibly more focused than ever." Benjamin also wrote an article for Fuse, on which he complimented the album's musical styles as "short, sweet, but strong." Music critics from webzine Weiv praised the concepts and musical styles of Mr.Mr; critic Subtlety said that all of its musical styles are evenly distributed, and felt that it did a good job of showcasing the 'third path of idols' by not only embracing sexy or cute, but rather both. On the other hand, Kim Do-heon from online magazine IZM compared the EP to the group's 2011 album The Boys for its "balance of musical competence and appeal to mass popularity", but found the songs to be inadequate. He concluded that the group needed to "[set] a clear direction for the future" after the "mistake" of I Got a Boy, and Mr.Mr was not the answer.

Commercial performanceMr.Mr. was a commercial success domestically. It claimed the top spot on the South Korean Gaon Album Chart on the chart issue dated February 23March 1, 2014. It remained on the peak position for one further week, beating 2NE1's Crush. Mr.Mr. came second on the Gaon Monthly Album Chart of February, selling 87,824 physical copies, only behind B.A.P's First Sensibility, which sold over 91,000 units. The following month, it topped the Gaon Monthly Album Chart with sales of 70,295 copies. It was placed at number 47 on the Gaon Monthly Album Chart of April with a further 1,125 units sold. Overall, Mr.Mr. was the fifth highest-selling physical album and the best-selling album by a girl group of 2014 in South Korea with total sales figures of 163,209 copies.Mr.Mr. debuted at number 110 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 3,000 copies in its first week. By doing so, the EP became Girls' Generation's highest-charting release on the Billboard 200 following subgroup TTS's Twinkle, which charted at number 126 in 2012. Mr.Mr. also peaked at number three on the World Albums, and number 23 on the Independent Albums charts. In Japan, it peaked at number eleven on the Oricon Albums Chart.

The six songs from the EP debuted on the South Korean Gaon Digital Chart: "Mr.Mr." (number one), "Goodbye" (number ten), "Wait a Minute" (number 18), "Back Hug" (number 24), "Europa" (number 25), and "Soul" (number 33).

Track listing
Credits adapted from Mr.Mr. liner notes

Personnel
Credits are adapted from Mr.Mr.'' liner notes

Lee Soo-manproducer
Tom Coynemastering engineer
Steven Myungkyu LeeEnglish supervisor
Taeyeonvocals, background vocals
Jessicavocals, background vocals
Sunnyvocals, background vocals
Tiffanyvocals, background vocals
Hyoyeonvocals
Yurivocals
Sooyoungvocals, background vocals
Yoonavocals
Seohyunvocals, background vocals
Kenzievocal director , director , keyboard
Ylva Dimbergbackground vocals
Yang Geun-youngbackground vocals
Gu Jong-pilrecording engineer , mixing engineer , additional bass arrangement
Lee Min-gyuadditional vocal editing
Lee Joo-hyungvocal director , Pro Tools operator , additional vocal editing , director , background vocals
Choi Young-kyungbackground vocals
Jung Ui-seokrecording engineer , mixing engineer
Kim Jeong-baeguitar
Jung Eun-kyungadditional vocal editing
Choi Hoonbass guitar
Jung Soo-wanguitar
Yoo Ji-sangkeyboard
Hwang Sung-jaedirector , bass guitar , Pro Tools operator
Seo Mi-raebackground vocals , additional vocal editing
Lee Sung-ryulguitar
Lee Na-ilstrings arrangement and conductor
Nickelstrings arrangement and conductor , Pro Tools operator
Yoongstrings
Jung Soo-minPro Tools operator
Lee Sung-horecording engineer
Oh Sung-geunrecording engineer
Son Joo-yongassistant recording engineer
Nam Goong-jinmixing engineer
Red Rocketdirector , keyboard , additional vocal editing
Ryu Hyun-wooguitar
Kang Hae-gurecording engineer
Kim Young-minexecutive supervisor

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

2014 EPs
Electropop EPs
Girls' Generation albums
SM Entertainment EPs
Genie Music EPs
Korean-language EPs


title: Daisuke Araki

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is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

He is known for being the namesake of former Major League Baseball pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.

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1964 births
Living people
Baseball people from Tokyo
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
People from Chōfu, Tokyo
Yakult Swallows players
Yokohama BayStars players
Japanese baseball coaches
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches


title: Gregor Schnitzler

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Gregor Schnitzler (born 1964) is a German film director. He directed more than fifteen films since 1991. His best-known films are What to Do in Case of Fire? and The Cloud based on the novel by Gudrun Pausewang.

His father, Conrad, was well known for his work in experimental music and for being an early member of both Tangerine Dream and Cluster (spelled Kluster during his period with the group.)

Selected filmography

References

External links

1964 births
Living people
Mass media people from Berlin


title: Richard Casey (Queensland politician)

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Richard Gardiner Casey (17 December 1846 – 25 April 1919) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

Early life

Richard Gardiner Casey was born on 17 December 1846 in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (present day Tasmania), the son of Dr Cornelius Gavin Casey and his wife Letitia (née Gardiner).

Casey was educated at Hobart High School and Launceston Grammar School.

On 23 May 1888, Richard Gardiner Casey married Evelyn Jane Harris at St John's Anglican Cathedral, Brisbane, Queensland; the service was conducted by the Rev. Benjamin Glennie. Evelyn was the daughter of George Harris (a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council) and granddaughter of George Thorn (senior) of the Normanby pastoral station (a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council). The reception was held at the bride's parents' residence, Newstead House (then one of Brisbane's finest homes), after which the couple left for a honeymoon at Sandgate, then a popular beachside holiday resort.

The couple had three children:
 Richard Gavin Gardner Casey (1890–1976), a Governor-General of Australia
 Eileen Ruth Evelyn Casey (1893–1894)
 Dermot Armstrong Casey (1897–1977)

Politics
On 19 May 1888 (the 1888 colonial election) Casey was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the electoral district of Warrego. He held the seat until the 1893 election.

Later life
Casey was an expert horseman and owner of several good racehorses. He served as Chairman of the Victorian Racing Club from 1907 to 1916, when he and his wife sailed to England to be nearer to their sons who were with the AIF in France.
On returning from England to Australia in 1919 on the , Casey was taken ill and taken ashore in Honolulu, Hawaii where he died of pneumonia on 25 April 1919.

References

Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
1846 births
1919 deaths


title: List of warships sunk during the Russo-Japanese War

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This is a list of warships sunk during the Russo-Japanese War.

Causes of Japanese and Russian Warships sunk during the war
Although submarines, torpedoes, torpedo boats, and steel battleships had existed for many years, the Russo-Japanese war was the first conflict to see mature forms of these weapon systems deployed in large numbers.  Over a hundred of the newly invented torpedo boats and nearly the same number of torpedo boat destroyers  were involved.  The Imperial Russian Navy would become the first navy in history to possess an independent operational submarine fleet on 1 January 1905.  With this submarine fleet making its first combat patrol on 14 February 1905, and its first clash with enemy surface warships on 29 April 1905, all this nearly a decade before World War I even began.

During the course of the war, the Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) and the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) would launch nearly 300 self-propelled automotive torpedoes at one another.  Dozens of warships would be hit and damaged, but only 1 battleship, 2 armoured cruisers, and 2 destroyers would be permanently sunk (not salvaged).  Another 80 plus warships would be destroyed by the traditional gun, mine, or other cause.  The Russian battleship Oslyabya was the first modern battleship sunk by gunfire alone, and Admiral Rozhestvensky's flagship, the battleship Knyaz Suvorov was the first modern battleship sunk by the new "torpedo" on the high seas.

Vessel type and cause of loss
 Battleships lost to naval gunfire – 3 (plus 1 Coastal Battleship) IRN
 Battleships lost to land/shore batteries – 4 IRN
 Battleships lost to combination of gunfire & torpedoes – 2 IRN
 Battleships lost to strictly torpedoes – 1 IRN
 Battleships lost to mines – 1 IRN/2 (plus 1 Coastal Battleship) IJN
 Cruisers lost to naval gunfire – 5 IRN
 Cruisers lost to land/shore batteries – 3 IRN
 Cruisers lost to mines – 1 IRN/4 IJN
 Destroyers (DDs, GBs, TBDs, TBs) lost to naval gunfire – 6 IRN/3 IJN
 Destroyers (DDs, GBs, TBDs, TBs) lost to shore batteries – 3 IRN
 Destroyers (DDs, GBs, TBDs, TBs) lost to gunfire & torpedoes – 1 IJN
 Destroyers (DDs, GBs, TBDs, TBs) lost to torpedoes – 2 IRN
 Destroyers (DDs, GBs, TBDs, TBs) lost to mines – 3 IRN/3 IJN
 Auxiliary cruisers lost to naval gunfire – 1 IRN
 Auxiliary Cruisers lost to shore batteries – 1 IRN
 Auxiliary Gunboats lost to mines – 1 IJN
 Minelayers lost to shore batteries – 1 IRN
 Minelayers lost to mines – 1 IRN
 Submarines – 3 lost to scuttling & 1 lost by shipwreck IRN (Note: Only IRN submarines were operational during the war)

The above data includes vessels that were sunk and consequently salvaged (raised) and put back into service by either combatant.  Data regarding surface vessels either shipwrecked or scuttled was excluded.

 Imperial Russian Navy (IRN) total losses: 11 Battleships, 1 Coastal Battleship, 9 Cruisers, 14 Destroyers, 2 Auxiliary Cruisers, 2 Minelayers, 4 Submarines.
 Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) total losses: 2 Battleships, 1 Coastal Battleship, 4 Cruisers, 7 Destroyers, 1 Auxiliary Gunboat.

Japanese warships sunk

Warship type, name, and date of loss
 Battleships
Hatsuse sunk 15 May 1904.
Yashima sunk 15 May 1904.
 Corvettes
Kaimon sunk 5 July 1904
 Cruisers
Miyako sunk 14 May 1904.
Saien sunk 30 November 1904.
Takasago sunk 13 December 1904.
Yoshino sunk 15 May 1904.
 Gunboats
Atago sunk 6 November 1904.
Heien sunk 18 September 1904.
Ōshima sunk 18 May 1904.
 Torpedo boats
 (#34) 27 May 1905
 (#35) 27 May 1905
 (#42) 15 December 1904
 (#48) 12 May 1904
 (#51) 28 June 1904
 (#53) 14 December 1904
 (#69) 27 May 1905
 Torpedo boat destroyers
Akatsuki 17 May 1904
 Hayatori 3 September 1904

Russian warships sunk
From 1880 through the end of the war, Russia prepared a systematic plan to build their navy into a major naval power, able to meet any modern adversary—which during this time period were primarily based in Europe.  By 1884 Russia lead the world in numbers of the newly invented torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers with 115 such vessels.  By 1904, the IRN was a first rate navy, but by the end of 1905, Russia was reduced to a third rate naval power.

Warship type, name, and date of loss
The list below excludes captured, surrendered, or sunken warships that were raised and put back into service by either combatant.
 Auxiliary cruisers
Angara 30 October 1904
Ural 27 May 1905
Battleships
Borodino 27 May 1905
Imperator Aleksandr III 27 May 1905
Knyaz Suvorov 27 May 1905
Navarin 28 May 1905
Oslyabya 27 May 1905
Petropavlovsk 13 April 1904
Sevastopol 2 January 1905
Sissoi Veliky 28 May 1905
 Coastal defense ships
Admiral Ushakov 28 May 1905
 Cruisers
Admiral Nakhimov 28 May 1905
Boyarin12 February 1904
Dmitrii Donskoi 28 May 1905
Izumrud 29 May 1905
Rurik 14 August 1904
Svetlana 28 May 1905
Vladimir Monomakh 28 May 1905
 Gunboats
Bobr 26 December 1904
 Gremyashchi 18 August 1904
Koietz 9 February 1904
Otvajni 2 January 1905
Sivuch 2 August 1904
Zabiyaka 25 October
 Minelayers
Amur 18 December
Yenisei 11 February 1904
 Repair ships
Kamchatka 27 May 1905
 Sloops
 Djigit 2 January 1905
 Razboinik 2 January 1905
 Torpedo Boat Destroyers
Bditelni 2 January 1905
Bezuprechni 28 May 1905
Blestyashtchi 28 May 1905
Boevoi 2 January 1905
Buinyi 28 May 1905
Buistri 28 May 1905
Burni 11 August 1904
Gromki 28 May 1905
Leitenant Burakov 24 July 1904
Rastoropni 16 November 1904
Razyashchi 2 January 1905
Ryeshitelni 11 August 1904
Silni 2 January 1905
Strashni 13 April 1904
Steregushchi 19 March 1904
Stroini 13 November 1904
Storozhevoi 2 January 1905
Vnimatelni 26 May 1904
Vuinoslivi 24 August 1904
Vnushitelni 25 February 1904
 Torpedo boats
Tantchikhe (#201) 21 August 1904
(#202) 1 October 1904
 Ussuri (#204) 30 June 1904
(#208) 13 July 1904
Torpedo gunboats
 Guidamak 2 January 1905
 Vsadnik 15 December 1904

Russian ships captured, repaired and recommissioned by Japan
 Battleships
Imperator Nikolai I recommissioned as the Iki.
Oryol recommissioned as the Iwami.
Peresvet recommissioned as the Sagami.  Returned to Russia in 1916.
Pobeda recommissioned as the Suwo.
Poltava recommissioned as the Tango.  Returned to Russia in 1916.
Retvizan recommissioned as the Hizen.
Coastal defense ships
Admiral Seniavin recommissioned as the Mishima.
General-Admiral Apraksin recommissioned as the Okinoshima.
 Cruisers
Bayan recommissioned as the Aso.
Novik recommissioned as the Suzuya.
Pallada recommissioned as the Tsugaru.
Varyag recommissioned as the Soya.  Returned to Russia in 1916.
Destroyers
Bedovyi recommissioned as the Satsuki.
Ryeshitelni (former Kondor) recommissioned as the Ataksuki, later renamed the Yamabiko.
Sil‘nyi recommissioned as the Fumizuki.

References

Bibliography

Warships sunk
Russo-Japanese
Russo-Japanese War


title: Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains

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The Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains () was a battle of the Beaver Wars between the colony of New France and the Iroquois Confederacy that occurred on October 16, 1689.

The battle occurred in response to the Lachine massacre of August 1689. In October, Governor General of New France, the Marquis de Denonville dispatched a scouting party of 28 coureur des bois, under the command of Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut and Nicolas d'Ailleboust de Manthet, to search for Iroquois warriors that posed a threat to residents on the Island of Montreal. The coureur des bois came across a group 22 Iroquois at the Lake of Two Mountains. The French suffered no casualties, while the Iroquois suffered 18 deaths, 3 captured, and 1 fled. The French victory restored the confidence of the local French inhabitants.

Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains National Historic Site of Canada
The Battle of the Lake of Two Mountains was marked by a plaque in Senneville, Quebec. The site of the plaque was recognized as a National Historic Site of Canada on May 15, 1925.

See also
List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Montreal

References

National Historic Sites in Quebec
History of Montreal
1689 in New France
the Lake of Two Mountains
the Lake of Two Mountains
Lake of Two Mountains
Senneville, Quebec


title: Canada women's national bandy team

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Canada's women's national bandy team (French: Équipe nationale féminine de bandy du Canada) is the women's bandy team representing Canada. Historically the squad has been based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The women's national team has competed in the Women's Bandy World Championship and North American Bandy Championship and made its world debut at the 2004 Women's Bandy World Championship. Team Canada has not competed internationally since the 2016 Women's Bandy World Championship.

The governing body for the sport of bandy in Canada is Canada Bandy whose headquarters are located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Canada also has a Canadian national bandy team for men. This article deals chiefly with Canada's women's national bandy team.

Because bandy is a "cult sport" in Canada without a grassroots base the team therefore draws its talent from the sports of ringette and women's ice hockey. A majority of its senior level team members have been high performance athletes who come from the sport of ringette, some having played for Canada's national ringette team and/or in Canada's semi-professional semi-professional showcase ringette league, the National Ringette League.

While Canada is a country with a strong tradition in ice hockey and ringette, both sports are played on an ice rink and Canada does not have artificial ice rinks large enough to qualify as regulation sized bandy fields. In the past, the Canadian women's bandy team practiced on a frozen water hazard on a Winnipeg golf course. Team Canada has competed in the United States where full-sized bandy fields exist.

The team has participated in every Women's Bandy World Championship since the second tournament in 2006 but has not competed since 2016. During its existence, the national women's bandy team reached a historic 4th place internationally in the 2007, 2010, 2012, and 2016 Women's Bandy World Championships, but to date has never finished higher, nor has the Canadian team ever medaled. It is unclear whether the women's national team is still active.

In the junior age group, a girls ice hockey team from Winnipeg competed in the Women's Under-18 Bandy World Cup in Sweden in 2015, the first ever Canadian youth team to play in the international tournament. However this was an international tournament for club teams only and not the international junior competition which is the Bandy World Championship G-17 or U17 (under 17) world championship in bandy for girls, known as F17 WC. G17 is sometimes written as F17 and the Y designations may also be written with a U.

History

A group of ladies participated in a bandy tournament in Russia in 1990 and also had some exhibition matches in the Netherlands that year. Team Canada played its first official international series against the United States women's national bandy team in December, 2005. The team practiced on a frozen water hazard at the Harbour View Golf Course in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The women's program really began in 2006 with a number of ringette players taking on a new sport and participating in the 2006 Women's Bandy World Championship in Roseville, Minnesota.

Junior teams

For the under 19 age group, Canada has only had a girls bandy team once in the nation's history to date which has competed in an international competition of any kind. In 2015, a girls high school ice hockey team from Winnipeg, the St. Mary's Academy Flames, competed in the Women's Under-18 Bandy World Cup in Sweden. The Flames were the first ever Canadian Under-18 team to play in the international tournament which is a competition for the best women's club teams from around the world.

World Championship results

Canada competed in every Women's Bandy World Championship from 2006 until 2018. Historically, Canada has established a senior national women's bandy team which competes in the Women's Bandy World Championship, but has not established a junior women's national bandy team to compete in the world junior bandy tournament for girls.

Senior Canada

National teams by year

2007 Seniors

The 2007 Women's Bandy World Championship took place in February 11–17 in Budapest, Hungary. It was only the second time Canada fielded a team to compete at a World Bandy Championship. The international tournament included representative teams from Russia, Finland, Norway, United States, Sweden and the host nation, Hungary.

The Canadian team, coached by Gennaro Macchia and Goran Svensson, put forth a spirited effort against each of the competing nations, and for the first time, a North American team competed for a medal with Team Canada playing the favoured Norway team in the bronze medal game. The game finished tied 3-3 after regulation time, only to see the Canadians come up short in a penalty shot shootout. Team Canada opened the scoring, later falling behind 3–1, but fought hard to get back to even and carried the play throughout most of the second half. In all, Team Canada posted victories against Hungary, USA and Finland, finishing the round-robin play with 3 wins and 3 losses, losing to the World Champions from Sweden, Russia and Norway. As a result of their play, Team Canada earned a place in a semi-final game against Russia, before playing Norway in the bronze medal final, February 16. The Canadian Team was made up of elite athletes from Winnipeg and surrounding areas.

"They did Canada proud" said Genarro Macchia, the coach for Team Canada. "Last year we posted only one win and scored just two goals. This year we improved that position winning three round robin games, scoring 19 goals and playing in a bronze medal final for the first time in Canadian Bandy history, only to fall short after playing to a 3-3 tie during regulation time. Considering this is only our second year playing and our second world championship, Team Canada served notice that they are now ready to compete against the elite teams in the world. The future of Women's Bandy in Canada looks bright," added Macchia.

Christine Deslisle wound up playing for a Swedish women's bandy team, Stockholm AIK for the 2007/2008 season.

2016 Seniors
Team members of the Team Canada's 2016 Women's bandy squad included Stonewall's Sheena MacDonald, Winnipeg's Ainsley Ferguson, Kenora-born Julie Johnson, Delisle-Nyström, Winnipeg's Taylor Homenick, Winnipeg's Amy Clarkson, and Lindsay Burns among others.

North American Bandy Championship

This competition is a cross-border contest between bandy teams from Canada and the USA. The event is hosted in Roseville, Minnesota by USA Bandy.

In February 2015, team Canada beat the rival U.S. national team in a best-of-three series to retain the North American Bandy Championship.

Film

The women's national bandy team was part of a 2 part documentary created in 2010 by Ora Walker called "True North Strong", however the documentary did not mention the players with backgrounds in ringette, the Canadian national ringette team, or the National Ringette League of Canada.

Notable players

Notable players include Shelly Hruska and Lindsay Burns. Burns scored Canada's first goal in the nations history of organized women's bandy. Hruska and Burns have also played semi-professional ringette in the Canadian National Ringette League and for the Canadian National Ringette Team.

See also
Bandy
Rink bandy
Women's Bandy World Championship
Great Britain women's national bandy team
Sweden women's national bandy team
Russia women's national bandy team
Finland women's national bandy team
Norway women's national bandy team
Switzerland women's national bandy team
China women's national bandy team
United States women's national bandy team
Hungary women's national bandy team
Soviet Union women's national bandy team

References

Women's national team
National bandy teams
Bandy
National sports teams of Canada


title: Georgi Georgiev (alpine skier)

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Georgi Georgiev (; born 20 October 1987) is a Bulgarian alpine skier. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

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1987 births
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic alpine skiers for Bulgaria
Bulgarian male alpine skiers
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Bulgarian people


title: Christoffer Faarup

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Christoffer Faarup (born 28 December 1992 in Aarhus) is a former Danish alpine skier. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics and 2018 Winter Olympics. In 2007, he moved to Øyer, Norway, to pursue winter sports. He is a member of Hobro Skilklub and Lillehammer Skiklub.

World Cup results

Results per discipline

Standings through 25 January 2019

World Championship results

Olympic results

References

External links
http://data.fis-ski.com/dynamic/athlete-biography.html?sector=AL&listid=&competitorid=139317

1992 births
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic alpine skiers for Denmark
Danish male alpine skiers
Sportspeople from Aarhus


title: Yoshitaka Katori

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is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

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1957 births
Living people
Baseball people from Kōchi Prefecture
Meiji University alumni
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Yomiuri Giants players
Seibu Lions players
Japanese baseball coaches
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches


title: Telfair State Prison

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Telfair State Prison is a Georgia Department of Corrections state prison for men located on 210 Long Bridge Road, Helena, Telfair County, Georgia, United States.  The facility opened in 1992 and currently has a capacity of 1420 prisoners.

Between August and October 2012, two inmates and a corrections officer named Larry Stell were fatally stabbed in the facility.  Telfair was awarded Facility of the Year by Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens in 2014.

Telfair State was one of 7 prisons whose inmates participated in the 2010 Georgia prison strike.

Notable inmates
 Wayne Williams, believed by police to be responsible for at least 23 of the 30 Atlanta murders of 1979–1981
 Aeman Presley, serial killer responsible for four murders.

References

Prisons in Georgia (U.S. state)
Buildings and structures in Telfair County, Georgia
1992 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)


title: Yuri Danilochkin

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Yuri Danilochkin (born 22 February 1991) is a Belarusian alpine skier. He has competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

World Cup results

Season standings

Results per discipline

 standings through 26 Jan 2019

World Championship results

Olympic results

Winter Universiade results

References

1991 births
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Living people
Olympic alpine skiers for Belarus
Belarusian male alpine skiers
Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade


title: Yves Marre

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Yves Marre is a French entrepreneur, inventor and adventurer, co-founder of Friendship (NGO) in Bangladesh, co-founder of NGO Watever in France and creator of TaraTari Shipyard in Bangladesh.

Studies
Marre received a scholarship from the French Air Force at 17 years old. Received the degree of private airplane pilot at the age of 18.

Career

1973 to 1996, career at Air France as cabin crew.
In parallel, he participates in various projects as a pilot and sailor:
 For “Aviation without Borders” NGO: carries out humanitarian missions as co-pilot and logistician in Central Africa and instructor of seaplane in the Colombian Amazon rainforest for a French doctor.
 Flight instructor, micro light pilot, designer and trial pilot of “Propulsar” (motorized paraglider from his invention, with which he flew across the English Channel as a “premiere” from France to England in 1988).
 He sails across the Atlantic Ocean on its river barge, also as a “premiere”, from Paris to Miami in 1990.
 In 1992, assists Gerard Feldzer in his tests of the pedal helium balloon with which Nicolas Hulot and Gerard Feldzer, then Director of the Museum of Air and Space of France, attempted a flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

1993: Initiates the project: "A Hospital Barge for Bangladesh" and creates the first Friendship (NGO), in France. The French government allots Friendship a river barge of 38.5 m through the Companies Fluviale de Transport.

1994: Sails this river barge from France to Bangladesh, also as a “premiere”.

1997: Founds with his wife, Runa Khan Marre, Contic Cruises, a river tourism company. Launches the largest traditional sailing ship in Bangladesh: the “B613”.

1998: Founds with his wife, Runa Khan Marre, Friendship Bangladesh.

2004: Creates TaraTari Shipyard Ltd.

2008: Curator of "Les Voiles anciennes du Bangladesh – Ancient Sails of Bangladesh" an exhibition from Friendship Bangladesh, at the National Maritime Museum of Paris and Brest, and then in 2010 at Port Museum of Douarnenez.

2010: Co-founder of French NGO Watever, with Marc Van Peteghem, creator of the naval architecture agency VPLP, Alain Connan and Gérald Similowski.

2013: Head of Mission for the archeological Department under the Ministry of Culture of Bangladesh for the excavation of an ancient shipwreck on the beach of Kuakata (southern Bangladesh).

2014: Co-founder of the Maritime Security & Rescue Society, the maritime rescue association of Bangladesh, along with Admiral Taher, Admiral KS Hussain and other Directors.

Books
 « Sur le Coffre de l’homme mort », co-author, Elocoquent edition
 « La Paix niche sur l‘Atlantique », Revue Fluvial
 « Navigateur Solidaire », coming soon in 2014

Documentaries
 « Escale au Bangladesh », Thalassa
 « L’Empreinte du Tigre », Ushuaia – Nicolas Hulot
 « Les Héros de la Nature », Vue du Ciel – Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Awards
 2008: Won the first award of French Senate for Representation of France
 2012: Won an award for his actions for France Reputation
 2013: Is bestowed the Bangladeshi passport & citizenship (at the initiative of the Prime Minister)

References

External links
 Yves Marre's website
 TaraTari Shipyard's website
 NGO Watever's website

French businesspeople
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: George Thorn (senior)

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George Thorn (senior) (11 April 1806 – 28 April 1876) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was known as the "father of Ipswich" for his contributions to establishing that town.

Early life
George Thorn was born on 11 April 1806 near Stockbridge, Hampshire, England, the son of farmer Simon Thorn and his wife Elizabeth.

Thorn enlisted in the 4th (Queen's own) Regiment, and after serving for some time in England and elsewhere, he emigrated  to New South Wales, being at that time a non-commissioned offocer in his regiment. He first settled in Sydney, and having renounced his calling as a soldier, he entered the Town Survey Department where he formed the acquaintance of Sir Richard Bourke, the then Governor of New South Wales, and was present with Bourke at the first survey of Melbourne in March 1837. In June 1837, his regiment left for India, but Thorn decided to remain in Sydney, marrying the seventeen-year-old Jane Handcock on 2 November 1837. The couple had ten children:
 George Henry (1838–1905), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly and Premier of Queensland
 Henry (1840–1880), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 Jane (1843–1917)
 Charles (1844–1877)
 John (1847–1896), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 Joseph A. (1850–1883)
 William (1852–1935), Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
 Sarah Elizabeth (1855–)
 Albert Samuel Thorn (1857–1898)
 Ida Australia Thorn (1859–)

Four of his sons entered Queensland Parliament. His daughter Jane married George Harris, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, and their daughter Eveline married Richard Gardiner Casey, also a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. The son of Eveline and Richard Casey was Richard Gavin Gardiner Casey, Governor-General of Australia.

Having quit the army in 1837, Thorn joined the Commissariat, and whilst holding office in the latter he was, in 1838, transferred to Moreton Bay. On arrival he immediately took up his residence in Ipswich, having been placed in charge of all the Government stock-cattle, sheep, and horses then located in the surrounding neighbourhood. He also had the supervision of a large area of land, under cultivation by the Government, at a place then designated the "Ploughed Station", but later known as "The Grange" and the racecourse. Here were successfully cultivated large fields of wheat (the first ever grown in the Queensland colony). Thorn faithfully discharged the duties of his office to the satisfaction of his superiors. During his whole career as Government superintendent, his subordinates (often convicts with wild and ungovernable temperaments) held him in high esteem. Thorn continued to hold the office of superintendent until Queensland became a free settlement, when he retired.

Thorn was offered a grant of land in the vicinity of Ipswich by Governor Bourke, which he refused, thinking that such a primitive and apparently worthless locality would never be any thing more than it then was, and that consequently the land would never be of any value. He subsequently built an hotel at the corner of Brisbane and East Streets, which was called the "Queen's Arms" (later the Claredon Hotel, destroyed by fire in 1874). After conducting this hotel for a few years, he turned his attention to the business of general storekeeper, building and opening a store in East Street.

In 1844, Thorn became owner of Normanby pastoral station, a magnificent tract of country about twenty miles from Ipswich (later managed by his sons John and Charles Thorn). By steady and energetic perseverance Thorn succeeded in raising this station to
a high standard, making it one of the most valuable pastoral properties in West Moreton. Here Thorn spent some of the best days of his life.

Prior to the separation of Queensland in 1859, Thorn and his family (all of whom are natives of Australia) paid a visit to England, and returned to the colony in the same steamer which brought out Sir George Bowen, the first Governor of Queensland.

Politics
At the inaugural colonial election in 1860, Thorn was elected to the Queensland Legislative Assembly in the electoral district of West Moreton. He held the seat until 3 April 1861 when he resigned, feeling himself too old. Benjamin Cribb won the resulting by-election on 26 April 1861.

His parliamentary career, although brief, was nevertheless productive. He was a consistent and earnest advocate of people's rights and fought with an earnestness and consistency for what he considered just and right. While he was not eloquent, he did not try the patience of the Legislative Assembly with long-winded harangues nor pretended sincerity. He sought to eradicate evil when he saw it, and he denounced it with a bluntness which may probably have given offence to some, but which wes well received by the community. Among those in the first parliament, he was described as a "noble exception" who tried to achieve "the greatest good for the greatest number" and that he never sacrificed his principles for either friend or foe.

When the Borough of Ipswich was proclaimed as a municipality, Thorn was elected one of the aldermen. On the foundation of the Ipswich Grammar School he was chosen as one of its trustees.

Later life
Thorn enjoyed excellent health in his later years. However, in December 1875, he fractured his femur bone, from which he never thoroughly recovered, dying from senile bronchitis on 28 April 1876 in Ipswich, Queensland. He was buried in the Anglican section of Ipswich General Cemetery.

See also
 Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1860–1863

References

External links

Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
1806 births
1876 deaths
Burials at Ipswich General Cemetery
19th-century Australian politicians
Pre-Separation Queensland
English emigrants to colonial Australia


title: Kenichi Wakatabe

text:
is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher, and current third squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

He previously played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and the Yokohama BayStars.

Haruka Wakatabe, his daughter, is a former member of the female idol group HKT48.

Early baseball career
Wakatabe went on to Komazawa University, where he played in the Tohto University Baseball League.

He won the Best Pitcher Award and the Best Nine Award in the 1990 Fall League and won the Most Valuable Player Award and a second Best Pitcher Award and the Best Nine Award in the 1991 Fall League. He pitched in a total of 48 games in the Collegiate League, recorded 20-10 Win–loss record,  a 1.76 ERA and 223 strikeouts. And He was selected to the Japan national baseball team for the 1991 IBAF Intercontinental Cup.

Professional career

Active player era
On November 22, 1991, Wakatebe was the first pick in the 1991 Nippon Professional Baseball draft, competing with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, Yomiuri Giants, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, and Seibu Lions, with the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks winning the right to negotiate. He also signed a contract for 130 million yen and an annual salary of 12 million yen, the highest of any rookie player at the time.

In 1992 season, he finished the regular season with  a 10-13 Win–loss record,  a 4.00 ERA, and  a 13 complete games in 27 game pitched as a starting pitcher despite being a rookie player, and on October 1, 1992, he pitched his last game at Heiwadai Stadium against the Kintetsu Buffaloes, throwing against Buffaloes starting pitcher Hideo Nomo to record a one-hit shutout victory.

He also recorded 10 wins in the 1994 season, but has since suffered a slump. But he recovered in 1999, winning 10 games as a starting rotation pitcher and helping the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks to their first championship.

In 2000 season, he was the team's top winner with nine victories, helping his team win its second straight league championship. Wakatabe was a close friend of Masao Fujii, and on October 7, the game that decided the league championship against the Orix Blue Wave, he joined the team in celebrating the victory, holding up a stuffed Harry Hawk, the team mascot, wearing Fujii's uniform number 15, for Fujii, who was fighting an illness. Six days later, Fujii died.

On October 21, 2000 Wakatabe pitched the first game of the 2000 Japan Series along with Kimiyasu Kudo, who had moved from the Hawks to the Yomiuri Giants the previous year. They pitched with the bones of the deceased Fujii tucked into their uniforms.

He won only six games in the 2001 season, but again in the 2002 season he won 10 games and was named an All-Star, pitched in the Sanyo All-Star Game 2002.

He joined the Yokohama BayStars in the 2003 season and played three seasons before retiring.

Wakatabe pitched in 271 games in 14 seasons overall, compiling a 71-75 Win-loss record and a 4.15 ERA.

After retirement
Since his retirement, Wakatabe has worked as a baseball commentator; in 2015, he served as pitching coach for the Japan national baseball team and was named second squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the 2017 season.

He is the first squad pitching coach for the 2018 season, the second squad pitching coach again for 2019, and the third squad pitching coach beginning with the 2020 season.

References

External links

 Career statistics - NPB.jp
 72 Kenichi Wakatabe PLAYERS2022 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site

1969 births
Living people
People from Kamakura
Baseball people from Kanagawa Prefecture
Komazawa University alumni
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks players
Yokohama BayStars players
Baseball players at the 1990 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Japan
Japanese baseball coaches
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches


title: Jane Bennett (artist)

text:
Jane Ann Cooper Bennett (born 1960) is an Australian painter.

Biography
Born at Manly, New South Wales, Australia in 1960, Bennett's parents divorced before her birth. She was raised by her mother and grandparents in the family home at Seaforth and attended Mackellar Girls High School at Manly Vale and Ku-ring-gai High School at North Turramurra. In 1979 she enrolled at the Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education attaining a Diploma of Fine Arts in 1982 and a Graduate Diploma in Art Studies the subsequent year.

Amongst the many accolades she has received, Bennett achieved recognition as a finalist in the 1986, 1997 and 2008 Sir John Sulman Prize, 5 times a finalist in the Dobell Prize  and 6 times a finalist in the Wynne Prize, winning the 1990, 1995 and 1996 Pring Prize for Watercolour and the 1995 Trustees’ Prize for Watercolour. In total she has won over 120 art prizes in a career spanning more than 30 years.

Art
Bennett is a plein air painter with a passion for recording the process of urban renewal. She is renowned for her paintings of abandoned industrial and maritime sites in and around Sydney. Subjects of her art include: Balmain, Pyrmont and White Bay Power Stations, CSR Refinery, AGL Gasworks, Carlton United Brewery, Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Cockatoo Island and wharves at White Bay, Glebe Island, Pyrmont, Barangaroo, Walsh Bay and Woolloomooloo.

Her work is represented in many collections including:
 State Library of New South Wales
 Artbank
 National Trust of Australia
 University of New South Wales
 University of Sydney
 Department of Defence (Australia)

Gallery

See also

References

Further reading

Marshall, Stephen (2014), "Jane Bennett", Design and Art Australia Online,  Jane Bennett :: biography at :: at Design and Art Australia Online
Bennett, Jane, "Industrial Revelation", Blogger, http://janebennettartist.blogspot.com.au/
Frances Keevil Gallery, Sydney, http://www.franceskeevilgallery.com.au/artists_essay.php?artistID=1-Jane%20Bennett
Germaine, Max (1990), Artists & Galleries of Australia (Third Edition), Sydney: Craftsman House.
Germaine, Max, (1991), A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia, Sydney: Craftsman House.
McCulloch, Susan (1994), The Encyclopedia of Australian Art (Third edition), Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

Australian watercolourists
Australian women painters
Australian landscape painters
1960 births
Living people
People from Manly, New South Wales
Women watercolorists
21st-century Australian women artists
21st-century Australian artists


title: Wright Island (South Australia)

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Wright Island is a  island in Encounter Bay, South Australia. It is located between the popular tourist destination Granite Island and the prominent rocky headland known as The Bluff. The island consists largely of granite boulders. It also features low vegetation and a sandy beach suitable for the landing of small boats. The island is uninhabited and can only be accessed from the water. It was named after William Wright, one of the headmen of the South Australia Company's whaling operations in the Victor Harbor area in the 1800s.  The island is managed by the City of Victor Harbor, the local government authority, as part of its  parks and gardens asset.

Eleven-year-old Janet Barker visited the island in 1954 and described it in a letter to Adelaide newspaper, The Mail:

Wright Island Beach

Wright Island Beach (35°34'55.45"S 138°36'29.24"E) is a small beach located on Wright Island. It is commonly used by wildlife and is popular with human visitors in the summer who swim and fish there.

Little penguin colony
"Many" penguins were present on Wright Island in 1941 and breeding in 1954.

In 1973, ten dead penguins and fifteen young seagulls were found dead on Wright Island in Encounter Bay, South Australia. It was believed that they were killed by people poking sticks down burrows before scattering the dead bodies around.

In 1977, Wright Island supported a colony of 300 Little penguins.

In 1990, the wider Encounter Bay population (of which Wright Island is a part) was estimated to be between 5000 and 7000 penguins.

In early December 1991 a general count found 447 penguins present. In 1992, the population was estimated at over 200. At June 2011 its population status was unknown.

In January 2013, Victor Harbor mayor Graham Philp said that the penguin colonies on Wright and West Islands were 'extinct' while the population on Granite Island was in 'the low 20s'.

The 2013 Encounter Bay penguin census conducted by penguin ecologist Dr. Diane Colombelli-Négrel from Flinders University found no penguins and no active burrows on Wright Island. The census' report concluded that the colony had not recovered from a prior colony collapse.

References

Islands of South Australia
Encounter Bay
Uninhabited islands of Australia


title: RoqueForte

text:
RoqueForte is a 2010 studio album by Flemish acoustic avant-rock, experimental and neo-classical chamber music group Aranis, led by composer and contrabass player Joris Vanvinckenroye. It is their fourth album and was released in Belgium by Home Records.

The album includes guest musicians Dave Kerman (drums) from Thinking Plague and Present, and Pierre Chevalier (keyboards) from Univers Zero and Present. The inclusion of a drummer on RoqueForte is a departure from Aranis' previous "signature drummerless acoustic sound".

Reception

In a review at AllMusic, Dave Lynch called RoqueForte Aranis' "finest recording thus far", and described the music as their "most varied … to date". He said that Joris Vanvinckenroye's compositions here are "uniquely beautiful and powerful", and complimented rock drummer Dave Kerman's restraint on this "chamberesque – and at times nearly orchestral" album.

Writing at Progressor, Vitaly Menshikov described the album as "truly astonishing", and "highly recommended to all 'serious' progressive music lovers". A reviewer in The Rocktologist magazine was a little more critical of the album, saying that while he has enjoyed Aranis' music, he felt that some of the compositions on RoqueForte tend to be similar in structure to their earlier work, and that the arrangements are often a little "too condensed", leaving "hardly any spaces for the music to take on more atmosphere".

Track listing

Source: Liner notes, AllMusic, Discogs.

Personnel
Joris Vanvinckenroye – composer, double bass
Jana Arns – flutes
Liesbeth Lambrecht – violin
Stefan Wellens – viola
Marjolein Cools – accordion
Pierre Chevalier – piano
Stijn Denys – guitar
Dave Kerman – drums, percussion
Source: Liner notes, AllMusic, Discogs.

Recording notes
Recorded March–April 2010 at Madam Fortuna, Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium
Pieter Thys – engineer
Flavio Marredda – mastering, mixing
Joris En Jana – mastering, mixing
Liesbeth Lambrecht – layout
Iris Thissen – photography
Source: Liner notes, AllMusic, Discogs.

References

External links
RoqueForte at Home Records

2010 albums
Aranis albums


title: Akira Kuramochi

text:
is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.

Asuka Kuramochi, his daughter, is one of the members of female idol group AKB48.

External links

1952 births
Living people
Baseball people from Yokohama
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Lotte Orions players
Crown Lighter Lions players
Yakult Swallows players


title: The Cloud (film)

text:
The Cloud (), is a 2006 German drama film based on the 1987 novel Die Wolke by Gudrun Pausewang.

Plot
Due to a malfunction in the fictitious nuclear power plant Markt Ebersberg near Schweinfurt, Bavaria, an MCA occurs and the whole area is evacuated extensively by the authorities. Hannah's school is also located in the affected area. She has to take care of her younger brother on this day since the mother is in Schweinfurt because of business matters; exactly where the disaster has occurred. Since there is no other way to get home to the East Hessian town of Schlitz, where her little brother Uli is already waiting for her, Hannah accepts the offer of her classmate Lars and lets herself be driven home by him and his friends. During the trip, the teenagers learn about the events on the radio, but they do not really understand - until they arrive in Schlitz, where Lars' mother drags him out of the car and tells the others that her son can not take them with him because he has to flee with his family.
Hannah finally goes home on foot, where Uli is already waiting for her. Since their mother is at a cosmetics congress, the two children are on their own. As recommended by the emergency management, the children want to go to the cellar for protection, while all neighbors are already fleeing. There, Hannah wants to wait with her younger brother for Elmar, a schoolmate from whom she got a kiss shortly before the alarm and who has promised her help in the escape. In the midst of the panic, the two finally receive a call from their mother: she does not want the children to go to the cellar, because the radiation reaches them there, but flee to Bad Hersfeld with the neighbors, from where they take the train to Aunt Helga in Hamburg. But since all the neighbors have already fled and Elmar has not appeared (he grapples with the car at home, wants to hot-wire it because he can not find the car keys of his parents), the children decide to go to Bad Hersfeld by bike alone. Uli is killed in a hit-and-run on the way there.
A little later, a family with several children takes Hannah to the Bad Hersfeld station after the family's father places Uli's body in a near cornfield. Since the motorways are crowded, many others want to flee with the trains, so Hannah has to pay attention to the little daughters of the family on the platform since the parents still have to fight their way through. Hannah however discovers her friend Elmar in the midst of the human masses and runs in his direction - but does not reach him. The couple who took Hannah to know where their children were, who she left behind in search of Elmar, but because she is still in shock, she does not reply. While the father finally finds the children, Hannah leaves the train station as if in a trance and enters the emptied station forecourt, where a few seconds later, the cloud burst happens. Hannah walks into the fallout and collapses shortly afterward. She wakes up in a hospital near Hamburg. Beside her is Ayşe, a girl of the same age, with whom she makes friends. Hannah feels tired and sick; shortly afterward she suffers from hair loss. A little later, Elmar comes to the hospital because he has found Hannah in a tracing file and wants to see her. Elmar is also contaminated, but his health is apparently much better than Hannah's.
A month later, Aunt Helga comes to pick up Hannah. She tells her that her mother is dead, and not missed like she'd been told in the hospital all the time. In Hamburg, where Aunt Helga lives, Hannah goes back to school but remains isolated there because her radiation damage is too obvious because of her baldness and the people avoid her. Only Elmar, whose family also escaped to Hamburg, keeps to her. Elmar's parents want to go to America with their son, but he refuses because he thinks he has no chance and will soon die from the radiation. He lets himself be admitted to the hospital like Hannah finds out from Ayşe, who is also treated there. Hannah wants to see her friend; she finds him just at the moment he wants to commit suicide, but can stop him at the last minute.
When the (least-radiated) Zone 3, in which Hannah's hometown is located, is opened, she goes there with Elmar, mainly to bury her brother. After they have buried Uli in the cornfield, the two continue the journey to Schlitz. Elmar says he feels a fluff on Hannah's bald head, and Hannah sticks her head out of the sunroof of the car "to let her hair fly in the wind".

Cast
 Paula Kalenberg - Hannah Meinecke
 Franz Dinda - Elmar Koch
 Hans-Laurin Beyerling - Uli
 Karl Kranzkowski - Dr. Salamander
 Richy Müller - Albert Koch
 Carina Wiese - Paula Meinecke
 Gabriela Maria Schmeide - Helga

References

External links

2006 drama films
2006 films
German drama films
Anti-nuclear films
German disaster films
Films based on German novels
2000s German-language films
2000s German films


title: Regis Records

text:
Regis Records is a British classical music record label based in Milborne St Andrew, Dorset which is mainly known for re-releases out of print recordings by other, sometimes defunct, British independent labels. The record label is a side business of Selections, a gardening mail order company, and also distributes other labels.

Reissues
Among the notable out of print recordings reissued by Regis are selections from the back catalogues of:
CRD Records
Unicorn-Kanchana
Collins Classics

References

External links
 Regis Records
 Selections.com

Classical music record labels


title: Eugnosta rufocentra

text:
Eugnosta rufocentra is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Goias, Distrito Federal).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with some refractive
Marks and delicate grey and brownish strigulae. There are brownish spots along the costa. The hindwings are white-grey, strigulated with brownish grey.

References

Moths described in 2002
Eugnosta


title: Eugnosta subsynaetera

text:
Eugnosta subsynaetera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Goias).

The wingspan is about 15 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is creamy, somewhat tinged with pale ochreous and with large pearl white areas in the dorsal and terminal parts of the wing.

References

Moths described in 2002
Eugnosta


title: Sony Xperia Z2

text:
The Sony Xperia Z2 is an Android-based smartphone unveiled, manufactured, and marketed by Sony and was released in April 2014. Under the codename "Sirius", Xperia Z2 serves as the successor to the Sony Xperia Z1. Like its predecessor, the Xperia Z2 is water and dust proof with an IP rating of IP55 and IP58. The phone features an IPS LED display, a Snapdragon 801 processor and the ability to record 4K videos. The Xperia Z2 also allows removable microSD storage up to 128 GB.

The Xperia Z2 was unveiled alongside the Sony Xperia Z2 Tablet and the Sony Xperia M2 during the 2014 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on February 24, 2014, and was first released in Taiwan on March 24, 2014, in Singapore on April 5, 2014, and entered more markets between April and May 2014. In the United States, the Xperia Z2 was released unlocked through the Sony Store on July 21, 2014.

Many reviewers praised the phone's screen, camera and waterproof design, but criticized its size and camera software issues that cause the device to overheat when recording 4K video for extended periods.

Design

Similar to other devices under the Sony Xperia Z series, the Xperia Z2 has an "Omni-Balance", according to Sony, which is focused on creating balance and symmetry in all directions. The phone comes with the same aluminium frame as its predecessor. It also features tempered glass on the front and back with an aluminium power button placed on the right hand side of the device.

Specifications

Hardware

The Sony Xperia Z2 features a 5.2 inch BRAVIA IPS LCD Triluminos display with a resolution of 1080 by 1920 pixels (Full HD) with a pixel density of 424 ppi. Additionally, display features such as Live Color LED technology reproduces richer colours and more uniform backlighting as compared to the Sony Xperia Z1. It has a large 1/2.3" 20.7 megapixel camera with Sony's in-house G lens with Sony BIONZ for mobile image processor and Exmor RS for mobile image sensor. The camera is capable of HDR and 4K video recording. It also supports 4K video output via MHL 3.0. It also features a front-facing camera of 2.2 megapixels. The phone is available in three different colors, black, purple and white.

The device is equipped with multi-colour LED-backlit stereophonic speakers.

On the inside, the Xperia Z2 features a slightly tweaked Snapdragon 800 processor (known as Snapdragon 801) clocked at 2.3 GHz sealed with a high capacity 3200mAh battery, 3GB of RAM with 16GB (11.57GB user accessible, as shown on the device) internal storage and has microSD, microSDHC, and microSDXC support up to 128GB (note that SD card can be used for app storage under android Lollipop v5.0.2 and later). The Xperia Z2 is lighter and also thinner than its predecessor weighing at 163g and measuring 146.8mm by 73.3mm by 8.2mm. For connectivity, the phone supports NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA and FM radio. It also supports –DUALSHOCK 4. The ability to connect an external USB device is a feature otherwise known as USB OTG which the Xperia Z2 also supports. Digital noise cancellation technology is also built into the phone which works by using the headsets included with the phone.

Software
The Xperia Z2 originally ran the Android 4.4.2 "KitKat" operating system with Sony's custom launcher and some applications additions, such as Sony's media applications including Walkman (currently updated to Music), Album and Videos. With NFC on the Xperia Z2, it allows 'screen mirroring' — which mirrors what is on the smartphone screen to compatible TVs — and play music over-the-air on NFC-enabled speakers. Screen recording (Screencasting) was implemented in it years ahead of stock Android, and accessible from the power button menu.

The device also includes Sony's battery stamina mode, which extends the phone's standby up to 4 times. Several Google applications (such as Google Chrome, Google Play, Google Search and Voice, Google Maps, and Google Talk) are also preloaded onto the phone. New features added to the software includes 'Smart Backlight' —  which keeps the phone display on for as long as the user is looking at it — and 'Glove Mode'.

The 2160p (4K) video resolution is implemented as separate camera mode in the camera software rather than integrated in the video resolution selector.

Sony announced on their blog that the whole Xperia Z series will be getting the Android 5.0 "Lollipop" update. While the update was planned to be carried out at the start of 2015, the roll-out to the Xperia Z2 did not begin until 7 April 2015. The update in the United Kingdom rolled out on 16 April 2015. The Android 5.1 update was carried out on 21 July 2015.

Sony announced on their blog that the Xperia Z2 will receive the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow update after the release of Xperia Z5. Subsequently, on 9 April 2016 the update was officially rolled out to the Xperia Z2.

The Xperia Z2 was not among the Sony's list of Xperia models that will be receiving the Android 7.0 Nougat update.

Marketing
In June 2014, the Xperia Z2 was announced as the "official smartphone" of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. In Sweden, customers who purchased the phone also received one of Sony's wearable devices, the Sony SmartBand SWR10.

Variants

All variants support four 2G GSM bands 850/900/1800/1900 and five 3G UMTS band 850/900/1700/1900/2100.

Reception
Like its predecessor, the Sony Xperia Z2 received mostly positive reviews. CNET's reviewer Andrew Hoyle gave the phone a 4.5 stars out of 5, praising its screen, camera and waterproof design. Vlad Savov from The Verge heaped praise on the Xperia Z2's battery life, and the well-built and waterproof design, while criticizing the phone's camera software and its size. John McCann of TechRadar applauded the camera's features, as well as its stylish screen and the battery life, while devoting his criticism towards the phone for being slow at some times, the large bezel design and 4K recording problems. Linus Sebastian of LinusTechTips referred to the Z2 as "Basically the Z1 but with the big glaring issue (The TN panel) gone".

Successor
The successor to the Xperia Z2, the Sony Xperia Z3, was unveiled at IFA 2014 on September 4, 2014.

See also
Sony Xperia Z1
Sony Xperia Z series

References

External links

Android (operating system) devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2014
Digital audio players
Mobile phones with 4K video recording
Discontinued flagship smartphones
Sony smartphones


title: 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

text:
The 2014 NASCAR Whelen Euro Series was the sixth Racecar Euro Series season, and the second under the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series branding. The season consisted of six meetings – with two races at each meeting – starting on 12 April at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, and ending on 12 October at the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans.

The Elite division title went down to the final race of the season, and was ultimately decided in favour of PK Carsport driver Anthony Kumpen, by just a single point. Kumpen only won one race during the season, coming at the final race weekend, but with top-ten finishes in each of the season's races, it allowed him to just fend off the defending champion Ander Vilariño of TFT Racing. Vilariño won the most races during the season with four and took the most podium finishes with nine, but lost the title due to the series' double points system that was in effect for the final two events of the season. Third place in the championship went to CAAL Racing's Eddie Cheever III, who took three wins during the season. A total of seven drivers won races in the division during the season, which set a new series record. Aside from the top trio in the championship, Yann Zimmer won at Valencia, Borja García and Frédéric Gabillon both won at the Nürburgring, while Mathias Lauda won a race at Tours Speedway, the series' first race to be held in wet conditions at an oval.

In the Elite 2 class, the championship battle was won by another PK Carsport driver as Maxime Dumarey sealed the title with a fifth-place finish in the final race of the season. Dumarey finished outside the top ten on only one occasion, and achieved a single victory during the season, coming at Magione. Finishing in the runner-up position, seven points adrift of Dumarey, was Renauer Motorsport's Philipp Lietz, who like Dumarey, only finished outside the top ten on one occasion. Lietz won the other race to be held at Magione, and moved ahead of Thomas Ferrando (OverDrive) in the standings, after Ferrando was forced to retire from the final Le Mans race. Ferrando was a double winner during the season, winning both races at the Nürburgring. Eight drivers won races during the season, with no driver winning more than two races. Neal Van Vaerenbergh (Valencia), Wilfred Boucenna (Brands Hatch) and Denis Dupont (Tours) were other double winners, with the remaining race wins taken by Guillaume Rousseau and Gabriele Gardel, at Le Mans.

With championship titles in both classes, PK Carsport were comfortable winners of the teams' championship, which counted points as a whole from both classes. PK Carsport finished 135 points clear of their nearest contenders, TFT – Banco Santander.

Teams and drivers

Elite 1 Division

Elite 2 Division

Schedule and results
The schedule was announced in December 2013.

Elite 1

Elite 2

See also

2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series
2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East
2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series West
2014 NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
2014 NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour
2014 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
2014 NASCAR Toyota Series

References

External links

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series seasons
NASCAR Whelen Euro Series


title: Eugnosta synaetera

text:
Eugnosta synaetera is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Santa Catarina, Goias).

References

Moths described in 1994
Eugnosta


title: 2014 Four Nations Tournament (women's football)

text:
The 2014 Four Nations Tournament was the thirteen edition of the Four Nations Tournament, an invitational women's football tournament held in China.
The tournament was won by China.

Participants

Venues

Final standings

Match results

References

2014 in women's association football
2014
2014 in Chinese football
2014 in North Korean football
2013–14 in Mexican football
2013–14 in New Zealand association football
February 2014 sports events in China
2014 in Chinese women's sport


title: Eugnosta tenacia

text:
Eugnosta tenacia is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina).

The larva have been recorded boring in tip of a shoot of B. cossinifolia.

References

Moths described in 1994
Eugnosta


title: Wall of Tears (Galápagos Islands)

text:
The Wall of Tears (Spanish: El Muro de las Lágrimas) is a historical site 5 km west of Puerto Villamil on Isabela Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. It was constructed between 1945 and 1959 by prisoners in the penal colony on the island, which had been established by President José María Velasco Ibarra in 1944, using infrastructure left by the US military after World War II.

The wall is about 25 m (65 ft) tall and is said to have been the cause of thousands of deaths during its construction. Locals call it the Wall of Tears because it is said to emanate eerie cries and have a heavy energy surrounding it.

References

External links
 Muro de las Lágrimas, Google Street view panorama

Buildings and structures in Galápagos Province
Buildings and structures completed in 1959


title: 2014 State Bank of India ATP Challenger Tour – Doubles

text:
This was the first edition of the tournament.

Myneni and Singh won the title, defeating Divij Sharan and Vishnu Vardhan in the final, 6–3, 3–6, [10–4].

Seeds

  Sanchai Ratiwatana /  Sonchat Ratiwatana (first round)
  Yuki Bhambri /  Michael Venus (first round)
  Somdev Devvarman /  Purav Raja (first round)
  Ruben Gonzales /  Artem Sitak (second round)

Draw

Draw

References

External links
 Main Draw

State Bank of India ATP Challenger Tour - Doubles


title: Li Daichun

text:
Li Daichun (; born December 12, 1977 in Nantong) is a Go player. He is an 8 dan (Amateur) player from China. He has won many titles. He is the winner of the World Amateur Go Championship in 2001.

References
An interview with Li Daichun

1977 births
Living people
Chinese Go players
Sportspeople from Wuxi


Maternal somatic support after brain death occurs when a brain dead patient is pregnant and their body is kept alive to deliver a fetus. It occurs very rarely internationally. Even among brain dead patients, in a U.S. study of 252 brain dead patients from 1990–96, only 5 (2.8%) cases involved pregnant women between 15 and 45 years of age.

Past cases

In the 28-year period between 1982 and 2010, there were "30 [reported] cases of maternal brain death (19 case reports and 1 case series)." In 12 of those cases, a viable child was delivered via cesarean section after extended somatic support. However, according to Esmaelilzadeh, et al. there is no widely accepted protocol to manage a brain dead mother "since only a few reported cases are found in the medical literature." Moreover, the mother's wishes are rarely, if ever, known, and family should be consulted in developing a care plan.

Life support complications

Throughout their care, brain dead patients could experience a wide range of complications, including "infection, hemodynamic instability, diabetes insipidus (DI), panhypopituitarism, poikilothermia, metabolic instability, acute respiratory distress syndrome and disseminated intravascular coagulation." Treating these complications is difficult since the effects of medication on the fetus's health are unknown.

Fetus's chance of survival

According to Esmaelilzadeh, et al., "[a]t present, it seems that there is no clear lower limit to the gestational age which would restrict the physician's efforts to support the brain dead mother and her fetus." However, the older a fetus is when its mother becomes brain dead, the greater its chance for survival. Research into preterm births indicates that "a fetus born before 24 weeks of gestation has a limited chance of survival. At 24, 28 and 32 weeks, a fetus has approximately a 20–30%, 80% and 98% likelihood of survival with a 40%, 10% and less than 2% chance of suffering from a severe handicap, respectively."

Brain death vs. similar conditions

It is important to understand the similarities and differences between brain death and two other conditions: persistent vegetative state and coma.

Difference between brain death and persistent vegetative state

Patients in a persistent vegetative state "are alive but also have severely impaired consciousness, although their eyes may open spontaneously. The eye opening may give the impression of consciousness, but there is no awareness of the environment. These patients do not acknowledge the examiner; they do not attend or track objects that are presented to them; their movements are non-purposeful; they do not speak."  The difference between the two states is that brain death means "death of the brainstem" which can be clinically diagnosed and vegetative state means "permanent and total loss of forebrain function" which needs further investigation.

Difference between brain death and coma

People in comas have "presence of brain stem responses, spontaneous breathing or non-purposeful motor responses." However, comas can result in brain death, or recovery or even a persistent vegetative state.

U.S.A. Federal and state laws

Several laws have bearing in situations that involve maternal somatic support after brain death. The Federal Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) requires health care institutions to provide newly admitted adult patients with information regarding advance health care directives.  The intent of this law is to make patients aware of their rights with regard to end-of-life care.

State laws have also proven important in cases involving maternal somatic support. The Texas Advance Directives Act, also referred to as the Texas Futile Care Law, provides hospitals with discretion over continuing the provision of life support, and voids advance directive wishes for patients who are pregnant.  This Texas law served as a point of contention in the Death of Marlise Muñoz—a situation in which end-of-life care became entangled with abortion laws and politics.   Marlise Muñoz was 14 weeks pregnant when this incident occurred, and while an abortion is legal at 14 weeks in Texas, the state's law dictates that a hospital must provide life support for pregnant women.  Absent from the legislation are specifics as to how the law should be applied depending on how far along a woman is in her pregnancy, as well as the definition of terminally ill versus brain dead.   This Texas law does not specifically detail a hospital's obligation in the case when a pregnant woman is brain dead, thus leading to the long-drawn legal battle that ensued in the weeks following Marlise Muñoz's pulmonary embolism. Texas is one of several states that have laws that pertain to pregnant women and advance directives or Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) directives. Specifically, 26 states have laws that ignore advance directives when a woman is terminally ill, but pregnant.  This recent situation involving Marlise Muñoz raised a host of questions related to unborn fetuses, patient and family preferences, and hospital discretion in interpreting state laws that involve advance directives.

Cost of care

The cost of maintaining a brain dead mother on life support depends on the number of days spent in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). One might consider that every day (after viability) that the fetus is in utero is a day in which fetal development occurs and represents one day less that the fetus would have to be in the neonatal ICU (NICU). A 2005 study found the average cost of medical ventilation for adults in the ICU to be $1,500 per day and long-term ICU care to be approximately $5,000 per day.  Of the twelve viable children known to be delivered from brain dead mothers on prolonged somatic support between 1982 and 2010, the mean gestational age at the time of brain death was 22 weeks and the mean gestational age at delivery was 29.5 weeks, leading to an average length of somatic support for the mothers in the ICU of 7.5 weeks (52.5 days).

The cost of a cesarean section, the recommended mode of delivery for brain dead pregnant women, is roughly $4,500 for physicians' fees alone, according to the Healthcare Bluebook.  Depending upon how many weeks a neonate is premature, he or she could spend anywhere between two and four months in the NICU. NICU costs generally run more than $3,500 per day. The most recent peer-reviewed investigation to note the overall cost of care for a viable child delivered from a somatically supported brain dead mother focused on the case of a child delivered via cesarean section in California on the 63rd hospital day at 31 weeks gestation, to a mother who was brain dead at 22 weeks gestation in 1983. The costs for maternal care in that case were $183,081 and those for neonatal care were $34,703.  The average household income in the U.S. in 1983 was $29,184.  The death of Marlise Muñoz at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, TX was the most recently publicized instance of somatic support of a brain dead pregnant woman from 2013-2014.  The hospital declined to reveal how much it cost to treat Muñoz. Ascertaining the costs of treatment for such episodes of care may be difficult given that the billing procedures of many hospitals rely on the costs listed in each hospital's chargemaster. Costs maintained on the chargemaster differ greatly from hospital to hospital and there is little transparency detailing many hospitals' chargemaster listings.  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) does have a provision, Sect. 2718 (c), that requires all hospitals to publish a list of their "standard charges", but the Department of Health and Human Services has not issued a rule to implement that provision.

Payment for care

It is uncertain if government or private health insurance would pay for extended somatic support for a brain dead pregnant woman and how much of care costs a family may have to pay. In the death of Marlise Muñoz at John Peter Smith Hospital, the hospital declined to reveal who would pay for the extended medical care provided.

Ethical considerations

Ethical decisions to prolong somatic survival for a brain dead pregnant woman take on several views, with decisions often influenced by the gestational age of the fetus at the time the woman sustained injury. Beneficence and right to life for both the fetus and mother guide many ethical arguments. If prolonging the mother's life is likely to have a positive outcome for the fetus, it can be considered ethical. Drawing upon the principle of beneficence, Dillon et al.   and Loewy  propose the following rubric when determining whether or not to offer life support to a pregnant, brain dead woman:
 If the fetus suffers from the event as the mother suffers, life support should not be provided.
 Pregnancy before 24 Weeks Gestation: Life support administered to the mother for the sake of the fetus should not be provided.
 Pregnancy from 24–28 Weeks Gestation: Intervention should be provided only after educating decision-makers of potential risks.
 Pregnancy after 28 Weeks Gestation: Intervention should be provided until fetus can be delivered or the mother's condition worsens.

A second view considers the autonomy of the mother and her right to die. For example, the FIGO Committee for the Ethical Aspects of Human Reproduction and Women's Health has published Brain Death and Pregnancy, a report to help clinicians, healthcare administrators, and families evaluate the ethical considerations surrounding women's health. Within this report the committee establishes that healthcare providers are first responsible to the woman, and then to the unborn fetus. The report concludes by stating, "Women have the right to die in dignity. The goal of fetal rescue does not exonerate healthcare givers from the duty to respect this right of the primary patient—the woman."

A third view considers the cognizance of the mother. The mother is responsible for the well-being of her fetus as long as she recognizes its existence. When a pregnant woman becomes brain dead, the mother can no longer acknowledge the fetus; as such, the mother no longer has a moral responsibility for keeping the fetus alive. Without an advance directive stating that the woman wishes to be kept alive to save her unborn child, prolonging life is unethical.

Finally, some ethicists have argued that there are no ethical dilemmas inherent in the case of a pregnant woman who is declared brain dead. They argue that because the brain dead patient is no longer alive, he or she ceases to be a patient; the continuation of ventilation in an effort to save the fetus can be considered a medical experiment that requires ethics committee or IRB-approval before a facility can perform this work.

Public opinion and activism

Keeping a medically declared 'brain dead' woman on life support to sustain a potentially viable fetus is a topic of considerable debate and controversy. Such circumstances involve considerable moral, ethical, biological and legal issues. There is heavy discourse between biomedical and legal experts regarding whether a dead person is "a dysfunctional incubator" to an unborn fetus. And, further deliberation surrounds a woman's rights under the 14th Amendment to make medical decisions about her own body. There is also question about the intervening capacity of state authority in such cases, particularly in states like Texas, which prohibit medical officials from withdrawing life support from a pregnant patient. Public opinion is depicted as being shaped by individual beliefs pertaining to related matters of end-of-life care, abortion, female reproductive rights and the rights of an unborn child. Personal viewpoints are also shaped by religious beliefs. Arguments have been made in favor of or against preserving the somatic function of a dead pregnant woman. These disputes are often spearheaded by activist groups that advocate one of these two positions. Supporters against life-sustaining efforts, when it conflicts with a woman's wishes, include pro-choice groups, like NARAL Pro-Choice America. These dispute government, state and/or religious institutional interventions to make decisions against an individual's own wishes, which they argue renders advance directives meaningless and fails to protect women.

Supporters in favor of life-sustaining efforts include anti-abortion advocacy groups (e.g. Secular Pro-Life, National Black Pro-Life Coalition and Operation Rescue), as well as some legislators, who advocate protecting the life of a fetus.

Notable cases

On 26 August 2019 in Brno (Czech Republic) a newborn was delivered in 34th week of pregnancy to a mother declared brain-dead after a stroke. The mother was on life support since her 16th week of pregnancy.

References

Ethically disputed medical practices
Legal issues in pregnancy
Medical aspects of death
Maternal death


title: Irving Berman

text:
Irving Berman, was a Newark, New Jersey businessman, record company owner, and nightclub impresario.

Berman founded the jazz imprint Regis Records (1943–1946), and then the more successful Manor Records (1945–1949).In 1949 The Four Tunes left Manor and signed with RCA causing Berman to sue for breach of contract. The Musicians Union believed the allegations of non-payment of royalties so Berman lost both the litigation and his artists and furthermore had his licence to record revoked by the union. He then turned up as A&R director for the newly-formed Arco Records (1949 onwards). Many of his artist stable turned up there too. Savannah Churchill was his most successful artist on Manor,(he also fulfilled the role as her personal manager) with two hit singles. Other Manor artists included The Dixie Hummingbirds and Sister Ernestine Washington.

References

American music industry executives
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
Businesspeople from Newark, New Jersey


title: Pasteur Institute of Iran

text:
Pasteur Institute of Iran is a medical research center located in Tehran, Iran. The institute is one of the oldest leading research and public health centers in Iran and the Middle East, established in 1920 following an agreement between the Institute Pasteur of Paris and the Iranian government. The Pasteur Institute of Iran was developed with the help of a land donation from Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma. Its mission is to support advanced research and to provide innovative programs in basic and applied medical sciences, and production of biopharmaceuticals and diagnostic kits with special emphasis on infectious diseases. It meets the specialized and scientific health demands of the local community and tries to establish a link between applied research and industry. Pasteur Institute is a leading regional facility in the development and manufacture of vaccines. The institute has a total staff of 1300 in its 28 departments and 5 branches in different cities of Iran, which are active in different areas of medical and pharmaceutical biotechnology. There are about 300 PhDs and M.Sc. graduates.

This institute is a center that provides public health services and has played a significant role in the prevention and control of infectious diseases in Iran and the world during approximate one hundred years of its activities

Establishment

After the World War I, as Iran was involved in famine and infectious diseases, an agreement was signed between the Pasteur Institute of Paris and the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on January 20, 1920, thereby establishing the 10th Pasteur Institute on the International Pasteur Institute's network. Abdol-Hossein Farmanfarma formed the agreement and ensured its subsequent implementation in his brief tenure as Prime Minister of Persia. He made a personal donation of land and buildings to the institute. The first Pasteur Institute, 32 years earlier, had been founded in 1887 in Paris. Louis Pasteur's goal was to establish branches of the Pasteur Institute for fighting infectious diseases worldwide.

In the years before World War II, when the number of laboratories was scarce, most of the country's health problems were resolved through the Pasteur Institute of Iran. Pasteur Institute of Iran is also the first medical institute and research center in the country.

In 1946 a new scientific cooperation agreement was signed between Pasteur Institute of Paris and Pasteur Institute of Iran, based on which Pasteur Institute of Iran became financially and administratively independent. At this time, Dr. Marcel Baltazard came to Tehran as the fourth and last French director. Dr. Baltazard was the director of Pasteur Institute of Iran until 1961 and changed various structures and activities of Pasteur Institute of Iran. After that, he continued to serve as a scientific advisor to Pasteur Institute of Iran until 1966.

Early activities of the institute

In the early years of its establishment,  Pasteur Institute of Iran consisted of departments of epidemiology, smallpox, virology, tuberculosis, chemistry, rabies, microbiology, vaccination, inoculants, and BCG.

With the establishment of Pasteur Institute of Iran, inoculants and smallpox vaccines have become common in the country. The vaccines produced by Pasteur Institute of Iran also covered other countries in the region such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Egypt. In the following years, researchers at Pasteur Institute of Iran played an important role in the eradication of smallpox in the Middle East.

Dr. Abolghasem Bahrami went to the Pasteur Institute in Paris in early 1922 and returned to Tehran with a historic Pasteur strain and set up the rabies department at the Pasteur Institute of Iran. Rabies was a serious health problem in the country at the time. The concurrent method of injecting serum and vaccine, demonstrated by Pasteur Institute of Iran, was soon included in the World Health Organization's guidelines for treatment and prevention of rabies. Only with this intervention, Pasteur Institute of Iran could be considered as one of the saviors of humanity. Due to the valuable services of the rabies department at the regional and international level, in 1973, it was selected as the WHO collaborating center for rabies control and research.

BCG department was also established after World War II, and 238 million children from 22 countries used the BCG vaccine produced in Pasteur Institute of Iran. Early in the establishment of Pasteur Institute of Iran, the study of tuberculosis began in the country. After Pasteur Institute of Iran raised the issue of combating tuberculosis in 1952, the TB control organization was set up in the country.

Some viral diseases, such as polio, have also been studied since the institute's establishment. One of the most important indigenous microbial diseases in Iran was typhoid fever. Pasteur Institute of Iran, since its first years of establishment, developed an anti-typhoid vaccine based on native microbes.

During the first fifty years of establishment of Pasteur Institute of Iran, numerous cholera epidemics occurred in Iran, and Pasteur Institute of Iran became the largest cholera vaccine production platform. With the cholera vaccine made in Pasteur Institute of Iran, the vaccine shortage at the Pasteur Institute of Paris was also compensated.

The Department of Epidemiology started new scientific activities in the country. It became a practical epidemiology training center in the country, bringing Iranian and foreign researchers to the study areas and teaching them how to do research. One of the diseases that were pandemic during World War II and caused many casualties was the recurrent fever. The continuous research in the Department of Epidemiology helped to control this disease in the country. In the year 1946, the plague outbreak reported in Kurdistan Province of Iran. The Department of Epidemiology conducted extensive studies by qualified experts, provided field labs over the years, and controlled the disease in the west and northwest of the country. In the plague outbreaks of 1946 to 1965, many people were rescued from death by Pasteur Institute of Iran expeditionary groups.

At the same time, with the establishment of the Department of chemistry, injecting serums provided great help to the medical centers of the country. The blood unit in this department also carried out scientific studies in this field.

Research groups from Pasteur Institute of Iran, in the early decades of establishment, also conducted studies on other common infectious diseases in Iran, such as arboviruses and tularemia.

During its career, Pasteur Institute of Iran has also been the founder of numerous other scientific movements, including the establishment of the Leprosy treatment center, the establishment of the Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, and the disinfection of Tehran's water.

Waqf
The tradition of waqf (Islamic donation) has played an important role in the establishment and promotion of the Pasteur Institute of Iran. In 1923, the late Abdul Hossein Mirza Farmanfarmaian dedicated the land to the Pasteur Institute of Iran for the construction of a new building. Other branches of the institute in Tehran are also based in Shemiranat (donated by the late Sabar Mirza Farmanfarmaian) and Ghaem Magham Street (donated by the late Zabihullah MommayezZadeh) and the branches of Amol (donated by the late Zahra Tajer Mashaei) and Akanlu in Hamedan (donated by the late Manouchehr Gharezloo) are also established based on Waqf.

Biotechnology activities
Since the early 1970s, with the start of the Medical Biotechnology Ph.D. Training Course, effective steps have been taken to develop biopharmaceuticals by recombinant DNA technologies at Pasteur Institute of Iran. This institute has played an important role in developing biotechnology knowledge and producing needed medicines in the country.

Present activities

Over time, the Pasteur Institute of Iran's research departments have been added to suit the needs of the community, and today the Institute continues to operate with six research groups and 20 research departments.

At present, the research policy pursued by the institute is to conduct basic and applied research in the field of research and diagnosis, to present various disease control methods focusing on infectious diseases, and to conduct joint research projects with centers inside and outside the country.

Karaj Production Complex
Pasteur Institute of Iran, alongside the Razi Institute, is one of the pillars of human vaccine production in the country. Due to the growing need for vaccines, recombinant products, and injectable solutions, Karaj Production Complex started its activities in 1988. Since the past 100 years, Pasteur Institute of Iran has been able to control various infectious diseases, including smallpox, cholera, rabies, hepatitis B and tuberculosis by producing numerous vaccines and effective health interventions, and has produced other vaccines such as typhoid, anthrax, gonorrhea, and typhus, and has planned to produce pneumococcal and rotavirus vaccines. Karaj Production Complex has made good strides in providing production infrastructure and expanding its activities on the Pasteur Institute's plan.

The diagnostic laboratories at Pasteur Institute of Iran have made the institute the National reference center for Infectious Diseases in the country.

The Pasteur Institute Amol
The North Research Center (NRC) of Pasteur is one of the institutions of the Pasteur Institute of Iran, which was established with the efforts of a group of sponsors in the city of Amol in an area of 23,000 square meters in Amol city in 1994 and now includes about 5000 square meters of physical space containing specialized diagnostic and research laboratories.

The mission of the North Research Center is to provide diagnostics, research, educational, manufacturing, center of development and bio-computing services to five Northern provinces of Iran (Ardebil, Gilan, Mazandaran, Golestan and Semnan).

Other branches of the institute
In 1952, during a plague epidemic in western area of Iran, Pasteur Institute of Iran founded a health research center in Akanlu, a village located between Zanjan, Kurdistan and Hamadan. As a result of the foundation of this center, the various teams of Pasteur Institute of Iran were able to deal with the control of the plague endemic in there via taken effective strategies. This research center is now called the Research Center for Emerging and Re emerging Infection Diseases. In it, Dr. Marcel Baltazard et al. conducted extensive research on plague and the Akanlu research center was recognized as an international reference center for plague. Since 2015, this center is the national reference center for plague, tularemia and Q fever and has conducted several studies on emerging and reemerging diseases

The North Research Center of Pasteur Institute of Iran started its activity of Amol in 1994 with the aim of providing services to the five northern provinces of Iran.

Educational programs
Pasteur Institute of Iran is currently offering a Ph.D. in four disciplines. In recent years, the institute has ranked first among the medical research institutes in the country.

Publications

The Journal of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (or JoMMID) is an official scientific quarterly publication of the institute. It is an open access peer reviewed academic journal published in English since November 2013 and approved by the Ministerial Commission for Accreditation of Iranian Medical Journals on October 19, 2014.

Vaccine Research is an international open access peer reviewed academic journal open-access peer-reviewed journal in English that publishes original research papers, review papers, and clinical studies related to all aspects of vaccinology. This interdisciplinary journal publishes the original high-quality research papers that contribute to the field of vaccinology - all original paper submissions across basic and clinical medical research, vaccine manufacturing, history, public policy, behavioral science and ethics, social sciences, safety, and other related areas are welcomed.

See also
Pasteur Institute
Pharmaceuticals in Iran

References

Microbiology journals
Publications established in 2013
Quarterly journals
English-language journals
Academic journals of Iran
1920 establishments in Iran
Medical research institutes in Iran
France–Iran relations
Iran


The 1916–17 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented University of Wisconsin–Madison. The head coach was Walter Meanwell, coaching his sixth season with the Badgers. The team played their home games at the Red Gym in Madison, Wisconsin and was a member of the Western Conference.

Schedule

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References

Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball seasons
Wisconsin


title: Eugnosta ensinoana

text:
Eugnosta ensinoana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Mexico (Tamaulipas).

The wingspan is 10–12 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale ochreous cream suffused with brownish yellow, especially in the basal third of the wing. The hindwings are pale brown.

Etymology
The species name refers to El Ensino, the type locality.

References

Moths described in 2007
Eugnosta


title: Winn Correctional Center

text:
Winn Correctional Center (WCC) is a state prison for men, part of the Louisiana Department of Corrections prison system, located about  southeast of Winnfield in unincorporated Winn Parish, Louisiana. It is within the Kisatchie National Forest.

As of February 2014, Winn is one of several privately operated prisons in the state. The facility is medium-security and currently has the capacity to house 1,538 inmates.  Opened in 1990, it was expanded in 1992.

Winn opened as the first privately managed medium-security prison in the United States.  Management of the state-owned facility passed from Corrections Corporation of America to LaSalle Corrections in mid-2015.

Aged

 Adult 18+

Demographics
 75% of the inmates are black, and 25% of the prisoners are white or of other ethnic groups. Like in other Louisiana prisons, prison gangs are not common and inmates of various races socialize with one another. About 20% of the prisoners at Winn had committed crimes related to recreational drugs.

 women, including some single mothers, make up more than 50% of the prison guards. African-Americans make up the majority of the prison guards.

Composition
The prison has five units: Ash, Birch, Cypress, Dogwood, and Elm. More difficult to manage prisoners are located in the Ash and Elm units, nicknamed by prisoners as "the projects". Dogwood houses trustees and better behaved prisoners, Cypress serves as the segregation unit, and Birch houses mentally ill, elderly, and physically handicapped prisoners.

Notable employees
 Shane Bauer, Mother Jones reporter and former detainee in Iran. His article for Mother Jones, titled "My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard," exposes conditions at the facility that include violence among inmates, poor medical and mental healthcare for inmates, mismanagement and lack of training for CCA employees. His memoir American Prison chronicled these experiences.

References

External links
 Letters from CCA and the Government of Louisiana related to the status of the prison

Prisons in Louisiana
Buildings and structures in Winn Parish, Louisiana
Private prisons in the United States
Parish jails in Louisiana
CoreCivic
Men's prisons
1990 establishments in Louisiana


title: Eugnosta telemacana

text:
Eugnosta telemacana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Parana).

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The ground colour of the posterior portion of the wing is snow white, with grey lines and costal spots. The hindwings are brownish with dark brown diffuse strigulation.

References

Moths described in 2007
Eugnosta


title: Eugnosta jequiena

text:
Eugnosta jequiena is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in Brazil (Bahia).

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is white with a few pale brownish grey strigulae before the tornus followed by grey suffusion between the tornus and a black
spot at the end of the median cell. The hindwings are brownish with browner strigulation, but whiter at the base and in the radial part.

Etymology
The species name refers to the type locality.

References

Moths described in 2007
Eugnosta