title: Bernard MacMahon (filmmaker)

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Bernard MacMahon is an Irish-British filmmaker. His American Epic films are widely considered as the definitive portrait of a musical era, and one of the best music documentaries ever made.

Early life
Bernard MacMahon was born in England and grew up in South London. He developed an interest in early American cinema at a young age and was shooting and editing 8 mm short films by the age of 12. MacMahon said “America has fascinated me since I was a child. My big love is American cinema, especially early American cinema, and I’ve always been fascinated by that period in the 20s when the technology and artistic language of film was being invented.”

Film career
Bernard MacMahon's debut film was American Epic, an award-winning documentary film series about the first recordings of roots music in the United States during the 1920s and their cultural, social and technological impact on North America and the world. Directed and co-written by MacMahon, the story was told through twelve ethnically and musically diverse musicians who auditioned for and participated in those pioneering recording sessions; The Carter Family, the Memphis Jug Band, Elder J.E. Burch, The Williamson Brothers, Dick Justice, Charley Patton, The Hopi Indian Chanters, Joseph Kekuku, Lydia Mendoza, the Breaux Family, Mississippi John Hurt, and Blind Willie Johnson.

The film series was created, written and produced by MacMahon, Allison McGourty and Duke Erikson. It was first broadcast on May 16, 2017 in the United States and was narrated by Robert Redford. The film was the result of ten years of intensive field research and postulated a radically new take on American history, namely that America was democratized through the invention of electrical sound recording and the subsequent auditions the record labels held across North America in the late 1920s, which were open to every ethnic minority and genre of music. The films contained many previously untold stories, a vast amount of previously unseen and extremely rare archival footage and dramatically advanced audio restorations of the 1920s and 1930s recordings. When MacMahon presented his vision for the films and the archival footage to Robert Redford at their first meeting, Redford pronounced it “America’s greatest untold story”. Many critics have cited the American Epic films as being one of the best music documentaries ever made.

During production of the American Epic documentary series, MacMahon directed and co-wrote The American Epic Sessions, a documentary film in which a sound engineer restored the fabled long-lost first electrical sound recording system from 1925 and twenty contemporary artists paid tribute to the momentous machine by attempting to record songs on it for the first time in 80 years. The film starred Steve Martin, Nas, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Alabama Shakes, Jack White, Taj Mahal, Ana Gabriel, The Avett Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, and Beck. The American Epic Sessions employed a diverse line-up of performers both ethnically and musically to represent the breadth of cultures that were first given a national platform through the invention of this recording machine. It also explored the extent to which the recordings made on it in the 1920s influenced and inspired contemporary music. The film involved a decade of work restoring the machine, which was pieced together from spare parts scattered across the globe, in order to better understand the origins of modern recording technology, and the influence the machine had on world culture. The film received widespread acclaim for its direction, musical performances, sound and cinematography.

In September 2017 the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools announced a nine-month preschool to high school educational program based on MacMahon's American Epic films beginning on October 6, 2017. The school founded by American educator John Dewey in 1896 has over 2,015 students enrolled in 15 grades. The program featured MacMahon and producer and co-writer Allison McGourty as Artists-in-Residence.

MacMahon draws and paints detailed storyboards and lighting designs in advance of production, and has stated that he was influenced by the cinematography of John J. Mescall and the painting of Diego Velázquez. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America, the Television Academy, the Writers Guild of America West, the Sundance Institute and is the co-founder of Lo-Max Films.

Awards and honors
The American Epic documentary series and The American Epic Sessions film received a number of awards, including the Foxtel Audience Award at the 2016 Sydney Film Festival, the Audience Award and Discovery Award for Best First Time Director at the 2016 Calgary International Film Festival, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy. MacMahon was nominated by the British Academy Film Awards as a Breakthrough Talent for directing The American Epic Sessions. On April 23, 2018, the Focal International Awards nominated MacMahon for Best Use of Footage in a History Feature and Best Use of Footage in a Music Production.

Filmography

Bibliography
MacMahon was the co-author of a collaborative memoir chronicling the 10-year odyssey researching and making the American Epic documentary films and The American Epic Sessions. The book was co-written with producer Allison McGourty, and music historian Elijah Wald. American Epic: The First Time America Heard Itself was published on May 2, 2017 by Simon & Schuster. The book was the winner of the 2017 Association for Recorded Sound Collections Award.

Discography
MacMahon was the co-composer of the film score for the American Epic documentaries and was the editor and compiler of a series of album releases that accompanied the American Epic films. These albums received widespread acclaim, with the 5-CD box set American Epic: The Collection being named as Rolling Stone’s Reissue of the Year and many critics acclaiming it as being the best box set of its kind ever to be released.

References

Bibliography
 Wald, Elijah & McGourty, Allison & MacMahon, Bernard. American Epic: The First Time America Heard Itself. New York: Touchstone, 2017. .

External links
 American Epic website

Writers Guild of America
Living people
21st-century English writers
English cinematographers
English male screenwriters
English-language film directors
Film directors from London
Film producers from London
Writers from London
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century British screenwriters
21st-century English male writers


title: Libor Koníček

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Libor Koníček (born 14 July 1995) is a Slovak professional footballer who currently plays for Myjava.

Career

MFK Ružomberok
He made his professional debut for MFK Ružomberok against MFK Košice on 20 May 2014, entering in as a replacement for Pavel Kováč, who was sent-off in the 36th minute of the match.

References

External links

 Futbalnet profile
 Eurofotbal profile

1995 births
Living people
Slovak men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
MFK Ružomberok players
FK Iskra Borčice players
Spartak Myjava players
Slovak First Football League players


title: Ward Van de Velde

text:
Edward Van de Velde (19 June 1930 – 7 March 2010) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1930 births
2010 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
People from Hamme
Cyclists from East Flanders


title: Kristiyan Petkov

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Kristiyan Petkov (; born 19 August 1994) is a Bulgarian footballer who currently plays as a winger for Ustrem Donchevo. His strong leg is his left.

Career
He starts training football at the age of eight at Dobrudzha School (Dobrich). His first coach was Radoslav Boyanov, and later Dimitar Nedialkov. He has won individual awards, including Best Forward in the second and third "Peter Boyanov – Albena" Children's Football Tournament in 2007 and 2008, respectively. He receives offers from the youth academies of CSKA (Sofia) and Levski (Sofia), but he decides to continue his development at Litex Academy. He also reached the final of the Bulgarian Football Union Cup in the 1993 age group in 2011. In 2012, he become the champion and top scorer of the "Yulian Manzarov" International Youth Tournament.

Career statistics

Club

References

External links

1994 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
FC Dobrudzha Dobrich players
FC Dunav Ruse players
FC Marek Dupnitsa players
PFC Litex Lovech players
Sportspeople from Dobrich
Men's association football wingers


title: Grace Lutheran Church

text:
Grace Lutheran Church may refer to:
 Grace Lutheran Church (Phoenix, Arizona) is a historic church in Phoenix, Arizona, on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
 Grace Lutheran Church (Uniontown, Missouri), member congregation of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
 Grace Lutheran Church of Barber,  U.S. National Registered Historic Place near Ryegate, Montana
 Grace Lutheran Church (Sheyenne, North Dakota), Lutheran church in Sheyenne, North Dakota
Grace Lutheran Church (Carrollton, Georgia), an ELCA affiliated church in Carrollton, Georgia.
Grace Lutheran Church (Lincoln, Nebraska), an ELCA affiliated church in Lincoln, Nebraska.


title: Chuqllu Chuqllu

text:
Chuqllu Chuqllu or Chhuxllu Chhuxllu (Quechua chuqllu corncob, spelled chhuxllu in Aymara, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, "a group of corncobs", Hispanicized spelling Chocllochocllo) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, Castilla Province, Orcopampa District.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region


title: Yasmin Menezes

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Yasmin Menezes (born September 3, 1998) is a Brazilian female acrobatic gymnast. Along with her partner, Fabricio Carvalho de Abreu, she competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

1998 births
Living people
Brazilian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Knapsack cryptosystems

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Knapsack cryptosystems are cryptosystems whose security is based on the hardness of solving the knapsack problem. They remain quite unpopular because simple versions of these algorithms have been broken for several decades. However, that type of cryptosystem is a good candidate for post-quantum cryptography.

The most famous knapsack cryptosystem is the Merkle-Hellman Public Key Cryptosystem, one of the first public key cryptosystems, published the same year as the RSA cryptosystem. However, this system has been broken by several attacks: one from Shamir, one by Adleman, and the low density attack.

However, there exist modern knapsack cryptosystems that are considered secure so far: among them is Nasako-Murakami 2006.

Knapsack cryptosystems, when not subject to classical cryptoanalysis, are believed to be difficult even for quantum computers. That is not the case for systems that rely on factoring large integers, like RSA, or computing discrete logarithms, like ECDSA, problems solved in polynomial time with Shor's algorithm.

References

Bibliography

Cryptography


title: Carithers Store Building

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The Carithers Store Building was a historic commercial building located adjacent to U.S. Route 136 on the northwest side of Village Square in Table Grove, Illinois. The two-story frame building was built in 1871; its design features Greek Revival and Italianate elements. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 as the only surviving two-story frame commercial building in the Table Grove area. The building is no longer standing, and was removed from the National Register in 2020.

History
The building was constructed in 1871 to house a mercantile store owned by brothers William and John H. Carithers. The store was one of several new commercial buildings built in Table Grove in the 1870s, as the village experienced a period of business growth after receiving Rockford, Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad service in 1870. The two-story building, which included office space and a canopy to show goods outdoors, signified that the Carithers brothers expected their store to be successful and long-lasting enough to support such a large building. The store was profitable into the 20th century, as evidenced by John's purchase of a large home in 1897 and the store's inclusion on the Plat of Table Grove in 1912. John's son Dwight B. Carithers and the brothers' nephew William L. Hipsley took over the store in 1898; Hipsley assumed full control after John's death in 1902, as Dwight took over the Carithers family farm in John's place. Hipsley managed the store until 1922, after which time the building was used as a rented storefront, a Sunday school, and a storage area.

Architecture
The two-story wood frame store featured Greek Revival and Italianate elements in its design, reflecting a contemporary view that even functional buildings should have architectural ornaments. Broken pediments with dentillated eaves covered both gable ends of the building. Greek Revival-inspired pilasters marked three of the building's corners. The tall, narrow windows of the building had arched hoods, a typical Italianate feature.

At the time of the building's nomination to the National Register, it was the only surviving two-story frame commercial building within a  radius of Table Grove. The building was consequently considered a significant local example of its type, as similar buildings had once existed in nearby communities but had been lost to demolition and decay. However, recent photographs of the site indicate that the building is no longer standing.

References

Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Greek Revival architecture in Illinois
Italianate architecture in Illinois
Commercial buildings completed in 1871
Buildings and structures in Fulton County, Illinois
National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, Illinois
Former National Register of Historic Places in Illinois


title: Leonel Rocca

text:
Leonel Rocca (21 January 1915 – 19 June 1965) was a Uruguayan cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

References

1915 births
1965 deaths
Uruguayan male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Uruguay
Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
People from Mercedes, Uruguay
Sportspeople from Soriano Department


title: Cyclone (nickname)

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Cyclone is a nickname for:

 Cy Young (1867-1955), American Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher whose nickname "Cyclone" was shortened to "Cy"
 Cyclone Taylor (1884-1979), Canadian Hall-of-Fame hockey player
 Fabiano Aoki (born 1978), Brazilian kickboxer
 Cyclone Miller (1858-1916), American Major League Baseball pitcher
 Cyclone Ryan (1866-1917), Major League Baseball pitcher and first baseman for 12 games
 Cyclone Joe Williams (1886-1951), American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues

See also

 Hurricane (nickname)

Nicknames


title: Shen Yunyun

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Shen Yunyun (born August 24, 1991) is a Chinese male acrobatic gymnast. Along with his partner, Wu Wenhui, he finished 5th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

1991 births
Living people
Chinese acrobatic gymnasts
Male acrobatic gymnasts


title: Ezgi Dilik

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Ezgi Dilik (born 12 June 1995 in Ankara, Turkey) is an Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor volleyball player.

Personal life
She is  tall at .

Career

Clubs
Dilik began her sports career in the youth team of Eczacıbaşı VitrA, and transferred later to Vakıfbank. Her next club became Fenerbahçe, where she played three seasons. For the last two seasons, she was loaned out to Sarıyer Belediyesi. For the 2014–15 season, she returned to her club Fenerbahçe.
In 2017–2018, she play with Eczacıbaşı VitrA again.

International
Dilik was a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team, which won the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League.

Honours

National team
 2014 Women's European Volleyball League -
 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship -
 2015 Women's European Volleyball League –

Club
 2015 Turkish Super Cup -  Runner-Up, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
 2014-15 Turkish Cup -  Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
 2014–15 Turkish Women's Volleyball League -  Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
 2014-15 Turkish Super Cup -  Champion, with Fenerbahçe Grundig
 2016-17 Turkish Cup -  Champion, with Fenerbahçe
 2016–17 Turkish Women's Volleyball League -  Champion, with Fenerbahçe

See also
 Turkish women in sports

References

1995 births
Volleyball players from Ankara
Turkish women's volleyball players
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit players
VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
Sarıyer Belediyesi volleyballers
Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players
Living people
Turkey women's international volleyball players
Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor volleyballers


title: Wu Wenhui

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Wu Wenhui (born April 27, 1998) is a Chinese female acrobatic gymnast. Along with her partner, Shen Yunyun, she finished 5th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

1991 births
Living people
Chinese acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Fluopicolide

text:
Fluopicolide is a fungicide used in agriculture to control diseases caused by oomycetes such as late blight of potato. It is classed as an acylpicolide and its chemical name is 2,6-dichloro-N-{[3-chloro-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyridin-2-yl]methyl}benzamide. The precise mode of action is not known, but it is thought to act by affecting spectrin-like proteins in the cytoskeleton of oomycetes. This mode of action differs from other available fungicides used to control oomycetes and it can inhibit the growth of strains that are resistant to phenylamides, strobilurin, dimethomorph and iprovalicarb. It has some systemic activity as it moves through the xylem towards the tips of stems, but does not get transported to the roots. It affects the motility of zoospores, the germination of cysts, the growth of the mycelium and sporulation. Bayer CropScience developed the compound and it was first released as a commercial product in 2006.

Uses
Fluopicolide has been shown to be effective at controlling Phytophthora infestans, Phytophthora capsicii, Phytophthora porri, Plasmopara viticola, Perenospora parasitica, Peronospora tabacina, Peronospora sparsa, Pseudoperonospora cubensis and  Bremia lactucae. As of 2007, it was only available commercially as a co-formulation with Fosetyl-Al for use in vines (as Profiler) and as a co-formulation with propamocarb for use on potatoes and vegetables (as Infinito). Other products were in development.

Toxicity
The median lethal dose in rats is >5000 mg/kg meaning that fluopicolide has low acute toxicity. Tests in other mammals indicate that it does not cause skin sensitisation, cancer or developmental problems.

References

Fungicides
Benzamides
Pyridines
Trifluoromethyl compounds
Chloroarenes


title: Milan Ferenčík (footballer, born 1995)

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Milan Ferenčík (born 2 February 1995) is a Slovak football player who currently plays for ŠK Tvrdošín as a midfielder.

Career

MFK Ružomberok
He made his Fortuna Liga debut for Ružomberok against Slovan Bratislava on 26 April 2014, entering in as a substitute in place of Andrej Lovas in the 71st minute of the match.

References

External links

 Futbalnet profile
 MFK Ružomberok profile
 Eurofotbal profile

1995 births
Living people
Slovak men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
MFK Ružomberok players
MFK Tatran Liptovský Mikuláš players
MFK Dolný Kubín players
Slovak First Football League players
2. Liga (Slovakia) players
5. Liga players
4. Liga (Slovakia) players


title: Fremont School

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Fremont School, also known as Freemont School, is a historic elementary school building located in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was built in 1915, and is a two-story, brick Classical Revival style building with a partially raised basement, and a major addition built in 1926.  It features decorative brickwork, terra cotta ornamentation, and entrance porticoes. The building housed an elementary school from 1915 to 1979.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
School buildings completed in 1915
Buildings and structures in Spartanburg, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg, South Carolina
1915 establishments in South Carolina


title: Galaxy group

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A galaxy group or group of galaxies (GrG) is an aggregation of galaxies comprising about 50 or fewer gravitationally bound members, each at least as luminous as the Milky Way (about 1010 times the luminosity of the Sun); collections of galaxies larger than groups that are first-order clustering are called galaxy clusters. The groups and clusters of galaxies can themselves be clustered, into superclusters of galaxies.

The Milky Way galaxy is part of a group of galaxies called the Local Group.

Characteristics
Groups of galaxies are the smallest aggregates of galaxies. They typically contain no more than 50 galaxies in a diameter of 1 to 2 megaparsecs (Mpc). Their mass is approximately 1013 solar masses. The spread of velocities for the individual galaxies is about 150 km/s. However, this definition should be used as a guide only, as larger and more massive galaxy systems are sometimes classified as galaxy groups.

Groups are the most common structures of galaxies in the universe, accounting for at least 50% of the galaxies in the local universe. Groups have a mass range between those of the very large elliptical galaxies and clusters of galaxies. In the local universe, about half of the groups exhibit diffuse X-ray emissions from their intracluster media. Those that emit X-rays appear to have early-type galaxies as members. The diffuse X-ray emissions come from zones within the inner 10–50% of the groups' virial radius, generally 50–500 kpc.

Types
There are several subtypes of groups.

Compact groups
A compact group consists of a small number of galaxies, typically around five, in close proximity and relatively isolated from other galaxies and formations. The first compact group to be discovered was Stephan's Quintet, found in 1877. Stephan's Quintet is named for a compact group of four galaxies plus an unassociated foreground galaxy. Astronomer Paul Hickson created a catalogue of such groups in 1982, the Hickson Compact Groups.

Compact groups of galaxies readily show the effect of dark matter, as the visible mass is greatly less than that needed to gravitationally hold the galaxies together in a bound group. Compact galaxy groups are also not dynamically stable over Hubble time, thus showing that galaxies evolve by merger, over the timescale of the age of the universe.

Fossil groups

Fossil galaxy groups, fossil groups, or fossil clusters are believed to be the end-result of galaxy merging within a normal galaxy group, leaving behind the X-ray halo of the progenitor group.  Galaxies within a group interact and merge. The physical process behind this galaxy-galaxy merger is dynamical friction. The time-scales for dynamical friction on luminous (or L*) galaxies suggest that fossil groups are old, undisturbed systems that have seen little infall of L* galaxies since their initial collapse. Fossil groups are thus an important laboratory for studying the formation and evolution of galaxies and the intragroup medium in an isolated system. Fossil groups may still contain unmerged dwarf galaxies, but the more massive members of the group have condensed into the central galaxy. This hypothesis is supported by studies of computer simulations of cosmological volumes.

The closest fossil group to the Milky Way is NGC 6482, an elliptical galaxy at a distance of approximately 180 million light-years located in the constellation of Hercules.

Proto-groups
Proto-groups are groups that are in the process of formation. They are the smaller form of protoclusters. These contain galaxies and protogalaxies embedded in dark matter haloes that are in the process of fusing into group-formations of singular dark matter halos.

List

See also
 Illustris project

Notes

References

 Groups


title: 2014 Baku Cup – Doubles

text:
Irina Buryachok and Oksana Kalashnikova were the defending champions, but Buryachok decided not to participate.  Kalashnikova played alongside Olga Savchuk, but lost in the semifinals to Alexandra Panova and Heather Watson.
Alexandra Panova and Heather Watson won the title, defeating Raluca Olaru and Shahar Pe'er in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–3).

Seeds

Draw

Draw

References
 Main Draw

Baku Cup - Doubles
2014 Doubles


title: Digital detox

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A digital detox is a period of time when a person voluntarily refrains from using digital devices such as smartphones, computers, and social media platforms. This form of detoxification has gained popularity, as individuals have increased their time spent on digital devices and the Internet.

Background

A 2015 survey conducted by Deloitte found that around 59% of smartphone users check a social media platform in the five minutes prior to going to bed, and within 30 minutes of waking up.

Motivations
Motivations to start a digital detox include:
 Concern about developing addictive behavior that some identify as an Internet addiction disorder
 Aiming to reduce stress and anxiety caused by the over-use of technology
 Re-focusing offline social interactions and actions
 Re-connecting with nature
 Increasing mindfulness
 Improving one's learning ability by decreasing distractions and eliminating multi-tasking

Potential health effects

The extended overuse of technology has been found to reduce quality of sleep, cause eye strain and vision problems, as well as lead to the increased occurrence of migraine headaches. A previous research survey of over 7,000 participants found that approximately 70% of those who use technology with screens have experienced "digital eye strain as a result of the growing use of [screen possessing technological devices]".

Research on the effects of popular technological devices such as cellphones and computers on sleep has suggested that the light emitted from screens may suppress the production of the hormone melatonin, an important regulatory biochemical that controls the duration and character of sleep cycles.

Potential effects on relationships
A study of 145 American adults recruited through MTurk in 2016 suggested that marital satisfaction can be lowered if either partner "snubs" the other in favor of using a cellphone. The act was also associated with a higher incidence of depression and a reported lower satisfaction with life. The self-reported attachment styles of the participants were seen to have an effect such that individuals with attachment anxiety reported a higher degree of cell phone conflict.

Another study suggested that the visible presence of mobile devices during conversations may have a limiting effect on the sense of connection felt between those involved in the conversation as well as the overall quality of the conversation.

Social media detoxification
A subset of digital detox is social media detox, which is a period of time when individuals voluntarily stay away from social media. In academic research, social media detoxification is commonly referred to as the "non-use of social media", and falls under the umbrella of "Digital Detox", with a focus specifically on unplugging from social media.

A 2019 Pew Research Center study found that 69% of adults in the United States used Facebook, 73% used YouTube, and 37% used Instagram. A 2012 study found that around 60% of Facebook users have made a conscious effort to voluntarily take a break from Facebook for a time period of several weeks or more. This has been referred to as "media refusal", with non-users known as "social media rejectors" who once used social media but have now voluntarily given it up for various reasons.

Methods
A subset of a digital detox is a social media detox, in which an individual voluntarily keeps off of social media platforms. Additionally, motivations for performing only a subset of a digital detox could be attributed to the total time spent on social media platforms and the related psychological effects.  The use of social media can lead to internet addiction and decrease productivity which is why celebrities such as Ed Sheeran and Kendall Jenner have undergone a social media detox and influenced others to do one as well. Furthermore, comedian Ari Shaffir gained attention for refusing to use a smartphone after concerns about spending too much time on it, especially on social media. According to statistics, many social media users visit their platforms multiple times per day, with 68% of Snapchat users and 50% of Facebook users doing so. Based on a 2019 Pew Research Center study, 73% of adults in the United States use YouTube, 37% use Instagram and 69% use Facebook with around 60% of Facebook users making an effort to undergo a social media detoxification.

Most experts on the other hand agree that moderation is a much more effective method of detoxification than fully forgoing technology. One way of curbing overuse of digital devices is to allocate some of the uses of a smartphone to non-digital means. In 2019 Google announced a "paper phone" which can contain daily agendas, directions, and other uses so that people rely less on their smartphone.

Apart from these, designated 'sacred spaces' wherein smartphone usage is strictly prohibited can help.

Recently, the tourism industry has found a niche market for 'digital detox travel packages' where tourists are disconnected from their Information and communications technology by traveling to remote areas. A study from University of Nottingham Ningbo China found that the biggest motivators for embarking on a digital detox holiday include mindfulness, technostress, relaxation, and self-expression.

Criticism
In the 2010s, technology and social media became an integral aspect of everyday life, and thus the decision to refrain from using technology or social media has become a conscious lifestyle choice reflecting the desire for selective and reversible disconnection. Undoubtedly, in the digital age, social media plays a vital role in building social capital, maintaining connections, and managing impressions. Scholars have argued for the importance of maintaining a certain level of distraction that social media can provide for a balanced state of body and mind, and some scholars have even debated that social media is necessary and should not be completely cut out. That being said, many scholars believe that the moderation of social media is essential, primarily due to social media platforms' goal of encouraging constant use with likes, notifications, and infinite scrolling. Furthermore, to lessen the effects of these addictive features social media platforms such as Instagram have begun to explore alternative methods, such as making likes on a user's post invisible to the user, to shift the focus away from constant notifications and likes.

Some companies have even launched movements against technology addiction. For example, in October 2019, Google released Paper Phone, a Google product consisting of a printed piece of paper folded into eighths that contains relevant information to your day much like a daily planner. The motive behind the project was to provide the utility of a smartphone in a simplistic and less dynamic delivery. Moreover, other projects have focused on building second phones with less functionality, or putting human nature and design above technology. Some critics disagree with Google's approach to the digital detox phenomenon, however, and instead argue that harmony between technology use and well-being can be achieved. Additionally, these critics suggest that the best way to digitally detox is to be mindful of the amount of time that is being spent on a digital device.

See also

 Delayed gratification
 Digital media use and mental health
 Dopamine fasting
 Problematic social media use
 Shutdown Day

References

Digital media use and mental health
Internet culture
Internet terminology


title: Charlie Bazzano

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Charlie Bazzano (10 October 1923 – 9 January 2014) was an Australian cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In the 1,000-metre sprint event semi-finals he finished fourth beaten by Britain's Reg Harris, who eventually took the silver medal. He also competed at the 1950 British Empire Games.

In 1971 Bazzano became the NSW cycling coach.

Private life
Bazzano was born in Morano sul Po in Northern Italy. He had one brother, Leo. They and father Jack arrived in Australia when Charlie was aged three. His nephew Matt Bazzano became a notable cyclist and later Managing Director of Shimano Australia Cycling. Charlie was married to Heather who died several years before him. He used a wheelchair for some years before dying of a heart attack in Cronulla, New South Wales.

References

External links

1923 births
2014 deaths
Australian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from the Province of Alessandria
Cyclists at the 1950 British Empire Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Cyclists from Piedmont
Italian emigrants to Australia


title: Srđan Grujičić

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Srđan Grujičić (; born 19 July 1987) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Strelac Mislođin.

References

External links

 Srđan Grujičić stats at utakmica.rs

1987 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Men's association football midfielders
Serbian men's footballers
FK Radnički Obrenovac players
FK Radnički 1923 players
FK Jedinstvo Užice players
FK Čukarički players
FK Kolubara players
FK Donji Srem players
FK Sloboda Užice players
Serbian SuperLiga players


title: Reverend's Colt

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Reverend's Colt (originally titled Reverendo Colt) is a 1970 Spanish-Italian Spaghetti Western directed by León Klimovsky.

Cast

 Guy Madison: Reverend Miller
 Richard Harrison: Sheriff Donovan
 Ennio Girolami: Mestizo (credited as Thomas Moore)
 María Martín: Mary MacMurray
 Germán Cobos: Fred
 Ignazio Spalla: Meticcio (credited as Pedro Sanchez)
 Steven Tedd: Gary
 Perla Cristal: Dorothy
 Alfonso Rojas: Colonel Charles Jackson
 Cris Huerta: Pat MacMurray (credited as Cris Huertas)
 José Canalejas: Martin

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title: Chan Chan (singer)

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Chan Mya Nyein (; born 1987 in Yangon) is a Burmese singer and model known professionally as Chan Chan (). She has released three solo albums to date. She was also one of the judges in Myanmar Idol.

Career
Chan Chan began her show business career in 2007 when she won second place in the Melody World singing contest on Myawaddy TV. Her winning song, "Thachin Letsaung" is one of the tracks included in the album named The Best of Melody World 2007. "Thachin Letsaung" became her debut song and gained her extra fame as a singer in Myanmar

Chan Chan released her first album, Tage So Yin Achit Be Lo De, shortly after winning the Melody World contest. "Love Is All We Need Indeed" (), the hit song of this album is the cover version of a famous Chinese song. She was awarded "Best-selling album – Female" by City FM in 2010. In 2011, she was titled the "Most popular female singer of the year" by City FM. Her second album Theik Chit De, Ayan Mon De was released in early 2012.  In 2013, she won the 'People's Choice Award' and 'First Runner-up' in People Magazine modelling contest.

From 2015 to 2016, she participated as a judge in the 1st season of Myanmar Idol. Between June and July 2019, she held a United States tour thorough the main cities of the country.

Brand ambassadorship
She represented the Paul Mitchell hairstyle products brand in 2009, and is currently the Brand Ambassador for Banchack Lubricant in Thailand.

Political activities
On 2 April 2021, in the aftermath of the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, an arrest warrant was issued to her under section 505 (a) of the Myanmar Penal Code by the State Administration Council for speaking out against the military coup. Along with several other celebrities, she was charged with calling for participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) and damaging the state's ability to govern, with supporting the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and with generally inciting the people to disturb the peace and stability of the nation.

Personal life
Chan Chan is the youngest daughter out of 4 siblings. She married Phone Thaik () on 17 July 2013 at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Botahtaung Township, Yangon. They divorced in 2017, and have one daughter named Mya Moe Ginga. She is currently married to Enrico, an Italian national, with whom she has one daughter (b. 2021). She is based in Italy.

Discography
 Ta Kal So Yin A Chit Pal Lo Tal () (2010)
 Thape Chit Tal, A Yann Mone Tal () (2012)
 Eain Met () (2014)
 Tho Chit Nay Tone Bal () (2017)

References

External links

21st-century Burmese women singers
Living people
1987 births
Melody World participants
Burmese pop singers
City FM Award winners


title: Margarita Lookout

text:
Margarita Lookout, also known as Santa Margarita Lookout, is a lookout point in the Santa Margarita Mountains, part of the larger Santa Ana Mountains in San Diego County, California. The original fire lookout tower, built in 1935 by the CCC, was later replaced by a new lookout tower and cabin in 1965. In 1986, the tower and cabin were both burned in a wildfire. In 1988, the burnt tower was destroyed in a collision with a Marine Corps CH-46E helicopter. The lookout tower was badly damaged as a result and was promptly removed. Only a concrete foundation remains today, however the site is still accessible via trail (Margarita Road/Truck Trail). The lookout is approximately one mile north of Margarita Peak, and is located in the Cleveland National Forest.

References

External links

 Santa Margarita (Margarita Peak) Tower Site
 Site tour video by Brad Eells

Cleveland National Forest
Fire lookout towers in California
Santa Ana Mountains
Santa Margarita Mountains


title: Fosetyl-Al

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Fosetyl-Al is an organophosphorus compound that is used as a fungicide.  With the formula [C2H5OP(H)O2]3Al.  It is derived from ethylphosphite.

References

Fungicides
Phosphites
Aluminium compounds


title: Janet Holmes (linguist)

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Janet Holmes  (born 17 May 1947) is a New Zealand sociolinguist. Her research interests include language and gender, language in the workplace, and New Zealand English.

Academic career
After obtaining an MPhil at the University of Leeds, Holmes moved to Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, later becoming a naturalised New Zealander in 1975. She published a textbook Introduction to Sociolinguistics in 1992 which has run to five editions. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and won the Dame Joan Metge Medal in 2012. She is now an Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Holmes has published widely on an array of topics. In 1996, she established the Wellington Language in the Workplace (LWP) project, which is an ongoing study of communication formats occurring in the workplace, which examines “small talk, humour, management strategies, directives, and leadership in a wide range of New Zealand workplaces”.

Holmes has been featured on the media, such as the Radio New Zealand and newspapers. Topics she talked about included the way people communicate at work, how complicated the phenomenon of sexist language is, the pitfalls and possibilities of cross-cultural communication in the workplace, or whether men or women talk more.

Recognition
In recognition of Holmes' contributions to the field of Sociolinguistics, Linguist at Work: Festschrift for Janet Holmes brings together works by Holmes's colleagues, students, collaborators, and friends which present new ideas and analysis within the field. In the 2016 New Year Honours, Holmes was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to linguistics.

In 2017, Holmes was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.

In July 2019, Holmes was conferred with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree by the University of Warwick.

Publications
 2017 Holmes, Janet and Nick Wilson An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. (5th edition). London: Pearson.
 2015 Holmes, Janet and Maria Stubbe (2nd edition) Power and Politeness in the Workplace. London and New York: Routledge.
 2014 Holmes, Janet and Kirk Hazen (eds.) Research Methods in Sociolinguistics: A Practical Guide.  Oxford/Malden MA: Wiley Blackwell.
 2014 Ehrlich, Susan, Miriam Meyerhoff  and Janet Holmes (eds.) The Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality. Oxford/Malden: Wiley-Blackwell.
 2013 Holmes, Janet. An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. Fourth Edition. London: Pearson.
 2011 Holmes, Janet, Meredith Marra and Bernadette Vine Leadership, Discourse and Ethnicity. Oxford University Press.
 2011 Laurie Bauer, Dianne Bardsley, Janet Holmes and Paul Warren Q and Eh: Questions and Answer on Language with a Kiwi Twist.
 Holmes, J. (2008). An Introduction to Sociolinguistics (3rd ed.). Pearson Longman, Harlow, England
 2006 Holmes, Janet Gendered Talk at Work: Constructing Gender Identity through Workplace Discourse. New York, Oxford: Blackwell.
 2006 Laurie Bauer, Janet Holmes and Paul Warren. Language Matters.  Palgrave Macmillan.
 2003 Holmes, Janet and Maria Stubbe. Power and Politeness in the Workplace: a Sociolinguistic Analysis of Talk at Work. London: Pearson.
 2002. Holmes, J. and M. Marra. "Having a laugh at work: How humour contributes to workplace culture," Journal of pragmatics,34(12): 1683–1710
 2000 Editor. Gendered Speech in Social Context: Perspectives from Gown and Town. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
 1995. Holmes, Janet. Women, Men and Politeness. Harlow: Addison, Wesley, Longman.
1988. Holmes, Janet. "Paying compliments: A sex-preferential politeness strategy," Journal of Pragmatics. 12(4): 445–465.
1984. Holmes, Janet. "Modifying illocutionary force," Journal of Pragmatics. 8(3): 345–365.

References

External links
 Google Scholar
 LinkedIn
 Victoria University of Wellington homepage

1947 births
Women linguists
Living people
New Zealand writers
New Zealand women writers
New Zealand women academics
Alumni of the University of Leeds
Academic staff of Victoria University of Wellington
Sociolinguists
Linguists from New Zealand
Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Fellows of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Academics from Liverpool
English emigrants to New Zealand
Naturalised citizens of New Zealand


title: Miguel Passi

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Miguel Passi (28 March 1923 – 1992) was an Argentine cyclist. He competed in the tandem event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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1923 births
1992 deaths
Argentine male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Argentina
Cyclists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: Saint Henwg

text:
Saint Henwg of Caerlleon upon Usk was a 5th-century saint and church builder.

Family
Henwg was a pre-congregational saint of Wales, born about 487. His father was reputed to have been Umbrafel son of Budoc and his mother, Afrelia the daughter of Vortimer Fendigaid, a son of Vortigen and Severa Verch Macsen.

His brother is said to be Maglor Ap Umbraphel (485-575), and another Unknown sibling.

Life
He was reputed to be from Caerleon in South Wales and legend associates him with King Arthur and Constantine the Great. Very little is factually known of his life: most of what is known come from the songs of Taliesin the bard, his son who built a Church in his memory at Llanbenwg. He is recorded as having gone on a mission to Rome to ask the Roman Emperor to send Saint Germanus and Saint Lupus to assist in the Christianisation of Britain.

References

Medieval Welsh saints
Year of birth unknown


title: Two Guys (film)

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Two Guys (Korean: Tu gaijeu) is a South Korean comedy film directed and written by Hun-Su Park. Park Joong-hoon, Cha Tae-hyun, Han Eun-jung are the lead stars in this film.

Plot
This film is a hilarious chase of two thieves who steal a brief case containing expensive semiconductors from the mafia.

Cast
 Park Joong-hoon as Jung-tae
 Cha Tae-hyun as Hoon
 Han Eun-jung as Ji-seon
 Heung-chae Jeong as Eul-Baek
 Dae-han Ji as Yong-Sik
 Jun-yong Choi as Yang-Bok
 Hyeon-ju Son as Vice-Chief Lim
 Seung-hwan Shin as Soo-Hun
 Hyeok-jae Lee as RZ Card
 Yun-bae Park as customer
 Lim Seung-Dae as Vice-Chief Jung
 Kim Ku-Taek as Rin
 Hong Jin-Kyung as cameo
 Park In-hwan as Director Lee (cameo)

References

External links

2004 films
South Korean romantic comedy films
2000s South Korean films


title: IMG Worlds of Adventure

text:
IMG Worlds of Adventure is an indoor amusement park in the United Arab Emirates in Dubai. It is Dubai's first mega themed entertainment destination. The park is divided into five "epic zones". Two of the five zones represent global brands Cartoon Network and Marvel, while IMG Boulevard and the Lost Valley – Dinosaur Adventure zones are original concepts created by the IMG Group. Novo Cinema is the fifth section of IMG Worlds of Adventure and agreement was signed between Novo Cinema and IMG World of Adventure in May 2015. The park has no connection to the multinational talent management agency IMG, and "IMG" stands for initials of the founding family.

IMG Worlds of Adventure is the second largest temperature controlled indoor themed entertainment destination in the world, covering an area in excess of 1.5 million square feet. With the capacity to welcome more than 20,000 guests a day, the destination features roller coasters, thrill rides, and other attractions based on popular Cartoon Network characters, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and animatronic dinosaurs. Other facilities include a variety of themed retail stores and dining venues, and a 12-screen Novo cinema complex.

IMG Worlds of Adventure is situated within City of Arabia, along Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road.

History
The park was built by the Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari (IMG) Group and is the world's second largest indoor theme park. The park was part of the City of Arabia development project, a part of Dubailand, which was stalled due to the 2008 property crash. In April 2014, the park got a Dh1.2 billion loan from the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. The park itself is valued over Dh3.6 Billion. The park has the capacity to hold up to 20,000 daily and has at many occasions received optimum park capacity level footfall. IMG Worlds have opened its gate to guests on the 31st August 2016.

The park includes 17 themed rides, some of them which are Bespoke rides and only to be found at IMG Worlds.

IMG Worlds of Adventure has in it plans to come up with more such projects to entice and attract the domestic and international tourists to the country.

Themed areas

The theme park contains five themed areas, called "Epic Zones". The park also contains a 12-screen cinema. Falcon's Creative Group was the design company primarily involved in planning and designing the park.

Roller Coasters

Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network is one of the zones and based on cartoon characters from Cartoon Network. It contains the world's first 5D Ben 10 cinema and the largest Ben 10 store in the world.

Attractions
 The Powerpuff Girls - Mojo Jojo's Robot Rampage
 Ben 10: 5D Hero Time
 Adventure Time - The Ride of OOO with Finn & Jake
 The Amazing Ride of Gumball
 LazyTown

Live shows
 CN Live Stage Show

Restaurants and shops
 CN Feast
 Mr. Smoothy
 Richard's Around the World Café
 Finn & Jake's Everything Burrito
 Cartoon Network Classics
 Cartoon Network Store
 The Amazing World of Gumball: The Store
 Lazy Store
 Ben 10 Universe

Marvel
Marvel is another of the themed zones based on characters from Marvel (The Walt Disney Company). It was announced that this zone would feature the 3D media-based attraction, "Avengers: Battle of Ultron." The announcement made in early June, 2015, was made one month after the release of Marvel Studios' anticipated film Avengers: Age of Ultron in early May, 2015.

Attractions
 Avengers: Battle of Ultron
 Hulk: Epsilon Base 3D
 Spider-Man: Doc Ock's Revenge
 Thor: Thunder Spin
 Avengers: Flight of the Quinjets

Restaurants and shops
 Tony's Skydeck
 Chang's Golden Dragon
 Mama Scano's Of Yancy Street
 Marvel Universe
 Empire News and Comics
 Avengers Exchange
 Epsilon Command
 Daily Bugle Company Store
 Marvel Vault

Lost Valley-Dinosaur Adventure

Lost Valley-Dinosaur Adventure is an original intellectual property created for IMG Worlds of Adventure. This zone includes animatronic dinosaurs and roller coasters.

Attractions
 The Velociraptor
 Forbidden Territory
 Predator
 Dino Carousel
 Adventure Fortress

Restaurants and shops
 Spice Valley
 Carnivore Hut
 360 Express
 The Explorer's Supply
 Raptor Outpost
 LV Retail Cart

IMG Boulevard
IMG Boulevard is the fourth zone and welcomes and sets up guests for the other three zones.

Attractions
 The Haunted Hotel

Restaurants and shops
 Popcorn Factory
 Boulevard Gourmet
 Samosa House
 Flavors of Arabia
 The Coffeehouse
 Haunted Hotel Store
 World of Candy
 IMG Emporium

Kids Zone
IMG Worlds has added a new attraction called Kids Zone. This Zone is 17,172 square feet in size and is designated for children, with activities such as climbing walls, a football pitch, and slides.

Novo Cinema
On 10 May 2015, Novo Cinema signed an agreement with IMG World of Adventure for opening 12 multiplex screen cinemas in IMG World of Adventure. The lavish Novo 7-star comfort is complete with retail and dining offers. IMG Novo opened its gate to public in February 2019.

See also
Dubailand
Ferrari World
List of Amusement Parks in the United Arab Emirates

References

External links

Construction updates
Img World Annual Passes Update
Img World of Legends Theme Update
Casting for performers at Dubai’s IMG Worlds of Adventure
Novo Cinema in IMG World of Legends Theme Park Update

Amusement parks in the United Arab Emirates
Amusement parks in Dubai
Indoor amusement parks
Buildings and structures under construction in Dubai
Tourist attractions in Dubai
2016 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Amusement parks opened in 2016


title: Vixotrigine

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Vixotrigine (, ), formerly known as raxatrigine (, ), is an analgesic which is under development by Convergence Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of lumbosacral radiculopathy (sciatica) and trigeminal neuralgia (TGN). Vixotrigine was originally claimed to be a selective central Nav1.3 blocker, but was subsequently redefined as a selective peripheral Nav1.7 blocker. Following this, vixotrigine was redefined once again, as a non-selective voltage-gated sodium channel blocker. As of January 2018, it is in phase III clinical trials for trigeminal neuralgia and is in phase II clinical studies for erythromelalgia and neuropathic pain. It was previously under investigation for the treatment of bipolar disorder, but development for this indication was discontinued.

See also
 List of investigational analgesics

References

External links
 Vixotrigine - AdisInsight

Analgesics
Carboxamides
Enantiopure drugs
Pyrrolidines
Sodium channel blockers


title: Lako Phuti Bhutia

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Lako Phuti Bhutia (born 20 October 1994 in Sikkim) is an Indian women footballer who currently plays for Shirsh Bihar United and the India women's national football team.

Career
Bhutia who hails from Sribadam, a remote place in West Sikkim is a product of the Mangalbari Women’s Football Academy. The defender horned her skills under coach Palden Bhutia.

She also played for Maldivian club New Radiant S.C. in 2014. Then she joined  Gokulam Kerala FC for 2017–18 Indian Women's League season.

Bhutia also played for Sunrise WFC in Bhutan Women's National Championship in 2018.

International
In 2012, she was called up to the Under-19 National Team for the 2013 AFC U-19 Women's Championship qualification in Malaysia. She became the 4th Girl from the state to represent the National Team after Pushpa Chetri, Anuradha Chetri and Nima Lhamu Bhutia. She attended a one-month coaching camp at Gandhinagar, Gujarat with the U-19 squad before leaving for Malaysia.

She along with her sister Nima Lhamu Bhutia was selected for the Senior Women's National Football Coaching Camp, which was held from 1 April 2013. This Camp was held for the selection of the Senior National Team for the Asian Cup qualifying round. Her sister could not attend the camp due to personal reasons. Lako has represented the National Team 8 times and has 1 goal to her credit.

Honours

India
 SAFF Women's Championship: 2014, 2019

New Radiant WSC
FAM Women's Football Championship: 2014

Sunrise FC
Women's National League runner-up: 2018

See also
List of Indian football players in foreign leagues

References

1994 births
Living people
Indian women's footballers
India women's international footballers
India women's youth international footballers
Sportswomen from Sikkim
Footballers from Sikkim
21st-century Indian women
21st-century Indian people
People from Gyalshing district
Women's association football defenders
Indian expatriate women's footballers
Expatriate women's footballers in the Maldives
Gokulam Kerala FC Women players
Indian Women's League players


title: Melicytus macrophyllus

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Melicytus macrophyllus, the large-leaved māhoe, is a small tree up to 6 m tall, of the family Violaceae endemic to New Zealand.

Large-leaved māhoe is found from Kaitaia to the Waitākere Ranges in the North Island. It is similar to M. ramiflorus but is generally smaller, with larger leaves which are often toothed on the upper half. Early spring flowers are borne on long stalks and are usually greenish yellow. The fruits always contain 4 to 6 seeds and are coloured white through to dark purple.

References

macrophyllus
Trees of New Zealand
Dioecious plants


title: Dogiel cells

text:
Dogiel cells, also known as cells of Dogiel, are a type of multipolar neuronal cells within the prevertebral sympathetic ganglia. They are named after the Russian anatomist and physiologist Alexandre Dogiel (1852–1922). Dogiel cells play a role in the enteric nervous system.

Types
There are seven types of cells of Dogiel.

References

Further reading

Sympathetic nervous system
Enteric nervous system


title: Nikolai Rein

text:
Nikolai Rein (born 25 November 1989) is a German male acrobatic gymnast. Along with his partner, Sophie Bruehmann, he competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

1989 births
Living people
German acrobatic gymnasts
Male acrobatic gymnasts
European Games competitors for Germany
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games


title: Sophie Bruehmann

text:
Sophie Bruehmann (born June 15, 1995) is a German female acrobatic gymnast. Along with her partner, Nikolai Rein, she competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

1995 births
Living people
German acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts
European Games competitors for Germany
Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games


title: 30 Años

text:
30 Años (Spanish "treinte años") or 30 Anos (Portuguese "trinta anos") may refer to:

30 Años Despues, album by the Mexican group Los Freddy's 1992
30 Años, album by Loquillo 2009
30 Años, album by Irakere
30 Años, album by Pedro Guerra
30 Años, album by Mercedes Sosa 1993
30 Años, album by Tropicália
30 Años, album by Nepal (band)
30 Años, Raíces (band) with Andrés Calamaro 2008
30 Años, album by Basque musician Ñaco Goñi
30 Años, Orquesta del Tango de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, nominated Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album 2011
30 Años de Exitos by Los Toreros Muertos 1988
30 Años de Canciones Blindadas, Piero De Benedictis
30 Años de ser el Príncipe José José
30 años en Vivo Eva Ayllón 2000
30 Años de Sabor 1992 El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

See also
A Mis Niños de 30 Años, by Miliki, List of number-one albums of 2000 (Spain)


title: Gizem Örge

text:
Gizem Örge (; born 26 April 1993) is a Turkish female volleyball player. Currently, she plays in the Turkish Women's Volleyball League for Fenerbahçe as libero with jersey number 1. She was part of the Turkey women's national volleyball team, which became champion at the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League.

Personal life
Örge is a student of physical education and sports at Marmara University. She is  tall at . On 31 July 2017, she married actor Cavit Çetin Güner and they divorced 23 September 2019.

Career

Clubs
She began her sports career in her hometown Ankara. After obtaining her license, she played in the girls' team of Ankara Eczacı Spor that became runner-up in the Turkish Championship. Then, she was admitted to the women's team, and enjoyed her team's promotion to the Turkish Women's Volleyball Second League.

Still a high school student, Örge transferred to Nilüfer Belediyespor in Bursa in the 2008–09 season. After her transfer to Vakıfbank, she was loaned out to Nilüfer Belediyespor.

In the 2013–14 season, she joined Vakıfbank team, and successfully replaced the team's injured libero Gizem Güreşen Karadayı. She won the champion title in the 2013–14 Turkish Women's Volleyball League season with Vakıfbank, and became runner-up in the 2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League.

In 2021-22 season, she transferred to Fenerbahçe team.

National team
She was member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team, which won the 2014 Women's European Volleyball League.

Awards

National team
 2014 Women's European Volleyball League -
 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship -
 2017 European Championship –
 2018 Nations League -
 2023 Nations League -
 2023 European Championship –

Clubs
 2013–14 Turkish Women's Volleyball League -  champion with Vakıfbank
 2013–14 CEV Women's Champions League -  runner-up with Vakıfbank
 2013–14 Turkish Cup –  Champion, with Vakıfbank
 2014–15 Turkish Cup –  Runner-up, with Vakıfbank
 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League -  runner-up with Vakıfbank
 2016–17 CEV Women's Champions League -  champion with Vakıfbank
 2016–17 Turkish Cup –  Runner-up, with Vakıfbank
 2017 Club World Championship -  champion with Vakıfbank
 2017–18 CEV Women's Champions League -  champion with Vakıfbank
 2017–18 Turkish Cup –  Champion, with Vakıfbank
 2018 Club World Championship -  champion with Vakıfbank
 2020–21 CEV Women's Champions League -  runner-up with Vakıfbank
 2020–21 Turkish Cup –  Champion, with Vakıfbank
 2020–21 Turkish Women's Volleyball League –  Champion, with Vakıfbank
 2021–22 Turkish Women's Volleyball League –  runner-up with Fenerbahçe
 2021–22 Turkish Cup –  runner-up with Fenerbahçe
 2021–22 Turkish Super Cup -  Champion, with Fenerbahçe
 2022–23 Turkish Cup –  runner-up with Fenerbahçe
 2022–23 Turkish Volleyball League  Champion, with Fenerbahçe Opet

Individuals
2015 U23 World Championship "Best Libero"
2017-18 CEV Champions League "Best Libero"
2018 Club World Championship "Best Libero" 2023 FIVB Nations League - "Best Libero"''

See also
Turkish women in sports

References

External links

 Gizem Orge at the International Volleyball Federation

 Gizem Örge at VakıfBank Sports Club

1993 births
Volleyball players from Ankara
Marmara University alumni
Turkish women's volleyball players
Nilüfer Belediyespor volleyballers
VakıfBank S.K. volleyballers
Living people
Turkey women's international volleyball players


title: Civic application

text:
A Civic application is an application software designed to encourage users to participate in and learn more about government.

Civic applications are often social networking services, but what distinguishes them is the civic goal–the mission funding their existence. Additionally, the mutual interaction between the user and the application is what differentiates civic applications from any IT service (i.e. a website or portal). With the latter, interaction between the user and the application is not necessary and often takes the form of commenting under articles.

In civil societies, civic applications are created to enhance public works, civic engagement, and general social capital. Civic applications can aim at:
 development of engaged citizenship
 strengthening of local communities
 growth of democracy
 supporting entrepreneurship
 protection of nature and common living space

Civic applications can be accessed online from a server via an Internet browser, using mobile devices such as mobile phones or tablets, and offline from the user's local drive.

Origins
On January 20, 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the "Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government," requesting that government agencies make their data–such as real-time crime feeds and air-quality metrics–open and available to the public. This memorandum marked a pivotal legislative moment, as the government improved the distribution of public services through new technologies characterized by civic open data. The "Memorandum on Transparency and Open Government" also provided companies seeking to join the civic technology world with a framework to build their civic applications.

However, the history of civic applications can be traced back years earlier, with the creation of various civic technology platforms such as Ushahidi, which supports election monitoring and crisis reporting, as well as TheyWorkForYou, which simplifies complex political information into layman's terms for voters. Environment-focused civic applications also exist, such as Accela's Civic Application for Environmental Health.

Today, many civic applications have been established, with civic technology leaders such as Jennifer Palka (Code for America) and Colin Megill (Pol.is) paving the way for future innovation.

Current Applications

One potential benefit of civic applications is that they can help disseminate democracy. On social media applications, users have widespread access to political information, including the voting decisions of their elected representatives and information on legislative ballots. Civic applications can help streamline and clarify political information to improve voter competency. Additionally, politicians can use civic applications to bridge the communicative divide between government and their constituents.

However, civic applications also have shortcomings. For example, many civic applications struggle with financial sustainability. Such applications often have either non-profit or not-for-profit corporate strategies, which prevent them from adopting stable strategies of fundraising and a majority end up failing from lack of income stream or funding.

Non-Governmental Organizations and public national institutions are noticing the value of civic applications and are inviting people working in the Information Technology domain to participate in their development (ex. in Greater Portland, Chicago, Boston, Boulder, Washington D.C, Seattle and other American cities as part of the Code For America initiative). Very often they are created as part of "hackathons", or IT development competitions which support entrepreneurial ventures. In 2008, Vivek Kundra hosted the first open government data hackathon. The event, called "Apps for Democracy" invited outside civic hackers to make use of the city’s open data portal, leading to the creation of 47 apps.

Civic applications are part of a greater concept of civic technologies, which encompass a variety of civic applications, software tools and platforms, and technology supporting local and national governments in performing public functions.

References

Further reading

 Dunaway, Johanna, and Doris A. Graber. Mass Media and American Politics. SAGE Publications, Inc., 2023.
 Lee, Gwanhoo, and Young Hoon Kwak. “An Open Government Maturity Model for Social Media-Based Public Engagement.” Government Information Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 4, Oct. 2012, pp. 492–503, www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0740624X1200086X, 10.1016/j.giq.2012.06.001. Accessed 20 Sept. 2022.
 “Scaling Civic Tech.” How Can We Harness Technology to Promote Civic Engagement and More Responsive Government?, 2022, knightfoundation.org/features/civictechbiz/. Accessed 20 Sept. 2022.
 Moore, Martin. Centre for the Study of Media, Communication, and Power, 2016, pp. 1–92, Tech Giants and Civic Power.
 Chan, Clarice. “Corporate Civic Responsibility: A New Paradigm for Companies to Advance Public Interest Technology.” Corporate Civic Responsibility, Tech Talent Project, 21 Dec. 2020, techtalentproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Corporate-Civic-Responsibility_Chan_TechTalentProject_1.6.21.pdf.

Government software
Citizenship
Technology in society


title: Heo Young-ji

text:
Heo Young-ji (born August 30, 1994), better known mononymously as Youngji, is a South Korean singer, dancer, entertainer and television personality. She is best known as a member of girl group Kara. In 2023, Heo Young-ji made her official solo debut with the release of the single "L.O.V.E."

Career

Pre-debut
Heo attended School of Performing Arts Seoul. She was a former trainee at Core Contents Media alongside T-ara's ex-member Areum. She was about to debut in a new girl group but left before the girl group debuted. Later, she became a trainee at KeyEast before becoming a trainee at DSP Media.

2014–2015: Debut with Kara and solo activities
In May 2014, after former Kara members Nicole Jung and Kang Ji-young left the group, DSP Media launched a reality TV show called Kara Project which revolved around seven trainees competing to become the new member of the group. Even though she missed 2 live performances due to a leg injury from practice, she grabbed attention from viewers and topped the voting charts.

On July 1, the live voting results commenced on 6:45 pm (KST). Heo Young-ji was proclaimed the winner with a total score of 49,591. After winning the show, she gave a winning speech saying she'll work even harder as a new member of Kara.

In September 2014, Heo was one of the new participants for the second season of the show, Roommate. She was known for her muted laughter, and on the Christmas special of Roommate, it was shown that Heo's family members have similar laughing styles as well. In the interview as a preview for being one of the new cast members for Roommate, she said that many people told her to cover her mouth while laughing, but it was very problematic and now she is more comfortable to laugh without covering her mouth.

When fellow member Goo Hara guested on Episode 9 of Roommate, she shared that she wanted Heo to be chosen as a member of Kara as she has charms that the existing members does not have and Kara feel more youthful with her.

An MBC EVERY1 representative told MBN Star on December 18, 2014, that Heo would join Hitmaker season 2 as a part of a girl group, along with Orange Caramel's Lizzy, G.NA, 4minute's So-hyun. The group was later named Cham So Nyeo. The group first released their debut song teaser "올해의 주문 (Magic Words)" on February 17, followed by the full song and music video 3 days later, on February 20.

2016–present: Acting career and solo work
On January 15, 2016, DSP Media announced Gyuri, Seungyeon and Hara's departure from the group due to contracts expiring. The company also noted that Heo would continue her music career as a solo artist.

On April 13, Park Gyu-ri stated that the group did not disband and that the members hoped to release new albums in the future.

In May 2016, she was cast in a supporting role in the tvN drama, Another Oh Hae Young. She was also cast in several television programs, such as MBC's Very Private TV as a cast member, m SBS' War of Vocals - God's Voice as a panelist and EBS' Humanity Busking as a host.

On December 8, 2016, DSP Media revealed Heo as the first hidden member of their new co-ed group K.A.R.D. She promoted with the group for their first project single "OH NA NA", which was released on December 13.

On August 2, 2017, DSP Media confirmed that Heo was preparing for her solo debut in August. Her first single titled Memory Clock was released on August 25.

On December 15, 2017, MCC Entertainment released news article that revealed she will participate on 2nd song of project 'with dog'. The song titled Longing was released on the same day.

In August 2021, Heo renewed her contract with DSP Media.

In September 2023, Heo made her solo debut with first single album Toi Toi Toi, with its title track "L.O.V.E."

Discography

Single albums

Singles

Collaborations

Production credits

Filmography

Film

Television series

Television shows

Web shows

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Hur Young-ji on Facebook

1994 births
Living people
People from Goyang
Singers from Gyeonggi Province
Japanese-language singers of South Korea
Kara (South Korean group) members
South Korean female idols
South Korean dance musicians
South Korean women pop singers
K-pop singers
South Korean rhythm and blues singers
South Korean television actresses
South Korean sopranos
South Korean television personalities
School of Performing Arts Seoul alumni
21st-century South Korean singers
DSP Media artists
21st-century South Korean women singers
21st-century South Korean actresses


title: Old Woodruff High School (Woodruff, South Carolina)

text:
Old Woodruff High School is a historic high school building located at Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  It was built in 1925, and is a two-story, modified "H" plan stuccoed masonry building in the Collegiate Gothic style.  It consists of a three-part center section with two perpendicular wings.  The building has a flat roof with parapet, Gothic arches, recessed entrances framed by pointed arches. The building housed a high school until 1953 when Woodruff High School was constructed, then used as a middle school and later an elementary school. In 1978 the City of Woodruff acquired old Woodruff High School and adapted it for use as its city hall and police headquarters.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
School buildings completed in 1915
High schools in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
1915 establishments in South Carolina


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Raíces were an Argentine rock band founded in 1977 by Roberto Valencia, who played keyboards and percussion. After Valencia departed to Europe , he was replaced by Andrés Calamaro. The band dissolved with the death of Beto Satragni in 2010. Valencia together with Satragni were the main composers of the band.

Discography
Raíces 30 Años, Raíces with Andrés Calamaro 2008

References

Argentine rock music groups


title: 2014 Uzbekistan First League

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The 2014 Uzbekistan First League was the 23rd season of 2nd level football in Uzbekistan since independence in 1992. It is split in an Eastern and Western zone, each featuring 12 teams.

Teams and locations

Competition format
League consists of two regional groups: conference "East" and "West". The season comprises two phases. The first phase consists of a regular home-and-away schedule: each team plays the other teams twice.
The top eight teams of the first phase from each zone will be merged in one tournament and compete for the championship.  The bottom four teams of each zone after first phase will play relegation matches to remain in first league.

The draw of the 2014 season was held on 21 February 2014. First League joined Shurtan Guzar, Guliston, Obod Tashkent, Mash'al-2, FK Gijduvan.

Sherdor-Presstizh changed its name to Sherdor (Samarkand).

First phase
Final standings after finishing first phase of championship

Zone "East"

Top goalscorers

Zone "West"

Top goalscorers

Second phase

Championship round

Table before start
League table before start of second phase of championship.

Final standings
The last matchday matches were played on 29 October 2014.

Last updated: 29 October 2014
Source: Soccerway

Top goalscorers

Relegation round
The teams ranked 9-12th place in first phase of championship played against each other in one leg group competition to define teams which play in relegation play-offs. The relegation round matches took place from 20-26 October 2014.

Final standings

Relegation play-offs
The one leg relegation matches of 15th and 16th placed teams of championship round (Ghallakor-Avtomobilchi, Sherdor-Presstizh) against two last placed teams of relegation round (Bunyodkor-2, Lokomotiv BFK) were played on 4 November 2014. Bunyodkor-2 and Lokomotiv BFK remained in First League for 2015 season.

Matches

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References

External links
PFL - First league results
Uzbekistan First League 2014 - soccerway

Uzbekistan Pro League seasons
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title: Hurricane Tavern

text:
Hurricane Tavern, also known as Workman Farm, is a national historic district located near Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  The district encompasses 30 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure on a rural farmstead.  They include the vernacular Federal style brick farmhouse, built about 1811, with major alterations and additions about 1850 and Bungalow modifications about 1920; a frame farmhouse (c. 1885, Brockman House), a country store (c. 1924), and a collection of late-19th and early-20th century agricultural outbuildings.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

References

Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1811
Buildings and structures in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Houses in Spartanburg County, South Carolina


title: ProInversion

text:
ProInversion is the Private Investment Promotion Agency of Peru.

Projects

It is involved in infrastructure projects such as for road and rail.

Board Members

See also

 Interoceanic Highway connecting Peru with Brazil.
 Mineral industry of Peru
 Lima Metro

References

Financial services companies of Peru
Organisations based in Lima


title: Pallokissat

text:
Pallokissat is a women's association football club from Kuopio, Finland, playing in the Finnish women's premier division Naisten Liiga. Home ground for Pallokissat is the Savon Sanomat Areena.

History
Pallokissat was founded in 2007 as the youth academy for KMF Kuopio. The club was originally called "KMF Juniorit", name change was made in 2010. Pallokissat was promoted to the Finnish Women's League in January 2012 as KMF Kuopio was defunct due to financial difficulties.

External links
Pallokissat Official Homepage

Women's football clubs in Finland
Sport in Kuopio
Association football clubs established in 2007
2007 establishments in Finland


title: Swedish Prosecution Authority

text:
The Swedish Prosecution Authority () is the principal agency in Sweden responsible for public prosecutions. It is a wholly independent organisation; not dependent on the courts or the police, and although it is organized under the Ministry of Justice it operates independently and any ministerial interference in cases is unconstitutional. It is headed by the Prosecutor-General of Sweden.

History
The Swedish prosecution service underwent a major reform in 1965. Prior to this, the police and prosecution were organized under the same roof. Following the reform, the Swedish police, the courts and the prosecution service became clearly defined, separate entities. In 1996, there was another major overhaul of the organization, merging smaller local authorities into six regional public prosecutors, all under an attorney general. In 2005, these six regional authorities merged into a single agency, creating the Swedish Prosecution Authority.

Notable cases
In 2019, the Swedish Prosecution Authority reopened an investigation into rape allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, first made in 2010, and filed a request for his arrest.

See also

Crime in Sweden

References

External links

Law enforcement agencies of Sweden


title: Raíces, Zinacantepec

text:
Raíces is a Mexican village on the slopes of the volcano Nevado de Toluca in the Municipio of Zinacantepec, Estado de México at the altitude of 3,531 metres. The population of the village is around 500 people.

Raíces compares with Alma, Colorado (population 270) at an elevation of approximately 10,578 feet (3,224 m), the highest incorporated municipality in the US.

References

Neighborhoods in the State of Mexico
Zinacantepec