title: David Wallace (executive)

text:
David Wallace (October 6, 1908 – October 6, 1974 in Taormina, Sicily), was hired in 1955 by Ford Motor Company as manager of product planning and merchandising for its major new car line debuting in 1957. At the end the name chosen was Edsel.

Given the responsibility of researching potential names and being frustrated by conventional research, Wallace secured the aid of poet Marianne Moore who did not disappoint with such suggestions as Mongoose Civique, Resilient Bullet, Andante con Moto and Utopian Turtletop among others. The entire correspondence was later reproduced in The New Yorker (April 13, 1957, p. 130–136). It was up to Wallace to inform Moore of Ford's final choice which he did in this pungent letter:

November 8, 1956

Dear Miss Moore,

Because you were so kind to us in our early and hopeful days of looking for a suitable name, I feel a deep obligation to report on events that have ensued.

And I feel I must do so before the public announcement of same come Monday, November 19.

We have chosen a name out of the more than six thousand-odd candidates that we gathered. It has a certain ring to it. It fails somewhat of the resonance, gaiety, and zest we were seeking. But it has a personal dignity and meaning to many of us here. Our name, dear Miss Moore, is—Edsel.

I hope you will understand.

Cordially,

David Wallace,

Special Products Division

Wallace later wrote of his experiences with Ford Motor Co. in Automotive Quarterly, "Something went wrong. History had never witnessed anything like it before. More money was spent in its launching than any other previous product offered upon the consumer market anywhere – a quarter of a billion dollars. It was to be the most perfectly conceived automobile the world had ever seen – every part of its planning guided by public opinion polls, motivational research, Science. It did not work out that way". (Automobile Quarterly, 1975, Vol. XIII, No. 2, "Naming the Edsel", p. 182–191)

Career
Time magazine, manager of promotion research, 1939–1949
Ford International, manager of foreign marketing research, 1949–1951
Crossley Inc., vice president 1952–1953
Ogilvy, Benson & Mather, Inc., advertising agency, manager of market research, 1954–1955
Ford Motor Co. (Edsel Division), manager of marketing research of product planning and merchandising of the Special Products Division, 1955–1958
President of the American Association for Public Opinion Research, 1958–1959
In 1962 Wallace earned his PhD in sociology from Columbia University and returned to the world of academia

Publications
First Tuesday: A Study of Rationality in Voting, (Doubleday, 1964), a statistical study of the voting habits of the citizens of Westport, Connecticut.
American Journal of Sociology, LXIX, (September 1963), "A Tribute to the Second Sigma" (presidential address to the American Association for Public Opinion Research), Public Opinion Quarterly, Fall 1959, p 311-325
Letters From and To the Ford Motor Company, Marianne Moore, David Wallace, The Pierpont Morgan Library, 1958
Automobile Quarterly, 1975, Vol. XIII, No. 2, "Naming the Edsel", p. 182-191

References

Sources
The New Yorker, April 13, 1957, pp 130–136
Ford, The Men and the Machine, Robert Lacey, 1986, Ballantine Books, NY, p 504-511
Time, April 22, 1957, Vol. LXIX, No 16k, p 96
Madison Avenue USA, Martin Mayer, Pocket Books, Inc. 1958 (orig. published by Harper & Brothers), p 109, 111-113, 118, 122, 184
Peter Carlson. "The Flop Heard Round the World; That Name. That Grille. Ford Had High Expectations, but When the Edsel Debuted in 1957, It Became America's Most-Hyped Failure". The Washington Post. 2007. HighBeam Research. (September 5, 2014).

1908 births
1974 deaths
Market researchers
Ford executives
Columbia University alumni
20th-century American businesspeople


title: Elmore Morgenthaler

text:
Elmore Robert Morgenthaler (August 3, 1922 – November 25, 1997) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Providence Steamrollers and the Philadelphia Warriors in the Basketball Association of America (BAA), among other franchises and leagues. Standing at , Morgenthaler is officially recognized as the first seven-foot player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Morgenthaler was raised in Mart, Texas. He attended Hobbs High School in Hobbs, New Mexico, after he had been recruited by coach Charles Finley. Morgenthaler followed Finley to play college basketball for the New Mexico Mines and he finished second in the nation in scoring with 21.8 points per game after playing for just the second semester of the 1945–46 season. The Mines were abolished at the end of the season and Morgenthaler transferred to play for the Boston College Eagles for the 1946–47 season. He quit college basketball at the end of February 1947 to play professionally for the Providence Steamrollers of the BAA. He was waived by the Steamrollers on September 27, 1947, and did not return to the BAA until he signed with the Philadelphia Warriors on November 18, 1948.

Morgenthaler's health deteriorated after his retirement. He worked at a liquor distillery to support himself. In 1996, aged 74, Morgenthaler was living by himself in a rundown apartment building in Marlin, Texas. His right arm and a part of his left leg were paralyzed from a stroke he suffered in 1984. Like other former professional basketball players in the 1940s and 1950s, Morgenthaler did not receive a pension from the NBA and lived his final years in poverty. At the time of his death, he was residing at Bremond Nursing Home in Bremond, Texas. Morgenthaler died due to pneumonia at Falls Community Hospital in Marlin.

BAA career statistics

Regular season

References

External links

1922 births
1997 deaths
American Basketball League (1925–1955) players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Texas
Boston College Eagles men's basketball players
Centers (basketball)
College men's basketball players in the United States
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology alumni
Sportspeople from Falls County, Texas
Philadelphia Sphas players
Philadelphia Warriors players
Professional Basketball League of America players
Providence Steamrollers players
Waterloo Hawks players
20th-century American Jews
Deaths from pneumonia in Texas


title: Henry Forrester

text:
Henry Forrester may refer to:

Henry Forrester, fictional character in List of Hollyoaks characters (2013)
Sir Henry Forrester, fictional character in Stanley and Livingstone

See also
Harry Forrester (disambiguation)


title: Ambuno Achille

text:
Ambuno Achille (born 2 November 1987) is a Cameroonian footballer who currently plays for Saba Qom in Iran Pro League.

Club career

Rahian Kermanshah

Achille was part of Rahian Kermanshah's youth academy until 2012, when he was promoted to the first team squad by coach Javad Zarincheh. He played twenty games and scored five goals in his debut season for Rahian Kermanshah. At the next season, he was part of starting XI of Rahian Kermanshah, where he played twenty one games and scored ten goals.

Saba Qom
On 25 June 2014, Achille was signed by Saba Qom. He signed a contract until 2017 with the club and was given number 9 shirt. He played his first game for Saba in a 2–1 match against Zob Ahan where he scored the winning goal.

Career statistics

References

Living people
1987 births
Cameroonian men's footballers
Cameroonian expatriate men's footballers
Saba Qom F.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Iran
Place of birth missing (living people)
Men's association football forwards


title: First Army Corps (Spanish–American War)

text:
The First Army Corps was a unit of the United States Army raised for the Spanish–American War.

As relations between Spain and the United States deteriorated in the spring of 1898, the leaders of the U.S. Army began to plan for its first large-scale campaign since the Civil War, which had ended more than 30 years previously. On April 15, 1898, the regiments of the Regular Army were ordered to various assembly points in the South, with only a handful of units to remain at their peacetime posts. The troops assembling at Camp Thomas, Georgia (in the Chickamauga Battlefield Park) were formed into a provisional field corps on April 23 under the command of Major General John R. Brooke.

After the declaration of war, General Order 36 of May 7 approved the organization of eight "army corps," each of which was to consist of three or more divisions of three brigades each. Each brigade was to have approximately 3,600 officers and enlisted men organized into three regiments and, with three such brigades, each division was to total about 11,000 officers and men. Thus the division was to be about the same size as the division of 1861, but army corps were to be larger. The division staff initially was to have an adjutant general, quartermaster, commissary, surgeon, inspector general and engineer, with an ordnance officer added later. The brigade staff was identical except that no inspector general or ordnance officer was authorized.

General Order 46 of May 16, 1898 assigned commanding officers and training camps to the new corps. Major General Brooke was named as commander of First Army Corps, which was to assemble at Camp Thomas, Georgia.

In July 1898, First Division of the First Army Corps (division numbers were not unique in this era) was assigned to the Puerto Rico expedition. On July 23, General Brooke was relieved by Major General James F. Wade, who in turn relinquished command to Brigadier General Royal T. Frank; on August 2, General Frank relinquished command to Major General Joseph C. Breckinridge. (Many accounts claim that First Corps led the invasion of Puerto Rico (as the Fifth had done at Santiago), but the troops under Brooke were the only element of the corps to take part in the expedition, which was headed by the Army's commanding general, Nelson A. Miles and included troops led by generals Guy Vernon Henry and Theodore Schwan who commanded the First Divisions of the Fourth and Seventh corps.)

As hostilities concluded and conditions at Camp Thomas deteriorated, it was decided to break up the encampment and move the troops to healthier grounds. On August 22, the Second Division of the corps was ordered to Lexington, Kentucky; the Third Division was sent to Knoxville, Tennessee at the same time. Corps headquarters and General Breckinridge moved with the Second Division.

Major General James H. Wilson (USV) succeeded General Breckenridge in command of First Army Corps on October 20, 1898. At the end of 1898, he was ordered to prepare his corps headquarters and a portion of the corps for service in Cuba. The movement began on January 7, 1899 and the troops were assigned to occupation duty in Matanzas and Santa Clara provinces.

Shortly after the movement to Cuba, First Army Corps was "discontinued" on January 16, 1899; its troops remaining in the United States were assigned to Second Army Corps as separate brigades.

References

Military units and formations of the United States in the Spanish–American War
Military units and formations established in 1898


title: Rahbeh

text:
Rahbeh, Rahbé, () is a city located in Akkar Governorate, Lebanon. The dwellers are Greek-Orthodox and other confessions. In 2009, there were 6,133 eligible  voters in Rahbeh.

History
In 1838, Eli Smith noted the village, whose inhabitants were "Greek" Christians, located south of esh-Sheikh Mohammed.

Rahbeh is the second biggest village in North Lebanon, with a majority Christian Orthodox population, along with other Christian sectors and a minority Muslim population. It is renowned for having 365 springs and is famous for producing Lebanon's best Shanklish. Rahbeh has nurtured numerous prominent medical doctors, research scientists, and engineers in the semiconductor and other highly-tech industries. Rahbeh's people are well-known for their hospitality to visitors from all over the world, as many of its residents have migrated to various countries, including North and South American, African, and Arab states of the Persian Gulf. The local and migrated Rahbeh people have achieved tremendous success and made significant contributions to healthcare, science, technology, and the town's economy and the wellbeing of its residents.

References

Bibliography

External links
 Rahbeh, Localiban

Populated places in Akkar District
Eastern Orthodox Christian communities in Lebanon


title: 2014 SK Brann season

text:
The 2014 season is Brann's 28th season in the Tippeligaen since their promotion in 1987, and their first season with Rikard Norling as manager. Brann will compete in the Tippeligaen and the Norwegian Cup.

Squad

On Loan

Transfers

Winter

In:

Out:

Summer

In:

Out:

Competitions

Tippeligaen

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Relegation play-offs

Norwegian Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

Disciplinary record

References

External links
 http://www.brann.no SK Brann official club pages

Norwegian football clubs 2014 season
2014


title: Pratigya (1975 film)

text:
Pratiggya () is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film. Produced by Dharmendra and B. S. Deol, the film is directed by Dulal Guha. The music was by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the lyricist was Anand Bakshi. It stars Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Ajit, Johnny Walker, Jagdeep, Mukri, Mehar Mittal and Keshto Mukherjee.

The story revolves around Dharmendra out to avenge his parents' brutal murder by Ajit in this "violent revenge" story. Along with its strong action scenes it also had a significant comic track in the form of
"slapstick" comedy getting the film referred to as a "masterpiece in comedy". The film was a big commercial success at the box-office and among the top 3 grossers for the year in India.

Plot
Ajit Singh (Dharmendra), an illiterate truck driver, learns from his dying adoptive mother, that he is the only surviving son of an honest cop who was killed and his entire family obliterated by the dreaded dacoit Bharat Thakur (Ajit) and so, he swears revenge. On his way to Dinapur, the dacoit's hideout, he meets a grievously injured cop, Inspector D'Souza, (Satyen Kappu) who dies protecting his stash of ammunition from local dacoits. Inspector D'Souza was en route to the village of Dinapur to set up a police station with his men and the ammo, and he leaves the weapons at Ajit Singh's disposal before succumbing to his wounds. Ajit Singh uses this new found stash of machine guns and grenades to pose as a cop and sets up a police station in the aforementioned village with the help of the villagers. His love interest is the feisty and pretty village belle Radha (Hema Malini), who is the niece of dreaded dacoit Bharat Thakur but hates his ways and supports Ajit Singh. Bharat Thakur himself is a cunning man and he sets up his man, the village drunkard Chandi (Keshto Mukherjee) as a spy within the village police station nexus. The rest of the film follows the struggle between Ajit Singh and Bharat and how he goes about taking his revenge and thus fulfilling his Pratigya (Promise).

Cast
 Dharmendra as Inspector Devendra Singh / Ajit Singh / Thanedaar Indrajeet Singh (Double Role)
 Hema Malini as Radha Thakur
 Ajit as Bharat Daku
 Johnny Walker as Birju Thekedaar
 Jagdeep as Kanha
 Pradeep Kumar as Habibullah
 Abhi Bhattacharya as Inspector Abhijeet Singh
 Nazir Hussain as Sipahi Shivcharan
 Keshto Mukherjee as Chandi
 Sapru as Purohit
 Satyen Kappu as Inspector D'Souza
 Kanwar Ajit Singh Deol as Truck driver
 Rammohan Sharma as Bhiku
 Mehar Mittal as Dinapur Resident
 Sunder as Barber Dinapur Resident
  D. K. Sapru as Purohit
  Imtiaz Khan as Raghu, Bharat Thakur's Brother
   Brahamchari as Sidhu
 Leela Mishra as Ajit's foster mother
 Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. D. Singh
 Birbal as Dinapur Resident
  Ramayan Tiwari as Shambhu Prasad
  Bhushan Tiwari as Daaku
Moolchand as Ajit Passenger

Music
The music direction was by Laxmikant-Pyarelal with lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. The playback singing was by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi. The song "Main Jat Yamla Pagla Deewana" became a popular song remaining so till date.  The song's opening line was used as a title for Dharmendra's home productions starring him and his two sons, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, with the first released in 2011, and the sequels  in 2013 and 2018.

Song list

References

External links

1975 films
1970s Hindi-language films
Indian action comedy films
Indian films about revenge
Films directed by Dulal Guha
1970s action comedy films


title: David Christie (singer)

text:
David Christie (1 January 1948 – 11 May 1997) was a French singer. Born Jacques Pepino in Tarare, he also used the pseudonyms James Bolden and Napoleon Jones. He is best known for the hits "Saddle Up" (1982) and "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)", which are included on various 1980s compilation albums.

As a composer working with lyricist Jack Robinson, Christie, using the name James Bolden, wrote songs that have sold more than 50 million records around the world. Their hits include: "I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)", "Love Me Like a Lover" and "Rendezvous" (Tina Charles); "Saddle Up" (David Christie); "Strut Your Funky Stuff" (Frantique); "(If You Want It) Do It Yourself" (Gloria Gaynor); and "Do or Die" (Grace Jones).

In 1973, Christie had his first child, Nathalie, with Françoise Richard. He later had a second daughter, Julia, born of his relationship with the singer Nina Morato. Christie committed suicide in 1997 in Capbreton, following the accidental death of his 11-year-old daughter Julia.

Discography

Albums
1974: Never Alone
1975: Napoleon Jones featuring David Christie
1977: Love is the Most Important Thing
1978: Back Fire
1980: Flashback
1982: Back in Control
1984: Stress

Singles

"Israel"
"Julie
"Our First Child"
"For a Little Heart"
"You are the God Child"
"Always the Same Rumba"
"Lazy Love"
"Falling in Love in Summertime"
"Love is the Most Important Thing"
"Paris by Night"
"Do Not Stop Me, I Like It"
"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)"
"Saddle Up" (1982)
"Rally Down to Sally's"
"Our Time Has Come"
"Stress"
"Cindy Lou"
"Living It Up"
"Chain of Love"
"Holidays Capbreton"
"Saddle Up 1990"
"Saddle Up 1993"

References

1948 births
People from Tarare
20th-century French male singers
1997 suicides
1997 deaths
Suicides in France


title: Chiasmocleis quilombola

text:
Chiasmocleis quilombola is a species of frogs in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil and found between the Doce River and the Mucuri River in the state of Espírito Santo. The specific name quilombola is derived from quilombo, the name for a Brazilian community founded by escaped slaves.

Description
Males in the type series measure  and the sole female  in snout–vent length. The body is ovoid with a triangular head and small, protruding eyes; the snout is rounded. The tympanum is indistinct. Fingers are slightly fringed but not webbed. Toes are fringed and slightly webbed. The skin is smooth and lacking dermal spines. Coloration is dark brown with cream-colored spots. Throat is black and belly is cream colored. Males have vocal slits.

Habitat and conservation
Chiasmocleis quilombola has been collected with pitfall traps after heavy rains near a permanent lagoon and a temporary swamp. The area has mostly sandy soils and consists of secondary forests and plantations, with few remnants of primary Atlantic Forest.

Chiasmocleis quilombola occurs in an area of strong human pressure. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is known from some protected areas, including its type locality, Rio Preto National Forest.

References

quilombola
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Amphibians of Brazil
Frogs of South America
Amphibians described in 2014


title: Ignacio Sada

text:
Ignacio Sada Madero (born in Mexico) is a Mexican producer.

Filmography

References

External links

Living people
Mexican telenovela producers
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Pablo Mazza

text:
Pablo Mazza (born 21 December 1987) is an Argentine footballer who plays as a left winger for Douglas Haig.

Club career
He started from the lower Argentinian divisions with Juventud de Pergamino. After playing with the club showing great potential it was matter of time to generate interest by several clubs both in Argentina and Europe (including Vitesse Arnhem, SC Heerenveen as well as Genoa, Juventus and Ajax). In 2007, he went on trials to the giants River Plate and stayed. He signed his first contract, and served in the reserve-team till he stopped due to a severe injury. In early 2009, during the first matches with River Plate reserves, he showed his talent, but suffered a broken ankle in a training from teammate Mauro Diaz took him more than four months of recovery. After recovering from his injury and take physical and footballing rhythm while on loan at his home club Juventud de Pergamino, he returned to the preseason with the River Plate reserve squad.

In January 2012, Paul Mazza sign Douglas Haig playing in Primera B Nacional, after a test run, making his debut at United Youth University of San Luis in an honoured match for Omar Jorge, entering the second half.

In the summer of 2014, after playing for the club for two seasons, he refused the club's offer for renewal, and signed a four years' contract with Greek Super League side Asteras Tripoli.

References

External links
Ollerfutbol

1987 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Primera Nacional players
Super League Greece players
Club Atlético Douglas Haig players
Asteras Tripolis F.C. players
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Men's association football wingers
People from Pergamino
Footballers from Buenos Aires Province


title: Data Infrastructure Building Blocks

text:
Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs) is a U.S. National Science Foundation program.

On April 27, 2012, the U.S. National Science Foundation Office of Cyberinfrastructure announced a request for proposals with the name "Data Infrastructure Building Blocks (DIBBs)". The solicitation (NSF 12-557) "incorporated some but not all of the goals of the former DataNet and InterOp programs."

DIBBs is part of NSF's vision for a Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science (CIF21). The introduction in this solicitation states:

NSF's Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21) investment focuses on the interconnected cyberinfrastructure components necessary to realize the research potential of theoretical, experimental, observational and simulation-based research efforts.

The [DIBBs] Program Description describes the goals of the program as such:

. . . to support the development or expansion of new types of digital data storage, preservation, and access that: (1) enable engagement at the frontiers of science and engineering research and education; (2) work cooperatively and in coordination to overcome conventional barriers due to data type and format, discipline or subject area, and time and place to facilitate sharing of data; (3) combine expertise in cyberinfrastructure; library and archival sciences; computer, computational, and information sciences; and various domain sciences; (4) lead to long-term governance models for economic and technological sustainability over multiple decades.

DIBBs Award Tracks

The solicitation divided the DIBBs awards into three areas: Conceptualization, Implementation, and Interoperability. These three tracks were distinguished as follows:

Conceptualization Awards
. . . planning awards aimed at further defining disciplinary and interdisciplinary communities' data storage and management requirements.

Implementation Awards
. . .will support development and implementation of technologies related to the data preservation and access lifecycle, including acquisition; documentation; security and integrity; storage; access, analysis and dissemination; migration; and deaccession. Implementation awards must also address how they will relate to and support other CIF21 components essential to the given community .

Interoperability Awards
. . .support community efforts to provide broad interoperability of datasets, enhancing interaction and information sharing to benefit all areas of NSF-funded science, engineering and education.

Anticipated Grant Funding

The anticipated funding amount for this solicitation was listed at $41,500,000 pending availability of funds. The anticipated average award size for conceptualization awards was $100,000 for one year; for implementation awards was approximately $8 million total over 5 years; and for interoperability awards was estimated to be up to $1.5 million total over 3 years.

Awards

Awards were given in two rounds. In the first round which dealt only with the Conceptualization track, for which full proposals were due on July 26, 2012, three DIBBs proposals were awarded:
  Conceptualization of the Social and Innovation Opportunities of Data Analysis, led by Michael Zentner at Purdue University
  Building International Data Sharing Capacity in Lake Sciences, with Implications for the Broader Environmental Science Community, led by Corinna Gries of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  Designing the Roadmap for Social Network Data Management, led by Thomas Carsey of the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

The second round of awards covered the Implementation and Interoperability Tracks for which full proposals were due on August 30, 2012. Four more proposals were awarded:
  Long Term Access to Large Scientific Data Sets: The SkyServer and Beyond, led by Alexander Szalay of Johns Hopkins University
  The Data Exacell, led by Michael Levine of Carnegie-Mellon University
  Integrating Geospatial Capabilities into HUBzero, led by Xiaohui Carol Song of Purdue University
  Brown Dog, led by Kenton McHenry of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A total of about $26.8M was distributed among these seven awards.

References

National Science Foundation


title: Foursquare Swarm

text:
Foursquare Swarm is a mobile app that allows users to share their locations with their friends and create a record of their experiences in a personal lifelog. Swarm launched for iOS and Android devices on May 15, 2014. A spin-off from and companion app to Foursquare City Guide, Swarm allows users to check-in to a given location, and see who is nearby. These check-ins are chronologically listed to create a personal lifelog for each user, which serves as a digital library for all the places they have been, in a searchable database that can be revisited and shared.

Location and check-in data collected in Swarm are used to improve a user's recommendations in Foursquare City Guide. Splitting check-ins and general location sharing in to the separate Swarm app was designed to let the main Foursquare app focus on exploring and discovering information on locations, in a Yelp-like fashion. Swarm supports checking in with photos or stickers attached to it, and allows broadcasting of check-ins to other social networks including Facebook and Twitter. Swarm features include a shareable interactive personalized map, and unique stats like total lifetime check-ins, number of unique categories visited, and data on streaks and Foursquare 'mayorships' (a feature of the platforms gamification elements).

Features
Swarm 5.0, released on iOS August 8, 2017 and on Android August 16, 2017, was the most significant update to the app’s core functionality since launching in 2014, focusing more on lifelogging.

Major features include check-ins, messaging, stickers, challenges, 'mayorships', history search, and merchandise.

Reception
CNET described the app as a "bold move", and praised it for removing some of the "clutter" of Foursquare and focusing on letting the user "quickly see where your friends are and make plans". The redesign was unpopular with some existing Foursquare users, who complained about its lack of gamification elements, and the need to download two apps for what used to be contained in a single Foursquare app.

References

External links

 What is Swarm?, Foursquare Help Center

IOS software
Android (operating system) software
2014 software
Windows Phone software
Geosocial networking


title: List of people from Scottsdale, Arizona

text:
This is a list of notable past and present residents of the U.S. city of Scottsdale, Arizona.

Athletics

Max Aaron (born 1992) – 2013 National Champion at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Chance Adams (born 1994) - professional baseball player
Muhammad Ali – heavyweight champion boxer
Brian Bannister – professional baseball pitcher
Charles Barkley (born 1963) – basketball player for Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns, and Houston Rockets, also TV commentator
Chad Beyer – professional cyclist
Amanda Blumenherst (born 1986) – professional golfer
Pat Burrell – professional baseball player
Jocko Conlan, Hall of Fame baseball umpire
Danny Curzon – pairs figure skater
Ike Davis (born 1987) - professional baseball player for New York Mets
Robelyn Garcia – professional basketball player, professor
Luis Gonzalez – professional baseball player
Mark Grace – professional baseball player
Chelsi Guillen – pairs figure skater
Max Homa (born 1990) – professional golfer on the PGA Tour
Helen Hull Jacobs – champion tennis player
Ruth Jessen – professional golfer
Jakob Junis (born 1992) - baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
Paul Konerko – professional baseball player
Tom Lehman – professional golfer
Meadowlark Lemon – basketball player for the Harlem Globetrotters
Kevin Long – professional baseball coach
Auston Matthews – professional ice hockey player
Jim Palmer – professional baseball pitcher, member MLB Hall of Fame
Mike Pollak – professional football player
Jeremy Roenick – professional hockey player
Matisse Thybulle (born 1997) - professional basketball player
Brady Tkachuk – professional hockey player
Matthew Tkachuk – professional hockey player
 Jeremy Wolf (born 1993) - American-Israeli baseball player on the Israel National Baseball Team
 Jesse Ylönen – professional hockey player

Entertainment

Erika Alexander – actress
Rex Allen – actor, singer and songwriter
Jules Asner – actress, model
Brie Bella - wrestling WWE
Nikki Bella - wrestling WWE
Sandra Bernhard – actress, comedian
Drew Binsky - travel vlogger and blogger
Lynda Carter – actress, title role on Wonder Woman
Joan Ganz Cooney – producer, founder of Children's Television Workshop
Brady Corbet – actor
Andy Devine – actor
Barbara Eden – actress
Dennis Farina – actor
Kade Gottlieb – also known as Gottmik, drag queen, television personality, Rupaul's Drag Race
Gregg Groothuis – professional wrestler
Sammi Hanratty – actress
Barbara Harris – actress
Dale Hellestrae – professional football player
Catherine Hicks – actress
Kalani Hilliker – dancer, reality television personality, Dance Moms, Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition
Earl Hindman – actor
Jenna Jameson – porn star
Brad Johnson – actor, model
Marilyn Kagan - actress, psychotherapist
Tanner Maguire – actor
Frankie Muniz – actor
Tyler Niknam – Twitch streamer
David Spade – actor
Steven Spielberg – Oscar-winning film director
Emma Stone – Oscar-winning actress
Dick Van Dyke – actor, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Mary Poppins
Sofia Wylie – actress, singer, and dancer, Andi Mack
Ismael Khalid — influencer and streamer

Music

Billy Preston - singer (died in Scottsdale)
Dierks Bentley – singer
David Ellefson – musician
Joseph Adam Jonas – singer, part of the Jonas Brothers
Nils Lofgren – musician, songwriter
Bret Michaels – singer/songwriter, musician, member of Poison
Stevie Nicks – singer
Jerry Riopelle – musician, record producer
The Summer Set – pop rock band
Chronic Future – alternative rock band

Literature

Diana Gabaldon – author of the Outlander series
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross – author
Stephenie Meyer – author of the Twilight series
Barbara Park – author of children's books

Politics

Cesar Estrada Chavez – political activist
Barry Goldwater – former U.S. Senator and 1964 presidential candidate
G. Gordon Liddy – Watergate Scandal, chief operationist
John McCain – former U.S. Senator and 2000 and 2008 presidential candidate
Sandra Day O'Connor – U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Miscellaneous

Ron Evans – astronaut
 Kevin Geary (born 1952) – English portrait and abstract artist
Hadas Gold (born 1988) – media and business reporter
Jacob Gold – financial planner
Frank Luke – fighter ace of World War I
Bob Parsons – entrepreneur, founder of Go Daddy
Frank Lloyd Wright – architect

References

Scottsdale


The 2014–15 Elon Phoenix men's basketball team represented Elon University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Phoenix, led by sixth year head coach Matt Matheny, played their home games at Alumni Gym and were first year members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 15–18, 6–12 in CAA play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the CAA tournament where they lost to William & Mary.

Previous season
The Phoenix finished the season 18–14, 11–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SoCon tournament to Western Carolina.

Departures

Recruiting

Roster

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See also
2014–15 Elon Phoenix women's basketball team

References

Elon Phoenix men's basketball seasons
Elon


title: Herakles Farms

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Herakles Farms, formerly known as SG Sustainable Oils, is an American company active in oil palm plantations and timber business. Its headquarters are in New York City. According to its web site, it claims to be committed to sustainability.

Activity in Cameroon
The presence of Herakles Farms in Cameroon started in 2009. Sithe Global Sustainable Oils Cameroon (SGSOC) is a Cameroonian subsidiary of Herakles Farms, has received a concession of 73,000 hectares of rainforest to be replaced by oil palm plantations in 2009. This was suspended by the government of Cameroon in May 2013. Herakles Farms claims to invest 300 billion francs CFA and improve the life of indigenous persons of the area. Far more locals are opposed to than in favor of this project. SCSOC has frequently used intimidation and corruption, especially against leaders and key decision makers in the community as well as civil society activists such as Nasako Besingi who was arrested and later sued for defamation of the company. A court in Limbe, Cameroon has condemned Herakles to a fine of 4.6 million for racist discrimination in January 2014. The rainforest mentioned is habitat of the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee and the drill.

References

External links
Website of Herakles Farms

Agriculture companies of the United States
Palm oil companies
Companies based in New York City
Companies with year of establishment missing
Palm oil production in Cameroon


title: Rittz discography

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The discography of Rittz, an American hip hop artist, consists of seven studio albums, thirty-one singles, two mixtapes, two extended play and thirteen music videos. His music has been released on record labels Slumerican and Strange Music.

Albums

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

Guest appearances

References

Discographies of American artists
Hip hop discographies


title: John Newman (architect)

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John Newman (1786–1859) was an English architect, known also as an antiquarian.

Life
The son of John Newman (of the same name), a wholesale dealer in leather in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, London, and a common councillor of the ward of Farringdon Without, he was baptised at the church of St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, on 8 July 1786. Newman was employed under Sir Robert Smirke in the erection of Covent Garden Theatre in 1809, and on the London General Post Office between 1823 and 1829.

From approximately 1815, Newman was one of the three surveyors in the commission of sewers for Kent and Surrey, and with the other surveyors, Joseph Gwilt and Edward I'Anson, published a Report relating to the Sewage in 1843. He was for many years in the office of the Bridge House Estates, and eventually succeeded to the clerkship. He held several surveying appointments, including that to the commissioners of pavements and improvements for the west division of Southwark, and to Earl Somers' estate in Somers Town, London. He was honorary architect to the Royal Literary Fund from 1846, and to the Society of Patrons of the Charity Children's Anniversary Meeting in St Paul's Cathedral.

Newman retired in 1851. He died at the house of his son-in-law Alexander Spiers, at Passy near Paris, on 3 January 1859.

Architectural works

Newman designed:

 Roman Catholic church of St Mary, Blomfield Street, Moorfields, in 1817–20, which was used as the pro-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Westminster until 2 July 1869;
 houses in Duke Street, London Bridge, with wharves and warehouses, constructed when the line for the new bridge was prepared in 1824;
 Islington Proprietary School, Barnsbury Street, 1830;
 School for the Indigent Blind in St George's Fields, Southwark, 1834–8, in the Gothic style;
 St Olave's Girls' School, Maze Road, Southwark, 1839–40.

Antiquarian
Newman collected antiquities found in London and the surrounding neighbourhood. Some bronzes in his possession from the bed of the Thames were mentioned in a paper by Charles Roach Smith, read before the Society of Antiquaries of London in June 1837. Among them was the colossal bronze head of Hadrian, now in the Anglo-Roman room of the British Museum. In 1842, Smith again made use of Newman's collection when reading another paper before the society on Roman Remains recently found in London.

In 1847, Newman exhibited before the British Archaeological Association an earthen vase of notable form found during the excavations for the new houses of parliament. His collection was sold by auction at Sotheby's in 1848. He was a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries from 1830 to 1849, and an original fellow of the Institute of British Architects, where he founded the travelling fund.

Family
Newman married in 1819 a daughter of the Rev. Bartholomew Middleton, sub-dean of Chichester. The architect Arthur Shean Newman (1828–1873), partner of Arthur Billing, was his son.

Notes

Attribution

1786 births
1859 deaths
Architects from London
English antiquarians
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London


title: Bessie Williamson

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Elizabeth Leitch Williamson (22 August 1910 – 26 May 1982) was a Scottish distillery manager and former owner of the Laphroaig distillery noted for being the first woman to manage a Scotch whisky distillery during the 20th century. She is credited as being instrumental in promoting single malt whisky, in particular Islay malts and Laphroaig, during the then-emerging US trend for single malts.

Biography

Williamson was born in Glasgow in 1910 the second child of Agnes Whyte (née Paton) and John Williamson, a mercantile clerk. In World War I her father was a gunner with the Royal Garrison Artillery, and died in France in 1918. She attended the University of Glasgow from 1927, intending to become a teacher, graduating with an MA in 1932. While waiting to enrol at Jordanhill College of Education she worked as an office assistant with her uncle William Paton, an accountant working for the restaurateurs and purveyors Smith (Glasgow) Ltd.

In 1934, Williamson took a summer job as a shorthand typist at Laphroaig distillery, on Islay, intending to stay a few months. She worked directly with then owner Ian Hunter, and eventually became office manager. When Hunter suffered a stroke in 1938, Williamson took on responsibility for distribution to the United States. By the time of World War II she had become the full-time manager of the distillery.

With operations mothballed during the war and the government seeking to use the distillery for storage and training purposes, Williamson succeeded in preventing the theft of stock or damage to equipment that had occurred at other distilleries such as Old Bushmills Distillery in Dublin and could have hampered recovery of production in the postwar period. Over 400 tonnes of ammunition were stored at the facility during the early years of her tenure.

After production restarted following the war, Williamson continued to pursue the blending sales that had been the backbone of Laphroaig's business model beforehand, but starting to guide the business elsewhere. Upon Hunter's death in 1954, Williamson inherited the controlling interest in the Laphroaig distillery on Islay, Hunter's house Ardenistiel, and the island of Texa. Williamson is credited with being among the first to anticipate the coming trend for single malt scotches and to position the Laphroaig product, and by extension other Islay malts, to the American market. Williamson was quoted on UK television in the 1960s saying "The secret of Islay whiskies is the peaty water and the peat ... there's an increasing demand for the [single] Islay whiskies. We can't supply the demand that we have for our whiskies."

The Scotch Whisky Association named Williamson as its American spokesperson from 1961 to 1964 and she toured the United States representing Islay whisky to buyers and distributors. While visiting the US she met her future husband, the singer and entertainer Wishart Campbell and they married in 1961.

In 1962 Williamson sold a third of her business shares to Seager Evans and Co. The balance of ownership was released in 1967 to Long John Distilleries. Williamson continued as managing director of the distillery until her retirement in 1972. Long John International was acquired by Whitbread & Co in 1975 and sold to Allied Lyons, now Allied Domecq, in 1990. Fortune Brands split up its business product lines in 2011, forming its spirits business into Beam Inc. Beam was purchased by Suntory in April 2014.

Williamson died at Gartnavel General Hospital in Glasgow on 26 May 1982.

References

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title: Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools were a series of educational programs established by the Metropolitan Museum of Art to provide vocational training in the late 19th century.

History
The Metropolitan Museum of Art embarked its first educational venture during the winter of 1879-1880 with the establishment of a school to provide vocational training in woodworking and metalworking. The first school was funded by a $50,000 contribution from Gideon F.T. Reed, former partner of Tiffany and Co., with organizational assistance from Edward Moore, a silversmith. Over the next 15 years the school's name was changed numerous times in part a reflection of changing ideas about education held by Metropolitan Museum Trustees. Among names used were Industrial Art Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Technical Art Schools of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum Art Schools, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art Schools. The schools were supervised by a succession of managers under the direction of a Committee on Art Schools, which in turn reported to the Metropolitan's Board of Trustees. Managers included John Buckingham, John Ward Stimson, Arthur L. Tuckerman and Arthur Pennington.

The first location of these Schools was the third floor of 31 Union Square, on the northwest corner of Broadway and 16th Street. Free classes in woodwork and metalwork met twice weekly in the evening. In 1880, Richard T. Auchmuty, a proponent of trade schools, offered the Museum rent-free use of a building he had newly erected on 1st Avenue between 67th and 68th Streets. His only condition was that students should be charged a nominal tuition of $5 or $8 per semester, depending on whether they took day or evening classes. Prior to this classes had been free. At the 1st Avenue location, 143 students studied drawing and design, modeling and carving, carriage drafting, decoration in distemper and plumbing. The school soon relocated to the upper floors of the Glass Hall building, 214-216 East 34th Street, where it remained until 1887. At this location, elementary classes were added and the number of teachers was increased. The following year the school moved once again to 797-799 3rd Avenue.

John Ward Stimson, a former Museum superintendent who became the head of the Museum Schools, oversaw the development of the Schools from thirty to four hundred students in seventeen classes by 1888.  At this point, two-thirds of the Schools' were women, and Stimson was adamant that the School had the potential to provide women with vocational training opportunities.

Despite significant contributions from Museum Trustees (including a $30,000 gift from Museum President Henry Gurdon Marquand) the school was financially challenged through much of its existence. In an 1889 cost-cutting move, the school relocated into the basement of the Museum building on 5th Avenue and 82nd Street. There the curriculum evolved to encompass the fine arts; course offerings included antique, life and still life painting, architecture, ornamental design, illustration and sculpture. In 1892 advance courses were instituted and prominent artist John La Farge was hired as instructor. In 1893, Frederick Ruckstull was appointed to teach modeling and marble carving, and the tuition was recorded as fifty dollars for a season ticket of day classes and thirty dollars for night classes.

Two years later, because of the increased expenses, all elementary courses were discontinued and the advanced painting class was cancelled right after. Museum Trustees ceased operation of the school program in spring 1895 and early in the 20th century the Trustees recommitted the Museum to a pedagogic mission by establishing an Education Department focused on a collections-based fine arts instruction.

References

Art schools in New York City
19th century in education
Education in New York (state)
Education in New York City
Vocational education in the United States


The 2014–15 Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball team represented Loyola Marymount University in the 2014–15 college basketball season. The Lions, members of the West Coast Conference, are led by head coach Charity Elliott, in her third season at the school. The Lions play their home games at the Gersten Pavilion on the university campus in Los Angeles, California. They finished the season 7–24, 4–14 in WCC play to finish in eighth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament where they lost to Gonzaga.

Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

See also
Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball

References

Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball seasons
Loyola Marymount
Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball
Loyola Marymount Lions women's basketball


title: Pennsylvania English

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Pennsylvania English or Pennsylvania dialects may refer to:

Inland Northern American English, spoken in northeastern Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Dutch English, spoken in southeastern Pennsylvania by some of the Pennsylvania Dutch community
Philadelphia English, spoken in southeastern Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania English, spoken in western and central Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh


title: Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara

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Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero () is the Secretary General of Bodu Bala Sena, a Sinhalese Buddhist nationalist organisation. He was born in Galagodaaththa in the southern district of Galle.

Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thero was educated at Wathuravila Aranya Senasanaya in Galle, before moving to Sarananda Piriwena in Anuradhapura and Vidyodaya University in Colombo. He studied Buddhism (BA, MBA) at Kelaniya University. He worked as a principal at Kalapaluwaw Piriwena.

In June 2017, the Police Organized Crimes Prevention Division arrested Gnanasara Thero on allegations of obstructing a police officer in Welikada, following a multi-week manhunt. He was arrested after appearing at a police station to give a statement, and later released on bail.

Gnanasara Thero was convicted of being in contempt of court, but was released on 23 May 2019 after having been given a Presidential pardon.

He is currently the Chairman of Presidential Task Force.

References

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Living people
Sri Lankan Buddhist monks


title: Pocket Listing (film)

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Pocket Listing is a 2016 American neo-noir black comedy film directed by Conor Allyn, written by James Jurdi, and starring Jurdi, Logan Fahey, Caitlin Gerard, Christos Vasilopolous, Jessica Clark, Rob Lowe, and Burt Reynolds. The film was acquired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Orion Pictures for limited theatrical and video on demand release on December 2, 2016.

It has been described as a "darkly comic crime thriller" which centers on "the story of a former hot-shot Los Angeles property broker who is given a second chance by a corrupt power couple with a commission to sell their Malibu mansion, a deal riddled with criminal activity.

Plot
Set around the issue of the U.S. real-estate market and its various casualties, Frank Hunter (Rob Lowe) and his sultry wife Lana (Jessica Clark) hire disgraced Los Angeles property broker Jack Woodman (James Jurdi) to discreetly market and sell their Malibu villa. Fired from a top broker firm by real-estate mogul Ron Glass (Burt Reynolds) and framed by his menacing, drug-addled son, Aaron (Logan Fahey), Woodman soon finds himself in a world of double crosses, mistaken identity and crooked deals, the type that are literally life or death.

Reception

Critical Responses
Ben Gummery of Battle Royale with Cheese wrote: "This plays like a ‘Wolf of Wall Street‘ tale for the L.A. property market however in the third act this turns into more of a Cohen-brothersesque dark comedy of betrayal and adultery" and ended his review by writing that "this is a fun little flick."

Weetas wrote that the film is one of the essential movies about real estate. "Another thriller that takes place in the real estate arena, this great movie ... is part thriller and part black comedy, it shows the shady side of huge real estate deals...it is very entertaining to watch."

Steve Cook of the American Genius wrote that "It’s a hip new Hollywood offering with an edgy story line about money, greed, power, sex, revenge, redemption, and real estate. In that order...Set in Malibu and featuring such well-worn talent as Rob Lowe and Burt Reynolds, the flick is a racy shoot‘em up about an extraordinary villa with a pool that seems to flow off the edge of a cliff into a Malibu arroyo."

Cast
 Rob Lowe as Frank Hunter
 Burt Reynolds as Ron Glass
 James Jurdi as Jack Woodman
 Jessica Clark as Lana Hunter
 Logan Fahey as Aaron Glass
 Noel Gugliemi as El Cabron
 Ken Davitian as Mr. Mousian

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2016 films
2016 black comedy films
2010s crime thriller films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Orion Pictures films
2016 independent films
American independent films
American business films
American crime comedy films
American crime comedy-drama films
American crime thriller films
American neo-noir films
American black comedy films
American satirical films
Adultery in films
Films set in Los Angeles
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Films about con artists
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Films about adultery in the United States
2010s business films
2010s crime comedy-drama films
Films about financial crises
Fiction with unreliable narrators
Films shot in California
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Step and repeat

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A step and repeat banner (sometimes a step and repeat wall or press wall) is a publicity backdrop used primarily for event photography, printed with a repeating pattern such that brand logos or emblems are visible in photographs or selfies of the individuals standing in front of it. Step and repeat banners are common fixtures of red carpet or fashion events.

Another version of the press wall is often seen in sports, where the same type of background with sponsor or team logos is utilized as the background for a press conference.

References

Collage
Composition in visual art
Promotion and marketing communications


title: Central Regions State

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Central Regions State was a prospective autonomous region in the Federal Republic of Somalia.

Overview
On 30 July 2014, the Federal Government of Somalia officially endorsed a new Central Regions State, following a signed agreement in Mogadishu between representatives from the Galmudug and Himan and Heeb regional administrations, as well as Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a. The formalization ceremony for the new federal state was held at the Villa Somalia presidential compound and was presided over by President of Somalia Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Prime Minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, with UN, EU, AU, IGAD and AMISOM envoys also in attendance. According to the Prime Minister's office, the Federal Government appointed a ministerial committee to guide the formation of the new state. It also organized a number of consultative meetings with the regional representatives, with each party eventually agreeing to establish a new administration in the Mudug and Galguduud regions. Additionally, the Central Regions State will be subject to the Provisional Federal Constitution.

On 9 August 2014, the UN, EU and IGAD envoys for Somalia reiterated that federal government representatives and signatories had indicated prior to the signing of the central state agreement that the pact would only apply to Galguduud and Galmudug. North Mudug would remain an integral part of Puntland state. On 24 August 2014, Federal Parliament Speaker Mohamed Osman Jawari announced that Federal MPs hailing from Puntland had begun brokering negotiations between the federal government and the Puntland regional administration.

On 14 October 2014, a three-day conference in Garowe concluded with a 12-point agreement between the Federal Government and Puntland authorities, which stipulates that the earlier Central Regions State pact between the Galmudug and Himan and Heeb regional administrations only applies to the Galguduud and south Mudug provinces.

On 25 December 2014, ahead of a state formation conference in Adado, the Federal Government appointed six committees to oversee the establishment of the prospective Central Somalia regional state. The steering bodies include a technical committee facilitating the creation of Central State, which is chaired by Halimo Ismail Ibrahim; a constitution committee, which is chaired by Abdinoor Moalim Mohamud; a reconciliation committee tasked with solving of differences and selection of delegates, which is chaired by Sheikh Omar Mohamud Mahad; a security, protocol and supervision committee, which is chaired by Uke Haji Abdirahman; a mobilization committee, which is chaired by Abdullahi Abdi Abdille; and a committee of accommodation of delegates and guests of honour, which is chaired by Dahir Hassan Guutaale.

On 21 January 2015, members of the technical committee for the establishment of a new Central State of Somalia arrived in Adado to facilitate the launching of an inauguration ceremony for the prospective regional state. The delegates were accompanied by elders and intellectuals, and subsequently held talks with Himan and Heeb administration officials and other local representatives.

In late March 2015, President Mohamud and Dhusamareb traditional elders began talks over a possible relocation of the Adado conference to Dhusamareb. Mohamud preferred holding the summit in Adado, whereas the traditional elders favored Dhusamareb for security-related reasons and because the town had already recently hosted smaller reconciliation meetings.

In April 2015, during consultative talks with local politicians and traditional elders, President Mohamud officially announced that Dhusamareb was slated to be the administrative capital of the Central State. On 16 April 2015, President Mohamud officially launched the Central State formation conference in Adado. The summit was attended by Federal Cabinet ministers and MPs, state formation technical committee Chairperson Halima Ismael, UN Special Envoy to Somalia Ambassador Nicholas Kay, IGAD Special Ambassador Mohamed Abdi Afey, Ambassador of Turkey Olgen Bakar and Uganda Special Envoy Nathan Mugisha. International representatives from the governments of Ethiopia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and Sweden as well as AMISOM also welcomed the formation conference, and urged the local stakeholders to work together to ensure broad-based reconciliation, peacebuilding and statebuilding. According to Mohamud, traditional leaders are now tasked with selecting 510 delegates, who will then elect a new regional president within two weeks.

In May 2015, a federal delegation led by the Ministry of Interior launched the second phase of the Central State state formation conference in Adado. The meeting included talks with local politicians, elders and intellectuals as well as technical committee officials.

References

States of Somalia


title: Rugbyclub Curtrycke

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Rugbyclub Curtrycke is a Belgian rugby club in the submunicipality of Rollegem in the city of Kortrijk.

History
The club was founded in 2000.

External links
Rugbyclub Curtrycke

Rugby union clubs in Belgium
Rugby clubs established in 2000


title: Rollin S. Williamson

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Rollin Samuel Williamson (May 23, 1839 – August 11, 1889) was an American politician, jurist, and telegraph operator from Vermont. After learning the telegraph trade in Boston, Massachusetts, Williamson moved to Illinois in 1857. He was appointed operator and station agent in Palatine, Illinois, and studied law in his free time. He served a term in the Illinois House of Representatives then a term in the Illinois Senate. He then began to work up the ranks of the Illinois jurist system before his death.

Biography
Williamson was born in Cornwall, Vermont, on May 23, 1839. He lived in the town until he was fourteen, attending public schools. Williamson moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to work as a telegraph messenger boy. Two years later, he was promoted to operator and was assigned to offices through New England and New York. In 1857, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to work in telegraph office there. The manager sent him to Palatine, Illinois, as a station agent and operator. During his down time on the job, he read law text books. Williamson occasionally helped locals with law issues. He was admitted to the bar in 1870.

Williamson's political connections urged him to run for public office. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives as a Republican in 1870, serving one two-year term. He then served a term in the Illinois Senate, serving two years. In 1880, he was elected judge of the Superior Court of Cook County, where he served a six-year term. In June 1887, he was elected to a four-year term to the Circuit Court of Cook County. He died before the term was complete.

Williamson was a Methodist Episcopal and was the superintendent of the Sunday school at his church. He was active in Freemasonry and was Master of the Palatine lodge. He married Emma V. Squires on September 4, 1859. They had one daughter. In June 1889, Williamson had a mental breakdown; he had been subject to mood disorders for several years prior. Four weeks later, he had to be confined to his bed. Williamson died at his house in Palatine on August 11, 1889, and was buried there in Hillside Cemetery.

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1889 deaths
People from Cornwall, Vermont
Republican Party Illinois state senators
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
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19th-century American politicians
Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County
Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County (pre-1964 reorganization)


title: Eastern ARC

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The Eastern Academic Research Consortium, or "Eastern Arc", is a regional research collaboration between the University of East Anglia, the University of Essex, and the University of Kent. The three partner institutions are all part of the "plate glass universities" established in the 1960s.

The establishment of Eastern Arc was recognised by Harrison, Smith and Kinton (2015) as part of the 'new regionalisation of UK higher education.'

First Iteration: 2013-19
In its first iteration Eastern Arc focussed on three themes to encourage interdicsdiplinary collaboration between its members. Each university acted as the academic lead in one of the three areas.

The three themes

 Digital Humanities was led by the University of Kent.
 Quantitative Social Science was led by the University of Essex.
 Synthetic Biology was led by the University of East Anglia.

Leads and fellows
Each of the themes was led by a permanent academic at each university, and a fellow was appointed on a five-year contract to work with them, meaning that there were nine early career researchers funded across Eastern Arc

Studentships
Within Digital Humanities and Quantitative Social Sciences there were two students at each university; in Synthetic Biology there were three.

Networks and funding
During its first iteration, Eastern Arc was involved in a number of funded projects and networks, including Enabling Innovation: Research to Application (EIRA) (funded by Research England), the Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council), and the Thames Estuary Production Corridor (funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)). It was also part of three doctoral training partnerships:

 Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (ARIES), funded by the Natural Environment Research Council. Other members are: Plymouth, Royal Holloway.
 Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts South-east England (CHASE), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Other members are: Birkbeck, Goldsmiths, Courtauld, Open University, SOAS, Sussex.
 South East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS), funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Other members are: City, Goldsmiths, Reading, Roehampton, Royal Holloway, Surrey, Sussex.

Second Iternation: 2020-25
In 2019 Phil Ward was appointed as the consortium's first director. He developed a strategy for 2020-25 that continued to focus on developing interdisciplinary collaborations, but moved away from the three pillars of the first iteration, focusing instead on four themes that were identified as collective strengths of the three universities through mapping field-weighted citation impact, REF2014 outcomes, grant capture and a number of other qualitative data.

The four themes

 Culture, connection and creativity
 Health systems, social care and wellbeing
 Human rights, equality and conflict
 Sustainability, natural resources and food

Eastern Arc 'champions' were appointed to take academic leadership within each of the four themes.

The three objectives
In its second iteration, Eastern Arc has three objectives:

 to develop a strong collaborative core within its themes
 to support experimental, risk-taking activity. This was intended to rediscover and build on the radical foundational principles that the three EARC universities shared with many of the plate glass universities.
 to engage with external policy-makers and end-users.

Political engagement
As part of its third objective, EARC has started to engage pro-actively with political debate around contemporary issues relating to regional and science policy. It has published a series of position papers and an open letter to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in response to the UK government's cuts to ODA research funding. It questioned the focus of the UK's 'levelling-up agenda' and the need for a granular analysis of need to be undertaken. It noted that the east and southeast of England, which was relatively prosperous, was also home to significant deprivation, particularly in its coastal communities (such as Jaywick, which has been identified as the most deprived ward in the country).

References

College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom
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Organizations established in 2013
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University of Essex
University of Kent
2013 establishments in England


title: Wayde van Niekerk

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Wayde van Niekerk (South African English: , ; born 15 July 1992) is a South African track and field sprinter who competes in the 200 and 400 metres. In the 400 metres, he is the current world and Olympic record holder, having set the record in the Olympic finals. He also holds the world-best time in the 300 metres.

Van Niekerk was the silver medallist in the 400m at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and took silver in the 4×400 metres relay at the 2013 Summer Universiade. He also represented South Africa at the 2013 and 2015 Athletics World Championships. At the 2015 World Championships, he won the gold medal in the 400 metres. He defended his title two years later, in London, where he also won the silver medal in the 200 metres race.

In the 2016 Olympic Games men's 400m, Van Niekerk won the gold medal with a world record time of 43.03 seconds (reaction time 0.181 s) at age 24 years and 30 days, beating the time of 43.18 seconds set by Michael Johnson during the 1999 World Championships in Athletics in Seville, Spain.

In 2016, Van Niekerk became the first sprinter in history to have run the 100 metres in under 10 seconds, 200 metres in under 20 seconds, and 400 metres in under 44 seconds. In 2017, after a 30.81 seconds victory in the seldom-run 300 metres distance, breaking Michael Johnson's world-best time of 30.85 which was set in 2000, Van Niekerk became the only sprinter in history to have run sub-10, sub-20, sub-31 and sub-44 performances at 100m, 200m, 300m and 400m respectively.

Early life
Van Niekerk was born in the town of Kraaifontein near Cape Town, to Wayne van Niekerk and sprinter Odessa Swarts (née Krause). He was born prematurely and needed a blood transfusion. Van Niekerk attended Bellville Primary and Simonberg Primary until he and his mother moved to Bloemfontein in 2005. There he went to Grey College before going on to study marketing at the University of the Free State.

Career
He made his international debut at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where he placed fourth in the 200m with a personal best time of 21.02 seconds. He also ran in the 4×100 metres relay heats with the national team, alongside Gideon Trotter. His senior breakthrough came at the age of eighteen at the 2011 South African Athletics Championships when he won the 200m title in a new personal best time of 20.57 seconds. He competed in the same event at the 2011 African Junior Athletics Championships, but did not make the final. He ran sparingly in 2012 but began to show a talent for the 400 metres, setting a best time of 46.43 seconds.

The 2013 season marked Van Niekerk's emergence as a 400m runner. He won the second national title of his career over that distance at the 2013 South African Championships, winning with a sub-46-second time. He won the IAAF Meeting de Dakar before travelling to Europe and placing second to Olympic champion Kirani James at the Golden Spike Ostrava, improving his best time to 45.09 seconds in the process. He entered the 400 metres at the 2013 Summer Universiade and narrowly missed out on the final as the fastest non-qualifier. He managed to reach the podium and receive his first international medal in the 4×400 metres relay as the South African men took the silver. His performances earned him a place in the 400m at the 2013 World Championships, where he did not progress past the heats.

A national title win in April 2014 saw Van Niekerk top the world rankings with a best of 44.92 seconds - his first sub-45-second run. After a win at the FBK Games in the Netherlands, he ran at the New York Diamond League race and placed second to LaShawn Merritt. His time of 44.38 seconds was a new South African record, bettering Arnaud Malherbe and Hendrick Mokganyetsi's shared record from March 1999 and September 2000, respectively. A 200m best of 20.19 seconds followed by a fourth-place finish at the Athletissima meet. He entered both sprint events at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and won his first individual senior medal over 400m, placing behind Kirani James with a time of 44.68 seconds -his second-fastest run at that point. He reached the semi-final of the 200m but did not repeat his success of the longer sprint.

2015 was the start of Van Niekerk's status as a sprinting phenom. On July 4, 2015, Van Niekerk lowered his South African record to below 44 seconds with a 43.96 at the Meeting Areva and ranked himself in the all-time top 12 whilst beating Kirani James for the first time. Ten days later, on July 14, 2015, he won a 200m race at the Luzern Spitzen Leichtathletik in 19.94 seconds, his first 200m run under 20 seconds. This also made him the second man in history to have gone under 20 seconds for the 200m and 44 seconds for the 400m. A month later, Van Niekerk represented South Africa at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics, focusing solely on the 400m. Winning his heat, Van Niekerk beat LaShawn Merritt, with the defending champion taking second. The results repeated in the final, as he won gold in 43.48 seconds, making him the fourth-fastest runner of all time, ahead of Merritt who was running his personal best as the sixth-fastest in 43.65. Kirani James finished third in 43.78 seconds, a season's best.

On 12 March 2016, Van Niekerk became the 107th athlete to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 metres. That made him the first individual to break 10 seconds for 100 metres, 20 seconds for 200 metres, and 44 seconds for 400 metres. Van Niekerk qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics and was the flag bearer for South Africa.

Van Niekerk won the gold medal in the 400 metres at the 2016 Summer Olympics with a world record time of 43.03 seconds, breaking Michael Johnson's record time from 1999. Van Niekerk became the only man to have won the Olympic or world 400 metres from lane eight: usually, runners in this lane are at a disadvantage due to the staggered start. Van Niekerk's Olympic win set off a racial debate after a tweet storm when Coloured South Africans celebrated his win by creating a hashtag #ColouredExcellence. In November, he won the Association of National Olympic Committees Best Male Athlete of the Rio 2016 Olympics award.

On 8 August 2017, Van Niekerk successfully defended his 400 metres world title at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London with a time of 43.98 seconds. Two days later, he finished second in the 200m in 20.11 seconds at the World Championships. He became the first South African athlete to land two individual sprint medals at a single meet.

On 31 October 2017, Van Niekerk participated in a celebrity-funded rugby match sponsored by FC soccer. During this match, he made an inverted cut and tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). He began treatment immediately after surgery, and due to this injury, he was unable to attend any meets during 2018. Van Niekerk had been in intense rehabilitation throughout 2018, to prepare himself for the beginning of the 2019 season and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On 31 May 2019, it was announced that he would run at the IAAF Diamond League event in London in July, his first major race since his comeback from injury. He did not eventually compete in the 2019 World Championships and failed to reach the 400m final in the 2020 Olympic Games but finished 5th in the 400m final in the 2022 World Championships.

Van Niekerk was coached by Ans Botha, known to her athletes as Tannie Ans, Afrikaans for Aunty Ans, until 2021. His manager is Peet van Zyl. In 2021 he moved to the United States to train with the Pure Athletics training group in Florida, coached by Lance Brauman.

Personal life
Van Niekerk married Chesney Campbell on 29 October 2017. He is the cousin of South African World Cup-winning rugby union and rugby sevens player Cheslin Kolbe. He first started using his speed while playing rugby in junior school in Cape Town. He and his cousin, Kolbe, were on the same team. More than 12 years later, they were both in the South African Olympic Team in Rio, with Kolbe playing in the Sevens.

Van Niekerk's biological parents are divorced, and he was living with his mother, Odessa Swarts and step-father Steven Swarts, in Bloemfontein as of 2016. His sister, Kayla Swarts, also is an international hockey player at the FIH Nations Cup and at Junior Africa cup.

Van Niekerk supports Liverpool Football Club.

He is a Christian, tweeting "Jesus Did It" and "GOD IS POWER" after setting the world record for the 400 metres.

Statistics
Information from World Athletics profile, unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

400 metres world record split times

Van Niekerk ran the opening 200 metres in 20.5 seconds and the closing 200 metres in 22.5 seconds, giving a differential of 2.0 seconds. The 100-metre-long-section beginning after the first 100 metres was completed in 9.8 seconds.

International championship results

Circuit wins
Diamond League (400 m; Other events specified in parentheses)
Birmingham: 2015 (300 m)
New York: 2015
Paris: 2015
London: 2015
Rome: 2016
Monaco: 2016, 2017
Lausanne: 2017
Silesia: 2023
Oslo: 2023
London: 2023

Seasonal bests

National titles
South African Championships
200 metres: 2011, 2017, 2021
400 metres: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
South African Junior Championships
100 metres: 2011
200 metres: 2011

Notes

References

External links

 Wayde van Niekerk setting the men's 400 metres world and Olympic record via the IOC
 Wayde van Niekerk setting the men's 400 metres world and Olympic record via the Olympic Channel on YouTube

Living people
1992 births
Cape Coloureds
Athletes from Cape Town
South African male sprinters
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for South Africa
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
World Athletics Championships athletes for South Africa
World Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for South Africa
Olympic gold medalists for South Africa
Alumni of Grey College, Bloemfontein
University of the Free State alumni
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
World Athletics record holders
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
South African Christians
Olympic male sprinters
Track & Field News Athlete of the Year winners
Universiade silver medalists for South Africa
World Athletics Championships winners
IAAF Continental Cup winners
South African Athletics Championships winners
Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: SESI Citizenship

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SESI Citizenship is a Brazilian program that aims to bring education, sports, leisure and culture to all pacified communities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, i.e., those that already have the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs). Created in August 2010, the program has already held about a million attendances in dozens of communities and was awarded the prize "Citizenship Personality 2013", granted to individuals and institutions who "contribute to the defense of civil rights, the strengthening of social promotion policies and the ethical values."

Concept

SESI Citizenship is locally implemented whenever new UPPs are installed at each location. Its goal is to bring leisure activities and social services for the inhabitants of the region - some of them in a permanent way. According to previous researches that identify the main needs of each community, it is created a plan of what will be offered to residents. By the way, some of them are even hired to perform certain functions, such as: monitor the progress of work; identify the local needs further; promote, explain and enroll residents in activities and courses offered by the program. The so-called "SESI Citizenship Agents" also encourage people to learn how to read and write for the first time.

Components of the program

The program contemplates some specific activities:
 Vocational education – Workshops and laboratories that prepare the student for the labor market;
 Basic education – Elementary and secondary school for youth and adults, in addition to pre-Enem, tutoring, languages, computers, mathematics and budgeting;
 Athlete of the future – Leisure and citizenship teaching through sports activities for children and teenagers, seeking also to train future athletes;
 Knowledge industry – Spreads culture and education while assembling in communities like Andaraí and Cidade de Deus libraries and digital inclusion spaces, as well as offering workshops, lectures and cultural attractions. Two partners in this initiative are Futura Channel (which offers television programming) and the Brazilian Academy of Letters (which helps to create and maintain libraries in communities of Rio de Janeiro, what includes the training of manpower);
 Seniors SESI Program – Activities for people over fifty years of age, such as physical exercise, nutritional and psychological counseling, medical care and sociocultural actions as "memory workshops and storytelling;"
 Culture – Cultural programs and workshops for residents on graffiti, photography, percussion, hip hop music and theater;
 Kitchen Brazil – Nutritionists teach the full utilization of food in order to improve eating habits;
 Health – Offices of gynaecology, internal medicine, dental and pediatrics to prevent health problems;
 SESI in Action – Services like issuing documents (identity card, social security number, work ID, birth certificate), recreation for children, craft workshops and painting, lectures on basic care (brushing teeth, for example), medical tests (measurement of blood pressure, blood glucose testing, body mass index), legal consultation and distribution of books;
 Lego Project - Uses Lego pieces to stimulate the learning of "logical and mathematical thinking and the basics of physics", including ethical and moral values, interpersonal relationship and teamwork.

See also

Crime
Favela
Entertainment

Notes

References

External links
SESI Citizenship (in Portuguese)
FIRJAN System
  Pacifying Police Units (UPP)

Favelas
Economy of Brazil
Welfare in Brazil


title: Boneyard Beach (album)

text:
Boneyard Beach is a 1995 album by Raleigh, North Carolina band Dish, led by singer and pianist Dana Kletter, on Interscope Records. The album was produced by John Agnello at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Interscope's VP, Tom Whalley, told Billboard magazine that "the high quality of songwriting in Dish and the sound of Dana's voice are two things that set this band apart."

The album was not a commercial success and the group's members moved on to other projects, however the album did garner favorable reviews. CMJ New Music reviewed the album saying Kletter's vocals sounded like "tomboy version" of Natalie Merchant, while Trouser Press described the album as offering "elegant, haunting melodies with nary a hint of excess sugar". Musician noted "lush melodies and oblique lyrics". Music Hound described the sound of Dish as adding "rocked-up guitar and drums" to the sound of Kletter's earlier project Blackgirls.

Track listing
"Headlights" Dana Kletter
"Wading" Dana Kletter / Bo Taylor
"Be Still" Bo Taylor
"Function" Dana Kletter
"Sad Figure" Dana Kletter
"Disguise" Bo Taylor
"Other Moon" Dana Kletter
"Tears of Rage"
"How Could Anyone" Dana Kletter
"January Song" Dana Kletter
"Odinokaya, Garmon (The Lonely Accordion)"
"Mercury" Sara Bell
"New Life" Dana Kletter

References

1995 albums
Albums produced by John Agnello


title: Solomon Brannan

text:
Solomon Embra Brannan (born September 5, 1942) is a former American football defensive back who played three seasons in the American Football League (AFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs and New York Jets. He played college football at Morris Brown College and attended Tompkins High School in Savannah, Georgia. Brannan has also been a member of the Jacksonville Sharks of the World Football League (WFL). He was a member of the Kansas City Chiefs team that won the 1966 AFL championship.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats

Living people
1942 births
American football defensive backs
American football running backs
African-American players of American football
Morris Brown Wolverines football players
Kansas City Chiefs players
New York Jets players
Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) players
Players of American football from Savannah, Georgia
American Football League players
21st-century African-American people
20th-century African-American sportspeople


title: Felipe Cossío del Pomar

text:
Felipe Cossío del Pomar (31 May 1888 – 25 June 1981) was a Peruvian painter and left-wing political activist. While in exile from Peru he founded an art school in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico in 1938. The school failed, but on his return in 1950 he founded the Instituto Allende, a university-level arts school that was still active in 2014. The short film "Felipe Cossio del Pomar in San Miguel de Allende", by Ezequiel Morones is in Youtube.

Early years
Felipe Cossío del Pomar was born on 31 May 1888 in Morropón Province in the Piura region of Peru.
His family was connected to important figures in Peru, including Pío de Tristán, the last Viceroy and later foreign minister of the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.
He was also related to Paul Gauguin, the grandson of Flora Tristan.
He studied in Lima at the Colegio de Guadalupe, graduating in 1904.
He then began the study of Letters at the Universidad de San Marcos.
His parents wanted him to become a lawyer.
For this reason, in 1906 he sailed to Europe to study Law at the University of Leuven.
However, he chose to stay in Brussels and enrolled at the Free University to study fine arts for three years.
He then studied and worked as an artist in Paris until the beginning of World War I (1914–18).
He became part of the bohemian circle in Paris led by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall and Henri Matisse.

Cossío moved to the USA in 1917, where he was much in demand for his talent as a portrait painter in the modernist style.
After his return to Peru in 1921 he transferred to the Universidad San Antonio de Abad in Cuzco.
It was at this time that he became a friend of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre.
He obtained a degree of Doctor of Letters in 1922 with a thesis on the history of painting in Cuzco.
This was the basis for his book on colonial painting in Cuzco.

Haya de la Torre was deported by the Legufa regime in October 1923.
In 1924, the nascent Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (APRA) was forming its first sections in Mexico, Cuba, Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and Uruguay. Cossío had returned to the USA by 1925, where he formed an important base of support for the APRA. Cossio visited Haya de la Torre in Mexico City, and while there met the painter Diego Rivera who introduced him to the forms and colors of traditional Aztec art.
In 1927 Cossío del Pomar visited the town of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico and was enchanted by the quality of light.
Cossío del Pomar returned to Europe in 1929, where he lived in Brussels, Florence and Paris.
In France he worked with the surrealists André Breton and Louis Aragon.

In 1931 Cossío was back in Peru helping to organize the APRA.
Cossío used his reputation to push for improvements in the teaching of art, both to modernize the teaching and to upgrade it to a graduate level where before it had simply been considered a minor trade.
In the second half of 1932 Haya de la Torre was imprisoned and threatened with the death penalty.
Cossío del Pomar moved to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile.
In 1935 Cossío was placed on a blacklist, threatened with immediate arrest if he returned to Peru, and the sale of his books was banned.

Mexico

In 1937 Cossío del Pomar returned to Mexico.
He founded the Escuela Universitaria de Bellas Artes (University School of Fine arts) in San Miguel de Allende in a former convent that had been used as a barracks.
With the support of president Lázaro Cárdenas the government transferred the property to the school, which opened in 1938. The American artist and writer Stirling Dickinson was made director of artistic studies.
The influx of students brought new prosperity to the town.
Cossío del Pomar returned to Peru in 1945 when the government granted amnesty to exiles.
He sold his holdings, which included a ranch as well as the school, to the Mexico City lawyer Alfredo Campanella.

Cossío returned to San Miguel de Allende in 1950, discovered the earlier school had been ruined by Campanella, and founded a new school with the help of the former governor of Guanajuato Enrique Fernández Martínez, and Fernández's wife Nell Harris.
Cossio and Fernández bought the ruined 18th century Renaissance palace that the Count of Canal had built during the silver boom, with its large grounds. They renovated the building, and also opened several cottages and a hotel for visitors.
Stirling Dickinson became art director of the newly opened Instituto Allende.

Later years

Cossío remained in Mexico until 1954, then moved to Madrid.
He lived there until 1959, when he moved to Havana after the success of the Cuban Revolution.
He disagreed with the ideological direction of the revolution, and in 1961 moved back to Spain to Gandia, Valencia, in the southeast.
This was Cossío's most prolific period, both as an artist and an author.
He returned to live in Peru in 1980, aged 92, and died the following year.
Although he died in Lima, he had arranged for his remains to be buried in the city of Piura.
He left the city his private art collection with the purpose of erecting the Museum of Art of that city.

Publications

Cossío del Pomar was a writer as well as a painter, and the author of a number of literary works. These include:
Pintura colonial (Colonial Painting) 1930, which discusses painting in Cuzco and is enthusiastic about the art of the Indians and mestizos
Arte y vida de Paul Gauguin (Art and Life of Paul Gauguin), 1929
El indoamericano (The American Indian), 1942, political biography of Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre
Arte del Perú pre-Colombino (Art of pre-Columbian Peru), 1949
Cuzco Imperial (Imperial Cuzco), 1952
Arte del Perú Colonial (Art of Colonial Peru), 1958

References

Sources

1888 births
1981 deaths
Peruvian male writers
20th-century Peruvian painters
20th-century Peruvian male artists
Peruvian male painters


title: St John (Hals)

text:
St. John is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Frans Hals, painted in 1625 and now in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.

Painting
The painting shows St. John looking upwards while writing in a book, with a bird (presumably an eagle) at his elbow. This painting was documented in the 18th century but later considered lost. It was rediscovered in July 1997, when it was auctioned at Sotheby's in London as one of four lost paintings by Hals of the evangelists. The sale price of US$2.9million was a record high for a Frans Hals painting at the time.

The four evangelists by Hals were documented in 1910 by Hofstede de Groot, who wrote "The Four Evangelists. – Four separate pictures, each of them a half-length, showing the hands and attributes of the saint. Canvas, each 27 1/2 inches by 22 inches. Sales. – Gerard Hoet, The Hague, August 25, 1760 (Terw. 231), No. 134 (120 florins, Yver). The Hague, April 13, 1771, Z. No. 35. F.W. Baron van Borck, Amsterdam, May 1, 1771, No. 34 (33 florins, Yver)." At the time he was writing, all of these paintings were considered lost:

See also
 List of paintings by Frans Hals

References

Paintings by Frans Hals
Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Hals
Books in art
Eagles in art


The Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act of 2014 (; ) is a United States federal law that authorizes an additional 1,000 emergency Special Immigrant Visas that the United States Department of State could issue to Afghan translators who served with U.S. troops during the War in Afghanistan.

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. It was signed into law on August 8, 2014 by President Barack Obama.

Background
During the War in Afghanistan, the United States promised some Afghans protection in exchange for being translators for the U.S. In 2009, the United States began issuing 3,000 visas each year to Afghans, and their families, who helped the United States during the war, usually by being an interpreter or a guide.

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

The bill would amend the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 to increase by 1,000 the number of Afghan special immigrant visas available in FY2014.

The bill would require, with regard to such visas, that:

the period during which an alien must have been employed must terminate by December 31, 2014,
the principal alien seeking special immigrant status shall apply to the Chief of Mission by December 31, 2014, and
the authority to provide such status shall terminate on December 31, 2014.

The bill would direct the United States Secretary of State, by January 1, 2015, to increase temporarily the fee or surcharge (by $1) for processing machine-readable nonimmigrant visas and machine-readable combined border crossing identification cards and nonimmigrant visas.

Procedural history
The Emergency Afghan Allies Extension Act of 2014 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on July 24, 2014 by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on the Judiciary and the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. On July 30, 2014, the House voted to pass the bill in a voice vote. The Senate passed the bill on August 1, 2014 and President Barack Obama signed it into law on August 8, 2014.

Debate and discussion
According to Rep. Blumenauer, who sponsored the bill, there was "need for immediate action because the State Department has confirmed they have completely exhausted all visas Congress authorized in December." Blumenauer argued that "a failure to provide these additional visas ensures the many brave translators the U.S. promised to protect in exchange for their services would be left in Afghanistan, hiding, their lives still threatened daily by the Taliban."

See also
Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016)

References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 5195
beta.congress.gov H.R. 5195
GovTrack.us H.R. 5195
OpenCongress.org H.R. 5195
WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 5195

United States federal immigration and nationality legislation
United States federal defense and national security legislation
Acts of the 113th United States Congress


title: David Ariel Mendieta

text:
David Ariel Mendieta Chávez (born 22 August 1986) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for 12 de Octubre in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Career

3 de Febrero
Tigo Sports Paraguay claimed that Mendieta was the best player at 3 de Febrero in the 2014 Primera División Paraguaya season. It seemed that he was about to sign with Sportivo Luqueño, but a good offer from Colombian football took him to Deportivo Cali.

Deportivo Cali
In 2015, Mendieta was presented as the new Deportivo Cali player and he was issued the number 10 jersey. During the 2015 pre-season, Mendieta had good performances in friendly matches, convincing the coach Fernando Castro who praised him in manifesting that Mendieta complies 1, 000%.

Sportivo Luqueño
In July 2015, Mendieta joined Primera División Paraguaya club Sportivo Luqueño for six months and having the opportunity to dispute the Copa Sudamericana.

International career
In May 2014, Mendieta made his international debut against Cameroon. His following game was against France. In August 2014, Mendieta was selected by coach Victor Genes for the Paraguay national team for a friendly.

References

External links

seleccionparaguaya.org

1986 births
Living people
Paraguayan men's footballers
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
Club Guaraní players
Club Atlético 3 de Febrero players
12 de Octubre Football Club players
Club Sport Colombia footballers
Club Sportivo San Lorenzo footballers
Deportivo Cali footballers
Sportivo Luqueño players
Club Deportivo Capiatá players
Club Libertad footballers
Independiente F.B.C. footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Categoría Primera A players
Men's association football midfielders
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Colombia
Expatriate men's footballers in Colombia
People from Lambaré


title: Krizz Kaliko discography

text:
American hip hop artist Krizz Kaliko has released seven studio albums, four EPs and 41 music videos

Albums

Studio albums

EPs

Guest appearances

Music videos

References

Discographies of American artists
Hip hop discographies


title: Oscar Farinetti

text:
Natale Farinetti, known as Oscar (; born 24 September 1954), is an Italian businessman and investor. Farinetti was the owner of the high-end Italian food mall chain Eataly and founder of the consumer electronics chain UniEuro.

Personal life and career

Farinetti was born in Alba, Italy. His father was insurgent and deputy mayor of Alba Paolo Farinetti.
After attending the liceo classico Govone in Alba, he started studying Business in Turin in 1972, but dropped out from college in 1976.
His father Paolo founded a small local supermarket in 1967 and named it UniEuro; a few years later Oscar became actively involved in the business. He was appointed board member in 1978, and then CEO & Chairman until 2003. The same year he decided to sell UniEuro to Dixons Retail for £230m.
In 2004 he founded the high-end Italian supermarket Eataly. The New York Times has described it as a "megastore" that "combines elements of a bustling European open market, a Whole-Foods-style supermarket, a high-end food court and a New Age learning center." The company is based in Monticello d'Alba, Cuneo, Italy and currently controls 28 stores in 7 different countries (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, UAE, Italy, Turkey and Brazil).

On March 18, 2014, Eataly opened its big 5,000-square-meter store in Piazza XXV Aprile in Milan. In November 2016, Eataly opened in Copenhagen.

On November 13, 2019, Eataly opened a 50,000-square-foot store in Toronto, Canada in the Manulife Centre on Bloor Street.

Media coverage

Farinetti's disruptive model has received significant media attention. His methods have been covered by publications including Forbes, The New York Times, The Atlantic and the Chicago Tribune.

References

1954 births
Italian chief executives
Italian investors
Italian restaurateurs
Living people
Eataly people
People from Alba, Piedmont


title: Jacques Alberto Ngwem

text:
Jacques Alberto Ngwem (born 3 August 1992) is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Atyrau.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Cameroonian men's footballers
Men's association football forwards
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Cameroonian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Super League Greece players
Football League (Greece) players
CD San Roque de Lepe footballers
Fokikos A.C. players
Atromitos F.C. players
PAS Lamia 1964 players
Volos F.C. players


title: 2006 Pepsi 400

text:
The 2006 Pepsi 400 was a NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event held on July 1, 2006, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Tony Stewart, driver of No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet, won the race after starting second to Boris Said, and led 86 of the 160 laps. Actor Brandon Routh was the grand marshal.

Qualifying

Race summary
The race began at 8:18 p.m. with Stewart passing Said to lead the first lap. The first seven laps were run caution-free before a beach ball was found on the back straightaway. On lap 16, Jeff Burton and Casey Mears, who had had a previous incident in an earlier practice session, made contact, spinning Burton out and bringing out the caution. By the time the green flag was waved again on lap 21, Jeff Gordon had assumed the lead. Gordon continued to lead until lap 33, when he was passed by Stewart who led the race until the caution came back out for debris. Most of the leaders came to pit road; however, Dale Earnhardt Jr. did not, and thus took the lead from Stewart. Stewart would not lead again until lap 111, when he took the lead from Matt Kenseth. On lap 148, Jimmie Johnson and Bobby Labonte crashed, ending Labonte's race. Said stayed out of the pits on lap 150, giving him the lead. With six laps remaining, Gordon was involved in a crash with Greg Biffle, J. J. Yeley, and Mark Martin, bringing out the caution for the final time. Said led the field back to the green flag with three laps remaining, but was passed by Stewart on the next lap. Stewart would subsequently win the race, his second consecutive Pepsi 400 win after winning the race in 2005 as well.

Race results

References

Pepsi 400
Pepsi 400
NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway
July 2006 sports events in the United States


title: Ramón Coronel

text:
Ramón David Coronel Gómez (born 31 March 1991) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays for 12 de Octubre in the Paraguayan Primera División.

Career
Coronel plays for Club Nacional. He made his international debut in a match against Cameroon in May 2014.

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Paraguayan men's footballers
Paraguayan expatriate men's footballers
Paraguay men's international footballers
Paraguayan Primera División players
Cerro Porteño players
Club Nacional footballers
Club Deportivo Capiatá players
Club Olimpia footballers
Sportivo Trinidense footballers
Sportivo Luqueño players
Vila Nova Futebol Clube players
12 de Octubre Football Club players
Men's association football fullbacks
Paraguayan expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Expatriate men's footballers in Brazil
People from Capiatá
Sportspeople from Central Department