title: Police reform in Kyrgyzstan

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Police Reform in the Kyrgyz Republic refers to the package of measures intended to improve the work of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, which commands the police force, so as to increase the public's level of trust in the police and strengthen its interaction with the institutions of civil society, amongst other improvements.

Attempts at police reform were initiated in Kyrgyzstan in 1998, 2005 and 2012. The current reform program was launched by the government on April 30, 2013.

Reformation process

Early attempts

On 23 July 1998, the Kyrgyz government approved Resolution #490, “The Concept of Development of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of the Kyrgyz Republic”. This resolution was the official position of the internal ministry on the main trends and principles of improvement of the operational and service activity during the transition period. This concept was established to provide the integrated approach to the development of internal affairs for the then current period (until the end of 1998), the short term (till 2000) and long term (till 2003) prospects. Additionally, due to administrative reforms during the period from 1999 to 2005 the quantity of the MIA staff was reduced by 50% due to the optimization of the organizational and regular structure. A number of services were also reorganized in the department.

On 18 March 2005, in a second round of reforms, “The Concept of Reforming the Bodies of Internal Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic for the period till 2010” was approved by the Decree of the President # 76. Subsequently, in 2008 “The Program on the Internal Affairs Reform for 2008 — 2010” was approved by the order of the MIA dated March 7 and April 16. In the framework of that reform process, the structural and functional transformation of the MIA system was carried out with consideration of the democratic principles and existing real threats for the safety of the society and state. "Public - Preventive Centers" were initiated and established all over the country on the village administration level in compliance with the Order of the MIA #162 “On implementation of the Law on crime prevention in the Kyrgyz Republic” dated February 28, 2008, and their experiences were later extended.

According to experts, the reforms of 1998 and 2005 were largely considered as a failure as they didn't bring notable results.

Later attempts
In 2011, the interdepartmental commission on police reform was established to develop ideas for the reformation of MIA for the forthcoming years. The commission consisted of representatives of the government, deputies of the Jogorky Kenesh (parliament) and experts.

Simultaneously, a group of civil activists started working on the alternative concept of police reform. They initiated a collection of reform ideas from the population, to which these ideas later became the cornerstones of “The Alternative Concept on Police Reform (Alternative Concept)”. On February 20, 2012, that group of activists formed a network known as Civic union “For Reforms and Result” that later included 24 public organizations. From October to November 2012, the activists then began a petition campaign, which included collecting citizens’ signatures in the country in support of the "Alternative Concept". More than 10 thousand signatures were later collected and submitted to the deputies of Jogorky Kenesh, President and the Prime minister of Kyrgyzstan in support of the "Alternative Concept". On February 13, 2013, the then Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan, Jantoro Satybaldiyev, held a working meeting with participation from public civil societies, during which he noted that suggestions of the Civil Union "For Reforms and Result" would be considered in the official draft of the concept on Police Reform.

This was then followed by the government adopting the “Measures on police reform” resolution on April 30, 2013. In this resolution further steps of police reform were defined. Several of these measures for reforming the bodies of the internal affairs ministry, which came from suggestions from the "Alternative Concept", included: hiring of the police officers on competitive basis, introduction of retraining courses in the Academia of the MIA for the newly arriving officers for service in the bodies of internal affairs, change of approaches to interaction of police and population, establishment of the joint body to coordinate and administrate the police reform, change of evaluation criteria of the police taking into account the public opinion, amongst other suggestions.

Subsequently, in September 2013, the Council for Reforming and Developing the System of a Law and Order was formed within the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic, that was chaired by the Vice-Prime Minister on Issues of Defense, Safety and Borders. Eleven subsections were formed in the council to examine the declared trends of the reform in detail and submit the mechanisms of transformations to the joint body for discussion. Representatives of civil society also took part in the meetings and works of the council.

Reform nowadays
In 2017, further reforms continue to take place within the ministry. The entire of the Kyrgyz traffic police (Main Patrol Police Directorate) was retrenched and a new department (Main Directorate for Road Traffic Safety) was established in its place. This move was likely to have been an attempt to rid highly institutionalised corruption within the department which have led to cases of accidents happening in three to four days after drivers had received their licences because these licences were apparently bought from the department. The new department also aims to create and have a single standardised test centre for obtaining a driver's licence. In addition, there are also plans for more traffic infrastructures such as cameras to be installed, as only one at Kudaibergen car market in Bishkek has been installed so far. Billed drafts to reconstruct and renovate roads more frequently as part of timely road maintenance and also schemes to reward citizens who report traffic violators are also ambitiously put on the pipelines. Additionally in January 2018, as part of reform efforts, Kyrgyz traffic policemen received new uniforms and traffic police car liveries. A new traffic police website is also expected to be launched in the near future, so as to allow drivers to find statistics, rules and fine amounts as well as get to know the contact details of the regional traffic police units. In August 2018, the traffic police department also established an English hotline for tourists in the run up to the World Nomad Games.

As part of police reforms, the issue of changing the local name of the police from militsiya (Милиция) to police (Полиция) so as to not be like the soviet style militsiya which was known for its focus on process and statistics, but instead foster cooperation with the public, was also mulled over by the government. The changing of the name of force would however require money, to which changes have to be made systematically because of apparent public frustration with the police doing what appears to them as an unnecessary name change as seen through opinion polls by local media.

International assistance

Several international organisations have been invited by the Kyrgyz Republic in helping to reform and improve the efficiency of the police. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has developed the Community Security Initiative programme, which aims to improve police presence in the republic's countryside following violent inter-ethnic clashes. This program saw many mobile police reception vehicles, infrastructures and training skills being imparted to the local police by various experts from many different countries.

Monitoring the reform
Throughout the course of transformation of the police of the Kyrgyz Republic, there have been multiple groups, which include civil activists, in all regions of the republic that have been monitoring the process. Early results of the monitoring efforts were published by the Civic union "For Reforms and Result" in March 2014 and the document contained recommendations for the authorities to strengthen some components of the police reform. Another local agency involved include the Ombudsman (Омбудсмен), which is a watchdog group that monitors the other various government ministries too and the actions taken by these ministries. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are other international organisations that frequently monitor the progress of the reforms of the police in the republic and advocate for the necessary changes.

See also
Corruption in Kyrgyzstan
Law enforcement in Kyrgyzstan

References

External links
 Official website of MIA
 Official website of the Government
 Official website of the Civic Union For Reforms and Result REFORMA.KG

Law enforcement in Kyrgyzstan
Reform in Kyrgyzstan


title: Sakumono Lagoon

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Sakumono Lagoon is a coastal lagoon in Sakumono near Tema in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, West Africa. The site covers 1,340 hectares. It was designated to form the bulk of the Sakumo Ramsar Site, a Ramsar wetland site of international importance, on 14 August 1992.

Physical features

The site consists of a broad coastal brackish lagoon with a narrow connection to the sea, the main habitats being open lagoon, surrounding floodplains, freshwater marsh and coastal savanna grassland.

Fauna

The site of the lagoon receives rare and endangered migratory bird species, and several fish species.

References

Lagoons of Ghana
Ramsar sites in Ghana


title: David McGranaghan

text:
David McGranaghan is an actor and comedy writer originally from Largs, Scotland. He trained at the Guildford School of Acting before performing in a number of theatre performances;
Jersey Boys in London's Prince Edward Theatre
The Homecoming, Merchant of Venice, Taming of the Shrew and MacBeth at the Royal Shakespeare Company
Chariots of Fire in London's Gielgud Theatre
Be Near Me at the Donmar Warehouse and National Theatre of Scotland

As well as acting, McGranaghan co-invented Game For Fame the Party Board Game with Joseph Pitcher. McGranaghan also has written and performed in his own YouTube comedy channel Dave McG TV which has had over 1,000,000 hits. Dave McG TV has been commissioned by AOL's comedy channel Quipstar and David is currently filming series 3.

References

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Azadi Chowk

text:
Azadi Chowk (, "Liberty Interchange"; also known as Minar-e-Pakistan Chowk, "Minar-e-Pakistan Interchange"), is a large elevated roundabout in Lahore, capital of Punjab, Pakistan. Azadi Chowk is near the Minar-e-Pakistan monument, where the ceremony of the Pakistan Resolution was conducted, resulting in the creation of Pakistan. As one of the Lahore's major entry points, the interchange is usually busy.

Statistics

Roads in Lahore


title: 2014 USTA Player Development Classic – Singles

text:
Camila Giorgi was the defending champion, having won the previous edition in 2011, but she chose not to participate.

Nicole Gibbs won the all-American final, defeating Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–4.

Seeds

Main draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

References
 Main draw

Usta Player Development Classic - Singles


title: 2014 USTA Player Development Classic – Doubles

text:
Alexandra Mueller and Asia Muhammad were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2011, but Mueller chose not to participate. Muhammad teamed up with Sanaz Marand as the second seeds, but they lost in the first round.

The top seeds Michaëlla Krajicek and Olivia Rogowska won the title, defeating Samantha Crawford and Sachia Vickery in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.

Seeds

Draw

References
 Draw

Usta Player Development Classic - Doubles


title: William P. Stroman House

text:
William P. Stroman House is a historic home located at Orangeburg, Orangeburg County, South Carolina. It was built in 1926, and is a two-story, Classical Revival style brick dwelling.  It features a full-height porch with Doric order columns and a Spanish tile roof.  Also on the property are a contributing garage and greenhouse.  It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The house has been scene to tragedy. In 1955, Mr. Stoman and his wife were attacked by an axe-wielding intruder in the house, and his wife was killed. Samuel Wright, Jr., the grandson of the Stoman's maid, was convicted of the murder, and received the death penalty.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1926
Houses in Orangeburg County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Orangeburg County, South Carolina


title: Ciuc Mountains

text:
Ciuc Mountains (Romanian Munții Ciucului, Hungarian Csíki-havasok) are a mid-high range of mountains of Harghita County in Transylvania, Romania. Geologically they belong to the Căliman-Harghita Mountains group of the Inner Eastern Carpathians. Within Romania, however, it is traditional to divide the Eastern Carpathians (Carpații Orientali) into three geographical groups (north, center and south) instead. The Romanian categorization includes the Ciuc Mountains within the central Carpathians of Moldavia and Transylvania (Grupa Centrală, Carpaţii Moldo-Transilvani). The Trotuș River emerges from these mountains. The highest peak is Noșcolat, at 1,553 m.

See also

Divisions of the Carpathians

External links
 Additional information

Mountain ranges of Romania
Mountain ranges of the Eastern Carpathians
Landforms of Székely Land
Geography of Harghita County


title: Patrick Meade, 8th Earl of Clanwilliam

text:
Patrick Meade, 8th Earl of Clanwilliam (born 28 December 1969), styled Baron Gillford from March 1989 to December 2009, is a businessman, government and financial communications specialist.

The then Lord Gillford succeeded to the Earldom of Clanwilliam following the death of his father, the 7th Earl, in December 2009.

Educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, the future Lord Clanwilliam started his business career with Hanson plc, and has since been the director of Eurasia Drilling Company, the largest drilling and work-over company operating in Eurasia, Polyus Gold OJSC, the largest Russian gold mining company, AFK Sistema, the largest conglomerate holding company in Russia, and NMC Health. He was the owner (with an 80% shareholding) of the lobbying firm Meade, Hall & Associates.

Lord Clanwilliam was active in the Conservative Party. Sitting as a councillor for two terms in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Clanwilliam was a Conservative Party donor and sponsored a table costing some £1,000 per person at the party's 2013 Summer Ball.

References

External links
 Company director profile on DueDil.com

Living people
1960 births
People educated at Eton College
Place of birth missing (living people)
British public relations people
Earls of Clanwilliam


title: Clayton Love

text:
Clayton D. Love Jr. (November 16, 1927 – February 28, 2010) was an American blues pianist, who led his own band, the Shufflers, in the early 1950s. He was later a vocalist in Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm.

Biography
Love was born in Mattson, Mississippi, and grew up in Clarksdale. While in high school, he studied trombone under Consuella Carter. He was also taught band theory and techniques by Dr. E. G. Mason. At the age of sixteen, he lied about his age to enlist in the US Navy during World War II in 1944. He was sent to Camp Shoemaker in Dublin, California, the Philippines, and Guam where he developed his piano skills.

After his discharge he studied as a pre-med at Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College near Vicksburg. He began performing in Vicksburg clubs with his band, the Shufflers, before graduating in 1949. His cousin, bandleader Earl Reed, recommended him to the owner of Trumpet Records, Lillian McMurry, and he first recorded for the label in 1951. The next year he began recording for the Aladdin label, with Raymond Hill's band, and over the following years also recorded for the Modern and Groove labels.

In the mid-1950s he moved to St. Louis and joined Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm, singing lead vocals on the tracks "Do You Mean It," "She Made My Blood Run Cold," and "The Big Question," released on Federal Records. He also recorded under his own name for the local Bobbin record label, backed by a band led by bass player Roosevelt Marks. Love later played on his own and for the sharpies, then he went back to college. He received a master's degree from Saint Louis University in 1972, then taught elementary school in the St. Louis public school system. He later became an administrator at Vashon High School.

Love continued to perform during the blues revival scene of the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1986 and 1987, Love toured Europe with former members of the Kings of Rhythm, Jimmy Hinds, Billy Gayles, Erskine Oglesby, Stacy Johnson, Oliver Sain and former Ikette Robbie Montgomery, as part of the St. Louis Kings of Rhythm. The St. Louis Kings of Rhythm were officially appointed ambassadors for the City of St. Louis by Mayor Vincent Schoemehl in 1987.

In 1991, he recorded an album, Rockin' Eighty-Eights, with fellow piano players Johnnie Johnson and Jimmy Vaughn.

Love suffered a stroke on Thanksgiving of 2009, followed by a heart attack on Christmas. He died in hospice care on February 28, 2010, after having been ill for some years with arthritis and dementia. He was survived by his wife Joyce Love; son Greyling Love; daughters Cheryl Love, Joann Johnson, Gail Love and Mia Love; sister Mildred Chavers; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Discography

Albums

 1980: Come On Home Blues: From The Carousel Club St. Louis Missouri (Red Lightnin')
 1991: Rockin' Eighty-Eights (Modern Blues Recordings)

Singles

 1951: "Shufflin' With Love" / "Susie" (Trumpet 138) – Clayton Love and his Shufflers
1952: "Chained to Your Love" / "Where I Want to Be" (Aladdin 3148) – Clayton Love with Ray Hill and his Orchestra
1954: "Wicked Little Baby" / "Why Don't You Believe In Me" (Modern 929) – Clayton Love
 1956: "Bye Bye Baby" / "Mary Lou" (Groove 0162) – Clayton Love Orchestra
 1957: "Do You Mean It" / "She Made My Blood Run Cold" (Federal 12297) – Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm
 1957: The Big Question" (Federal 12304) – Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm
 1957: "You've Changed My Love" (Federal 12307) – Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm
 1958: "Limited Love" / "Unlimited Love" (Bobbin 102) – Roosevelt Marks Orchestra With Clayton Love
 1959: "Bye Bye, Baby" / "Mistreated" (Bobbin 108) – Roosevelt Marks Orchestra With Clayton Love

References

External links

 Clayton Love on AllMusic

1927 births
2010 deaths
People from Coahoma County, Mississippi
Musicians from Clarksdale, Mississippi
American blues pianists
American male pianists
American rhythm and blues musicians
Jump blues musicians
St. Louis blues musicians
United States Navy personnel of World War II
20th-century American pianists
20th-century American male musicians
Kings of Rhythm members

Trumpet Records artists
Bobbin Records artists
Federal Records artists
Groove Records artists
Modern Records artists
Aladdin Records artists
Alcorn State University alumni


title: Daddy Was a Number Runner

text:
Daddy Was a Number Runner is the first novel by Louise Meriwether. It was published by Prentice Hall, with a foreword by James Baldwin, in 1970, and is now considered a modern classic. It depicts a poor black family in Harlem during the Great Depression in the first half of the 20th century, as seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old African-American girl who has one brother who wants to be a chemist and another who is a gang member.

Reception
Paule Marshall said of the book:
[Its] greatest achievement lies in the sense of black life that it conveys: vitality and force behind the despair. It celebrates the positive values behind the black experience: the tenderness and love that often lie underneath the abrasive surfaces of relationships … the humor that has long been an important part of the black survival kit, and the heroism of ordinary folk … a most important novel.
It was an Essence Book Club Choice in December 2002.

References

Further reading
 Demirtürk, E. Lâle, "Writing the Urban Discourse into the Black Ghetto Imaginary: Louise Meriwether's 'Daddy Was a Number Runner", Southern Literary Journal, Autumn 2006, Vol. 39 Issue 1, p. 71.

1970 American novels
African-American novels
Novels set in Harlem
1970 debut novels
Prentice Hall books


title: 1972–73 Israel State Cup

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The 1972–73 Israel State Cup (, Gvia HaMedina) was the 34th season of Israel's nationwide football cup competition and the 19th after the Israeli Declaration of Independence.

Starting with this edition, later rounds, which involved Liga Leumit clubs, were played as two-legged ties, up to the final, which remained a single match.

The competition was won by last year's finalist, Hapoel Jerusalem, who have beaten this season's league champions, Hakoah Maccabi Ramat Gan 2–0 at the final.

Results

Fourth Round

Fifth Round

Sixth Round

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Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Notes

References
100 Years of Football 1906-2006, Elisha Shohat (Israel), 2006, pp. 229-230
Cup (Pages 8-9) Hadshot HaSport, 10.12.1972, archive.football.co.il
Cup (Pages 8-9) Hadshot HaSport, 31.12.1972, archive.football.co.il
Two times 56 goals were scored in the two rounds! (Page 1), Cup (Pages 3-6) Hadshot HaSport, 21.1.1973, archive.football.co.il

Israel State Cup
State Cup
Israel State Cup seasons


title: Satani

text:
Satani is a community in Kumbungu District in the Northern Region of Ghana. It is located 8 kilometres north of Kumbungu.

References

Populated places in Kumbungu District


title: Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway

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The Bari–Martina Franca–Taranto railway is a  long Italian railway line, that connects Bari with Putignano, Martina Franca and further to Taranto.

The line was opened in three stages between 1900 and 1931. On 12 August 1900 the section from Bari to Putignano opened, the line was further extended on 14 December 1903 to Locorotondo. On 24 December 1925 the line opened between Locorotondo and Martina Franca and finally from Martina Franca to Taranto on 22 April 1931.

Usage
The line is used by the following service(s):

Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Conversano - Putignano - Martina Franca
Local services (Treno regionale) Bari - Casamassima - Putignano (between Bari Centrale and Bari Mungivacca)
Local services (Treno regionale) Martina Franca - Taranto

Electrification
The railway is being electrified, largely with funds from the European Union, with most works completed in 2014. The FSE has requested a tender for four trains.

See also
 List of railway lines in Italy

References

External links

Railway lines in Apulia
Railway lines opened in 1900


title: Euglyphis lascoria

text:
Euglyphis lascoria is a species of moth of the family Lasiocampidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Ecuador and Brazil.

References

Moths described in 1890
Lasiocampidae
Moths of South America


title: The Modern Adventures of Casanova

text:
The Modern Adventures of Casanova was a 1952 Mutual radio show starring Errol Flynn. Flynn played a modern-day descendant of Casanova who actually works for Interpol. The program was written, produced, and directed by William N. Robson. Walter Schumann provided the music.

Selected episodes
Episode 1 – premiere – 3 January 1952 – set in Venice Italy
Episode 2 – "The Phony Count" – 10 January 1952 – Casanova saves a woman from a phony count
Episode 3 – "Family Vendetta" – 17 January 1952 – Casanova visits Venice and deals with the Marchetties, enemies of the Casanovas
Episode 4–24 January 1952 – while skiing in Switzerland, Casanova helps play cupid for a younger couple
Episode 5–31 January 1952
Episode 6–7 February 1952
Episode 7–14 February 1952 – Casanova helps on Valentine's Day
Episode 8–21 February 1952
Episode 9–28 February 1952
Episode 10–6 March 1952
Episode 11–13 March 1952
Episode 12–20 March 1952
Episode 13–27 March 1952 – Casanova tracks down a dope smuggling ring in Paris
Episode 14 – "The Bride of the Rain God" – 3 April 1952 – Casanova investigates a cursed relic from the Mayan civilisation responsible for killing people
Episode 15–10 April 1952 – Casanova investigates a pair of con artists on the French riviera
Episode 16–17 April 1952 – Casanova smashes a gold smuggling syndicate
Episode 17 – "The Black Dowry Pearls" – 24 April 1952 – Casanova goes to Venice to retrieve some pearls from Phillip II
Episode 18–1 May 1952
Episode 19–8 May 1952
Episode 20–15 May 1952 – Casanova goes to Egypt to stop a drug smuggling ring
Episode 21 – "The Missing Arm of Venus de Milo" – 22 May 1952 – Christopher Casanova is sent to Jamaica to recover the missing arm of the Venus de Milo.
Episode 22–29 May 1952
Episode 23–5 June 1952
Episode 24–12 June 1952
Episode 25–19 June 1952
Episode 26–26 June 1952 – Casanova investigates the murder of a beauty in Paris
Episode 27 – first of season two – 2 October 1952
Episode 28 – "The Sumatra Adventure" – 9 October 1952
Episode 29–16 October 1952
Episode 30–23 October 1952
Episode 31 – "The Gold Brick Swindle" – 30 October 1952 – Casanova goes to Karachi
Episode 32–6 November 1952
Episode 33–13 November 1952
Episode 34–20 November 1952
Episode 35 – "The Star of Thessaly" – 27 November 1952 – Casanova guards an old Greek millionaire who is visiting Paris with a diamond
Episode 36–4 December 1952
Episode 37–11 December 1952
Episode 38
Episode 39

Reception
The critic from the Chicago Daily Tribune said that "this swashbuckling mademoiselle chaser reads a script loaded with improbable situations, double entendres and what I suppose is Riviera playboy talk."

References

External links
Episode log at The Digital Deli

1950s American radio programs
Mutual Broadcasting System programs


title: Emplocia lassippa

text:
Emplocia lassippa is a species of moth of the family Geometridae first described by Herbert Druce in 1890. It is found in Colombia.

References

Moths described in 1890
Ennominae


title: Chris Ritter

text:
Christopher Jay Ritter (born October 20, 1990) is an American soccer player who last played for Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer.

Career

Youth & College
Ritter played five years of college soccer at Northwestern University between 2009 and 2013,red-shirting in 2010 after suffering a stress fracture in his leg early in the season. While at college, Ritter also appeared for USL PDL club Chicago Fire Premier between 2010 and 2013.

Professional
On January 13, 2014, Ritter signed with Chicago Fire as a Homegrown Player. On November 30, 2015 Chicago Fire declined his contract option.

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
American men's soccer players
Men's association football midfielders
Chicago Fire FC players
Chicago Fire U-23 players
Homegrown Players (MLS)
Major League Soccer players
Northwestern Wildcats men's soccer players
People from Winnetka, Illinois
Soccer players from Cook County, Illinois
USL League Two players


title: Jacob Elias Friend

text:
Jacob Elias Friend (December 6, 1857 – April 20, 1912) was an American politician, lawyer, and businessman.

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Friend received his law degree from Columbia Law School and practiced law in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Friend was president of the Nordberg Manufacturing Company in 1895 and he was also the vice-president of Friend Brothers Clothing Company, which was owned by his father, Elias Friend, and his uncle, Henry Friend. He was also director of the National Exchange Bank in Milwaukee.

Friend received financial support from Frederick Pabst.

Friend was also involved in a "deal" to merge the largest steam engine companies after the purchase of the Corliss Steam Engine Works by a group of businessmen. Friend served in the Wisconsin State Assembly from 1883 to 1887 as a Republican. Friend died in Perugia, Italy.

Jacob bought land from the estate of Judge Murray F. Tuley on Pine Lake in an area now known as Chenequa, Wisconsin which has archaeological significance for being known as a site for trails and camps of Native American Indians from Prairie Potawatomi and Menomini
tribes. The land is located off Muscovy Road.

Family
Friend married Alice Levy on April 29, 1885. They had three children: Robert, Margaret, and James. Robert went on to be president of Nordberg Manufacturing Company.

Notes

1857 births
1912 deaths
Politicians from Milwaukee
Columbia Law School alumni
Wisconsin lawyers
Businesspeople from Wisconsin
19th-century American politicians
People from Chenequa, Wisconsin
19th-century American businesspeople
19th-century American lawyers
Republican Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly


title: Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired

text:
Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired is the second studio album by American punk rock band Joyce Manor released on April 14, 2012.

The artwork for Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired was inspired by GI and What We Do Is Secret by the Germs.

Composition

The album was notably diverse from their previous self-titled album Joyce Manor (2011), with it incorporating lo-fi and folk punk. Barry Johnson, frontman of Joyce Manor, called the album "a pain to make," noting it was made to differentiate themselves from other pop-punk bands. "We didn’t want to be a Warped Tour band," said Johnson.  Johnson admitted that this was rather an absurd decision, stating, "That’s what I was worried about? Cred? Something I’m not doing making me cool? Get some real problems." It is the only album in Joyce Manor's catalogue where the lo-fi sound is present, where it turn back to a sound more like their self-titled album with Never Hungover Again (2014). The album also contains a cover of The Buggles' 1979 single "Video Killed the Radio Star".

Track listing

Reception

The album generally received a positive reception from reviewers. AllMusic's Tim Sendra jokingly called it "sounds a bit like how Weezer might have turned out if they had a recording budget of about ten dollars and never left their parents' basement," but said the album was "all glory, no boredom" and songs like Video Killed The Radio Star was "delivering exactly the right amount of emotional jolt". It, however, saw a mixed reception from the fanbase due to the experimental sound.

Personnel
Joyce Manor
 Barry Johnson - vocals/guitar
 Matt Ebert - bass/vocals
 Chase Knobbe - guitar
 Kurt Walcher - drums

References

2012 albums
Asian Man Records albums
Big Scary Monsters Recording Company albums
Joyce Manor albums
Albums produced by Jack Shirley


title: William Douglas, 14th of Cavers

text:
William Douglas ( – January 1748), 14th of Cavers was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1715 and 1747.

Douglas was the eldest son of Archibald Douglas of Cavers and his wife Anna Scott, daughter of Francis Scott of Gorrenberry.

Douglas was returned at the 1715 British general election, as Member of Parliament (MP) for Roxburghshire on his father's interest. He voted with the Government in every recorded divisions, including that on Lord Cadogan on 4 June 1717. At the 1722 British general election he moved to Dumfries Burghs and was returned as MP  on the Queensberry-Annandale interest. At the 1727 British general election, he left his seat at Dumfries in favour of his father and returned to Roxburghshire. He was appointed Keeper of the Register of Hornings in 1728. He voted against the Hessians in 1730 but was absent from other divisions. He did not stand in 1734 or 1741.

In 1741, Douglas succeeded his father and became hereditary Sheriff of Roxburgh. In 1742 he resigned as hereditary sheriff in favour of his brother Archibald in order to become Member of Parliament  again. He was returned as MP for Roxburghshire at a by-election on 18 February  1742.  He was a member of a  group of Scotch MP's who were known as  the Duke of Argyll's gang. He voted with the Opposition in all three divisions on the Hanoverians. He did not stand at the  1747 British general election.

Douglas died unmarried in 1748. His brother Archibald became 15th Laird of Cavers.

References

1688 births
Year of birth uncertain
1748 deaths
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
British MPs 1715–1722
British MPs 1722–1727
British MPs 1727–1734
British MPs 1741–1747


title: Valeriy Heletey

text:
Valeriy Viktorovych Heletey () (born on 28 August 1967) is a Ukrainian Colonel General who served as Minister of Defense from 3 July to 14 October 2014.

Biography
Valeriy Heletey was born on 28 August 1967 in Mukachevo Raion, Zakarpattia Oblast. Heletey worked briefly as an electrical mechanic at a local truck company before being drafted into the Soviet Armed Forces in 1985; he served in the Soviet Border Troops. In March 1988 Heletey started a career in the police (MVS) and in 1994 graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Internal Affairs (higher police academy) in Kyiv. After that he worked until 2006 for the police department, specializing in the fight against organized crime (HUBOZ) for the city of Kyiv.

In October 2006 Heletey as a Colonel was employed by the Presidential Administration, heading its service on issues of law-enforcement agencies. On 4 December 2006 he was promoted to the special rank of Major General of police.

On 24 May 2007 Heletey became a chief of the State Security Administration (UDO) that specializes in security of government officials. On 20 June 2007 Heletey was granted a military rank of Major General and on 21 August that year he was promoted to Lieutenant General. On 20 August 2008 Heletey received another promotion: to the rank of Colonel General. In July 2009 he was relieved from his position as UDO chief.

On 2 March 2014 the acting president Of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov appointed Heletey as the UDO chief once again, replacing Serhiy Kulyk. On 2 July 2014 the newly-elected President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko proposed Heletey's candidacy for the post of the Minister of Defense, and next day (3 July) the Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) approved the proposal with the support of 260 of the 450 parliamentarians.

During his maiden speech Heletey hinted that Ukraine would regain control of Crimea, lost during the 2014 Crimean Crisis: "I am convinced that Ukraine will win, and trust me, a victory parade will certainly be held in a Ukrainian Sevastopol." At the end of August/beginning of September 2014 he wrote on his Facebook page that the rebels had been defeated and Russia had been forced to begin a full-scale invasion of the region with regular forces, saying: "A great war has arrived at our doorstep - the likes of which Europe has not seen since World War Two. Unfortunately, the losses in such a war will be measured not in the hundreds but thousands and tens of thousands."
On 1 September 2014 Newsweek reported that Heletei claimed on his Facebook page that Russia threatened Ukraine with nuclear attack if it won't stop fighting rebels.

On 12 October 2014 Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko accepted Heletey's resignation, saying that it was time for a change in the country's defense leadership.  After he was replaced by National Guard of Ukraine commander Stepan Poltorak, Heletey was appointed head of the State Guard of Ukraine.

On 20 October 2014, the Temporary Investigative Commission of Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliamentary inquiry into the Battle of Ilovaisk) published a report on events related to the "Ilovaisk's cauldron" where it acknowledged that the tragedy at Ilovaisk took place due to inadequate actions of the Defence Minister Heletey and the Chief of General Staff Muzhenko.

References

External links
 Profile at the UDO official website
 Profile: Ukraine's new defence minister Valeriy Heletey at BBC News, 4 July 2014
 Shufrych and Heletey exchanged hand shake instead of fight
 In BYuT say that Baloha and Heletey were looking after the land of the Uzin Airport
 Baloha married his son a daughter of his colleague

1967 births
Living people
People from Zakarpattia Oblast
Defence ministers of Ukraine
Pro-Ukrainian people of the 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine
Ukrainian military personnel of the war in Donbas
Colonel Generals of Ukraine
Soviet border guards


title: Souleuvre

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The Souleuvre () is a 19.0 km long right affluent of the Vire in Normandy, northwestern France.

Geography
It crops at Montchamp near the hamlets of Lamerie, la Druerie and la Saffrie, 9 km to the east of Le Bény-Bocage and arrives at Le Tourneur where, having been rejoined by several affluents, it runs along the bed of a steep westwards pictorial valley, formed from the cambrian syncline of la zone bocaine. It lies in the bocage virois.

It joins the Vire, at the northern limit of Carville and Sainte-Marie-Laumont. It then runs westwards through les gorges de la Vire.

Watershed
Its basin lies between those of la Drôme (north), l'Orne (west) and l'Allière (south). Its confluence with the Vire lies west of the basin.

It has 3 main affluents on its right bank:
the Blandouit (6,3 km), joined by the Rubec (5.9 km) at Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine
the Courbençon (9,5 km) at Le Tourneur
the Roucamps (14,4 km) between Le Tourneur and La Ferrière-Harang.

The Souleuvre and the Vire along with the Rubec and the Blandouit form a digging axe in the bocain syncline shaping a pictural valley ending in les gorges de la Vire.

Communes
Montchamp, Saint-Charles-de-Percy, Montchauvet, Le Bény-Bocage, Saint-Pierre-Tarentaine, Le Tourneur, Carville, La Ferrière-Harang, Campeaux

Souleuvre valley

 Le viaduc de la Souleuvre : inspired by the art of Gustave Eiffel, its metal duct was destroyed in 1970. One of the pillars is a bungee platform still.
 Taureau bridge (2 km downstream) : named after "The Black Bull", emblem of the British 11th Armoured Division, which crossed the bridge during Operation Bluecoat on July 31, 1944. It was surprisingly ignored by the Allies and German surveillance.
 Les gorges de la Vire : the prolongation of la vallée de la Souleuvre.

Environment
The Souleuvre basin is a Natura 2000 marked site, namely for its white-clawed crayfish and sculpin population, as well as European brook lamprey and Atlantic salmon.

References

Rivers of Normandy
Rivers of France
Rivers of Calvados (department)


title: Dean Kenny

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Dean Julian Kenny (born 22 May 1961) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A halfback, Kenny represented Otago at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1986. He played three matches for the All Blacks on their tour of France that year, but did not play in any tests.

Dean Kenny qualified as a chiropractor but lost his registration in 2018 after facing charges in the North Shore District Court. These charges relating to false treatment claims made to ACC between March and July 2016.

References

1961 births
Living people
People from Woodville, New Zealand
People educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Otago rugby union players
Sale Sharks players
Rugby union scrum-halves
Māori All Blacks players
Palmer College of Chiropractic alumni
New Zealand chiropractors
Rugby union players from Manawatū-Whanganui


title: HopeStreet Recordings

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Hopestreet Recordings is an independent  record label based in Melbourne, Australia founded in 2009.

Discography

Artists
 The Putbacks
 The Bombay Royale
 The Cactus Channel
 Emma Donovan
 Quarter Street
 Zillanova
 San Lazaro
 The Meltdown
 The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
 Erin Buku
 Zretro
 Immy Owusu
 Karate Boogaloo
 Love Songs & D
 Izy
 Leisure Centre

References

External links
 Official website

Australian independent record labels
Record labels based in Melbourne


title: 61st Filmfare Awards South

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The 61st Filmfare Awards South ceremony honouring the winners and nominees of the best of South Indian cinema in 2013 is an event held on 12 July 2014 at the Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai.

Awards and nominees

Main awards
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.

Kannada cinema

Malayalam cinema

Tamil cinema

Telugu cinema

Technical Awards

Special awards

References

External links

Filmfare Awards South
2013 Indian film awards


title: Sreeja

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Sreeja is an Indian actress who was active in Malayalam films from 1989 to 1994. Her lead roles in Indrajaalam (1990) as Mohanlal's heroine and Cheriya Lokavum Valiya Manushyarum (1990) are well noted. She had acted only in a few films.

Early life and education
Sreeja was born to theatre artists Sreedharan and Usha on 18 April 1971 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. She had her primary education at Karthika Thirunal Government Vocational Higher Secondary School for Girls, Thiruvananthapuram and her bachelors from NSS Arts College for Women, Thiruvananthapuram. She has acted in a few dramas with her parents before entering the film industry.

Career
Sreeja made her debut as a child artist with the 1982 Malayalam film Nidhi. She continued to act in small roles after that. She acted as a sister to Kamalahasan in Chanakyan (1989) and Jayaram in Mazhavilkavadi (1989). She made her debut as a heroine with Annakutty Kodambakkam Vilikkunnu (1989), the first film directed by Jagathy Sreekumar. She went on to act as a heroine to many actors, including Mohanlal in Indrajaalam (1990) and Mukesh in Cheriya Lokavum Valiya Manushyarum (1990) and Kazhchakkappuram (1992).

Personal life

She is married to Sandhana Pandian who is from Tamil Nadu, co-star of her film Sevvanthi since 2 June 1993. The couple have a son and a daughter.

Filmography

TV serials

 Oru Poo Viriyunnu (Doordarshan)
 Manushyabandhangal (Doordarshan)
 Kanakachilanka
 Ithikasa kathaigal (Raj TV) as Shakunthala

References

External links

 sreeja sandhanapandian on Facebook
 Sreeja at MSI

Actresses in Malayalam cinema
Indian film actresses
Actresses in Tamil cinema
Living people
1971 births
Actresses from Thiruvananthapuram
20th-century Indian actresses
Actresses in Malayalam television
Actresses in Tamil television


title: Rmelan

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Rmelan (, ) is a town in the al-Hasakah Governorate in the northeast of Syria. Administratively part of the al-Yaarubiyah nahiyah of al-Malikiyah District, the town is located 900 km northeast of the capital Damascus, 165 km northeast of the governorate capital al-Hasakah, 70 km east of Qamishli, 30 km southwest of the district centre al-Malikiyah and 0.5 km southwest of the sub-district centre Ma'badah. It has an area of 5 km2 and a population of 11,500, based on the 2009 official estimate.

The town is famous for being one of the major centres of oil production in Syria. The first oil exploration works in Rmelan started in 1934. However, the town was founded in 1956 along with the discovery of the first oil well in the region, in the area of Karatchok. Later in 1959, the al-Suwaydiyah oil field was also discovered.

The town has a well-developed infrastructure including 22 km of roads, public parks, swimming pools, family clubs, cinema halls and cultural centres. The Town has a large airport that was originally a small agricultural airport, Abu Hajar Airport. It is now being used by the United States for military and civilian use. The town is also home to the Ommal Rmelan (Rmelan Labours) football club. They participate in the third division of the Syrian Football League and play their home games at the Rmelan Municipal Stadium. The population of the town is of mixed Arab, Kurd and Assyrian ethnicities. Many workers from other Syrian regions also reside in Rmelan. The constitutional conferences of the Democratic Federal System of Northern Syria in 2014 and in 2016 have been held in Rmelan.

Notable residents
 Bahzad Sulaiman

References

External links

Assyrian communities in Syria
Cities in Syria
Populated places in al-Malikiyah District


title: The Island of Dr Electrico

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The Island of Dr Electrico is the second album by The Bombay Royale released in 2014 following the success of 2012's debut You Me Bullets Love which was chosen as iTunes Breakthrough World Music Album for 2012. “The Island of Dr. Electrico is wickedly delightful combination of disco, surf and funk.” – CBC music  A number of the tracks from the album are featured in the popular video game Far Cry 4, released in November 2014. The song "Henna Henna" was used in the sixth episode of the second season of the Better Call Saul TV series.

Track listing

References

2014 albums


title: Pucara (Lari)

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Pucara (possibly from Aymara and Quechua for fortress) is a mountain in the Chila mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Caylloma Province, on the border of the districts Caylloma, Lari and Tuti. Pucara lies north-east of the mountain Mismi and east of the mountain Chuaña.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region


title: 2014 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11

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The 2014 Tour de France was the 101st edition of the race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It featured 22 cycling teams. The Tour started in Yorkshire, England on 5 July and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 27 July. The first two stages, in Yorkshire, were informally nicknamed Le Tour de Yorkshire; its success led to the formation of the Tour de Yorkshire stage race the following May.

Classification standings

Stage 1
5 July 2014 — Leeds to Harrogate,

The first stage began on The Headrow, outside the Victorian Town Hall in Leeds. The tour headed eastwards through the city centre towards Quarry Hill, navigating the Sheepscar Interchange onto the A61 and heading northwards through the city districts of Scott Hall, Moortown and Alwoodley towards Harewood House where a ceremonial start took place. Following the departure from Harewood, the tour went along the Wharfe Valley passing through Otley, Burley in Wharfedale and the home of the Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley Moor. The race then headed north via the A65 to the market town of Skipton, before passing into the Yorkshire Dales National Park. After passing northwards through part of Wharfedale, into Wensleydale and through Hawes, the route continued over the Buttertubs Pass and down through Swaledale to Reeth. The race then headed south-east to cross the last categorised climb of the day at Grinton Moor before passing through Leyburn, the brewery town of Masham and the cathedral city of Ripon. Finally, travelling southwards, on the A61, through Killinghall and finishing at West Park in Harrogate.

A  break saw Jens Voigt secure the King of the Mountains jersey for the day, before returning to the peloton. The finale of the stage saw Mark Cavendish crash during the sprint, following a collision with Simon Gerrans. Cavendish suffered a separated right shoulder injury. The sprint was won by Marcel Kittel, thus repeating his opening stage victory from the previous year.

Stage 2
6 July 2014 — York to Sheffield,

The second stage of the tour started at the racecourse in York heading to the city centre where it then travelled into West Yorkshire through the towns of Knaresborough, Harrogate, Silsden, Addingham, Keighley, Haworth, Hebden Bridge, Mytholmroyd, Elland, Huddersfield, Honley and Holmfirth. The tour then climbed over the Category 2 Côte de Holme Moss at , and descended into the valley of the Woodhead pass. Passing into Derbyshire on the northern tip of the Peak District under the shadow of the Bleaklow plateau it then climbed over the Langsett Moors. Traversing across the moor the route crossed the Ewden valley and headed towards the village of Bradfield. From here the route descended towards the city of Sheffield where stage two finished.

During the stage, Sacha Modolo withdrew from the tour due to illness. Cyril Lemoine took the lead for the King of the Mountains jersey, from Jens Voigt, having scored the most points during the day. Blel Kadri and Thomas Voeckler were the first two riders over the Category 2 climb of Holme Moss, both riders later returning to the peloton. Towards the finish, Alberto Contador and Chris Froome each took the opportunity to test the opposition, reducing the peloton to a leading group of 21 riders up the short, but steep, Category 4 climb of Jenkin Road Hill. Vincenzo Nibali took the lead with  remaining, and held this short lead to the finish line.

Stage 3
7 July 2014 — Cambridge to London,

This short 155 km stage began at Parker's Piece in the university city of Cambridge and started by heading in a generally southern direction towards Saffron Walden. From Saffron Walden the route travelled east, and then south, to the western outskirts of Braintree, Essex, before following the road west to Felsted. The route turned south to Chelmsford, and then west to an intermediate sprint at Epping Forest. From here, the race continued south into the British capital, which hosted the Grand Départ during the 2007 Tour de France. This was a prestigious stage which took the peloton through the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and travelled past some of London's most famous landmarks, before finishing near to Buckingham Palace, with the finish line on The Mall.

Jean-Marc Bideau and Jan Bárta spent  out in front of the peloton, which was the greater part of the stage. Both riders each taking part in their first Tour de France, Bideau was the first to succumb to the gradual acceleration of the peloton, with  remaining, on the outskirts of central London. Meanwhile, Bárta managed to stay in front for a further . The peloton was then together for a bunch sprint on The Mall. Marcel Kittel succeeded in securing his sixth stage win at the Tour de France, and his second stage win of the 2014 Tour.

Stage 4
8 July 2014 — Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille Métropole,

The first stage in France departed from the seaside resort of Le Touquet, with racing officially starting just east of Cucq. The first climb of the day was the Category 4 climb of the Côte de Campagnette,  into the stage, just north of Bimont. At , this was the highest point of a relatively fast and flat stage, which travelled through the undulating lowlands of Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The route passed through Saint-Omer, with an intermediate sprint at Cassel. The race then travelled through Steenvoorde, over the Category 4 climb of Mont Noir, and followed the road south-east from Bailleul and Armentières to Lille. The stage finished just east of the centre of Lille, at Villeneuve-d'Ascq.

Andy Schleck retired from the tour, before the departure from Le Touquet. A few kilometres into the stage, Chris Froome fell in an accident which also involved Bauke Mollema and Ion Izagirre. Froome was able to rejoin the peloton. By the time the race had reached the top of Mont Noir, Thomas Voeckler was in front of the peloton along with Luis Ángel Maté. Greg Henderson was forced to retire, following a crash towards the end of the race, whilst Voeckler was caught by the peloton with  remaining, with Maté also returning to the bunch around this time. The peloton was ready, once again, for a sprint finish. Marcel Kittel won his third stage out of four, but admitted that the stage had been fast and very nervous.

Stage 5
9 July 2014 — Ypres to Arenberg Porte du Hainaut,

This flat stage departed from Ypres in Belgium. Eddy Merckx and King Philippe were both present to see the riders depart. Racing officially started between Ypres and Zonnebeke. The race then headed north-east towards Roeselare, before turning due south to Menen and then on to Wevelgem. The stage continued south, re-entering France just before arriving in Roubaix. From here, onwards, the stage featured nine sections of difficult cobble-set pavement, using some of the same roads as the Paris–Roubaix cycle race. The intermediate sprint took place a further  along the route south from Roubaix at Templeuve-en-Pévèle. The race then took a circuitous route west to Pont-à-Marcq, south to Bersée, and then east to Orchies. The culmination of the stage had the riders pass through several small villages in quick succession; Beuvry-la-Forêt, Tilloy-lez-Marchiennes, Warlaing, Wandignies-Hamage, Hornaing and Hélesmes. Finally, the stage finished just east of Wallers at the southern end of the Arenberg Trench, adjacent to the Arenberg Mine.

Inclement weather prompted tour organizers to remove two cobble segments from the stage route for safety reasons, leaving seven cobble segments for the riders to navigate.

Wet roads contributed to a multitude of crashes before the riders encountered the cobbles.  Reigning champion Chris Froome was involved in two crashes at the  point and the  point. These crashes, combined with a crash the previous day and the lingering effects of a serious crash in the Critérium du Dauphiné several weeks prior, forced his abandonment from the race.

Upon encountering the cobbles, the peloton splintered, with yellow jersey-wearer Vincenzo Nibali's team  leading the pack. Nibali's group opened up a lead of nearly two minutes prior to encountering the seventh and last cobble segment, upon which Astana's Lieuwe Westra accelerated, leaving behind all but Nibali, teammate Jakob Fuglsang, and 's Lars Boom.  Boom attacked the Astana riders on the last cobble segment and held his lead through the final kilometers to take his first victory of the 2014 season, as well as his first career stage win in the Tour de France. This came nine years to the day after the previous Dutch stage victory in the Tour.  Nibali finished 19 seconds behind Boom, in so doing putting two minutes into GC contenders Andrew Talansky, Tejay van Garderen, and Alejandro Valverde, and nearly two-and-a-half minutes into Tour favorite Alberto Contador.

Stage 6
10 July 2014 — Arras to Reims,

This relatively fast and flat stage travelled from the department of Pas de Calais, through the departments of Somme, Aisne, and Marne. The stage started by heading south through Bapaume, Péronne, Ham, Tergnier and Chauny. The route then began to head east, over the Category 4 climb of Côte de Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, with an intermediate sprint  later at Pinon. This was followed by the Category 4 climb of the Côte de Roucy, and the road east to Bourgogne. Finally, the race headed south into Reims.

Arnaud Gérard, Tom Leezer, Luis Maté and Jérôme Pineau took part in an early escape, ahead of the peloton. Crashes occurred during a day of sidewinds, along with a second day of rain, forcing the retirement of Xabier Zandio and Jesús Hernández, amongst others. The early escapees were each brought back to the peloton from  remaining, with Maté managing to stay in front for a further . Marcel Kittel had a mechanical problem in the final , and Michał Kwiatkowski attacked with  remaining. However, the sprint was won by André Greipel who, along with other sprinters, caught Kwiatkowski before the finish.

Stage 7
11 July 2014 — Épernay to Nancy,

This long and undulating stage travelled through the departments of Marne, Meuse and Meurthe-et-Moselle. The stage departed from Épernay, with the race officially starting at Oiry. The route first headed east through Châlons-en-Champagne, Sainte-Menehould and Clermont-en-Argonne and continued on this course to Charny-sur-Meuse. The route then turned south-east just before travelling through Douaumont and then continued in this direction through Moulainville and Fresnes-en-Woëvre. An intermediate sprint took place at Hannonville-sous-les-Côtes and the south-easterly route continued through Bernécourt. The route turned east from Dommartin-lès-Toul and two Category 4 climbs came towards the end of the stage, these were the Côte de Maron and the Côte de Boufflers. The stage then finished in Nancy.

Stage 8
12 July 2014 — Tomblaine to Gérardmer La Mauselaine,

The stage travelled through the departments of Meurthe-et-Moselle and Vosges. The stage had most of the route as undulating, with a mild climb. Towards the end, the stage entered low mountains.

This stage headed east out of the Tomblaine district of Nancy, and through Lunéville, before the route turned south towards Baccarat. The route continued south-west through Rambervillers to Épinal, followed by an intermediate sprint at Dinozé as the route turned east, once again, and followed the Moselle to Remiremont, Saint-Amé and Vagney. From Vagney, the race then went into the Vosges mountains with two Category 2 climbs, these being the , through La Bresse and over the . The race then headed north into Gérardmer and up to the ski station of .

Five riders were in the breakaway for the day. Sylvain Chavanel was the best climber in the breakaway. However, on the final climb Blel Kadri launched an attack which nobody was able to follow. Behind in the peloton  started chasing so that Alberto Contador could possibly win the stage. With 2 kilometres to go Blel Kadri had a 4-minute advantage over the peloton which would be enough for him to become the first French rider to win a stage of that Tour de France. As the peloton reached the final kilometre Contador made a number of attacks to try to gain time on Vincenzo Nibali and Richie Porte. He could only gain 3 seconds on Nibali and 7 on Porte. Critérium du Dauphiné winner Andrew Talansky of  crashed and finished 35th. He was over 4 and half minutes down in the overall standings in 16th place. Blel Kadri won the stage by over 2 minutes and also took charge of the King of the Mountains classification.

Stage 9
13 July 2014 — Gérardmer to Mulhouse,

This low mountain stage travelled from the department of Vosges, into Haut-Rhin. The stage departed from Gérardmer with racing officially starting between Gérardmer and Xonrupt-Longemer. The race headed east to the Category 2 Col de la Schlucht at , and descended north-east into the valley floor, then south-east, towards the outskirts of Orbey. The route then began to climb the Category 3 Col du Wettstein at  before a long  descent east to the outskirts of Turckheim. From here, the route headed south and, once again, the road quickly rose to the Category 3 Côte des Cinq Châteaux at , and was quickly followed by the Category 2 Côte de Gueberschwihr at  before heading south-west. An intermediate sprint took place at Linthal, before heading west for the biggest climb of the day. The Category 1 Le Markstein at  gave a  ascent to the ski station, with the ascent continuing south-east into the Category 3 Le Grand Ballon at . The route then took a fast  descent continuing south-east into Cernay and Wittelsheim, through Pfastatt and finally finishing in Mulhouse.

Stage 10
14 July 2014 — Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles,

This mountainous stage set off from the department of Haut-Rhin, headed back into Vosges and finished in the department of Haute-Saône. The stage started at Mulhouse, with racing officially starting just north of Wittenheim. The route turned north-west at Ensisheim and zig-zagged from Raedersheim, through Gundolsheim to Soultzmatt. The race then began the ascent of the Category 2  at  before descending to a sprint at Muhlele (Gunsbach). The race began to head west just before the sprint. This was rapidly followed by the race travelling through Munster. The route then turned to the south-west and traversed two Category 1 climbs. The first climb was the Petit Ballon at  and then the Col du Platzerwasel at . This was followed by a  descent to Kruth. The route then continued over the Category 2  at , the Category 3  at  and the Category 1 Col des Chevrères at . The race descended into Plancher-les-Mines before immediately beginning the Category 1 ascent to the finish at La Planche des Belles Filles, which was at .

Stage 11
16 July 2014 — Besançon to Oyonnax,

After the rest day in Besançon, this low mountain stage began in the department of Doubs, headed into Jura and finished in Ain. The stage departed from Besançon and had its racing officially starting just south-west of Avanne-Aveney. The route headed south-west to Arc-et-Senans and then turned south through Chamblay, Arbois, Montrond and Pont-du-Navoy to an intermediate sprint at Charcier. The southerly route then continued through Les Crozets and Chassal before entering the Jura Mountains. The first climb of the day was the Category 3 climb of the Côte de Rogna at , and then into the Category 3 climb of the Côte de Choux at , which followed immediately into the Category 4 climb of the Côte de Désertin. There was then an approximate  descent before the climb of the Côte d'Échallon at . The stage finished with a  descent to Oyonnax.

References

External links

2014 Tour de France
Tour de France stages


Sri Penusila Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary is a famous 1030.85 km² Protected area in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh state in South India. It comprises a unique and endangered forest type viz.

Geography
Sri Penusila Narasimha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. It covers an area of 1030.85 km² is managed by the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
Comprises a unique and endangered forest type viz. the dry evergreen forests. The wildlife sanctuary is characterized by hilly slopes, rolling forested hills, and low valleys.

Flora
Dry evergreen forest type with species like Accacias, Cassias, Pongamia, Carissa are found in the sanctuary.

Fauna
Panther, Cheetal, Nilgai, Chowsingha, Sloth Bear, Jackal, Wild Boar, and large numbers of reptile and bird species are found in the wildlife sanctuary.

References

Bird sanctuaries of Andhra Pradesh
Protected areas with year of establishment missing


title: Abdoulaye Keita (footballer, born 1994)

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Abdoulaye Keita (born 5 January 1994) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.

Career
On 26 June 2018, Panionios announced Keita's signing for the team. On 17 January 2022, he joined Prix-lès-Mézières.

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Bamako
Men's association football midfielders
Malian men's footballers
SC Bastia players
Le Havre AC players
AC Ajaccio players
Panionios F.C. players
Olympiacos F.C. players
Jura Dolois Football players
AS Prix-lès-Mézières players
21st-century Malian people
Malian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Expatriate men's footballers in Greece
Malian expatriate sportspeople in France
Malian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Championnat National 3 players
Ligue 1 players
Championnat National 2 players
Ligue 2 players
Super League Greece players


title: Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat

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Abdul-Wahid Shannan ar-Ribat (Arabic: عبد الواحد شنان آل رباط) is a former Iraqi Army general.

Ribat, a Shiite, is from the city of Samawah in Muthanna province. He served as Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Army during the reign of Saddam Hussein.

He later went on to become the Governor of Nineveh in 1999, in which capacity he served until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Reported death
On 14 June 2014 an Iraqi government spokesperson claimed Ribat was killed in a government airstrike on Mosul as part of the 2014 Northern Iraq Offensive. Ribat's family however refuted this, and claimed that he was alive and well in the United Arab Emirates, and had no contact with militant groups active in Iraq.

Prosecution of British government ministers
In 2016, he launched a private prosecution of the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, at the time of the invasion of Iraq, as well as the Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, and the Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith. He alleged that they had committed the crime of aggression by invading Iraq and based his evidence, in part, on the Chilcot Inquiry report. He was represented by Michael Mansfield, QC, a prominent lawyer. His attempt to have the defendants arrested was dismissed by a District Judge at Westminster Magistrates Court in November 2016, but this has been appealed. The current Attorney General has intervened in the case to argue against. In July 2017, the London High Court ruled the prosecution had failed for three reasons:  (1) In 2006, the Law Lords had ruled that the crime of aggression is in fact not a crime in England and Wales; (2) The accused had governmental immunity at the time of their actions; (3) Ar-Ribat had not obtained the permission of the sitting UK Attorney General.

References

Governors of Nineveh Governorate
Living people
Iraqi military personnel
People from Samawah
1944 births


title: Kunhadi

text:
Kunhadi (Arabic " كُن هادي ", English "be calm") is a non-profit organization concerned with road safety in Lebanon. Kunhadi is aimed at raising road safety awareness, especially among young people. The organization was established in 2006 after Hady Gebrane died from a car crash at age 18.

Kunhadi's work includes lobbying and advocacy. Its main focus is on improving dangerous driving behaviors, such as speeding, drunk driving, not wearing helmets or seat belts and driving while fatigued or distracted.

Activities in Lebanon

Road Safety Conferences
"Road Safety Sessions" are interactive road safety sessions at schools, universities  and corporations. They strive to explain the role of each road user in improving road safety.

Since 2013, Kunhadi collaborates with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon in Lebanon to raise awareness among the children of South Lebanon. While Kunhadi presents the safety rules, the UNIFIL implement exercises with the children.

Road Safety Awareness Campaigns
In 2009, Kunhadi collaborated with USAid to launch "Spreading the Road Safety Project" that included the production of 32 public service announcements explaining the importance of road safety and respecting the Lebanese traffic law in less than 20 seconds. As part of this project, and funded by USAid, Kunhadi launched campaigns to raise awareness about the dangers of drunk driving and speeding.

In 2013 and 2014, Kunhadi collaborated with Alfa and organized two national campaigns to raise awareness on the danger of using the phone while driving.

In 2015, on the occasion of Valentine's Day, Kunhadi launched a road safety awareness campaign encouraging people not to speed on the roads.

Taxi Night

Taxi Night is a party that takes place at the most sought-after nightclubs in Lebanon, where guests arrive to and leave the party in taxi cars offered free of charge by Kunhadi, as the use of personal cars is prohibited.

Kunhadi created the concept of Taxi Night in 2007 with the aim of decreasing drunk driving incidents by introducing a culture of "taxiing safely back home" as a practical and trendy alternative to drunk driving and fatigue driving. This unorthodox method of raising awareness against drunk driving came as a result of Kunhadi's work methodology that shies away from more classic ways of communication, to speak the language of youth.

By May 2017, Kunhadi had organized eighteen editions of Taxi Night.

Road Infrastructure

Kunhadi launched a campaign for pedestrian safety in November 2011 that included the installation
of pedestrian crossings in front of schools in Lebanon.

Since it first launched the campaign in 2011, Kunhadi installed pedestrian crossings in front of 13 schools. The organization also follows up the installation with workshops to teach school students, staff members and parents, on the correct use of the safe crossing.

In 2017, Kunhadi and the Municipality of Beirut partnered up to launch a pedestrian campaign and rehabilitate more than ten pedestrian crossings around Beirut.

In addition to pedestrian safety, Kunhadi installs retro-reflective and fluorescent road signs to  highlight dangerous curves on under-lit the roads to keep them visible to drivers at night.
In the years between 2010 and 2014, Kunhadi installed reflective markings on seven under-lit highways  and dangerous points.

To fund both projects, Kunhadi resorts to fundraising events and partnerships with the private sector and grants from international organizations.

Helmets Distribution
In 2010, Kunhadi collaborated with the "Global Helmet Vaccine Initiative" and offered 1,200 helmets to delivery boys along with a series of conferences about road safety.

World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
On the occasion of World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims organized by UN every year since 2005, Kunhadi organized in November 2013 and 2014 a commemorative ceremony in Sin el Fil, in collaboration with the Municipality.

Highlighting awareness against Drunk-Driving on New Year’s Eve
Seeing the high number of drunk-driving related crashes on New Year's Eve, Kunhadi decided in NYE 2012–2013 to offer free taxis to nightclubs to be offered for free to clients too intoxicated to drive.
Thanks to the success of this campaign, Kunhadi made it a yearly activity on every NYE and on  2014–2015, Kunhadi covered 60 Taxi rides and prevent over 60 people from risking their lives by drunk driving.

Save The Night
Every year, more than 850 people die on the road in Lebanon, making car crashes happening at night the number one cause of death among youth aged between 15 and 29. To tackle this issue, Kunhadi introduced Save the Night, a comprehensive initiative managed and powered by Kunhadi, aiming to raise awareness of the risks of drunk and fatigue-driving; discouraging harmful and underage consumption of alcohol as well as improving safety standards at nightlife venues; hence decreasing car crashes happening at night.

It does this by providing nightlife stakeholders (venue staff, taxi companies/drivers and valet parking staff) with specialized and professional training that will enable them to create a safer environment for young partygoers.

Kunhadi will be awarding the “Save the Night” label for nightclubs and for valet parking personnel after completing Kunhadi's training and meeting safety requirements based on 'Save the Night' Code created in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and the Syndicate of Owners of Restaurants, Cafes, Night-Clubs & Pastries in Lebanon.

Nap and Go
Since fatigue driving is one of the main reasons behind road crashes, Kunhadi initiated the concept of nap spots where drivers could take a 10-minute power nap that will enable them to drive alert for approximately 45 minutes. In partnership with two companies from the private sector, Kunhadi installed ten "Nap & Go" spot labeled at a renowned gas stations around Lebanon. The spots are located along busy highways on the coast, mountains, and Beqaa Valley.

Wedding Service
Kunhadi offers a wedding-customized taxi service which provides professional taxi service to guests who plan ahead on taking a taxi, as well as professional chauffeurs for other guests who take their cars to the wedding but find themselves unable to drive back home. The service includes placing cars with extra drivers at the exit of the venue for anyone who wishes to use the cabs/drivers. Flugen Driver is certified by Kunhadi after having completed a taxi training revolved around the Lebanese traffic law, safe driving and professional customer service.

RODGE Joins Kunhadi's Board of Trustees
Being a huge supporter of Kunhadi's cause since Taxi Night inception in 2007, RODGE has already supported Kunhadi in several Taxi Night events and road safety radio campaigns. RODGE joined Kunhadi's Board of Trustees on April 19, 2018, as an active and accomplished member of our community who shares Kunhadi's vision and drive to actively improve the quality of Nightlife in Lebanon for tomorrow's generation.

International activities

Make Roads Safe
In 2007, the FIA Foundation attempted to collect over one million signatures for a petition to submit to the United Nations to ask for Road Safety measures to be taken (by Governments, Private Sectors and NGOs) in the aim of saving millions of lives over the next decade. The drive was part of the global Make Roads Safe campaign. Kunhadi collected over 17,000 signatures.

Decade of Action
The UN General Assembly decided to initiate the Decade of Action for Road Safety from 2011 to 2020 in May 2011.

Kunhadi launched its program with four ambassadors: actor and screenwriter Georges Khabbaz, actress Carmen Lebbos, dancer and choreographer Alissar Caracalla and talk show host Tony Baroud. In 2013, Spanish-Lebanese F3 champion Noel Jammal joined Kunhadi's cause.

In 2013, Kunhadi launched within the frame of the Decade of Action, a national campaign focused on Pedestrian Visibility and the importance of staying visible on the road. As a part of this project, Kunhadi distributed and sold retro-reflective bracelets all over Lebanon.

In 2014, Kunhadi organized a campaign called "Race on track. Drive on the road" to tackle speeding and drunk driving on the most dangerous axe of Lebanon, Antelias - Byblos highway, within the frame of the Decade of Action. As a part of this campaign, Kunhadi teamed up with a group of students from Jesus and Mary School in Antelias to make the area around the school safer for pedestrians.

In 2015, the UN launched a global campaign called #SaveKidsLives. Children and experts at the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration wrote a Declaration to voice the demands of children to feel safer on the roads. Kunhadi joined the campaign and will organize a series of event on this occasion.

Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety
In 2015, Kunhadi joined the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety and participated in the 4th Global Meeting in Marrakesh on March 13 and 14, 2015. The objective of the meeting was to help NGOs to coordinate their activities and to share their best practices.

References

Additional sources
 Kunhadi organization campaigns to build awareness on hazards of reckless driving
 Kunhadi road safety NGO turns 5 - Donats to ISF
 Skybar urges clubbers drink/drive Kunhadi taxi night
 Aridi/Kunhadi/Ministry partner to resolve road problems
 USAID press release
 What is the best advertising in 2011

Non-profit organisations based in Lebanon
Road safety organizations


title: Munit Mesfin

text:
Munit Mesfin (born 1981) is an Ethiopian singer and songwriter best known for working in a duo with German vocalist and guitarist Jӧrg Pfeil. Munit sings in her mother tongue Amharic and English, with inspiration from traditional Ethiopian songs. Some of her music includes vocalization without words. Mesfin has a focus on social issues and female empowerment.

Early life
Munit Mesfin was born in 1981 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Her mother is Dr. Tewabech Bishaw, a public health professional and a pioneer, who was the first female public health officer in Ethiopia. Her father is Prof. Mesfin Abebe, Ethiopia's first soil scientist, who has worked his whole life for the protection of Ethiopia's natural resources, especially its soil. Both of her parents grew up in the city of Jimma, Ethiopia.

Munit moved to India at the age of ten because of her mother's work with UNICEF. She moved to Windhoek, Namibia, at fourteen, where she completed her GCE Ordinary Levels. At sixteen, she moved to the United States, where she attended Northfield Mount Hermon School in Northfield, Massachusetts. She went on to study economics and government at Smith College, a private women's liberal arts college in Northampton, Massachusetts. During her youth, Munit performed with various local choirs. While at Smith, Mesfin performed with the college's a capella group, the Smiffenpoofs.

Musical career
While living in Washington, D.C. after college, Munit was a backup singer for Ethiopian-American soul singer Wayna. She worked with many other Ethiopian musicians, including her brother, Jorga Mesfin, an Ethio-jazz saxophonist. After living abroad for almost 20 years, Munit returned to Ethiopia in 2007 during the celebration of the Ethiopian Millenium, where she met her frequent collaborator, Jӧrg Pfeil.

Since then, the pair have released two albums as Munit and Jӧrg: Just the two of us: Live at the coffee house, in 2008, and , released in March 2013.

Personal life
Munit Mesfin is married and has three children.

References

Women singer-songwriters
Ethiopian musicians
Soul music
Smith College alumni


title: Patrick Fradj

text:
Patrick Fradj is a French footballer who plays as a right-back for US Tourcoing FC.

External links

References

1992 births
Living people
Men's association football defenders
French men's footballers
Ligue 2 players
RC Lens players
Iris Club de Croix players
People from Saint-Saulve
Footballers from Nord (French department)


title: I'm with You World Tour (EP)

text:
I'm with You World Tour 2012–13 is a live EP by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 2014 through their website as a free MP3 download. As a way to celebrate the culmination of the band's I'm with You World Tour, Chad Smith personally selected five of his favorite performances from select dates tour for fans to download for free.

Throughout the I'm with You Tour and the follow-up 2013/2014 Tour, 72 hours after each show's completion, the band has been releasing an official bootleg of each show to their website for fans to purchase as a download.

Track listing

Personnel
Red Hot Chili Peppers
 Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
 Josh Klinghoffer – guitar, backing vocals
 Flea – bass, backing vocals
 Chad Smith – drums, percussion

Additional musicians
Mauro Refosco – percussion
 Chris Warren – keyboards

References

External links
Red Hot Chili Peppers website

Red Hot Chili Peppers live albums
2014 EPs
2014 live albums
Live EPs
Red Hot Chili Peppers EPs


title: Blue Gangsta

text:
"Blue Gangsta" is a song by American singer and recording artist Michael Jackson. The song is the 7th track of Jackson's second posthumous album Xscape. The song was originally written, composed and produced by Jackson with additional music by Dr. Freeze during the Invincible album recording session in 1998. The song was re-tooled by Timbaland and Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon during the Xscape recording sessions in 2013–14.

Background and leak
The song was originally recorded between 1998 and 1999 for the Invincible album but failed to make the final cut. Dr. Freeze re-tooled the song without changing the original music to fit night clubs but this version was not featured on the Xscape album. In late 2010, a year after Jackson's passing, the full version of "Blue Gangsta" was leaked onto the internet. The original version of "Blue Gangsta" included on Xscape is an earlier version: engineer Michael Prince felt the decision to include this version didn't align with Jackson's vision for the song.

Opening with a movie score-like wash of strings and the urgent refrain, “What cha gonna do/You ain’t no friend of mine/Look what you put me through/Now that I’m the blue gangsta,” the Timbaland-produced tune features a spare, skittering beat and Jackson singing over the multi-tracked chorus. Brazilian tribute artist and impersonator Rodrigo Teaser revealed in a podcast that LaVelle Smith Jr. (Jackson's long-time personal friend, choreographer and dancer), who had worked with Teaser, told him that the song would be the last part of a gangster-themed trilogy to be presented in live performances, the two previous parts being Smooth Criminal and Dangerous.

Release
The song was released on MTV on May 8, 2014.

Music video
Published on 14 May 2014 to Michael Jackson's VEVO. Inspired by the short film for Jackson's short video for "Smooth Criminal", dancers from Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour celebrated the release of Xscape with a music video choreographed to this single. A shortened edit of the 2010 leaked version was used to celebrate the original version of this song.

Critical reception
Jon Blistein from Rolling Stone said that "The harrowing, hard-hitting 'Blue Gangsta' features a fiery vocal performance from Jackson, as well as updated production from Timbaland, who gives the track his signature futuristic spin, complete with snap-back snares, eerie low-end synths, blaring horns and striking strings."

Gil Kaufman from MTV said that "If 'Thriller' gave you the chills, wait til you get a shot of Michael Jackson's 'Blue Gangsta'. The song, which is available exclusively now at michaeljackson.mtv.com will appear on the upcoming posthumous King of Pop album, Xscape, and it is a classic slice of cinematic MJ pop magic."

Charts

See also
 List of unreleased Michael Jackson material
 Death of Michael Jackson

References

1998 songs
Michael Jackson songs
Song recordings produced by Michael Jackson
Song recordings produced by Timbaland
Song recordings produced by Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon
Songs released posthumously
Songs written by Michael Jackson
Songs written by Dr. Freeze
Song recordings produced by Dr. Freeze


title: Gaters Mill

text:
Gaters Mill is a complex of buildings on the River Itchen in the civil parish of West End, Hampshire. The complex forms part of the Gaters Mill & Romill Close Conservation Area, and includes a Grade II listed farmhouse and some cottages from a farm called Black Farm. The boundary of the borough runs alongside Gaters Mill, and the other side of the border is part of the Itchen Valley Conservation Area, designated by Southampton City Council.

History
There have been mills on the site since the 13th or 14th century. The timber-framed Black Farm farmhouse dates from the 16th century. The mill had several previous names, namely South Stoneham Mill, Up Mill and Mansbridge Mill. The original mills were fulling mills, but in 1685 the mill - at that time known as Up Mill - was established as a paper mill, belonging to a company whose charter was granted by James II. The company consisted of fifteen members, of which nine were French refugees, mainly Huguenots. They were joined in 1702 by another Huguenot named Henry Portal, who went on to establish a further paper mill at Laverstoke near Whitchurch in 1718, and six years later he was awarded the contract for making paper for bank notes.

The mill stopped being used for manufacturing paper in 1865, at which point it was largely demolished and rebuilt as a flour mill.

The buildings were damaged in a major fire in 1916–17 and several were replaced. During the Second World War the complex was used as a munitions store and suffered further damage. Subsequently, the buildings were occupied by small businesses and the Lower Itchen Fishery Ltd; in the 1990s the buildings were redeveloped and refurbished for use as offices.

The farmhouse, formerly Black Farm, was Grade II listed on 3 October 1978. The area around Gaters Mill was designated a conservation area by Eastleigh Borough Council on 25 May 1989, and this was extended to include the nearby street, Romill Close, on 12 September 1991.

See also
List of watermills in the United Kingdom

References

Borough of Eastleigh
Grade II listed buildings in Hampshire
Protected areas of Hampshire


title: Agrothereutes abbreviatus

text:
Agrothereutes abbreviatus is a species of parasitic wasp belonging to the family Ichneumonidae.

Description
Agrothereutes abbreviatus has black head and thorax, while the abdomen shows black and reddish bands, with a white area on the tip and a white basal zone on the hind tibia. In the females wings are very reduced (brachyptery), reaching only the hind margin of postscutellum or the first abdominal tergite. These wasps usually move nimbly on the ground and beneath the fallen leaves looking for their hosts. Adults occurs from May to June.

Distribution
This species is present in most of European countries, in the Near East, in the Nearctic realm, and in the Oriental realm.

Taxonomy

Subspecies
Sources:
 Agrothereutes abbreviatus abbreviatus (Fabricius, 1798)
 Agrothereutes abbreviatus alsaticus (Seyrig, 1927)
 Agrothereutes abbreviatus iridescens (Cresson, 1864)
 Agrothereutes abbreviatus rufopectus Cushman, 1927

Synonyms
 Agrothereutes alpius Heinrich, 1951
 Agrothereutes tricolor (Uchida, 1931)
 Agrothereutes alpinus (Habermehl, 1925)
 Agrothereutes cingulatus (Kiss, 1924)
 Agrothereutes variegatus (Kiss, 1924)
 Agrothereutes tricolor (Rudow, 1917)
 Agrothereutes atratus (Rudow, 1917)
 Agrothereutes spectabilis (Rudow, 1917)
 Agrothereutes livonensis (Rudow, 1917)
 Agrothereutes spectabilis (Rudow, 1914)
 Agrothereutes brevipennis (Kriechbaumer, 1893)
 Agrothereutes tricolor (Rudow, 1886)
 Agrothereutes spectabilis (Rudow, 1886)
 Agrothereutes destitutus Vollenhoven, 1879
 Agrothereutes dispar (Thomson, 1873)
 Agrothereutes batavus Vollenhoven, 1873
 Agrothereutes brevipennis (Marshall, 1867)
 Agrothereutes leucomerus (Ratzeburg, 1852)
 Agrothereutes evanescens (Ratzeburg, 1852)
 Agrothereutes ocellator (Zetterstedt, 1838)
 Agrothereutes incubitor (Gravenhorst, 1829)
 Agrothereutes tibiator (Gravenhorst, 1829)
 Agrothereutes marginellus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
 Agrothereutes hopei (Gravenhorst, 1829)
 Agrothereutes pygoleucus (Gravenhorst, 1829)
 Agrothereutes breviator (Thunberg, 1822)
 Agrothereutes abbreviator (Fabricius, 1798)

References

Cryptinae
Insects described in 1794
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius


title: Peter Van de Wetering

text:
Peter Van de Wetering (July 6, 1931 – May 28, 2014) was a Dutch-born American horticulturist and nurseryman. Van de Wetering won the commission to plant 10,000 daffodils at United Nations Plaza in New York City beginning in 1958. He and his nursery, Van de Wetering Greenhouses, were also responsible to landscape and plant thousands of tulips, begonias, and other plants along Manhattan's Park Avenue since 1959.

Biography

Early life
He was born in Naaldwijk, South Holland, Netherlands, on July 6, 1931, to Anton Van de Wetering and Catherine (née Van Went). He was raised in The Hague, where his father grew tulips and vegetables in the family greenhouses. He departed the Netherlands for New York City on board the Volander, a Dutch Troopship, in 1951 at the age of 19. Van de Wetering served in the United States Army from 1951 until 1953 after receiving a pardon from Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, which exempted him from serving in the Dutch armed forces.

Van de Wetering was hired by a nursery owner from Long Island after arriving in the U.S. He was then worked for as a deliveryman for a Park Avenue florist in Manhattan during the 1950s. His customers on the Upper East Side included Gloria Vanderbilt. Van de Wetering opened his first nursery on the North Fork of Long Island in the late 1950s. His business started in a small, wooden greenhouse, where he cultivated a small crop of tomatoes to sell at local grocery stores. It would expand immensely over the next few decades, thanks, in part, to a series of major commissions in New York City. The business grew into a complex of greenhouses located in Jamesport, New York, by the 2000s.

United Nations Plaza and Park Avenue
In 1958, Van de Wetering was commissioned by the United Nations to plant 10,000 daffodils at United Nations Plaza. The commission to provide the UN with flowers marked his first major commission. Still, Van de Wetering recalled a mix of hits and misses during his early years, which he spoke of during a 2013 interview with the New York Times, "There wasn't much knowledge at that time...I remember I was asked to check a planting that was done and I found that the entire bed of hyacinth bulbs were planted upside down."

In 1959, one year as receiving the United Nations' job, Van de Wetering was commissioned by the city of New York to plant tulips and landscape the centers malls on Park Avenue. The commission, which focused on a half-mile section of Park Avenue from 54th Street to 86th Street, became the focus of much of Van de Wetering's professional career for more than 50 years, from 1959 to the 2010s.

Van de Wetering worked as Park Avenue's main gardener, planting his trademark tulips for the city throughout the 1960s. In the 1970s, philanthropist Mary Lasker retained Van de Wetering when she began funding much the landscaping on Park Avenue (New York City was nearly bankrupt at the time). However, while the relationship between Van de Wetering and Lasker was not always smooth, it proved beneficial to all parties, "She was not easy...But if you did things right, she recommended you to the whole world, to all her friends. She wanted value for her money. And she was the one who put me in business."

In 1980, the Fund for Park Avenue, took over responsibility for the maintenance and funding of Park Avenue's landscaping. Van de Wetering and the Fund worked on Park Avenue's flowers and landscaping for more than thirty years. The Fund for Park Avenue made the choice of tulip colors and themes each year based on Van de Wetering's recommendations. Van de Wetering and his gardeners replaced the bulbs each year. His responsibilities for Park Avenue expanded over the years from tulips to include year-round landscaping. He grew more than 30,000 begonias, which replaced the tulips once they have finished flowering, at the Van de Wetering Greenhouses in Jamesport. He and his greenhouse became responsible for each season ranging from tulips and cherry trees in the spring to lit pine trees during the holidays and winter. The business became a family operation. His son, Anton Van de Wetering, became Vice President, while daughters Marion and Karen helped found the business and took prominent roles in the day-to-day operations.

Peter Van de Wetering, a longtime resident of Riverhead, New York, died at his home on May 28, 2014, at the age of 82. He was survived by his wife, Joyce; and their children, Marion, Anton and Karen Gravagna. Van de Wetering married Joyce Van Steekelenburg on January 2, 1965 at a ceremony in Kwintsheul, Netherlands. He had promised her that they would purchase a second home in the Netherlands after she moved to the United States. He was buried in Wading River Cemetery in Wading River, New York.

References

1931 births
2014 deaths
American horticulturists
Dutch horticulturists
Floriculturists
American gardeners
American landscape and garden designers
Park Avenue
Dutch emigrants to the United States
United States Army soldiers
People from Riverhead (town), New York
People from Naaldwijk


title: Shin'ya Waku

text:
, also known by its English title The Midnight Broadcasting is a compilation album by Japanese rock band Tokyo Jihen, released on August 29, 2012. It predominantly compiled B-sides from the band's singles, as well as a DVD exclusive song and a previously unreleased song, "Tadanaranu Kankei".

Background and development

In early 2012, vocalist Ringo Sheena announced that the band would disband, after releasing their final extended play Color Bars and performing their farewell tour Bon Voyage in February 2012. In February 2012, the band released Tokyo Collection, a compilation of the band's songs performed live at different events and tours the band undertook.

The album was first announced on June 15, 2012, along with the band's DVD Chin Play Kō Play, released on the same date. In 2008, Sheena had released a similar B-side compilation, Watashi to Hōden, for her 10th anniversary celebrations.

The album's artwork was produced by Aki of the anime producers collective Nein. Sheena gave the character the name .

Contents

The band released 11 B-sides between 2004 and 2007 (their 2010 digital single "Tengoku e Yōkoso / Dopa-mint!" and 2011 single "Sora ga Natteiru / Onna no Ko wa Dare Demo" did not feature any). Of these, only two were entirely written and composed by vocalist Ringo Sheena: "Kokoro" and "Rakujitsu". Three songs were pianist Ichiyo Izawa's compositions: "Pinocchio", "Gaman" and "Kaban no Nakami", while two were guitarist Ukigumo's: "BB.Queen" and "Karada". The song "Kao" was composed by the band's original guitarist Mikio Hirama, and is a vocal duet with him.

Three of the songs were covers of American songs. "Sono Onna Fushidara ni Tsuki" is a cover of the 1937 standard "The Lady Is a Tramp". "Dynamite" is a cover of the 1957 song by Brenda Lee, and "Koi wa Maboroshi (Get It Up for Love)" is a cover of a Ned Doheny's song from his 1976 album Hard Candy. All of these songs were performed in English.

"Handsome Sugite" is a song that appeared on the band's 2011 CS Channel DVD, which compiled Dai Hakken era videos. It was composed by Sheena, with lyrics by music video director Yuichi Kodama. While the song was also released digitally at the time, its appearance on Shin'ya Waku is the first time appearing on a physical release. "Tadanaranu Kankei" is a previously unpublished song written by Ukigumo, with additional lyrics by Sheena, that was given an additional title in English, "And the Beat Goes On".

The album features six songs sung in Japanese, along with seven sung in English (including the three cover songs). Translator Robbie Clark worked on Sheena's lyrics to create English language versions of what she had written.

Promotion and release

To promote the release, the unpublished song "Tadanaranu Kankei" was released as a ringtone on August 8, and as a digital download exclusive to iTunes on August 15. The members were unsatisfied with releasing the song as solely audio, so briefly reformed in order to shoot a music video for the collection. The video was first published on August 8, 2012, and was directed by Yuichi Kodama.

The song was successful enough to peak at number six on Billboard's Japan Hot 100 chart, and number nine on their Japan Adult Contemporary Airplay chart in September 2012. The video was also successful, being nominated at the 2013 Space Shower Music Video Awards.

Critical reception

The compilation was received positively by critics. Reviewer Reiko Tsuzura felt even though the songs were varied by nature, compiling them as an album made them as catchy as an original album. CDJournal reviewers believed the collection diluted Sheena's voice, and revealed aspects of the band that were not solely her.

Track listing

Each song's original single or DVD is listed in italics, along with the original release year.

Charts

Sales

Release history

References

2012 compilation albums
Tokyo Jihen albums
Japanese-language albums


title: Slovak Football League

text:
The Slovak Football League () is a national American Football league in Slovakia. The league was founded in 2011 by the Slovak Association of American Football; there are seven teams that compete in the league today.

Teams
Bratislava Monarchs
Cassovia Steelers
Nitra Knights
Trnava Bulldogs
Žilina Warriors
Zvolen Patriots

Former teams
Banská Bystrica Daemons
Smolenice Eagles
Topoľčany Kings

Champions

Historical Stats

References

External links
The Official Website of the Slovak Association of American Football

American football in Slovakia
American football leagues in Europe
Sports leagues established in 2011
Amer
2011 establishments in Slovakia


title: Pedro Lenz

text:
Pedro Lenz (born 8 March 1965 in Langenthal) is a Swiss writer.

Life
Lenz studied Spanish literature at the University of Bern. He has worked full-time as a writer since 2001.

He writes columns for several newspapers in Switzerland, including the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and WOZ Die Wochenzeitung. He is also active in Bern's spoken word scene, performing as part of the Hohe Stirnen ('high foreheads') group. He lives in Olten.

His 2010 novel Der Goalie bin ig – written in Swiss German – won several prizes and was translated into Scots by Donal McLaughlin under the title Naw Much of a Talker. The novel was made into a film  (English title: I Am the Keeper) that was a major winner at the 2014 Swiss Film Awards with seven nominations from which it won four trophies including Best Feature Film. The film, directed by Sabine Boss, is notable for its dialogue in Bernese German. The film played at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2014.

Works
 Die Welt ist ein Taschentuch. Gedichte von da, von dort und von drüben. X-Time, Bern 2002, .
 Momente mit Menschen. Ein Mosaik. 71 Portraits. Stämpfli, Bern 2002, .
 Tarzan in der Schweiz. Gesammelte Kolumnen zur gesprochenen Sprache. X-Time, Bern 2003, .
 Das Kleine Lexikon der Provinzliteratur. Bilger, Zürich 2005, .
 Plötzlech hets di am Füdle. Banale Geschichten. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2008, .
 Der Goalie bin ig. Roman. Verlag Der gesunde Menschenversand, Luzern 2010, .
 Tanze wi ne Schmätterling. Die Coiffeuse und der Boxer. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2010, .
 (Hrsg.) Carl Albert Loosli: Loosli für die Jackentasche. Geschichten, Gedichte und Satiren. Rotpunkt, Zürich 2010, .
 Liebesgschichte, Roman, Cosmos, Muri bei Bern, 2012, .
 I bi meh aus eine. Die bemerkenswerte Geschichte eines Emmentaler Siedlers. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern, 2012, .
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 Wienachtsgschichte – von Klaus Schädelin bis Pedro Lenz Cosmos, Muri bei Bern, 2014, .
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Works in English
 Naw Much of a Talker, Translator Donal McLaughlin, Freight Books, 2013,

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Swiss writers
1965 births
Living people
People from Langenthal


title: Dominique Pandor

text:
Dominique Pandor (born 15 May 1993) is a Martiniquais professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Championnat National 2 club Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC.

Career
In January 2019, Pandor moved to Sedan. He left the club at the end of the season and was without club until 9 December 2019, where he signed with Championnat National club Gazélec Ajaccio on a deal for the rest of the season with an option for one further year. In July 2020, he moved to Championnat National 2 club Les Herbiers.

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1993 births
Living people
People from La Trinité, Martinique
Men's association football midfielders
Martiniquais men's footballers
Martinique men's international footballers
French men's footballers
France men's youth international footballers
French people of Martiniquais descent
Championnat National 2 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
Championnat National players
La Gauloise de Trinité (football) players
AS Monaco FC players
Stade Brestois 29 players
US Boulogne players
CS Sedan Ardennes players
CA Bastia players
Stade Lavallois players
Gazélec Ajaccio players
Les Herbiers VF players
Andrézieux-Bouthéon FC players
Martiniquais expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate men's footballers
French expatriate sportspeople in Monaco
Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco