title: George Harris (Queensland politician)

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George Harris (1831–1891) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Council.

Early life

George Harris was born in 1831 in London, England, the son of John Harris and his wife Sarah (née Walton). His family immigrated to Australia when he was two years old.

George Harris and his brother John Harris arrived in Brisbane in about 1848. They opened a store in South Brisbane and a warehouse and wharf at Short Street (at the southern end of Alice Street, where Gardens Point Road is today). They traded under the name Messrs. J. and G. Harris, merchants. The partnership was dissolved some years later, after which George Harris then embarked in business as a merchant on his own account under the name Messrs. George Harris and Co, a business he continued to operate until his death.

On 13 October 1860, he married Jane Thorn, the daughter of George Thorn (senior) of the Normanby pastoral station and a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, at St Paul's Church in Ipswich, Queensland. Jane's brother George Thorn would later also enter the Queensland Legislative Assembly and become Queensland Premier. The couple had the following children:
 Kate May (1862–1862)
 George Edmund (1863–1913)
 John Ernest (1864–1911)
 Edith Maud (1865–1925)
 Jane Eveline (born 1867)

Daughter Edith Maud married George Condamine Taylor of Bellevue Homestead, Esk in 1883. After his death, she married again in 1901 to Charles Lumley Hill, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for the electoral districts of Gregory and Cook.

Daughter Jane Eveline married Richard Gardiner Casey of Normanby station, a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly for Warrego. They were the parents of Australian Governor-General Richard Casey, Baron Casey.

Politics
On 23 May 1860, Harris was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Although a lifetime appointment, he resigned on 31 August 1876.

In 1863, Harris was one of the founders and original trustees of the Queensland Turf Club, having arranged a land grant of 322 acres of land at Eagle Farm in Brisbane for the purpose of horse racing, now known as the Eagle Farm Racecourse. The other trustees were John Frederick McDougall and Maurice Charles O'Connell (all three were Members of the Queensland Legislative Council).

In the mid-1860s, George Harris engaged architect James Cowlishaw to construct a two-storey masonry building (known as Harris Terrace) in George Street, consisting of six terrace houses. Harris Terrace is now listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Later life
On Sunday 10 January 1886, George Harris saw a snake near his house and put his foot on it. The snake coiled up his leg, putting Harris in danger. A visitor, T.W. Brown, grabbed a sword and slashed at the snake, but missed and cut Harris's foot, nearly severed one of his toes.

Harris died on Saturday 28 March 1891 at his residence Bankside, North Quay, Brisbane from a sudden laryngitis (swelling of the throat); he died in the arms of his son Ernest Harris. He was buried on Monday 30 March 1891 in Toowong Cemetery.

Miscellaneous

George and Jane Harris occupied the now heritage-listed Newstead House for 27 years, as tenants, then owners and then tenants again, where they entertained the members of Brisbane high society. Their parties were highlights of the social calendar.

The suburb of Harristown, Toowoomba is said to be named after George Harris.

The town of Harrisville is said to be named after George Harris and his brother John Harris.

See also
 Members of the Queensland Legislative Council by year
 :Category:Members of the Queensland Legislative Council by name

References

Members of the Queensland Legislative Council
1831 births
1891 deaths
Burials at Toowong Cemetery
19th-century Australian politicians
Pre-Separation Queensland


title: Ikaw Lamang

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Ikaw Lamang (International title: No Greater Love / ) is a 2014 Philippine period drama television series, directed by Malu L. Sevilla and Avel E. Sunpongco, starring Kim Chiu and Coco Martin, together with an ensemble cast. The series was aired on ABS-CBN and worldwide on TFC from on network's Primetime Bida. It premiered from March 10 to October 24, 2014, replacing Got to Believe and was replaced by Forevermore.

The story of the entire first season followed the lives of Samuel (Coco Martin), Isabelle (Kim Chiu), Mona (Julia Montes) and Franco (Jake Cuenca) encompassing the period between 1964-1984. It ran from March 10 to August 15, 2014 with a total of 112 episodes.

In the second season, the story revolved around Gabriel (Coco Martin), Andrea (Kim Chiu), and Natalia (KC Concepcion) and is set in the year 2005, with brief flashbacks from the 1990s. It aired from August 18 to October 24, 2014 with only 50 episodes.

Plot

1950s
Eduardo Hidalgo (Tirso Cruz III), a wealthy landowner based in Salvacion, Negros Island, has a relationship with one of the workers in his plantation, Elena Severino (Cherry Pie Picache). However, when Maximo Salazar (Ronaldo Valdez), the butler in the hacienda of the Hidalgos, learns that Elena is pregnant, he manipulates a robbery in which Elena is unjustly implicated, causing her to be imprisoned only to be released on the condition that she leaves Salvacion. Eduardo marries Maximo's daughter Miranda (Cherie Gil), unaware that Elena is pregnant with her son with him. Elena and Miranda give birth to their respective children named Samuel and Franco, with the latter not being Eduardo's biological son but that of a beauty contest judge. Luis (William Lorenzo) assumes the role of a father to Samuel but dies later on. With a heavy heart, however, Elena and her family are forced to return to Salvacion in the years that follow.

1960s
In the era of the sugar industry boom in the small town of Salvacion, two children from opposite sides of society will meet: the young Samuel Severino (Zaijian Jaranilla) and Isabelle Miravelez (Alyanna Angeles). Samuel is the son of sugarcane plantation worker Elena, while Isabelle is the daughter of wealthy couple Gonzalo (John Estrada) and Rebecca Miravelez (Angel Aquino). Through Isabelle, Samuel meets Franco Hidalgo (Louise Abuel), the son of wealthy landowners Miranda and Eduardo. A natural-born farmer, Samuel teaches Franco how to plant sugar cane and in return, Franco teaches Samuel how to read.

One night, a wild fire strikes the sugar cane field. Amidst the tragedy, Samuel is able to save Isabelle. However, with the influence of his grandfather Maximo, Franco claims he was the one who saved Isabelle. Relentless in their pursuit to know the truth as to who was behind the fire, Gonzalo and his right-hand man Pacquito (Ronnie Lazaro) was able to pinpoint a farmer as the culprit. To prove that the farmer was innocent, Samuel reveals that he was there when the fire happened and told everyone that he was the one who saved Isabelle. This ignites a rivalry between Samuel and Franco.

1970s
After studying in London, Isabelle (Kim Chiu) and Franco (Jake Cuenca) return to Salvacion. Meanwhile, Mona Roque (Julia Montes), the loyal friend and secret admirer of Samuel (Coco Martin), also returns to Salvacion from Manila where she studied. Samuel, on the other hand, continues his fight for the injustices against the workers. In the midst of this social turmoil, love develops between Samuel and Isabelle, to the consternation of Franco and Mona.

A planned elopement and wedding between Samuel and Isabelle is foiled by Gonzalo and Maximo, in favor of Franco. Samuel is abducted, electrocuted and buried alive, but a priest saves him. Isabelle ends up marrying Franco. Mona seduces a drunk, heartbroken Samuel; their one night stand eventually results in their marriage and the birth of their son named Gabriel, while Isabelle and Franco are blessed with a daughter named Natalia Isabelle.

Things get worse when Eduardo reveals that he is the biological father of Samuel. In addition, Rebecca divulges Franco's real identity. Maximo accidentally kills Miranda during a gunfight between him and Gonzalo, and is subsequently imprisoned as a result.

Franco suffers an accident but despite recovering, he pretends to be crippled in order to gain the sympathy of others, especially Isabelle. Isabelle becomes pregnant with Franco's second child but Franco believes that this child is Samuel's. Franco is able to make Mona and the townspeople believe in a lie, causing a jealous Mona to flee Salvacion with Gabriel despite not having the permission of her family. Samuel catches up with them and joins them along with Lupe and Calixto to Manila. While in Manila, Samuel and Mona enter university while fulfilling their duties as Gabriel's parents at the same time.

Franco decides to run as Mayor of Salvacion, while Eduardo seeks another term as governor. They both emerge victorious.

1980s
The plantation workers hold massive protests against Franco, who was then the corrupt mayor of their town. Samuel is implicated in their so-called rebellion and is arrested and tortured, only to be released as Eduardo leads a hunger strike. Eduardo, who had remarried to Elena, supports their son's gubernatorial bid against Franco, who is backed by Maximo. During the election, Mona is killed in an ambush ordered by Maximo, who also helps Franco cheat his way to victory. Gonzalo anonymously divulges Maximo's dishonest acts, but is caught, captured, and beaten by the latter and his men.

Gonzalo manages to escape Maximo's men, and files cases against the old man. Maximo is captured and detained following a police operation. He had aimed his gun at Samuel but Eduardo was hit by the bullets and dies later that night. Maximo attempts to escape jail by bribing the police chief and faking his death, but his attempt becomes unsuccessful as Gonzalo and Pacquito intercept his hearse. Gonzalo opens Maximo's coffin and buries Maximo alive along with his gold bars and venomous snakes even as the latter pleads for his life and offers to pay him.

Before the protests and elections, Maximo is released as a result of a presidential pardon, and vows to bring down his rivals. He orders the burning of the Miravelez mansion. As a result, Isabelle prematurely gives birth to Andrea. However, Franco believes the child is Isabelle's illegitimate child with Samuel. Franco abuses Isabelle and uses his children to keep her from leaving.

To save Isabelle from Franco's battering, Samuel plans to flee to Manila with Natalia and Andrea.

Franco learns of the plan and manages to get Natalia from Isabelle. On the night of their elopement, Franco plants a bomb on the ship where Samuel, Isabelle, and their families and friends are taking going to Manila. The bomb explodes. Samuel, Isabelle, Gabriel, and Andrea find themselves losing their beloved ones and separated by fate. Gonzalo told Gabriel that he is the only one will end Franco's evilness for which he kept before looking for his father.

In the aftermath of the explosion, a dying Elena gives Andrea to Roger (Neil Coleta) and Esther Sanggalang (Marlann Flores) who then raise her; not knowing the real identity of the little girl, they name her Jacqueline after their deceased daughter. Elena, her parents Damian and Trinidad Severino, Gonzalo and Rebecca all perished in the ship explosion, and Gabriel is left to the care of Mona's sister Lupe Roque (Meryll Soriano) and her friend (and future husband) Calixto de la Cruz (Lester Llansang). Days later, an old lady finds Isabelle and takes care of her, while Samuel confronts Franco and is unjustly imprisoned for 20 years.

1990s
Lupe (Rio Locsin) and Calixto (Nonie Buencamino) moved to Manila along with Gabriel (Yogo Singh) and their newborn daughter Darlene, after learning that Franco had engaged in land grabbing of Samuel's properties. Gabriel grows to become a quarrelsome boy, planting the seeds of his revenge against Franco.

2000s
Franco (Christopher de Leon) walks away with impunity, having been elected as senator and interested in the presidency. Gabriel (Coco Martin) begins his revenge against him by sabotaging Natalia's (KC Concepcion) wedding to James (Bryan Santos) as he produces photos showing the latter flirting with another woman.

A kind-hearted jail warden named Roman (Dennis Padilla) helps Samuel (Joel Torre) escape from jail. Samuel eventually locates Calixto, Lupe, and Gabriel. In order to begin life anew and help Gabriel exact revenge against Franco, Samuel and Calixto briefly return to Salvacion to dig and sell the gold bars that were buried with Maximo when he was buried alive by Gonzalo and Pacquito before the ship explosion.

Isabelle (Amy Austria-Ventura), introducing herself as Dolores, helps Esther (Arlene Muhlach) after the latter collapses in a public market. She becomes friends with Esther and Roger (Smokey Manaloto), and later meets Jacq (Kim Chiu), whom she is able to recognize as her daughter Andrea.

Gabriel enters into a relationship with Natalia, only to destroy it later on in favor of Jacq – whose real identity Gabriel is not yet aware of – as part of his revenge against Franco. While courting Natalia, Gabriel follows her to Salvacion, accompanied by Jacq. Natalia informs her father's chief of staff and mistress Tessa (Mylene Dizon) about somebody who looks like her mother. The paths of Franco and Jacq then cross as a DNA test confirms a father-daughter relationship between them.

Franco holds a party introducing Andrea as his daughter. Isabelle sneaks into the party and Franco sees her, only for the former to make the latter believe that she has amnesia. Franco lets his wife and children live in the same home, but locks up Isabelle and Andrea to prevent them from escaping again. Natalia got into a fight with Isabelle and Andrea. Later on, Franco came and stopped it by slapping Natalia. Isabelle then tells Andrea the whole truth about herself and Franco. Unluckily, Tessa recorded their discussion in which they plan to escape with Natalia. Franco forces Isabelle to renew their vows, but Isabelle continues her act of fake amnesia, telling him that they should not go too fast into renewing the vows because it is a decision for two people. During this occasion, Samuel and Gabriel successfully rescue Andrea and Isabelle, but the following day, Natalia can only helplessly watch as Franco ruthlessly murders Samuel.

Charges of murder, falsification of documents, and domestic violence are filed against Franco, but despite a legislative inquiry and the issuance of a warrant of arrest against him by the NBI, he refuses to surrender, holding Andrea hostage. Remembering what Gonzalo said to him before his death, Franco and Gabriel go on a duel in a ship, but Franco falls off the ship to his death after getting pierced by the ship's anchor. In the end, Andrea marries Gabriel and it is implied that Gabriel has regained the land in Salvacion that Franco took away from his family.

Cast and characters

Book 1

Lead cast
 Coco Martin as Samuel S. Hidalgo
 Kim Chiu as Isabelle Miravelez-Hidalgo
 Jake Cuenca as Franco S. Hidalgo
 Julia Montes as Monalisa "Mona" Roque-Hidalgo

Main cast
 Cherie Gil as Señora Miranda Salazar-Hidalgo
 Cherry Pie Picache as Señora Elena Severino-Hidalgo
 Angel Aquino as Señora Rebecca Miravelez
 John Estrada as Don Gonzalo Miravelez
 Ronaldo Valdez as Don Maximo Salazar
 Tirso Cruz III as Gov. Eduardo Hidalgo

Supporting cast
 Daria Ramirez as Trinidad Severino
 Ronnie Lazaro as Pacquito Roque
 Spanky Manikan as Damian Severino
 Meryll Soriano as Guadalupe "Lupe" Roque
 Lester Llansang as Calixto Dela Cruz
 Simon Ibarra as Romeo Dela Cruz
 Tiya Pusit as Soledad
 Vangie Labalan as Conchita
 John Medina as Juancho

Guest cast
 William Lorenzo as Luis San Gabriel
 Marita Zobel as Victoria Miravelez
 Melai Cantiveros as Monica Miravelez

Special participation
 Xyriel Manabat as young Mona
 Louise Abuel as young Franco
 Alyanna Angeles as young Isabelle
 Zaijian Jaranilla as young Samuel
 Ella Cruz as young Lupe
 JB Agustin as young Calixto
 Jana Agoncillo as young Natalia
 Zach Briz as young Gabriel
 Gabrielle Patrish Nagayama as young Andrea

Book 2

Lead cast
 Coco Martin as Gabriel R. Hidalgo
 Kim Chiu as Andrea Rebecca M. Hidalgo / Jacqueline "Jacq" Sanggalang
 KC Concepcion as Natalia Isabelle M. Hidalgo

Main cast
 Amy Austria Ventura as Isabelle Miravelez-Hidalgo / Dolores Mondigo
 Joel Torre as Samuel S. Hidalgo
 Christopher de Leon as Sen. Franco S. Hidalgo
 Rio Locsin as Guadalupe "Lupe" Roque-Dela Cruz
 Mylene Dizon as Tessa Villanueva
 Nonie Buencamino as Calixto Dela Cruz
 Smokey Manaloto as Roger Sanggalang
 Jojit Lorenzo as Mark Villanueva
 Arlene Muhlach as Esther Sanggalang

Supporting cast
 Dennis Padilla as Roman Evangelista
 Bryan Santos as James Lorenzo
 Mikylla Ramirez as Darlene R. Dela Cruz

Guest cast
 Yogo Singh as young Gabriel
 Marlann Flores as young Esther
 Neil Coleta as young Roger
 Ruby Ruiz as Marciana
 Vangie Labalan as Conchita

Reception

Ratings

Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

See also
List of programs broadcast by ABS-CBN
List of telenovelas of ABS-CBN

References

External links

ABS-CBN drama series
2014 Philippine television series debuts
2014 Philippine television series endings
Philippine romance television series
Television series by Dreamscape Entertainment Television
Television series set in the 1960s
Television series set in the 1970s
Television series set in the 1980s
Television series set in the 1990s
Television series set in the 2000s
Period television series
Filipino-language television shows
Television shows set in the Philippines


title: Dorset button

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A Dorset button is a style of craft-made button originating in the English county of Dorset. Their manufacture was at a peak between 1622 and 1850, after which they were overtaken by machine-made buttons from factories in the developing industries of Birmingham and other growing cities.

Types
Dorset buttons are characteristically made by repeatedly binding yarn over a disc or ring former. There are four main forms and a large number of individual styles within these.

Wheels

 'Wheels'  are the most characteristic form of Dorset button and worked on a ring. They are also known as Dorset Cartwheel, Crosswheels, Basket weave and Yarrells.

Wheels are made by variations on the same processes of Casting, Slicking, Laying and Rounding:
Casting
 Blanket stitch is worked around a ring former, encasing it in a toroidal sleeve of yarn.
 Slicking
 The initial stitches were worked from the outside of the ring. They originally protruded outside the ring, and are now turned on the ring to all be on the inside. This leaves the outer edge smooth, giving a more functional button, and also forms a slightly protruding flange of stitchwork on the inside.
 Laying
 Crosswise strands are stitched radially across the button, from side to side of the casting stitches. Stitches are either caught through the casting stitches, now on the inside after slicking, or else they are simply wrapped over the outside of the ring. These passes may form either a radial star or, if they pass to the sides of the centre, a hollow star. The number of strands varies for the pattern. Strands are usually arranged symmetrically around the ring, but they may be skipped or gathered into bunches, to give patterns.
 'Birds eye' buttons do not have any laying or rounding, but use multiple passes of thickened casting to make a simple 'doughnut' button. Originally, before the introduction of wire rings, these were a single pass, formed over a rolled piece of cloth.
 Rounding
 Rounding weaves a spiral of yarn over the crosswise laid strands, starting from the centre. This step gives most of the pattern variation for a wheel button. 'Blandford Cartwheels' may stop after only a few turns of rounding. 'Crosswheels' have very little rounding and their cross strands are prominent. 'Basket weave' uses an extensive rounding, visible on the top surface and hiding the cross strands.

High Tops and Dorset Knobs
'High Tops' and 'Dorset Knobs' are patterns that are taller, or nearly as tall, as they are wide. They were the first Dorset buttons to be made, being made on a ram's horn base, before the advent of the metal ring former. They are covered in fabric, then embroidered for decoration. Techniques for making them were lost, but rediscovered in the 1970s. The Dorset Knob also gave its name to a locally produced hard biscuit.

Birdseyes and Mites

These were made by using a small piece of triangular fabric and rolled and formed into a doughnut shape with a hole in the centre. This form was then covered with blanket stitches

Singletons
'Singletons' are made on a similar ring former to wheels, but this is padded with a disc of woven fabric that is then embroidered. Their name derives from the Singleton family, who made a speciality of this style in the 17th century.

History
Buttons only began to be made in England in the 1400s, when the transition began to be made from ties to this new form of closure.  Buttons were traded between towns by itinerant peddlers. but there was no organised trade or centres of production beyond this. Around 1600, men's upper-body clothing was beginning its transition from the doublet to the coat. Buttons became larger, more prominent and became a specialist item made by button-makers, rather than tailors.

The first Dorset buttons used products of the local sheep farms: ram's horn as a base and locally produced cloth over this. These were the High Top buttons. The doublet or peascod was fastened by a single central row of small, closely spaced buttons. These were made tall, to avoid the small buttons slipping out of the stiff fabric. As the button line of fashion moved outwards and the garment became more flexible, a wider and lower button was needed, the Dorset Knob.

Linen yarns and fabric were used for quality and commercial work, although some early buttons for local use used cheaper woolen yarns from local herds. Most buttons were produced in their natural colour, but could be dyed to match garments. The use of multiple yarn colours is a predominantly modern trend. Dorset buttons were known and traded widely, but it was a long time before their production was organised into a recognisable industry.

The Case family
In 1622 Abraham Case moved to Shaftesbury and set up the first commercial button making enterprise. Originally from Gloucestershire, he had been a soldier in Europe during the Thirty Years War but returned and married a girl from Wardour before settling in Shaftesbury. Having seen the direction of European fashions he believed that 'Buttony' would become a thriving industry.

His first buttons were made in a small workshop. Later buttons for the growing trade were made by outworkers working from their homes as piece work. Some farm workers worked on the land during daylight hours, and on button-making in the evenings or in winter. Most though were full-time button-makers. This outwork became the norm and an important source of income for many families, and for those too old to work in the fields.

Buttons were graded by quality. The finest export grade were mounted onto pink cards. Domestic quality were set on dark-blue cards and the lowest quality onto yellow cards. A good buttoner could make around six dozen (72) buttons a day and could earn up to three shillings. Buttons sold at retail for between eight pence and three shillings a dozen. This compared to wages of perhaps 9d a day as a farm worker. It also had the advantage of being a home-based activity, which was more attractive than being outside in all weathers and also reduced expenditure on shoes and the wear and laundering of clothes.

By the end of the 17th century, Buttony had grown to become an important industry, controlled within the Case family. A great many pedlars and hawkers were registered in Shaftesbury, far more than in any other local towns. An Act of Parliament was passed in 1699 that, amongst its export restrictions on woolens, prevented the making of buttons “made of cloth, serge, drugget, or other stuffs”. The Act would remain in force for two hundred years, but in practice appears to have had little lasting effect on trade.

Abraham's sons Abraham Jr. and Elias continued with the business, Elias opening a second depot at Bere Regis. By 1720 there were agencies at Milborne St. Andrew, Sherborne, Poole, Langton Matravers and Tarrant Keyneston.

Around this time, new forms of button were developed. Wire was imported by wagon from the Midlands, then twisted into rings and soldered. These ring formers replaced the previous horn discs and began the characteristic Dorset styles of the wheel buttons. Ring making was carried out by children working as 'Twisters', who formed the rings; 'Dippers', who soldered them shut; and 'Stringers', who tied them into strings for distribution to the button makers.

After a fire in 1731 destroyed the Bere depot, Elias Case, Abraham's son, employed as a manager a Yorkshire businessman, John Clayton, who reorganised the firm. A London sales office was opened by Clayton in 1743, followed in 1744 by a new major depot at Lytchett Minster. Abraham's grandson Peter Case opened an export office in Liverpool. Case family money founded the well-known Cases Street and Clayton Square in Liverpool. Peter Case also developed a new rust-free alloy for making the wire rings.

Smaller collection offices across the county were established at Milborne Stileham, Sixpenny Handley, Piddletrenthide, Langton and Wool. At one time 'Buttony' employed 4,000 people with a turnover of £14,000.

Decline
The hand-made Dorset Button was slowly replaced by machine-made buttons. The first cloth-and-thread button machine was invented by Benjamin Saunders in 1825. The Saunders machine was closely followed by others including one by John Aston in the early 1840s.

Amongst the many industrial machines on display at the Great Exhibition was Mr John Ashton's button-making press, first patented in 1841. This could manufacture buttons from thin metal sheet far more quickly and cheaply than hand work. These new buttons had the advantage of smart modernity. Birmingham would soon become a major centre for this type of costume jewellery and small presswork. The centralised factories, steam power and access to venture capital could not be competed with by the small-scale enterprises of rural Dorset.

Although the agrarian economy of Dorset remained profitable, the collapse of button-making led to much personal hardship. Many joined the mass emigrations to Australia, Canada or the USA. Some became destitute and entered the workhouse.

The last surviving descendant of Abraham Case died at Milborne St. Andrew in 1908. In the Edwardian period, renewed interest in traditional crafts led Florence, Dowager Lady Lees to attempt to revive the industry but this was frustrated by the outbreak of the Great War. It was also attempted by the newly formed Women's Institute after the war, but to no avail.

In 2017, the Heritage Crafts Association included button making as one of their list of endangered heritage crafts.

In popular culture
Dorset buttons have given their name to the Dorset Buttons ladies' Morris side. The side was formed in 1978 at Wareham in Dorset. Although a Dorset side, they dance in the North West tradition, wearing wooden-soled clogs. Their colours are red and green with straw hats covered in Dorset buttons.

References

Further reading

 Binnie-Dawson, John (2023). A Genealogically Led History of Dorset Buttony

External links

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title: Geniostoma petiolosum

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Geniostoma petiolosum, commonly known as boar tree, is a flowering plant in the Loganiaceae family. The specific epithet refers to the relatively long and narrow petioles.

Description
It is a shrub or small tree, growing to 5 m in height. The lanceolate-elliptic leaves are 5.5–14 cm long and 2–4.5 cm wide. The inflorescences are clustered, 1–2 cm long, bearing 5–20 small flowers. The ovoid-globose capsules, 6–7 mm long, contain small, black seeds in yellow pulp.

Distribution and habitat
The plant is endemic to Australia's subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. It is an uncommon inhabitant of sheltered forest throughout the Island, especially at lower elevations.

References

petiolosum
Endemic flora of Lord Howe Island
Laurales of Australia
Plants described in 1869
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
Taxa named by Charles Moore


title: Horseplay (2014 film)

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Horseplay is a 2014 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Lee Chi-ngai and starring Tony Leung, Ekin Cheng and Kelly Chen. The film's Cantonese and Mandarin theme song, Why Not Tonight (不如今晚) and The Best Night (最好的夜晚) respectively, was adapted from Henry Mancini's It Had Better Be Tonight with Leung, Cheng and Chen performing. Leung and Chen performed the Mandarin version at the 2014 CCTV Lunar New Year Evening on 30 January 2014.

Plot
While interviewing for a relics smuggling case in London, television hostess Ha Mui (Kelly Chen) meets multi-faced thief Nine-Tailed Fox (Tony Leung) and washed out police detective Cheung Ho (Ekin Cheng). One wants to reveal the truth, one wants to steal the "Tang dynasty Pottery Horse" and one wants to bring criminals to justice. The three of them have different goals, but they must work together to acquire the pottery. Meanwhile, Nine-Tailed Fox is being hunted down by an old enemy and must evade capture. What will be the final outcome?

Cast
Tony Leung Ka-fai as Lee Tan (李旦), known as the Nine-Tailed Fox (九尾狐), a multi-faced thief
Ekin Cheng as Cheung Ho (張浩), a police officer and Ha Mui's boyfriend
Kelly Chen as Ha Mui (夏梅), a television hostess
Eric Tsang as Mr. Round (尚環), an antique appraisal expert
Wong Cho-lam as Tung Yin (董燕), an antique appraisal expert and Heung's junior
Wang Ziyi as Butch, Lee Tan's apprentice
Wang Shuo as Chen Jun (陳俊)
Mandy Lieu as Twin assassins
Liu Kai-chi as Officer Wong (黃Sir), Cheung's ex-superior
Stephanie Che as Eva Lam (林綺華), a television hostess and Ha's friend
Luisa Maria Leitão as Ping (萍), host of the "Star Trackers"
Jeannie Chan as Lee Tan's daughter
Martin Goga as main dancer
Predrag Bjelac as Gypsy King, owner of an attraction at the Amusement Park in Prague.

Production
Horseplay was filmed on location in Prague and London. While filming a motorcycle crashing scene, Tony Leung encountered an accident where he fractured three rib bones. Due to his injury, Leung, who was scheduled to film his first TVB series Line Walker, had to withdraw from the series.

Theme song
Why Not Tonight (不如今晚) () / The Best Night (最好的夜晚) ()
Composer: Henry Mancini
Arranger: Ted Lo
Lyricist: Abrahim Chan
Producer: Mark Lui
Singer: Tony Leung Ka-fai, Ekin Cheng, Kelly Chen

References

External links

2014 films
Hong Kong action comedy films
2014 action comedy films
Hong Kong slapstick comedy films
Police detective films
2010s Cantonese-language films
Films set in Prague
Films set in London
Films shot in the Czech Republic
Films shot in London
Films directed by Lee Chi-ngai
2014 comedy films
2010s Hong Kong films


title: The Making of a Lady

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The Making of a Lady is a television film based on the 1901 novel The Making of a Marchioness by Frances Hodgson Burnett that uses a screenplay adaptation by Kate Brooke. The film premiered in 2012 on ITV in Britain and was subsequently broadcast on PBS in the United States in 2014. Directed by Richard Curson Smith, the film stars Lydia Wilson as Emily, Linus Roache as Lord James Walderhurst, Joanna Lumley as Lady Maria Byrne, and James D'Arcy as Captain Alec Osborn.

References

External links

2012 television films
2012 films
Films based on American novels
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by Frances Hodgson Burnett


title: Davide Formolo

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Davide Formolo (born 25 October 1992) is an Italian professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Formolo turned professional in 2014.

Biography
Born on 25 October 1992, in Negrar, Italy, Formolo resides in Marano di Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy.

He signed with , a UCI ProTeam, for the 2014 season.

Formolo signed with , a UCI WorldTeam, for the 2015 season.

On 12 May 2015, at the Giro d'Italia, Formolo escaped with twenty riders, and successfully soloed, , to the finish. He finished twenty-two seconds ahead of the peloton. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.

After two seasons with , it was announced that Formolo would join  on a two-year contract from 2020. In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He withdrew from the race following stage 10, after he was diagnosed with a fractured collarbone following a crash.

Major results

2012
 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 2nd Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
 4th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
 8th Overall Girobio
2013
 2nd Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
 2nd Trofeo Matteotti Under-23
 3rd Coppa della Pace
 4th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
 6th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 6th GP Capodarco
 8th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
 9th Trofeo Edil C
 10th Gran Premio di Poggiana
2014
 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
 2nd GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
 4th Overall Tour of Turkey
 6th Giro dell'Emilia
 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan
 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
 7th Japan Cup
 9th Gran Premio di Lugano
2015 (1 pro win)
 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
 1st  Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve
 3rd Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'Es Colomer
 9th Overall Tour de Pologne
 9th Overall Tour of Alberta
2016
 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
 9th Overall Vuelta a España
2017
 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
2018
 6th Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 8th Overall Tour de Pologne
 10th Overall Giro d'Italia
2019 (2)
 1st  Road race, National Road Championships
 1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 2nd Tokyo 2020 Test Event
 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
2020 (1)
 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné
 2nd Strade Bianche
 8th Overall UAE Tour
2021
 2nd Tre Valli Varesine
 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2022
 2nd Veneto Classic
 4th Coppa Agostoni
 9th Giro dell'Emilia
 10th Overall Deutschland Tour
2023 (2)
 1st Veneto Classic
 1st Coppa Agostoni
 2nd Overall Saudi Tour
 5th Memorial Marco Pantani
 6th Giro della Toscana
 9th Overall Tour of Austria
 9th Strade Bianche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Italian male cyclists
Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Cyclists from the Province of Verona


title: Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard

text:
Michel Joseph Napoléon Liénard (1810–1870) was a French sculptor and ornamentalist.

Works

Variants of the same fountain design were used by Liénard multiple times, with minor alterations:

 Brewer Fountain, Boston (Massachusetts, United States of America)
 Steble Fountain, Liverpool (England, United Kingdom)
 Tourny Fountain, Quebec City (Quebec, Canada), previously in Bordeaux (France)
 Tourny Fountain, Soulac-sur-Mer (France)
 Mail Fountain, Angers (France)
 Fountain in Prince's Square, Launceston (Tasmania, Australia)
 Fountain in the English garden in Geneva (Switzerland)

Among his other fountains based on different designs:

 Fontaine des-Arts-et-Metiers, Square Émile-Chautemps, Paris (1860).

References

External links

 Works by Michel Liénard in Musée d'Orsay

1810 births
1870 deaths
19th-century French sculptors
French male sculptors
People from Seine-Maritime
19th-century French male artists


title: VA-54 (U.S. Navy)

text:
VA-54 was an early and long-lived Attack Squadron of the U.S. Navy, operating under many designations during its 20-year life. It was established as Scouting Squadron VS-2B on 3 July 1928, and redesignated as VS-3 on 1 July 1937, and as Bombing Squadron VB-4 on 1 March 1943. It was redesignated as VB-5 on 15 July of that same year, and as Attack Squadron VA-5A on 15 November 1946. Finally, it was redesignated as VA-54 on 15 November 1946. VA-54 was disestablished on 1 December 1949. The squadron's insignia varied over its lifetime, depicting in turn a bird dog, a devil, and finally a bomb and five playing cards. Its nickname is unknown. It was the first squadron to be designated VA-54, a second VA-54 was redesignated from VF-54 on 15 June 1956 and disestablished on 1 April 1958.

Notable personnel
The squadron's acting commanding officer when it was established in 1928, and again for three months in 1929, was LT Forrest Sherman, who became the nation's youngest Chief of Naval Operations in 1949.

Operational history
 January–February 1929: Fleet Problem IX was the first time the Navy's two large carriers,  (with VS-2B embarked) and , participated in a major fleet exercise.
 March–April 1930: In March, Fleet Problem X was conducted in the Caribbean Sea, followed by Fleet Problem XI in April.
 May 1930: VS-2B's aircraft joined with the planes from nine other squadrons, which included Saratoga, Lexington and  Air Groups, for a three-day tour of east coast cities from Norfolk, Virginia to Boston. The flight was commanded by Captain Kenneth Whiting and consisted of 36 torpedo and bombing planes, 57 fighting planes, 24 scouting planes, 3 amphibian utility planes, 3 Ford tri-motor transports and 2 staff planes. It was the largest air parade that had ever been assembled on the East Coast.
 5 November 1931: The squadron's commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Oscar W. Erickson, was killed in an airplane crash at sea.
 1931–1934: The squadron participated in Fleet Problems XII through XV
 31 May 1934: A Naval Review for President Franklin D. Roosevelt was held in New York Harbor.
 1935–1938: The squadron participated in Fleet Problems XVI through XIX.
 April–May 1940: The squadron participated in Fleet Problem XXI. This was the last major fleet problem conducted before the attack on Pearl Harbor and America's involvement in World War II.
 August 1942: VS-3 and the other squadrons in Saratoga's Air Group provided air support for the battle of Guadalcanal.
 24–25 August 1942: VS-3 participated in the Battle of the Eastern Solomons and, along with other squadrons in the Saratoga Air Group, attacked and sunk the Japanese carrier Ryujo. En route back to Saratoga after their attack on the Ryujo, Lieutenant Commander Kirn, and ten of his SBDs attacked a Japanese flight of four Vals, downing three and damaging the fourth.
 September–November 1942: VS-3 operated from Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides until its return to CONUS in December.
 6–24 July 1943: VB-5 departed Norfolk embarked on  en route to the Hawaiian Islands via the Panama Canal.
 31 August 1943: VB-5, embarked on Yorktown, participated in a raid on Marcus Island.
 5–6 October 1943: The squadron participated in a raid on Wake Island.
 November–December 1943: VB-5 participated in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in support of the landings on Makin and Tarawa, as well as strikes against the Marshalls.
 January–February 1944: The squadron flew strikes against the Marshall Islands and provided air support for the invasion of the Marshalls.
 16–17 February 1944: VB-5, along with other squadrons in Air Group 5, flew strikes against the Japanese stronghold of Truk.
 22 February 1944: CVG-5's aircraft, including VB-5, raided the Marianas striking targets on Saipan.
 30 March–1 April 1944: VB-5's SBDs struck ships and facilities at Palau in the Caroline Islands.
 21–23 April 1944: Strikes were flown by VB-5 against targets on Wade Island and Hollandia in New Guinea. These operations were in support of Operations Reckless  and Persecution.
 29–30 April 1944: VB-5 conducted another strike operation against Truk.
 14 May 1944: Following a ten-month combat tour, which began in August 1943, Air Group 5 was relieved aboard Yorktown by Air Group 1 and the Air Group, including VB-5, returned to CONUS.
 7 February 1945: CVG-5, with VB-5, embarked on  and departed NAS Alameda for Hawaii, arriving there on 13 February. This was the beginning of the squadron's third major combat tour in the Pacific.
 19 March 1945: Following the launch of CVG-5 aircraft, including Curtiss SB2C Helldivers from VB-5, for an attack against the city of Kobe, Japan, Franklin was hit by two enemy bombs from a Japanese aircraft. Fires were ignited on the second and third decks from the first bomb and the second triggered munitions on the carrier. All CVG-5's aircraft still on the carrier were destroyed. The damage was one of the most extensive experienced by an  during World War II. A total of 724 were killed and 265 wounded. However, the crew's heroic efforts saved the ship. CVG-5 personnel were transferred to . CVG-5 aircraft in the air landed on other carriers, primarily . Personnel in the water were picked up by destroyers.
 May 1949: VA-54 was the last fleet squadron to operate the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver aircraft. The squadron completed its Operational Readiness Inspection on 19 May and the last operational flight of the SB2C Helldiver.

Home port assignments
The squadron was assigned to these home ports, effective on the dates shown:
Naval Air Station San Diego – 3 July 1928
Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides – September 1942*
Naval Air Station San Diego – December 1942
Marine Corps Air Station El Centro – January 1943
Naval Air Station San Diego – March 1943
Naval Air Station Norfolk – April 1943
Naval Station Pearl Harbor – July 1943*
Naval Air Station Barbers Point – September 1943*
Naval Air Station Puʻunene – October 1943*
Naval Air Station Hilo – December 1943*
Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay – December 1943*
Naval Air Station Alameda – 25 June 1944
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Fallon – 25 July 1944
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Vernalis – 29 October 1944
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Santa Rosa – 10 November 1944
Hawaii - February 1945*
Naval Air Station Klamath Falls – 8 May 1945
Naval Air Station Pasco – 28 Sep 1945
Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brown Field – 3 December 1945
Naval Air Station Barbers Point – 25 March 1946
Naval Air Station San Diego – 20 May 1946
Naval Air Station Seattle – 13 January 1947
Naval Air Station San Diego – 20 March 1947
 Temporary shore assignment during World War II.

Aircraft assignment
The squadron first received the following aircraft in the months shown:
 Vought UO – July 1928
 Vought FU-1 – 27 August 1928
 Vought O2U-1 & -2 Corsair – December 1928
 Vought O3U-2 Corsair – December 1931
 Vought SU-1 Corsair – May 1932
 Vought SU-3 Corsair – November 1932
 Vought SU-2 Corsair – December 1932
 Vought SBU-1 Corsair (scout bomber) – January 1936
 Curtiss SBC-3 Helldiver (biplane) – August 1937
 Curtiss SBC-4 Helldiver – March 1941
 Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless – August 1941
 Douglas SBD-4 Dauntless – January 1943
 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver (monoplane) – April 1943
 Douglas SBD-5 Dauntless – June 1943
 Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver – 25 June 1944
 Curtiss SBW-3 Helldiver – 25 June 1944
 Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver – September 1944
 Curtiss SB2C-4E Helldiver – December 1944
 Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver – March 1946
 Vought F4U-4 Corsair (fighter) – 19 April 1948
 Douglas AD-1 Skyraider – May 1949
 Douglas AD-4 Skyraider – October 1949

See also
 Attack aircraft
 List of inactive United States Navy aircraft squadrons
 History of the United States Navy

References

Attack squadrons of the United States Navy
Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Aviation Squadrons


title: Liam Henderson

text:
Liam Henderson (born 25 April 1996) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for  club Palermo, on loan from Empoli.

Henderson joined Celtic as a youth and progressed through the club's development squad before making his competitive first team debut in December 2013. He played in Celtic's winning 2015 Scottish League Cup Final team, before going out on three-month loan to Tippeligaen side Rosenborg. The Norwegian club went on to win a domestic league and cup double, and Henderson played enough games for him to earn winner's medals in both competitions. He then went on loan to Hibernian for most of the 2015–16 season, helping the club win the 2015–16 Scottish Cup. Henderson then rejoined the Celtic squad, but made few first-team appearances.

He was transferred to Serie B club Bari in January 2018, then moved to Hellas Verona as a free agent a few months later after Bari were declared bankrupt. He helped Verona to promotion, and in August 2019 became the first Scot to play in a Serie A match since Graeme Souness in 1986.

Henderson has represented Scotland at various youth levels, including captaining the under-17 team.

Club career
Henderson started his football career with Broxburn Athletic F.C. before joining Celtic.

Celtic

2013–14: First team debut
Henderson signed for Celtic in 2008. He featured for the club's development squad in midfield and was included in the first team squad for their pre-season trip to Germany in the summer of 2013.  Henderson played in a pre-season game against Ukrainian side Sevastopol, alongside higher profile debutants Virgil van Dijk and Amido Balde.

Season 2013–14 saw Henderson continue to play for the Celtic development squad at both under-20 level and in the UEFA Youth League.  He was particularly impressive in Celtic's 4–1 win over the Ajax academy side in October. Henderson made his competitive first team début, aged 17, on 6 December 2013; coming on as a substitute in Celtic's 5–0 win over Motherwell in the league. He then featured for the first team again in January 2014, playing in Turkey against Galatasaray in the Antalya Winter Cup. The match finished 0–0, but Celtic lost on penalty kicks. Despite the result, Henderson, and several other youth players who featured, were praised for their performance.

On 13 March 2014, Henderson made his first start in a competitive game in an away league match at Kilmarnock. Celtic won 3–0 and Henderson was praised by manager Neil Lennon for his performance, saying "I thought he grew into the game and had a superb debut. Credit to him and credit to the academy, because I think we have got a good player there." Henderson scored his first goal for Celtic on 26 March 2014, the second goal in Celtic's 5–1 win away at Partick Thistle which clinched the league title. His form throughout March saw him win the SPFL Young Player of the Month award for that month. Manager Neil Lennon commented "He's been absolutely excellent", and added that "His attitude to work is fantastic and there's certainly a willingness on his part to get better".

2014–15: Loan to Rosenborg
Henderson made a couple of appearances in the first few weeks of season 2014–15; playing against KR Reykjavik in a Champions League qualifying match and then in a league match away against Inverness CT. However, he thereafter completely dropped out of new Celtic manager Ronny Deila's plans for several months. Henderson regained his place in the XI in early January and scored an excellent left-footed strike against Hamilton Academical on 17 January 2015. Henderson featured for Celtic in the first leg of their Europa League tie against Inter Milan, coming on as a substitute in the second half and providing the cross which led to John Guidetti's late equalising goal in a 3–3 draw. A month later he played in the final eight minutes of Celtic's 2–0 League Cup Final win over Dundee United.

Henderson completed a short-term loan move to Norwegian club Rosenborg on 31 March 2015. Rosenborg manager Kåre Ingebrigtsen described Henderson as a "very exciting player" and that he had "huge potential". Henderson made his debut for his new club on 12 April when he came on as a second-half substitute during a 6–0 win over Haugesund. After making another substitute appearance in a league match against Strømsgodset, Henderson made his first starting appearance in Norway on 22 April in a Norwegian Cup tie away against lower league Vuku. The midfielder opened the scoring after 8 minutes with a right-foot strike. It was his first goal for Rosenborg, and his side went on to win 3–0. On 25 April Henderson came off the bench, on his 19th birthday, against Viking to score twice within 10 minutes. Rosenborg subsequently won the game 4–1. After making a total of 13 appearances, he returned to Celtic at the end of June 2015. Henderson was positive about his time in Norway, stating "it was a great experience, playing in a different league and in a foreign country."

Rosenborg clinched the league title on 25 October 2015, with Henderson having made enough league appearances to win a league medal. He also qualified for a cup winner's medal after Rosenborg won the 2015 Norwegian Football Cup. Henderson qualified for a medal by playing in the earlier rounds of the competition, with rules in Norway stating a player is eligible for a medal by virtue of playing during the cup run.

2015–16: Loan to Hibernian
On 14 August 2015, Henderson signed a three-year contract with Celtic.
 At the same time he moved on loan to Hibernian. He made his Hibs debut the following day, coming on as a second-half substitute during a 1–0 win in the league against Morton at Easter Road. On 12 September, he scored for his first goal for Hibs, opening the scoring in a 3–0 win over Alloa Athletic. A week later, Henderson scored the only goal in a 1–0 win away at Livingston. He curled the ball in direct from a free kick, with manager Alan Stubbs describing the goal as "worthy of winning any game". On 30 January 2016, Hibernian defeated St Johnstone 2–1 in the semi-final of the Scottish League Cup. The opening goal was controversial; Henderson adjudged to have been fouled by St Johnstone's Chris Millar in the penalty box, with Jason Cummings converting the resultant penalty. The penalty award provoked fury from the St Johnstone players, who felt that Henderson had dived. Henderson played in the final against Ross County, but Hibs lost 2–1, with the winning goal scored by The Staggies in the 90th minute.

Hibs were paired against Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts in the fifth round of the 2015–16 Scottish Cup, coming from two goals down at Tynecastle to salvage a replay, then winning 1–0 at Easter Road to progress to the quarter-final. Henderson was a prominent player in both games. Hibs defeated Inverness CT 2–1 in the next round, with Henderson heavily involved in the move that lead to Hibs' second goal. Henderson came off the bench in the 2016 Scottish Cup Final, as Hibernian beat Rangers 3–2 to win the competition for the first time since 1902. On as a 70th-minute substitute, Henderson delivered both corner kicks that led to Anthony Stokes' equaliser (2–2) and David Gray's stoppage time winning goal.

2016–17: Return to Celtic
Under new Celtic manager, Brendan Rodgers, Henderson barely featured at all Celtic during the early part of season 2016–17, only finally making his first starting appearance of the season on 15 October 2016 in a 2–0 win over Motherwell in the league. His appearances continued to be sporadic, and by the end of the season he had only made six starts, with a further seven substitute appearances to bring his total to 13 games. His 10 games in the league were enough, however, to clinch him a league championship medal.

2017–18
The following season saw Henderson even further down the pecking order for a place in the team. By January 2018, his only first-team football of the season was a 23-minute second-half substitute appearance against Dundee in October 2017. With no realistic hope of progressing his career at Celtic, Henderson went on trial with Italian club Bari.

Bari
On 17 January 2018, Henderson completed a move to Serie B outfit Bari in January 2018 for an undisclosed fee, later reported as being £115,000. He made his debut on 28 January, playing for the first hour in a 4–0 defeat at home to Empoli in the league. On 24 February, he scored his first goal for Bari, the opening goal in a 2–1 win over Ternana, and provided the assist for Luca Marrone's winning goal in the second half.

Bari were declared bankrupt at the end of the season, and in July 2018 it was being reported that Henderson had agreed to move to Verona.

Hellas Verona
On 3 August 2018, Henderson signed a four-year contract with Serie B side Hellas Verona. He had become a free agent after his previous club Bari were declared bankrupt. Verona made a strong start to the season, winning their opening five games, with Henderson scoring his first goal for the club in a 2–1 win over Crotone on 22 September 2018. Manager Fabio Grosso praised Henderson for his play in the early months of the season, highlighting his versatility and the "timing of his runs into the [penalty] box". Verona were promoted to Serie A in June 2019 by winning the Serie B promotion playoffs.

Henderson played in Verona's opening match of the 2019–20 Serie A season, a 1–1 draw with Bologna. This appearance made him the first Scot to play in a Serie A match since Graeme Souness with Sampdoria in 1986.

Loan to Empoli
On 17 January 2020, he joined Serie B club Empoli on loan with an option to buy.

Lecce
On 11 September 2020, Henderson signed a four-year contract with Lecce.

Return to Empoli
After just one season with Lecce, Henderson returned to Empoli.

Palermo
On 28 August 2023, Serie B club Palermo announced the signing of Henderson on loan from Empoli, with an option to buy.

International career
Henderson has played for Scotland at youth level; captaining the under-17 side, and then making the step up to the under-19 side who qualified for the Elite Round of the UEFA European Championship after a 1–1 draw with Germany in October 2013.  Henderson played in all three elite round matches in May 2014, although Scotland finished bottom of the group and failed to progress.

He kept his place in the under-19 squad for the following season, and in October 2014 played against Finland in the opening qualifying tie for the 2015 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. Henderson scored from the penalty spot to put Scotland 2–0 ahead, but Finland rallied and scored twice in the final 14 minutes to secure a draw. Henderson played in further draws against Lithuania and Norway, with Scotland qualifying for Elite Round as the best ranked third-placed team. He scored both of Scotland's goals in their 2–1 win over Austria in their opening Elite Round match on 26 March 2015. Henderson missed the next Elite Round match against Italy, but returned for the final game on 31 March against Croatia. Scotland could only draw 1–1, and failed to qualify from the group.

In November 2015, Henderson was called up to the under-21 squad for a European Under-21 Championship Qualifier against Ukraine at St Mirren Park, Paisley. On 13 November, he played for the whole 90 minutes in a 2–2 draw with the Ukrainians, twice coming close to scoring himself. Over the next year, Henderson played in a further seven U21 internationals, although was on the winning side only once. His last match for the Under 21 side was on 28 March 2017, when he captained the side in a scoreless draw against Estonia in a friendly in Paisley.

Personal life
Henderson's father, Nicky, was also a professional footballer in the 1990s and early 2000s. His younger brother Ewan, who also came through the Celtic youth system and made his first-team debut in May 2018, currently plays for Hibernian.

Career statistics

Honours
Celtic
 Scottish Premiership: 2016–17
 Scottish League Cup: 2014–15

Rosenborg
 Tippeligaen: 2015
 Norwegian Football Cup: 2015

Hibernian
 Scottish Cup: 2015–16

References

External links

1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Livingston, West Lothian
Scottish men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Scotland men's youth international footballers
Scotland men's under-21 international footballers
Scottish Professional Football League players
Eliteserien players
Serie A players
Serie B players
Celtic F.C. players
Rosenborg BK players
Hibernian F.C. players
SSC Bari players
Hellas Verona FC players
Empoli FC players
US Lecce players
Palermo FC players
Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy


title: Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal

text:
Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal (RKMS) is in its present form is a 210-bed multi-specialty charitable hospital in Kankhal, Haridwar in Uttarakhand. It is a branch of Ramakrishna Mission, and was established in 1901 by Swami Kalyanananda, one of the direct monastic disciples of Swami Vivekananda. The hospital serves the treatment needs of poor patients in and around Uttarakhand. Since its inception it has treated more than 10 million patients. From a modest beginning in a rented two room dilapidated building it has grown to be a multi-specialty hospital for treatment of impoverished and needy people, under the supervision of the monks of Ramakrishna Order. The hospital is located in an 18 acres campus, and houses Gynecology and Obstetrics, Pediatrics, Intensive Care Units, Pathological laboratory, Blood bank, Operation Theaters etc. in addition to dairy and agricultural land whose products are used for the consumption of poor in patients.

The Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama is under Ramakrishna Mission which also undertakes extensive relief and rehabilitation work in the region, which it did for the recent Uttarakhand flood 2013.

History
Swami Vivekananda had explicitly instructed his disciple, Swami Kalyanananda to do something for the monks and other poor people in Haridwar and Rishikesh, the two famous pilgrimage spots in India, as he himself had seen the plight of the people there. At that point in time there existed no healthcare facilities for poor in that region. In June 1901 the work was started in a two-room building which housed the beds for the ailing monks, the dispensary and the quarter of Swami Kalyanananda. The latter moved from one location to another searching for the sick monks and brought them to the hospital for treatment free of cost. He would prepare the diets himself, treated the patients with medicines and also did menial work like cleaning and washing of the patients. The fund for the initiative was collected by Swami Swarupananda who begged for the initial amount in Nainitial.
From the first published report of the Sevashrama (published in Prabuddha Bharat, September 1901), 6 monks were treated as indoor patients in September 1901, and there were 48 outdoor patients of whom about 30 were monks and rest poor householders.
In 1902, after the demise of Swami Vivekananda, another of his monastic disciples, Swami Nischayananda, joined his brother disciple to run the Sevashrama in Kankhal.

The sevashrama effort received much help from Swami Dhanraj Giri, the head of Kailash Ashrama. He had sent two rich businessmen, Bhajanlal Lohia and Harsahaymal Sukhdevdas to see the work of the two disciples of Swami Vivekananda. The two gentlemen were impressed by the work and granted financial help for constructing new buildings for the hospital. The plan for the construction was prepared by Swami Vijnanananda.

Gradually the Sevashrama undertook other works like serving pilgrims of Kumbha Mela in Haridwar, educational activities among poor, upliftment of the so-called untouchables and scavengers who did not have any access to schooling. The Ramakrishna Math with temple and monastery served for the spiritual needs.

Visit of Direct Disciples of Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda
The Sevashrama was visited by several disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, both monastic and householder. Among the householder disciples, the prominent was M or Mahendranath Gupta, the chronicler of The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. Swami Brahmananda, the first President of the Ramakrishna Order, visited the
Ashrama in 1902 and again in 1912 when he lived here for seven months. He stayed in the Ashrama's rather small library building. He arranged for the performance of
the Durga Puja the Sevashrama which was joyfully attended by all the prominent monks of Haridwar. Other disciples who stayed in the ashrama at different points of time include Swami Turiyananda, Swami Shivananda, Swami Saradananda, Swami Premananda and Swami Abhedananda. Ramlal Dada, the nephew of Sri Ramakrishna, also stayed here. Swami Achalananda and Swami Shuddhananda of Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service, both direct disciples of Swami Vivekananda, had stayed here. Swami Prakashananda (Sushil Maharaj) and Swami Virajananda, two other direct disciples of Swami Vivekananda stayed here for sometime for spiritual practice.

Visit of Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi visited the Sevashrama in 1915, on his return from England, after serving in the Boer War. He wrote in the visitor's book, Use indigenous drugs instead of imported drugs. Swami Nischayananda began to use several Ayurvedic medicines thereafter, and he had special knowledge about Ayurveda.

Philosophy
The Sevashrama is based on the philosophy propounded by Swami Vivekananda, of serving man in the image of God, esp. poor and downtrodden. Atmano mokshartham jagad hitaya cha - For one's own liberation as well as for the welfare of the world, was the ideology conceived by Swami Vivekananda for all organizations under the umbrella of Belur Math.

Present Situation

The Sevashrama in 2011-12 has treated more than 7000 in patients and more than 600,000 outdoor patients. This centre, a branch centre of Ramakrishna Mission, Belur, Kolkata is governed by a Managing Committee appointed by the Governing Body of Ramakrishna Mission. The Secretary of this Managing Committee functions as the head of that branch. It has got 150 beds for in patients, two fully equipped operation theatres, two fully equipped ambulances, one mobile medical unit, an emergency unit, neo natal department, maternity department, ophthalmology department, dental department, blood bank, physiotherapy, orthopedics, ultrasonography unit, X-Ray unit, a fully equipped ICCU and medical shop and caters to poor patients from all over India. More than 70% of the above patients are utterly poor, abandoned by their families and have no means to go anywhere for treatment. Free cataract operations are also performed here. The hospital also specialized in treating Tuberculosis patients since its inception.
The Ramakrishna Math, Kankhal was created in December 1980, after the bifurcation of Sevashrama into a Math and Mission Centres. The hospital runs its own Dairy and Agricultural farms, catering to the patients and other needy local people, as well as the monastics and workers.

References

External links
 Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal, Haridwar Official website

Ramakrishna Math and Mission branches
Swami Vivekananda
Hospitals in Uttarakhand
Buildings and structures in Haridwar
1901 establishments in India
Hospitals established in 1901
Charitable hospitals


The 1968 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees, former Vice President Richard Nixon of California and his running mate Governor Spiro Agnew of Maryland. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey of Minnesota and his running mate Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine.

Nixon took 52.10% of the vote to Humphrey's 43.93%, a margin of 8.18%.

Like the rest of Upper New England, New Hampshire in this era normally leaned Republican, however the state had voted overwhelmingly Democratic just four years earlier in 1964, when the staunch conservatism of Republican Barry Goldwater drove the liberal Northeastern United States, including New Hampshire, to deliver landslide victories to Democratic incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson. In 1964 Johnson had carried New Hampshire by a landslide 64–36 margin.

In 1968, the GOP sought to recover from their crippling defeat with Goldwater, and the party looked to former Vice President and the party’s narrowly defeated 1960 presidential nominee, Richard Nixon. Nixon was seen as a mainstream moderate Republican who could unite the competing factions of the Republican Party, and win back the moderate voters that Goldwater had alienated. The party recovered successfully and won back the White House and New Hampshire was returned to the Republican column. However, with four of the six New England states voting for Humphrey, New Hampshire became one of the two New England states (the other being neighboring Vermont) to vote for Nixon.

The “George Wallace Party” candidate, Southern populist Governor George Wallace of Alabama, did not have a serious impact on the race. While taking 13.53% nationally and winning electoral votes from five Southern states, Wallace would take only 3.76% of the vote in New Hampshire. Wallace’s base of support was in the South, and he had practically no appeal in Northeastern states like New Hampshire. New Hampshire would be Wallace’s fifth weakest state in the nation.

Results

Results by county

Analysis
The county map results followed a familiar pattern of the post-New Deal era, with Nixon winning seven counties to Humphrey’s three. Since Franklin Roosevelt’s election in 1932, in every close election or Democratic victory, Hillsborough County, Strafford County, and Coös County would vote Democratic, while Carroll County would be the most Republican county. This pattern endured in 1968 for the last time, with Humphrey winning the three core New Deal Democratic counties, while Carroll County was the only county in the state where Nixon broke seventy percent of the vote. Humphrey's strongest county was Coös County, which he won by a 53–44 margin making this one of only three occurrences since 1892 where it has supported a losing presidential candidate. Nixon thus became the first Republican to win the White House without carrying Coös County since Benjamin Harrison in 1888 and the first ever to win without Strafford County.

As Nixon narrowly eked out a victory over Humphrey nationally, New Hampshire's results in 1968 made the state about 7% more Republican than the national average. As of 2020, this is the most recent election in which New Hampshire was not the most Republican state in New England, as Nixon won Vermont by a slightly wider margin. Hillsborough County would not vote Democratic again until 1996, and Strafford County until 1992. Nixon had previously won New Hampshire in 1960 and would later win it again in 1972. Nixon's victory was the first of six consecutive Republican victories in the state, as New Hampshire would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until Bill Clinton in 1992. Since then it has become a Democratic-leaning swing state.

See also
 Presidency of Richard Nixon
 United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

Notes

References

1968
New Hampshire
1968 New Hampshire elections


title: Jaap Berghuis

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Jakob Albertus Victor (Jaap) Berghuis, (15 August 1945 – 29 July 2005) was a Dutch artist.

Born in the town of Smilde, Drenthe Province, in the Netherlands, Berghuis graduated cum laude in interior design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam, followed by a degree in painting at the Ateliers '63 (now De Ateliers) in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

From 1969 to 1989 Berghuis exhibited with the renowned Art & Project Gallery in Amsterdam, with two exhibitions in 1974 and one in 1980. Further exhibitions include:
 the Atelier 11, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1973);
 Fundamental Painting, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1975);
 the 9th Biennale de Paris (1975); and
 Neue Malerei aus den Niederlanden, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joaneum, Graz, Germany (1980).

References

External links
 Jaap Berghuis collection, website

1945 births
2005 deaths
People from Midden-Drenthe
Dutch artists


title: Cornwall City Council

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The Cornwall City Council () is the governing body for the city of Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. The council consists of the mayor and ten councillors. The mayor is elected via a first-past-the-post system while the councillors are elected via a blanket election where each voter can vote for 10 councillors, and the 10 councillors with the most votes are elected to the council.

2010–2014
Bob Kilger, mayor
Denis Carr, councillor
Bernadette Clément, councillor
Maurice Dupelle, councillor
Syd Gardiner, councillor
Glen Grant, councillor
Elaine MacDonald, councillor
David Murphy, councillor
André Rivette, councillor
Leslie O'Shaughnessy, councillor - resigned in 2012 and was succeeded by Gerald Samson in a by-election
Gerald Samson, councillor
Denis Thibault, councillor

2014–2018

Elected on October 27, 2014, the 2014–2018 council will entered office on November 30, 2014.

Leslie O'Shaughnessy, mayor
Bernadette Clement, councillor
Claude E. Macintosh, councillor
Elaine MacDonald, councillor
Justin Towndale, councillor
Maurice Dupelle, councillor
David Murphy, councillor
Carilyne Hebert, councillor
Brock Frost, councillor
Mark A. Macdonald, councillor
André Rivette, councillor

2018–2022
Elected October 22, 2018.

Bernadette Clement, mayor - resigned on June 22, 2021 and was succeeded via council appointment by Glen Grant as interim mayor
Justin Towndale, councillor
Elaine MacDonald, councillor
Carilyne Hébert, councillor
Maurice Dupelle, councillor
Claude McIntosh, councillor
Eric Bergeron, councillor
Glen Garry Grant, councillor
Dean Hollingsworth, councillor
Todd Bennett, councillor
Denis Carr, councillor

2022–2026
Elected Monday, October 24, 2022. Took office November 15.

Justin Towndale, mayor
Todd Bennett, councillor
Maurice Dupelle, councillor
Syd Gardiner, councillor
Sarah Good, councillor
Carilyne Hébert, councillor
Dean Hollingsworth, councillor
Elaine MacDonald, councillor
Claude E. McIntosh, councillor
Fred Ngoundjo, councillor
Denis Sabourin, councillor

References

External links
 Cornwall City Council

Cornwall, Ontario
Municipal councils in Ontario


title: Yasunori Kikuchi

text:
Yasunori Kikuchi (菊池 保則, born September 18, 1989, in Kuji District, Ibaraki) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

External links

NPB.com

1989 births
Japanese baseball players
Living people
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Baseball people from Ibaraki Prefecture
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
Hiroshima Toyo Carp players


title: Dana Falconberry

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Dana Falconberry is an American songwriter and musician originally from Dearborn, Michigan later based in Austin, Texas. She is known for her songwriting that focuses on themes of nature and wildlife. Since 2011, she has mostly played (both live and on record) backed by her five-piece band composed of Christopher Cox, Gina Dvorak, Karla Manzur, Matthew Shepherd, and Lindsey Verrill.

History
Originally interested in pursuing dance and choreography, Falconberry attended Hendrix College in Arkansas where she learned to play guitar and write songs. She moved to Austin in 2004 to turn her focus towards music. While in Austin, she fostered a career as a singer-songwriter, recording three albums, and touring the US, Portugal, Japan, the UK, and France.  She also spent time as a singer in the folk band Peter and the Wolf.

In 2011, Falconberry recruited her current band to record Leelanau, a set of songs inspired by her childhood trips to the Leelanau Peninsula.  Leelanau was released on Oakland's Antenna Farm Records in 2012 and was followed by multiple tours of the US, including supporting shows with Heartless Bastards and Califone.

Falconberry and her band have played on festivals including ACL Fest, SXSW Music Festival, and Noise Pop Festival.

Jon Pareles of The New York Times has described the live performance as "gentle yet intricate: a rusticated chamber music using banjo, cello, and staggered, contrapuntal vocal harmonies with the other women in her band, in songs full of wordless interludes that unfurled a skein of possibilities."

Discography

Albums

 Paper Sailboat (self-released - 2007)
 Oh Skies Of Grey (00:02:59 Records - 2008)
 Halletts (self-released - 2010)
 Leelanau (Antenna Farm Records - 2012)
 From the Forest Came the Fire (Modern Outsider - 2016)

EPs and singles

 Though I Didn't Call It Came (Crossbill Records - 2011)
 Public Hi-Fi Sessions 02 (Public Hi-Fi Records - 2014)

References

Songwriters from Michigan
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women songwriters
Living people
21st-century American women


title: LGBT history in Kenya

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LGBT history in Kenya has been characterized by religious and colonial influences. Interactions with traders along the Indian Oceanic coastline introduced Islamic religious doctrine against homosexuality. European explorers and British colonial rule incorporated the influence of Christianity. After gaining independence in 1963, the Kenyan government has remained hostile to the LGBT community. But in the 21st century, LGBT organizations advocacy organizations have formed.

Pre-independence
In the centuries after the advent of Islam in the 7th century in Arabia, religious doctrines against homosexuality were likely trafficked by Arab and Persian traders the Indian oceanic coastline, and later the Omani and Portuguese settlers along the coastline up until the 19th century. With the arrival of European missionaries and explorers into the interior in the mid-19th century, the anti-homosexual doctrine of Christianity began to be disseminated among the various ethnic groups in the region.

Moreover, during the colonial rule of British East Africa by the British from 1895 to 1963, anti-sodomy laws were promulgated, a phenomenon encouraged by European Christian missionaries who expanded popular adherence to Christian religion in the colony.

Post-independence era (1963–2000)
The anti-sodomy laws were kept by the post-independence government under Jomo Kenyatta, who, according to Wanjira Kiama:
[...]once claimed that there is no African word for homosexuality. This proves, he argues, that homosexuality is foreign and totally unAfrican. According to President Moi, "Kenya has no room or time for homosexuals and lesbians. Homosexuality is against African norms and traditions, and even in religion it is considered a great sin". Kenyatta’s and Moi’s opinions reflect a disapproval of men who have sex with men that runs broad and deep in Kenyan society.
This hostility continued under the presidency of Daniel arap Moi, even as HIV/AIDS took a heavy toll on the Kenyan population, across sexual orientation boundaries.

Kibaki and after
Under President Mwai Kibaki, in the midst of a rise of hostile anti-LGBT rhetoric, a number of pro-LGBT organizations were established, with the largest group being the Gay and Lesbian Coalition of Kenya in 2006.

On 26 June 2012, the United States embassy in Nairobi held what was believed to be the first ever LGBT pride event in Kenya. A public affairs officer at the embassy said, "The U.S. government for its part has made it clear that the advancement of human rights for LGBT people is central to our human rights policies around the world and to the realization of our foreign policy goals". Similar events were held at other U.S. embassies around the world.

See also
 LGBT rights in Africa

References

LGBT in Kenya
Kenya


title: Chen Dequan

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Chen Dequan (born 30 August 1995) is a Chinese male short track speed skater.

International Competition Podiums

References

External links
Dequan Chen's profile , from http://www.sochi2014.com ; retrieved 2014-02-11.

1995 births
Living people
Chinese male short track speed skaters
Olympic short track speed skaters for China
Olympic silver medalists for China
Olympic bronze medalists for China
Olympic medalists in short track speed skating
Short track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Short track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
People from Fushun
21st-century Chinese people


title: Sho Miyagawa

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Sho Miyagawa (宮川 将, born October 19, 1990, in Sennan, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

External links

NPB.com

1990 births
Japanese baseball players
Living people
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Baseball people from Osaka Prefecture
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
People from Sennan, Osaka


title: Xue Wenjie

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Xue Wenjie (薛文傑) (died 934) was an official of the Chinese Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Min. He was a close associate of Min's emperor Wang Lin (Emperor Huizong), by flattering the emperor and finding creative, if cruel, methods to extract funds from the people for the emperor's use. In 934, the angry soldiers refused to fight troops of Min's invading rival Wu unless Xue were surrendered to them. After Xue was given to them, they killed him and ate his flesh.

Coming to power
Historical records did not indicate when Xue Wenjie was born or what his geographical origins were.  What it did indicate was that at one point, he became the commander of the middle army of Fujian (i.e., the state of Min).  His personality was said to be dextrous and wicked.  As then-Min emperor Wang Lin favored luxurious living, Xue ingratiated himself with the emperor by collecting much material goods for the emperor.  Wang thus made him the director of budget (國計使, Guojishi) and closely associated with him.

It was said that the tactics Xue engaged to collect wealth for the emperor was this: he would secretly collect evidence of crimes committed by rich people in the populace; he would then arrest them and confiscate their wealth.  This included pounding the arrestees on both their chests and backs, and using heated copper to burn them.  In 933, there was a time when a powerful local man of Jian Prefecture (建州, in modern Nanping, Fujian), Wu Guang (吳光), went to Min's capital Changle (長樂, in modern Fuzhou, Fujian) to pay homage to the emperor.  As Xue wanted to confiscate Wu Guang's wealth, he began to secretly look for evidence of crimes to use against Wu Guang.  Wu Guang found out, and he led his followers, over 10,000, in defecting to Min's northwestern neighbor Wu.

Xue was apparently later made Wang's chief of staff (Shumishi), for he was referred to by that office later in the year.  He was at that time advising Wang to find some ways to reduce the power of the members of the imperial Wang clan.  As a result, Wang's nephew Wang Jitu (王繼圖) became incensed and considered a rebellion.  Wang Jitu's plot was discovered, and Wang Jitu and some 1,000 followers were executed.

As Wang Lin was superstitious, he favored a number of sorcerers, including one Sheng Tao (盛韜).  Xue further encouraged Wang in this behavior, stating to Wang, "Your Imperial Majesty has many wicked subjects among your officials.  Unless you inquire of this from the ghosts and the gods, you cannot know this.  Sheng Tao is good at communicating with the ghosts, and you should let him look into this."  Wang agreed.  Xue then used this method to eliminate a more senior political rival, fellow chief of staff Wu Xu (吳勗).  At that time, Wu was ill, so Xue went to see him, stating to him, "As the Master believed that you, Lord, have been long ill, he is considering removing you from this position.  I, your servant, told him that you, Lord, is merely having minor headaches and would soon be healed.  If the Master sends emissaries to see you, do not tell him that your illness is anything but headaches."  Wu believed him.  The next day, Xue had Sheng inform Wang, "I have seen Prince Chongxun [(apparently a local deity)] of the North Temple try Wu Xu for treason, and he punished Wu by using a golden hammer to pound copper nails into Wu's brain."  When Wang told this to Xue, Xue responded, "It might not be believable.  It would be good to send emissaries to ask about this."  When Wang's emissaries arrived at Wu's mansion, Wu told them that he was suffering from headaches.  Wang, now believing in Sheng's vision, arrested Wu and allowed Xue and the jailers to torture him.  Wu, unable to stand the torture, confessed.  Wu, his wife, and his children were executed.  It was said that this incident made the people more incensed with Xue.

Death
Meanwhile, though, Wu Guang, after defecting to Wu, advocated that Wu launch a campaign against Min.  The Wu prefect of Xin Prefecture (信州, in modern Shangrao, Jiangxi), Jiang Yanhui (蔣延徽), did not wait for his imperial government's approval, and went ahead and launched an attack on Jian Prefecture.  By spring 934, he had defeated Min forces at Pucheng (浦城, in modern Nanping), and then advanced to Jian, putting it under siege.  Wang Lin sent the generals Zhang Yanrou (張彥柔) and Wang Yanzong (王延宗, his brother) to command an army to try to relieve Jian.  When Wang Yanzong's army was on the way, the soldiers refused to advance further, proclaiming, "If we do not have Xue Wenjie, we will not battle."  When Wang Yanzong reported this to Wang Lin, the entire state was shocked.  Wang Lin's mother Empress Dowager Huang and his son Wang Jipeng the Prince of Fu wept and stated to Wang Lin, "Xue Wenjie abused the powers of the state to falsely harm the innocent.  The people in all strata of the population have long hated him.  Now the Wu forces are deep in our territory, and the soldiers are refusing to advance.  If the state is destroyed, what benefit is it to keep Xue's life?"  Xue tried to persuade Wang Lin otherwise, but Wang Lin refused to decide.  Shortly after, when Xue left the palace, he was ambushed and captured by soldiers under Wang Jipeng, who then put him in a caged wagon to deliver to the front.  (It was said that Xue had himself thought that the caged wagons for prisoner transport had spaces that were too wide, so he ordered that the cages be shrunk, and that spikes were placed on the inside such that if the prisoner moved at all, he or she would be speared by the spikes.  He ended up being the first prisoner to be placed in one of these modified wagons.)  As he was being transported, the people threw stones and bricks at him.

However, it was also said that Xue, who was involved in sorcery himself, had previously predicted that if he suffered a disaster, if he could survive it for three days, then his fortune would change for the better.  Those who transported him heard of the prediction and decided to transport him quickly.  It took only two days for him to be transported to Wang Yanzong's army.  When he arrived there, the soldiers leaped in joy, and they quickly cut off and ate his flesh.  Wang Lin subsequently sent an emissary with a pardon for him, but by the time the emissary reached Wang Yanzong's camp, Xue had already been completely eaten.  Sheng Tao was also executed.  Subsequently, with Min forces, now placated, advancing on Jian, and aid forces from Min's northeastern neighbor Wuyue also arriving, Wu forces withdrew.

Notes and references

 Spring and Autumn Annals of the Ten Kingdoms, vol. 98.

934 deaths
Min Kingdom shumishi
Executed Min Kingdom people
People executed by Min Kingdom
People executed by flaying
Year of birth unknown


title: American Soccer League (2014–2017)

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The American Soccer League (ASL) was an American soccer league that held three seasons of play between August 2014 and 2017. It is the fourth league in U.S. history to use that name. The league footprint was in the northeastern United States. ASL players were paid, making it different from the NPSL or PDL models in which college-eligible players can compete.

American Professional Soccer (APS) is the parent company of American Soccer League (ASL). The league's goal was to eventually achieve U.S. Soccer Division 3 status. However, this did not materialize. Initially, the league was sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA).

History
Initially, the league played a traditional FIFA calendar schedule. After the first season, ASL switched formats to a Spring-Fall schedule. The ASL spring season ran from April to June. After a short break, the fall season continued in late August and ran until early November.

Teams

Champions

Rivalry Cups

See also
North American Soccer League
United Soccer League
Premier Development League
National Premier Soccer League

References

External links

3
United States Adult Soccer Association leagues
2013 establishments in the United States
Sports leagues established in 2013
2017 disestablishments in the United States
Sports leagues disestablished in 2017


title: Hiroki Nakazawa

text:
Hiroki Nakazawa (仲澤 広基, born January 22, 1987) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He previously played with the Yomiuri Giants.

External links

NPB.com

1987 births
Living people
Baseball people from Yamanashi Prefecture
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
Yomiuri Giants players
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players


title: Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent

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The Silver Logie for Most Popular New Female Talent was an award presented at the Australian TV Week Logie Awards. It was first awarded at the 41st Annual TV Week Logie Awards ceremony, held in 1999. The award is given to honour a standout performance of a new female talent on an Australian program. It may or may not be her first television appearance, however it is her first major television role. The winner and nominees of Most Popular New Female Talent were chosen by the public through an online voting survey on the TV Week website. This award category was eliminated in 2014 and replaced by the gender non-specific category, Most Popular New Talent. Home and Away has the most recipients of this award, with a total of five wins, followed by Neighbours with two wins.

Winners and nominees

Multiple wins/nominations

See also
George Wallace Memorial Logie for Best New Talent
Graham Kennedy Award for Most Outstanding Newcomer
Logie Award for Most Popular New Male Talent
Logie Award for Most Popular New Talent

References

Awards established in 1999

1999 establishments in Australia


title: Chimelong Ocean Kingdom

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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom is a theme park situated in Hengqin, Zhuhai, People's Republic of China. It was designed by PGAV Destinations.  The park broke ground on November 28, 2010 and soft-opened on January 28, 2014. The grand opening occurred on March 29 of that year. The first phase of the park cost RMB 10 billion to build. It is part of the Chimelong International Ocean Tourist Resort, which aims to become the "Orlando of China". According to TEA and AECOM, it was the 10th most visited theme park in the world in 2018, with 10.83 million visitors.

Among its attractions are a wide range of amusement rides and animal shows, as well as the world's largest oceanarium with a total of  of water. The theme park currently has five Guinness World Records under its name.

Rides and shows

Rides

Shows

Themed areas

There are eight themed areas inside the park, each representing a part of the ocean.

Ocean Avenue

The entrance area with shops and an LED digital canopy that showcases the sea

Dolphin Cove

Amusement rides

 Battle of the Pirates – spinning tea cups with shooting water jets
 Dolphin Round Ride – spinner ride
 5D Castle Theatre - Opened in 2015. The castle theatre features a 13-minute animated film called "Kaka's Great Adventure". The film is produced by Prana Studios with Kraftwerk Living Technologies (KLT) providing the hardware. The theatre has a  curved screen, a world record. The theatre took more than three years to plan and cost some ¥300 million (US$50 million) to build.

Animal exhibits
Dolphin Island and Dolphin Theatre – spotted dolphin habitat
Dolphin Conservation Center – Chinese white dolphin habitat with viewing for guests both above and underwater

Amazing Amazon

Amusement rides
 Parrot Coaster – Bolliger & Mabillard winged coaster ride

Animal exhibits
Journey to the Amazon – freshwater aquarium

Ocean Beauty

Amusement rides
 Deep Sea Odyssey – submarine ride that goes inside the aquarium

Animal exhibits

Whale Shark Exhibit Aquarium – the tank itself contains  of water, making it the largest in the world, and it is home to whale sharks, manta rays, and many other species at the time of its opening.

Polar Horizon

Amusement rides
 Polar Explorer – water roller coaster ride

Animal exhibits

Beluga Experience and Beluga Theatre – beluga habitat
Polar bear Village – Polar bear habitat
Penguin World – Penguin habitat

Hero Island

Amusement rides
 Bumper Smash – Bumper cars
 Games Arcade – game stalls
 Penguin Coaster
Jungle Coaster
Tower of Sea Monsters

Animal exhibits
Otter's Den – Asian small-clawed otter habitat
Stingray Encounter – Stingray touch pool
Tide Pools – Touch tanks with small fish and other sea creatures

Mount Walrus

Amusement rides
Spirit of Adventure – pirate ship
Walrus Splash – giant flume

Animal exhibits
Walrus Island – walrus habitat
Sea Lion Bay and Sea Lion Theatre – sea lion habitat
Sea Bird Paradise – Home to pelicans, white cranes, white-naped cranes, white storks, herons, spotted seals, capybaras, green sea turtles, African spurred tortoises, Aldabra giant tortoise and seagulls.

Hengqin Ocean
Shows, parades, and firework shows

Entertainments
Journey of Lights - Nighttime parade designed by Miziker Entertainment

Killer Whale Breeding Center

Opened in March 2017, the facility is home to nine killer whales (5 males and 4 females), 6 currently living at the center and 3 temporarily held at another facility. All the killer whales came from Russia and will live here until their new home opens next year.

Two are named Nukka (F) and Tyson (M). Others' names have not been made official yet.

Transportation
The resort has been served by the Zhuhai Changlong railway station on the Zhuhai–Zhuhai Airport intercity railway since 18 August,

Awards and records
In 2015, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom won the Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement over 169 international candidates, marking the first time the award was given to a Chinese theme park.

The ocean park holds the Guinness world record for being the largest aquarium in the world, it also had the largest aquarium window in the world according to the Guinness World Records, a single acrylic panel measuring .

The Journey of Lights parade won the 2018 Thea Award for outstanding achievement - live show.

Criticism
Samuel Hung Ka-yiu, chairman of the Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society, said, "Ocean Kingdom seems to have imported everything." They are doing everything wrong. "They are doing everything you don't want them to do". Examples include polar bears confined in small areas demonstrating "repetitive pacing, swaying, head-bobbing or circling" and skin disorders in penguins kept in a sub-tropical environment.

Further criticism arises from a recent trade of orcas between China and Russia. In 2013 Russia captured wild orcas in the Sea of Okhotsk, two of which have been sold to China. "Now, a conservation group monitoring the capture of killer whales says it has discovered that Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (Cites) permits were applied for by Russia and granted for two wild-caught killer whales, also known as orcas, to be exported to China." Ocean Kingdom refuses to comment on whether they plan to display orcas in the future, but there are currently 50 aquariums in China, none of which have orcas on display.

Attendance

See also
 Chimelong Paradise
 List of tourist attractions in China

References

External links
Official website
Photos: Chimelong's Ocean Kingdom theme park in China Los Angeles Times.
Coaster Forum Review

Zhuhai
Animal theme parks
Amusement parks in China
Aquaria in China
2014 establishments in China
Amusement parks opened in 2014


title: Lists of constellations

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The following lists of constellations are available:
 IAU designated constellations - a list of the current, or "modern", constellations.
 Former constellations - a list of former constellations.
 Chinese constellations - traditional Chinese astronomy constellations.
 List of Nakshatras - sectors along the Moon's ecliptic.
IAU designated constellations by area - a list of constellations ranked by area.

See also
 Lists of astronomical objects
 Asterism (astronomy)


title: Tadashi Ishimine

text:
Tadashi Ishimine (伊志嶺 忠, born June 22, 1985, in Nakagami District, Okinawa) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

External links

NPB.com

1985 births
Japanese baseball players
Living people
Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
Baseball people from Okinawa Prefecture
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players


title: Yemeni Americans

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Yemeni Americans are Americans of Yemeni ancestry. According to an estimate in 2010, more than 100,000 Yemenis live in the United States.

History
Although it is unknown when Yemenis first arrived, it is believed that Yemenis were immigrating to the U.S. after 1869, and are recorded in the 1890s. Some Yemenis gained U.S. citizenship by fighting in World War I and World War II. Yemeni immigrants settled in existing Lebanese communities in cities like New York. They were outcast as Muslims, as the Lebanese communities were predominantly Christian, as were Syrian and Palestinian communities. After becoming situated, many Yemenis traveled westward for better job opportunities. In many places of United States, such as Chicago, Brooklyn (New York), and South Dearborn (Michigan), the first Yemeni entrepreneurs were owners of cafes and liquor stores. However, these companies are not characteristic of Yemeni culture, and it is likely that they have been owners of cafes under the influence of Lebanese and Palestinian communities longer.
Many Yemeni-Americans also worked in factories in the Rust Belt of the upper Northeast and Midwest. During the Great Depression of 1929 and until 1945, end of World War II, Yemeni immigration to United States slowed dramatically.  Immigration then increased afterward. When in 1965  the quota system for immigration was eliminated, Yemenis could more easily gain visas to reside in and gain employment in the United States.  This prompted a great increase in the numbers of Yemeni immigrants. Another feature of Yemeni immigrants in the U.S. is that in the years of immigration that occurred to 1970, nearly all immigrants from Yemen were adult males.

Demography
Although the overwhelming majority of Yemeni Americans are Muslim, there are also some American Jews of Yemeni ancestry, mostly whose parents or ancestors came to the U.S. via Israel. Significant Yemeni communities exist in The Bronx, New York (especially around Morris Park in an enclave called Little Yemen); Brooklyn, New York; the Buffalo metropolitan area (especially in Lackawanna, New York); Dearborn, Michigan; Hamtramck, Michigan; Falls Church, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; Bakersfield, California; Oakland, California; and Fresno, California. Over 30,000 Yemeni Americans live in Michigan. A significant population of Yemeni Americans live in the southside of Dearborn (Salina area). A few Yemenis had arrived in Michigan around 1900 but a much larger group came to work in the Ford Motor Company's Rouge Plant in the 1920s. Immigration to Michigan is still occurring. A survey of Arab Americans in the Detroit area after 9/11 found that Yemenis made up 9% of the area's Arab population and that Yemenis had the largest families, the lowest rate of business ownership (3% compared to 20% for other Arab groups), and a high rate of employment in "trades" as opposed to services, administration, professional or sales (43 percent in trades compared to 7 to 17 percent for other Arabs groups). Anthropologist Loukia K. Sarroub while investigating the Dearborn Yemeni culture through the perspective of 6 high-school age girls noted that the community was a "'Yemeni village' in the United States" where "this community continued to live much as they did in Yemen".

Sally Howell, author of Howell, "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit", wrote that Yemeni people had a presence in the Metro Detroit area since the late 1960s and "they have participated more actively in transnational practices than have other Arab Americans".

Language and religion
Yemeni Americans speak both English and Arabic. They speak many different dialects of Arabic, including:  Sanaani or Northern Yemeni dialect, Ta'izzi-Adeni or Southern Yemeni dialect, Hadrami dialect, Mehri dialect, and Judeo-Yemeni dialect. Most of them are Muslim. But some are also Jewish.

Politics
Yemeni Americans have supported the Democratic Party in recent elections. Majority of the community backed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election and Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. In recent years, Yemeni Americans have become more politically active and have increasingly run for political offices. Several Yemeni American politicians have won local and state elections.

Media and organizations
The Yemeni American Net was established in June 2007 as a web-site dedicated to bring a view to the world on the Yemeni Americans. One year later, a newspaper was established as the Yemeni American News. The American Association of Yemeni Scientists and Professionals promotes Yemenis in technical fields and provides a college scholarship program. The Yemeni American Association and the Yemeni American Benevolent Association also provide scholarships.

The Yemenite Jewish Federation of America was founded in 1995. American Yemeni Jews took an active role in rescuing European Jews during the holocaust.

Notable people

Abraham Aiyash, Majority Leader Michigan House of Representatives
Sadam Ali, boxer
Hakim Almasmari, journalist
Sharifa Alkhateeb, writer and teacher
 Isra Girgrah, Yemeni-born American professional world champion female boxer.
Adam Saleh, YouTuber and musician

See also

 Demographics of Yemen
 Yemeni Canadians
 Yemeni British
 United States–Yemen relations

References
 Howell, Sally. "Competing for Muslims: New Strategies for Urban Renewal in Detroit". Located in: Shryock, Andrew (editor). Islamophobia/Islamophilia: Beyond the Politics of Enemy and Friend. Indiana University Press, June 30, 2010. , 9780253004543.

Notes

Yemeni American Net

Arab American

Middle Eastern American


title: Tarra Rail Trail

text:
The Tarra Rail Trail is a Rail trail from Yarram to Port Albert in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Stage 1 to Alberton was opened in 2011 with further plans to extend the trail to the coast in Port Albert where it will meet up with the future extension of the Great Southern Rail Trail.

References

Tarra Trail - Overview from Tourism Victoria

See also
Bicycle Trails in Victoria

Rail trails in Victoria (state)


title: The Lord's Army

text:
The Lord's Army may refer to many religion-oriented groups, most notably:

Lord's Resistance Army, an armed force in central Africa
Army of the Lord, a Romanian religious movement