title: 2014–15 KF Skënderbeu Korçë season

text:
The 2014–15 season was Skënderbeu Korçë's fifth season competing in the Kategoria Superiore, having won four consecutive time titles in the last four years.

First team
{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width:100%;"
|-
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Squad No.
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Nationality
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Position
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Name
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Date Of Birth (Age)
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Apps.
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Goals
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Signed In
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Signing Fee
!  style="background:#dcdcdc; color:black; text-align:center;"| Contract Ends
|-
! colspan="10"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers
|-
| 1
|
| GK
| Orges Shehi (VC)
|
| 157
| 0
| 2010
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 12
|
| GK
| Erjon Llapanji
|
| 62
| 0
| 2006
| Youth System
| 2015
|-
! colspan="10"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Defenders
|-
| 3
|
| DF
| Renato Arapi
|
| 133
| 5
| 2010
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 4
|
| DF
| Samir Sahiti
|
| 5
| 0
| 2013
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 5
|
| DF
| Bajram Jashanica
|
| 0
| 0
| 2013
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 17
|
| DF
| Tefik Osmani
|
| 20
| 1
| 2014
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 20
|
| DF
| Ademir
|
| 48
| 1
| 2012
| €50,000
| 2015
|-
| 32
|
| DF
| Kristi Vangjeli
|
| 0
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 33
|
| DF
| Marko Radaš
|
| 104
| 4
| 2011
| Free
| 2015
|-
! colspan="10"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Midfielders
|-
| 2
|
| MF
| Amarildo Dimo
|
| 69
| 3
| 2014
| €15,000
| 2015
|-
| 7
|
| MF
| Gerhard Progni
|
| 0
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 9
|
| MF
| Enkeleid Alikaj
|
| 18
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 10
|
| MF
| Bledi Shkëmbi
|
| 255
| 45
| 2008
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 14
|
| MF
| Leonit Abazi
|
| 12
| 0
| 2013
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 19
|
| MF
| Bakary Nimaga
|
| 22
| 0
| 2013
| Free
| 2017
|-
| 23
|
| MF
| Bernard Berisha
|
| 0
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2016
|-
| 77
|
| MF
| Marconi
|
| 0
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2016
|-
| 88
|
| MF
| Sabien Lilaj
|
| 69
| 10
| 2012
| Free
| 2015
|-
! colspan="10"  style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Forwards
|-
| 19
|
| FW
| Dhiego Martins
|
| 0
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 27
|
| MF
| Liridon Latifi
|
| 0
| 0
| 2015
| Free
| 2016
|-
| 29
|
| FW
| Fatjon Sefa
|
| 0
| 0
| 2014
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 30
|
| FW
| Andi Ribaj
|
| 40
| 9
| 2013
| Free
| 2015
|-
| 77
|
| FW
| Aco Stojkov
|
| 0
| 0
| 2015
| Free
| 2015
|-

Transfers

In

Out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Albanian Supercup

Kategoria Superiore

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Matches

Albanian Cup

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

UEFA Champions League

Second qualifying round

References

KF Skënderbeu Korçë seasons
Skenderbeu Korce
Skenderbeu
Albanian football championship-winning seasons


title: Barco e Coutada

text:
Barco e Coutada is a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Barco and Coutada. The population in 2011 was 879, in an area of .

References

Freguesias of Covilhã


title: Working Cats Program

text:
The Working Cats Program in Los Angeles, California, created by animal activist Melya Kaplan in 1999, is a green program that relocates sterilized and vaccinated feral cats to residences or businesses with large rat populations.

The program provides a useful role in society for feral cats, who would otherwise be euthanized in shelters. It is humane for both cats and rats, who through traditional extermination methods, die painful deaths through poisoning and glue traps. Instead, the rats are simply repelled by the cats' odor, and leave the site.

The program was first implemented in 1999, at the Flower Mart in downtown Los Angeles. The area was plagued by rats, and the extermination methods (spraying poison) was not only making the humans sick, it did not solve the rat problem. Melya Kaplan, Executive Director of Voice For The Animals Foundation, brought in sterilized feral cats, and the rat situation was brought under control. The Los Angeles Police Department is another benefactor of the Working Cats Program. When some of the police stations were overrun with rats, Kaplan stepped in to suggest using the program. "We get cats from the shelter deemed feral (unsocialized), [who are] going to be euthanized because they're not adoptable," says Melya. "We put them on site, where they're going to live for the rest of their lives." The process begins with taking healthy feral cats from shelters and getting them neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. The cats are then brought to the new environment, and kept in a large holding cages for a minimum of three weeks where they become accustomed with the sights, smells, and sounds of their new location. This is called grounding the cats (acclimating them to their new homes). Once the cats are acclimated to their new environment, they are released into their territory where they will remain. The cats are given fresh food and water by their new owners, which is mandatory because they do not eat the rats. It is the odor of the cats that drives away rodent populations.

The  program has been successfully implemented in the Flower Mart, Crossroads School Campus, The Los Angeles Police Department (Wilshire, Foothill, and Southeast Divisions), the Self Realization Lake Shrine in the Pacific Palisades, and various residences and small businesses. Other animal advocacy organizations around the country are now beginning to use this program.

References

"Rodenticides: Topic Fact Sheet" "National Pesticide Information Center" <http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/rodenticides.pdf>
Pool, Bob. "Rat Patrol: Feral Cats Nip a Problem in the Flower District." Los Angeles Times 28 Aug 2002.
Bartholomew, Dana. "Feral Cats Put To Work: Fe-9 team called in for rat control" Daily News 5 Aug 2004
"Working Cats Help Rid Businesses, Homes of Rats" America Now News Web. 22 Aug 2013. <http://www.americanownews.com/story/21302748/working-cats-help-get-rid-of-rats>
Kollus, Brad. "Will Work For Food." Cat Fancy. Vol 53, p. 43. July 2010.
Harty, Nancy. "North Side's 47th Ward Using Feral Cats to Catch Rats." <http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/28/north-sides-47th-ward-using-feral-cats-to-catch-rats/> June 28, 2012.
Deckhard, Linda. "Rat Patrol." Venues Today. p. 31. Jan 2008. <http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/voicefortheanimals/pages/22/attachments/original/1383169399/Scan0002_(2).pdf?1383169399>
<http://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/voicefortheanimals/pages/22/attachments/original/1383169551/willworkforfood.pdf?1383169551>
Hall, Carla. "LAPD Puts Cats on Patrol." Los Angeles Times. 29 Dec 2007.

External links
 Voice for the Animals Foundation - Working Cats Program

Mammal pest control
Cats in the United States
Pest control campaigns


title: Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto

text:
Vale Formoso e Aldeia do Souto is a civil parish in the municipality of Covilhã, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Vale Formoso and Aldeia do Souto. The population in 2011 was 814, in an area of 18.90 km2.

References

Freguesias of Covilhã


The 2014 Asian Junior Athletics Championships was the 16th edition of the international athletics competition for Asian under-20 athletes, organised by the Asian Athletics Association and the Chinese Taipei Track & Field Association. Events were held at Taipei Municipal Stadium in Taipei, Republic of China from 12–15 June. A total of 44 events were contested, with the events being evenly split between the sexes.

China narrowly beat Japan to extend its long-running undefeated streak at the competition. China had the most gold medals with twelve and also the highest tally with 24. Japan won eleven events and gathered 21 medals. Qatar had the next most gold medals, with six, while the hosts Chinese Taipei had the third highest medal total at 15. Twenty-two of the participating nations reached the medal table; Pakistan and Oman were the only participants not to medal. China had particular success in the jumps, winning all such events on both the men's and women's programmes. Qatar won no women's medals, but its male athletes won at all distances from 400 metres to 5000 metres.

Three championship records were broken at the event. Iran's men's 200 metres winner Mohammadhossein Abareghi set a championship record of 20.63 seconds in the first round of the event. Oanh Nguyen Thi of Vietnam broke the women's 3000 metres steeplechase with 10:27.29 seconds (nearly twenty seconds ahead of the runner-up). All three medallists in the men's 110 metres hurdles were under the previous record mark, but Japan's Taio Kanai was still clear above the field in 13.33 seconds.

Some of the top performing athletes will go on to compete at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Ashraf Amgad Elseify added the global title to his Asian men's hammer crown. Men's long jumper Shotaro Shiroyama and women's shot putter Navjeet Kaur Dhillon repeated their bronze medallist placings there. Li Xiaohong, women's triple jump runner-up, also took the bronze in Eugene, Oregon.

After the competition, Shahin Mehrdelan, Iran's original winner in the men's shot put, was disqualified after failing his post-event doping test. Shahin Jafari, another Iranian, was elevated to the gold medal.

Medal summary

Men

 Iran's men's 200 metres winner Mohammadhossein Abareghi set a championship record of 20.63 seconds in the first round of the event, but was a little slower in the final.
 Iran's men's shot-put winner Shahin Mehrdelan got disqualified after failing in doping control test in the championships. Minor medallists Shahin Jafari (Iran) and Shakti Solanki (India) were promoted to the gold and silver medals while fourth placer Artyom Davletov (Uzbekistan) was given the bronze medal.

Women

2014 Medal table

Participation

See also
 List of sporting events in Taiwan

References

Results
16th Asian Junior Athletics Championships Women Results. Taipei2014. Retrieved on 2014-07-13.
 16th Asian Junior Athletics Championships Men Results. Taipei2014. Retrieved on 2014-07-13.
Results by day

External links
Official website
SESSION Official results website
Athletics Asia website

Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Asian Junior Championships
Asian Junior Athletics Championships
Sports competitions in Taipei
Athletics competitions in Taiwan
Junior Athletics Championships
International sports competitions hosted by Taiwan
2014 in youth sport
Asian Junior Athletics Championships


title: Bozhidar Kraev

text:
Bozhidar Boykov Kraev (; born 23 June 1997) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and second striker for A-League Men club Wellington Phoenix and the Bulgarian national team.

Career

Early career
Born in Vratsa, at the age of six Kraev began playing football at the local club Botev Vratsa, for whom his father Boyko Kraev had also played. In 2008, he joined Hristo Stoichkov's academy in Vilafranca, Spain, as a part of a Gillette programme for young talented players, which was initiated by Stoichkov. Two years later, Kraev returned to his home country to join Chavdar Etropole. Then he spent one year with his first club Botev Vratsa. He has a brother Andrian, who currently plays for Levski Sofia.

Levski Sofia
In January 2013, at the age of 15, Kraev joined Levski Sofia's academy. He made his first team debut in a 1–1 league draw against Lokomotiv Plovdiv on 19 July 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute. On 23 September, he marked his first start by scoring a hat-trick in a 7–1 away win over Spartak Varna in the Bulgarian Cup. On 14 October, Kraev was named by The Guardian as one of the forty most promising young players in the world.

On 12 December 2014, Kraev signed his first professional contract, on a three-year deal. Two days later, he was invited for a trial at Juventus. In January 2015, Kraev also spent a week on trial at English club Manchester City.

Kraev scored his first league goal for Levski in an 8–0 home win over Haskovo on 27 February 2015. On 26 May 2015, he scored his first A Group hattrick in a 6–0 win against Marek Dupnitsa. Kraev's hattrick was the 100th in Levski's history in the Bulgarian league.

On 9 April 2017, Kraev scored four goals in a 5–0 win over Lokomotiv Plovdiv, thereby becoming the youngest player in Levski history to score four goals in one game.

Midtjylland
On 19 June 2017, Kraev signed with Danish Superliga side Midtjylland on a five-year deal for a reported fee of €500,000. He made his debut for the team in a Europa League match against Derry City coming on as a substitute in the 73rd minute and scoring a goal 10 minutes later. On 12 April 2018, Kraev scored twice in a 2-1 win against Hobro IK and qualified his team for the cup's semifinals after coming on as a substitute in the 77th minute and scoring both goals in the game's added time. Three days later, he scored his first league goal in a 2-1 win against FC Nordsjælland.

Kraev was part of the squad that won the Danish Cup and the Danish Superliga for Midtjylland during his stay at the Herning club.

On 22 June 2019, Kraev was sent on a season-long deal at the Portuguese Primeira Liga team Gil Vicente. Kraev made his debut for the team in a Taça da Liga match against Aves, providing an assist for the first goal and later scored the winning goal in the 90th minute for a 3–2 win. A week later, on 10 August, Kraev made his league debut, playing a full match against Porto, providing the winning goal in the 77th minute, for a 2–1 win over one of the league favorites.

On 11 January 2021, Kraev was sent on a loan with option to buy to Portuguese Primeira Liga team Famalicão, until the end of the season.

On 22 May 2022, Midtjylland confirmed that Kraev was one out of seven players, whose contracts had come to an end, and therefore would leave the club.

Wellington Phoenix
On 22 July 2022 the Wellington Phoenix confirmed they had signed Kraev on a two-year deal. Kraev made his Phoenix debut on 3 August, scoring in a 4–0 win over Devonport City Strikers in the Australia Cup.

International career
In March 2016, Kraev was in the starting lineup of Bulgaria U19 for the 0-1 defeats from Belgium U19 and Croatia U19. On 13 May 2016 he was included in the Bulgaria U21 squad for the 2016 Toulon Tournament.

In November 2016, Kraev received his first call-up to the senior Bulgaria squad for a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Belarus. He remained on the bench for the game. On 25 March 2017, Kraev made his complete debut for the team coming on as a substitute during the 2–0 home win over Netherlands for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
On 6 September 2018, he scored 2 goals against Slovenia in the UEFA Nations' League, helping his country to 3 points.

Career statistics

Club Statistics
As of 27 February 2022

International goals

Score and result list Bulgaria's goal tally first.

Personal life
Bozhidar is the son of Boyko Kraev, a former professional footballer who played for Botev Vratsa, and brother of Andrian Kraev, footballer for Levski Sofia.

Honours
FC Midtjylland
Danish Superliga: 2017–18
Danish Cup: 2018–19

Individual
Best progressing young player in Bulgarian football: 2014, 2015

References

External links

 Profile at LevskiSofia.info

1997 births
Living people
Bulgarian men's footballers
Bulgarian expatriate men's footballers
Bulgaria men's youth international footballers
Bulgaria men's under-21 international footballers
Bulgaria men's international footballers
Men's association football midfielders
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
Danish Superliga players
Primeira Liga players
PFC Levski Sofia players
FC Midtjylland players
Gil Vicente F.C. players
F.C. Famalicão players
Wellington Phoenix FC players
Expatriate men's footballers in Denmark
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Sportspeople from Vratsa


title: J. Sidney Levine

text:
J. Sidney Levine (died December 22, 1955) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life
He was born in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended Boys High School, and graduated LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School.

Levine was a member of the New York State Assembly (Kings Co., 2nd D.) from 1945 until his death in 1955, sitting in the 165th, 166th, 167th, 168th, 169th and 170th New York State Legislatures.

He died on December 22, 1955.

Sources

Year of birth missing
1955 deaths
Politicians from Brooklyn
Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly
Brooklyn Law School alumni
Boys High School (Brooklyn) alumni


title: Mike Bertsch

text:
Mike Bertsch is a former ice hockey player and coach for Colorado College. Bertsch is currently working for USA Hockey after spending several years in the private sector.

Career
Over Bertsch's 4-year stint as a player for the Tigers, he posted several good seasons as a scorer, finishing 6th all time in school history in 1972–73 with 145 points in 124 games. The scoring prowess did not, however, translate into much on-ice success as CC finished each season with a losing record and made the playoffs only once during his tenure (albeit as the final qualifier). Once Bertsch graduated from Colorado College his playing days were over, but his affiliation with his alma mater had only just begun. Bertsch returned to Colorado Springs in the fall of 1978 to join the staff of his former head coach Jeff Sauer as an assistant.

Bertsch stayed in that role for four seasons before Sauer left to take over at Wisconsin and Mike was chosen as his successor. After a stumble out of the gate, Bertsch pushed the Tigers to at least respectable records in the mid-1980s, but CC bottomed out in 1987–88 with a school record 33-loss season (though not the worst season in program history) and Bertsch was done as coach after the season.

After leaving CC Bertsch moved on to the private sector, working for both Current Inc. and Deluxe Corporation over a 14-year span. However, he couldn't stay away from the game and in 2003 began working for USA Hockey, spending most of his time working in the business and marketing departments. As of 2014 Bertsch is still working for USA Hockey as Senior Director of Corporate Affairs.

Career statistics

Head coaching record

References

External links

Living people
Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey coaches
Colorado College Tigers men's ice hockey players
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: SHARC International Systems Inc.

text:
SHARC International Systems Inc. (CSE: SHRC), DBA SHARC Energy Systems, is a Canadian company, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, that specializes in wastewater heat recovery. Founded in 2010 by Lynn Mueller, the company operates throughout North America. A subsidiary, SHARC Energy Systems, based in Leicester, UK, operates throughout Europe.

The company is one of only a few worldwide focusing on waste heat recovery as an alternative energy source, reducing the need to burn fossil fuels. Their systems can be used for domestic hot water production as well as building space heating & cooling.

SHARC Energy's main products are the SHARC and PIRANHA, which remove solids from wastewater, allowing the wastewater to effectively move through a heat exchanger and heat pump. The systems provide hot water heating, space heating, air conditioning, and wastewater cooling.

See also
 Waste heat
 Energy recovery
 HVAC
 Wastewater

References

External links

Renewable energy technology


title: Och du tände stjärnorna (song)

text:
Och du tände stjärnorna is a song written by Bert Månson, and recorded by Thorleifs, who won the 1994 Hänt song contest with the song. The song was also released as a single in 1994, and became a major hit. The song charted at Svensktoppen i for totally 18 weeks between 23 July-19 November 1994, topping the chart.

The song was also recorded in Den spelades också Danish, as "Du tænde stjernerne".

In March 2000, the song won a voting contest for the best Thorleif songs of the 1990s.

The song also appears in the  TV series "Leende guldbruna ögon" from 2007.

Anne-Lie Rydé covered the song in 2010 on her album Dans på rosor.

References

1994 songs
1994 singles
Thorleifs songs
Anne-Lie Rydé songs
Songs written by Bert Månson
Swedish-language songs


title: Ernesto Colli

text:
Ernesto Colli (16 May 1940 – 19 November 1982) was an Italian film, television and stage actor.

Life and career
Born in Biella, Colli graduated from liceo classico, then he started acting in some amateur dramatics and starred in two lost Super 8 films. After one year of university he decided to abandon his studies to enroll the Fersen drama school in Rome.

A real life friend of Vittorio Gassman, Colli often acted alongside him, especially on stage, and he made his film debut playing a small role in the Gassman's film The Devil in Love. He then appeared in a large number of movies and TV-series, even if usually in character roles.
He was a character actor who acted actively especially during the seventies.

Equipped with a particularly disturbing face, Ernesto Colli always recited customized roles for him, from the crazy to the delinquent and from the possessed to the weird man; probably the films where he had a most significant part was The Pleasure Shop on 7th Avenue and in Deadly Inheritance .

The last role he played was that of a porter of a stable in Rome, in the movie Pierino La Peste Alla Riscossa!, shot a few months before his death and in which he already appeared with the face and the physique excavated by disease.

Selected filmography

 Il morbidone (1965) - Uomo del monsignore (uncredited)
 Pleasant Nights (1966) - Baccio
 The Devil in Love (1966)
 Deadly Inheritance (1968) - Janot
 Lucrezia (1968) - Valetto ambasciatore
 Spirits of the Dead (1968) - One of the Manetti brothers - director (segment "Toby Dammit") (uncredited)
 Faustina (1968) - Vespasiano - Lover of Faustina's mother
 Italiani! È severamente proibito servirsi della toilette durante le fermate (1969)
 The Conspiracy of Torture (1969) - Chief Guard (uncredited)
 Belle d'amore (1970) - Magnaccia (uncredited)
 Quella chiara notte d'ottobre (1970)
 La califfa (1970) - Un operaio
 La Poudre d'escampette (1971)
 Er Più – storia d'amore e di coltello (1971) - Gigi
 Per amore o per forza (1971)
 Maddalena (1971)
 Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse, ufficio imposte (1971) - Parking Attendant
 Caliber 9 (1972) - Alfredo Bertolon
 Bronte: cronaca di un massacro che i libri di storia non hanno raccontato (1972)
 Hai sbagliato... dovevi uccidermi subito! (1972) - Dr. Torres
 Decameron nº 3 - Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972) - Renutio (segment "The Mummy")
 Winged Devils (1972) - Leutnant Ernesto del Prete
 The Infamous Column (1972) - Judge
 Rugantino (1973)
 Torso (1973) - Gianni Tomasso, the scarf vendor
 Non ho tempo (1973)
 Hospitals: The White Mafia (1973) - Patient on the bus
 Seven Hours of Violence (1973) - Tomassian
 Buona parte di Paolina (1973)
 Claretta and Ben (1974) - Remengo
 The Antichrist (1974) - Possessed Man
 Bello come un arcangelo (1974) - Cicillo, Sacristan
 Autopsy (1975) - Ivo
 The Suspect (1975) - Party Functionary in Paris
 Giubbe rosse (1975) - Photographer (uncredited)
 The Peaceful Age (1975) - Imbianchino
 Go Gorilla Go (1975) - The Watchman of Builder's Yard (uncredited)
 Illustrious Corpses (1976) - Detective on night duty
 Free Hand for a Tough Cop (1976) - Roschetto
 Meet Him and Die (1976) - Settecapelli
 Puttana galera! (1976)
 Io tigro, tu tigri, egli tigra (1978) - Conduttore del telegiornale (uncredited)
 Il Porno Shop Della Settima Strada (1979) - Bob
 Switch (1979) - Il Malato
 Pierino la Peste Alla Riscossa! (1982) - portiere di via Piccolomini
 Porca vacca (1982) - (final film role)

References

External links

1940 births
1982 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male television actors
Italian male stage actors
People from Biella
20th-century Italian male actors


title: Porto Alegre Pumpkins

text:
The Porto Alegre Pumpkins are an American football team based in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The team competes in the Superliga Nacional de Futebol Americano. The Pumpkins were founded in 2005. They were the first team founded in Rio Grande do Sul.

They were the winners of the state championship in 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014.

History

Foundation

No pads
Campeonato Gaúcho 2008
Campeonato Gaúcho 2010

The second edition of the state championship began with a convincing victory against the team of Esteio Buriers on 14 March, followed by a 26-20 win against the other team from Porto Alegre, ensuring the title of "Capital Division" the championship, still counting with a thrilling victory against the Santa Maria Soldiers with the winning touchdown being converted by Vinicius Bergmann with 2 seconds to the end of the match, which ended at 19-16.

In the next stage, the semifinals, the opponent would again Esteio Buriers, which included strengthening Keke Gant, athlete of the American NCAA. A close match was won 20-19, which guaranteed them a trip to the final, which would be played at the home team's best campaign, Santa Cruz do Sul Chacais, reissuing the 2008 final.

On 19 September, the Estádio dos Plátanos, the day after the match against Timbo Rhinos by LBFA, the athletes of Pumpkins, even with the pains of the previous day war, held the fort attack his greatest rival, with a touchdown and Vinicius Bergmann, the 2nd quarter has secured the state championship and happy back home.

"Full Pads"

As part of the project team and the growth of the sport in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in 2010 the team made the effort to buy his first equipment, aiming at the participation of LBFA 2010, the first edition of the National Football League.

Despite the difficulties and lack of support, the athletes of the team were able to purchase enough helmets and shoulder pads so they could on August 28 debut not only in the league but also host the first match of the Sport as it should be practiced. The adversary was at the time Barigüi Crocodiles, which would be in December, champion of "Southern Conference" of LBFA and vice Brazilian champion. Despite the 26-07 defeat by the team made history when, in the 2nd quarter of the starting Running Back Jamal, shirt 23, breached the lines of defense of Paraná team and scored the first touchdown in the history of American Football gaucho. Although the team's participation in the tournament has not done justice to the story of successes and victories of Pumpkins, this paved way for the growth of the sport, prompting other teams to equip.

In 2011, the most classic of sports in the Rio Grande was repeated for the first time by a national competition and equipped as the Santa Cruz do Sul Chacais also joined LBFA for the season, the Pumpkins contest for second time .

Competições
Until the 2010 season, the team played in the  Campeonato Gaúcho de Futebol Americano, in the form "nopads", however, with the migration to the modality that uses the equipment, the Pumpkins left the competition that followed the old way.

In the same year the team joined the Brazilian Football League, tournament remains the main competition of the season team.

Titles
 Campeonato Gaúcho: 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014
 Divisão Capital: 2010
 Portobowl: 2009
 CSFA - Leste: Vice Campeão 2012

References

External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120106071955/http://www.wix.com/futebolamericano/pumpkins

American football teams in Brazil
Sport in Porto Alegre
2005 establishments in Brazil
American football teams established in 2005


title: Naomi Ellemers

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Naomi Ellemers (born 31 January 1963 in Amsterdam) is a distinguished professor of social psychology at Utrecht University since September 2015.

In 2023, she was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

Career
Ellemers studied social psychology at Rijksuniversiteit Groningen from 1981 to1987 and graduated in 1991 in Groningen with her thesis Identity management strategies, followed by a position as assistant professor and later as associate professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Between 1999 and 2015 she was a professor at Universiteit Leiden with the assignment  sociale psychologie van de organisatie (Social psychology of the organization). Since September 2015 she is distinguished professor at Universiteit Utrecht. In 2019 she became honorary professor at School of Psychology University of Queensland in Australia.

From 2015 to 2023 Ellemers was member supervisory board PricewaterhouseCoopers Nederland  (expert for culture and behaviour)

From 2020 - 2022 she was chair of the KNAW (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) advisory committee Breeding ground prevention of undesirable behaviour in academia.

Work
Naomi Ellemers researches the way people live and work together in groups. She especially focusses on how people's behaviour is influenced by others around them - whether they are present or not. She does experiments on brain activity and physical stress, but also looks into how people behave at work.

Specialization: diversity & inclusion and integrity & ethical behaviour

In 2009, Ellemers received the KNAW Merianprijs (Academy Merian Prize). A year later she received the prestigious Spinoza Prize for her work regarding her specialization. In 2018 she received the senior Career Contribution Award of Society for Personality and Social Psychology. In 2019 she received the  Aristoteles Prize from the European Federation of Psychology Associates (EFPA), as well as an honorary doctorate from the Université catholique de Louvain.

In 2010, Ellemers was appointed member of Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij van Wetenschappen (Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) and as of 2011 she is member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2014 she was appointed corresponding fellow of the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences, and in 2020 she was appointed member of Academia Europaea. In 2022 she had the honor of being nominated For the SPSP Heritage Wall of Fame and was she elected for the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

In 2005 she together with three other prominent female professors, Ineke Sluiter, Judi Mesman en Eveline Crone, established Athena's Angels, an organization which defend the interests of women academics

Ellemers is one of the lead applicants and chair of the board of the NWO Gravity Program Sustainable Cooperation (SCOOP). She is one of the initiators of The Netherlands Inclusiveness Monitor (NIM) which investigates the measures and actions organizations take to become more inclusive. It connects these findings to the experiences of employees and provides organizations with advice on which steps to take to become truly inclusive.

She cooperates with various compliance officers, among others Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM)  in order to give advice on and to reinforce behaviour and culture in organizations.

In 2019 the Dutch feminist monthly magazine Opzij elected her for the Opzij top 100 of most powerful women of the Netherlands in the category education and science.

Awards

 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: Psychology teaching award (1991)

Honorary Fellowships in recognition of distinguished contribution to science:

 Association for Psychological Science (2000)
 Society for Experimental Social Psychology (2009)
 Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2013)
 Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW, 2010)
 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW, 2011)
 British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences (FBA, 2014)
 Academia Europaea (MAE, 2020)
 Society of Personality and Social Psychology's Wall of Fame (2022)
 American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2022)
 American Philosophical Society (2023)

Publication awards:

 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research (2009)
 Journal of Organizational Behavior (2010)
 Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance (2017)
 Women in Financial Services Diversity Research Accelerator Award (2017)
 Professional association of public regulators – VIDE (2020)
 Top 15 public relations insights of 2020 – Institute for public relations

National awards:

 Merian Award for women in science (2010, KNAW).
 Spinoza Award (2010, NWO), the highest scientific distinction in the Netherlands.
 Top-100 most influential women in the Netherlands (2019; 2020, OPZIJ)

International awards:

 European Award for early achievement (1990, EASP)
 European Award for significant contribution (2008, EASP)
 European Award for service to the field (2017, EASP)
 Senior Career Contribution Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology (2019)
 ISA Medal for Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Bologna University (2019)
 Aristotle Prize, European Federation of Psychology Associations (2019)
 Honorary Doctorate, UC Louvain, Belgium (2019)

Publications (selection)
Based on her academic acknowledgement, Ellemers writes popularizing texts about current issues. For the Dutch Financial Newspaper, Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), she writes a monthly expert column, and she writes a blog about 'social climates' for Psychology Today.

Her scientific work consist of more than 200 magazine articles, among others in Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Human Behaviour, Academy of Management Review, Psychological Review, Annual Review of Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

A few distinctive publications are:

References

External links

 Personal page Naomi Ellemers, Utrecht University
 Athena's Angels
 Organisational behaviour
 GoogleScholar

Bronnen, noten en/of referenties

 ↑ Leidse hoogleraren - Ellemers, Naomi. Universiteit Leiden. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Sociaal psycholoog Naomi Ellemers benoemd tot universiteitshoogleraar in Utrecht. Universiteit Utrecht (28 April 2015). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ (en) Our people - Social Identity and Groups Network (SIGN). Universiteit van Queensland. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Raad van commissarissen. PricewaterhouseCoopers. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021. "Naomi Ellemers is lid van de raad van commissarissen en van de commissie publiek belang van PwC sinds 1 mei 2015."
 ↑ Organisatiegedrag. organisatiegedrag.nl. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ (en) 2018 SPSP Award Recipients Announced - SPSP. Society for Personality and Social Psychology (Engelstalige Wikipedia). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ (en) Doctors Honoris Causa PSP-IPSY Anniversaries. Université catholique de Louvain. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Ellemers, Prof. dr. N. (Naomi) — KNAW. Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ (en) Professor Naomi Ellemers FBA. British Academy. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ (en) Academy of Europe: Ellemers Naomi. Academia Europaea. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ (en) Core group. SCOOP - Sustainable Cooperation. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Home • Nederlandse InclusiviteitsMonitor. Nederlandse InclusiviteitsMonitor. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ AFM en Universiteit Utrecht introduceren leerstoel ‘Psychologie van Toezicht’. Autoriteit Financiële Markten. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Naomi Ellemers brengt wetenschap en praktijk samen. Universiteit Utrecht (20 December 2019). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Naomi Ellemers. Het Financieele Dagblad. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Social Climates. Psychology Today. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Most Read Articles of 2020. Annual Reviews. Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.
 ↑ Ethisch klimaat op het werk; op zoek naar het nieuwe normaal. Oratie Naomi Ellemers. Universiteit Utrecht (9 February 2017). Geraadpleegd op 24 januari 2021.

1963 births
Living people
Academic staff of Utrecht University
Dutch social psychologists
Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
Academic staff of Leiden University
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Writers from Amsterdam
Spinoza Prize winners
Dutch women psychologists
Members of the American Philosophical Society


title: Murder of Erica Parsons

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Erica Lynn Parsons (February 24, 1998 –  December 17, 2011) was a 13-year-old girl from Salisbury, North Carolina, who disappeared mysteriously in 2011.

On July 30, 2013, Erica's brother Jamie reported to police she was missing and that he had not seen her since November 2011, stating their parents "killed Erica and buried her in our back yard", but later retracted this. Erica had been adopted at birth and raised by Sandy and Casey Parsons, relatives of her biological mother. When questioned by police, the Parsons claimed that Erica went to live with her biological paternal grandmother. Further investigation revealed Erica had not been seen alive since her disappearance in 2011, and police could not find evidence to support the existence of the grandmother, who relatives claimed was already deceased. In 2014, Casey and Sandy Parsons were convicted of fraudulently accepting federal benefits for Erica when she was not living with them.

In September 2016, Sandy Parsons led authorities to Erica's remains in Chesterfield County, South Carolina. Coroners were unable to determine the exact cause of death, but ruled the manner of death "homicidal violence of undetermined means".

On February 19, 2018, a grand jury indicted Sandy and Casey Parsons in the case.

Casey Parsons pleaded guilty to first degree murder on August 2, 2019, in Rowan County Superior Court. She was sentenced to life without parole.

Sandy Parsons also pleaded guilty, on December 17, 2019, to "second-degree murder, child abuse, concealment of death and obstruction" and was sentenced to at least 33 years.

Background
Erica Lynn Parsons was born on February 24, 1998, to Carolyn Parsons. Carolyn separated from her husband, Steve, who was not the biological father, before Erica was born. Carolyn, who had three other children, felt she couldn't afford to care for Erica and sought alternative placement for her, stating she didn't want the child to grow up in foster care or homeless shelters as she had. Erica was taken in by Sandy and Casey Parsons, the brother and sister-in-law, respectively, of Carolyn Parsons' husband. The adoption was finalized in 2000. Carolyn Parsons had occasional visits with Erica and last saw her in January 2011. Erica's biological father, Billy Dean Goodman, died of natural causes in 2016.

Erica had a slight hearing impairment. She was homeschooled most of her school years.

Investigation
On July 30, 2013, Erica's then 19-year-old brother, Jamie Parsons, had a fight with his parents, whereupon he reported Erica missing. He said he had not seen his adoptive sister in almost two years. He told police that Erica had been abused, and that he believed his parents had killed Erica, burying her in their backyard. He later retracted those statements, although he later testified at his parents' trial that there had been ongoing abuse. Jamie testified that the last time he saw Erica was November 19, 2011. She was standing in a corner, which was a common punishment Erica endured. "She didn't look too good – she looked like a zombie", he said. "She said she did not feel good. She said she could not breathe too good." Casey Parsons heard this and told her "to shut the fuck up". When he awoke the next morning, his parents had left early, which was unusual, and Erica was gone. His parents returned to the home without Erica and he felt something wasn't right; "Mama looked normal", he said. "Daddy looked sick, like he was about to throw up", James Parsons testified. "Mama went on her recliner with the computer. Daddy, it was a blank stare." When asked where Erica was, they told Jamie that Erica had gone to live with her biological grandmother.

Police began an investigation into Erica's disappearance. Casey and Sandy Parsons claimed that Erica was with her biological paternal grandmother Irene "Nan" Goodman in Asheville, North Carolina, a woman they claim to have first made contact with in July 2011 after Goodman wanted to forge a relationship with her granddaughter. Investigators have found no evidence of her existence. Billy Goodman's mother, Cloie Goodman, died in 2005. Before his death, Billy said that there was no Irene Goodman in his family.  Casey Parsons described Erica and Goodman meeting at a McDonald's in Mooresville, North Carolina, in September 2011, followed by several further visits. On one of those visits in December 2011, Casey Parsons said, Erica asked to stay with her grandmother permanently. In February 2012, shortly before Erica's 14th birthday, Casey Parsons says, she talked with Erica by telephone for the last time, as further calls reached a disconnected number. Casey told Dr. Phil McGraw on his show that she has since lost the phone number she used.

Sandy and Casey Parsons appeared on the Dr. Phil show on August 20 and 21, 2013. Casey Parsons told Dr. Phil that Erica took none of her personal belongings with her because when she went to stay with Goodman, they had purchased all new clothing for her to wear. When Goodman picked her up, a woman who goes by the nickname "Strawberry" was also there and showed them a stash of clothing with tags in the back of their van. The house where she was reportedly staying had a stable with horses. The Parsons claimed that they also took their other daughter, Brook, along with them, to take Erica to Asheville. Brook disputed the claim in her own interviews with police, saying she never rode to Asheville to take Erica to live there.

Abuse allegations
A number of witnesses testified at the Parsons' trial that Erica was routinely abused by the Parsons family, in particular by her adoptive mom, Casey. Casey Parsons's sister, Robin Ashley, testified that Casey beat Erica, often making her stand in the corner. Photographs of Erica standing in the corner on five occasions were presented to the court. Ashley testified that she saw bruises and marks on Erica, and that Casey relinquished the child to Ashley's custody for several months so that Casey "wouldn't kill her". Parsons took her back fearing she would get in trouble for receiving money for a child who was not in her home. Warrants showed the couple continued to cash checks when Erica was not living with them.

Jamie Parsons testified that nearly everyone in the family had abused Erica routinely, something that Casey encouraged. According to Jamie, Casey would often bend Erica's fingers backwards to break them, but deny her medical assistance, instead making homemade casts. Jamie also testified that Erica was forced to live in a closet and would be locked inside for hours at a time and was beaten when she relieved herself in the closet. She was also reportedly forced to eat canned dog food. Jamie testified that Erica's adoptive father, Sandy, would often get mad and punch Erica on her head. Soon after Erica was reported missing, Sandy and Casey Parsons hired an attorney, believing they were suspects. Investigators found red stains in the house but have not said what tests showed about them.

Related federal charges
On July 30, 2014, Sandy and Casey Parsons were arrested in Fayetteville on federal fraud charges. The couple had been receiving monthly checks of $634 for adoption assistance and continued cashing those checks after Erica was no longer living with them. They also continued to claim Erica on their taxes. Casey Parsons pleaded guilty to 15 charges, while Sandy opted for a trial. A jury found Sandy Parsons guilty on most of the charges in October 2014. At a sentencing hearing in federal court on February 18, 2015, Jamie Parsons and Robin Ashley testified about abuse Erica received at the hands of the Parsons family. Federal prosecutor Anand Ramaswamy said there was no record of Erica during the time her adoptive parents illegally accepted money, claiming, "The reason is she's no longer alive." The hearing was continued until March 27.

Prosecutors also presented evidence of a series of scams allegedly perpetuated by Casey Parsons. In 2000, Casey was hired to be a surrogate mother. She became pregnant and took a payment of $10,000 for her services. Weeks later, she called the biological mother, Amy Miller, to say that she had miscarried. Miller says she believed Casey was still pregnant as Casey refused to turn over medical records, changed her phone number, and sent her "nasty emails". Casey then offered to sell the baby to her sister, Robin, who in turn searched for Miller online to tell her Casey was indeed still pregnant and that Casey had taken money from two other couples who wanted to adopt the baby. Miller was able to take custody of her child at birth after getting law enforcement involved. Evidence was also presented of an eBay scam where Casey accepted money for items listed on eBay, but never sent the items. Judge Schroeder called Casey a "serial swindler".

On March 27, 2015, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder sentenced Casey Parsons to 10 years and her husband to 8 years for fraud.  Schroeder "believes Casey was the brains behind what happened" and said Erica "endured horrific abuse", saying that the fraud distracted investigators from the other problems. The judge also said there was no evidence Erica was living. Federal records showed that as of July, Casey Parsons, whose release date as per her plea deal is December 11, 2023, was sent to Carswell Federal Medical Center in Texas. Sandy Parsons, whose release date is March 14, 2022, was sent to Butner Federal Prison in North Carolina. Casey Parsons was later sent to Federal Correctional Center Tallahassee.

Both parents have appealed their sentences. The United States Supreme Court rejected Sandy Parsons's appeal in June 2016.

Additional information
Sandy and Casey Parsons appeared on the Dr. Phil talk show.  As part of the show, Sandy Parsons took a polygraph, and was considered "strongly deceptive" by the former FBI agent who administered the test. Casey Parsons claimed to be experiencing a high level of pain, which could invalidate a polygraph, and never completed it.

On August 27, 2013, Sandy and Casey Parsons moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina. Their two youngest biological children were removed from the home by the Department of Social Services shortly after the criminal case against them began.

On January 30, 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation offered a $25,000 reward, in addition to the $10,000 offered by the sheriff, for information leading to the location of the girl. Six months later, the total reward increased to $50,000.

In September 2015, an Illinois tracker dog company called K-9 Specialties came to Salisbury after being hired by local residents.

On September 29, 2016, after another round of searches and questioning, Sandy Parsons led investigators to Erica's skeletal remains. They were buried in a small grave near the home of Sandy's mother on Blair Hendrick Road, between the towns of Pageland and Mount Croghan, South Carolina. Before the discovery, detectives recovered items in the search of a shed on property belonging to Sandy, including: a video tape, a hammer, teeth, and school records.

Discovery of remains

After talking to investigators on numerous occasions, Sandy Parsons led authorities to the remains of Erica Parsons that had been buried in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.

Investigators conducted several interviews with Sandy Parsons in accordance with the warrant.

According to the warrant, Sandy Parsons admitted his "harsh treatment" of Erica.

"The treatment included, but was not limited to, locking Erica in a closet, beating her with a belt buckle, bending her fingers back and choking her", the warrant states.

Dr. Cynthia Brown of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, characterized the treatment of Erica as "child torture."

The warrant also lays out exactly how investigators from Rowan County were able to locate Erica's remains in South Carolina.

The warrant states that in August, Sandy Parsons acknowledged to Rowan County Sheriff's investigator Chad Moose that Erica was dead. Sandy Parsons described the treatment Erica received, and the disposal of her body.

Sandy Parsons said that the body was discarded on December 19, 2011, and that it could be found off Taylor Chapel Road in Pageland, South Carolina, near the home of his mother.

Investigators worked with Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook to obtain a release for Sandy Parsons to leave his prison campus so that he could lead investigators to Erica's remains.

On September 20, an Order for Custody of a Federal Inmate was issued by a judge, allowing an Escort Team to take custody of Sandy Parsons and bring him from the Butner prison to Pageland so that he could "show the location of Erica Parsons' clandestine grave".

The body was recovered in that location, and Sandy Parsons was returned to the prison at Butner.

Autopsy results
The North Carolina Office of the Medical Examiner reported that Erica died of "homicidal violence of undetermined means". According to the autopsy, Erica had many fractures in various stages of healing. Fractures were found in her nose, jaw, upper right arm, nine ribs and several vertebrae. The state of her bones also showed evidence of malnourishment. The Rowan County Sheriff received the report January 9, 2018, and began the process of determining criminal charges.

Charges and sentencing
On February 19, 2018, a grand jury indicted both Sandy and Casey Parsons on counts of "first-degree murder, felony child abuse inflicting serious injury, felony concealment of death and felony obstruction of justice". Casey Parsons was brought to Rowan County for a court appearance on March 14, 2018, while Sandy Parsons was brought back for a court hearing on March 15. Prosecutors announced in April 2018 that they were seeking the death penalty for both Casey and Sandy Parsons.

As of February 2019, defense attorneys agreed to separate trials.

Casey Parsons pleaded guilty to first degree murder on August 2, 2019, in Rowan County Superior Court and was sentenced to life without parole.

The trial date for Sandy Parsons was set for April 6, 2020, and his attorney requested a change of venue. Sandy Parsons pleaded guilty to "second-degree murder, child abuse, concealment of death and obstruction" on December 17, 2019, and was sentenced to at least 33 years, to be served after his federal sentence.

On January 14, 2022, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons web site, Sandy Parsons was released from federal custody after completing his sentence for tax and mail fraud in connection with benefits received on behalf of Erica. That same day he began serving a state sentence in Central Prison.

See also
List of people who disappeared mysteriously

References

2010s missing person cases
2011 in North Carolina
2011 murders in the United States
2016 in North Carolina
December 2011 crimes in the United States
Filicides in the United States


title: Executive Order 13672

text:
Executive Order 13672, signed by U.S. President Barack Obama on July 21, 2014, amended two earlier executive orders to extend protection against discrimination in hiring and employment to additional classes. It prohibited discrimination in the civilian federal workforce on the basis of gender identity and in hiring by federal contractors on the basis of both sexual orientation and gender identity.

Provisions
This executive order amended President Richard Nixon's Executive Order 11478 (1969), which originally prohibited discrimination in the competitive service of the federal civilian workforce on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, handicap, and age. It had been amended in 1998 by President Bill Clinton's Executive Order 13087 to include sexual orientation. Executive Order 13672 added "gender identity".

This executive order also amended President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 Executive Order 11246, which originally punished discrimination by federal government contractors and sub-contractors on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.  Executive Order 13672 added "sexual orientation and gender identity".

The section of this order that applies to the federal workforce is effective immediately. The changes that affect government contractors take effect once the Department of Labor provides regulations supporting them, which White House a spokesman said would occur early in 2015.

Background
While campaigning for the presidency in 2008, Obama had promised an executive order banning workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. On the basis of his campaign statement's, LGBT activists had long expected President Obama to issue an executive order prohibiting government contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. In January 2012, a group of LGBT advocates made their case for an executive order to the staff of Representative Barney Frank, the principal sponsor of federal legislation, the proposed Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA), that would ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation in employment nationwide. It called an executive order an interim measure that would provide "a strong precedent for congressional passage of ENDA." Their presentation included research from the Williams Institute at UCLA to show that many federal contractors' employees were already protected against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation by corporate policy, state statute, or local law. While LGBT advocates remained guarded about the possibility that an executive would be forthcoming, some were optimistic and one even said: "I predict the president will sign the ENDA executive order during the next few months or, maybe, he will save it for pride month in June."

In March 2012, 72 Democratic members of Congress led by Representative Frank Pallone of New Jersey asked the president to issue an executive order. They noted that most of the federal government's 25 largest contractors already had such policies, including all of the top five: Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and General Dynamics. Questioned about reports that President Obama was not about to release an executive order, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on April 12 that the administration was supporting ENDA, "a legislative solution to LGBT employment discrimination", a strategy he compared to the president's earlier efforts to win repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act. He said:

Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign, called the president's position disappointing and said: "Given the number of employees that would be covered by this executive order, it represents a critical step forward."

House members reiterated their request in another letter in March 2013 with 110 signers. In April 2013, the Obama administration told LGBT advocacy groups that it was still supporting ENDA and cited growing support for the legislation in Congress. In late April 2014, Vice President Joseph Biden reiterated the administration position, but agreed there was "no downside" to issuing an executive order covering government contractors. A writer in U.S. News & World Report noted that the administration had made similar arguments about the need for Congress to legislate an increase in the minimum wage and then, in the absence of Congressional action, issued an executive order in January 2014 to raise the rate paid by government contractors. In a change of position, the White House announced on June 16, that the President planned to issue an executive order covering government contractors and that it would cover approximately 14 million workers. A columnist in Forbes wrote in response to the announcement that "Discrimination is a nuanced issue, tough to completely clobber with one order from above. But banning it is smart business–and Obama’s leadership on this specific issue is certainly a step in the right direction."

Some religious groups asked the President to add exemptions for religious groups that function as federal contractors and object to employing LGBT persons, while others opposed such exemptions, viewing them as "a cover for overt discrimination". On June 25, 160 leaders of churches, religious institutions, and organizations sent a letter to President Obama asking him to exempt them from the requirements of the anticipated executive order. Without "a variety of views on the merits of such an executive order", they suggested language to be included in the order to allow them to maintain "staffing practices consistent with their deep religious convictions as they partner with the federal government via contracting or subcontracting", specifically allow them "religiously grounded employee belief and conduct requirements" as allowed in other contexts under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Signers included Leith Anderson, President, National Association of Evangelicals; Nathan Diament, executive director for Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Stephan Bauman, President/CEO, World Relief; John Ashmen, President, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions; and Rev. Glenn M. Coleman, Presbyterian Church USA. A similar group of 14, including some of his political supporters, wrote the President,  on July 1. They reminded him that his earlier opposition to same-sex marriage was based on his religious beliefs and asked him to "find a way to respect diversity of opinion ... in a way that respects the dignity of all parties". Signers included Rev. Larry Snyders of Catholic Charities USA and Dr. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church. U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch, one of the few national political figures to comment in advance of the order's release, also called for the President to include the comprehensive exemption for religious groups included in the version of ENDA that the Senate passed in November 2013. Just as the date for the release of the executive order approached, and religious exemption issue attracted increasing attention and on July 8 many LGBT advocacy groups withdrew their support for ENDA because of the religious exemptions included in the Senate version of the legislation.

On July 15, a group of 69 civil rights organizations and religious groups urged the President to take a different course by not only providing no exemption for religious groups and also rescinding the exemptions for religious groups put in place by President George W. Bush in his Executive Order 13279 in 2002. It said:

Organizations signing the letter included the American Jewish Committee, B'nai B'rith International, Catholics for Choice, the Hindu American Foundation, Human Rights Campaign, the Methodist Federation for Social Action, the NAACP, the National Education Association, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the National Organization for Women, People For the American Way, and the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Release
When signing this order, Obama said "America's federal contracts should not subsidize discrimination against the American people". He called for Congressional action to extend similar protections to all workers, noting that more states recognize same-sex marriage than prohibit discrimination in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation. By amending earlier executive orders, Obama did not create the extensive exemptions some religious groups were demanding, but left in place a narrower exemption established with respect to federal contractors in 2002 by President Bush's Executive Order 13279. That order protected the right of religious organizations engaged in social service activities to "the employment of individuals of a particular religion". It allows religious organizations, even when financed by federal contracts, to use religious belief as the basis for hiring and employment decisions.

The White House signing ceremony on July 21, 2014, was attended by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, Tico Almeida, president of Freedom to Work, Rabbi David Saperstein  of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, Chad Griffin of the Human Rights Campaign, Winnie Stachelberg of the Center for American Progress, and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin Jeff Merkley, the leading proponents of ENDA in the Senate.

Ten days later, Obama signed a related Executive Order 13673, "Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces." It required companies receiving federal contracts over a half-million dollars to demonstrate compliance with labor laws, including those with LGBT protections. On March 27, 2017, President Trump revoked Executive Order 13673, meaning that companies no longer must prove their compliance with labor laws to retain their federal contracts. This action indirectly weakened Executive Order 13672.

Reactions
In response, Roman Catholic officials expressed contrasting views. The chairs of two committees of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a joint statement:

They objected in particular to the order's inclusion of gender identity, which they said "is predicated on the false idea that 'gender' is nothing more than a social construct or psychological reality that can be chosen at variance from one's biological sex." They said its implementation would:

Father Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA, said that the executive order "upholds already existing religious exemptions that will allow us to maintain fidelity to our deeply held religious beliefs." He issued a statement that said:

Michael Galligan-Stierle, president of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) issued a statement that said his organization:

Douglas Laycock, a professor of law and religious studies at the University of Virginia, noted that the order maintained pre-existing protections for religious organizations:

Jenny Yang, vice president of advocacy and policy for World Relief, which works under federal grants rather than contracts, said she was pleased that the order was limited, but worried that it might be extended in the future:

Commenting on behalf of the Family Research Council (FRC), Peter Sprigg called the order and example of "rule by decree" and said:

FRC President Tony Perkins echoed Spriggs' language but emphasized the issue of gender identity. He wrote that the executive order required:

Robert Jeffress, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, told Todd Starnes of Fox News that:

Starnes concluded a column that discussed the executive order with "The Obama administration seems hell-bent on forcing Christians to assimilate to the militant LGBT agenda. Resistance is futile."

Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition wrote to supporters that Obama:

Few Republican members of Congress commented on the President's action. House Speaker John Boehner, when asked if he had a reaction, said: "Nope. The president signs a lot of executive orders." Questioned again, he said: "Listen, the president is going to make his decisions. He can."

A spokesman for Exxon Mobil, a large-scale government contractor that has long refused to add sexual orientation and gender identity protection to its corporate personnel policies, announced on July 22 that it planned to comply with the executive order. Dell Inc. issued a statement supporting the president's action.

Enforcement
On December 3, 2014, the Department of Labor announced the text of its rule for enforcing this executive order, which takes effect 120 days following its publication in the Federal Register.

See also

Executive order (United States)

References

External links
Federal Register: Executive Order 13672
Implementation of Executive Order 13672: Final Rule
U.S. Department of Labor, Frequently Asked Questions, EO 13672 Final Rule

2014 in American law
History of LGBT civil rights in the United States
LGBT law in the United States
Executive orders of Barack Obama
Transgender law in the United States


title: UniKey

text:
UniKey Technologies is an alternative access control company based in the United States that designs and licenses keyless entry technology worldwide. Its first product in partnership with Kwikset is Kēvo, a Bluetooth-enabled deadbolt door lock.

History
UniKey Technologies was founded in 2010 in Florida by Phil Dumas. He has an electrical engineering degree from the University of Central Florida with a background in biometric security. Dumas was part of the team that launched SmartScan, the first mass-market biometric residential deadbolt lock. He started UniKey in an effort to create a more dependable and convenient way to secure properties.

UniKey Technologies first came to the public's attention in May 2012, when Dumas appeared on ABC's reality series Shark Tank. UniKey received investment offers from all five judges on the show, including an offer of $500,000 for a 40% equity stake from Mark Cuban and Kevin O'Leary. Dumas accepted the offer, but they ultimately were unable to come to terms after the show. By 2013, UniKey had raised approximately $2.6 million in funding, led by ff Venture Capital. That year, UniKey announced a licensing deal with Kwikset, the largest residential lock manufacturer in the United States and one of the largest in the world, to manufacture and distribute Kēvo, a residential smart lock using UniKey's technology.

Products
Launched in 2013, Kēvo is the first Bluetooth-enabled touch-to-open smart lock. Kēvo has the ability to detect a user's compatible smartphone or tablet (via an app) to lock and unlock the door. The deadbolt lock senses when the user's phone is nearby and when it's outside; the phone emits a low-energy Bluetooth signal, allowing the door to be unlocked when the lock face is touched, making it unnecessary to interact with the phone in order to open the door. Users can grant unrestricted or temporary access to other phones as well. Kēvo also comes with a keychain fob that provides the same touch-to-open function as an authorized smart phone. A prime security feature of the product is UniKey's Inside/Outside Intelligence, which detects whether a verified device is currently inside or outside the home. If an authorized device is known to be inside the house, unauthorized users are unable to activate Kēvo from outside. The system acts as a one-way filter that lets only authorized users pass through the entryway.

Partnerships
In June 2014, UniKey and MIWA Lock Company announced a partnership to offer keyless entry to hotels. UniKey has developed a touch-to-open passive keyless entry system to be integrated into MIWA's existing radio-frequency identification hospitality locks. The keys are activated through smartphone apps. When guests check in through the app, they are sent their room number and the phone is enabled to act as a virtual key. Following the MIWA partnership, UniKey is making its way into the commercial access control industry through partnerships with Grosvenor Technologies and Nortek Security & Control. The company has also expanded its international reach with a partnership with UK home security company ERA.

Milestones

References

External links

American companies established in 2010
Access control
Technology companies of the United States
2010 establishments in Florida


title: Eoophyla belladotae

text:
Eoophyla belladotae is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Kenya, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.

The wingspan is 16–22 mm. The costa of the forewings is brownish. The remaining area is white. The basal third of the hindwings is concolorous with the forewing. There is a yellow antemedian fascia, followed by a silver-grey fascia, edged with brown. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to June, from August to September and from November to December.

Etymology
The species is named in honour of the wife of the author with the Latin prefix bella (meaning beautiful).

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla cameroonensis

text:
Eoophyla cameroonensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon, where it is only known from the lowlands.

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The forewings are ochreous white with a fuscous spot on the costa, a yellow postmedian fascia and a fuscous strigula followed by white. The terminal area is yellow. The hindwings are white basally, with a yellow median fascia.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla carcassoni

text:
Eoophyla carcassoni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Kenya.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are whitish, suffused with dark fuscous at the base. There is a pale yellow antemedian fascia and a dark fuscous median fascia. The hindwings are white. Adults have been recorded on wing in June, August and November.

Etymology
The species is named in honour of Robert Herbert Carcasson, who first collected the species.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla citrialis

text:
Eoophyla citrialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania, where it has been recorded from the Eastern Arc Mountains.

The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are white with an indistinct yellowish median fascia and a yellow terminal area. The base of the hindwings is white.

Etymology
The species name refers to the predominant colour of the species and is derived from Greek kitria (meaning lemon).

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla dentisigna

text:
Eoophyla dentisigna is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo and Sierra Leone.

The wingspan is 15–18 mm. The forewings are white, the basal half of the costa is brown. The base of the hindwings is white with a fuscous fascia and a yellow antemedian fascia, followed by a white area with fuscous scales. Adults have been recorded on wing in March and December.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla euprepialis

text:
Eoophyla euprepialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

The wingspan is 14–18 mm. The forewings are white with a fuscous or ochreous subbasal fascia and yellow antemedian suffusion. The hindwings have yellow suffusion from before the middle to the dark subterminal line.

Etymology
The species name is derived from Greek euprepes (meaning beautiful).

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla grandifuscalis

text:
Eoophyla grandifuscalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon and Nigeria.

The wingspan is 15–25 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous with a pale antemedian fascia, which is yellowish in the dorsal half of the wing. The hindwings are white, irrorated (sprinkled) with fuscous.

Etymology
The species name refers to the large size and predominant colouration of the forewings.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla interopalis

text:
Eoophyla interopalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 10–14 mm. The forewings are white, but dark fuscous at the base, partly suffused with dull orange. There is an orange antemedian fascia and the median area is scattered with dark fuscous scales. The base of the hindwings is white, with a dark fuscous subbasal band. There is a scattering of dark fuscous scales on the median area. Adults have been recorded on wing from November to May.

Etymology
The species name refers to the white marking between eyespots three and four.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla kingstoni

text:
Eoophyla kingstoni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Malawi.

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are white, with a yellow median fascia and a fuscous dot on the costa. The terminal area is yellow with a white wedge-shaped costal strigula. The base of the hindwings is white with a yellow median fascia edged with fuscous scales.

Etymology
The species is named for Tony Kingston, who collected the species.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: 1983 Davis Cup World Group

text:
The World Group was the highest level of Davis Cup competition in 1983.

The United States were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round.

Australia won the title, defeating Sweden in the final, 3–2. The final was held at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia, from 26 to 28 December. It was the Australian team's first Davis Cup title since 1977 and their 25th Davis Cup title overall.

Participating teams

Draw

First round

Soviet Union vs. France

Paraguay vs. Czechoslovakia

Australia vs. Great Britain

Romania vs. Chile

Sweden vs. Indonesia

New Zealand vs. Denmark

Italy vs. Ireland

Argentina vs. United States

Quarterfinals

France vs. Paraguay

Australia vs. Romania

New Zealand vs. Sweden

Italy vs. Argentina

Semifinals

Australia vs. France

Sweden vs. Argentina

Final

Australia vs. Sweden

Relegation play-offs
The first-round losers played in the Relegation Play-offs. The winners of the play-offs advanced to the 1984 Davis Cup World Group, and the losers were relegated to their respective Zonal Regions.

Results summary
Date: 30 September–2 October

 , ,  and  remain in the World Group in 1984.
 , ,  and  are relegated to Zonal competition in 1984.

Czechoslovakia vs. Soviet Union

Great Britain vs. Chile

Denmark vs. Indonesia

Ireland vs. United States

References

External links
Davis Cup official website

World Group
Davis Cup World Group
Davis Cup


title: Eoophyla piscatorum

text:
Eoophyla piscatorum is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Kenya.

The wingspan is 18–22 mm. The forewings are whitish and the base of the costa is fuscous. There is a fuscous subbasal fascia and a dull yellow antemedian fascia mixed with fuscous. The hindwings are white with a yellowish discal spot, ringed with fuscous.

Etymology
The species name is derived from the Latin word for of the fishermen and refers to the type locality which is a fishing camp run by the Kenya Fly Fishers Club.

References

External links
Kenya Fly Fishers Club

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla platyxantha

text:
Eoophyla platyxantha is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The wingspan is 14–17 mm. The forewings are white with a pale yellow antemedian fascia and a fuscous spot on the costa. The base of the hindwings is white with a yellow antemedian fascia and a white median area, as well as an orange-yellow postmedian fascia.

Etymology
The species name refers to the hindwing markings and is derived from Greek platus (meaning broad) and xanthos (meaning yellow).

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Judith Henry (actress)

text:
Judith Henry (born 16 May 1968) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than forty films and TV series since 1982.

Selected filmography

Awards
César Award for Most Promising Actress (1991)

References

External links

1968 births
Living people
French film actresses
French television actresses
Actresses from Paris
French stage actresses
Most Promising Actress César Award winners
20th-century French actresses
21st-century French actresses


title: Rajiv Swarup

text:
Rajiv Swarup is the founding president of Shiv Nadar University.

An electrical engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, he has nearly four decades of experience behind him in incubating, managing and developing both the strategic & operational aspects of large sized businesses, Rajiv recently superannuated from HCL Technologies as Senior Corporate Vice President and Chief Customer Officer – Strategic Accounts based out of Rochester New York.

Swarup graduated from Christ Church Boys Senior Secondary School in Madhya Pradesh, India, 1967.  He received his Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in Kanpur in May 1973 and his MBA from University of Delhi in 2001.

References

External links
Carnegie Mellon University President Suresh
Suresh Research Group at MIT

Indian electrical engineers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academic staff of Shiv Nadar University


title: Eoophyla principensis

text:
Eoophyla principensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found on the island of Príncipe in São Tomé and Príncipe off the west coast of Africa.

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous, with a white median area with a pale brown fascia. The hindwings are whitish, scattered with pale fuscous scales and a yellow median fascia, a dark fuscous subterminal line.

Etymology
The species name refers to Príncipe, the type locality.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Prince Ludwig of Wettin

text:
Ludwig Augustus Franz Frederick House of Wettin (23 January 1741 – Olomouc, 12 July 1830 – Vienna), was an Austrian aide de camp and later general. He is best known for serving under Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen with the Franco-Austrian forces at the Battle of Rossbach. He also became the archbishop of Olmutz before ascending to the ranks of cardinal.

References and sources
 Heinrich Ferdinand Schoeppl: Die Herzoge von Sachsen-Altenburg, Bozen, 1917, reprinted Altenburg, 1992
Dr. Rudolf Armin Human: Chronik der Stadt Hildburghausen, Hildburghausen, 1886

House of Wettin
Austrian generals
1741 births
1830 deaths
18th-century German people


title: Eoophyla ruwenzoriensis

text:
Eoophyla ruwenzoriensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Uganda.

The wingspan is 23–26 mm. The forewings are pearly white with a dark brown subbasal fascia. The hindwings are white with a fuscous mark at the tornus.

Etymology
The species name refers to the Ruwenzori Mountains, where the species is found.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla stepheni

text:
Eoophyla stepheni is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in the Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The base of the forewings is pale yellowish with a yellowish antemedian fascia followed by a brownish line. The base of the hindwings is whitish with a yellow antemedian fascia.

Etymology
The species is named for Capt. Richard Stephen, who collected the holotype.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Eoophyla tanzanica

text:
Eoophyla tanzanica is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania.

The wingspan is 12–20 mm. The base of the forewings is fuscous, enclosing an orange spot. There are whitish subbasal and antemedian fasciae separated by fuscous and orange scaling. The base of the hindwings is pale fuscous, becoming darker towards the white median fascia.

Etymology
The species is named for Tanzania, the country where the species is found.

References

Eoophyla
Moths described in 2012


title: Fast Times (Continuum)

text:
"Fast Times" is the second episode of the first season of the Canadian series Continuum, and the series' 2nd episode overall. The episode originally aired on June 3, 2012, on Showcase. The episode was written by Jeff King and directed by Jon Cassar.

Plot
The episode opens with Kiera (Rachel Nichols) being scanned into and debriefed on her first day of work at CPS. The scene then jumps to the present where Travis Verta (Roger Cross) and Liber8 who are getting ready to travel back to their original intended destination of 2077, although Matthew Kellog (Stephen Lobo) decides to remain behind and use his knowledge of the future to try and convince people of the Government's corruption, however the other members of the group do not agree and bid farewell to their comrade.

Kiera arrives at the precinct, slightly nervous and also begins to reassure herself, although she has a tense meeting with Betty Robertson (Jennifer Spence). Carlos (Victor Webster) is called into Dillon's (Brian Markinson) office to meet Sgt. Dan Barlow (Rocky Anderson) of Portland P.D. who blows Kiera's cover stating that he does not know her and that she is not who she says she is. Dillon arrests her and she is questioned in the interrogation room by Carlos. After asking if she was under arrest, Carlos informs her that she needs to be processed, causing Alec (Erik Knudsen) to explain that it means that they will run her prints and discover that she is not who she is claiming to be.

Kiera informs Alec through a chatpad on the leg of her suit that she needs him to create a false ID that will fool Carlos and Dillon. Outside Dillon questions whether there is a conflict of interest regarding Kiera with Carlos, which Carlos denies. Dillon then tasks Carlos with having Kiera processed.

Elsewhere, the members of Liber8 pull up outside a parking garage and attack the security guard before Lucas Ingram (Omari Newton) pulls out a sphere shaped device that releases an electronic pulse, disabling much of the city's electrical power, including the elevator that Kiera and Carlos are currently in. After Alec informs her of where Liber8 are, she apologizes to Carlos and tases him before leaving the elevator to go after Liber8

Using a frequency generator built into her suit, she unlocks a series of cars before being told by Alec to get into one of the cars that required no key to start. While at first she has trouble starting and driving the vehicle, she eventually figures it out and heads for the scene of Liber8's crime. Meanwhile Alec rushes into his house to grab breakfast and Dillon discovers Carlos handcuffed in the elevator. Soon after, Kiera arrives at the parking garage and asks the coroner what happened, to which he explains that they went in and then came out.

Nearby officers take an interest in Kiera and Alec explains to her that there is a warrant out for her arrest. Alec shows here a picture of Dr. Simon Fraser (John Innes) and Kiera connects his work with rockets to the possibility of Time Travel. This leads to her attempting to get to him before Liber8, however Travis has already reached him and kidnapped him. Meanwhile, back at the station, Dillon says that Carlos needs to find Kiera as he vouched for her. Betty then comes over and reveals that a hacker hacked into the Portland P.D. database. Carlos and Betty both agree to catch the hacker and Kiera.

Kiera arrives at Frasier's house to which his wife opens the door. Kiera convinces Mrs. Frasier to tell her where her husband had been taken, who reluctantly tells her that he was taken back to the University that he works at. Kiera calls up Carlos and says that she will text him with the location of the gang and also reveals that she has been working undercover in the gang. Elsewhere, Kellog is stood outside of his old house, when a girl walks out. He says that his mum used to live there, while the girl replies that they live there now.

Kiera arrives at the University while Lucas places the Time Travel Device into the fusion generator, while Frasier warns him to be careful. He is hit in the head by Jasmine Garza (Luvia Petersen) who states that Lucas is a scientist. Travis asks if Lucas is done with the Doctor while Kiera arrives at the facility. She places her phone on a container and tries to contact Alec who is in the process of returning to his barn, where he sees the phone through hacked CTV and learns that she did not text Carlos the location.

Kiera explains that she did not inform Carlos because she wants to go home, causing Alec to feel slightly hurt that his new friend is leaving. She sneaks up on Liber8 using her invisibility and takes Sonya (Lexa Doig) at gunpoint. She orders Travis to let Frasier go and that all she wants to do it go back with them. Liber8 agree to her terms and Lucas places the device into the generator. The resulting explosion fails to fulfill their objective and instead they are simply blasted away rather than being sent back to 2077.

Kiera stands and tells the terrorists that the ceasefire is over and begins trying to kill them again. Meanwhile Carlos and his team enter the building although Liber8 see them and escape. Lucas later informs Travis that they are missing a piece of the Time Travel device. Carlos takes Kiera into custody and Frasier says that she shouldn't be arrested as she is a hero and saved him. Carlos pushes for more information on what happened inside but Fraiser refuses to divulge any more information.

Kiera gets processed while Betty attempts to find the hacker and Alec attempts to create Kiera a new identity. In a flashback we see Kiera tucking her son (Sean Michael Kyer) in and promising to tuck him in the next night afterwards her husband, Greg (John Reardon) tells her that she shouldn't make promises she may not be able to keep. In the present day Kiera begins to cry at the memory. Soon, however, Dillon comes in and refers to her and Agent Cameron, which is revealed to be the new identity created for her by Alec and it places her as being part of the FBI. After thanking Alec through Dillon, Dillon asks if she wants to join his task force directed at taking Liber8 down.

Carlos gives her the tour where she sees the final piece of the Time Travel Device is being logged into evidence.

Cast

Main

 Rachel Nichols as Kiera Cameron
 Victor Webster as Carlos Fonnegra
 Erik Knudsen as Alec Sadler
 Stephen Lobo as Matthew Kellog
 Roger Cross as Travis Verta
 Lexa Doig as Sonya Valentine
 Tony Amendola as Edouard Kagame
 Omari Newton as Lucas Ingram
 Luvia Petersen as Jasmine Garza
 Jennifer Spence as Betty Robertson
 Terry Chen as Curtis Chen
 Brian Markinson as Jack Dillon

Guest
 John Reardon as Greg Cameron
 Sean Michael Kyer as Sam Cameron
 Michael Rogers as Roland Randol
 Janet Kidder as Ann Sadler
 Richard Harmon as Julian Randol
 John Innes as Dr. Simon Fraser
 Rocky Anderson as Sgt. Dan Barlow

Reception

Ratings
Fast Times was viewed by 0.67 million viewers.

Reviews
Jayne Nelson of SFX gave a mixed review of the episode, stating that the "episode is a bit of a damp squib" as well as commenting that it was not very interesting on the action side barring the shoot off at the end of the episode. On the more positive side she explained that Kiera's relationships with both Alec and Carlos were building well and called the scenes of Kiera with her son in the future "sweet" as well as noting the fact that the episode does not over do Kiera's grief over being separated from her son. The final thing she commented on was the plot twist where Matthew Kellog decided to leave Liber8 and began using his knowledge of the future to begin creating himself a fortune.

Rob Kemp of Denofgeek UK gave a positive to mixed review of the episode stating that the showrunner had done a good job with making Liber8 appear as a real threat, noting specifically that "People die in Continuum" and "actions have real consequence", although he did condemn the fact that the future still has not been portrayed as terribly bad so Liber8's actions are stripped of all moral ambiguity and instead are portrayed more as selfish acts. He also noted that the writers appear to be concentrating on propelling the main story forwards and thus the small details are being sacrificed.

Jen Johnson of the US Denofgeek gives a positive review, mainly noting Alec and Kiera's relationship.

Chuck Francisco of Mania gave a mostly negative review of the episode, noting that of the two storylines in the episode, one is followed not enough while the other is followed tomorrow. He also states that the illusion in the moment that the main character may not make it out of a particular situation is not presented at all in within the show. He was grateful however that a member of Liber8 was not foaming at the mouth for murder, although he also expressed worry that the other members seeming love for murder could lead to them killing one of their ancestors by mistake.

Randy Dankievitch of Proceeds Media gave the episode a grading of C+, stating that the episode, at times, "gets lost up its own ass", and noting that some small details such as Carlos not wondering how Kiera tased him, appear to go untouched.

Tyler Olson of Crimson Tear gave a positive review of the episode, elaborating that the characters were taking on much larger roles and that the changes made worked well. However she did also note that the episode title "doesn't have any meaning for this episode at all". Overall she gave the episode a 4 out of a possible 5.

KSennia Visitor of We Love TV gave the episode an 8 out of a possible score of 10 and stated that she enjoyed the episode immensely.

References

2012 Canadian television episodes
Continuum (TV series) episodes
2012 in Canadian television


title: WTA Tier V tournaments

text:
The WTA Tier V tournaments were the fifth, and lowest, level of women's tennis tournaments on the WTA Tour between 1990 and 1992 and from 2001 to 2005. The line-up of events varied over the years, with tournaments being promoted, demoted or cancelled. Most of the Tier V tournaments became Tier IV events between 1993 and 2000 and from 2006 to 2008.

In 2009, WTA changed the tournament categories, so that most of the Tier III, Tier IV and Tier V tournaments from 2008 were placed in a single, WTA International tournaments, category.

Number of tournaments

Events

Past finals

1990

The 1990 WTA Tour consisted of 59 tournaments of which 12 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WIPTC with prize money of $75,000.

1991
The 1991 WTA Tour consisted of 60 tournaments of which 14 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WIPTC with prize money of $75,000 or $100,000.

1992
The 1992 WTA Tour consisted of 57 tournaments of which 14 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WIPTC with prize money of $100,000.

2001
The 2001 WTA Tour consisted of 63 tournaments of which 8 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

2002
The 2002 WTA Tour consisted of 64 tournaments of which 7 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

2003
The 2003 WTA Tour consisted of 59 tournaments of which 6 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

2004
The 2004 WTA Tour consisted of 60 tournaments of which 8 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

2005
The 2005 WTA Tour consisted of 63 tournaments of which 2 were categorized as Tier V. These were tournaments approved by the WTA Tour with a minimum prize money of $110,000.

Notes

References

 Tier 5
Recurring sporting events established in 1990
Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2005


title: Judith Henry

text:
Judith Henry may refer to:

 Judith Henry (actress) (born 1968), French actress
 Judith Henry (artist) (born 1942), American artist


title: Dramatist Studio of Sweden

text:
The Dramatist Studio of Sweden (, Dramatikerstudion) is a Swedish theatre group founded in 1940 with the objective of performing new plays by Swedish and other Scandinavian dramatists.

The group was started in 1939 and officially organised in 1942 in Stockholm by the writers Brita von Horn and Vilhelm Moberg and the actor and producer Helge Hagerman. Horn's friend the drama critic Elsa Collin was the secretary. The objective was to counter the carefully neutral dramatic offerings by the official theatres  during World War II and encourage playwrights to write drama relevant to contemporary politics.

There are varying accounts of whose idea the group originally was, but Horn was the driving force behind it. Moberg was initially the president, later succeeded by the author Bertil Malmberg. The actor Börje Mellvig was artistic director at one point. Horn herself took over as leader until 1958.

Initially the Dramatist Studio had no fixed home, presenting plays in various locations including touring productions. It was later based at Hamngatan 28, in the former flat of the operetta prima donna Anna Norrie, where from 1950 the company presented chamber theatre as had previously been done in Germany, and in America by Orson Welles. (The site is now occupied by an H & M and a carpark.) In 1948 the company added the Bygdeteater, a programme to present plays in rural areas in collaboration with agricultural organisations and the National Swedish Touring Theatre.

Ingmar Bergman directed several plays for the Dramatist Studio in 1943–44. The group gave playwrights an opportunity to experiment and launched the careers of some actors and directors; it also produced some unknown works by famous Swedish dramatists. Others associated with it include Willy Peters, Gunnar Sjöberg, Tord Stål, Ingrid Luterkort, Sif Ruud, Ingrid Borthen and Gunnar Björnstrand, and the directors Olof Molander and Per Lindberg.

References

Further reading
 Ingrid Luterkort and Helge Hagerman. Studion som försvann: Svenska dramatikers studio, dess tillkomst och första säsonger: en dokumentation samt en hyllning till en grupp skådespelare som torde varit den första gruppteatern - om inte till namnet så till gagnet. Stockholm: Kommittén för Stockholmsforskning, [1991]. . .
 Eva-Lotta Frid. "Svenska Dramatikers Studio: dokumentation av verksamheten 1940–1946". University of Stockholm, 1992 .

Theatre companies in Sweden
Former theatres in Stockholm


title: List of Brazilian films of 1984

text:
A list of films produced in Brazil in 1984:

See also
1984 in Brazil
1984 in Brazilian television

References

External links
Brazilian films of 1984 at the Internet Movie Database

Brazil
1984
Films


title: Vallicula

text:
Vallicula is a genus of ctenophora in the family Coeloplanidae, containing a single species, Vallicula multiformis.

References

Monotypic ctenophore genera


title: Bynon

text:
Richard Glenmor Beynon, stage name Bynon (stylized BYNON), is a British-Canadian music producer and DJ.

Early life

The clarinet prodigy-turned-DJ/producer/songwriter comes from a family of musicians hailing from South Wales (UK). He grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. He studied at Langley Fine Arts School, Juilliard School, and McGill University.

He played guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, and drums before becoming a clarinet player. He performed with the Surrey Youth Orchestra and the Vancouver Summer Pops Youth Orchestra and won gold at the Kiwanis International Fraser Valley Music Festival.

Collaborating with his father, Bynon arranged and produced three successful albums featuring many genres of music including classical, jazz, and pop.

Career
A seasoned performer, Bynon toured around North America, with multiple dates in Europe and Asia. Highlights include Paradiso Festival at the Gorge in Seattle, a four-year residency in the Las Vegas circuit featuring Legendary Pool Party REHAB and SLS, and most recently in 2018 at îleSoniq Festival, in his adopted hometown of Montreal.

With his freshman releases alongside Dannic, Project 46 & Feenixpawl, his name popped up monthly on Beatport top 10 charts, (Golden Hearts, Eyes, Home) on Revealed, Ultra Records and Atlantic throughout 2014.

At the end of 2015 Bynon's massive rework Ganja Man featuring Sean Paul went viral on YouTube, accumulating over 23 million views.

In early 2016, Bynon decided to focus primarily on songwriting and production, working with Sean Paul, Kaskade, Ilsey, Taryn Manning, Mako, Jane XØ and many more. He has been involved with major projects at Columbia, Atlantic, Sony and Warner Music. Corey Hart commissioned him to co-write and produce Jonathan Roy's sophomore album Mr. Optimist Blues, which included the Certified Gold Record Smash "Daniella Denmark".

He has co-written numerous #1 iTunes albums and singles, and issued several solo releases and remixes in 2018.

Personal life
Bynon resides in both Montreal and Los Angeles.

Discography

Singles and remixes

Songwriting and production credits

References

British DJs
British record producers
British emigrants to Canada
Canadian DJs
Canadian record producers
Living people
McGill University alumni
Musicians from Vancouver
Electronic dance music DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)