title: Holocausto Canibal

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Holocausto Canibal (Portuguese for 'Cannibal Holocaust') is a Portuguese goregrind band based in Rio Tinto. Formed in 1997, the band has released one demo, six studio albums, three EPs, four splits and a compilation album and is considered one of the most well known Portuguese extreme metal acts in the scene today.

The band's sound is heavily influenced by such acts as Carcass, Impetigo, Dead Infection, and Blood and Deranged. They fuse goregrind with some death metal elements, while the lyrics are mainly focused on gore, sexual perversion and paraphilias, all written and sang in Portuguese.

History

1997–2002: Early days, first reactions and Gonorreia Visceral
Holocausto Canibal was established in the Fall of 1997 by bassist Z. Pedro, who recruited vocalist Ricardo S., guitar player Nuno P. and drummer J. Lamelas, forming the first official line-up.

Taking its name from Ruggero Deodato's cult horror movie Cannibal Holocaust, the band's logo was created by artist Christophe Szpajdel, who had previously designed the logos for Emperor and Arcturus, among other acts. By choosing this name the band intended to pay homage to the movie and its director, which were the main inspiration for their sound, aesthetics and live performances.

The first songs were created fast and Holocausto Canibal made their first live appearance on March 22, 1998, at the Discoteca Cairo in Oporto.

After a short run of shows throughout the country, the band gathered to record their first and only demo, named "oPus I", which consisted of a rehearsal recording of the band's current set. Released in 1998, "oPus I" received good reviews from the local and national zines and rapidly marked Holocausto Canibal's place in the Portuguese scene.

Still in 1998, Z. Pedro and Nuno P. visited the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Oporto for a photo session to be published in Loud! Magazine (Portugal's biggest metal magazine) first number when they met Prof. José Eduardo Pinto da Costa (a known Portuguese doctor and professor in the field of forensics), a moment that crucially influenced the band's lyrical approach to gore and horror themes. The professor gave them an atlas of medicine that has been the main inspiration to their lyrics ever since. These have become known in Portugal for the use of technical terms and subjects and for their complexity.

One year later, vocalist Ricardo S. left and Carlos stepped in to handle all vocal duties, while the band entered the Rec'n'Gore Studios to record their first album. Entitled Gonorreia Visceral, it was released in February 2000 via So Die Music and consolidated the band's position in the scene, in a time when the black metal boom was taking place in Portugal and most Portuguese death metal and grindcore bands were waning, allowing them to play the biggest extreme music gatherings in Portugal.

Gonorreia Visceral was the first Portuguese album to feature a gory artwork designed with true photos and not drawings. This would become a trademark of the band from that moment on since every subsequent artwork was conceived in a similar way.

Due to the violence of its artworks, lyrics and live performances (known for the use of surgical tools, chainsaws, blood and meat), Holocausto Canibal quickly started to grab the attention of the Portuguese media.

In February and April 2000, respectively, drummer J. Lamelas and vocalist Carlos abandoned and  Ricardo S. was brought back to fill in the vocalist spot and found a new drummer, Ivan S.

Completed by bassist Z. Pedro and guitarist Nuno P., the band would cross their native country spreading their sound in infamous live performances.

2002–06: Sublime Massacre Corpóreo and international exposure

However, international recognition only came with their second full-length, Sublime Massacre Corpóreo, released in 2002 once again through So Die Music.

In 2001 the band entered Grave Studios in Braga (Portugal) to record the album whose songs such as "Violada Pela Motosserra", "Porno Hardgore" and "Cadavérica Ejaculação Espasmódica" quickly became classics of the genre in the Portuguese scene and featured current Anathema keyboardist, Daniel Cardoso, on keyboards.

Sublime Massacre Corpóreo defined their sound and was their first record to cross the Portuguese border thanks to the wide distribution through Europe and North and South America. It was also this album that permitted Holocausto Canibal to go abroad, this time with C. Guerra as session vocalist, who entered the band following the departure of Ricardo S. in November 2003 who decided to dedicate his time to his newborn daughter.

April 2003 saw the arrival of guitarist Nuno T., who filled the spot of a second guitar and Holocausto Canibal became a five piece for the first time but not for long, since he left the band in July 2004.

With this line-up the band played their first shows in Czech Republic and Germany in various venues and became the first Portuguese outfit to ever play in festivals such as Fuck The Commerce VII (2004) in Germany (which was their first show outside Portugal and Spain)  and Obscene Extreme Fest (in 2005) in Czech Republic.

One year later, Holocausto Canibal signed a deal with German Cudgel Agency to record and release their third album, Opusgenitalia.

In December 2005, preparing this release and anticipating a long touring cycle, they added a new guitar player, Eduardo F., forming a quintet for the second time in the band's history. Once again this formation would not last due to Nuno P.'s departure in the end of 2006.

2006–11: Opusgenitalia
Opusgenitalia was recorded by a line-up consisting of bassist Z. Pedro, guitarist Nuno P. and drummer Ivan S., but this time they called in Max T. to track vocals, an invitation that would be renewed in both Gorefilia and Larvas.

Although choosing once again the Grave Studios to record and mix this new opus, mastering duties were handled in Germany at the MegaWimp Studios.

After several delays due to the graphic nature of the artwork (that was constantly censored by German authorities), Opusgenitalia was finally released in 2006 and featured a more brutal, fast and intense songwriting, pushing the band's sound into a brand new level of aggressiveness and obscenity. Songs like "Fetofilia - Incestuosa Sodomia Fetal", "Vulva Rasgada", "Amizade Fálica" and "Empalada Via Espinal Dorsal - Empalamento II" would grow into marks of the genre in Portugal, just as had happened before with some of Sublime Massacre Corpóreos tunes.

This album was massively distributed worldwide and presented the band to brand new audiences, allowing them to tour new countries as Slovakia, Hungary, Finland, Italy, Austria and in various festivals such as Antitrend Bizarre Leprous Fest 2, Fekal Party 9, Fuck The Commerce XI (this time as co-headliners), Deathfeast Open Air 2008, Tattoo Deathfest 2010, among others.

From April to June 2006 drummer Ivan S. was forced to take some time off the band to recover from a leg injury. Diogo P. (who at the time played drums in Fetal Incest, where Z. Pedro also performed bass duties) was called to fill in on drums in the shows that were confirmed in that period.

The first overseas appearance was about to happen in 2008, since the band was confirmed to play the Central Illinois Metalfest held in Illinois, USA on July 19, but due to a regression of Ivan S.' leg injury this incursion did not take place.

Ivan S. left the band in September 2009 and Diogo P. stepped in as the official drummer. At this time the official line-up consisted in Z. Pedro (bass - the only remaining founding member), C. Guerra (vocals), Eduardo F. (guitar) and Diogo P. (drums), and the band started to prepare their next full-length release.

In April 2011 guitarist António C. was added as a guest member to assist in their live shows.

Shortly after, the band was invited by Portuguese director Tiago Pereira to be a part of the "A Música Portuguesa A Gostar Dela Própria" (Portuguese for "The Portuguese Music Enjoying Itself") project, which consists in an online music video archive created by Tiago Pereira and Joana Barra Vaz to demonstrate the diversification of Portuguese music. The videos were shot outdoor in strange places, completely disconnected from the artists' sound. Holocausto Canibal was the first metal band to be featured in this project, participating with the song "Gorgasmos - Orgásmicos Espasmos Gore" from their first album.

2011–14: Gorefilia
2011 was also the year that saw the band's return to the studio to record their new opus. Choosing 213 Studios and producer Bruno Silva to record and Hertz Studios in Poland with producers Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawski (known for their work with bands like Vader, Behemoth and Decapitated) to handle mixing and mastering duties, Gorefilia was released in 2012 through Xtreem Music (worldwide) and Raising Legends/Raging Planet Records (Portugal).

Gorefilia is known for being the band's most mature, complete and darker work, being described by them as a concept album involving sexual arousal and gratification towards sexual behavior that is atypical and extreme. It features contributions from notable musicians of the Portuguese scene, such as prominent rapper Fuse (Dealema), Portuguese gothic musician Charles Sangnoir (La Chanson Noire), Miguel Newton (from the Portuguese punk rock stars Mata-Ratos), and morbid novelist David Soares, among others.

The band's return to full-lengths six years after Opusgenitalia, Gorefilia was critically acclaimed, being highly recommended by Terrorizer ("A nasty helping of Portuguese gore Metal, anyone? Look no further than these mighty legends, brootal is an understatement!" they wrote)  and gave them the opportunity to shoot their first ever music videos for the songs "Objectofilia Platónica"  and "Lactofilia Destalhada".

The video for the first single, "Objectofilia Platónica", was premiered at the national TV show Curto Circuito on November 22, 2012.

A new touring cycle began right after Gorefilias release in April 2012 at the Steel Warrior's Rebellion - Barroselas Metalfest XV, and a few weeks after vocalist C. Guerra left the band. Following this event, longtime vocalist Ricardo S. stepped in once more, this time as a session vocalist.

Having spent the whole year of 2012 touring Portugal, 2013 marked the return to the foreign stages, touring Spain, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, playing festivals as the Obscene Extreme 2013 (Czech Republic), Extremefest 2013 (Germany), Carnage Feast 2013 (Switzerland)  and Vulgar Fest VIII (Italy).

Due to the exposure given to Gorefilia by media and fans, the band was invited by Portuguese sculptor João Onofre and contemporary art museum Fundação de Serralves' curator Isabel Braga to be a part of the "Box Sized DIE" exhibition that took place on November 30, 2013, and February 23, 2014, at the premises of the Palácio de Cristal, in Oporto.

"Box Sized Die" is a 183 cm black metal cube padded with acoustic foam. Referencing a minimalist sculpture by Tony Smith, Onofre invited Holocausto Canibal to perform inside it, joining the ranks of Konkhra, Gorod, among other bands that were also part of this performance. The work has no fixed duration, instead the idea is that the band performs until they feel that the oxygen is running out. The performance ends when the band opens the box's door due to fear of asphyxiation.

The first performance was interrupted by the artist at the 27-minute mark fearing the band members were fainting, but set a new record since no other band had played for so long before. However, in the second performance Holocausto Canibal broke their own record and played non-stop for 35 minutes.

2014–present
Gorefilia'''s promotion cycle ended in October 2013 and the band quickly focused on recording four new songs, once again dividing their time between 213 Studios with Bruno Silva for recording and Hertz Studios with Slawek and Wojtek Wieslawsky taking care of mix and mastering process.

With a contract signed with cult Czech label Bizarre Leprous Production, the band released the Larvas EP in May 2014 and started to prepare another extensive touring cycle in promoting to this new release. In that same month they toured the United Kingdom for the first time and after a few months they played South America for the first time in an extensive tour through Brazil.

Live activities did not cease and yet in 2014 they made their debut in the Netherlands, co-headlining the Grindfeast XL in Arnhem, a country they returned to in April 2015, to play the Neurotic Deathfest in Tilburg, the greatest indoor death metal and grindcore oriented festival in Europe, becoming the first Portuguese band to ever play it.

The band's next touring schedule included Germany's Party.San Festival 2015, Austria's Rape The Escape Festival 2015  and the Frankfurt Death Fest in 2016.

In an article featured on Portuguese Loud! magazine on the tenth anniversary of Sublime Massacre Corpóreo, Holocausto Canibal revealed their plans to re-record oPus I and Gonorreia Visceral as part of the 15th year celebration of the release of their first album. A few months later, in an interview on Larvas, they confirmed this intention and pointed out 2015 as the release date of this record, also revealing that they are already working on a new full-length.

A 7-inch split with Welsh death metal band Desecration was released in 2015, while in March of the same year it was known that they were working with Swedish producer and musician Dan Swanö for their new releases.

 Media exposure
Due to the brutality of their sound, lyrics and aesthetics, Holocausto Canibal has grabbed the attention of the Portuguese media since their early days, being featured in eight TV reports about extreme music, broadcast in prime time by ten different TV stations, which is a unique case concerning extreme bands in Portugal.

Their first TV appearance occurred in 1999 in a report about extreme music called "Sons Do Extremo", conducted by Portuguese journalist Margarida Marante in the "Esta Semana" TV show, broadcast in the SIC TV channel. The report featured an interview to Z. Pedro, J. Lamelas and Carlos and excerpts from a show on October 5, 1999, in Oporto.

In the first edition of the Portuguese Big Brother reality show, aired in 2000, contestants were granted online access to purchase Christmas presents for their family and friends. One of the chosen gifts was a copy of Holocausto Canibal's first album Gonorreia Visceral and the act was immediately followed by a long conversation about the band and extreme music.

Later, around 2002, Z. Pedro was interviewed by Portuguese journalist Carlos Pinto Coelho for the Acontece TV show (broadcast in RTP 2, RTP África and RTP Internacional channels).

Some known Portuguese celebrities were also found talking or promoting the band in known TV shows, such as Portuguese writer José Luís Peixoto, who was interviewed in the "Câmara Clara" TV show (broadcast in RTP 2, RTP África and RTP Internacional channels) and recited a poem from Fernando Pessoa wearing a Holocausto Canibal T-shirt.

Holocausto Canibal was also the first metal band featured in the Aquário TV show (aired in the Porto Canal channel), in January 2009. The band was invited by host Sérgio Mourão to perform live a full set, which included the songs "Cadavérica Ejaculação Espasmódica", "Empalamento", "Punição Anal", "Fetofilia - Incestuosa Sodomia Fetal" and "Vulva Rasgada", among others.

The band was also mentioned and the inspiration for the sketch "Bichas Modernas - Manifestação Contra Concerto De Sizzla", featured on the Estado de Graça TV show (broadcast in April 2012 in the RTP 1 channel) and interpreted by Portuguese comedians Joaquim Monchique, Manuel Marques and Eduardo Madeira, which was later included in the DVD "Estado De Graça - Best Of, Vol. 1".

In 2011 the band was invited by Portuguese director Tiago Pereira to be a part of the "A Música Portuguesa A Gostar Dela Própria" (Portuguese for "The Portuguese Music Enjoying Itself") project, which consists in an online music video archive created by Tiago Pereira and Joana Barra Vaz to demonstrate the diversification of Portuguese music. The videos were shot outdoor in strange places, completely disconnected from the artists' sound. Holocausto Canibal was the first metal band to be featured in this project, participating with the song "Gorgasmos - Orgásmicos Espasmos Gore" from their first album   and in February 2012 this song was shown in a report about this project in the "Telejornal" TV show (broadcast in the RTP 1 channel).

The video for the first single, "Objectofilia Platónica", was premiered at the national TV show Curto Circuito (broadcast in the SIC Radical channel) on November 22, 2012.

Current lineup
Jose Pedro - bass (1997–present)
Diogo Pereira - drums (2009–present)
Antonio Carvalho - guitar (2011–present)
R. Orca - vocals (2017–present)

Past members
Joao Lamelas - drums (1997-2000)
 Nuno Pereira - guitar (1997-2003, 2004-2006, 2010)
Ivan Saraiva - drums (1997-2009)
Ricardo Silva - vocals (1997-1999, 2000-2003, 2012–2017)
Carlos - vocals (1999-2000)
Daniel Cardoso - keyboard (2002)
Nuno Teixeira - guitar (2003-2004)
Carlos Guerro - vocals (2003-2012)
Max Tome - vocals (2005-2014)
Eduardo Fernandez - guitar, vocals (2005-2018)

 Discography
Holocausto Canibal released six full-lengths, two EPs, three splits, one compilation, one demo and participated in numerous tribute albums released all over the world. Their releases were widely distributed through more than 14 different labels from countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Portugal, United States, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Mexico, Austria, among others.

The full-lengths are Gonorreia Visceral, Sublime Massacre Corpóreo, Opusgenitalia and Gorefilia, while Visceral Massacre Memorabilia was a compilation of the first two albums with previous unreleased material.

They released the Compêndio de Aversões tape EP consisting of previously unreleased covers, and Larvas, an EP containing four new songs, six live tracks recorded at the Obscene Extreme Fest 2013 and three remixes of songs from Gorefilia.

The band also released four splits, the first one being with Italian grinders Grimness 69 in 2003, and the second with Mixomatosis. The third split (with German Kadaverficker) was released exclusively at the Extremefest in 2013 and rapidly sold out. The fourth split was with Wales' Desecration.

Being very active in compilation appearances, Holocausto Canibal participated in numerous tributes to bands such as Dead Infection, Cock and Ball Torture and the Portuguese punk rock stars Mata-Ratos.

 Studio albums
 Gonorreia Visceral (2000)
 Sublime Massacre Corpóreo (2002)
 Opusgenitalia (2006)
 Gorefilia (2012)
 Catalépsia Necrótica (2017)
 Crueza Ferina (2022)

 Live albums
 No Sleep 'Til Trutnov - Live at Obscene Extreme (2016)
 Assintonia Hertziana (2019)

 EPs and splits
 Libido Dispareunia (split CD with Grimness 69) (2003)
 Morbosa Carnosidade Putrefacta (split CD with Mixomatosis) (2005)
 Holocausto Canibal/Kadaverficker (7-inch split with Kadaverficker) (2013)
 Compêndio de Aversões (cassette EP) (2013)
 Larvas  (CD EP) (2014)
 Intravisceral Exhibition (7-inch split with Desecration) (2015)

 Compilations
 Visceral Massacre Memorabilia (2008)

 Demos
 oPus I (tape) (1998)

 DVD
 Obscene Extreme 2005 (Obscene Productions) (2005)
 Fekal Party 9 (L'Infantille Collective) (2011)

 Other releases
  Promúsica #45 (compilation, Promúsica) (2000)
  Divergências (compilation, Independent Rec.) (2004)
  Obscene Extreme 2005 (compilation, Obscene Productions) (2005)
  Lithanies Of Purulent Death (compilation, Infernal Scum Recs.) (2006)
 Círculo De Fogo #4 - Melomania (compilation) (2008)
 Tribute To Porn (compilation, Idle Hands Destroy Lives) (2009)
 100 Bands Who Do 10 Sec. Of Stuff On A 7-inch EP (compilation, N.H.D.I.Y.S.T. Records) (2010)
 Grind Your Fucking Face Off!!! (compilation, Idle Hands Destroy Lives) (2010)
 In Gore We Grind III - A Collection Of Killers (compilation, Bootleg Rec./Buried In Hell) (2010)
 Splatter Fetish II (compilation, Parkinson Wankfist Pleasures/Alarma Rec.) (2010)
 Covers, C* e Mamas: o Tributo Ideal - Mata-Ratos Tribute (Hellxis Records) (2010)
 Bulldozers United: A Tribute to C*ck And Ball Torture (Mierdas Prod.) (2011)
 Goth'n'Rock Productions: IV Chapter  (Raising Legends Records) (2012)
 Obscene Extreme 2013 (compilation, Obscene Productions) (2013)
 Spanish (and guests) Tribute to Dead Infection (Base Records) (2014)
 13 Metal Compilation Vol. III (2014)
 Tribute To Blood (2014)
 Decreto 3.927 (Raging Planet Records) (2014)
 Dead Infection and Friends: Mexican Tribute To The Gods Of Gore Grind'' (Gore Cannibal Records) (2015)

References

External links

 Official website

1997 establishments in Portugal
Musical groups established in 1997
Portuguese grindcore musical groups


title: Museum of Estonian Architecture

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Estonian Museum of Architecture () is an architecture museum in Tallinn, Estonia. It is located in the Rotermann quarter. The museum is a member of ICAM.

History
The museum was established on 1 January 1991 to document, preserve, and inform visitors of the history of Estonian architecture and its development today. The museum began operating in a temporary space at Kooli 7 in Tallinn's Old Town, where the collections were located in the medieval Loewenschede Tower. In 1996, the museum moved to the Rotermann Salt Storage. The building was opened to the public on June 7, 1996.

Building
The arched cellar of the building, which was completed according to a project drafted by Baltic-German engineer Ernst Boustedt in 1908, was space for salt storage. The Salt Storage was reconstructed in 1995–1996 according to a project by architect Ülo Peil and interior architect Taso Mähar (both from the architecture bureau Urbel & Peil). During the course of this reconstruction, the structure – which was originally a single storey – was divided into multiple floors with an intermediary ceiling and galleries in order to thus offer a greater number of exhibition spaces possessing different characters.

Collections
The collections of the museum are categorized into archive, photo, model, furniture and art collections. There are approximately 11500 items in the Archive Collection along with city plans, building projects, architectural drawings, photographs, and manuscripts. The Photo Collection has almost 18000 items (photographs and negatives). Over 200 items (construction models of different architectures) are exhibited in the Model Collection of the museum.Furniture and Art collections also contains items associated with architects, like pieces of furniture, drawings, paintings and graphics designed by architects.

See also
 Estonian Museum of Natural History
 Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design

References

External links

Architecture museums
Museums in Estonia
Museums in Tallinn
Museums established in 1991


title: Amanjaya Specialist Centre

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The Amanjaya Specialist Centre is a hospital that opened in August 2014 in Sungai Petani in the Malaysian state of Kedah. Funded in part by the Malaysian Federal government, it is reported as being the first hospital in Malaysia that will meet the "Green Building Index" criteria.

References

External links

Hospitals in Kedah
Hospitals established in 2014
2014 establishments in Malaysia


title: Clint Miller (musician)

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Clint Miller (born August 11, 1984) is an American musician and writer.

Music

Miller released Ballad of a Modern Day Cowboy: a Tragedy in Three Acts through his own independent label in 2006. In the United Kingdom, music critic Del Day noted, “There are few braver and indeed industrious records than this being released these days... given that there are elements of country, blues, soul, jazz and bluegrass here and that Miller plays no less than fourteen instruments overall.” American historian, reporter, and music critic Joe Tennis described Miller’s vocal work as “a perfect vehicle for these 21 tales of woe on the road.”  In the Netherlands, music critic Wim Bolujt wrote, “Hoe origineel en goed gespeeld ook…” (“How original and well played too…”). Appalachian music critic Mike Clark wrote, “He’s one heck of a musician as well, playing almost every instrument heard on Ballad of a Modern Day Cowboy… Miller is one of those once-in-a-lifetime writer/performers.”

After releasing the album, Miller was accepted into Harvard College, and in 2009 he was honored with an Artist Development Fellowship awarded by the Office of the Arts. With equipment he acquired through this Fellowship, Miller explored new avenues for music production and also began creating customized monaural and binaural beats.

Miller worked to popularize blues, ragtime, and bluegrass at Harvard, spreading awareness through festivals like Arts First and Cultural Rhythms  while also being selected to speak and perform at the Harvard Bluegrass Symposium. Scott Lozier, at the Harvard Arts Blog, wrote "I think they should start casting the Grammy statues for Clint. What a musician."

Poetry and Philosophy
Miller’s first publication was a book of philosophy in verse, The Book of Change, which was released by Cambridge Scholars Publishing in the United Kingdom in 2007.

Drama
Miller’s first play, Fate as It Relates to Cats and God, was staged at the famous Barter Theatre during the Young Playwrights Festival in 2002. Miller's next play, Our Diamond, went on to be performed all across America. It was published by Baker's Plays in 2009 and is now published by Samuel French. His most recent play, An Experiment, was staged at the Harvard Playwrights Festival in 2011. Miller's plays introduce new techniques for breaking the fourth wall to engage audiences unprecedented ways.

Research
Miller was invited to Zhengzhou University in 2012 by Dr. Li Ying, and he began to design and conduct original experiments in the Psychology Department. He and his new team of post grad assistants explored collective intelligence and group wisdom. A portion of the experiments used monaural and binaural beats to manipulate the perception of time for targeted groups of people, leading Miller to joke that he "invented time travel in China."

References

External links
 The Clint Miller official website

1984 births
Living people
Harvard University alumni


title: Florens van der Houff

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Florens Pietersz van der Houff (c.1600 – 12 November 1657), was a magistrate and mayor of Haarlem who became a member of the Admiralty of Amsterdam during the years 1655 - 1657.

Biography
He was born in Delft as the son of the mayor Pieter van der Houff and his wife Bartha van Adrichem. He married Risje, the daughter of Johan Claesz Loo on 10 June 1624. He is portrayed as lieutenant in the militia group portrait (schutterstuk) by Pot The Officers of the St Adrian Militia Company in 1630 and again as captain in The Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1639 by Frans Hals, where he is standing between Lt. Cornelis Coning and Captain Nicolaes Grisz Grauwert looking over at his father-in-law. He later became mayor of Haarlem and governor of Het Dolhuys as well as the Oude Mannenhuis. He also served as church warden in Haarlem and as a member of the admiralty of Amsterdam in 1655-1657.

He died in Haarlem and his estate included several paintings by leading Haarlem painters, of which there were portraits of himself, his wife, his father-in-law, and Jacobus Buttinga.

References

Floris Pietersz. van der Hoef on KNAW website

1600s births
1657 deaths
Mayors of Haarlem
People from Delft
Frans Hals


title: PFF National Training Center

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The PFF National Training Center or the National Football Center is a football ground at the San Lazaro Leisure and Business Park in Carmona, Cavite.

History
Plans to construct a football facility in Carmona, Cavite were announced as early as June 2014. The Philippine Football Federation signed a lease agreement for rights to land occupying an area of  to build a training center, initially known as the National Teams Training Center, to be built under the $500 thousand FIFA Goal Project 3.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the facility located within the San Lazaro Leisure and Business Park of the Manila Jockey Club was held on 30 November 2014 and was led by then FIFA President Sepp Blatter. It was projected to be complete by 2015 but the facility was inaugurated two years later.

The facility was formally inaugurated on 9 September 2017 which included the turnover ceremony of its main field, the FIFA Football Turf. After the launch the first two football matches were held in field. The first women's football match held in the field was a friendly between the University of the Philippines and the De La Salle University while the first men's football match was an official Ang Liga pre-season match between the San Beda College and the Ateneo de Manila University. The former secured a 3–0 win over the latter. On the same day the groundbreaking ceremony for a new PFF House of Football within the center was made.

FIFA Football Turf
The training center hosts an international-sized artificial turf, the FIFA Football Turf which is accredited with a FIFA two-star field rating. The pitch of the artificial pitch was by United States firm, ATC Global and has a dimension of 105 x 68 m (344 x 223 ft). Upon its inauguration the seating capacity of the FIFA Football Turf is about 1,000 to 1,200. Earlier in 2014, plans of a viewing area of about 20,000 to 30,000 capacity was reported.

Lighting towers with an intensity of 900 lux is planned to be installed by the end of 2018. There are plans to convert the pitch into a stadium.

Other pitches
Two miniature artificial turfs measuring  will be installed beside the main football pitch which are meant for recreation use and hosting of festival competitions. Likewise the grass area in the middle of the Manila Jockey Club's racetrack is also planned to be converted into a football field.

Use
The facility is planned to serve as the training ground of both the men's and women's national football teams of the Philippines. Both senior and youth teams utilize the facility. Within September 2017, the Youth Football League plans to hold their matches at the center.

The center hosted matches of the second round of the 2017 PFF Women's League. The women's national team used the venue in March 2018 as part of their preparation for their 2018 AFC Women's Asian Cup stint.

Ownership
The Manila Jockey Club leases the land to the Philippine Football Federation, as secondary ground to Rizal Memorial Stadium. The PFF has leasing rights to the land which is valid until 2039.

See also
List of football stadiums in the Philippines
New Clark City Athletics Stadium
Philippine Sports Stadium
Biñan Football Stadium
Panaad Stadium

References

Football venues in the Philippines
Association football training grounds in the Philippines
Sports complexes in the Philippines
Buildings and structures in Cavite
National football academies


title: Turkish Revenue Administration

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The Revenue Administration is a public institution of Turkish Republic operating under Ministry of Finance. The Revenue Administration is responsible for levying and collecting state taxes and respecting the taxpayer rights within the framework of Constitutional Law and tax legislation.

History
The first fiscal organization in Ottoman Empire was established in the time of Sultan Murat I (1359-1389). This organization had been developed as a result of the rise in revenues and expenditures of the empire during the period of Mehmet II (Conqueror) and Süleyman I (Magnificent) However, there was not exactly a ministry of finance in Ottoman Empire until 1838.
The Ministry of Finance was officially established in 1838. The ministry consisted of “Departments” (Daire) under the leaderships of “Chiefs”(Reis). In broader sense today’s Revenue Administration’s duties in general were carried out by these departments. In 1881 The Ministry of Finance was divided into two as Central Administration and affiliated administrations.
In constitutional monarchy era (in 1908) the mission and organization of the Ministry of Finance substantially changed. The ministry was composed of eight directorates including general directorate of revenue administration according to the proposal of Monsieur Loran, Financial Consultant in that era. In the First Turkish National Grand Assembly the law firstly accepted was a tax law. Despite the fact that the Ministry of Finance was organized in 1923 after Turkish Republic was founded, “The Code on the Ministry of Finance and Its Duties” was accepted in 1936.
The General Directorate of Revenues was established with the Law in 1946.
In 2005 the General Directorate of Revenue has been abolished and the Presidency of Revenue Administration has been established as public institution of the Ministry of Finance.

Administrative Structure
Revenue Administration is organized as a headquarter and directly connected local units at the provincial level, with 448 tax offices and around 40.000 employees.

Central Organization
The organization of the headquarters consists of main services, consulting and facilitation units.

Main Service Units
 Department of Revenue Management
 Department of Taxpayer Services
 Department of Implementation and Data Management
 Department of Collection and Disputed Cases
 Department of Audit and Compliance Management
 Department of EU and Foreign Affairs

Consulting Units
 Department of Strategy Development
 Department of Legal Consultancy
 Department of Consultancy on Media and Public Relations

Facilitation Services
 Department of Human Resources
 Department of Support Services

Tax Communication Center

Tax Communication Center (444 0 189-VİMER), which is a call center affiliated to Revenue Administration, has receiving all calls from Turkey since March 1, 2008.
Tax Communication Center provides consulting services about tax-related issues, denunciation management and motor vehicle tax issues. Also, Tax Communication Center provides consulting services to foreigners via e-Mail Service in English.

Local Organization
According to the 5345 numbered Law on the Organization and Duties of Revenue Administration, local administration consists 30 Tax Office Directorates in 29 cities and 52 provincial offices.

Tax Office directorates  are consist of group directorates, sub-directorates, sub-units, tax offices and commissions. The cities where the tax office directorates are as follows: Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Aydın, Balıkesir, Bursa, Denizli, Diyarbakır, Edirne, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Gaziantep, Hatay, İstanbul, İzmir, Kahramanmaraş, Kayseri, Konya, Kocaeli, Malatya, Manisa, Mersin, Muğla, Samsun, Sakarya, Şanlıurfa, Tekirdağ, Trabzon ve Zonguldak.

Duties
Revenue Administration has the following duties:

 Implementing  revenue policy with justice and impartiality
 Collecting taxes and other revenues with the least cost;
 Ensuring tax compliance of taxpayers;
 To take necessary measures in order to protect taxpayers rights
 To  inform taxpayers on their rights and responsibilities
 To participate to the preparation of law and decree on state revenue policies
 To provide collection of public revenues and to take necessary measures on that issue
 Collecting the data on taxation, and managing the Information Technologies.
 To take necessary precautions for preventing tax loss and tax evasion.
 To follow the international developments and to cooperate with the EU and other international organizations and foreign countries, on the issues that are in the scope of the duties.

Commissioners
 Osman ARIOĞLU (17.05.2005 – 16.11.2007)
 Mehmet Akif ULUSOY (16.11.2007 – 16.03.2009)
 Mehmet KILCI (16.03.2009 – 05.05.2014)
 Adnan ERTÜRK (05.05.2014 -   ………… )

Tax Statistics
Tax statistics of OECD countries, budget revenues and statistical data on taxpayer declarations can be found on yearly basis at official website of Revenue Administration under “Tax Statistics” title.

External links
 Turkish Revenue Administration

References

Government agencies established in 2005
Revenue services
Taxation in Turkey
Government of Turkey
2005 establishments in Turkey


title: Two Brides and a Baby

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Two Brides and a Baby is a 2011 Nigerian romantic drama film directed by Teco Benson and starring Keira Hewatch, Kalu Ikeagwu, OC Ukeje, Chelsea Eze, Stella Damasus-Aboderin and Okey Uzoeshi. It premiered on 17 November 2011. It received awards and nominations at Africa Movie Academy Awards, Best of Nollywood Awards and Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards.

Plot

Keche (Keira Hewatch) and Bankole (OC Ukeje) believe that their relationship has been divinely planned. They plan on having an amazing wedding ceremony and believe their marriage will stand the test of time. An unexpected event gets uncovered that tests how much they are really willing to sacrifice for their union to workout.

Cast
 OC Ukeje as Kole Badmus
 Keira Hewatch as Keche
 Stella Damasus-Aboderin as Ama
 Kalu Ikeagwu as Deji
 Okey Uzoeshi as Maye
 Chelsea Eze as Ugo
 Kehinde Bankole as Pewa

Reception
The film has a 43% rating on Nollywood Reinvented with a conclusion that "...it’s quite the placid movie, it’s not emotionally moving in any way. However, if you look at it at some kind of foundation of what we hope for in Nollywood productions then it makes the movie that much more appealing." YNaija praised the film and concluded that "the film [is] more admired than loved. It shows that with the right hands, Nollywood can make a decent movie, and this is a decent film indeed." It however singled out the yoruba performance of Deji (Kalu Ikeagwu) as the only negative in the film. Amarachukwu Iwuala of Entertainment Express was very critical of the directing and felt that attention was not properly given to many important details of the film. Dami Elebe of Connect Nigeria praised the plot, acting and production but felt that the editing and directing should have been better.

See also
 List of Nigerian films of 2011

References

External links
 Two Brides and a Baby at Nollywood Reinvented
 Two Brides and a Baby at Rotten Tomatoes

Nigerian romantic drama films
2011 romantic drama films
2011 films
Nigerian nonlinear narrative films
2010s English-language films
English-language Nigerian films
Films shot in Nigeria
Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards winners


title: Dark Kingdom (professional wrestling)

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Dark Kingdom (DK) was a stable that appeared in All Japan Pro Wrestling and led by Kenso.

History

2013
On November 18, 2013, Go Shiozaki announced forming a new group in Xceed with Kenso being the first member to the group. On November 21 at the first show of the 2013 Oudou Renaissance tour, Kenso teamed with Shiozaki in a losing effort against D-Lo Brown and Bambi Killer after Kenso betrayed Shiozaki and refused to tag in. Afterwards, Kenso announced he'd been with Brown and Bambi all along with the three eventually being chased out of the ring by new Xceed members Kotaro Suzuki, Kento Miyahara, and Atsushi Aoki. In a press conference, Kenso claimed that Brown and Bambi Killer were his family, they were going for the belts, and he was targeting the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for himself. For the remainder of the November tour, Kenso and his group would feud with Xceed with both groups trading wins. On November 24, Masahiro Chono joined the group for one match to defeat Shiozaki, Miyahara, and Aoki. On November 27, the group hit a setback when Bambi Killer suffered a neck injury during his match with Joe Doering which forced him out for several months. The following day, Kenso officially announced his stable to be "Dark Kingdom". It was also announced that Kenso would replace Bambi Killer and team with Brown in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League. At the 2013 World Strongest Tag League, Kenso and Brown teamed up to represent Dark Kingdom where they finished 7th place with 2 points. They're only win was against All Asia Tag Team Champions Kotaro Suzuki and Atsushi Aoki. Aside from that, the team had a chaotic run losing a few of their tournament matches by disqualification and went a double countout with Takao Omori and Jun Akiyama. Following this tour, Brown was no longer booked by All Japan which left Kenso as the only member left in Dark Kingdom.

2014
Kenso began 2014 on a bad note as he lost to Go Shiozaki on January 2. The following day, Kenso teamed with the returning Mitsuya Nagai and rebounded with a win over Osamu Nishimura and Ryuji Hijikata. Dark Kingdom began to rebuild with this match as Kenso formed an alliance with Nagai, who began appearing regularly in All Japan. During the 2014 Excite Series, the stable began expanding again with Kenso announcing Nagai as an official member on February 13. At the same time, Kenso began courting Atsushi Aoki after Aoki left Xceed but was not successful. In March, Dark Kingdom formed new alliances with Takeshi Minamino and Kengo Mashimo. On March 16, Kenso and Mashimo defeated Suwama and Hikaru Sato, while Minamino came in on March 18 when he teamed with Nagai in a winning effort over Yutaka Yoshie and Shigehiro Irie. On March 29, Nagai and Minamino challenged Jun Akiyama and Yoshinobu Kanemaru for the All Asia Tag Team Championship but lost. Despite the loss, Kenso offered Minamino an invitation to Dark Kingdom after the match. April would be a huge month for the group. Kenso would enter the 2014 Champion Carnival where he placed 5th place in Block B with 2 points with his only won coming from Yutaka Yoshie. On April 23, the group would expand greatly when after the win over Yoshie, Kenso announced Nagai, Minamino, Mashimo, Bear Fukuda, and Kenichiro Arai as new members with Kenso announcing that this is the "true beginning" of DK. Dark Kingdom wrestled throughout the Super Power Series tour of May. On May 29, Kenso and Mashimo challenged Suwama and Joe Doering for the World Tag Team Championship but came up short. On the June Dynamite tour, Bambi Killer made his return to All Japan and rejoined DK while Nagai and Minamino began campaigning for an All Asia Tag Team Title shot while Kenso and Nagai campaigned for a World Tag Team Title shot. On August 30, Kengo Mashimo turned on Kenso, costing DK their match for the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championship. On December 14, Kenso brought Dark Kingdom its first title, when he defeated Kotaro Suzuki for the Gaora TV Championship.

2015
Dark Kingdom added another title on January 3, 2015, when Nagai and Minamino defeated Kento Miyahara and Kotaro Suzuki to win the All Asia Tag Team Championship. They lost the title to Último Dragón and Yoshinobu Kanemaru on March 22. On June 4, Kenso lost the Gaora TV Championship to Sushi. On July 31, it was announced that KENSO would begin freelancing following the expiration of his AJPW contract and he left Dark Kingdom with Nagai and Minamino remaining the only members of the stable due to Fukuda and Arai leaving DK to continue their careers outside of AJPW.

2016
In 2016 Minamino participated in the Jr. Battle of Glory but he finished his block with all of his matches going to double count outs and he failed to reach the finals. On July 14, he defeated Yohei Nakajima for the Gaora TV Championship but he lost back to Nakajima on August 11. On September 25, 2016, Nagai and Minamino decided to disband Dark Kingdom in order to found their own stable named Dark Nightmare with Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Black Tiger V and Black Tiger VII.

Championships and accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Nagai and Minamino
Gaora TV Championship (1 time) - Kenso

See also
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Puroresu

References

All Japan Pro Wrestling teams and stables


title: Stratosphere (Matt Sorum album)

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Stratosphere is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and drummer Matt Sorum. Credited to "Matt Sorum's Fierce Joy", it was released in 2014 and contains tracks in a variety of styles.  AllMusic reviewer John Christopher Monger rated the album 4 stars out of 5 and described it as "a big, dusty, vintage blast of open-road classic rock, breezy singer/songwriter folk-pop, and occasionally lavish chamber/psych rock".

Track listing
All lyrics written by Matt Sorum

References

2014 albums
Matt Sorum albums


title: Isanda murrea

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Isanda murrea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description
It is a minute turbinate, porcelaneous shell, with narrow umbilicus, its margin crenated. It is smooth, polished, white neatly blotched with pale rose.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

 Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.

murrea
Gastropods described in 1848


title: Davida White

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Davida White (born 26 March 1967) is a former female rugby union player. She represented  and Auckland. She was a member of the 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup winning squad. White captained Auckland to victory in the 2000 National Provincial Championship.

Black Ferns
Davida White has been a New Zealand representative since 1993. She made her test debut during the Black Ferns tour to Australia in 1994. She played at the 1996 Canada Cup as well as every test at the 1998 World Cup. During the 1998 World Cup, she captained New Zealand against Spain. In 1999, a broken arm sidelined Davida White, and she was not expected to return to international rugby. However, she was selected for the 2000 Black Ferns Squad.

In a 2016 interview with Māori Television, Davida said, "We don't play anymore. When I played, we used to go for a 10K run in the morning. So, I don't have to do that anymore."

Coaching career
White previously coached Auckland Women's team. She currently coaches Counties Manukau Women's squad.

White coached the Manusina Samoan team to the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup in Canada. In 2008, she was the co-coach for the Tangaroa College First XV.

In 2016, the Counties Manukau Heat, under Davida, won the Farah Cup Tournament.

Personal life
White is married to former coach, Darryl Suasua. She is of Ngāpuhi and Taranaki descent. Davida White is the former Principal of Tangaroa College in Otara and is currently the Principal of Rosehill College in Papakura, Auckland, New Zealand.

References

1967 births
Living people
New Zealand rugby union coaches
New Zealand women's international rugby union players
New Zealand female rugby union players
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Manchester Fashion Week

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Manchester Fashion Week is an twice annual independent fashion showcase in Manchester, England. It was founded in 2011 by entrepreneur Jonathan Sassen.[1] Manchester Fashion Week has showcased the talent of designers and brands such as Vivienne Westwood, Mulberry, All Saints, and Ted Baker. With satellite events at other times.

Manchester Fashion Week is mostly produced by volunteers from across the UK originally, although recently many parts of the business have been contracted to regional partners . The event draws media, celebrities and international fashion bloggers due to a generous hospitality program. With a series of hotel partners and nightclub partners the event caters for all collaborators very well.

The event takes place in a range of notable venues across the city of Manchester. Previous venues have included The Avenue, National Football Museum, and the Halle St Peters building in Ancoats Manchester.

History

Manchester Fashion Week has featured a wide variety of designers and retail brands, from established international brands such as Mulberry, AllSaints and Ted Baker, to up-and-coming talent such as Masato and Adnan Bayyat (whose designs have been sported by Lady Gaga).

The shows are arranged by industry division rather than by individual designer. These include Graduate Day, Independent Day, and notable final days. Most years have featured a concept fashion show, a ready to wear show, among others. They have always been closely linked with education with close ties to Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester, and The Manchester Colleges.

The catwalk shows feature a mix of professional models and new faces, and some models first discovered at Manchester Fashion Week have since gone on to have successful modelling careers. Interns have played a major role in the operation being sought by Harvey Nichols, Tom Ford, and Net-a-Porter.

The general terms of the event are to bond a relationship between the higher and lower ends of the market unifying and strengthening all associated.

Within 2013, Manchester Fashion Week saw a postponement due to financial restraints, although returned to great success in 2014 with Spring/Summer shows, with a complete new rebranding centred on the hashtag #MCRFW.

Producing an Autumn/Winter and a Spring/Summer show over a week period involving local and national business will continue to be the method for collective success. The business and trade was eventually handed over to local Universities and Colleges as MCRFW had a great relationship with the fashion education in the city, continuing in there endeavour to support future generations of fashion in the city.

References

^ https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200109/http://www.mcrfashionweek.com/
^ http://www.fashionunited.co.uk/fashion-news/design/manchester-fashion-week-confirms-2014-dates-2014022420198
^ http://www.drapersonline.com/news/manchester-fashion-week-dates-announced/5057690.article
^ http://www.manchesterfashion.com/c/19/894/5-minutes-with-jonathan-sassen
^ http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-and-tv/manchester-fashion-week-will-launch-in-april-683431

External links

Fashion events in England
English fashion
Recurring events established in 2011
2011 establishments in England
Fashion weeks


title: Leiostracus

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Leiostracus is a genus of small to medium-sized neotropical, air-breathing land snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in family Simpulopsidae.

This genus is endemic to South America, occurring in Guyana, Suriname and Brazil.

Species
Species in the genus Leiostracus include:

 Leiostracus carnavalescus Simone & Salvador, 2016
 Leiostracus cinnamomeolineatus (Moricand, 1841)
 Leiostracus clouei (Pfeiffer, 1856)
 Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835)
 Leiostracus demerarensis (Pfeiffer, 1861)
 Leiostracus faerie Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
 Leiostracus ferreirai (Palma & Brito, 1974)
 Leiostracus fetidus Salvador & Cavallari, 2014
 Leiostracus goniotropis (Ancey, 1904)
 Leiostracus manoeli (Moricand, 1841)
 Leiostracus melanoscolops (Dohrn, 1882)
 Leiostracus obliquus (Reeve, 1849)
 Leiostracus omphaloides (Menke, 1846)
 Leiostracus onager (Beck, 1837)
 Leiostracus perlucidus (Spix, 1827)
 Leiostracus sarchochilus (Pfeiffer, 1837)
 Leiostracus subtuszonatus (Pilsbry, 1899)
 Leiostracus vimineus (Moricand, 1833)
 Leiostracus vitreus (Spix, 1827)
 Leiostracus vittatus (Spix, 1827)
 Leiostracus webberi Pilsbry, 1939
Species brought into synonymy
 Leiostracus coxeiranus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Leiostracus coxiranus (Potiez & Michaud, 1835) (junior synonym)
 Leiostracus kugleri Forcart, 1954: synonym of Bostryx kugleri (Forcart, 1954) (original combination)
 Leiostracus polygrammus (Moricand, 1836): synonym of Drymaeus polygramma (S. Moricand, 1836)
 Leiostracus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847): synonym of Drymaeus studeri (L. Pfeiffer, 1847)

References

 Bank, R. A. (2017). Classification of the Recent terrestrial Gastropoda of the World. Last update: July 16, 2017

External links
 Albers, J. C. (1850). Die Heliceen nach natürlicher Verwandtschaft systematisch geordnet. Berlin: Enslin. 262 pp


title: Capitancillo Island

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Capitancillo (historically Islote de Captitoncillo and variously Capitancillo islet) is a small coral island (about 600 hectares in size) near Bogo, Cebu, Philippines. The island is a protected marine sanctuary, featuring three dive sites and a lighthouse.

Etymology
Capitáncillo is Spanish for "subchief", from capitán ("captain") + -cillo (diminutive suffix).

Location and geography
Capitancillo is a small uninhabited island northeast of Cebu Island in the Camotes Sea. It is  east of Odlot barangay, Bogo. Three areas around the island (the Ormoc Shoal, the Nuñez Shoal, and the southwest wall of Capitancillo) are recognized dive sites. Polambato Port, Nailon Wharf, Marangog Cove, and Odlot Hideaway all serve as jumping-off points to the island from Bogo, and the trip takes anywhere from fifteen to 45 minutes. There are no stores nor accommodation available on the island.

Lighthouse
The original lighthouse was listed in the Faros Españoles de Ultramar as one of 27 major lighthouses of the Philippines. The Capitancillo lighthouse was built in 1905, with the current white steel tower dating from the 1950s. The tower is  high and flashes three white lights every ten seconds.

See also

 Lighthouses in the Philippines
 List of islands in the Philippines
 List of islands
 Desert island

References

Sources

External links
 Capitancillo Island at OpenStreetMap

Islands of Cebu
Uninhabited islands of the Philippines
Bogo, Cebu


title: Yemi Fawole

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Fawole John Oyeyemi (born 4 March 1985 in Ile-Ife, Osun State) is a Nigerian chess player. He won the Nigerian Chess championship in 2013 and has a FIDE (World Chess Federation) peak rating of 2214. He held the title of Nigeria National Chess Champion Junior and Open in 2003 and 2013 respectively. Fawole is a FIDE Certified Chess In Education Lecturer, FIDE Instructor, US National Master and US District Coach.

In 1998, he learned how to play chess and participated in his first chess tournament in 1999. In 2002, he won the Opens II category of the NBL Chess Championship in Lagos. The following year, he became the National Junior Chess Champion by winning the Agusto & Co under 20 Chess Championship.  Following his achievement in 2003, he started playing in the (Masters Category) highest level in Nigerian Chess.

Fawole is Nigeria's 11th Junior Chess Champion & Nigeria's 36th National Chess Champion.

He is an executive director of BruvsChess Educational Serves, a chess organization that teaches chess as a school program to school children and BruvsChess Media, a Chess News and information Platform.

Fawole is the Organizer, The John Fawole Chess awards #TheJohnFawoleChessAwards which started in 2016 to reward outstanding performances of chess players in Nigeria.

Fawole lives in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja and has earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Abuja.

References

External links

1985 births
Living people
Nigerian chess players
Chess FIDE Masters
Yoruba sportspeople
People from Ife
University of Abuja alumni


title: Julio Silva Solar

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Julio Silva Solar (8 June 1926 – 28 June 2014) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. Solar served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from 1965 to 1973. He then served as President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile from 9 September 1969 to 16 September 1969.

Solar died in Santiago, Chile from a heart attack, aged 88.

References

External links
 Julio Silva Solar interview

1926 births
2014 deaths
People from Viña del Mar
National Falange politicians
Christian Democratic Party (Chile) politicians
Popular Unitary Action Movement politicians
Christian Left (Chile) politicians
Party for Democracy (Chile) politicians
Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile
Deputies of the XLV Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
Deputies of the XLVI Legislative Period of the National Congress of Chile
20th-century Chilean lawyers


title: 2014 in Singaporean football

text:
The 2014 season is the 62nd season of competitive football in Singapore.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

Singapore national football team

2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification

International friendlies

Honours

Seasons in Singaporean football


title: Cyclovirus

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The viral genus Cyclovirus is a genus in the family Circoviridae. Viruses in this genus have been isolated from dragonflies, as well as chickens, goats, sheep, and other farm animals. Cycloviruses have also been found in the feces of healthy humans and chimpanzees and in samples of cerebrospinal fluid from patients with unexplained paraplegia.

Species
The following species are recognized:

Ant associated cyclovirus 1
Bat associated cyclovirus 1
Bat associated cyclovirus 2
Bat associated cyclovirus 3
Bat associated cyclovirus 4
Bat associated cyclovirus 5
Bat associated cyclovirus 6
Bat associated cyclovirus 7
Bat associated cyclovirus 8
Bat associated cyclovirus 9
Bat associated cyclovirus 10
Bat associated cyclovirus 11
Bat associated cyclovirus 12
Bat associated cyclovirus 13
Bat associated cyclovirus 14
Bat associated cyclovirus 15
Bat associated cyclovirus 16
Bovine associated cyclovirus 1
Capybara associated cyclovirus
Chicken associated cyclovirus 1
Chicken associated cyclovirus 2
Chimpanzee associated cyclovirus 1
Cockroach associated cyclovirus 1
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 1
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 2
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 3
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 4
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 5
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 6
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 7
Dragonfly associated cyclovirus 8
Duck associated cyclovirus 1
Feline associated cyclovirus 1
Goat associated cyclovirus 1
Horse associated cyclovirus 1
Human associated cyclovirus 1
Human associated cyclovirus 2
Human associated cyclovirus 3
Human associated cyclovirus 4
Human associated cyclovirus 5
Human associated cyclovirus 6
Human associated cyclovirus 7
Human associated cyclovirus 8
Human associated cyclovirus 9
Human associated cyclovirus 10
Human associated cyclovirus 11
Human associated cyclovirus 12
Mouse associated cyclovirus 1
Rodent associated cyclovirus 1
Rodent associated cyclovirus 2
Spider associated cyclovirus 1
Squirrel associated cyclovirus 1

References

Circoviridae
Virus genera


title: Mai Văn Phấn

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Mai Văn Phấn is a Vietnamese poet, literary critic.

Biography
Mai Văn Phấn was born 1955 in Ninh Bình, Red River Delta in North Vietnam. He joined the army infantry in 1974. Mai Văn Phấn left the army in 1981 and entered Hanoi College of Foreign Languages, Department of Linguistics and Russian culture. Continued learning in 1983 at Maxim Gorky Pedagogics School, Minsk, (Capital of the Byelorussian SSR). Winner of numerous awards for poetry in Viet Nam: “Poetry contest” of Weekly Người Hà Nội in 1994. “Poetry contest” of Weekly Văn Nghệ 1995. “Literature” of celebrity culture Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm (Hải Phòng city) in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995. Recipient of the prestigious “Vietnam Writers' Association” Award in 2010; The Cikada Literary Prize of Sweden in 2017; The Award of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2019 and The Literary award from Association of Literary Translators of Montenegro in 2020; Four times won the Golden Pen Literature Award of Russian Federation in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022; won the Golden Pen Literature Award of Russian Federation, 2019, 2020 and 2021; The Award Aco Karamanov of North Macedonia in 2020; 1st Prize in The International Creative Meeting and Festival “Together in the XXI Century” in Bulgaria 2020; The medal Alisher Navoi of the Union of Writers and Historians of Central Asia in 2021; Winner of Sahitto (Bangladesh) International Award for Literature 2021; The Award of Newspaper Kitob Dunyosi (Uzbekistan) in 2021; The Award of the International Slavic Literary Forum "Golden Knight" in 2022; The Poetry Collection of Year Award of Boao International Poetry Award (China) in 2022 (for the Poetry Collection "Улетел на рассвете"); The Award of the International Poetry Competition "My heart in the Mountains" named writer William Saroyan (Armenia) in 2022; The Frederick Turner prize of Mundus Artium Press (USA) for Poetry in 2023; The Award of the International Literary Online Competition "To you, Nesvizh, I dedicate ..." (Belarus) in 2023.

Notable works
He has published 16 poetry books and one book, Critiques - Essays in Vietnam. 30 of his poetry books and translations are published and released in foreign countries.

NATIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS:
 “Giọt nắng” (“Drops of Sunlight”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Hải Phòng Writer's Association, 1992);
 “Gọi xanh” (“Calling to the Blue”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 1995);
 “Cầu nguyện ban mai” (“Prayers to Dawn”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Hải Phòng Publishing House, 1997);
 “Nghi lễ nhận tên” (“Ritual of Naming”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Hải Phòng Publishing House, 1999);
 “Người cùng thời” (“People of the Era” in Vietnamese, Hải Phòng Publishing House, 1999);
 “Vách nước” (“Water Wall”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Hải Phòng Publishing House, 2003);
 “Hôm sau” (“The Day After”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2009);
 “và đột nhiên gió thổi” (“and Suddenly the Wind Blows”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Literature Publishing House, 2009);
 “Bầu trời không mái che” (Vietnamese-only version of “Firmament Without Roof Cover". Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2010);
 “Thơ tuyển Mai Văn Phấn” (Mai Văn Phấn: Selected Poems - Essays and the Interviews in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2011);
 “hoa giấu mặt” (“hidden-face Flower”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2012);
 “Bầu trời không mái che / Firmament Without Roof Cover” (Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - English. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2012);
 “Vừa sinh ra ở đó” (“Just Born There”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2013);
 “A Ciel Ouvert ("Firmament Without Roof Cover”. Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - French. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2014);
 “The Selected Poems of Mai Văn Phấn” in English (Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2015);
 “thả” (“letting go”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2015);
 “Không gian khác” (“Another Dimension”. Critiques - Essays in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2016);
 "Lặng yên cho nước chảy" ("Be Quiet for Water Flowing”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2018);
 "Thời tái chế" (“Era of Junk”. Poetry book in Vietnamese. Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2018).

INTERNATIONALLY PUBLISHED BOOKS:
 “Firmament Without Roof Cover” (English version. Page Addie Press, 2012);
 “Những hạt giống của đêm và ngày / Seeds of Night and Day” (Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - English. Page Addie Press of United Kingdom, 2013);
 “Những hạt giống của đêm và ngày / Seeds of Night and Day” (Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - English. Page Addie Press of United Kingdom; Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2013);
 “A Ciel Ouvert ("Firmament Without Roof Cover”. Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - French. Page Addie Press of United Kingdom; Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2014);
 “Buông tay cho trời rạng / Out of the Dark” (Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - English. Page Addie Press of United Kingdom; Publishing House of The Vietnam Writer’s Association, 2013);
 “Ra vườn chùa xem cắt cỏ / Grass Cutting in a Temple Garden”(Bilingual poetry book in Vietnamese - English. Page Addie Pressof United Kingdom Australia, 2014);
 “Zanore në vesë / Vowels in The Dew” (Poetry book in Albanian. Botimet M&B, Albania, 2014);
 “บุษบาซ่อนหน้า / hidden face flower / hoa giấu mặt” (Poetry book in Thai, English and Vietnamese. Artist's House, Thailand, 2014);
 “Yên Tử Dağının Çiçeği” (“The Flower of Mount Yên Tử”. Poetry book in Turkish. Şiirden Yayincilik, Turkey, 2015);
 “आलाप प्रतिलाप” (“Echo of the Aalap”. Poetry book in Hindi. Publishing House of Kritya, India, 2016);
 “Два крыла / Đôi cánh” (“Two Wings”. Bilingual Poetry book in Vietnamese - Russian. “Нонпарелъ” - Publishing House of Moscow, 2016);
 "Варијације у кишнојноћи" ("Variations on a Rainy Night". Poetry book in Serbian. Publisher "Алма, Београд", Republic of Serbia, 2017);
 “Echoes from the Spiral Galaxy” (Poetry book in English. Publisher Mundus Artium Press, USA, 2017);
 “Höstens hastighet” (“The Pace of Autumn”. Poetry book in Swedish. Publisher "Tranan", Sweden, 2017);
 “সত্যের সন্ধানে” (In Search of Truth. Poetry book in Bengali, India). Publisher: Underground Literature, Kolkata, 2018);
 대양의 쌍둥이 (“Born as Twins in an Ocean”. Poetry book in Korean with poet 고형렬 / Ko Hyung-Ryul). Publisher: 시와 표현 (Poetry & Expression) of S. Korea, 2018);
 حيث تتسع السماء (“Where the Sky Is Spacious”. Poetry book in Arabic. Alfarasha Publishing House, Kuwait, 2019);
 «Время утиля / Thời tái chế» (“Era of Junk”. Bilingual poetry book in Russian - Vietnamese. Publishing House of Voronezh: Центр духовного возрождения Черноземного края, Russia, 2020);
 «Ära des Mülls / Era of Junk” (“Era of Junk”. Bilingual poetry book in  German - English. Publishing House of Germany: Shaker Media, 2020);
 “Қабоҳат даври” (“Age of Ignorance”.  Poetry book in Uzbek. Publishing House of Uzbekistan: Янги аср авлоди, 2020;
 “Kapanahunan ng Basura” (“Era of Junk”).  Poetry book in Filipino. Publishing House: University of the Philippines Institute of Creative Writing and The Freelipiniana Online Library, 2020;
 “재처리 시대” (“Era of Junk”). Poetry book in Korean. Publishing House: 이도훈 (Dohun), 2020;
 “और उड़ चला मन पांखी” (“And Flew Away Heart”). Poetry book in Hindi. Publishing House Notion Press, India, 2020;
 „НОВОГОДИШНО КАПЕЊЕ„ (“New Year Bath”) of Mai Văn Phấn with „ЗАЧУДЕН БАРУТ„  (“Buffled Gunpowder”) of Raed Anis Al-Yishi. Poetry book in Macedonian. Publishing House: Center of Culture "Aco Karamanov" Radovish, 2020;
 “लाल आत्माएं” (“The Scarlet Spirits”). Poetry book in Hindi. Publishing House Hind Yugm, India, 2021;
 «Если в дороге ... дождь ... / Nếu trên đường… mưa…» ("If on the road… rain...). Bilingual poetry book in Russian - Vietnamese by Svetlana Savitskaya, translated from Russian into Vietnamese by Mai Văn Phấn. Publishing House Academy N.E. Zhukovsky, Moscow, 2021);
 “Ойнинг туғилган куни” (“The Birthday of the Moon”). Poetry book in Uzbek. Publishing House of Uzbekistan: Arjumand Media, 2021;
 "Улетел на рассвете" ("Fly Away at Dawn"). Poetry book in Russian. Publishing House "Четыре" (Saint Petersburg), 2021;
 “Skrottid” (“Era of Junk”). Poetry book in Swedish. Publisher "Tranan", Sweden, 2022);
 "Gün doğarkən" (“At Sunrise”. Poetry book in Azerbaijani. Publisher Bakı, Azerbaijan, 2022);
 «Назови имя Бога / Xưng danh Thiên Chúa» ("Say the Name of God"). Bilingual novel in Russian - Vietnamese by Svetlana Savitskaya, translated from Russian into Vietnamese by Mai Văn Phấn. Publishing House Academy N.E. Zhukovsky, Мoscow, 2023.

Poems of Mai Văn Phấn are translated into more than 40 languages.

His poems have appeared in more than 50 anthologies, including Poetry NZ 36 (New Zealand) Poetry Kit Magazine 5 & 6 (British); Poesy Magazine 33, Fulcrum 3, The Writers Post volume 6, 7 & 8, Wordbridge (US); Poem and Comment Magazine (S. Korean); Softblow Poetry Journal (Singapore), Literature Newspaper (Indonesia); Tranan (Sweden).

External links

"Creation Was A Process of Escape from Personality”
"Should a poet think of his responsibility or mission upon his poetic creation?"
"When one has to live, has the right to live and read”
"Another way leading to the modern Vietnamese Poetry”
“Poetry will carry the beauty inside the soul of Vietnamese people to humankind”
Vietnamese poet scales top ten list on Amazon
The poetry of Mai Văn Phấn expresses the radiance of being human here and now on this earth.
Gjekë Marinaj sjell ne shqip poetin e e shquar vietnamez Mai Van Phan
Des pluies de sources
The Affirmation of Reality in the poetry of Mai Văn Phấn

20th-century Vietnamese poets
1955 births
Living people
Vietnamese male poets
20th-century male writers


title: Italian Environmental Film Festival

text:
The Italian Environmental Film Festival (in Italian: Festival CinemAmbiente or Festival internazionale di cinema e cultura ambientale) is an important Italian film festival founded in 1998 and taking place every year in Turin, Italy.
It is a member of the Environmental Film Festival Network, which is an association of international festivals in environmental issues.

Award winners
2001: Children, Kossoco 2000 by Ferenc Moldovànyi (Hungary, 2001, 30')
2002: God's Children by Hiroshi Shinomiya (Japan, 2001, 105')
2003: Dans Grozny dans by Jos de Putter (Netherlands, 2002, 75')
2004: Carpatia by Andrzej Klamt and Ulrich Rydzewsky, (Germany, Austria, 2004, 127')
2005: Shape of the Moon by Leonard Retel Helmrich, (Netherlands, 2004, 92')
2006: The Real Dirt on Farmer John by Taggart Siegel (USA, 2005, 83')
2007: The Planet by Michael Stenberg, Linus Torell and Johan Söderberg, (Sweden, Norway, 2006, 84')
2008: The Nuclear Come Back by Justin Pemberton, (New Zealand, 2007, 75')
2009: Old partner by Lee Chung-ryoul, (South Korea, 2008, 75')
2010: Life for sale by Yorgos Avgeropoulos (Greece, 2010, 61'), 2010)
2011: There once was an island by Briar March (New Zealand, USA, 2010, 80')
2012: The Big Fix by Josh Tickell and Rebecca Tickell (USA, France, 2011, 88’)
 2013: Der Letze Fang by Markus C. M. Schmidt, (Germany, 2012, 85’)
 2014: Virunga by Orlando von Einsiedel, (Great Britain, 2014, 97)
 2015: Bikes vs Cars by Fredrik Gertten, (Sweden, 2015, 91’)
 2016: When Two Worlds Collide by Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel, (Peru, 2016, 100')
 2017: Plastic China by Jiuliang Wang (China, 2016, 82’)
 2018: Genesis 2.0 by Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev (Swiss, 2018, 103’)
 2019: The Burning Field by Justin Weinrich, (USA, 2019, 72’)
 2020: special online edition without prizewinners due to the COVID 19 pandemic
 2021: Marcher sur l'eau by Aissa Maiga, (France, Belgium, 2021, 89')

References

External links

Culture in Turin
1998 establishments in Italy
Recurring events established in 1998
Environmental film festivals in Italy
Events in Turin


title: Adrian Thaws (album)

text:
Adrian Thaws is the tenth studio album by English trip hop musician Adrian Thaws, known professionally as Tricky. Recorded at Tricky's home studio in London, the album was released on 8 September 2014, through Tricky's own record label False Idols.

The album features guest contributions from various artists, including Nneka, Mykki Blanco, Oh Land, NoLay and Blue Daisy. On 30 June 2014 Tricky shared the track "Nicotine Love", which features vocal contributions from Irish singer Francesca Belmonte. Cover Art by Zlatimir Arakliev

Background
On the album's title, which is Tricky's birth name, Tricky stated: "Calling it 'Adrian Thaws' is saying 'You don’t really know me.' So many times, people have tried to put a finger on me and every album I go to a different place." On the album's sound, Tricky also stated:

Michelle Geslani of Consequence of Sound reported that the album features elements from "hip hop, house, jazz, blues, and reggae," while describing the track "Nicotine Love" as "a slinky, body-moving number that seems well-suited for U.K. club-hopping."

Track listing

References

External links

2014 albums
Tricky (musician) albums
Self-released albums
Dub albums


title: Juliette Jeffers

text:
Juliette Jeffers is a Caribbean–American actress of St. Kitts and Nevis descent. Jeffers has appeared on several TV shows, films and TV commercials. Jeffers has also appeared in several theatre performances. including Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down where she won the BRIO award for Excellence in Acting.

Early life
Jeffers was raised in The Bronx, New York. She attended the High School of Performing Arts where she majored in drama. Jeffers received a Bachelor of Arts from Hofstra University in languages. She also studied in Spain and France and speaks fluently in both languages.

Career
Jeffers moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s and guest-starred on several TV shows such as Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Martin, Murder She Wrote and Silk Stalkings. She also appeared on ER and Grey's Anatomy. In film, Jeffers appeared in The Surgeon, starring Malcolm McDowell and more recently played Geoffrey Owens' wife in Play the Game starring Andy Griffith and Doris Roberts. She was nominated alongside John Leguizamo and Colin Quinn for a Drama Desk Award for the Off Broadway performance of her solo show Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down. Jeffers has appeared in over 50 TV commercials.

Filmography

Films

Television

Theater
 2010 – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Solo Show – Stage Left Studio – Off Broadway
 2010 – Train to 2010 – Paulina – Crossroads Theatre – New Brunswick, NJ
 2008 – Chocolate Match.com – Solo Show – Elephant Theatre Hollywood
 2005 – Ah Ha Moments; Butterscotch & Fudge – Isa – Complex Theatre – Hollywood
 2002 – What I Did for Love – Journalist – McCadden Place Theater, Hollywood
 1995 – Cementville – Lessa – Theatre Geo – Hollywood
 1993 – High Hopes and Heavy Sweatshirts – Theatre Geo – Hollywood

Awards and honors
 2013 – The Bronx Council on the Arts – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Excellence in Acting – Result – Won
 2011 – Drama Desk Award – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Outstanding Solo Performance – Result – Nominated
 2006 – NAACP Theatre Award – Ah Ha Moments; Butterscotch and Fudge – Best Lead Female –Local – Result – Nominated
 2004 – NAACP Theatre Awards – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down – Best Play – Local – Result – Nominated

Writer
 2010 – Batman and Robin in the Boogie Down
 2008 – Chocolate Match.com
 2005 – Ah Ha Moments; Legacy of Love – Complex Theatre Hollywood

References

External links
Official website

Living people
American television actresses
African-American women writers
20th-century American actresses
21st-century American actresses
African-American actresses
African-American writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century African-American women
20th-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women
21st-century African-American people


title: Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai

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Tu Mere Agal Bagal Hai is a comedy television series which aired on SAB TV from 7 July 2014 to 26 September 2014. It stars  Alok Nath, Supriya Pathak, Apara Mehta and Rajesh Kumar.

Cast

Main
Rajesh Kumar as Laal Singh
 Shweta Gulati as Kesari
 Ami Trivedi as Khandvi
 Sameer Shah as Khakhra
 Sugandha Mishra as Pillavakandi
 Manoj Goyal as Anu
 Dhaval as Pillu
 Abhishek Avasthi as Mallik
 Sukesh Anand as Sher Singh

Recurring
 Alok Nath as Jagat Babuji
 Apara Mehta as Basundi
 Supriya Pathak as Ganga Mausi
 Monica Castelino as Victoria Bai
 Salim Zaidi a Various characters
 Mahika Sharma as performer
 Ashiesh Roy as Various characters

References

Frames Production series
Indian comedy television series
2014 Indian television series debuts
Sony SAB original programming


title: Rush City Regional Airport

text:
Rush City Regional Airport  is a city-owned public-use airport located in Chisago County, Minnesota, one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of Rush City, a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States.

Facilities and aircraft
Rush City Regional Airport covers an area of  at an elevation of 925 feet (282 m) above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 16/34 with an asphalt surface measuring 4,397 by 75 feet (1,340 x 23 m). The FBO at the field is Hawk Aviation, Inc., where there is flight training, aircraft rental, a CATS testing center, vending services, and a pilot shop.

See also
List of airports in Minnesota

References

External links
 City of Rush City
 Hawk Aviation

Airports in Minnesota
Buildings and structures in Chisago County, Minnesota


title: John H. Cooke

text:
John Henry Cooke (June 29, 1911 – March 31, 1998) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life
He was born on June 29, 1911, in Jamestown, Chautauqua County, New York, the son of Congressman Edmund F. Cooke (1885–1967) and Jennie Olivia (Swanson) Cooke (1884–1972). He attended Alden High School, and Central High School in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Washington and Lee University. He began to practice law in Alden in 1937, and entered politics as a Republican. He married Eleanor Jean Anson (1915–2003), and they had two children.

Cooke was Supervisor of the Town of Alden from 1943 to 1950; Chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Erie County in 1950; and a member of the New York State Senate from 1951 to 1962, sitting in the 168th, 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd and 173rd New York State Legislatures.

On March 30, 1962, he was appointed by Gov. Nelson Rockefeller to the New York Court of Claims. He became Presiding Judge of the Court of Claims in 1973, and retired from the bench in 1978.

He died on March 31, 1998, in Buffalo, New York; and was buried at the Forest Lawn Cemetery there.

State Senator Richard T. Cooke (1913–2003) was his brother.

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1911 births
1998 deaths
Politicians from Buffalo, New York
Republican Party New York (state) state senators
Politicians from Jamestown, New York
Washington and Lee University alumni
New York (state) state court judges
Town supervisors in New York (state)
Burials at Forest Lawn Cemetery (Buffalo)
20th-century American lawyers
Lawyers from Buffalo, New York
20th-century American politicians


title: Ryo Sugimoto

text:
Ryo Sugimoto is President and Representative director of ROJI Co., Ltd.

Born in 1976. Studied under production designers Yohei Taneda and Mitsuo Harada as an art assistant. Joined NOUVELLE VAGUE Co., Ltd. in 2005. After working as an art designer for "AEGIS"(2005) and "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad"(2007), he worked as an art director for "BABEL"(2007), directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, which won the 59th Artistic Directors Society Award (Production Design Category) in 2007.

In the same year, he participated in "Chameleon"(2007), directed by Junji Sakamoto, as the first production designer. Since then, he has worked as a production designer for "Map of the sounds of Tokyo" (2008), directed by Isabelle Coixet, among others. He has also designed commercials, music videos, and interiors.

He retired from NOUVELLE VAGUE Co., Ltd. in 2021. In September of the same year, he founded ROJI Co., Ltd.

History
 2021.9 Established the visual art design company "ROJI Co., Ltd.".

Filmography

2001 "9 Souls" / Toshiaki Toyoda: Film director / Art director
2001 "KT" / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Art director
2003 "Lost in Translation" / Sofia Coppola: Film director / Art director
2003 "KONO YO NO SOTOE CLUB-SHINCHUGUN" / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Art director
2004 "69" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Art director
2005 "AEGIS" / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Art director
2006 "Silk" / Chae Soo-bin: Film director / Art director
2007 "Midnight Eagle" / Izuru Narushima: Film director / Art director
2007 "Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad" / Joji Matsuoka: Film director / Art director
2007 "BABEL" / Alejandro González Iñárritu: Film director / Art director
2007 "Chameleon" / Junji Sakamoto: Film director / Production designer
2008 "KANKI NO UTA" / Jōji Matsuoka: Film director / Art director
2008 "Map of the sounds of Tokyo" / Isabel Coixet: Film director / Production designer
2008 "Ultra miracle love story" Satoko Yokohama: Film director / Production designer
2009 "SHINYA SYOKUDO" / Jōji Matsuoka: Film director / Art director
2009 "Kenta & Jun & Kayo-chan no Kuni" / Tatsushi Ōmori: Film director / Production designer
2010 "Villain" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Production designer
2011 "The Monster Club" / Toshiaki Toyoda: Film director / Production designer
2011 "Gaiji Keisatsu" / Kentarō Horikirizono: Film director / Production designer
2012 "Unforgiven" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Production designer
2012 "The Wolverine" / James Mangold: Film director / JPN Art director
2013 "A Bolt from the Blue" /  Gekidan Hitori: Film director / Production designer
2016 "If Cats Disappeared from the World" / Akira Nagai: Film director / Art director
2017 "AMY SAID" / Taishi Muramoto: Film director / Production designer
2017 "I hear Blue Hearts" / Lee Sang-il: Film director / Production designer
2018 "Love Is Like After the Rain" / Akira Nagai: Film director / Production designer
2018 "FUNKY" / Yuuya Ishii: Film director / Production designer
2020 "Detective Chinatown 3" / Chen Sicheng: Film director / Production designer
2020 "Eiri" / Kouki Mitani: Film director / Production designer
2020 "DAREKA GA, MITEIRU" / keishi Ōtomo: Film director / Art director
2021 "I Fell in Love Like A Flower Bouquet" / Film director/ Art director
2021 "Character" / Akira Nagai: Film director / Art director

TV commercia.l

TOYOTA / NTT EAST (NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE EAST CORPORATION) / NTT Docomo / au by KDDI / CHIFURE Cosmetics / SMBC Consumer Finance (former company name: PROMISE) / Asahi Shimbun ….etc.

Music video

EXILE / MAKIDAI / J SOUL BROTHERS ….etc.

Interior design

 "Bar Salon de Shimaji" / Bar / Japan, Nishiazabu, Minato-ku / Designer
 "Bar El Laguito" / Bar / Japan, Arakicho, Shinjuku-ku / Yotsuya 3-chome / Designer
 "BAR ENISI" / Bar / Japan, Kitamachi, Nerima-ku / Designer
 "Bar DICE" / Bar / Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku / Designer
 "STAR BAR" / Bar / Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku / Designer
 "BILLY" / Bar / Japan, Arakichō, Shinjuku-ku / Shinjuku Golden Gai / Designer
 "Ne Plus Ultra -Ginza-" / Bar / Japan, Ginza, Chuo-ku / Designer
 "Bar Jusakon" / Bar / Japan, Minami-ku, Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa / Designer
 "Bar HAGURUMA" / Bar / Japan, Wakamiya-cho, Shinjuku-ku / Kagurazaka / Designer
 "Bar La Hulotte" / Bar / Japan, Motomabu, Minato-ku / Designer
 "-Fish Market lunch- TOTOKICHI" / Washoku / Japan, Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku / Designer
 "Ne Plus Ultra -Roppongi-" / Bar / Japan, Roppongi, Minato-ku / Designer
 "Le Parrain -2-" / Bar / Japan, Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku / Assistant designer
 "Wine Bar Fleur Blanc" / Wine Bar / Japan, Shinjuku 3-chome, Shinjuku-ku / Assistant designer

References

 2007 Art Directors Guild Excellent prize
 2011 The 34th Japan Academy Prize (film) : Excellent art prize
 2013 The 56th Asia Pacific Film Festival : Excellent art Prize
 2014 The 37th Japan Academy Prize (film) : Excellent art prize
 2019 The 59th ACC TOKYO CREATIVE AWARD (Craft Award) : Excellent art prize

External links

 ROJI Co., Ltd.

1976 births
Living people


title: Calama (Numidia)

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Calama was a colonia in the Roman province of Numidia situated where Guelma in Algeria now stands.

G. Mokhtar places it just within the Roman province of Africa Proconsularis, to the east of Numidia, but it is generally believed to have been in Numidia, a province created probably in 198–199.

History

Calama was founded by the Phoenicians and called Malaka, similar to their colony Malake (, ) at Málaga, Spain. Malaka was situated in the Berber kingdom of Numidia. When this area later came under Roman rule, the city was renamed Calama. Between the late republic and early empire, it was governed by a Punic-inspired twin magistracy of sufetes.

Whether Calama is identical with the town of Suthul which the Roman general Aulus Postumius Albinus unsuccessfully tried to take in 110 BC, (cf. Battle of Suthul) is disputed, with some denying and others cautiously affirming.

In the 1st century AD, Calama, then part of the Roman province of Numidia, became a major urban centre. It was given the rank of a Roman municipium as early as Hadrian, and of a colonia later. The city was sponsored by Vibia Aurelia Sabina, sister of the Emperor Commodus (late 2nd century). Calama was, with Setifis (Setif) and Hippo Regius (Annaba), one of the granaries of Rome in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. Under Septimius Severus, Calama became one of the most prosperous in the Roman empire, with thermae and a huge theatre.

Calama became a Christian bishopric, four of whose bishops are named in extant documents:
Donatus (not to be confused with Donatus Magnus) was accused in a council held in 305 of having handed over the sacred scriptures during the Decian persecution
Megalius gave episcopal ordination to Saint Augustine in 395 and died in 397
Saint Possidius, elected in the year of Megalius's death, took an active part in the joint Conference of Carthage (411) with Donatist bishops
Quodvultdeus was one of the Catholic bishops whom Huneric summoned to Carthage in 484 and then exiled.

Possidius wrote the first biography of Augustine, in which he lets it be known that he himself was one of the clergy of Augustine's monastery when he was appointed bishop of Calama. When Calama fell into the hands of the Vandal king Genseric in 429, Possidius took refuge with Augustine within the walled city of Hippo Regius. He was present at Augustine's death in 430.

No longer a residential bishopric, Calama is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular see.

The invading Vandals captured and partially destroyed Calama and defeated Count Bonifacius near the city in 431.

After the conquest of Numidia by the Byzantine Empire, Solomon (a general of Justinian I) built a fortress there between 539 and 554. Calama's population was fully Christian in the 6th and 7th century.

With the spread of Islam, Byzantine rule of Calama ended (some Christians survived until the 9th century) and slowly Calama disappeared around the 11th century (see Guelma).

Archeological remains
 Theatre. It is difficult to reconstruct the plan and general appearance of the Roman theatre. The only other important monument discovered are the public baths. The theatre was built in the first or second year of the 3rd century AD through the generosity of a certain Annia Aelia Restituta, who spent 400,000 sesterces on it. It was restored, indeed virtually rebuilt, from 1902 to 1918, after having served as a quarry. It is on a slope and measures 58.05 m in width. It was built with a rubble core revetted with ashlar. The tiers of seats had virtually all disappeared; they must have numbered 10 in the lower zone and 12 in the second. The orchestra was paved in marble. Behind the stage, which was flanked by two rectangular chambers, a portico with columns formed a facade.

 Baths. The public Roman baths were built of rubble and revetted with ashlar and brick. These "thermae" may date as early as the 2nd century AD. Only one large rectangular chamber (22 x 14 m), undoubtedly the tepidarium, can be described; it gave onto other rooms and onto the exterior by 11 passages. These baths were included within the Byzantine fortress, no doubt built on an earlier enclosure and defended by 13 towers. It measured 278 x 219 m.
 Forum. The existence of a forum is attested by a single inscription. There are also remains of arcades, a small shrine of Neptune, cisterns and, outside the town, a Christian church. In 1953 a hoard of 7,499 coins was discovered; virtually all of them came from the mint at Rome; the most recent dated to the beginning of AD 257. Presumably the hoard was buried because of local disturbances. Most of the ancient objects recovered at Calama and from the region are preserved in the Guelma Museum.
 Citadel and walls. Among its ruins are also a Byzantine citadel and walls built by the Byzantine patricius Solomon during the Byzantine reoccupation.

References

Citations

Bibliography
 .
 Smith Reid, James. The Municipalities of the Roman Empire University of Michigan Press. Chicago, 1913

External links

 Images of Calama (Guelma) theatre and baths in Manar al-Athar digital heritage photo archive

Archaeological sites in Algeria
Roman towns and cities in Algeria
Ancient Berber cities
Catholic titular sees in Africa
Numidia (Roman provinces)
Calama
Phoenician colonies in Algeria


title: Sheridan Nurseries

text:
Sheridan Nurseries is a Canadian garden supplies company based in the Toronto area.
The company has over  of land for growing plants and eight garden centers.
Employment varies seasonally, but during peak periods it has over 1,000 staff.

History

The British landscape architects Howard and Lorrie Dunington-Grubb founded Sheridan Nurseries in 1913 in the hamlet of Sheridan outside Oakville, Ontario.
They bought  of land, of which only about  turned out to be suitable for ornamental plants.
The Dunington-Grubbs hired Sven Herman Stensson to run the nursery after he responded to an advertisement in an English paper.
By 1926 the nursery had grown to , with a wide range of trees, shrubs and perennials.
The first seasonal garden centers were opened in the early 1920s near the Yonge and Bloor intersection in what is now downtown Toronto and on Southdown Road in Mississauga.

Sheridan Nurseries has been involved in finding or developing hybrids suitable for the harsh Canadian climate.
They acquired seeds of the hardy Korean boxwood in 1922, and first listed it in their catalog in 1939. It became a great success.
The company's 1939 catalog described the Alpine currant as "the most satisfactory shrub for a deciduous hedge" and called the Japanese yew "the best shrub available for an evergreen hedge of moderate height."

In the 1940s, Sheridan Nurseries was one of many Ontario employers who used Japanese labourers interned in camps after being forcibly relocated from British Columbia during the Second World War:Sheridan Nurseries hired 22 Japanese internees in 1943 and their business records show the men were not slave labour, but paid employees. While the Caucasian workers were paid 48 cents an hour, the Japanese internees received 44 cents.Starting in the late 1960s the Sheridan Nurseries began developing hardy alternatives to the English box for hedging.
They are crosses of buxus sempervirens and the very hardy buxus microphylla.
Sheridan Nurseries also developed Mountbatten Juniper and Ivory Silk Japanese Tree Lilac.

Recent years

As of 2010 three of Herman Stensson's grandchildren were senior managers in the company.
The company had more than  of land, including  of container growing.
The company had about 280 full-time employees, rising to around 1,000 in early April. It was suffering from difficulty finding workers for the farms, where conditions in the Ontario summer can be extremely hot and humid.
About 100 workers from Mexico and Jamaica were being employed on the farms each year.

By 2012 the company was the largest garden center retailer and grower in Canada. That year Sheridan Nurseries won the International Grower of the Year award from the International Association of Horticultural Producers.
The company celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2013.
In May 2013 the company said it would donate 1,000 plants to communities in the Greater Toronto Area that had a severe need for green space or plants, and was asking the public to suggest areas to be considered.
As of 2014 the company had nine garden centers in Mississauga, Georgetown. Toronto, Unionville, North York, Whitby, Scarborough and Kitchener-Waterloo.

References

Sources

Companies based in Ontario
Plant nurseries
Retail companies established in 1913
1913 establishments in Ontario


title: Jani Honkavaara

text:
Jani Honkavaara (born 2 February 1976) is a Finnish football manager and retired football player, who is the manager of KuPS.

Career
Honkavaara began his football career in TP-Seinäjoki (formerly known as Törnävän Pallo-55). During his time in the club, he played 10 matches in Finnish top tier Veikkausliiga. Later in his career he was mainly known for playing for East Helsinki based club FC Viikingit of Vuosaari.

Managerial career
After retiring as a football player, Honkavaara was first appointed to the role of reserve team head coach in FC Viikingit. In 2007, he was appointed to coaching team and held position of coach in the club till 2009. In autumn 2009 he was selected as head coach of HIFK where he led the club towards promotion to Finnish first division Ykkönen after season 2010. He resigned from the role of manager of HIFK after season 2011. After the successful spell at HIFK, he went to coach another Helsinki based club IF Gnistan. Despite rather successful season, he then resigned from the club after season 2012, citing to family reasons. Soon after he was appointed as the new head coach of HIFK which had faced relegation back to Finnish second division, Kakkonen, after the ending season, led by Honkavaara's successor in the managerial role, Juha Moilanen. Right after next and very successful season 2013, he led HIFK back to Ykkönen. After the 2014 season, HIFK was promoted to Veikkausliiga, making it to the top tier of Finnish football for the first time in over 40 years.

At the end of November 2016 it was announced, that Honkavaara would be the new manager of KuPS, starting from 1 January 2017. In the 2019 Veikkausliiga season, Honkavaara led KuPS to its first Finnish championship title in 43 years.

In October 2019 Honkavaara was announced as the new manager of his hometown side SJK.

Achievements

KuPS
 Veikkausliiga: Champions 2019, Runners-up 2023

SJK
 Veikkausliiga: 3rd place 2021

References

Living people
1976 births
Finnish football managers
HIFK Fotboll managers
Veikkausliiga players
JIPPO players
FC Viikingit players
FC Kontu players
Men's association football midfielders
Finnish men's footballers
TP-Seinäjoki players
Kuopion Palloseura managers
Sportspeople from Seinäjoki