title: Solid-state storage

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Solid-state storage (SSS) is a type of non-volatile computer storage that stores and retrieves digital information using only electronic circuits, without any involvement of moving mechanical parts.  This differs fundamentally from the traditional electromechanical storage, which records data using rotating or linearly moving media coated with magnetic material.

Solid-state storage devices typically store data using electrically-programmable non-volatile flash memory, however some devices use battery-backed volatile random-access memory (RAM). Having no moving mechanical parts, solid-state storage is much faster than traditional electromechanical storage; as a downside, solid-state storage is significantly more expensive and suffers from the write amplification phenomenon.

Solid-state storage devices come in various types, form factors, sizes of storage space, and interfacing options to satisfy application requirements for many different types of computer systems and appliances.

Overview
Historically, secondary storage in computer systems has been implemented primarily by using magnetic properties of the surface coatings applied to rotating platters (in hard disk drives and floppy disks) or linearly moving narrow strips of plastic film (in tape drives).  Pairing such magnetic media with read/write heads allows data to be written by separately magnetizing small sections of the ferromagnetic coating, and read later by detecting the transitions in magnetization.  For the data to be read or written, exact sections of the magnetic media need to pass under the read/write heads that flow closely to the media surface; as a result, reading or writing data imposes delays required for the positioning of magnetic media and heads, with the delays differing depending on the actual technology.

Over time, the performance gap between the central processing units (CPUs) and electromechanical storage (hard disk drives and their RAID setups) widened, requiring advancements in the secondary storage technology.  A solution was found in flash memory, which is an electronic non-volatile computer storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.  Solid-state storage typically uses the NAND type of flash memory, which may be written and read in chunks much smaller than the entire size of the storage device.  The size of a minimal chunk (page) for read operations is much smaller than the minimal chunk size (block) for write/erase operations, resulting in an undesirable phenomenon called write amplification that limits the random write performance and write endurance of flash-based solid-state storage devices.  Another type of solid-state storage devices uses volatile random-access memory (RAM) combined with a battery that allows the contents of RAM to be preserved for a limited amount of time after the device's power supply is interrupted.  As an advantage, RAM-based solid-state storage is much faster compared to flash, and does not experience write amplification.

As a result of having no moving mechanical parts, solid-state storage virtually eliminates the data access latencies present in electromechanical storage devices, and allows significantly higher rates of I/O operations per second (IOPS).  Additionally, solid-state storage allows much faster sequential access to stored data, consumes less power, has better physical shock resistance, and produces less heat and no vibrations during operation.  As a downside, solid-state storage devices have much higher per-megabyte prices than electromechanical storage devices, and generally come in significantly smaller per-device capacities.  Moreover, flash-based devices experience the memory wear that reduces their service life by imposing a limited amount of data that may be written to them, resulting from the limitations of flash memory that impose a finite number of program–erase cycles used to write data.  As a result, solid-state storage is frequently used for the creation of hybrid drives, in which solid-state storage serves as a cache for frequently accessed data instead of being a complete substitute for the traditional secondary storage.

Device types

Solid-state storage devices serve as secondary storage components for more complex systems, which may range from embedded and portable devices to large servers and dedicated network-attached storage (NAS) systems.  As a result, solid-state storage devices exist in different capacities, physical layouts and dimensions, using various interfaces and providing different feature sets.  Less complex solid-state storage devices such as memory cards use simpler, slower interfaces such as the one-bit SD interface or SPI, while more sophisticated high-performance devices use faster interfaces such as Serial ATA (SATA) or PCI Express (PCIe) paired with logical device interfaces such as AHCI or NVM Express (NVMe).

Types of flash-based solid-state storage devices include the following:
 MultiMediaCard (MMC) a memory card type used in portable devices
 Secure Digital (SD) a memory card type available in different variants, speeds and sizes, used extensively in portable devices
 Solid-state drive (SSD) a computer storage device available in various form factors, with different interfaces, and in various classes targeting different market segments
 USB flash drive pocketable removable storage devices that interface through USB, available in various shapes and sizes

See also

 Drum memory a magnetic data storage device used as the main working memory in many early computers
 i-RAM a DRAM-based solid-state storage device produced by Gigabyte, operating as a SATA hard disk drive
 Magnetic storage the concept of storing data on a magnetised medium using different patterns of magnetisation
 RAM drive a block of random-access memory that the operating system treats as if it were secondary storage
 Sequential access memory a class of data storage devices that read stored data in a sequence
 Wear leveling a technique for prolonging the service life of some kinds of erasable computer storage media, such as flash memory

References

External links
 Solid-State Storage: Technology, Design and Applications, IBM, May 4, 2010, by Richard Freitas and Lawrence Chiu
 USB Flash Wear Leveling and Life Span FAQ, Corsair, June 2007, archived from the original on October 13, 2007

Solid-state computer storage


title: 2014 Trofeo Faip–Perrel

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The 2014 Trofeo Faip–Perrel was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Bergamo, Italy between 10 and 16 February 2014.

Singles main-draw entrants

Seeds

 1 Rankings are as of February 3, 2014.

Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
  Simone Bolelli
  Matteo Donati
  Andrea Falgheri
  Gianluigi Quinzi

The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
  Edward Corrie
  Matteo Trevisan
  Federico Gaio
  Karol Beck

Champions

Singles

 Simone Bolelli def.  Jan-Lennard Struff, 7–6(8–6), 6–4

Doubles

 Karol Beck /  Michal Mertiňák def.  Konstantin Kravchuk /  Denys Molchanov, 4–6, 7–5, [10–6]

External links
Official Website

Trofeo Faip-Perrel
Trofeo Faip–Perrel
Trofeo Faip-Perrel


title: George Radin

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George Radin (January 22, 1931 – May 21, 2013) was an American computer scientist. He gained his BA in English Literature from Brooklyn College in 1951, followed by an MA from Columbia University in 1952 and an MSc in mathematics from City University of New York in 1961. In 1963 he got a job with the  IBM Advanced Computer Utilization Department, where he helped develop the PL/I programming language and design the OS/360 and TSS/360 systems. In 1980, he was appointed an IBM Fellow.

References

American computer scientists
IBM Fellows
1931 births
2013 deaths
Brooklyn College alumni


title: Das Phantom der Oper

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Das Phantom der Oper is a 1916 silent film. Also known as Das Gespenst im Opernhaus, it is notable for being the first film adaptation of the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux.

The film is now believed to be a lost film. No copies, photographs or even a poster of the film remain. Text advertisements and a summary  exist. All that is known from these advertisements is that it was made in Germany in autumn 1915, directed by Ernst Matray, starring Nils Olaf Chrisander as the Phantom and Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine. Raoul was played by director Ernst Matray.

Production background
The film Das Phantom der Oper was shot in autumn 1915 in Germany and was released in 1916.

The script was written by Greta Schröder. The director, Ernst Matray, became her husband. The film lasted 76 minutes (16 frames per second, 5 rolls of film, the total length of the film was 1381 meters).

Cast
 Nils Olaf Chrisander as Erik
 Aud Egede-Nissen as Christine Daaé
 Ernst Matray as Raoul

See also
List of lost films

References

External links

Further information on the film from thephantomonfilm.com.

1916 films
1916 horror films
German silent feature films
Films of the German Empire
Films based on The Phantom of the Opera
Lost horror films
Lost German films
German black-and-white films
German horror films
1916 lost films
Films shot in Germany
Silent horror films
1910s German films


title: Bolingbroke Mansion

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Bolingbroke Mansion is an 18th-century mansion located in Radnor, Pennsylvania, now used as a party house.

Early history

Bolingbroke Mansion was originally built in the early 18th century, about fifty years before American independence.  The Spring House bears the inscription “1727”. The fieldstone from which it was constructed, some of which is still intact today, came from Colonial gristmills along Gulph Creek.

Later history and ownership
In 1901, the property was purchased by Ledyard Heckscher from Samuel Broadbent, a prominent Philadelphia businessman and politician. Two paintings painted by his wife still hang in the mansion's living room. The Heckscher's hired architect R. Brognard Okie to renovate, remodel, and enlarge the mansion.

In 1949, Bolingbroke was bought by Roy J. Mckee and his wife. Ten years later, St. Martin's Episcopal Church acquired the property and grounds from the McKee's for their parish house.

Today, wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, parties, corporate meetings, and other events are held at Bolingbroke Mansion.

Facilities
Bolingbroke Mansion contains four reception rooms, one porch, a brick terrace, a few gardens, and a room for ceremonies.

References

External links
 http://www.bolingbrokemansion.com

Historic mansion districts


title: Santi Gregorio e Siro

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The church of Santi Gregorio e Siro is a Renaissance-style Roman Catholic parish church on Via Montegrappa 15 in central Bologna, Italy. Initially this was the Church of San Gregorio, but when the nearby parish church of San Siro had been torn down, and the names were fused.

History
It was founded on grounds that had been expropriated by the Ghislieri family from the Bentivoglio. It was constructed by the canons of San Giorgio in Alga, an island in the lagoon of Venice; the architects were Tibaldo Tibaldi (Tibaldo Cristoforo di Tibaldi) and Giovanni Antonio, both from Milan.

In 1676, it passed to the order of Clerics Regular ministering to the sick (Chierici Regolari Ministri degli Infermi). The earthquake of 1780 damaged the church, and it was rebuilt by the architect  Angelo Venturoli. Over the entry is the heraldic shield of the Ghisilieri family, and the bell-tower was adapted from a medieval tower from a family palace.

Interior
The simple exterior does not reflect the highly decorated interior, which has ceiling frescoes by Luigi Samoggia and Alessandro Guardassoni (1868), a main altarpiece is a St Gregory shows the bleeding Eucharist to the Heretic by Denys Calvaert (1581) and  works by Camillo Procaccini. Among the decorations is an Eternal Father by  Ludovico Carracci. The altar decoration is in marble called Formaginni di Sanremo.

Other works listed inside the church by Bianconi include:
St Sebastian wounded with St Fabiano decapitated by Giovanni Luigi Valesio
St John of Nepomuk by Paris Porroni
Assunta attributed to Procaccini
St Emidio (Emygdius) Ovals by Giovanni Andrea Claudio Portoni
St Camillus de Lellis by Felice Torelli
Virgin with St Andrew, Lorenzo Giustiniani and Anthony Abbot by Lucio Massari
Jesus baptized in Glory by God the Father attributed to a young Annibale Carracci
Transit of St Joseph by Carlo Antonio Rambaldi
St George and the Dragon with Archangel Michael and the Devil by Ludovico Carracci
St Lawrence and the sacred heart of Jesus by Jacopo Alessandro Calvi

References

Mapa Arte Italia, guide to church.

16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Italy
Roman Catholic churches in Bologna
Renaissance architecture in Bologna


title: 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team

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The 2014 Virginia Tech Hokies baseball team is representing Virginia Tech in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season.   Head Coach Patrick Mason is in his 1st year coaching the Hokies. They are coming off a 2013 season, in which they had a 40 win season.  15 of them came in the ACC.  That marked the fifth straight year with over 30 wins.

Personnel

Schedule

! style="background:#ff6600;color:#660000;"| Regular season
|- valign="top"

|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| February 14 || The Citadel || – || Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park || 2-6 || J. Reeves(1-0)|| T. McIntyre(0-1) || None || 520 || 0-1 || –
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| February 15 || Delaware || – || Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park || 8-1 || B. Markey(1-0)|| A. Davis(0-1) || None|| 214 || 1-1 || –
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| February 21 || at #5  || – || Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field || 0-9 || Nola(2-0)|| B. Markey(1-1) || None || 11,417 || 1-2 || –
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| February 22 ||  || – || Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field || 8-2 || K. Scheetz(1-0)|| Gomez(0-1) || A. McGarity(1)|| 285 || 2-2 || –
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
| February 23 ||  || – || Alex Box Stadium/Skip Bertman Field ||colspan=7|Cancelled due to weather
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| February 25 ||  || – || English Field || 6-1 || L. Collazo(1-0) || Austin (0-2) || None || 186 || 3-2 || –
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| February 28 ||  || – || English Field || 4-1 || B. Markey(2-1) || M. Ring(1-1) || L. Scherzer(1) || 342 || 4-2 || –
|-

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 1 ||  || - || English Field  || 4-3 || T. McIntyre(1-1) || N. Boutoures(0-1) || None || 582 || 5-2 || –
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 2 || UMass-Lowell || - || English Field || 4-6 || T. Denaro(2-0) || L. Scherzer(0-1) || S. Xirinachs(2) || 611 || 5-3 || –
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 2 || Cincinnati || - || English Field  || 9-6 || Kennedy(1-0) || C. Walsh(1-1) || None || 476 || 6-3 || –
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 5 || William & Mary || - || English Field  || 0-7 || N. Brown(2-0) || M. Tulley(0-1) || None || 345 || 6-4 || –
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 7 || at #15 Clemson* || - || Doug Kingsmore Stadium  || 6-7 || M. Campbell(2-0) || B. Markey(0-1) || None || 3,175 || 6-5 || 0–1
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 8 || at #15 Clemson* || - || Doug Kingsmore Stadium  || 2-12 || M. Crownover(3-1) || K. Scheetz(1-1) || None || 5,481 || 6-6 || 0-2
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 9 || at #15 Clemson* || - || Doug Kingsmore Stadium  || 4-11 || C. Schmidt(2-2) || T.McIntyre(1-2) || None || 4,556 || 6-7 || 0-3
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| March 11 || at  || - || Malcolm U. Pitt Field || 10-10 || - || - || - || 408 || 6-7-1 || 0–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 12 || VCU || - || English Field  || 14-21 || M. Lees(2-1) || P. Sciretta(0-1) || T. Gill(2) || 192 || 6-8-1 || 0–3
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 14 || * || - || English Field  || 11-5 || T. McIntyre (2-2) || H. Harris(2-2) || None || 768 || 7-8-1 || 1–3
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 15 || Pittsburgh* || - || English Field  || 11-10 || L. Scherzer(1-1) || H. Harris(2-3) || None || 981 || 8-8-1 || 2–3
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 15 || Pittsburgh* || - || English Field  || 11-7 || P. Sciretta (1-1) || M. Wotherspoon(2-3) || S. Kennedy(1) || 522 || 9-8-1 || 3–3
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 19 ||  || - || English Field  || 6-3 || P. Sciretta(2-1) || K. Baxter(0-3) || L. Scherzer(2) || 371 || 10-8-1 || 3–3
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 21 || at * || - || Frank Eck Stadium || 1-2 || S. Fitzgerald(3-1) || B. Markey(2-3) || None || 253 || 10-9-1 || 3–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#cffcc"
| March 22 || at Notre Dame* || - || Frank Eck Stadium  || 8-3 || S. Keselica(2-0) || N. McCarty(0-5) || L.Scherzer(3) || 681 || 11-9-1 || 4–4
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
| March 23 || at Notre Dame* || - || Frank Eck Stadium  || 5-4 || L. Scherzer (2-1) || M. Hearne (1-2) || S. Kennedy(2) || 422 || 12-9-1|| 5–4
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 28 || at #1 Virginia* || - || Davenport Field  || 1-2 || W. Mayberry(2-1) || B. Markey(2-4) || N. Howard(7) || 3,414 || 12-10-1 || 5–5
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 29 || at #1 Virginia* || - || Davenport Field  || 2-9 || C. Jones(4-0) || S. Keselica(2-1) || None || 3,587 || 12-11-1 || 5–6
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
| March 30 || at #1 Virginia* || - || Davenport Field  || 4-7 || W. Mayberry(3-1) || S. Kennedy(1-1) || N. Howard(8) || 2,500 || 12-12-1 || 5–7
|-

|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|April 1 ||  || - || English Field || 11-5 || J. Doran(1-0) || Gunst(1-4) || None || 1,672 || 13-12-1 || 5-7
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|April 2 || Radford || - || English Field ||  8-5 || K. Scheetz(2-1) || COSTELLO(2-1) || L. Scherzer(4) || 1,067 || 14-12-1 || 5–7
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 4 || #24 * || - || English Field || 7-8 || Hammond(4-0) || A. Perez(0-1) || Garcia(8) || 1,045 || 14-13-1 || 5-8
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 5 || #24 Miami* || - || English Field || 3-4 || Suarez(4-1)  || S. Keselica(2-2) || Garcia(9) || 1,468 || 14-14-1 || 5-9
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 6 || #24 Miami* || - || English Field || 2-9 || Radziewski(2-2) || L. Woodcock(0-1) || None || 1,083 || 14-15-1 || 5-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 8 || at VCU || - ||The Diamond (Richmond, Virginia) || 6-11 || Lees(5-2) || S. Kennedy(1-2) || None || 8226 || 14-16-1 || 5-10
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|April 9 || Longwood || - || English Field || 4-1 || A. Perez(1-1)|| Simpson(1-2) || A. McDonald(1) || 164 || 15-16-1 || 5-10
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|April 11 || Maryland* || - || English Field || 3-1 || S. Keselica(3-2) || Stinnett(3-5) || B. Markey(1) || 1,583 || 16-16-1 || 6-10
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 12 || Maryland* || - || English Field || 2-4 || M. Shawaryn(6-2) || A. McGarity(0-1) || Mooney(6) || 1,542 || 16-17-1 || 6-11
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|April 13 || Maryland* || - || English Field || 6-4 || J. Woodcock(1-1)  || Ruse(4-1) || T. McIntyre(1) || 1,136 || 17-17-1|| 7-11
|- bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|April 14 || at #30 Liberty || - || Liberty Baseball Stadium || 4-3 || K. Scheetz(3-1) || Lyons(2-2) || L. Scherzer(5) || 2,702 || 18-17-1 || 7-11
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 18 || * || - || English Field || 2-3 || Hendrix(2-1)  || B. Markey(2-5) || None || 946 || 18-18-1 || 7-12
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 19 || Duke* || - || English Field || 3-13 || Swart(3-1) || A. McGarity(0-2) || None || 1,925 || 18-19-1 || 7-13
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 20 || Duke* || - || English Field || 0-2 || Matuella(1-1)  || J. Woodcock(1-2) || Huber(7) || 951 || 18-20-1 || 7-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 22 ||  || - || English Field || 0-11 || Mason(1-1) || A. Perez(1-2) || None || 285 || 18-21-1 || 7-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 23 || Campbell || - || English Field || 9-14 || Darcy(1-0) || A. McGarity(0-3) || None || 316 || 18-22-1 || 7-14
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 25 || at * || - || Boshamer Stadium || 2-3 || Kelley(1-1) || S. Keselica(3-3) || Hovis(5) || 1,328 || 18-23-1 || 7-15
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 26 || North Carolina* || - || Boshamer Stadium || 4-6 || Moss(3-2) || B. Markey(2-6) || Hovis(6) || 3,720 || 18-24-1 || 7-16
|- align="center" bgcolor="#ffbbb"
|April 27 || North Carolina* || - || Boshamer Stadium || 4-5 || Hovis(6-1) || Scherzer(2-2) || None || 2,770 || 18-25-1 || 7-17
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
|April 29 || at Radford || - || Radford Baseball Stadium || -|| - || - || - || - || - || -
|-

|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 2 || at * || - || Russ Chandler Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 3 || at Georgia Tech* || - || Russ Chandler Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 4 || at Georgia Tech* || - || Russ Chandler Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 6 ||  || - || H. P. Hunnicutt Field || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 7 ||  || - || English Field || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 13 || William & Mary || - || English Field || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 15 || * || - || English Field || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 16 || NC State* || - || English Field || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 17 || NC State* || - || English Field || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-

|-
! style="background:#ff6600;color:#660000;"| Post-season
|-

|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 20 || - || – || UNCG Baseball Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 21 || - || – || UNCG Baseball Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 22 || - || – || UNCG Baseball Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 23 || - || – || UNCG Baseball Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 24 || - || – || UNCG Baseball Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || -
|- align="center" bgcolor=""
| May 25 || - || – || UNCG Baseball Stadium || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-

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| style="font-size:88%" | Rankings from USA TODAY/ESPN Top 25 coaches' baseball poll. Parenthesis indicate tournament seedings.
|-
| style="font-size:88%" | *ACC Conference games

See also
 Virginia Tech Hokies
 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season

References

Virginia Tech Hokies
Virginia Tech Hokies baseball seasons
Virginia Tech Hokies baseball


title: Ghayyur Akhtar

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Ghayyur Akhtar (), (5 October 1945 – 7 February 2014) was a radio, television, film and theater actor from Lahore, Pakistan.

Awards and recognition
He is best known for playing a role in the television serial Sona Chandi (1982). He was honored with Pride of Performance Award and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

Life and career
Akhtar was born on 5 October 1945 in Lahore, British India. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Punjab in Lahore. He began his acting career in the 1970s with Radio Pakistan. He was known as "Hameed Bhai (O Ho Ho Ho)" from his performance on the television serial Sona Chandi and Chacha Barkat from Radio Pakistan because of his "O Ho Ho Ho" dialogue. He worked as a writer, actor, director and producer.

He shifted his career to television in the 1980s and appeared on PTV classic serials like Sona Chandi, Khawaja and Son, Waris and soaps like Ainak Wala Jin. He also appeared in mainstream cinema in Direct Hawaldar (1985), but television drama remained his major field. In recognition of his services in media, writer and columnist Munnu Bhai wrote two columns called "Gir-e-baan" in his honour. He also appeared on the Din News political talk show Wah Wah as a Chaudary for over a year. Akhtar was decorated with a Pride of Performance award in 2009. and Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.

Death
Akhtar died on 7 February 2014 in Lahore at age 68, Pakistan after a prolonged illness and was laid to rest at Mian Mir Graveyard in Lahore.

Awards
 Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2009
 Tamgha-e-Imtiaz Award in 2003
 Graduate Award [Two times each from Radio Pakistan(1990–91) and TV(1986–87)]
 Graduate Award (2001–02, Radio Pakistan)
 Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (1999–2000, Organized by Radio)
 PTV Regional Award for Drama Artist (2002–2003).
 Asian Award (1993–94, PTV)
 Musawar Award (1991–92, PTV)
 Bahoo Award (1993–94, PTV)
 Shezan Award (1994–95, PTV)

Television

List of television plays

 Afsar Bekaar-e-Khaas (PTV)
 Ainak Wala Jin (PTV)
 Alif Laila
 Ambar Maria
 Bao Train
 Bhola Khanjar
 Chaan bura
 Chacha Chaudhry Plus ATV (Pakistan)
 Comedy Theatre
 Din (PTV)
 Do Tok (Funny Talk Show) ATV (Pakistan)
 Double Sawari (PTV)
 Free Hit
 Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi ATV (Pakistan)
 Gharana
 Hawa pe Raqs (PTV)
 Inkar
 Jaza Saza
 Jheel
 Khair Khwah
 Khawab Azaab
 Khawaja and Son (PTV)
 Manzil
 Munnu ki Kahani (PTV)
 Muskurahat
 Nigah
 Pappu plaza
 Parvaz
 Pathjhar (PTV)
 Pyas
 Rahain (PTV)
 Ranjish
 Saaray Gaamay (PTV)
 Sohail Clinic (Guest appearance) ATV (Pakistan)
 Sona Chandi (PTV)
 Tarair
 Us Paar (PTV)
 Waqt
 Waris (PTV)
 Zangeer
 Zehar-baad

References

1945 births
2014 deaths
20th-century Pakistani male actors
21st-century Pakistani male actors
Male actors from Lahore
Pakistani male television actors
Pakistani male stage actors
Pakistani stand-up comedians
Punjabi people
PTV Award winners
Recipients of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz
Recipients of the Pride of Performance


title: Marek Račuk

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Marek Račuk (born 2 June 1992) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with LHK Jestřábi Prostějov in the Czech 1. Liga.

Račuk made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with Piráti Chomutov during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey centres
Piráti Chomutov players
People from Teplice
Ice hockey people from the Ústí nad Labem Region
Sportovní Klub Kadaň players
Orli Znojmo players
LHK Jestřábi Prostějov players
HC Slavia Praha players
Rytíři Kladno players
Cracovia (ice hockey) players
Czech expatriate ice hockey people
Expatriate ice hockey players in Poland
Czech expatriate sportspeople in Poland


title: Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade – Women's 5000 metres

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The women's 5000 metres event at the 2001 Summer Universiade was held in Beijing, China on 1 September.

Results

References

Athletics at the 2001 Summer Universiade
2001 in women's athletics
2001


title: 2014 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I – play-offs

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The play-offs of the 2014 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I were the final stages of the Group I Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Using the positions determined in their pools, the seven teams faced off to determine their placing in the 2014 Fed Cup Americas Zone Group I. The top two teams advanced to World Group II play-offs, and the bottom two teams were relegated down to the Americas Zone Group II.

Pool results

Promotion play-off
The first placed teams of the two pools were drawn in head-to-head rounds. The winner advanced to the World Group II play-offs.

Paraguay vs. Brazil

Relegation play-offs
The bottom two teams of the two pools were drawn in head-to-head. The loser was relegated down to Americas Zone Group II in 2015.

Mexico vs. Ecuador

Venezuela vs. Bahamas

Final placements

  advanced to World Group II play-offs.
  and  were relegated to Americas Zone Group II in 2015.

References

External links
 Fed Cup website

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title: Albert Kappis

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Albert Kappis (20 August 1836, Wildberg - 18 September 1914, Stuttgart) was a German painter and draughtsperson specializing in landscapes and genre motifs.

Biography
From 1850 to 1857, Kappis trained as a lithographer in his uncle's workshop. he also took drawing lessons and, from 1855 to 1860, attended classes at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart under Heinrich von Rustige and Bernhard von Neher. In 1860, he began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich under Karl von Piloty. While there, he made friends with fellow painters from Swabia, including Anton Braith, Ludwig Willroider, Friedrich Salzer and Jakob Grünenwald.

In 1867, together with Braith and his friend, Christian Mali, Kappis made a study trip to Paris where he became involved with the Barbizon School. He made a return trip through Belgium and the Moselle Valley to Düsseldorf and spent some time working with the landscape painter Theodor Schüz. From 1871 to 1874 he lived with Braith and Mali in their so-called "Swabian Castle".

He married in 1874, spent his honeymoon in the South Tyrol, and produced many paintings of the area around Starnberg and the Chiemsee. He was appointed a Professor at the Royal Art School at Stuttgart in 1880 and became a leader of the Swabian Impressionists. This was followed by painting trips to a wide range of areas from Bavaria to the Baltic Sea. He retired in 1905.

Sources
 Schefold, Max: Albert Kappis, Maler, 1836–1914. In: Lebensbilder aus Schwaben und Franken 7, 1960, S. 347–351. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1960.
 Bühler, Hans-Peter und Kappis, Albert: Albert Kappis 1905–1975. Kunsthaus Bühler, Veröffentlichung zum 70jährigen Jubiläum. Stuttgart: Kunsthaus Bühler, 1975.
 Münchner Maler im 19. Jahrhundert in vier Bänden. Vol. 2: Gebhardt–Küstner. München: Bruckmann, 1982. .
 Bühler, Andreas; Zimmermann, Gabriele; Grüner, Isabel: Albert Kappis: Wegbereiter des Impressionismus in Schwaben. Katalog zur Ausstellung Kunsthaus Bühler, 30. January 20. March 1999 und Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen, 28. March 4. July 1999. Stuttgart: Kunsthaus Bühler; Hausen-Hohenkarpfen: Ed. Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen, 1999. .
 Bühler, Andreas: Albert Kappis, von der Münchner Schule zum schwäbischen Impressionismus. In: Weltkunst 70/6, München 2000, S. 1079–1081.

External links

 More works by Kappis @ ArtNet

1836 births
1914 deaths
Landscape painters
Genre painters
People from Calw (district)
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich alumni
19th-century German painters
German male painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
19th-century German male artists


title: Animal Welfare Network Nepal

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Animal Welfare Network Nepal is non-profit body that helps to increase the effectiveness of animal welfare organizations in Nepal.

Objectives
Coordinate the activities of animal welfare organizations
Raise awareness on animal welfare issues among the public
Lobby and advocate for animal rights
Promote stray dog adoptions
Provide education and support to its members

See also
List of animal rights groups

References

Animal rights organizations
Animal welfare organisations based in Nepal


title: Mateo Antonio de Mendoza

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Mateo Antonio de Mendoza Díaz de Arce was a military leader and the governor of Nueva Vizcaya and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico in 1760. He was the interim governor between Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and Manuel Portillo Urrisola.

Early life

Mendoza's birthdate and birthplace are unknown. He was baptized on 28 September 1696 in Burgos, Spain, to Francisco Mendoza y Martínez de Fuidio and Teresa Díaz de Arce y Maeda. He was raised in a solar house in Villacarriedo, in the Spanish province of Santander.

By 1717 he had joined the Town Council in Ábalos, La Rioja. In 1751 Mendoza joined the Order of Santiago and served in the Spanish army, being a member of the Queens Dragoons as lieutenant colonel and sergeant major.

Career

In 1753, King Charles IV of Spain appointed him governor of the Captaincy General of Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain. After assuming the charge of governor, he settled in Chihuahua (in the modern Mexico), where he resided until he ended his administration. During his administration, on 8 November 1758, he sent a troop led by  Manuel Antonio de San Juan to Carrizal, in the modern-day Ahumada Municipality, to found the Presidio of San Fernando de las Amarillas del Carrizal. In addition, Mendoza ordered the troops stationed in Carrazal to accompany and defend travelers from possible threats on the Camino Real on their way to New Mexico or from there to other places. Mendoza performed his duties as governor of Nueva Vizcaya until 1761.

In 1761, Mendoza was appointed interim governor of New Mexico by Charles III to serve between Francisco Antonio Marin del Valle and Manuel Portillo Urrisola. Officially, he ruled only for few months, but no document confirms he was in New Mexico.

Mendoza married Cecilia Catalina Mendoza y Davalillo on 27 September 1714, in San Asensio, in the La Rioja (Spain).

References

Colonial governors of Santa Fe de Nuevo México


title: Angelo Maria Mazzia

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Angelo Maria Mazzia (7 October 1825 in Roggiano Gravina, Province of Cosenza – 2 January 1890 in Naples) was an Italian painter. His father, Francesco Mazzia, was also a painter.

Biography
He was initially given a standard classical education in Letters at the local Seminary of San Marco, but when he was awarded a scholarship by the province he moved to Naples, to study veterinary medicine. Once there, he began taking private lessons in design from professor Giuseppe Cammarano. This led to another scholarship to study painting at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His instructors there were Giuseppe Mancinelli, Costanzo Angelini and Camillo Guerra. In 1860, he became an instructor of the Institute of Fine Arts, where he wrote a text on geometric design. In 1872, he won a position as Professor of Design at the school in Portici.

His works included various portraits of notable people from Calabria. His painting St Sebastian after his Martyrdom was exhibited in 1859 and awarded a gold medal. Also worth mentioning are The Assumption with a Choir of Angels; Saint Cristina (Royal Palace of Caserta); The Virgin of the Catacombs (Museo di Capodimonte); Pope Clement VII and Emperor Charles V (1864); Dante in the Bedlam of the Hypocrites (1866); and Dante in the Light, Rome in Darkness (1872), which was exhibited at the Brera Academy . The following year, it was shown at the World's Fair in Vienna.

He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy, and was honorary President of the Society of Mechanical Operators in Portici. His portrait of Errico Petrella is in the picture gallery of the Music Conservatories of Naples. Enrico Salfi was one of his pupils.

The Municipality of Roggiano Gravina has dedicated a street to him.

References

Further reading
 Biography of Mazzia from the Dizionario Biografico della Calabria Contemporanea @ ICSAIC
 Francesco Guzzolino, Angelo Maria Mazzia: pittore simbolista culturale della scuola napoletana dell'800, Roggiano Gravina, Posterivo stampa, 1994

1823 births
1891 deaths
People from the Province of Cosenza
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Naples
19th-century Italian male artists


title: Angelo Martinetti

text:
Angelo Martinetti (1830, Rome) was an Italian painter, mainly of still-lives depicting game.

Biography
He was the brother of the controversial antiquarian and numismatist, Francesco Martinetti (1833 – 1895). He exhibited paintings of game in many exhibitions, including in Turin in 1880 and at Rome in 1883.

References

1830 births
Painters from Rome
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Year of death missing
19th-century Italian male artists


title: Thulli Thirintha Kaalam

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Thulli Thirintha Kaalam is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age drama film directed by Balasekaran and produced by Kavithalayaa Productions. The film stars Arun Vijay  and Khushbu, while Roshini, Raghuvaran, and Karan play supporting roles. It was released on 12 March 1998.

Plot

Four youths who are good for nothing while away their time doing nothing. Their parents too are fed up with their irresponsible behaviour. Kausalya comes to live in their neighbourhood. Seeing their lifestyle and behaviour, she decides to teach them a lesson.

Cast

Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Jayanth and lyrics by Vaasan and Dr. Kruthaya.
"Deewana" – Mano, Pop Shalini
"Mannil Enna" – Mano, Malgudi Subha
"Azhage" – K. S. Chithra
"Kowsalya" – Harini, Baby Deepika
"Tak Tak Tak" – P. Unnikrishnan, Sujatha, Nandha, Grubb
"Vaarthai Enna" – Mano

Reception
A critic from Dinakaran noted "this film is a milestone that speaks well of the newly set-in trend in Tamil field created by the young generation directors". Ji of Kalki found Kushboo's flashback to be poignant, he found Arun Kumar's performance as poor but praised the other actors while also praising Jayanth's music and felt Kushboo was slowly becoming supporting actress. D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "Karan scales new heights in his career, while director Balasekharan, who has written the story, screenplay and dialogue, queers the pitch [...] Vijaygopal's cinematography captures the drama in good measure".

The film became a commercial success, prompting Telugu (Ammayi Kosam) and Manipuri versions (Amada Mari) of the film to be produced.

References

External links

1990s coming-of-age drama films
1990s Tamil-language films
1998 films
Films directed by Balasekaran
Indian coming-of-age drama films
Tamil films remade in other languages


title: Golden Ticket (album)

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Golden Ticket is the third studio album of DJ/producer and musician Danny Byrd. It was released on 24 June 2013 through Hospital Records.

In the album, Danny Byrd explores UK garage while keeping his familiar drum & bass style. The album was intended to be "a bit more edgy/urban" compared to the all-liquid sound of Supersized and the rave sound of Rave Digger. The album has managed to chart at No. 181 in the UK.

Track listing

Sample credits
 "4th Dimension" samples "Intergalactic" by Beastie Boys
 "Love You Like This" samples "In Love With You" by The Paradise (Alan Braxe and Romauld)

Garage remixes
The garage remixes of Golden Ticket were released later near the end of the year on 2 December 2013.

The drum and bass tracks "Get on It" and "Make It Weighty" were remixed by MC Majestic and Wookie, respectively, and the garage tracks "New Day" and "Touchline" were given dub mixes from Danny Byrd himself.

Chart performance

Release history

References

External links

2013 albums
Danny Byrd albums
Hospital Records albums


title: Trixis inula

text:
Trixis inula, the tropical threefold, is a plant species native to Texas, Mexico, Central America, northern South America, and the West Indies. It is found on open, sandy sites such as roadsides, thorn scrub, thickets, etc.

Trixis inula is a much-branched shrub up to 300 cm (10 feet) tall. It has lanceolate to elliptic leaves up to 17 cm (7 inches) long. Yellow flower heads are borne in paniculate arrays.

References

inula
Flora of Texas
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Central America
Flora of Colombia
Flora of Venezuela


title: Doctor Bello

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Doctor Bello is a 2013 Nigerian adventure drama film directed by Tony Abulu starring Isaiah Washington, Vivica A. Fox, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Genevieve Nnaji, Stephanie Okereke, Justus Esiri, Ebbe Bassey and Jon Freda.

Cast
Isaiah Washington
Vivica A. Fox
Jimmy Jean-Louis
Genevieve Nnaji
Stephanie Okereke
Justus Esiri
Ebbe Bassey
Jon Freda
Bern Cohen
Victor Browne
Andrea Leigh
Linda Perhach
Evan Brinkman
Femi Brainard
Jide Kosoko
Olumide Bakare
Racheal Oniga

See also
 List of Nigerian films of 2013

References

External links

2013 films
English-language Nigerian films
2010s adventure drama films
Nigerian adventure drama films
Films set in Ondo
Films shot in Ondo
Films set in the United States
Films shot in the United States
American adventure drama films
2013 drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Intelsat III F-1

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Intelsat III F-1 was a communications satellite intended to be operated by Intelsat. Launched towards geostationary orbit in 1968 it failed to achieve orbit.

Design

The first of eight Intelsat III satellites to be launched, Intelsat III F-1 was built by TRW. It was a  spacecraft equipped with two transponders to be powered by body-mounted solar cells generating 183 watts of power. It had a design life of five years and carried an SVM-2 apogee motor for propulsion.

Launch
Intelsat III F-1 was launched on the maiden flight of the Delta M rocket, flying from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch took place at 00:09:00 UTC on September 19, 1968, with the spacecraft bound for a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

It was to go in operation above the Atlantic Ocean in time to relay broadcasts of the next month's Olympics in .

Twenty seconds after liftoff a fault became apparent in the gyroscope used to monitor the rate at which the rocket pitched over. Control of the rocket was subsequently lost, with it beginning to disintegrate around 102 seconds into the flight. At 108 seconds after launch the rocket was destroyed by range safety.

See also

 1968 in spaceflight

References

Intelsat satellites
Spacecraft launched in 1968
Satellite launch failures


title: Inuwa Wada

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Muhammadu Inuwa Wada (c. 1917 – November 25, 2015) was a parliamentarian and minister of Works and Survey under the administration of Tafawa Balewa. He was a veteran parliamentarian towards the end of the Nigerian first republic and was given the Defense portfolio in 1965 after the death of Muhammadu Ribadu.
He was first elected in 1951 as a member of the Northern House of Assembly, he was subsequently nominated to the Federal House of Representatives and was a member and later minister from 1951-1966.
Inuwa Wada was known by many as a quiet figure in contrast to the hectic demands of his ministerial portfolio in the Works department which was going through a period of increased focus on major developmental projects as part of a six-year plan during the early 1960s.

Life
Born in 1917 to a respected family in Kano, He is a relative of Malam Aminu Kano, Alhaji Aminu Bashir Wali and the father of the former Head of State Murtala Mohammed,  his grandfather was Chief Alkali during the early twentieth century and his father worked as a surveyor for the Kano Native Authority before his death in 1924.
Wada attended Shuhuci Elementary School and in 1938, he graduated from the Kano Middle School. He then went on to train as a teacher at the Katsina Higher College from 1933-1938 and later became a teacher in Kano where he taught history, English and geography and also edited a paper, 'Yadda Yake Yau'. After putting nine years in teaching, he left the profession for the offices of the Kano Native Authority and worked there as a clerk, chief scribe and information officer.

Politics
Wada began in politics in 1945 and was a founding member of the Northern People's Congress. While in the NPC, he was the party's secretary and national organizer.
In the 1950s, he served on the board of the Nigerian College of Arts, Science and Technology, the Nigerian Coal Corporation and the Nigerian Groundnut Marketing Board. In the 1964 election, he had to contend with a Young NEPU candidate who was a School teacher by name Musa Said Abubakar Magami and future governor of Kano, Abubakar Rimi who contested as an independent candidate but all of them pulled out of the race before the elections were contested. Wada is a paternal uncle of the late Murtala Mohammed, former Nigerian Head of State.
He ran a fairly successful transport business after the 1966 coup that abolished the first republic. He also remained an influential conservative figure in the Northern region after the coup.

Business career
Wada secured a loan from the Nigerian Industrial Development Bank to start his first manufacturing venture, a match making company. He later owned interest in at least five other business ventures including a transport company. His breakthrough in the transport sector occurred when he bought 50 lorries for a small deposit, other ventures included the Nigerian Spanish Engineering Company, Kanol Paints, Arewa Industries, Standard Industrial Industries and Nigerian Enamelware Company.

Electoral history

1959 Sumaila parliamentary election
Inuwa Wada NPC - 26,149
Mohammed Achimolo Garba NEPU - 2,231
Sule Baba AG - 456

References

Politicians from Kano
1910s births
2015 deaths
Defence ministers of Nigeria


title: Darva, Fars

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Darva (, also Romanized as Darvā’ and Darvā; also known as Darvāy-e Khosvīeh) is a village in Khosuyeh Rural District, in the Central District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,225, in 507 families.

References

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Terri Butler

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Terri Megan Butler (born 28 November 1977) is an Australian former politician and a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). Butler formerly represented the Division of Griffith in the House of Representatives from the 2014 by-election to the 2022 federal election. She worked as an industrial lawyer prior to entering parliament.

Early life
Butler was born in Cairns, Queensland, the daughter of Allison and Larry Butler. She holds the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) from the Queensland University of Technology. She also studied at James Cook University. As a student she worked for an engineering firm, at an aluminium factory and for the Australian Services Union.

Butler completed her articles of clerkship in 2003 and subsequently worked as an industrial lawyer. Prior to her election to parliament she was a principal at Maurice Blackburn and led the firm's employment and workplace relations division in Queensland. She undertook further study at Melbourne Business School and had begun a Master of Laws degree at the University of Queensland.

Politics
Prior to her election to parliament Butler held senior positions in the Australian Labor Party (Queensland Branch). She was secretary of the party's Yeronga branch, chair of the state party's rules committee, a member of the National Policy Forum, and a delegate to state and national conference.

Parliament
Butler was elected to the House of Representatives at the 2014 Griffith by-election, caused by the resignation of former prime minister Kevin Rudd. She won the seat with a 51.8 percent two-party vote against Liberal National Party candidate Bill Glasson, a swing against the ALP of 1.2 points. She is a member of the Labor Left faction,  unlike Rudd who was from the Labor Unity.

Butler was re-elected at the 2016 and 2019 federal elections. She was promoted to shadow parliamentary secretary in October 2015 and to shadow minister in July 2016. She has held the portfolios of preventing family violence (2016–2018); employment services, workforce participation and future of work (2018–2019); young Australians and youth affairs (2018–2019); and the environment and water (2019–2022).

In July 2015, Butler along with Labor colleague Laurie Ferguson, Liberal MPs Warren Entsch and Teresa Gambaro, independents Andrew Wilkie and Cathy McGowan and Greens MP Adam Bandt, co-sponsored a bill to introduce same-sex marriage in Australia.

In September 2015, Butler led public opposition to anti-abortion activist Troy Newman entering Australia. She wrote to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton and requested he ask his department to consider cancellation of Newman's visa, which was revoked. Newman flew to Australia without a visa and was then deported after losing a High Court appeal.

In 2016, Butler was sued for defamation after an appearance on Q&A in which she implied Calum Thwaites, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) student, had used a racial slur in a Facebook post. The allegations were first made by a third party in an earlier Racial Discrimination Act 1975 case against Thwaites which had been dismissed. Butler and Thwaites settled out of court, as a result of which she offered "my unreserved apology for enabling those meanings about you to be conveyed, and for the distress and damage to your reputation caused as a consequence".

In the 2022 Australian federal election, Butler lost her seat of Griffith to Max Chandler-Mather of the Australian Greens, though her party, the Australian Labor Party, made gains overall and was able to form government. Unusually, despite being an incumbent, she was not one of the final two candidates in the two-candidate-preferred count for the seat; her preferences helped the Greens beat Olivia Roberts of the Liberal National Party of Queensland.

Personal life
Butler has two children with her husband Troy Spence, a former Australian Workers' Union organiser.

References

External links

Summary of parliamentary voting for Terri Butler MP on TheyVoteForYou.org.au

1977 births
Living people
Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Australia
Members of the Australian House of Representatives
Members of the Australian House of Representatives for Griffith
Women members of the Australian House of Representatives
Lawyers from Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology alumni
Labor Left politicians
21st-century Australian politicians
21st-century Australian women politicians


title: Kenneth Boatright

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Kenneth Boatright (born March 6, 1990) is an American football defensive end in the National Football League and is a free agent. He was a member of the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Southern Illinois University.

Early years
Boatright attended Bolingbrook High School. As a senior, he helped the team win the conference championship (9-3 record) and reach the second round of the playoffs.

He also practiced track and volleyball.

College career
Boatright accepted a football scholarship from NAIA Midland University. As a freshman free safety, he tallied 39 tackles and one sack.

As sophomore, he registered 82 tackles (second on the team), 2 sacks, 2 interceptions, 11 pass breakups and one blocked a punt. He received honorable-mention All-Conference honors. He transferred after the season to Southern Illinois University.

In 2010, he was redshirted and converted him into a defensive end. As a junior, he collected 6.5 sacks (led the team and eighth in the conference), 13.5 tackles for loss (led the team and fourth in the conference) and 2 fumble recoveries.

As a senior, he posted 62 tackles (third on the team), 5.5 sacks (led the team and seventh in the conference), 10 quarterback hurries (led the team), 13.5 tackles for loss (led the team and third in the conference). He contributed to the defense finishing 10th in the nation in rushing defense (111.27 yards per game). He made a career-high 8 tackles against Southeast Missouri State University. He had 6 tackles (2.5 for loss) and 2 sacks against Indiana State University. He blocked a punt and recovered it for a touchdown against the University of Northern Iowa.

Professional career

Seattle Seahawks
Boatright was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Seattle Seahawks after the 2013 NFL Draft on April 27. On August 2, he was waived with a shoulder injury and was placed on the injured reserve list the following day. He was cut on June 16, 2014.

Dallas Cowboys
On August 1, 2014, he was signed as a free agent by the Dallas Cowboys. He was released on August 30 and signed to the practice squad one day later. On December 13, he was promoted to the active roster.

On September 1, 2015, he was waived with a career threatening neck injury by the Cowboys. On the following day, he cleared waivers and was reverted to the team's injured reserve list. He was released on May 6, 2016.

BC Lions (CFL)
On February 21, 2017, Boatright signed with the BC Lions of the Canadian Football League. He was released on October 3.

Personal life
Boatright is one of 12 children in his family.

References

External links
Southern Illinois bio
Seattle Seahawks bio

1990 births
Living people
People from Bolingbrook, Illinois
Players of American football from DuPage County, Illinois
American football defensive ends
Canadian football defensive linemen
Players of Canadian football from Illinois
Seattle Seahawks players
Southern Illinois Salukis football players
Dallas Cowboys players
BC Lions players
Midland Warriors football players


title: Zirab, Fars

text:
Zirab (, also Romanized as Zīrāb and Zīr Āb) is a village in Zirab Rural District of the Central District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 3,018 in 634 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,367 people in 838 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,288 people in 986 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

References

Zarrin Dasht County

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Carboxycyclophosphamide

text:
Carboxycyclophosphamide is an inactive metabolite of the cytotoxic antineoplastic drug cyclophosphamide. In the metabolic pathway of cyclophosphamide inactivation it first metabolizes to 4-hydroxycyclophosphamide, then partially tautomerizes into aldophosphamide. Aldophosphamide then, in turn, is oxidized into carboxycyclophosphamide by the enzyme ALDH (aldehyde dehydrogenase).

References

Human drug metabolites
Nitrogen mustards
Phosphorodiamidates
Chloroethyl compounds


title: Dobiran Rural District

text:
Dobiran Rural District () is in the Central District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars province, Iran.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 2,160 in 481 households. There were 148 inhabitants in 38 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 691 in 171 households.

References

Zarrin Dasht County

Rural Districts of Fars Province

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Marek Sikora (ice hockey)

text:
Marek Sikora (born December 29, 1986) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with Piráti Chomutov in the Czech Extraliga.

Sikora made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with Piráti Chomutov debut during the 2012–13 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey centres
Piráti Chomutov players
Sportspeople from Havířov
Ice hockey people from the Moravian-Silesian Region
Sportovní Klub Kadaň players
HC ZUBR Přerov players
AZ Havířov players
HC RT Torax Poruba players
HC Havířov players


title: Khosuyeh Rural District

text:
Khosuyeh Rural District () is in the Central District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars province, Iran.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 10,641 in 2,367 households. There were 10,482 inhabitants in 2,735 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 10,483 in 3,048 households. The largest of its 15 villages was Khosuyeh, with 2,856 people.

References

Zarrin Dasht County

Rural Districts of Fars Province

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Chozen (disambiguation)

text:
Chozen is a 2014 television series.

Chozen may also refer to:

Harry Chozen (1915 – 1994), a baseball player
Jan Chozen Bays (b. 1945), a pediatrician and Zen teacher
Young Chozen, a hip hop artist
Chozen Toguchi, a fictional character in the film The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and its spinoff streaming TV series Cobra Kai (2021 – present), portrayed by Yuji Okumoto
An extraterrestrial people in the novel The Web of the Chozen by Jack Chalker (1978)

See also
Chosen (disambiguation)


title: Zirab Rural District

text:
Zirab Rural District () is in the Central District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars province, Iran.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 6,279 in 1,321 households. There were 7,177 inhabitants in 1,758 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 7,369 in 2,109 households. The largest of its 53 villages was Zirab, with 3,288 people.

References

Zarrin Dasht County

Rural Districts of Fars Province

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Andre Thierry

text:
Andre Thierry is an American Zydeco musician. He leads the band Zydeco Magic.

Andre was born in Richmond, California, on July 9, 1979, to Olivia "Tee" Guillory originally from Basile, Louisiana, and Gregory Thierry, originally from Jennings, Louisiana. Andre Thierry's childhood was deeply influenced by his maternal grandparents, the late Houston Pete Pitre (Pa-Pa as they called him) from Basile, Louisiana, and his grandmother, known by many as Mama Lena Pitre, from Soileau, Louisiana.

In America, great migrations produce great music. Just as Delta musicians took Highway 61 to Chicago and electrified their blues, so did the Creoles and Cajuns migrate to California and establish vital dance communities. Now the California scenes rival anything back home in Louisiana, and that's due to players like Andre Thierry, a standard bearer for the new generation. Thierry is among the best of both the West Coast and the Gulf Coast, and he combines youthful vigor with a mature appreciation for his inherited tradition.

Thierry grew up experiencing the French Creole (La-La) dances his grandparents held at their church parish, St. Mark's Catholic Church. The best Zydeco musicians Louisiana had to offer traveled to California to play at the dances and spent considerable time at the Pitres' house while in the area. On one such visit, the "King of Zydeco", Clifton Chenier, grabbed three-year-old Andre by the arms and deemed him a future accordion player. From then on, Andre's father encouraged the young Andre to play the accordion.

Captivated by Chenier, Thierry began teaching himself to play by listening to Clifton's music. Andre demonstrated an innate musical ability and his skill quickly grew. Andre played his first song, Willis Prudhomme's version of "Give’m Cornbread", in the backyard of his grandparents' home. He soon began playing Chenier's music on stages all over Northern California.

His grandparents continued to host Louisiana musicians and this exposure to his heritage allowed him to develop his love for, and mastery of, traditional French Creole music. By age twelve, with the help of his mother, Thierry formed his own band, "Zydeco Magic". Andre's repertoire grew as he was regularly invited to play with numerous visiting bands, such as the late John Delafose, his son, Geno Delafose, and many local Zydeco and Cajun bands, including the late Danny Poullard (California Cajun Orchestra).

Thierry is a virtuoso on the accordion. Although Andre's instrument of choice is the accordion he also displays talent on bass guitar, rhythm guitar and drums. He sings traditional songs in original Creole French and his voice has been characterized as rich and soulful.

Selected discography
Bouncin with the Blues (2015 Andre Thierry)
(Creole United) Non Jamais Fait (2013 Andre Thierry)
Are You Ready To Learn (2012 Andre Thierry)
Andre Thierry Live! At The Woodshop (2008 Lucky Cat Records)
Christmas With Andre Thierry (2008 Andre Thierry)
A Whole Lotta Something (2004 La Louisianne Records)
It's About Time! (1999 Andre Thierry)

References

External links
 Official website of Andre Thierry

1979 births
Living people
Musicians from Richmond, California
Zydeco musicians
American accordionists
American blues singers
Singers from Louisiana
21st-century accordionists
21st-century African-American male singers
African-American Catholics


title: Izadkhast-e Gharbi Rural District

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Izadkhast-e Gharbi Rural District () is in Izadkhast District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars province, Iran.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 2,946 in 682 households. There were 5,836 inhabitants in 1,484 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 4,864 in 1,333 households. The largest of its 16 villages was Deh Now, with 2,252 people.

References

Zarrin Dasht County

Rural Districts of Fars Province

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Izadkhast-e Sharqi Rural District

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Izadkhast-e Sharqi Rural District () is in Izadkhast District of Zarrin Dasht County, Fars province, Iran.

At the National Census of 2006, its population was 3,014 in 664 households. There were 3,750 inhabitants in 897 households at the following census of 2011. At the most recent census of 2016, the population of the rural district was 5,133 in 1,390 households. The largest of its 28 villages was Mazayjan, with 2,655 people.

References

Zarrin Dasht County

Rural Districts of Fars Province

Populated places in Fars Province

Populated places in Zarrin Dasht County


title: Nicolas Hlava

text:
Nicolas Hlava (born May 17, 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He currently plays with Piráti Chomutov in the Czech Extraliga.

Hlava made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with Piráti Chomutov debut during the 2013–14 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey forwards
Piráti Chomutov players
HC Litvínov players
Sportspeople from Chomutov
Ice hockey people from the Ústí nad Labem Region
Rytíři Kladno players
Sportovní Klub Kadaň players
Orli Znojmo players


title: William R. Hodgson

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William R. Hodgson, also known as "WR" and Bill Hodgson (22 January 1926 – 9 December 1998) was a hotel magnate from Etobicoke and was once the owner of the Toronto Argonauts and the Old Mill Inn & Spa.

Business
As a business man, in 1960, he founded Hodgson Hotels Corporation. Later he started Skyline hotels. In 1973, he bought the Old Mill Inn & Spa in Etobicoke. He restored the building, saving it from destruction. In 1990, Hodgson purchased the Doctor's House in Kleinburg, Ontario, and also completely restored and expanded the facility to include banquet facilities and a non-denominational chapel.

Horse Racing
Kingsbrook Farm was a 120-acre thoroughbred horse breeding farm and training facility founded by Hodgson in Kettleby, Ontario. The farm operated from 1981 to 1993 and produced standout winners including: Cool Halo, Perfect Player, O'Martin (nominated for Sovereign Award), and Blushing Katy who won the Sovereign Award as top three-year-old filly in 1989.

Politics
Hodgson was an Etobicoke Councillor.

Toronto Argonauts
On 27 February 1974, Hodgson bought the Toronto Argonauts from John Bassett who owned Baton Broadcasting. He owned it outright until 25 June 1976 when he brought in Carling O'Keefe to run it jointly with him. This continued until when on 12 January 1979, he sold his remaining stake to Carling O'Keefe.

Despite not winning a Grey Cup during his time, attendance was higher than it was in other trophy-winning periods. In 1976, attendance was around the 45,000 mark regularly selling out the Exhibition Stadium.

Death
He died of cancer on 9 December 1998 at the age of 76.

References

1926 births
1998 deaths
Toronto Argonauts owners
Canadian sports businesspeople
Businesspeople from Toronto


title: Abdülaziz Demircan

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Abdülaziz Demircan (born 5 February 1991) is a Turkish footballer of Kurdish descent who plays as a goalkeeper for Etimesgut Belediyespor.

Club career
Born in Diyarbakır, Turkey, the goalkeeper played for Diyarbakır BB, Karabükspor, Kayserispor, Konyaspor, Dalkurd, Osmanlıspor, and Amed S.K.

International career
Demircan made his debut for a Turkish A2-side also known as Turkey B under head coach Fatih Terim on October 14, 2014. The opponent was England C. He had a clean sheet, while Turkey B won the friendly with a 2-0 score.

Forced leave of Dalkurd FF
Despite the announcement of club press officer Cihan Dalaba in May 2018 that Demircan's private Instagram account was hacked, the goalkeeper was released in June 2018 by Swedish side Dalkurd FF. Demircan sharing a picture on Instagram Story with the Turkish flag, Atatürk and the figures 1919 which also referred to the beginning of the Turkish War of Independence of 1919, created great anger among Dalkurd FF-supporters. Ultimately, this forced Demircan to leave the club, according to Director of Football Adil Kizil.

Demircan later stated that he was sent to the bench after the sharing on Instagram because of the fear of attacks of club fans. He also got harassed and teammates insulted him and would not talk to him afterwards. Fearing repercussions the statements about a hacking were communicated by the club, told Demircan.

References

External links

1991 births
Sportspeople from Diyarbakır
Living people
Turkish men's footballers
Turkey men's B international footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Kardemir Karabükspor footballers
Kayserispor footballers
Konyaspor footballers
Dalkurd FF players
Ankaraspor footballers
1461 Trabzon footballers
Tarsus İdman Yurdu footballers
Süper Lig players
Allsvenskan players
TFF First League players
TFF Second League players
TFF Third League players
Turkish expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden
Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Sweden


title: Scott Cranham

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Scott Cranham (born September 8, 1954) is a Canadian diver, who represented Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He was also slated to compete in the 1980 Summer Olympics, but did not attend due to Canada's participation in the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott.

Cranham won medals in both of his Commonwealth Games competitions, but did not win Olympic medals.

Cranham came out as gay after his competitive career ended. In his autobiography Breaking the Surface, Greg Louganis wrote that Cranham was the first fellow athlete to whom Louganis ever came out; Cranham himself was still in the closet at the time and did not react positively, although the two are now friends. (Cranham was portrayed by Gregor Trpin in the book's 1997 film adaptation Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story.) He also competed at the 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver and the 1994 Gay Games in New York City, winning medals in the Age 35-39 competition class at both events.

He remains active as a diving coach and staffer for Diving Plongeon Canada, the national coordinating organization of diving clubs and programs in Canada.

Achievements

References

1954 births
Living people
Olympic divers for Canada
Divers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Canadian LGBT sportspeople
Gay sportsmen
LGBT divers
Divers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Divers from Toronto
Canadian male divers
Canadian diving coaches
Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
20th-century Canadian people
21st-century Canadian people
Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
21st-century Canadian LGBT people
20th-century Canadian LGBT people
Canadian gay men


title: Ewa Ziarek

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Ewa Ziarek is the Julian Park Professor of Comparative Literature at The State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo). She has a major interest in engaging with other scholars on their own terms, and believes that a model of dissensus in philosophy, rather than the traditional consensus model, may produce highly valuable results.

Education and career
Ziarek received a master's degree in English from SUNY Buffalo in 1988, and her doctorate in philosophy from SUNY Buffalo in 1989. After receiving her doctorate, Ziarek accepted a position as assistant professor of English at the University of Notre Dame in 1989.  She was promoted to associate professor of English and gender studies in 1995, and to full professor of English and gender studies in 2002.  In 2003, Ziarek left Notre Dame, and in 2004 she accepted an appointment at SUNY Buffalo as the Julian Park Professor of Comparative Literature, where she remains as of 2015. In 2005 she founded the University of Buffalo Humanities Institute, which she remained the director of until 2008.

Ziarek has held a number of temporary or visiting academic positions in addition to her permanent ones. In 2005, she was a visiting scholar at the University of Tasmania, in 2007 she was a visiting scholar at Maquarie University, and since 2007 she has been a Primary Visiting Faculty Member at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts at the University of Maine.  Throughout her academic career, she has also served in a variety of administrative positions, such as a five-year stint as director of graduate studies in the Department of English at the University of Notre Dame between 1994 and 1999.

Research areas
Ziarek's research brings together literary modernism, aesthetics, ethics, feminism, psychoanalysis, critical race theory, and political philosophy. Her work addresses democracy, freedom, oppression, power structures, and intersubjectivity in relation to literary modernism. Ziarek has written extensively on the idea of slavery from a feminist standpoint, challenging Giorgio Agamben's views on the subject. Ziarek believes that a model of dissensus (where scholars hold distinctly different viewpoints from each other), rather than the consensus model traditionally used in philosophy, may produce significant results.

Publications
2013: Feminist Aesthetics and the Politics of Modernism
2001: An Ethics of Dissensus: Feminism, Postmodernity, and the Politics of Radical Democracy
1995: The Rhetoric of Failure: Deconstruction of Skepticism, Reinvention of Modernism

Ewa Ziarek has also edited three volumes and contributed many book chapters, as well as publishing many peer-reviewed papers on far-ranging subjects.

See also
Feminist ethics
Modernist literature
Narrative theory

External links
 Ewa Plonowska Ziarek Papers – Pembroke Center Archives, Brown University

References

American feminists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
University at Buffalo alumni
University at Buffalo faculty


title: Altavoz

text:
Altavoz () is an American music distributor founded in 1994 which serves independent entertainers, covering a variety of musical genres. A year after the company was founded, it was purchased by investor Nelson Jacobsen and relaunched in Rockville, Maryland.

History
Nelson Jacobsen established Altavoz.com after its acquisition. The website offered downloads of digital sound files (.wav) and fifteen-second introductions to music streams.

By 1999, Altavoz had rolled out merchandise in big box stores such Best Buy and independent retailers nationwide. Their offerings expanded to vinyl records, books and more. By the time of the dot-com crash, Altavoz continued to provide stock to thousands of independent and big box stores and was receiving 1.2 million hits a day on the official website.

In 2011, Jacobsen took a new leadership role in the company as its CEO. In 2013, Altavoz began online presentations for distribution deals exporting US-made music. Part of the incorporation of the company included the non-profit "Help Earth Foundation." On September 25, 2015, Max Media Group, Inc. (MXMI) announced that its board of directors had voted unanimously to transfer a majority of the control of MXMI to Altavoz Entertainment.

As of late 2017, Jacobsen, a board member of MXMI, continues to lead Altavoz as CEO.

Major project
In collaboration with David Lynch, Altavoz released a limited-edition vinyl box set to benefit the David Lynch Foundation on Record Store Day in 2012. The compilation, Music That Changes the World, features 34 songs from Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, Iggy Pop, Maroon 5, Neon Trees and more. The four-LP box set also includes a 42-page color book, custom-made by “Imprint Indie Printing” of N. Venice, Florida. The book, introduced by David Lynch, was illustrated by Nepali artist Romio Shrestha and New Jersey artist Davel Hamue. All songs were re-mastered for this project by Gavin Lurssen.

Exclusive library release (2015)
"Songs of Phillip Carter" was released exclusively to an estimated 120,000 Public Libraries in the USA before being made available to digital and physical outlets. Phillip Carter was the first gospel artist with an exclusive music release to the US Public Library system.

Artists

Argonauts
Big Mucci
Dawn Richard
Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein
Emily
Julie Doiron
Lady Cam
Phillip Carter
Roy "Future man" Wooten
Sunwolf
Theo Sampel
Tom
VALIS

Former artists
Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
K Mitch
Love Dominique

Releases

Theo Sampel - Sampel This (2006)
Revival - Horses of War (2007)
Dawn Richard - Golden Heart (2013)
Bella Nae - H.I.G.H. XOXO (2013)
Quinn Sullivan - Getting There (2013)
Various Artist - Drop the Needle: Boston Punk Anthology (2013)
VALIS - Minds through Space and Time (2013)
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein - Abominator (2013)
Julie Doiron - So Many Days (2013)
Argonauts - Whats Your Perfect Day (2013)
Jack Mack And the Heart Attack* – Lookin’ Up (2013)
Love Dominique* - Love Dominique (2014)
Big Mucci - Shuffle, Step, Slide (2014)
Lady Cam - Get It Got It (2014)
Sunwolf - Angel Eyes (2014)
Phillip Carter - Songs of Phillip Carter (Exclusive Library Release) ELR
John Bull and The Bandits - Words to the Wise (2015)
K. Mitch* - WDGAF (single)

* Not currently signed.

Billboard chart history
2013:

Dawn Richard CD Goldenheart January 2013
after leaving Diddy Dirty Money and Danity Kane

Quinn Sullivan - CD Getting There Released May 2013  reached #4 on Billboard Blues Chart. Aug, 24th 2013

2015:

John Bull and the Bandits, Single "Mr. Bradley" April 9, 2015 #73 Billboard Blues Cart.

References

Companies based in Rockville, Maryland
Record label distributors
Music companies of the United States
American companies established in 1994


title: Robert D. Mullins

text:
Robert D. Mullins (December 16, 1924 - June 8, 2016) won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting - Edition time (now called Breaking News Reporting) for his work July 4–10, 1961, relating to a murder in Grand County, Utah. At the time he was the Price Bureau chief for the Deseret News, where he worked from 1951 to 1987. He served in the United States military during World War II.

References

1924 births
2016 deaths
American reporters and correspondents
Deseret News people
Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting winners
20th-century American journalists
American male journalists


title: Petr Jíra

text:
Petr Jíra (born August 10, 1978) is a Czech professional ice hockey player and head coach for Piráti Chomutov U20. He currently plays with Piráti Chomutov in the Krajská hokejová liga ústeckého kraje.

Jíra made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Slavia Praha debut during the 2000–01 Czech Extraliga season.

References

External links

1978 births
Living people
Czech ice hockey right wingers
Piráti Chomutov players
Sportspeople from Chomutov
Ice hockey people from the Ústí nad Labem Region
HC Slavia Praha players
Sportovní Klub Kadaň players


title: Viejas Valley, California

text:
Viejas Valley is a valley located in eastern San Diego County, California.

Geography
It has its head at an elevation of , on the north slope of Chiquito Peak in the Cuyamaca Mountains, at .

Its mouth is at an elevation of .

See also

Viejas Group of Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians

References

Valleys of San Diego County, California
Cuyamaca Mountains
East County (San Diego County)


title: Gnaphalium exilifolium

text:
Gnaphalium exilifolium, the slender cudweed, is a plant species native to the western United States and northern Mexico. It grows in hilly and mountainous regions in the Black Hills, Rocky Mountains, and other ranges from the states of Chihuahua, Colorado, Kansas, South Dakota, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. It grows in moist locations such as lake shores, stream banks, moist meadows, etc., at elevations of .

Gnaphalium exilifolium is an annual herb with several erect to ascending branches. Stems, leaves and phyllaries are covered with a dense coat of woolly hairs, giving the plant a whitish appearance. Leaves are narrowly linear, up to  long. Flower heads are born in tight glomerules (clumps) along the upper parts of the stems.

References

exilifolium
Flora of Chihuahua (state)
Flora of the Western United States
Plants described in 1899
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: Gummibärchen küßt man nicht

text:
Gummibärchen küßt man nicht (English title – Real Men Don't Eat Gummy Bears) is a 1989 West German comedy film. Despite featuring mainly American actors, the film was never released outside of Germany.

Cast
Christopher Mitchum as Johannes Thalberg/Josef Thalberg
Draco Rosa as Peter
John Hillerman as Padre
Angela Alvarado as Angela
Bentley Mitchum as Tony
Ernest Borgnine as The Bishop
Art Metrano as Secret Agent 712
 as Secret Agent KX 3
John van Dreelen as Geyer
Arthur Brauss as Colonel
Amadeus August as Spy
Käte Jaenicke as Gundula

Production
Gummibärchen küßt man nicht was filmed from March 12 to April 20 in Gran Canaria. The film was released on August 17, 1989, in German cinemas and in March 1990 on video. On November 4, 1991, the film was shown for the first time on German television channel RTL and was released with two other films in the series of German cult classic on DVD in 2008.

Soundtrack
Real Men Don't Eat Gummibears – 3:35 (Hong Kong Syndikat)
Angela – 4:54 (Robby Rosa)
A Cry In The Night - 3:24 (Lory Bonnie Bianco)
What Is Love - 3:35 (Eric & Hilda)
Rise Into - 4:08 (Private Property)
Kalmbach's Peace Of Mind - 3:34 (Midnight Cop)
Whose Gonna Love You Tonight - 3:52 (Nino de Angelo)
Little Woman - 3:35 (Robby Rosa)
Tell Me Why - 4:05 (Tony Baez)
Love Is Gonna Last Forever - 3:50 (Scott & Louise Dorsey)
Rumble Rag - 3:00 (Midnight Cop)
Bring Me Edelweiss - 3:43 (Edelweiss)

References

External links

1989 films
1980s crime comedy films
German crime comedy films
West German films
Films shot in the Canary Islands
1989 comedy films
1980s German-language films
English-language German films
1980s English-language films
1989 multilingual films
German multilingual films
1980s German films


title: WGTM

text:
WGTM may refer to:

 WGTM (AM), a defunct radio station (1520 AM) formerly licensed to serve Spindale, North Carolina, United States
 WGTM (Wilson, North Carolina), a defunct radio station (590 AM) formerly licensed to serve Wilson, North Carolina


The 1904 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 8, 1904. All contemporary 45 states were part of the 1904 United States presidential election. State voters chose 12 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt of New York and his running mate incumbent Vice President Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana. Roosevelt and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia  Also in the running was the Socialist Party candidate, Eugene V. Debs, who ran with Ben Hanford.

Roosevelt carried New Jersey with 56.68% of the vote to Parker's 38.05%, a victory margin of 18.63%.

Eugene Debs came in a distant third, with 2.22%.

Like much of the Northeast, New Jersey in the early decades of the 20th century was a staunchly Republican state, having not given a majority of the vote to a Democratic presidential candidate since 1892. While winning a landslide victory nationwide, Roosevelt easily held New Jersey in the Republican column in 1904.

On the county level map, Roosevelt carried 17 of the state's 21 counties, breaking 60% of the vote in 7 counties. Parker's most significant win was urban Hudson County, which he won along with the 3 rural counties in western North Jersey, Warren, Sussex, and Hunterdon, which had long been non-Yankee Democratic enclaves in the otherwise Republican Northeast.

Amidst Roosevelt's nationwide landslide, New Jersey's election result in 1904 made the state less than 1% more Democratic than the national average. Roosevelt's victory in New Jersey was underwhelming in part because of Alton Parker's popularity in the New York City area, his victory in New York City spilling over to allow him to win heavily populated urban Hudson County, New Jersey just across the Hudson River, which is part of the New York City metro area.

Results

Results by county

See also
 Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
 United States presidential elections in New Jersey

References

New Jersey
1904
1904 New Jersey elections


title: Zec Menokeosawin

text:
The Zec Ménokéosawin is a "zone d'exploitation contrôlée" (controlled harvesting zone), located in the region of Mauricie, in Quebec, Canada. This public hunting and fishing area is managed by the "Association de chasse-pêche de la rivière Bostonnais Nord" (Association of hunting - fishing Bostonnais North River), a non-profit organization.

Territory
The ZEC Ménokéosawin which has 162 lakes, is an area of , located on the territory of La Tuque and Lac-Édouard. Located in the area of the East bank of the Saint-Maurice River, the Zec extends on 32 km maximum width and 31 km maximum in height.

Zec is bordered by Zec Kiskissink on East side and Zec Borgia to the west. The Bostonnais River constitutes the northwestern boundary of Zec (except the northern part of the Bostonnais River where Route 155 is used as the boundary). The southeastern boundary of the territory is bounded by the road leading to the village of Lac Édouard and extends to a bay at the northeast of Lac Édouard (lake). The northeastern boundary of Zec is the "lac du barrage" (dam lake) and the "Bonhomme Lake"

Zec Ménokéosawin is crossed by the Bostonnais River, arriving from the north and passing through the lake Maggie, then lake Deveny. This river has a tributary designated "Channel Bostonians", which start from the lake "North Branch" and "Southern Branch" and it empties into the Bostonnais River at southwest area of Zec.

The main lakes in the Zec are: Bouchard, Angrois, Girard, Croche, "en Voûte", "de la Branche Sud", "de la Cloison", Devenys, Maggie, "du Cap", Racine, Catherine, Farouche, Du Bonnet" and "du Coudrier".

ZEC has four campsites and several water boat ramps.

Activities

The position of the Zec entry station is located at km 167 on Route 155 North. Zec offers rustic campsites and accommodation in few rustic cottages.

Zec is primarily a hunting and fishing area; several lakes are available to tease especially trout (speckled trout), Arctic char (brook trout), walleye, pike, perch or whitefish. In autumn, the hunt is on for moose, bears and small preys

Toponymy

The name "Zec Ménokéosawin" was recorded on August 5, 1982 at the Bank of place names in Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec)

See also

 Lac-Édouard
 La Tuque
 La Tuque (urban agglomeration)
 Bostonnais River
 Zec Borgia
 Zec Kiskissink
 Zone d'exploitation contrôlée (Controlled harvesting zone) (ZEC)

References

External links
 Official Site

Protected areas of Mauricie
Protected areas established in 1978
Geography of La Tuque, Quebec


title: Erwin Zelazny

text:
Erwin Zelazny (born 22 September 1991) is a French professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Championnat National 2 club Beauvais.

Career
On 21 May 2021, he joined fourth-tier club Beauvais.

Personal life
Born in the north of France, Zelazny holds both French and Polish nationality.

References

1991 births
People from Grande-Synthe
Footballers from Nord (French department)
French people of Polish descent
Polish men's footballers
French men's footballers
Living people
Men's association football goalkeepers
FC Nantes players
Rodez AF players
ES Troyes AC players
Stade Malherbe Caen players
AS Beauvais Oise players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players


title: 2014 Qatar Total Open – Doubles

text:
Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals to Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik.
Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai won the title, defeating Peschke and Srebotnik in the final, 6–4, 6–0.  By winning her second round match, Peng replaced Errani and Vinci as the world No. 1 in doubles.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Main Draw

2014 WTA Tour
2014 Qatar Total Open – Doubles
2014 in Qatari sport


title: Francisco de Assis Pereira

text:
Francisco de Assis Pereira (born November 29, 1967), also known as "O Maníaco do Parque" ("The Park Maniac"), is a Brazilian serial killer. He was arrested in 1998 for the rape and murder of 11 women and for assaulting nine others in a São Paulo park.

Early life
Francisco de Assis Pereira was born on November 29, 1967, in São Paulo. As a child he was molested by his aunt, after which he developed a fixation on breasts. As an adult, he was seduced by his boss to engage in homosexual relationships. In one such relationship with a Goth man, the man almost ripped off Pereira's penis, making him fear losing his reproductive organ.

Pereira showed a darker side even before the murders. Thayna, a travesti with whom he lived for more than a year, constantly reported that Francisco had punched her in the stomach and slapped in the face, just as some of the surviving women had reported. Because of the incident with the gothic man, he felt pain during the sexual act, and the impossibility of pleasure is suspect of being the reason for Pereira's murder spree.

Investigation
Prior to the investigation of the murders, Pereira had already been summoned to testify with the DHPP to clarify the use of a check sheet in the name of Isadora Fraenkel, which he had used to purchase a helmet; having alleged the use of the check with Fraenkel's consent (she was not his girlfriend, but rather a randomly chosen victim), he was released soon after. At the time of the murders, Pereira worked as a motorcycle courier at a company near the police station that investigated the crimes. The owner at the time reported the employee's strange attitude days before the DHPP's visit,
and that he had left a note reporting of his sudden resignation and departure from the company. The day before the murderer slipped up when he approached a girl whilst having a psychotic episode and she responded by saying she was not able to accompany him at that moment. The killer then reportedly gave her a business with the name 'Jean' which also contained the name and phone number of the company he worked for so she could reach him when she was available. This girl reported the incident to the DHPP, who immediately contacted the phone number on the card and reached the courier company which they had already previously investigated. On the other side of the call the owner then informed the police of Pereira's departure, leaving only the newspaper that showed the murderer's sketch, as well as a farewell message.

Pereira was extroverted and convincing, and left the victims to describe their present situation, usually of conflict in their relationships, and then use this information to conquer and convince the girls to go with him. He acted mainly around subway stations, more frequently in the lines connected to the station of Jabaquara, where he approached his victims with the promise of participation in photo shoots of a large cosmetics company, usually focusing on women with apparent emotional discomfort, which the delinquent described as "sad" and "head low," with apparent susceptibility to approaching strangers.

When he disappeared, he only left a newspaper and a note on the table. He regretted having to leave, apologizing for the sudden action:

Pereira found his victims by posing as a talent scout for a modeling agency. He would often use shoelaces to strangle his victims after raping them. Pereira worked as a motorcycle courier during the course of the crimes. Pereira was arrested on August 4, 1998, in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul,  ending a 23-day manhunt when he was reported to police after fisherman João Carlos Villaverde, who he was staying with, saw his picture on television. He also indicated the location of Selma's bones, which had not yet been found by the police in the State Park. After being captured by the police, what most impressed the authorities was how an unarmed man could convince the women to climb the rump of a motorcycle and go into the middle of a thicket with a man they had just met. Today the killer is a record holder receiving letters at the prison, the convict even married an admirer, having separated later times with reports of the ex-bride, of strangeness in his actions and personality. Pereira will be released in 2028 after completing the maximum 30 years of seclusion required by Brazilian law, and noted psychiatrists indicate the certainty that he will commit another offense due to his pseudo psychopathic, irreversible state of mind.

Murders

Elisângela Francisco da Silva
Elisângela Francisco da Silva was a 21-year-old from Paraná, coming from a poor Londrina family, who had been living with her aunt Solange Barbosa in São Paulo since 1996. Due to financial difficulties, she left school in the 7th grade. After being left by a friend at the Eldorado Mall in the West Zone of São Paulo, she was never seen again. Her naked body was found on July 28 in the State Park. The already decomposed body required hard work so it could be identified, and she was identified only three days later. "I hoped it was not her.", her aunt said. On the day of her disappearance, Silva left home saying that she would return in two hours.

Raquel Mota Rodrigues
The great ambition of 23-year-old Raquel Mota Rodrigues was to earn money to help her family, who lived in Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul. On weekends, she went out to bars with three friends, never going after midnight. Around 8 o'clock on the night of January 9, she left the furniture store where she worked as a saleswoman, in the Pinheiros neighborhood. Upon arriving at the Jabaquara station, almost at home, she called her cousin Lígia, saying that she had met a young man and accepted his offer of posing as a model for him in Diadema, São Paulo. Her cousin warned her not go, saying it was too risky to go out with a stranger. Rodrigues replied that she won't go, but never returned home. Her body was found in the thicket of the State Forest on January 16.

Selma Ferreira Queiroz
Queiroz was a minor and the youngest of three sisters, intending to study accounting or computer science. Her plans, however, were cut short in the afternoon of July 3. She disappeared in the area between her house in Cotia and centre of São Paulo, where she would deal with the formalities related to her dismissal as a drugstore clerk. The next day a man called Sara, her sister, claiming that the girl had been kidnapped and asked for a ransom of 1,000 reais. He said that he would call back later that afternoon, but he didn't. That same day, Queiroz's body was found in the State Park. She was naked, with signs of rape and beating. Bite marks were also found on shoulders, breasts and legs. Quieroz had been strangled, shortly after she had informed her boyfriend that she wouldn't be able to come in time to watch the 1998 FIFA World Cup with him, but was on the way to his residence.

Patrícia Gonçalves Marinho
At the age of 24, Marinho had never revealed to her family that she had dreamed of being a model. On April 17, after leaving the house of her grandmother Josefa, with whom she lived, the girl disappeared. Her body was discovered on July 28, in a deserted area of the State Park. Identification of the body was only possible thanks to the clothes and jewelry found next to the body. She was raped and then strangled to death.

Letters
The famous murderer received several letters from admirers in jail, including the following:

Journalist and writer Gilmar Rodrigues published in 2009 the book "Loucas de Amor - women who love serial killers and sexual criminals" (Editorial "Ideas a Bulk"), where he tried to understand why the maniac was wanted by so many women. He was impressed by the one thousand letters of love the felon received a month after he was arrested in 1998.

Sentence and aftermath
He was eventually sentenced to a total of 268 years in prison. Pereira would go on to say, "I was possessed by an evil force." and "I am a person with a good and a bad personality. Sometimes I am not able to dominate this dark side. I pray, I pray, but I cannot resist and then I chase after women. I wished that they would not go with me into the park, that they would run away." After being caught he claimed he was about to start cannibalizing his victims.

On December 18, 2000, inmates tried to kill Pereira during a riot at the Taubaté House of Custody and Psychiatric Treatment and four inmates were killed. Pereira was then moved to another psychiatric facility. He had said that he considers himself a "normal person", and that, according to him, he is alive because of his faith. Pereira also claimed that what he had done in the past would not have been a result of his own will, but of an "evil thing, damn it." He met his current wife Jussara through letters while imprisoned, with her trying to solve his legal problems. "She is intelligent, has a great background and a degree in History and Geography", he boasted.

An Ibope survey for the Public Prosecutor's Office in 2004 showed that this case is most remembered by Brazilians, with a 76% index, the most remembered police case between 2006 and 2007.

See also
 List of serial killers by country
 List of serial killers by number of victims

References

Bibliography
 Luisa Alcalde and Luis Carlos dos Santos: "Hunt for the Park Maniac". São Paulo. Editora Escritura, 2000.

Living people
1967 births
20th-century criminals
Brazilian murderers of children
Brazilian people convicted of murder
Brazilian rapists
Brazilian serial killers
People convicted of murder by Brazil
People from São Paulo
Violence against women in Brazil


title: Garry Who

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Garry Who (born Garry John Weston; 1 May 1954) is an Australian actor and comedian, best known for his role as Doug Stevens in the Australian sitcom All Together Now.

Who was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, he grew up in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia as he went to Maitland High School. He moved back to his home town after he finished high school to start his career.

Career
Beginning his working life as a signwriter, Who began his career in the mid-70s as a stand-up comedian. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s at the original Sydney Comedy Store. In the late 1980s he began to feature on film and television.

His biggest role to date was portraying Doug Stevens in the 90's hit All Together Now. He has also appeared in A Country Practice, Pizza, Swift and Shift Couriers, Water Rats, The Hollowmen, and Housos.

Works

Discography
1987 Life’s Just A Routine

Filmography

Television
A Country Practice (as Spanner Dooley) (1985)
Just for the Record (Host) (1988–1989)
Midday (resident comedian) (1989–1995)
All Together Now (as Doug Stevens) (1991–1993)
G.P. (as Jason Powell) (1996)
Big Sky (as Ivan) (1997)
Water Rats (as John Lynch) (1998)
Pizza (various characters) (2003–2007)
The Hollowmen (as Real Estate Agent) (2008)
Swift and Shift Couriers (as Gary Hibbett) (2008)
All Saints (as Jim Patterson) (2009)
Housos (as Cop Garry) (2011–2013)

References

External links
Official website

1954 births
Male actors from Sydney
Australian stand-up comedians
Australian male comedians
Australian male television actors
Living people


title: Inatio Akaruru

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Inatio Akaruru  (31 March 1937 – 31 January 2014) was a Cook Islands politician, cabinet minister and Deputy Prime Minister. He was a member of the Cook Islands Party.

Akaruru was born on Pukapuka. He worked as a public servant before being elected as MP for Pukapuka at the 1968 election. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the government of Albert Henry and as Deputy Prime Minister to Geoffrey Henry.

At the 1999 election Akaruru held the Pukapuka-Nassau seat by a single vote. The result was challenged by the Democratic Alliance Party and declared invalid. A by-election in September 1999 was also subsequently invalidated. Akaruru contested the resulting 2000 Pukapuka-Nassau by-election and was defeated.

In 1977, Akaruru was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1992 New Year Honours.

Akaruru was interested in bowls and was President of the Cook Islands Bowling Association from 1984 to 2006. He represented the Cook Islands in Bowls at the 1990 Auckland and 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games.

References

1937 births
2014 deaths
Deputy Prime Ministers of the Cook Islands
Members of the Parliament of the Cook Islands
Cook Islands Party politicians
Cook Island male bowls players
People from Pukapuka
Cook Island Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Bowls players at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Bowls players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for the Cook Islands


title: 2012–13 Kategoria e Parë

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The 2012–13 Kategoria e Parë was competed between 16 teams started on 31 August 2012 and finished on 12 May 2013.

Changes from last season

Team changes

From Kategoria e Parë
Promoted to Kategoria Superiore:
 Luftëtari
 Kukësi
 Besa

Relegated to Kategoria e Dytë:
 Gramozi
 Vlora
 Skrapari

To Kategoria e Parë
Relegated from Kategoria Superiore:
 Kamza
 Pogradeci
 Dinamo Tirana

Promoted from Kategoria e Dytë:
 Tërbuni
 Partizani
 Naftëtari

League table

Top scorers

References

Kategoria e Parë seasons
2
Alba


title: Amina (2012 film)

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Amina is a 2012 Nigerian psychological drama film written, produced, and directed by Christian Ashaiku, starring Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, Van Vicker, and Alison Carroll. Amina was shot on location in London.

Cast
Omotola Jalade Ekeinde as Amina
Wil Johnson as Dr Johnson
Van Vicker| as Michael
Vincent Regan
Alison Carroll as Lucy
Susan Mclean as Nurse

Reception
Amina received generally mixed to negative reviews; many critics criticized the casting of the film. NollywoodForever gave it a 45% rating, and also commented negatively about the casting.

See also
 List of Nigerian films of 2012

References

External links

2012 films
English-language Nigerian films
2010s psychological drama films
Films about psychiatry
Films set in England
Films shot in England
Nigerian drama films
2012 drama films
2010s English-language films


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

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This was the first edition of the event.

Bozoljac won the title, defeating Evgeny Donskoy in the final, 6–1, 6–1.

Seeds

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Main Draw
 Qualifying Draw

State Bank of India ATP Challenger Tour - Singles
2014 Singles