title: Evelyn Freeman Roberts

text:
Evelyn Freeman Roberts (February 13, 1919 – May 5, 2017) was an American musician, songwriter, arranger and educator. After an early career as a swing band and gospel choir leader, she and her husband, Tommy Roberts, established the Young Saints foundation for young performers in Los Angeles.

Biography
She was born Gertrude Evelyn Freeman in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Gertrude Evelyn (née Richardson) and Ernest Aaron Freeman. Her younger brother Ernie Freeman later became a successful composer and arranger on many records between the 1950s and 1970s. Evelyn and Ernie performed as members of The Freeman Family, and she also played piano in a classical ensemble. After meeting Duke Ellington after a performance, she decided that she wanted to become a bandleader, and studied at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1938, she formed her own swing band, before graduating in 1941.

Her orchestra, the Evelyn Freeman Swing Band, which also included her brother Ernie, performed regularly at the Circle Ballroom, Oster's Ballroom, and on radio station WHK, until many of its members were recruited by the US Navy.  They became the first African-American Navy band, stationed in Indiana, and were nicknamed the "Gobs of Swing." Freeman herself continued to perform with a smaller group, which included Ben "Bull Moose" Jackson. After the end of World War II, she met Tommy Roberts, who had been a featured soloist in the Cleveland-based Wings Over Jordan Choir since its 1935 inception. Tommy recruited Evelyn to help compose material for the a cappella spiritual choir at the start of a postwar tour, but was fired several months later by Rev. Glynn T. Settle as her popularity quickly rivaled his; Tommy left the choir at the same time. They married and moved to New York City and began performing in the city's nightclubs scene, associating with Lionel Hampton, Ethel Waters and Cab Calloway, in addition to arranging for vaudeville acts.

In the late 1950s, she reformed the Evelyn Freeman Orchestra with new members, and it backed such singers as Peggy Lee and Frankie Laine in Las Vegas. She also wrote "The Jelly Coal Man", recorded by Laine in 1959. She released a rock and roll single credited to Evelyn Freeman and The Exciting Voices, "Let's Make A Little Motion" / "Come To Me My True Love", on the Dot label in 1958; both tracks were co-written by Freeman and Roberts. This was followed by the gospel-inspired album Sky High on Imperial Records in 1960.  In 1962, the single "Didn't It Rain" was issued on the small Bel Canto label before being reissued by the United Artists label, and the ensemble also recorded with singer Earl Nelson. In the mid-1960s, she moved to Los Angeles. She continued to work as a composer and arranger for television, as well as for performers including Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Louis Prima, and ran her own club, "The Upstairs" on Sunset Strip.

With her husband, Tommy Roberts, she also established The Young Saints Scholarships Foundation, a nonprofit organization incorporated in 1967, with the aim of providing free training in singing, dance, drama, television work and associated skills for young people, aged between 5 and 21, in South Central Los Angeles. In 1970, the Young Saints performed for President Richard Nixon in the White House under Freeman Roberts' direction. In 1989, it was reported that the Young Saints had about 150 participants.  In 1993, Evelyn and Tommy Roberts received the Community Service Award in the Sixth Annual NAACP Theater Awards. Evelyn and Tommy's protégés included Herb Alpert, along with members of The 5th Dimension and The Friends of Distinction.

Freeman Roberts died in June 2017 at the age of 98.  She died on her grandson-in-law's birthday.

Her family members include Ethan Charles Noah Roberts, born on April 27, 2007, and Darius Jeremiah Thomas Roberts, born on June 12, 2006.

References

1919 births
2017 deaths
20th-century American women pianists
20th-century American pianists
20th-century African-American women singers
African-American pianists
American bandleaders
American music arrangers
Cleveland Institute of Music alumni
Imperial Records artists
Musicians from Cleveland
Musicians from Los Angeles
20th-century American women singers
20th-century American singers
21st-century African-American people
21st-century African-American women


title: John Hurlburt

text:
John Blair Hurlburt (July 23, 1898 – March 3, 1968) was an American football halfback who played two seasons with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). Hurlburt played college football at the University of Chicago and attended Marshalltown High School in Marshalltown, Iowa. He was a member of the Chicago Cardinals team that were NFL champions in 1925.

External links
Just Sports Stats
Fanbase profile

1898 births
1968 deaths
Players of American football from Iowa
American football halfbacks
Chicago Maroons football players
Chicago Cardinals players
People from Burlington, Iowa


title: Keinonen

text:
Keinonen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Matti Keinonen (1941–2021), Finnish ice hockey player and coach
 Yrjö Keinonen (1912–1977), Finnish general

See also
 Keinänen

Finnish-language surnames


title: Kemppainen

text:
Kemppainen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Antti-Jussi Kemppainen (born 1989), Finnish freestyle skier
 Johan Kemp (né Kemppainen, 1881–1941), Finnish gymnast
 Joonas Kemppainen (born 1988), Finnish ice hockey player
 Marko Kemppainen (born 1976), Finnish sport shooter
 Roosa Kemppainen, a character in the Finnish television series Salatut elämät
 Tuulikki Pyykkönen (born 1963), Finnish cross-country skier

Finnish-language surnames


title: Keränen

text:
Keränen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Carrie Keranen, American voice actress and voice director
 Greg Keranen, American bass guitarist
 Iikka Keränen, Finnish video game programmer
 Janne Keränen (born 1987), Finnish ice hockey player
 Juho Keränen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player
 Michael Keränen (born 1990), Finnish ice hockey player
 Rami Keränen, Finnish guitarist

Finnish-language surnames


title: Kilpeläinen

text:
Kilpeläinen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Edvard Kilpeläinen (1879–1941), Finnish Lutheran clergyman and politician
 Viljo Kilpeläinen (1906–1937), Finnish industrial worker and politician
 Yrjö Kilpeläinen (1907–1955), Finnish journalist, educationist and politician
 Tuure Kilpeläinen (born 1970), Finnish musician and singer-songwriter
 Eero Kilpeläinen (born 1985), Finnish ice hockey player

Finnish-language surnames


title: Kivinen

text:
Kivinen is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Lauri Kivinen (born 1961), former CEO of the Finnish Broadcasting Company
 Markku Kivinen (born 1951), Finnish sociologist
 S. Albert Kivinen (1933–2021), Finnish philosopher
 Taru Kivinen, Finnish curler
 Timo Kivinen (born 1959), Finnish general

Finnish-language surnames


title: Jorge L. Alonso

text:
Jorge Luis Alonso (born April 1966) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and former Illinois state judge.

Biography

Alonso was born in 1966 in Sagua La Grande, Las Villas, Cuba. He went to Loyola High School in Miami, Fl. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988 from the University of Miami. He received a Juris Doctor in 1991 from the George Washington University Law School. He served as an assistant public defender in the Office of the Cook County Public Defender from 1991 to 2003, where he represented indigent individuals in both civil and criminal proceedings. From 2003 to 2014, he  served as an associate judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, a state trial court of general jurisdiction.

Federal judicial service

On August 5, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Alonso to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to the seat vacated by Judge Ronald A. Guzman, who assumed senior status on November 16, 2014. He received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary for September 9, 2014. On November 20, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On December 13, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On December 16, 2014, Reid withdrew his cloture motion on Alonso's nomination, and the United States Senate confirmed Alonso by voice vote. He received his judicial commission on December 19, 2014.

See also
List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

References

External links

1966 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
21st-century American lawyers
People from Sagua la Grande
American judges of Cuban descent
Hispanic and Latino American judges
Hispanic and Latino American lawyers
Illinois lawyers
Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Public defenders
United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama
University of Miami alumni
George Washington University Law School alumni


title: Daniel Mitov

text:
Daniel Pavlov Mitov (; born 4 December 1977) is a Bulgarian politician. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria from 2014 to 2017.

He became Minister of Foreign Affairs on August 6, 2014 in the cabinet of Georgi Bliznashki and remained in that post in the cabinet of Boyko Borisov from October 7, 2014.

Early life and education
Born in Sofia, Mitov received his higher education at the Sofia University. In addition to his native Bulgarian, he is fluent in English, Italian, and Russian.

Political career
In 2002, Mitov worked at the Political Academy for Central and Southeast Europe and in 2006 became a member of Bulgaria's Democracy Foundation. Following his succession there, he became a deputy chairman of the Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria party and since 2010 works at the National Democratic Institute with the delegates of North Africa and the Middle East.

Fight against terrorism
In a speech at the Israel Council on Foreign Relations in 2016, Mitov begins by calling terrorism the biggest issue of the Middle East. In his words, terrorism “regardless of how many resources we allocate to assisting the countries of origin and transit, the refugee flow and terrorist channels will not disappear as long as ISIS and similar actors exist on the ground". On that occasion, he noted that "the teachings of Islam could be directed toward civil activity instead of toward politicization, and consequently, radicalization". In order to help the Middle East with this dilemma, he suggested the importance of European support by explaining that aid should be given to countries that take in refugees and policies should be reinforced in quelling terrorism worldwide.

Honours
:
 Grand Cross of the Order pro Merito Melitensi

See also
2014 Wales summit
List of foreign ministers in 2017
Foreign relations of Bulgaria
List of Bulgarians

References

1977 births
Sofia University alumni
Foreign ministers of Bulgaria
Living people
Politicians from Sofia


title: Seton Company, Inc.

text:
Seton Company, Inc. or the Seton Leather Company of Pennsylvania (SEPA) is a former manufacturer and supplier of leather products—and later brand—for automotive interiors. The company was founded in 1906 by German tanner Joespeh Kaltenbacher and was one of the largest leather suppliers for automotive upholstery. It was based in West Bloomfield, Michigan and previously headquartered in Norristown, Pennsylvania. On January 3, 2011, the company became a subsidiary of GST AutoLeather, Inc., making the world's largest seat supplier for the automotive industry.

References

External links
http://www.setonco.com/
http://www.nacua.org/nacualert/memberversion/Unions/setonco.pdf
http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/510690/Seton-will-close-its-Saxton-plant.html?nav=756
Article title
http://votesmart.org/public-statement/118735/governor-rendell-announces-seton-company-to-expand-manufacturing-operations-in-saxton#.U-FDUfldVyI

Defunct manufacturing companies based in Michigan
Defunct manufacturing companies based in Pennsylvania


title: 2004 Roscommon County Council election

text:
An election to Roscommon County Council took place on 11 June 2004 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 26 councillors were elected from six local electoral areas (LEAs) for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Results by party

Results by local electoral area

Athlone

Ballaghadreen

Boyle

Castlerea

Roscommon

Strokestown

External links
 Official website

Roscommon
Roscommon County Council elections


title: Anastasios Orlandos

text:
Anastasios Orlandos (, 23 December 1887 – 6 October 1979) was a Greek architect and historian of architecture.

Biography
A descendant of Ioannis Orlandos, Anastasios was born and died in Athens. He studied as a civil engineer in the National Technical University of Athens, and completed his studies in archaeology at the University of Athens, where he later served as a professor. He was among the leading researchers in ancient and Byzantine architecture, and responsible for the restoration of many ancient and medieval monuments throughout the country. He was also chairman of the Academy of Athens in 1950, and from 1951 until his death secretary of the Archaeological Society of Athens.

Writings
 Το αέτωμα του εν Σουνίω ναού του Ποσειδώνος. in: Archaiologikon Deltion 1, 1915, 1-27.
 Ο εν στρατώ της Ακαρνανίας ναός του Διός, 1924
 Μοναστηριακή αρχιτεκτονική. 1927, 2nd Edition 1958
 Monuments byzantines de Chios. 1930
 Μεσαιωνικά μνημεία της πεδιάδος των Αθηνών και των κλιτυών Υμηττού – Πεντελικού, Πάρνηθος και Αιγάλεω, 1933
 Συμβολή στη βυζαντινή αρχιτεκτονική. 1937
 Αρχείον των βυζαντινών μνημείων της Ελλάδος. 12 volumes, 1937–1973
 Η ξυλόστεγος παλαιοχριστιανική βασιλική της μεσογειακής λεκάνης. 3 volumes, 1952–1954
 Τα υλικά δομής των αρχαίων Ελλήνων και οι τρόποι εφαρμογής αυτών κατά τους συγγραφείς, τας επιγραφάς και τα μνημεία, 1955
 Η Παρηγορήτισσα της Άρτης. 1963
 Les matériaux de construction et la technique architecturale des anciens Grecs. 2 volumes, de Boccard, Paris 1966–1968.
 Η αρχιτεκτονική του Παρθενώνος. 3 volumes, 1977
 Λεξικόν αρχαίων ελληνικών αρχιτεκτονικών όρων. 1986

References

External links
 Library and Information Centre of the University of Crete
 Dictionary of Art Historians: Anastasios Orlandos
 Biblionet database entry

1887 births
1979 deaths
Architects from Athens
Archaeologists from Athens
Greek Byzantinists
National Technical University of Athens alumni
Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Members of the Academy of Athens (modern)
Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Knights of the Legion of Honour
Greek architectural historians
Herder Prize recipients
20th-century archaeologists
Byzantine archaeologists


title: Pentaglot Dictionary

text:
The Pentaglot Dictionary (Chinese: 御製五體清文鑑, Yuzhi Wuti Qing Wenjian; the term 清文, Qingwen, "Qing language", was another name for the Manchu language in Chinese), also known as the Manchu Polyglot Dictionary, was a dictionary of major imperial languages compiled in the late Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty (also said to be compiled in 1794). The work contains Manchu lexemes and their translations into various administrative languages such as Tibetan, Mongolian, post-classical or vernacular Chagatai (Eastern Turki, now known as Modern Uyghur since 1921) and Chinese.

Title

The literal meaning of the Chinese title 《御製五體清文鑑》 Yù zhì wǔ tǐ Qīng wén jiàn is "Imperially-Published Five-Script Textual Mirror of Qing", which corresponds to , "dictionary of Manchu words written by the Emperor (i.e., by imperial order) containing five languages". The translations into the other languages are as follows:

 Tibetan:
rgyal pos mdzad pa’i skad lnga shan sbyar gyi manydzu’i skad gsal ba’i me long
 Mongolian:
qaɣan-u bičigsen tabun ǰüil-ün üsüg-iyer qabsuruɣsan manǰu ügen-ü toli bičig
 Chagatai:
ḫān-nïng fütügän beš qismi qošqan ḫat mānjū söz-ning ayrïmčïn ḫati

Structure

The Yuzhi Wuti Qing Wenjian is organized into six boxes, containing 36 volumes on 2563 pages.  The original work contained 32 volumes, with a four-volume supplement.  It is divided into divisions (such as "Heaven Division"), category (such as "Astronomy"), with the categories further separated into types.  There are 56 divisions, 318 categories, 616 types, with a total of 18,671 terms. Each term has eight rows.  From the top, the rows contain Manchu, Tibetan, a mechanical Tibetan transliteration into Manchu, a phonetic Tibetan transcription into Manchu, Mongolian, Chagatai, a transcription of Chagatai into Manchu, and Chinese.

For some terms, synonyms were included in the target languages (except Chinese). Thus, there are 19,503 terms used in Mongolian corresponding to 18,145 terms in Chinese (with 526 synonyms noted in Chinese).  The Manchu text was largely based on the Beijing dialect of Manchu, using vertical regular script, with sentences terminated with punctuation (), but no subsidiary pronunciation marks. Tibetan used the common written Tibetan usage at the time, in horizontal script in Uchen script (), with terms that could not be written into a single line divided at syllabic boundaries, and terminating punctuation marks (). Under the Tibetan was the Manchu transliteration, using Manchu phonemes to transliterate Tibetan letters to allow two-way transliteration and using distinctive characters for initial and medial phonemes; further, to transliterate some Tibetan letters, some new written forms for Manchu phonemes were invented (including initial ng and terminal vowels).  Below the Manchu transliteration was the Manchu transcription to record the pronunciation in the Lhasa/Ü-Tsang dialect, due to the substantial difference between written Tibetan and spoken Tibetan. For Mongolian, the common written Mongolian of that time was used, in horizontal regular script, with punctuation marks at the end (). Chagatai is written horizontally in Nastaʿlīq script, with terms that could not be written into a single line divided at syllabic boundaries and no terminal punctuations.  Below Chagatai was Manchu transcription to record the eastern Xinjiang Turkic pronunciation, due to the substantial difference between Chagatai and the spoken language of Xinjiang at the time; the sounds showed characteristics of the pronunciations used in the Hami/Turpan regions; Chinese was spelled in traditional Chinese characters, also in vertical regular script, with the diction showing the influence of common usage in the Beijing Mandarin dialect. No punctuation or pronunciation marks were used.

Below were the renderings of the first term, "Heaven," on the first page of the first section, "Astronomy":

Manuscripts and editions

The Yuzhi Wuti Qing Wenjian has been transmitted in three known manuscripts, held by the Beijing Palace Museum, the Yonghe Temple, and the British Museum in London. A print edition doesn’t seem to exist. In 1957, the Ethnic Publishing House (Nationalities Publishing House, Minzu Chubanshe, 民族出版社) published a photo-mechanic reproduction of the dictionary, which was reprinted in 1998. In 1967, Japanese scholars recompiled it and added Latin transliteration into a work known as the Interpretation of the Wuti Qing Wenjian. In 1967, an edition was published in Japan that added transliterations of Manchu, the Manchu transcriptions of the other languages and a Japanese translation. In 2013, a critical edition with complete transliterations as well as indices for all five languages was published in Germany.

 Tamura Jitsuzō 田村 實造, Imanishi Shunjū 今西 春秋, Satō Hisashi 佐藤 長 (Hg.): Gotai Shinbun kan yakukai 五體淸文鑑譯解. Kyōto, Kyōto daigaku bungakubu nairiku Ajia kenkyūjo 京都大學文學部內陸アジア硏究所 Shōwa 41–43 [1966–1968].
 :de:Oliver Corff, Kyoko Maezono, Wolfgang Lipp, Dorjpalam Dorj, Görööchin Gerelmaa, Aysima Mirsultan, Réka Stüber, Byambajav Töwshintögs, Xieyan Li (eds.): Auf kaiserlichen Befehl erstelltes Wörterbuch des Manjurischen in fünf Sprachen. „Fünfsprachenspiegel“. Systematisch angeordneter Wortschatz auf Manjurisch, Tibetisch, Mongolisch, Turki und Chinesisch. Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz 2013, .

The Yuzhi Wuti Qing Wenjian is based on the Yuzhi Siti Qing Wenjian 御製四體清文鑑 ("Imperially-Published Four-Script Textual Mirror of Qing"), with Chagatai added as fifth language. The four-language version of the dictionary with Tibetan was in turn based on an earlier three-language version with Manchu, Mongolian, and Chinese called the Yuzhi Manzhu Menggu Hanzi San He Jieyin Qingwen Jian 御製滿珠蒙古漢字三合切音清文鑑 ("Imperially-Published Manchu Mongol Chinese Three pronunciation explanation mirror of Qing"), which was in turn based on the Yuzhi Zengding Qing Wenjian 御製增訂清文鑑 ("Imperially-Published Revised and Enlarged mirror of Qing") in Manchu and Chinese, which used both Manchu script to transcribe Chinese words and Chinese characters to transcribe Manchu words with fanqie. In Mongol the title of 御製滿珠蒙古漢字三合切音清文鑑 is "(Qaɣan-u bicigsen) Manzu Mongɣol Kitad üsüg ɣurban züil-ün ajalɣu nejilegsen toli bicig". In Manchu the title of 御製增訂清文鑑 is "Han-i araha nonggime toktobuha Manju gisun-i buleku bithe". It was used in banner schools as a textbook. A tetraglot dictionary (Yuzhi Zengding Qing Wenjian) in manuscript form exists in the Harvard-Yenching Library, where black ink is used for Chinese and Manchu and red ink for Tibetan and Mongolian. In 1708 the Yuzhi Qing Wenjian 御制清文鉴 "han-i araha manju gisun buleku bithe" was published.

"gamma uc̆in nigen boti, orosil nigen boti".

See also
 Hua-Yi yiyu ("Sino-Barbarian Dictionary") - a series of bilingual Chinese-foreign language dictionaries in Jurchen, Korean, Japanese, Ryukyuan, Mongolian, Old Uyghur, Vietnamese, Cham, Dai, Thai, Burmese, Khmer, Persian, Tibetan, Malay, Javanese, Acehnese, and Sanskrit
 Yuding Xiyu Tongwen Zhi 欽定西域同文志 ("Imperial Western Regions Thesaurus")- a thesaurus of geographical names in Xinjiang in Oirat Mongol, Manchu, Chinese, Tibetan, and Chagatai.
 Mahāvyutpatti

References

External links
 Internet Archive

 Google Books
 Yuzhi zengding Qingwen jian, Volumes 1-10
 Yuzhi zengding Qingwen jian, Volumes 11-21
 Yuzhi zengding Qingwen jian, Volumes 22-32

摛藻堂四庫全書薈要
 御製增訂清文鑑總綱《摛藻堂四庫全書薈要》本。本書8卷，拆分成8冊。 影印古籍 摛澡堂四庫全書薈要·經部·小學類
 御製增訂清文鑑《摛藻堂四庫全書薈要》本。本書32卷，拆分成30冊。 影印古籍 摛澡堂四庫全書薈要·經部·小學類
 御製增訂清文鑑《摛藻堂四庫全書薈要》本。本書32卷，拆分成30冊。 影印古籍 摛澡堂四庫全書薈要·經部·小學類
 御制增订清文鉴《摛藻堂四库全书荟要》本。本书32卷，拆分成30册。 影印古籍 摛澡堂四库全书荟要·经部·小学类
四庫之外
 御制增订清文鉴 （清）高宗弘历敕撰 本书32卷，拆分成30册。
 御製增訂清文鑑 （淸）高宗弘歷敕撰 本书32卷，拆分成30册。
Others
 御製五体清文鑑. 巻1-32,補編
 Wuti Qingwen jian 五體清文鑑.
 Some Notes on the Pentaglot Dictionary
 Some Notes on the Pentaglot Dictionary: The Pentaglot Dictionary
 Pentaglot Project
 A Preliminary HTML Dump of the Pentaglot Database
 Qingwenjian 清文鑑 "The Mirror to the National Languages"
 Pentaglot Dictionary

Lexicography
Multilingual dictionaries
Tibetan dictionaries
Chinese dictionaries
Mongolian dictionaries
Manchu literature


title: Cattive ragazze

text:
Cattive ragazze (translated: Bad Girls) is a 1992 film directed by Marina Ripa Di Meana. It was produced by Alberto Tarallo and Achille Manzotti and starred Eva Grimaldi, Brando Giorgi, Burt Young and Anita Ekberg. The film was released on the Italian cinema circuit on August 15, 1992.  Eva Grimaldi stars as a recently divorced woman falling in love with a male stripper. The production received bad publicity, as it was made using money from the country's Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities.

The film is considered by some to be one of the worst films ever made.  Paolo Mereghetti in his film encyclopaedia Dizionario dei Film described the film as a "vapid mess that can only serve those incapable of understanding what cinema is", and considered it able to "compete for the title of worst film in cinema history and win!" G. Giraud wrote in Il Lavoro, that Cattive ragazze "does not resemble anything in a real movie, or even recall anything previously seen at the cinema, even in its worst". Film critic Marco Giusti refers to the film as "one of the pillars of Italian trash cinema". Wired Italia placed it on its list of the 10 worst films ever made. Meana defended herself from critics, claiming that it was never her intention to create a second Battleship Potemkin.  Cattive ragazze was Di Meana's directorial debut, she never directed another film.

See also
 List of films considered the worst

References

External links

1992 films
1992 romantic drama films
Films set in Italy
1992 directorial debut films
Italian romantic drama films
1990s Italian-language films


title: Ike Mahoney

text:
Frank John Mahoney Jr. (October 25, 1901 – November 21, 1961) was an American football back who played five seasons with the Chicago Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Creighton University and attended the Omaha High School of Commerce in Omaha, Nebraska. He was a member of the Chicago Cardinals team that were NFL champions in 1925. He also played baseball, basketball and participated in track and field. Mahoney played for the Chicago Bruins of the American Basketball League (ABL). He had received an offer to play baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates but opted to play football for the Chicago Cardinals.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats
Fanbase profile

1901 births
1961 deaths
American football running backs
American men's basketball players
Creighton Bluejays football players
Chicago Cardinals players
Chicago Bruins players
Players of American football from Omaha, Nebraska


title: Bobovica (river)

text:
The Bobovica () is the richest tributary of upper flow of Vrbanja river, although it is marked on some maps as "Kruševica". However, the latter name is for another river about 30 kilometers downflow.  Bobovica's length is around 12 km. Its mouth is in Kruševo Brdo. During the 1960s there were about 15 mills on this river, the mouth of which is in Obodnik.

Bobovica arises (on 1,220 m) between north-western slopes of Meokrnje Mountain and south-eastern slopes of Očauš. The water source is on east acclivity of the Vijenac Hill (1,375 m), in the gorge which is exponed to Ciganska planina (Gipsy's Mountain), on the significant lower position compared with Vrbanja river. The canyon depth is around 380 m. It flows through the Bobovice village (769 m).

Above its water source there is the riverhead between  Lašva river and Velika Usora (i.e. Bosna river) and  Vrbanja river and Ugar (i.e. Vrbas). It is conducting the waters from numerous creeks and the strongest tributaries are (on right) Ljeskovac and  Duboki and Novački potok  (Deep and Novak's stream, on left)[2][3].  To its mouth in Kruševo Brdo, it is longer than Vrbanja river. It is (probably) reason for different estimations of Vrbanja's length (70-85,5 km).

History
During the War in Bosnia (1992-1995), all of non-Serbs settlements in Vrbanja valley, from Bobovica's mouth to Banja Luka, were extremely devastated and local inhabitants (Bosniaks and Croats) killed and displaced. Many peoples were also on the list of missing persons.

See also
 Vrbanja river
 Kruševo Brdo
 Šiprage

References

Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina


title: Overaa Construction

text:
Overaa Construction is an American family-owned construction company based in Richmond, California, which provides general contracting and design/build services in Northern California. It is one of the largest contractors in California and since 1993, has been listed among ENR's top 400 contractors in the US.

Overaa Construction has a self-performing concrete capability. The company crews perform about 600,000 man-hours on average each year, three fourths of which are concrete work.

History
The company was established in 1907 by a Norwegian immigrant and carpenter Carl E. Overaa, who committed himself to rebuilding the Bay Area after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Jerry (Gerald) Overaa, Carl Overaa's grandson, joined the firm in 1966. As of 2014, he works in the company as its chief executive officer.

After the Great Recession the company worked on a number of projects supported by funds of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, including two projects for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In 2010, Overaa Construction logged the highest amount of man-hours among general contractors in Northern California.

In March 2011, Christopher Manning, who worked at the company for 25 years, was appointed president after Peter Kappelhoff retired.

Notable projects

Overaa has completed many notable construction projects throughout California. Among them are:
UC San Francisco Parking Structure. It features a design reminiscent of DNA fingerprinting. It received the Merit Award in the AIA San Francisco Design Awards competition in 2006.
Lafayette Library and Learning Center building completed in 2009.
Richmond City Hall renovation. It was part of the $78-million Richmond Civic Center Revitalization project in which Overaa Construction received primary contract for the City Hall's seismic upgrade, building envelope repair and interior renovation. The revitalization project won the "Best of 2009" awards in Northern California by the California Construction magazine in two categories: "Overall Top Project" and "Best of Government/Public".
Las Positas College, Center for the Arts completed in 2010.
Mission Bay Block 27 Parking Structure. It received the Citation Award in the AIA San Francisco Design Awards competition in 2010.
Advanced Light Source User Support Building at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) completed in 2010. The 31,000-square-foot building became the second one to receive LEED Gold rating at the LBNL. About 10 percent of the building is made from recycled material.
Hearst Greek Theatre seismic upgrade and expansion completed in May 2012.
Sacramento River Water Treatment Plant (SRWTP) and E. A. Fairbairn Water Treatment Plant (EAFWTP) rehabilitation, a $113-million project started in 2013.

References

External links

Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1907
Companies based in Richmond, California
Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States
Privately held companies based in California
1907 establishments in California
American companies established in 1907
Engineering companies of the United States
1907 establishments in the United States
Companies established in 1907
Family-owned companies of the United States


title: Henry Ward Dawson

text:
Henry Ward Dawson, Sr. (November 6, 1890 – 1963) was an American doubles tennis champion with Maurice E. McLoughlin. In 1916 they were the number two [seeded American doubles team. That year, they won the Pacific coast double championship and the United States sectional double championship in Chicago, Illinois.

Biography
He was born in Iowa on November 6, 1890 to John Dawson and Mabel Walker. He was raised in Los Angeles, attended the public school system, and then attended Stanford University. After graduation, he went to work for the Mexican Petroleum Company in Tampico, Mexico. He died in 1963.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles (1 runner-ups)

References

External links

1890 births
1963 deaths
American male tennis players
Stanford University alumni
Tennis players from Los Angeles


title: John conti Coffee Company

text:
The john conti Coffee Company is a roaster and supplier of high-grown Arabican coffees. The company was founded in 1962 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky, where its roasting facility also resides. Since 1990, it has used the trademark "The Best Coffee in Town". Beyond coffee, the company also makes Contea brand iced tea and Aqua Conti bottled water.

History
John Conti started the company in 1962 in Louisville, Kentucky as the john conti Vending Co. The company began installing coffee units at offices in 1971 and opened a coffee store in 1976. With the coffee business expanding, the vending business was sold in 1982.

In 1977, the Louisville Today Magazine named it "The Best Coffee in Town". In 1990—after winning that distinction in all following contents—the company applied for and received that tagline as a trademark.

A coffee museum that offered free coffee was built next to the Louisville factory, and operated until 2011. The brand expanded its market, being sold at Wal-mart and offered in single-serve brewing pods. It made a number of acquisitions to expand its presence.

John Conti retired in 2014, with Canteen of Kentuckiana subsequently running the business.

Products
john Conti makes small batches of artisanal coffee. It has been noted for using the best Arabican coffee beans. Beyond coffee, the company also makes Contea brand iced tea and Aqua Conti bottled water.

References

Manufacturing companies based in Louisville, Kentucky
Coffee companies of the United States
1962 establishments in Kentucky
American companies established in 1962


title: Araçá Azul

text:
Araçá Azul (Portuguese for "blue Cattley guava") is the fifth studio album by Caetano Veloso, released in November 1972 by Philips Records. The album was recorded shortly after Veloso returned from his exile in London. Araçá Azul is Veloso's most experimental album to date, influenced in part by the poetics of invention of the Brazilian concrete poetry movement and the experiences in popular music by Walter Franco. It was negatively received by the market upon its release, and is Veloso's lowest-selling album despite receiving critical acclaim.

Background
After an exile of 2 years in London, Veloso recorded Araçá Azul in São Paulo over a single week at Eldorado Studio, the only studio in Brazil equipped with 8-channel recording technology at that time. Veloso reports that he made the record alone, with help from a technician and his assistant, under permission of then president of PolyGram, André Midani. He used experimental techniques to record the album, recording "Épico" in an avenue in São Paulo.

Music
The album is characterized as experimental and avant-garde folk. It also draws influences from samba and psychedelic rock. It is influenced by Walter Franco.

Artwork
The cover art is a photograph of Veloso, taken by photographer and director Ivan Cardoso, and produced by Luciano Figueiredo and Oscar Ramos.

Release and reception
As registered in the first print of the LP, and confirmed by the artist himself and the record company, the album was released in November 1972 and broadly commercialized after January 1973. It was badly received by the general public, adding a mark as the most returned LP from that period.

Critical reception

Upon release, Araçá Azul was acclaimed by critics. Antônio do Amaral Rocha of Rolling Stone Brazil placed the album at number 97 in the list of the 100 best Brazilian albums. John Bohannon of PopMatters compared the album to Jean-Luc Godard's film Breathless, stating that both "were made at critical turning points in the histories of their mediums, and both stand as testaments to the innovative approaches of their creators."

Philip Jandovský of AllMusic gave it a less positive review, as he felt the album was too experimental and relying too much on sound effects, but said it was a good record "for a fan of experimental music or for someone in the right mood".

Track listing

Notes
Adapted from Discogs.
 "De Conversa/Cravo e Canela" is listed as "Cravo e Canela" in the inner sleeve.
 "Gilberto Misterioso" is listed as "Gil Misterioso" in the inner sleeve.
 "De Cara/Quero Essa Mulher" is listed as "Quero Essa Mulher Assim Mesmo" in the inner sleeve.
 "Araçá Azul" is listed as "Araçá Blue" in the inner sleeve.

Personnel
Adapted from Discogs.

 Antonio Perna — piano
 Caetano Veloso — producing
 Edith de Oliveira — vocals
 Ivan Cardoso — photograph
 Lanny — guitar
 Luciano Oliveira — pandeiro
 Luciano Figueiredo — artwork
 Marcus Vinicius — technician
 Moacyr Albuquerque — bass
 Milton Nascimento — cowriting
 Oscar Ramos — artwork
 Ronaldo Bastos — cowriting
 Rogério Duprat — arranging
 Tusé de Abreu — flute
 Tuti Moreno — percussion, drums, vibraphone

References

1972 albums
Caetano Veloso albums
Portuguese-language albums
PolyGram albums
Philips Records albums
Albums produced by Caetano Veloso
Experimental music albums by Brazilian artists


title: Mario Moretti Polegato

text:
Mario Moretti Polegato (born 16 August 1952 in Crocetta del Montello, Italy) is an Italian entrepreneur, active in the footwear sector, who founded the company Geox of which he is the president. According to Forbes magazine, in 2014 he ranked 13th among the richest men in Italy, and 764th in the world, with a fortune estimated at about 2.3 billion dollars.

Biography
He was born in Crocetta del Montello (Treviso), into a family of entrepreneurs active in the agricultural and winemaking sector. Following in the family's footsteps, he studied oenology. For several years, the entrepreneur of the Veneto region devoted himself to the family business. In the early 1990s, when walking through the desert in Nevada, where he was taking part in a wine fair, to relieve his feet that were overheated due to the rubber-soled shoes he was wearing, he made holes in both soles with a Swiss army knife. When he returned to Italy, he designed a new sole with holes and a breathable and waterproof internal membrane. He was the first person in the world to create a breathable rubber sole, which was immediately patented in over 100 countries worldwide. Mario Moretti Polegato began to think of the scope that his idea might have if launched on a large scale. Therefore, he established Geox in order to produce the shoe that breathes. The company, which employed 5 young graduates at the outset, now has about 30,000 direct and indirect employees. Today, Geox is known worldwide for its technologies and is present in the fashion streets and main shopping centres of 105 countries, through a network of over 1,250 single-brand stores, as well as 400 stores in China. Geox is the leading Italian company and among major world leaders in the "lifestyle" footwear category.

During his working life, Mario Moretti Polegato has received many acknowledgements including Knight of the National Order of Merit from the President of Romania in 2000. In 2002, he was nominated Entrepreneur of the Year – a title given to him by Ernst & Young – and in 2003 he received the Best Italian Entrepreneur in the World award, also from Ernst & Young Global. In 2005, the former Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi bestowed him the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro della Repubblica Italiana (Knight of Labour), whereas in 2006 the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano awarded him the title of Grande Ufficiale della Repubblica (Great Officer of the Republic). The European School of Management Italia (ESCP-EAP) named him Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship.

In 2010, he received the European Business Leader Award (EBLA) for the Innovator of the Year category, an acknowledgement that the Financial Times and CNBC bestow on key players in the global economy every year. He was appointed as a member of the international panel of judges for the "European Inventor Award", organised by the European Patent Office (EPO), which selects and awards the best patented inventions worldwide every year.

He has held the diplomatic position of Honorary Consul General of Romania for North-East Italy since 1997, and he has been a member of the Executive Board of Confindustria (General Confederation of Italian Industry) since 2003. He has always devoted part of his time to teaching students and young entrepreneurs about "Intellectual Property" at the most prestigious universities in Italy and around the world. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bocconi University of Milan, and since 2014 he has been the President of the International Advisory Board of Cardenal Herrera University of Valencia, of which he is an Honorary Professor. In July 2014, he became a member of the Regency Council of the Bank of Italy.

He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2015.

The Group
Mario Moretti Polegato is the President of the Geox Group, which he founded. It is the major Italian company in the comfortable footwear sector and the third footwear company in the world in the "lifestyle" footwear sector. For his company, he chose the name "Geox", which combines the word geo ("earth" in Greek), with the letter x, which stands for technology. Therefore, right from the outset, the choice of the brand shows the highly innovative vocation of the company in the footwear sector worldwide. This vocation is confirmed by the fact that Geox invests 2% of its turnover, every year, in research and experimenting with new ideas. After achieving great success in the footwear sector, Geox has also used its own brand to produce clothing with new breathable technologies. In 2004, Geox was listed on the Borsa Italiana.

Mario Moretti Polegato is the President of LIR Srl, the finance company based in Treviso, which is entirely owned by the family. Through this company, he controls Geox and Diadora, the Italian brand that represents sport worldwide, which was taken over in 2009 and is led by his son Enrico. LIR Srl is also active in the finance and real estate sectors.

Honours
Oenologist of the Italian Republic from the Minister of Agricultural Policies;
Honorary master's degree in Integrated Logistics and Supply Chain Integrated Management from the University of Verona, Faculty of Economics and Business;
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine of Banatului, Timișoara (Romania);
Honorary Degree from the Ecological University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law;
Honorary master's degree from Cà Foscari University of Venice in Chemistry and Environmental Compatibility;
Honorary master's degree in Business Administration from the CUOA foundation – University Centre of Business Administration of Vicenza;
Honorary Degree from the University of Florence in Economics;
Honorary Degree from Cardenal Herrera University of Valencia in Industrial Design and Product Development Engineering.

See also

Montebelluna
Classifica degli uomini più ricchi d'Italia secondo Forbes
Organizzazione europea dei Brevetti

References

External links
Geox Website
Geox Group society Information

Geox
1952 births
Living people
Italian businesspeople


title: Harold J. Greene

text:
Harold Joseph "Harry" Greene (February 11, 1959 – August 5, 2014) was a United States Army general who was killed during the War in Afghanistan. During his time with the United States Army, he held various commands associated with engineering and logistical support for United States and coalition troops. At the time of his death, he was deputy commanding general of Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan.

At the rank of major general, Greene was the highest-ranking American service member killed by hostile action since Lieutenant General Timothy Maude was killed in the September 11 attack on the Pentagon, and the highest-ranking service member killed on foreign soil during a war since Rear Admiral Rembrandt C. Robinson was killed during the Vietnam War in May 1972. To date, Greene is also the highest-ranking American officer to be killed in combat in the ongoing Global War on Terrorism.

Greene was killed at Camp Qargha, Afghanistan when a member of the Afghan National Army opened fire on a delegation of general officers and other dignitaries who were conducting an inspection tour. Fourteen NATO and Afghan service members were wounded in the attack. The attacker was killed at the scene when two NATO service members returned fire; a subsequent investigation indicated that the Afghan soldier, 22-year old Pashtun Private Rafiqullah, was motivated by unhappiness over being denied leave to travel home during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Early life and education
Greene was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on February 11, 1959, to Eva May Shediak (May 22, 1928 – February 15, 2013) and Harold F. Greene (born 1930). He grew up in Schenectady, New York graduated from Guilderland High School in 1977, and from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) with a bachelor's degree in materials engineering in 1980. Greene's father lived in Guilderland, New York at the time of his death. His mother died in February 2013. Greene received a master's degree in industrial engineering from RPI, and a master's in materials engineering from the University of Southern California (USC).  In addition, he received a master's degree in mechanical engineering from USC, and a Doctor of Philosophy (1992) in materials science, also from USC.

Greene's military education included the Engineer Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, and the United States Army Command and General Staff College. He completed the Defense Systems Management College's Advanced Program Management Course at the Defense Acquisition University, and also held a Master of Strategic Studies degree from the United States Army War College.

Career

Greene received his commission as an engineer officer in 1980, after completing Reserve Officer Training Corps at RPI.

As he worked his way through the ranks, Greene's assignments included platoon leader, company executive officer, and battalion staff officer, Fort Polk; resident engineer in Athens; project engineer in Istanbul; brigade engineer and company commander, V Corps, West Germany; staff officer and materials engineer, Army Aviation and Troop Command, St. Louis; product manager, Aerial Common Sensor, Fort Monmouth; and assistant director, Combat Developments Directorate, U.S. Army Maneuver Support Center, Fort Leonard Wood.  At the time of the September 11 attacks in 2001, he was stationed at Fort Leonard Wood.

Greene was promoted to brigadier general in late 2009, and served as deputy commanding general of United States Army Research, Development and Engineering Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground. and the commanding general of Natick Soldier Systems Center. While at Natick, Greene urged the military to incorporate smartphones, video games and virtual worlds into military training. Later, he became Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology).  Promoted to major general in 2012, he was Deputy for Acquisition and Systems Management in the same office. In January 2014 he was named deputy commander of Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan.

Death

On August 5, 2014, Greene died in a fragging incident after being shot by an Afghan soldier with an M16 rifle at Camp Qargha's Marshal Fahim National Defense University in Kabul, Afghanistan. He had been making a routine visit to a training facility at the time. The Afghan National Army MP, identified as Rafiqullah, began firing from his barracks room window on Greene and about 90 other U.S. and coalition forces who were visiting the university.  Fourteen NATO and Afghan service members were wounded in the attack, including Brigadier General Michael Bartscher of the German Bundeswehr, two Afghan generals and another Afghan officer, eight Americans, and two British soldiers. The Afghan soldier was shot and killed by two NATO service members identified as one Danish and one American.

On the morning of August 7, 2014, Greene's body arrived at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Greene was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on August 14, 2014.

On July 10, 2015, the Town of Natick, Massachusetts renamed Kansas Street in Greene's honor. On September 25, 2015, the nine British servicemen acting as the Close Protection Team for the group were awarded the US Army Commendation Medal for their heroism in saving the lives of many others.

Personal life
Greene was married to Sue Myers, a doctor and retired colonel who worked as a professor at the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. At the time of his death, she lived in Falls Church, Virginia. Greene had two children, a daughter, Amelia Greene, and a son, Matthew Greene, who is a U.S. Army captain.

Awards and decorations

See also

 United States military casualties in the War in Afghanistan
 Major General Nathanael Greene

Notes

References

External links

Arlington National Cemetery

1959 births
2014 deaths
American military personnel killed in the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Deaths by firearm in Afghanistan
Military personnel from New York (state)
United States Army generals
Military personnel from Boston
People from Carlisle, Pennsylvania
People from Schenectady County, New York
People from Falls Church, Virginia
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni
USC Viterbi School of Engineering alumni
United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni
United States Army War College alumni
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (United States)
United States Army personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Military personnel from Pennsylvania


title: Harold Greene

text:
Harold Greene may refer to:
 Harold Greene (journalist) (born 1943), journalist and news anchor
 Harold H. Greene (1923–2000), American federal judge
 Harold J. Greene (1959–2014), highest ranked U.S. casualty of the War in Afghanistan

See also
Harold Green (disambiguation)


title: La Via dei Monti Lariani

text:
La Via dei Monti Lariani (variously translated into English as the Monti Lariani Way, the Monti Lariani Trail, or the Lariani Mountain Trail) is a long-distance footpath in the hills on the west side of Lake Como, in Lombardy, Italy.  Its total length is approximately 125 km (80 miles), and its average altitude is about 1000 m, compared with the approximately 200 m of the lake shore.  The trail starts in Cernobbio, just north-west of the city of Como, and ends at Sorico, at the northern extreme of the lake.  The trail is conventionally divided into four numbered sections, each with different waymarking, but these do not correspond to days of walking; Sections 1-3 would each involve at least two days' walking for a normally fit person, while the fourth section is itself divided into two sections each of which could well require more than a single day.  The path runs through a mixture of forest and pasture land, frequently offering magnificent views over the lake.

Sections
1. Cernobbio to San Fedele Intelvi, a frazione of Centro Valle Intelvi: 28 km
2. San Fedele to Croce, a frazione of Menaggio: 26 km.  A bus transfer is recommended to avoid a 1 km hike on a busy road to start Section 3.
3. Grandola ed Uniti to Garzeno: 25 km
4a. Garzeno to Peglio: 24 km
4b. Peglio to Sorico: 22 km

Terrain
The path is based on old mountain mule-tracks and on the roughly paved stone military roads built during the First World War to service the Cadorna Line of defensive fortifications along the Italo-Swiss border.  Accordingly, it typically does not go over peaks, which rise to 1300-2000 m in its neighbourhood, though side excursions to the peaks along established paths are often possible.  Sections 1 and 2 are largely on these military roads, with bridges over all significant watercourses; furthermore the underlying rock in this region is mainly limestone, so that the terrain dries quickly.  Section 3 is generally on unpaved and sometimes not so well defined paths, and the underlying rock is granite; as a result, in rainy periods some of the streams may be impassible.

Accommodation
At the level of the path, overnight accommodation is available in numerous Agriturismo establishments and Refugii maintained by local branches of the Club Alpino Italiano (C. A. I., Italian Alpine Club).  At frequent points along the path, it is possible to descend by a road or well-maintained track to the villages along the lake shore, where hotels can be found.

References

External links

Brief description provided by the Lake Como tourism organizations
Fullest authoritative description of the path
Description of the trail with 600 pics, maps and journal

Hiking trails in Italy
Cernobbio


title: Inkpot Madonna

text:
The Inkpot Madonna () is a late-Gothic sculpture of Mary in the Hildesheim Cathedral, a building on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list since 1985, which is consecrated to the Assumption of Mary. The coloured life-size wooden statue was created around 1430, probably in Lower Saxony, and has the hallmarks of the international Gothic style: a tender face, loose posture and flowing drapery.

Description
The sculpture, made of oak, is  tall. Mary is depicted wearing a sumptuous blue garment with gold edging, gathered over her right shoulder. Underneath she wears a white underdress. There is a tall golden crown with five heraldic fleurs-de-lis on her head, which are interpreted as a symbol of the Trinity. The naked Baby Jesus is held in her left arm. He bends away from his mother, looking towards the viewer.

The significance of the statue is its theme of writing: the child holds a quill in his right hand and on his knee he has a scroll, which unfurls down to his feet. In her right hand his mother holds his inkpot, from which the sculpture gets its name. The writing baby on his mother's arm is not a biblical motif, but the "learning Jesus" appeared in Medieval art in the Middle Ages. It is natural to think of the Book of Life in which the names of the saved are inscribed by Jesus. Mary, therefore, is shown to have contributed by providing the "material" for this saving work. The inkpot might also indicate that the Baby was already full of wisdom.

Location
The Inkpot Madonna was originally located in the chapter house of the Hildesheim cathedral chapter. Later it was moved to the church on the southwestern pillar of the crossing of the cathedral, as the most prominent image of the Mother of God in the cathedral.

In 2010 the sculpture was moved to the Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover, while the cathedral was being renovated. From October 2012 it was restored in the workshop of the Klosterkammer Hannover by Roksana Jachim. Investigation with computer tomography revealed problems with the wood and the coats of paint. After the restoration of both the sculpture and the cathedral, the sculpture was returned on 15 August 2014 to a prominent location in the cathedral, on the opposite pillar of the crossing.

References

External links

Mary holding the inkpot, the Christ-child writing ~ Madonna-representations finto.fi
Tintenfassmadonna Landesmuseum Hannover
Roksana Jachim: Die Tintenfassmadonna aus dem Mariä Himmelfahrt Dom zu Hildesheim. Technologische Untersuchung und Erstellung eines Behandlungskonzeptes. (Academic thesis)
View into the north transept, with the Inkpot Madonna on the left and the Christ Column near the entrance to the crypt. sacred-destinations.com
"Restoration of inkpot-madonna" puzzlepix.hu

Hildesheim Cathedral
Statues of the Madonna and Child
Gothic sculptures
Wooden sculptures in Germany
1430s sculptures


title: Skřipov

text:
Skřipov () is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,000 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The village of Hrabství is an administrative part of Skřipov.

History
The first written mention of Skřipov is from 1271.

The first written mention of Hrabství is from 1460. Until 1916 it was administratively a part of Výškovice (which is today a part of Bílovec). In 1916 it became a separate municipality. In 1979 Skřipov and Hrabství were merged into one municipality.

References

External links

Villages in Opava District


title: Salmond & Darling: The Debate

text:
Salmond & Darling: The Debate is a Scottish television debate that was first broadcast on STV on 5 August 2014. The two-hour broadcast marked the first face-to-face debate between First Minister Alex Salmond and Alistair Darling,  chairman of the Better Together Campaign, ahead of the forthcoming Scottish independence referendum, in front of a studio audience of 350 people.

The debate, moderated by Bernard Ponsonby, saw both politicians make opening statements and cross-examine each other before taking questions from the audience. At the end of the clash, they were both given the chance to make a closing speech.

Responses
Opinion polling by Survation ahead of the broadcast suggested that the general public expected Salmond to win, but a snap poll conducted by ICM stated Darling won the debate by 56% to 44%. In his analysis of the ICM poll, Professor John Curtice detected little movement either way as a result of the debate.

Amongst the national newspapers, The Herald, Daily Record and The Times reckoned that Darling won, while The Scotsman and The Scottish Sun considered the debate a draw. A readers' poll for the Edinburgh Evening News found 37% in favour of Salmond, 38% thought Darling had won and 24% considered it a tie. Both campaign groups claimed victory.

Summarising the debate in its aftermath, BBC Scotland correspondent Colin Blane wrote:

Broadcast arrangements
The audience for the live broadcast on STV reached a peak audience of 920,000, while averaging 765,000 across its two-hour duration. STV said the programme attracted 36% of viewers in Scotland, the highest rating for a political debate in the country for more than 10 years.

The debate was not broadcast live on television elsewhere in the United Kingdom, as STV refused requests to simulcast it on the BBC News Channel and Sky News. STV did make the debate available as live to its network partner ITV, but they only opted to show it in areas where people were eligible to vote in the referendum (the Scottish part of the ITV Border region). The debate was shown live on the STV Player internet service, but the debate's live streaming broke down under "unprecedented demand". STV apologised for the interruption to its service. The debate was broadcast as live on the BBC Parliament channel the following day.

See also
 United Kingdom general election debates, 2010
 2014 Scottish independence referendum

References

External links

 Salmond & Darling: The Debate on STV Player

2014 in British television
2014 Scottish independence referendum
English-language television shows
Leaders' debates
STV News
August 2014 events in the United Kingdom


title: John Robert Blakey

text:
John Robert "Jack" Blakey (born August 1965) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and former Illinois prosecutor.

Biography

Blakey was born in 1965 in South Bend, Indiana. He is the son of G. Robert Blakey, a professor emeritus at the University of Notre Dame Law School and authority on the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations. Blakey received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1988 from the University of Notre Dame. He received a Certificate of Fine Arts in 1989 from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He received a Juris Doctor in 1992 from Notre Dame Law School. He served as a law clerk to Judge William J. Zloch of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida from 1992 to 1994. He worked at the law firm of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C., from 1995 to 1996. From 1996 to 2000, he served as an assistant state's attorney in the Office of the Cook County State's Attorney. He served as an assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Florida from 2000 to 2004 and in the Northern District of Illinois from 2004 to 2009. From 2009 to 2014, he served as both the chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau for the Office of the Cook County State's Attorney and as a special assistant United States attorney in the Northern District of Illinois.

Federal judicial service

On August 5, 2014, President Barack Obama nominated Blakey to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, to the seat vacated by Judge James F. Holderman, who assumed senior status on December 31, 2013. He received a hearing before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary for September 9, 2014. On November 20, 2014 his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. On December 13, 2014 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On December 16, 2014, Reid withdrew his cloture motion, and the Senate proceeded to confirm Blakey in a voice vote. He received his judicial commission on December 19, 2014.

References

External links

1965 births
Living people
20th-century American lawyers
21st-century American judges
21st-century American lawyers
Alumni of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Assistant United States Attorneys
Florida lawyers
Illinois lawyers
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
Notre Dame Law School alumni
People from South Bend, Indiana
United States district court judges appointed by Barack Obama


title: NGC 6560

text:
NGC 6560 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hercules. It was discovered by Lewis A. Swift on 22 October 1886.

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 6560: SN 2021brb (type II, mag. 18.8), SN 2021qqn (type Ia, mag. 18.5), and SN 2022oyp (type II, mag. 19.6).

References

External links

Deep Sky Browser - NGC6560

Spiral galaxies
Hercules (constellation)
6560
11117
61381


title: St. Louis Trotters

text:
The St. Louis Trotters are a semi-professional basketball team who compete in the Independent Basketball Association (IBA). The franchise has history as far back as the 1970s. The Trotters joined the IBA for the 2012-13 season and have won two championships - one during the Spring 2015 season and the other in Spring 2017).

Notable former players include: Anthony Bonner (Sacramento Kings), Shawn Bush, Shotgun Campbell, Cornell Nelly Haynes, Dink Jones, Ken Kaid, Randy Reed (St. Louis Community College), David Thurkil, Ramon Trice (St. Louis Billikens), Shawn Tunstall (Kansas Jayhawks) and Rob Wallace.

Season-by-season results

See also
St. Louis Swarm

References

External links
 Trotters team website

Basketball teams in Missouri
Independent Basketball Association
Independent Basketball Association teams


title: Patrick Edema

text:
Patrick Lechi Edema (born 27 August 1992) is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays for Eléctrico.

Club career
He made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Beira-Mar on 31 August 2014 in a game against Sporting B.

International career
He represented the Uganda U20s at the 2010 CECAFA U-20 Championship.

References

External links

1992 births
Footballers from Kampala
Living people
Ugandan men's footballers
Proline FC players
Saint George S.C. players
Ugandan expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Ethiopia
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
S.C. Beira-Mar players
Liga Portugal 2 players
Anadia F.C. players
SC Victoria University players
Men's association football forwards
Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Ethiopia
Ugandan expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Uganda men's under-20 international footballers
2011 African Nations Championship players
Uganda men's A' international footballers


title: Jezdkovice

text:
Jezdkovice () is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 200 inhabitants.

History
The first written mention of Jezdkovice is from 1250. The village was founded after 1220.

References

External links

Villages in Opava District


title: Media in Juneau, Alaska

text:
Juneau is a center of media in Southeast Alaska. The following is a list of media outlets based in the city.

Print

Newspapers
The Juneau Empire is the city's primary newspaper, published two days a week. Other newspapers published in the city include:
Capital City Weekly, weekly
Whalesong, University of Alaska Southeast student newspaper, twice monthly

Radio
The following is a list of radio stations licensed to and/or broadcasting from Juneau.

AM

FM

Television
The Juneau television market encompasses all of Southeast Alaska. In its Fall 2013 ranking of television markets by population, Arbitron ranked the Juneau market 207th in the United States.

The following is a list of television stations that broadcast from and/or are licensed to Juneau.

References

Juneau
 Juneau


title: Battle of Picotin

text:
The Battle of Picotin was fought on 22 February 1316 between the Catalan forces of the infante Ferdinand of Majorca, claimant to the Principality of Achaea, and the forces loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut, comprising native levies from the barons loyal to the Princess as well as Burgundian knights. The battle ended in a crushing victory for Ferdinand, but he was later engaged and killed by the troops of Matilda's husband, Louis of Burgundy, at the Battle of Manolada.

Background
In 1278, when Prince William II of Villehardouin died without male offspring, per the Treaty of Viterbo, the princely title of Achaea in southern Greece passed to the Angevin King of Sicily, Charles of Anjou. In 1289, the Angevins had passed control of the principality to William's eldest daughter, Isabella of Villehardouin, and her descendants, but retained their suzerainty over Achaea. After Isabella's death in 1312, her younger sister Margaret of Villehardouin claimed the principality, or at least part of it, as her inheritance, but her claims were rejected by the Angevins, who supported the succession of Isabella's daughter, Matilda of Hainaut.

In order to gain support for her claims, Margaret visited Sicily in February 1314 to wed her only daughter, Isabella of Sabran to the Infante Ferdinand of Majorca, who, as a landless prince, was eager to claim the princely title of Achaea. The wedding was celebrated at Messina in February 1314 in great pomp. Margaret passed her titles and claims to them, and returned to Achaea. There she was confronted with the hostility of the Achaean barons to her act, and imprisoned by the Angevin bailli Nicholas le Maure at the castle of Chlemoutsi, where she died in March 1315. Soon after, Ferdinand invaded Achaea in a bid to claim the Principality from Matilda and her husband, Louis of Burgundy, who were still absent from Greece. Landing in late June, by August Ferdinand had taken over the town of Glarentza and the principality's heartland, the rich plains of Elis.

Battle and aftermath
The subsequent events are described in the Aragonese version of the Chronicle of the Morea. In late 1315, Princess Matilda arrived in Achaea, landing at Port-de-Jonc with 1,000 Burgundian soldiers, as her husband's vanguard. Nicholas le Maure and several of the Achaean barons, who had recognized Ferdinand's rule, now came over to seek her pardon. Ferdinand reacted by capturing the castle of Chalandritsa, whose baron had defected to Matilda, and garrisoning it with 1,500 men. He then proceeded to lay siege to Patras, which was successfully defended by its archbishop, Renier.

In early 1316 the Princess appointed a commander, who led the Burgundians and the feudal levies of the Achaean barons loyal to her north. The loyalist army encamped at a village called Picotin, near Palaiopolis (ancient Elis), and on 22 February Ferdinand marched out from Andravida to meet them with 500 cavalry and 500 Almogavar infantry. According to the Chronicle, to speed their progress, Ferdinand ordered his riders to take each one of the infantry on their horses, himself giving the example. When he saw the Catalans approaching, the Princess' captain arranged the 700 Burgundians in the front line and charged the advancing Catalan army, leaving the Achaean troops back in the second line. The Burgundians unhorsed 300 Catalans on the first clash, but the dismounted riders, together with the Almogavars, used their lances to kill the Burgundian knights' horses to terrible effect: within less than two hours, according to the Chronicle, the Catalans killed 500 Burgundians and 700 native troops, including Gilbert Sanudo, brother of the Duke of Naxos, and many other nobles. The Catalans reportedly counted 700 dead horses on the battlefield. The remnants of the Princess' army withdrew in haste, pursued by the Catalans for a while, before they turned back to loot the abandoned Achaean camp.

At about the same time as the battle at Picotin, an attempt by Renier of Patras and his men to capture Chalandritsa, while Ferdinand was pre-occupied with the princely army, failed. The defeated Achaean barons retreated once more to the south, into Messenia. There they were soon joined by Louis and his main force, who had landed in Greece at about the time of the battle. Reinforced by Byzantine troops from Mystras, Louis enjoyed a large numerical superiority, and at the Battle of Manolada on 5 July 1316, Ferdinand was defeated and killed. The Catalans abandoned the fortresses they controlled and left Achaea a few months later.

References

Sources

1316 in Europe
Picotin
14th century in Greece
Picotin
Medieval Elis
Picotin


title: Robert Benson (Australian politician)

text:
Robert Benson (c.1800 – 11 June 1860) was a miner and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council.

Benson arrived in Melbourne in 1852 and soon went to Bendigo, then known as Sandhurst, where he became a member of the first local court in 1855.

On 15 November 1855, Benson was elected to the unicameral Victorian Legislative Council for Sandhurst, a position he held until the original Council was abolished in March 1856.

Benson unsuccessfully contested the Assembly seats of Loddon in 1856 and Sandhurst and Creswick in 1859. He sold his property to pay for his electioneering expenses and died in poverty in Bendigo, Victoria on 11 June 1860. He was married to Anne.

External links

References

1800 births
1860 deaths
Members of the Victorian Legislative Council
19th-century Australian politicians


title: Violeta de Outono (album)

text:
Violeta de Outono (Portuguese for "Autumn Violet") is the debut album from the eponymous Brazilian psychedelic rock band Violeta de Outono, released on July 7, 1987 by RCA Records. It was re-released in 2007 by Voiceprint Records, containing four bonus tracks.

A music video for the track "Dia Eterno" was made; it was shot in 1987 at the National Observatory, in Rio de Janeiro. It is Violeta de Outono's only music video so far.

Track listing

Personnel
 Fabio Golfetti – vocals, guitar
 Cláudio Souza – drums
 Angelo Pastorello – bass, cover art
 Reinaldo B. Brito – production
 Pedro Fontanari Filho, Stelio Carlini, Walter Lima, Claudio Coev – engineering

References

External links
 Violeta de Outono at Violeta de Outono's official Bandcamp

1987 debut albums
Violeta de Outono albums
Portuguese-language albums


title: Vršovice (Opava District)

text:
Vršovice () is a municipality and village in Opava District in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 500 inhabitants.

History
The first written mention of Vršovice is from 1288.

References

External links

Villages in Opava District


title: Retinal mosaic

text:
Retinal mosaic is the name given to the distribution of any particular type of neuron across any particular layer in the retina. Typically such distributions are somewhat regular; it is thought that this is so that each part of the retina is served by each type of neuron in processing visual information.

The regularity of retinal mosaics can be quantitatively studied by modelling the mosaic as a spatial point pattern. This is done by treating each cell as a single point and using spatial statistics such as the Effective Radius, Packing Factor and Regularity Index.

Using adaptive optics, it is nowadays possible to image the photoreceptor mosaic (i.e. the distribution of rods and cones) in living humans, enabling the detailed study of photoreceptor density and arrangement across the retina.

In the fovea (where photoreceptor density is highest) the spacing between adjacent receptors is about 6-8 micrometer. This corresponds to an angular resolution of approximately 0.5 arc minute, effectively the upper limit of human visual acuity.

References

Visual system
Color vision


title: Anukshanam

text:
Anukshanam (Telugu:అనుక్షణం, English: Every second) is a 2014 Indian Telugu-language mystery thriller, and slasher film written and directed by Ram Gopal Varma, starring Vishnu Manchu and Revathi in lead roles. Ram Gopal Varma has started a new distribution system with this film by auctioning this movie through a website. Released on 13 September 2014 without an intermission, the film opened to a mixed reception, with praise for Vishnu’s performance, the script and screenplay, but criticism of the gore, bloodshed and lack of characterisation. The film had a lukewarm reception at the box-office.

Plot
Inspired by a real-life incident, the film is based on a serial killer who sends a wave of panic across Hyderabad. The story starts with the murder of a young woman. Even as the police try to investigate the case and the news is splashed all over television channels and media, more murders take place. In comes special officer, Gautam (Vishnu Manchu) who gets onto the case and tries to figure out what could have led to the murders. Meanwhile, a series of murders take place and there is furore among the public and pressure on police to trace the killer. The murderer is known to be a taxi driver and Gautam informs the media, but later due to the pressure from the Home minister (Kota Srinivasa Rao), Gautam takes his statement back. The murders continue and later Gautam advises the people not to roam outside after dark. But the serial killer continues the murders in daylight. The serial killer is traced when he tries to murder a TV reporter. The police arrive in time to arrest him, but he escapes and in the process kills two officers. Later the media is given the photo of the serial killer. The serial killer's mother is arrested and is interrogated, in the process revealing that about her son's childhood that he had killed animals in the same way as he is killing the girls. The serial killer then goes to Gautam's house and kills his wife. The serial killer is traced out when he tries to murder Sailaja (Revathi) and another girl, Gautam enters the scene and tries to murder him the same way as he had murdered the girls. But before he does that, Shailaja stops him saying that he needs mental help. In the end, the serial killer is arrested by the police and Gautham walks away.

Cast
 Vishnu Manchu as DCP Gautam, Crime Branch Special Officer
 Surya as Psychopath Killer
 Revathi as Shailaja, a Psychologist
 Kota Srinivasa Rao as Harish Reddy, Home Minister
 Brahmanandam as Shailaja's brother
 Navdeep as Ajit (in a cameo appearance)
 Tejaswi Madivada as Satya, Gautam's wife
 Madhu Shalini as Asha, TV 6 News Reporter
 Sana as Mother

References

External links

 http://www.india-daily.com/

2010s serial killer films
Indian slasher films
Films shot in Telangana
Films directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Indian serial killer films
2014 films
Films set in Hyderabad, India
2010s Telugu-language films
2014 crime thriller films
Indian crime thriller films


title: Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases

text:
The Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal covering research on rare diseases. It was established in 2006 and the editor-in-chief is Francesc Palau (Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona and CIBERER, Spain). It is an official journal of Orphanet and is published by BioMed Central, which is part of Springer Nature.

Aims, scope and content
By its own definition, Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of rare diseases and orphan drugs. The journal publishes reviews on specific rare diseases, as well as articles on clinical trial outcome reports (positive or negative), and articles on public health issues in the field of rare diseases and orphan drugs.

Readers can find contributions which are directly from patients affected by a rare disease or about events, such as the Rare Disease Day. Readers also have the possibility to search articles according to their subject or have them listed according to how often they were accessed.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 3.478.

References

External links

BioMed Central academic journals
Academic journals established in 2006
Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals
General medical journals
English-language journals


title: Live Hard (film)

text:
Live Hard is a 1989 Hong Kong action film directed by Yuen Cheung-yan and starring Simon Yam, Elaine Lui and Lau Ching-wan. There are two versions of the film, which are the original Hong Kong version released in Asia and an international version released outside of Asia, which includes western actors such as Mark Houghton and Steve Tartalia.

Plot
Chief, an undercover cop posing as a drug dealer, humiliates another drug dealer, Tony, by beating him and his underlings up and then sells some fake marijuana to a bar girl, Stella. Meanwhile, a terrorist organization led by Suzuki blows up a school van, which kills Mark, the son of the American consul, Mr. Robinson, who received a call from the FBI the previous night regarding the terrorists' arrival in Hong Kong. Senior Inspector Hui Tat-ming Regional Crime Unit worries the case will affect the international reputation of Hong Kong's security, but his superior officer, Superintendent Lee, informs Hui he is no longer in charge as the case has been transferred to the Special Branch, led by Chief Inspector Terry Chiu. Lee and Chiu had actually set up a secret special unit to take care of the case. Chiu later follows an Arabian firearms buyer but is caught, and he fights his henchmen who manage to escape, but Chiu picks up one of their wallets. The Arabian goes to the club where Stella works where her friend and her cousin, Yeung attempts to get intel from. However, Chief shows up at the same time and gets into a fight with Yeung while Stella encounters Tony and gets urinated on by him

At Mark's funeral, Hui arrives and attempts to ask information from Mr. Robinson, who refuses him. Hui then strikes a conversation with Catherine, Mark's cousin, who is a reporter from the New York Times. Hui later follows a suspicious criminal, Ironman, who snatches his pistol runs away from him. When Hui later discovered Ironman is an expert of electronic remote, he believes Ironman is involved in the explosion and arrests him but Lee orders Hui to release him due to lack of evidence. Later, Hero, an undercover cop posing as a taxi driver drives two female members of the terrorist organization and follows them but they beat him in a fight before fleeing. Suzuki then receives a call from his boss to bomb a supermarket.

Hui believes the case is politically influenced and asks Catherine whether Mr. Robinson told her anything about a politician coming to Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Lee and Choy briefs with the special unit, whose member include Chief, Yeung, Hero, Stella'a friend and Ironman, who is also an undercover cop, the operation to take down the terrorists. Ironman finds small-time criminal Snake Ming to bring him to arms dealer, Uncle Kwan at his yacht claiming to sell to an Arabian client. Uncle Kwan had just completed a transaction with Suzuki before Ironman arrived, but Suzuki comes back and kills Kwan. At this time, Hui arrives Suzuki and Ironman flee. Hui then abducts Ironman from his hideout and beats him while attempting to interrogate him. As a result, Hui was suspended from his duties.

Chief and Yeung encounter Tony and gang and fights them where Stella attacks Tony but is heavily injured. At the hospital, Stella expresses her love for Yeung but he rejects her because of his dangerous life, but Chief consoles her telling her about his rough childhood. Due to their failure in actions, Chiu announces they will have a new plan to take down the terrorists, who found out the US military politician will hold a meeting at the Special Duties Unit (SDU) headquarters and will assassinate him.

While dejected, Hui goes out to dinner with Catherine, who tells him the US military politician will arrive on Sunday. Afterwards, Catherine finds her car vandalised by thugs at the parking lot but she turns out to be a capable fighter and beats up the thugs. Meanwhile, Chief receives a call to arrive at the terrorists' hideout at No. 1 Austin Road while hanging out with Stella, who overheard him and follows. However, she is caught by the terrorists and the special unit attempts to save her. However, she is killed when she is kicked off the building.

Hui later finds files of the terrorists organisation and confidently calls Lee that he will solve the calls. He then goes to Catherine's home to tell her to warn Mr. Robinson of his safety. However, one of the female terrorists show up, revealing Catherine to be the mastermind behind the terrorist organization. Hui fights the female terrorist, but Catherine stabs him and throws him in the swimming pool. Catherine then goes to Chiu's officer and lures his special unit to an abandoned building of illegal immigrants from China while she and her terrorists raid the SDU headquarters, killing a number of officers. When they go into the meeting room, they find it empty and on the screen projector, a clip with Hui in front of the hospital shows up, revealing he survived the stab, where he informs them they are being surrounded. As the terrorists attempt to leave, the special units arrives on time and engages in a major fight with them. After the terrorists have been defeated, Hui arrives and reveals to Catherine that he had sent the US military politician to a safe place a week ago and the meeting went smoothly before she is arrested.

Cast
Simon Yam as Hui Tat-ming (許達明), senior inspector of the Regional Crime Unit who is very determined.
Elaine Lui as a female operative of the special unit and is friends with Yeung and Stella.
Lau Ching-wan as Fai (阿輝), nicknamed Chief (族長), an operative of the special unit who poses as a drug dealer. His father was a drug addict who died of a heart attack.
Norman Cheung as Yeung (阿楊), an operative of the special unit who studied in England.
Sarah Lee as Stella, Yeung's cousin who is a bar girl and is addicted to marijuana.
Eddy Ko as Wong Hung (黃雄), nicknamed Ironman, an operative of the special unit who poses as a criminal.
Jason Pai as Hero (大俠), an operative of the special unit who poses as a taxi driver
Hwang Jang-lee as Terry Chiu (趙梁春), chief inspector of the Special Branch of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force and leader of the special unit.
Stuart Ong as Suzuki (鈴木武夫), Catherine's second in command.
Kim Maree Penn as Catherine, Mr. Robinson's niece who the mastermind of the terrorist organization posing as a reporter of the New York Times.
Fairlie Ruth Kordick as female member of the terrorist organisation.
Ng Bing
Lam Chung as Superintendent Lee (李Sir), Hui's superior officer and organiser of the special unit.
Tony Yip
Ng Kim-hung
Dan Vincent
Chung Chi-yung
Hon Kwok-choi as Snake Ming (蛇仔明), a small-time criminal who helps Ironman meet with Uncle Kwan
Frank Liu as a cop.
Lee Man-tai as Uncle Kwan (坤叔), an arms dealer.
Dan Mintz as Tony's thug.
Vincent Lyn as Tony's thug.
Steve Tartila as a diplomat. (International version)
Mark Houghton (International version)
Lam Suet as a thug who vandalises Catherine's car.
Ding Hai-feng
Ken Yip (International version)
Wong Wai-shun (International version)
Wan Seung-lam as a guard in the SDU headquarters.
Choi Kwok-keung
Lung Ying
Ha Kwok-wing

Reception

Critical
The film received a score of 7.1/10 stars from the Internet Movie Database.

Box office
The film grossed HK$2,714,127 at the Hong Kong box office during its theatrical run from 14 to 20 July 1989 in Hong Kong.

References

1989 films
1989 action films
1989 martial arts films
Hong Kong action films
Hong Kong martial arts films
Gun fu films
Police detective films
1980s Cantonese-language films
Films about terrorism
Films about assassinations
Films set in Hong Kong
Films shot in Hong Kong
1980s Hong Kong films


title: Deer transportation battalion

text:
A deer transportation battalion () was a specialized deer-drawn transportation battalion of the Soviet Red Army on the Eastern Front of World War II. Deer, which were traditionally used by the indigenous peoples of the Russian North as working animals, were deployed as a military transport in November 1941, when horses and mules failed in Arctic conditions. About 12,000 male deer were deployed at the Karelian Front. In November 1941 three deer transportation units were formed in the 14th Soviet Army, each of them included 1,000 deer and 140–150 herdsmen and soldiers. The Komi ASSR was tasked with supplying deer and equipment to the newly-formed units. Deer companies were also created. Deer units were used for communication, transportation of guns and delivery of ammunition, pales and wire for obstacles. On their way back they transported the wounded and killed. The deer units saw the toughest actions in the winters of 1942/43 and 1943/44. Many reindeer herdsmen died from enemy fire. Along with the 14th Army, deer transportation was also used in the 19th Soviet Army.

Commemoration
A  was opened on 23 February 2012 in the Russian city of Naryan-Mar. On 18 June 2013 the Memory Day of the Participants of the Deer Transportation Battalions was established in the Nenets Autonomous Okrug, which falls on 20 November.

References

1941 establishments in the Soviet Union
Battalions of World War II
Deer and moose in popular culture
Military units and formations established in 1941
Red Army units and formations of World War II


title: Auto race (disambiguation)

text:
An auto race is a race involving automobiles.

Auto Race may also refer to:

 Auto Race (Japanese sport), a Japanese version of motorcycle speedway
 Auto Race (ride), an amusement park ride
 Mattel Auto Race, the first handheld video game


title: Virgil Mărdărescu

text:
Virgil Mărdărescu (also known as "Gil Mărdărescu", "Gheorge Mărdărescu" and "Vintilă Mărdărescu"; 15 July 1921 – 11 June 2003) was a Romanian football manager.

As a player, Virgil Mărdărescu played for Flacăra București in Divizia A.

In 1969, was appointed as manager of the Romania national "B" team, known as Romania Olympic and undertook a tour of Israel. and Australia.

In 1976, he led Morocco to their first Africa Cup of Nations title, but was unable to follow up that success in 1978 when the team were knocked out in the first round.

His son Gil Mărdărescu played together with Pelé for the New York Cosmos in the NASL.

Honours
Argeș Pitești
Romanian Cup runner-up: 1964–65

Politehnica Iași
Liga II: 1972–73

Morocco
Africa Cup of Nations: 1976
Pan Arab Games: 1976

References

1921 births
2003 deaths
Romanian men's footballers
Liga I players
FC Petrolul Ploiești players
Romanian football managers
FC Universitatea Cluj managers
CSM Jiul Petroșani managers
CS Universitatea Craiova managers
ACF Gloria Bistrița managers
FCM Bacău managers
FC Argeș Pitești managers
FCV Farul Constanța managers
Romanian expatriate football managers
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Morocco national football team managers
1976 African Cup of Nations managers
1978 African Cup of Nations managers
Expatriate football managers in Morocco
Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
American Soccer League (1933–1983) coaches
Men's association football players not categorized by position
Footballers from Bucharest


title: Chris Hall (defensive back)

text:
Charles Christopher Hall (born April 25, 1970) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys. He was drafted by the Cowboys in the ninth round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at East Carolina University. Hall was also a member of the Frankfurt Galaxy of the World League of American Football (WLAF).

Early years
Hall attended Pemberton Township High School, where he practiced football, basketball and track. As a senior, he was a second-team All-state running back and an All-conference selection at small forward.

He accepted a football scholarship from East Carolina University. Although he was recruited as a running back, he became a defensive starter in the middle of his first year and was recognized as one of the country's top freshman cornerbacks by the Sporting News, while registering 3 interceptions.

As a junior, he registered 85 tackles (second on the team), 2 interceptions and 8 passes defensed (led the team). He had a career-high 20 tackles against regional rival the University of South Carolina.

As a senior he had 3 interceptions, while helping his team to its best record (11-1) and highest ranking (9th by the A.P.) in school history. He posted a season-high 12 tackles against the University of Illinois, 11 tackles against the University of Pittsburgh and 10 against the University of South Carolina.

He finished his college career with 9 interceptions, 26 passes defensed (school record) and 4 fumble recoveries.

Professional career
Hall was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the ninth round (250th overall) of the 1992 NFL Draft, with the intention of converting him into a safety. He was one of 7 defensive backs drafted that year by the Cowboys and was waived on August 24.

He was re-signed on April 20, 1993, before being waived on October 13.

Hall later played for the WLAF's Frankfurt Galaxy, leading or tying for the league lead in interceptions in three years: 8 in 1995, 4 in 1996 and 4 in 1997.

References

External links
Just Sports Stats

Living people
1970 births
African-American players of American football
American football defensive backs
East Carolina Pirates football players
Dallas Cowboys players
Frankfurt Galaxy players
People from Pemberton Township, New Jersey
Players of American football from Burlington County, New Jersey
21st-century African-American sportspeople
20th-century African-American sportspeople


title: 1957 Reims Grand Prix

text:
The XXIII (23rd) Reims Grand Prix (also known as the II Grand Prix de Reims), was a non-championship Formula One motor race, held on July 14, 1957, at the Reims-Gueux circuit, near Reims in France. The race was run over 61 laps on an 8.302 km circuit of public roads and was won by Italian driver Luigi Musso in a Lancia-Ferrari D50. The race weekend suffered the deaths of Bill Whitehouse and Herbert MacKay-Fraser in separate accidents during the 1st Coupe de Vitesse Formula 2 support race.

The Grand Prix de Reims (commonly known as the Reims Grand Prix) has its roots in the pre WW2 Grand Prix de la Marne GP racing series, also known as the Marne Grand Prix (1925-1937). The first "Grand Prix de Reims" (official name: XVI Grand Prix de Reims) was the first major Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux after WW2. Post war political and financial re-organization moved the nationally sanctioned Grand Prix de France (Grand Prix de l'ACF) to the circuit Rouen les Essarts and renamed the old Marne GP to Grand Prix de Reims, officially billed as the XVI Grand Prix de Reims (based on the GP de Marne year sequence).

Results

References

External links
 JM Fangio - 1957 Francia,. XXIII Grand Prix de Reims
 Vanwall's breakthrough win
 Après le GRAND PRIX de l’ACF 1957 REIMS (French language)
 Italy's Maserati privateer
 Drivers: Harry Schell

Reims
Reims Grand Prix


title: Latyr Fall

text:
Latyr Fall (born 19 June 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Azerbaijan Premier League club Kapaz.

References

External links

1994 births
Sportspeople from Saint-Louis, Senegal
Living people
Senegalese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Liga Portugal 2 players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
G.D. Chaves players
Juventude de Pedras Salgadas players
SC Mirandela players
Académico de Viseu F.C. players
C.D. Feirense players
C.F. Estrela da Amadora players
Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Portugal


title: Mark Prendergast (hurler)

text:
Mark Prendergast (born 1978) is an Irish hurler who played as a right wing-back for the Cork senior team.

Born in Cork, Prendergast first played competitive hurling whilst at school at St. Finbarr's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team, before later joining the under-21 side. He joined the senior panel during the 2001 championship. Prendergast went on to play a bit part for Cork, and won one Munster medal. He was an All-Ireland runner-up as a non-playing substitute on one occasion.

At club level Prendergast is a one-time championship medallist with Na Piarsaigh.

Throughout his career Prendergast made just two championship appearances for Cork. He retired form inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 2004 National Hurling League.

Playing career

Club

Prendergast enjoyed much success as a dual player at underage levels with Na Piarsaigh.

In 2004 Prendergast was captain of the Na Piarsaigh senior hurling team that faced Cloyne in the championship decider. A remarkable second-half display blew away the challenge of a Cloyne side in search of their first ever senior title. The 0-17 to 0-10 victory gave Prendergast a Cork Senior Hurling Championship medal.

Inter-county

Prendergast first played for Cork as a member of the minor hurling team in 1996. Cork's campaign ended with a 0-16 to 1-9 Munster semi-final defeat by Tipperary.

Two years later Prendergast had joined the Cork under-21 team. He won his sole Munster medal that year following a 3-18 to 1-10 victory over Tipperary. For the second year in-a-row Cork later faced Galway in the All-Ireland decider. In a close game Cork just about secured a 2-15 to 2-10 victory, with Prendergast winning an All-Ireland medal.

Prendergast was an unused substitute for Cork during their short-lived championship campaign. After being dropped from the panel the following year, he was recalled to the panel in 2003. On 29 June 2003 Prendergast made his senior championship debut when he came on as a substitute in Cork's 3-16 to 3-12 Munster final defeat of Waterford. After missing Cork's drawn All-Ireland semi-final with Wexford through injury, Prendergast again played a cameo role in their subsequent victory in the replay. He remained on the substitutes' bench in Cork's subsequent 1-14 to 1-11 All-Ireland final defeat by Kilkenny.

In 2004 Prendergast played in some of Cork's National Hurling League games, however, he was not included on Cork's championship panel.

Honours

Team

Na Piarsaigh
Cork Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2004 (c)

Cork
Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 2003
All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1998
Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1998

References

1978 births
Living people
Na Piarsaigh hurlers
Cork inter-county hurlers