title: Helen Fraser (feminist)

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Helen Miller Fraser, later Moyes (14 September 1881 – 2 December 1979), was a Scottish suffragist, feminist, educationalist and Liberal Party politician who later emigrated to Australia.

Background
Fraser was born in Leeds, Yorkshire to Scottish parents, James Fraser (1856 - 1908) and Christina Sutherland. She was one of ten children. Her father began work as a tailor's cutter, moving from Caithness to Edinburgh to Leeds, before finally settling in Glasgow when Helen was a child. There, he opened a wholesale clothing firm. She was educated at Queen's Park Higher Grade School, Glasgow. She opened a studio in Glasgow that specialised in black and white illustration work, embroidery and painting. In June 1908, Votes for Women, the newspaper of the Women's Social and Political Union reported that she had given up her art work to become an organiser for them. She was also an honorary treasurer of the Glasgow branch.

Her family was progressive politically, believing that conditions for workers should be improved. As a middle class young woman in Glasgow, her life involved dances and balls, theatre, raising money for charity, playing tennis, and visiting poor families in the city.

Political career in suffrage movement
She joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) after hearing Teresa Billington speak in Glasgow. She travelled to England to help the WSPU campaign at the 1906 Huddersfield by-election. She became Treasurer of the Glasgow WSPU and a WSPU Scottish Organiser, one of the fifty-eight funded branches in the UK. On 20 December 1906, with Flora Drummond, Fraser  and three others attempted to enter the Stranger's Lobby in the Parliament, and after a skirmish Drummond was arrested.

Although suffragettes tended towards more direct action, and law-abiding suffragists preferred more legal, democratic means, they both took the opportunity of national and local elections to raise awareness of the cause of votes for women. They supported candidates who wanted to extend the franchise, and spoke against candidates who did not support it.

In 1907, Fraser organised the WSPU campaign, using press publicity handbills about the experiences of the demonstrators, which read: 'CRUSHED BY THE MOUNTED POLICE AGAINST THE RAILINGS OF THE ABBEY, AND TRAMPLED UNDER THEIR HORSES HOOFS'. Fraser had the help of Mary Phillips in East Fife and during the 1907 Aberdeen South by-election she met Adela Pankhurst with whom she remained close friends throughout her life.

Her sister Annie, along with Maggie Moffatt, became one of the first Scottish suffragettes to be arrested.

In 1907, Janie Allan, being inspired by Fraser and Theresa Billington-Greig speaking about suffragette activity and organised a large WSPU meeting in St. Andrew's Hall, Glasgow.

Fraser took a prominent role in the WSPU's 1907 Hexham by-election campaign; for which by the Daily Mail praised her. She worked with Rachel Barrett, Elsa Gye and Mary Gawthorpe during the Dundee by-election the next year. During the Montrose burghs by-election in April 1908, as organising secretary for the WSPU, she was "heckled at considerable length". In 1908, Fraser attended the 'monster meeting' Women's Sunday and wrote to Isabel Seymour that it was 'successful but not entirely satisfactory'. Fraser estimated half a million people attended (a number supported by The Times estimates) but said that at three of the speaker platforms 'there was much rowdyism' and said 'it seemed to me that the mass of people were simply curious - not opposed- simply indifferent.

Fraser was also becoming disillusioned with the violent militant tactics of the WSPU. She criticised the actions of one WSPU member who broke the windows of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith. She resigned from the WSPU soon afterwards, and was approached by the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (NUWSS) and agreed to work for them. She was a member of the NUWSS national executive committee for fourteen years.

Fraser was effective as a public speaker and had speaking engagements not just in Scotland, but all around the UK. In a one-year period (1908–09), her meetings collected a total of £56.19.10 for the NUWSS.  She spoke at the Aberdeen University Women's Suffrage Association, with Mary Gawthorpe, on the campaign to oppose Liberal candidates due to the government opposition to women's franchise, when a group of male students disrupted the event. Her action in moving a vote of no confidence in the Government at a public meeting where Mr Haldane was speaking in Rutherglan in 1908 led to her being ejected from the hall. Dr Marion Gilchrist joined Fraser in opening a suffrage campaign in the Christian Institute in Glasgow in the same year, and at a meeting in Motherwell also in 1908 Fraser spoke alongside Mrs Pankhurst and Mrs Pethick Lawrence.

In 1909, she conducted what the 'Dundee Courier' described as the 'longest continuous tour ever undertaken in Scotland to propagate women's suffrage', The article lists twenty-one different towns that were only part of the tour. Bridgend in Wales saw Fraser contrast the anomalies in men's votes being amended by Parliament whereas what she described as 'the greatest anomaly there was, was the injustice of excluding women from all rights of citizenship because they were women'

Chrystal MacMillan, Dr Elsie Inglis were just two of those who supported Fraser at the 1911 Glasgow (Tradeston) By-election in an event organised by the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage.

In 1912, she spoke at a meeting in Cambridge organised by the Cambridge Women's Suffrage Association, held during a course of University Extension Lectures.

Rotten eggs were thrown at Helen after a meeting in Baltinglass (Ireland) in 1913. The meeting had taken place under the auspices of the Irish Women's Reform League. In contrast, Fraser's reception in Belfast was 'cordial', and the reporter reported applause being accorded to her a number of times during her talk; the event on this occasion being organised by the Irish Women's Suffrage Federation.

In 1915, she acted as temporary Honorary Secretary of the Penarth Women's Suffrage Society.

Political career, from 1914 onward
During the First World War, she worked as a Commissioner for the National War Saving Committee, in the course of which she personally set up 109 local War Savings Committees in England and Wales. She was seconded to the Board of Agriculture to persuade women to work on the land. In 1917, at the suggestion of Millicent Fawcett, she was included by the UK Government as part of the official British War Mission to the US, to speak about Britain's war effort. She travelled through 40 states and spoke 332 times in 312 days. She also had a meeting with President Woodrow Wilson. In 1918, upon her return to Britain, her book of the tour Women and War Work was published.

In 1918, when women gained the right to stand as parliamentary candidates, she turned her attention to the campaign to elect women as Members of Parliament. She spoke in Cardiff on behalf of the Joint Committee for Getting Women into Parliament. She did not contest the 1918 general election. She took an active role in the affairs of a number of organisations; she was a member of the Executive Committee, of the NUWSS successor organisation the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, she was a member of the Common Interests Committee of the English-Speaking Union, she was involved in the Reunion of British War Missions in USA, she was a member of the Council for the Representation of Women in the League of Nations and she was a Member of the British Institute of International Affairs.

Her efforts during the war and after had come to the attention of Prime Minister David Lloyd George and she joined his National Liberal organisation. In 1922, she was the first woman to be adopted in Scotland as an official prospective parliamentary candidate when she was selected as National Liberal candidate for the Govan Division of Glasgow for the 1922 general election. She was one of only three women candidates (all Liberals) to contest the general election in Scotland. Govan was a safe Labour seat and she was not expected to win. Fraser was a prominent member of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association for Women's Suffrage (GWSAWS). She had the GWSAWS backing to stand in Govan on the platform of the Liberal manifesto. This platform included the establishment of widows' pensions and an equal franchise for women. During her campaign she criticised her male Labour party opponent's "appropriation of our feminist ideals and policies."

In 1923 she went to Paris, France to attend the conference of the International Alliance of Women for Suffrage and Equal Citizenship as a delegate of the NUWSS.
Later in 1923, following re-union between Lloyd George and Asquith, she switched constituencies to stand as Liberal party candidate for the Hamilton Division of Lanarkshire at the 1923 general election. Though also a Labour seat, it was believed that her prospects here were a little better. However, abuse and calumny by the Labour Party candidate Duncan Macgregor Graham made the experience a thoroughly unpleasant one.

Her last political invitation was to fight the 1924 Glasgow Kelvingrove by-election but the Conservative candidate Walter Elliot was a friend, and she knew that she could poll enough votes to cause him to lose the seat, so she refused and gave up the idea of a career in politics. In 1925, she left the Liberal Party, and joined the Unionist Party. She cited her reasons in a letter published in the Glasgow Herald, those being the perceived lack of challenge to what she saw as the "tyranny of combinations and unions", which she felt should have been the intention of the party, dedicated as it was to the protection of individual rights against tyrannies.

Fraser then moved to London, earning money from freelance articles on women's issues. She was elected to Kensington Borough Council, sitting as a member for seven years.

Personal life and political activities in Australia
While living in London, Fraser was in contact with an old friend named James Moyes who had emigrated to Australia. His wife had died, and he asked Fraser to marry him several times before she accepted. She emigrated to Sydney in 1939. She later became the President of  Women for Canberra, an organisation established to get more women to stand for election to the Australian Parliament

Late in her life she wrote an autobiography, entitled A Woman in a Man's World, which was published in 1971. Fraser died in Australia in 1979.

Archives
The Mitchell Library in Glasgow has a collection of material sent to them by Helen Fraser (by then known by her married name, Moyes). She sent the small collection of items, which includes some letters, newspaper cuttings, and copy of her autobiography, in 1978. Aware of the importance of preserving the story of participation in the women's movement, she said she wanted Glasgow to "have something" of her.

In 2018, the National Library of Scotland received a diary belonging to Fraser, which had been found in a recycling centre in Ulladulla, Australia. Also within the collection are some personal letters, correspondence and notes.

Oral History

Cartoon
In 1928, 'The Tatler' published a cartoon headed 'A gathering of intelligentsia' featuring Helen, alongside Sir Ernest Benn, Sir Hugh Bell, Lord Leverhulme, Sir Robert Horne, Miss Lister and Lord Knebworth

Publications
Women and War Work by Helen Fraser 1918
A Woman in a Man's World by Helen Moyes 1971

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1881 births
1979 deaths
Scottish suffragists
Liberal Party (UK) councillors
People from Leeds
Members of Kensington Metropolitan Borough Council
Scottish Liberal Party parliamentary candidates
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19th-century Scottish women
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Women's Social and Political Union
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Anglo-Scots
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title: 1909–10 Lancashire Cup

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The 1909–10 Lancashire Cup was the fifth year of this regional rugby league competition and for the first time the defending champions retained the trophy as Wigan beat Leigh in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford,  by 22-5. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £296.

Background
For the third year there were 12 teams participating in the competitions so four clubs were awarded byes in the first round.

Fixtures and results

Round 1
Involved  4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments
1 The first time St Helens had won a game in the competition
2 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000
3  Joe Millar was the first player to score more than one try in the final

See also
1909–10 Northern Rugby Football Union season

References

RFL Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup


title: Austropyrgus foris

text:
Austropyrgus foris is a species of minute freshwater snail with an operculum, an aquatic gastropod mollusc or micromollusc in the Hydrobiidae family. This species is endemic to eastern Victoria, Australia. It is only known from a small stream at Cape Liptrap, near Waratah Bay.

See also
 List of non-marine molluscs of Australia

References

Further reading

External links

Hydrobiidae
Austropyrgus
Gastropods of Australia
Endemic fauna of Australia
Gastropods described in 1994


title: Nischayananda

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Nischayananda (11 May 1865 – 22 October 1934) was an Indian monk who worked to help the poor and needy. He was a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda. He, together with Kalyanananda was responsible for setting up and running the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama, Kankhal. He was inspired by Vivekananda's philosophy of serving man as God and dedicated his life to serve poor and downtrodden in the remote areas where no healthcare facility existed. He worked in military service before joining the Ramakrishna Order as a direct monastic disciple of Vivekananda. He met Vivekananda in Madras and decided to become his disciple. After Vivekananda's death, he went for pilgrimage and by chance came to Haridwar where he met his brother disciple Kalyanananda and joined him in carrying out the works of Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Kankhal.

Pre Monastic Life
Nischayananda was born in 1865 in a small village near Janjira in Maharashtra. His pre monastic name was Suraj Rao. He was known as Raoji. He studied for a few years in an English school, but could not complete his study owing to family poverty. He knew several South Indian languages and in later life could also speak fluently in Bengali.
After leaving school and not finding any suitable vocation, he joined military service in South Karnataka regiment. As part of his job, he traveled to many places, esp. pilgrimage spots in India. He also traveled abroad to Burma, Siam (Thailand), Gibraltar, Malta etc. He went to Andaman and studied the life of the tribals residing there and collected many information about their way of life. He was a first class shot and secured high rank in shooting competition in the military. He was promoted to the rank of lance corporal.
Once, while he was in Raipur, he met Niranjananda, a direct disciple of Ramakrishna. Niranjananda introduced him to spiritual life and instilled in him a desire to meet Vivekananda, who was in West at that time. Suraj Rao went through all news and information that appeared about Vivekananda.
In January 1897 when Vivekananda returned to India and was traveling through South India. Suraj Rao was one of the large crowd of villagers who had stopped the train carrying Vivekananda to Madras, to have a glimpse of him. He traveled by foot to Madras and met Vivekananda in Castle Kernan.
Because he wanted to renounce the world and follow the footsteps of Vivekananda, which was hindered by his service commitment, Suraj Rao feigned insanity and was discharged from the military service. Immediately upon discharge he traveled to Calcutta and met Vivekananda in 1901.
He was subsequently initiated by Vivekananda into monastic life, who gave him the name Nischayananda (Nischaya - determination).

Monastic life
Swami Nischayananda was assigned the responsibility of looking after Swami Vivekananda as his attendant. He discharged his duties and responsibilities as a worship. He used to daily fetch drinking water in a huge vessel for Swami Vivekananda from a tube well from Baranagar on the other side of Ganga. Once when Josephine MacLeod, an American friend of Swami Vivekananda, had advised Swami Nischayananda to assign this task to a servant, the latter was annoyed. Swami Vivekananda, who understood the reason for the dedicated labour, explained to Ms. MacLeod that she had offended the sense of devotion of his disciple because in India it was imperative for a disciple to serve his master in every possible way.
On another occasion he was sent to purchase a milch cow for Belur Math and Swami Vivekananda had instructed him not to let go of the rope to which the cow would be tethered. While crossing the river Ganga, the cow had jumped into the river and Nischayananda, in order to not let it go, jumped into the water and dragged the cow to the other bank, risking his own life in the process, but never letting go of the rope.
Swami Nischayananda was deeply influenced by both Shivaji and Bal Gangadhar Tilak, the two Maharashtrian icons. Tilak had visited Belur Math and met Swami Vivekananda in 1901. Swami Nischayananda affirmed that Tilak was deeply influenced by Swami Vivekananda's point of view about serving the poor with a view to uplift them.

Swami Nischayananda left Belur Math within a month of passing away of Swami Vivekananda. As per his testimony to Swami Saradananda in this regard, he came to Belur Math to work for Vivekananda and therefore had no further desire to stay after the latter's death.
He became a wandering monk and visited various holy places, and spent his days in spiritual practices. He arrived in Haridwar to participate in Haridwar in 1903. There he met Swami Kalyanananda, another direct monastic disciple of Swami Vivekananda, who had already established the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama in Kankhal, near Haridwar. Swami Vivekananda had explicitly instructed Swami Nischayananda not to accept food without providing some kind of service to the community. Therefore, the latter joined Swami Kalyanananda in serving the poor and the sick in that region.
The orthodox monks used to deride this spirit of service since according to traditional customs a monk should not indulge in any form of actions. However Kalyanananda and Nischayananda got strong backing from Dhanraj Giri, a very senior and well respected head of Kailash Math and a reputed scholar of Vedanta. Dhanraj Giri's strong support resulted in acceptance of the two disciples of Swami Vivekananda and their work among the community of monks in Northern India. He was very austere in his spiritual practices and continued spiritual practices like meditation at night, despite a hard toil during the day.

Contribution
Swami Nischayananda worked with his brother disciple to develop the Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Kankhal into a hospital for the treatment of poor and needy. He himself nursed the patients, cleaned their bedpans and lavatories, prepared food and washed them. If a patient died they also carried the body to the river to immerse it as per the customs. His daily routine consisted in waking up early in the morning, carrying a medicine box and a bundle of other necessary articles, and walking to Rishikesh which was twenty-eight kilometres up the hill. There he would go from place to place inquiring about the well-being of the monks and other itinerants, treat the sick and feed the disabled. In the evening he would walk all the way back to Kankhal. At noon, he would go for begging his food. In the evening he would at times bring patients from Rishikesh to the Sevashrama. This he did for many years at a stretch.

For three decades, both the brother-monks, Kalyanananda and Nischayananda tirelessly kept serving pilgrims and local people in the Kumbha Mela by providing medical care and assistance. They served the pilgrims and monks in all the three Purna Kumbha Melas held in 1903, 1915 and 1927.

Last Days
Swami Nischayananda fell ill with a gastric ulcer, and died on 22 October 1934 while sitting in the lotus posture.

Legacy
The Ramakrishna Mission Sevashrama Kankhal (http://www.rkmkankhal.org/index.html) still stands. According to Abjajananda the spirit of worshiping God in every human being as ideal was finally accepted by the orthodox monks of the region when they saw the work of the two monks of Ramakrishna Order.

External sources
Monastic Disciples of Swami Vivekananda, by Swami Abjajananda, Advaita Ashrama, Mayavati, 2003,
Abiswasya (Incredible) Vivekananda, by Manishankar Mukherjee (Shankar) (Bengali), Sahityam, Kolkata 2010,

See also
Swami Achalananda
Swami Atmananda
Swami Bodhananda
Swami Kalyanananda
Swami Prakashananda
Swami Sadananda
Swami Shuddhananda
Swami Swarupananda
Swami Vimalananda
Swami Virajananda

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Monastic disciples of Swami Vivekananda
1865 births
1934 deaths
Rishis
Monks of the Ramakrishna Mission


title: John Brady (bishop of Boston)

text:
Fr. John Brady DD (February 11, 1842 – January 6, 1910) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Brady was born at Crosserlough, County Cavan, Ireland, April 11, 1842. Educated at the local diocesan schools and then completed his theological course at the Missionary College of All Hallows, Dublin, which trained priests for English Speaking communities, where he was ordained priest for the Diocese of Boston, December 4, 1864.
He served as a curate in Boston and at Newburyport until 1868, when he was made pastor at Amesbury. He continued in this charge until he was nominated Titular Bishop of Alabanda and Auxiliary Bishop of Boston appointed on June 19, 1891; he was consecrated August 5, 1891.

He died while still in office on January 6, 1910, after a short illness, his funeral mass was celebrated by Archbishop William O'Connell.

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1910 deaths
Irish emigrants to the United States
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20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
Irish expatriate Roman Catholic bishops
Christian clergy from County Cavan
Alumni of All Hallows College, Dublin
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States


title: Alfin Tuasalamony

text:
Alfin Ismail Tuasalamony (born 13 November 1992) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga 1 club Persikabo 1973. On 30 April 2015, Tuasalamony suffered a broken a double left leg fracture because he was hit by a motorist after going to the bank, this made him absent from the 2015 Southeast Asian Games and to be out of action for at least one-year.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Club
Persebaya Bhayangkara
 Liga 1: 2017
Sriwijaya
 East Kalimantan Governor Cup: 2018
Arema
 Indonesia President's Cup: 2019
RANS Cilegon
 Liga 2 runner-up: 2021

International
Indonesia U-23
 Islamic Solidarity Games  Silver medal: 2013
 Southeast Asian Games  Silver medal: 2013

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
People from Tulehu
Indonesian men's footballers
Indonesia men's international footballers
Indonesian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Indonesian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Challenger Pro League players
C.S. Visé players
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Liga 2 (Indonesia) players
Persebaya Surabaya players
Persija Jakarta players
Bhayangkara Presisi Indonesia F.C. players
Sriwijaya F.C. players
Arema F.C. players
Madura United F.C. players
RANS Nusantara F.C. players
Persikabo 1973 players
Indonesia men's youth international footballers
Footballers from Maluku (province)
Men's association football wingers
Men's association football fullbacks
Footballers at the 2014 Asian Games
SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia
SEA Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
Asian Games competitors for Indonesia


title: John Williams (MP for Bedford)

text:
John Williams ( – ) was Member of the English Parliament (MP) for Bedford in the Parliament held between 12 November 1554 and 16 January 1555.

Born in Bedford , he was most probably educated at Bedford School.  He became Mayor of Bedford three times, 1546–1547, 1549–1550 and 1551–1552.

References

People educated at Bedford School
English MPs 1554–1555
Year of birth uncertain
1519 births
1561 deaths


title: Danijel Klarić

text:
Danijel Klarić (born 19 January 1995) is an Austrian footballer currently playing as a forward.

Club career
Klarić spent most of his career with Austrian clubs in the four top levels of domestic football.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Footballers from Vienna
Austrian people of Croatian descent
Men's association football forwards
Croatian men's footballers
Austrian men's footballers
Wisła Kraków players
SK Sturm Graz players
1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) players
Fidelis Andria 2018 players
ASD Akragas 2018 players
SV Wienerberg players
Austrian Regionalliga players
Ekstraklasa players
Austrian Football Bundesliga players
2. Liga (Austria) players
Serie C players
Austrian Landesliga players
Austrian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Italy
Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy


title: Henry Culley

text:
Henry M. Culley was an American tennis player active in the 1930s.

Tennis career
Culley reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Championships in 1936, defeating No. 5 seed and 1931 Wimbledon champion Sidney Wood en route.

References

External links

American male tennis players
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing


title: 21 Demands (disambiguation)

text:
The Twenty-One Demands were a set of demands made by Japan to China in 1915.

21 Demands may also refer to:
21 Demands (band), a previous name of the Irish band Kodaline
21 demands of MKS, a list of demands issued by the Polish Inter-Enterprise Strike Committee in 1980


title: American Ultra

text:
American Ultra is a 2015 American science fiction action comedy film directed by Nima Nourizadeh and written by Max Landis. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, Connie Britton, Walton Goggins, John Leguizamo, Bill Pullman, and Tony Hale. The story is about a stoner who discovers he was part of a secret government program and is a sleeper agent.

It was released on August 21, 2015, by Lionsgate. The film received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for the premise and cast, but criticism that it "fails to live up to its potential".
The film underperformed at the box office, earning a worldwide total of $30.3 million against a production budget of $28 million.

Plot
Mike Howell is a stoner who lives in the sleepy town of Liman, West Virginia, where he works as a convenience store clerk. He is planning to propose to his longtime girlfriend, Phoebe Larson, on a trip to Hawaii. He is unable to board the plane, as he suffers from intense panic attacks anytime he tries to leave town. He does not understand why Phoebe puts up with him.

In Langley, Virginia, CIA Agent Victoria Lasseter receives a coded warning that Mike, the sole survivor of her "Wiseman" Ultra program, is to be eliminated by her rival, Adrian Yates, and his similar "Toughguy" agents. Feeling a duty to protect Mike, Lasseter travels to Liman and "activates" Mike through a series of code words. Mike fails to understand their significance, and she leaves in resigned frustration.

Mike finds two Toughguys interfering with his car and is attacked, but his training activates and he kills them using a spoon. He calls Phoebe, who reaches him just as Sheriff Watts arrives. Yates sends two Toughguy operatives, Laugher and Crane, to kill Mike and Phoebe at the sheriff station, but they evade Laugher and kill Crane before escaping to the home of Mike's drug dealer Rose. Mike becomes unnerved by an array of facts he suddenly knows regarding military strategy. He also realizes he has very little memory prior to living in the town with Phoebe, wondering aloud why he never questioned this before.

Yates quarantines the town, and puts Lasseter and Mike's pictures on the local news. Lasseter convinces her former assistant, Petey Douglas, to air drop her a weapon using a drone. Yates finds out and threatens to charge Petey with treason. Yates then attacks Rose's house with two Toughguys using a lethal gas. The agents kill Rose and his two guards, Big Harold and Quinzin, before Mike and Phoebe kill the attackers and she rescues Mike from the gas, which she is familiar with. When pressed for answers on her knowledge of the gas, Phoebe reluctantly reveals she was a CIA agent assigned to be Mike's handler, leaving him heartbroken.

Laugher ambushes the duo and captures Phoebe. Mike is rescued by Lasseter and insists on returning to his house. She tells him that he volunteered for Wiseman due to his criminal record and subsequently had his memories erased. He also learns that Phoebe was to get him settled in Liman and then leave, but chose to stay because she genuinely fell in love. Lasseter explains that his panic attacks, including his fear of leaving town, were implanted to keep him safe.

Yates' army liaison, Otis, joins a Toughguy to attack Mike's house. Mike and Lasseter kill them, prompting Yates to order a drone strike on the entire block. Petey calls off the drone strike at the last minute, then secretly reports the situation to Yates' superior, Raymond Krueger.

Mike contacts Yates and arranges to exchange himself for Phoebe at a local grocery store. He attacks the store, killing or incapacitating multiple Toughguys before fighting and defeating Laugher, whom he spares when Mike learns he is a mentally unbalanced man forcibly conscripted by Yates. Phoebe escapes from Yates when Lasseter attacks him, but Krueger arrives and stops her.

Phoebe and Mike leave the store under gunpoint of multiple law enforcement officers, as he proposes to her.

In a forested area, Krueger has Yates and Lasseter bound and kneeling. Yates argues that what he was doing would have been okay with Krueger, despite the deaths of innocent people, if the results had been successful, and Krueger agrees. Yates, smugly smiles and stands, but is executed by Krueger for his failure. Krueger admits he informed Lasseter of Yates' plan as a courtesy but did not expect her to intervene. She points out that, by taking out seventeen Toughguys, Mike is proof of the success of the Wiseman program and a potentially valuable asset.

Six months later, Mike and Phoebe are in Manila, confident and happy as they carry out a CIA assignment together.

Cast

Production

Writer Max Landis was inspired by a top secret CIA program from the 1950s code named "MKUltra," which conducted experiments on humans to develop superior agents through various mind control techniques. He wondered what it would be like if an ordinary stoner guy had been subjected to the program.

On November 4, 2013, it was announced that Eisenberg and Stewart were on board the project, having previously starred together in the film Adventureland. On March 14, it was announced Goggins had been cast in the film. On April 1, Grace joined the film. On April 14, Pullman and Hale joined the cast. On April 15, it was announced Sharon Stone had been cast in the film; it was later reported Britton would be replacing her.

Filming
Principal photography began on April 14, 2014 in Louisiana near New Orleans and wrapped in mid-June. Filming in Louisiana presented challenges, the production had to deal with snakes, alligators, and torrential rain. Nourizadeh and director of photography Michael Bonvillain emphasized wide shots, and allowed the actors move around the set, with two cameras running to get coverage. The film was shot over a 43 day shooting schedule.
The film received tax incentives for filming in Louisiana, and spent $20.4 million in the state and received $6.55 million in tax incentives.

The film spent a further $3.3 million in post production in New York, and received $0.9 million in tax credits.

Animation
The "Apollo Ape" artwork was created by John Martel, a self-taught artist from Lake Charles, Louisiana. The promotional poster in the style of a comic book cover was done by artist Jim Evans. The end credits animation was made by Gary Leib.<ref>{{cite web |date= 25 August 2015 |author= AMID AMIDI |title= Interview: Gary Leib Talks About Creating 'American Ultras Animation Sequence |url= https://www.cartoonbrew.com/titles/gary-leib-talks-about-creating-american-ultras-animation-sequence-118220.html |website= Cartoon Brew  }}</ref> Leib worked on the animation over six months.

Release
In November 2013, IM Global's Apsara Distribution announced that they had acquired the rights to distribute the film in multiple Asian territories. In March 2014, Lionsgate announced their acquisition of the North American rights to the film, for $7 million. In April 2015, Lionsgate set an August 21 release date for the film.

The first still and two teaser posters were released on May 14, 2015 by MTV. The red band trailer was released by Yahoo! Movies on May 28, 2015. To promote the film at Comic-Con Lionsgate created a website offering free Marijuana to people with existing prescriptions.

The film premiered in Los Angeles, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel.
The film was released on August 21, 2015. It is the first film to be released with a DTS:X soundtrack. According to iSpot.TV, Lionsgate spent $12.6 million on television advertising to promote the film.

Reception

Box officeAmerican Ultra grossed $14,439,985 in North America and $15,855,091 in other territories for a worldwide total of $30,295,076, against a budget of $28 million. Industry estimates predicted opening weekend earnings of $7 to $8 million. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $5.5 million, finishing sixth at the box office and third among the week's new releases, behind Sinister 2 ($10.5 million) and Hitman: Agent 47 ($8.3 million). Straight Outta Compton in its second week retained the number 1 position.
Landis reacted to the film's poor box office performance in a series of Twitter messages:

In an interview with RedLetterMedia Landis elaborated on his comments, and further discussed the difficulties of making a film not based on existing intellectual property, and what he considered a misleading marketing campaign.

Critical responseAmerican Ultra received mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 43%, based on 176 reviews, with an average rating of 5.40/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "American Ultra has some interesting ideas, but like its stoned protagonist, it's too easily distracted to live up to its true potential." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 50 out of 100, based on 31 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.

Mark Kermode of The Guardian gave the film two out of five stars, stating "Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart brave an anarchic mish-mash with lots of violence but few laughs." David Dishman of the McAlester News-Capital writes "American Ultra promoted itself under the slogan, "There is nothing more dangerous than a stoned cold killer," and while they may be right, there's also nothing spectacular about that stoned cold killer's movie."

Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film two of four stars: "Soon the movie's twisty charm gives way to gory splatter. Eisenberg and Stewart stay appealing to the last. The movie, not so much." Neil Genzlinger from The New York Times gave the film a mixed review, ending with "A lot of it seems familiar, and Mr. Eisenberg and Ms. Stewart aren't stretched much. But Mike finds amusing ways to defend himself using ordinary household items, Walton Goggins and John Leguizamo enliven things in goofy small roles, the plot has a nice twist or two, and your theater is probably air-conditioned." Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter had mixed opinions of the film, calling it uneven and "A genre mash that's mildly amusing until it can't think of anything else to do besides flop around in the deep end of conspicuous gore." He praises the supporting turns from Leguizamo, and Goggins. McCarthy gives particular praise to the animated end credits. Andrea Barker of Variety welcomed the film, "In a summer film slate awash with reboots, sequels and dutifully box-checking superhero product, it's refreshing to see a genre film made from a completely original screenplay" and praised the "clever ideas, bloody violence so cartoonish that it's almost cuddly, and an eminently likable leading pair" but was critical of the inconsistent tone and didn't feel the end result came together as a whole. Barker concludes, "Only at the end, with completely off-the-wall animated closing credits that embrace the film's latent surreality, do we finally get a glimpse of what 'American Ultra' has been aching to become." Some critics said the marketing was misleading, and
Neil Gunzlinger of The New York Times'' described it as "a diverting summer action adventure with occasional laughs, not a diverting stoner comedy with occasional action."

Author Stephen King praised the film, saying: "Saw AMERICAN ULTRA last night, and loved it. Fresh and exciting, very cool. Can't figure out why it isn't a smash."

See also
 List of films featuring drones
 Drug-induced amnesia in popular culture

References

External links

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2015 films
2015 action comedy films
2015 comedy films
2015 science fiction action films
2010s spy comedy films
American films about cannabis
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Films about the Central Intelligence Agency
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title: 2014 Alabama elections

text:
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 4, 2014. All of Alabama's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.

Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014, for offices that need to nominate candidates. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on July 15.

Governor

Incumbent Republican Governor Robert J. Bentley, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term as governor.

He defeated former Morgan County Commissioner Stacy Lee George and retired software company owner and candidate for Mayor of Scottsboro in 2012 Bob Starkey in the Republican primary.

In the Democratic primary, former U.S. Representative Parker Griffith defeated businessman and former professional baseball player Kevin Bass.

Results

Lieutenant governor
In Alabama, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term.

Pastor and conservative activist Stan Cooke also ran in the Republican primary.

Former State Representative James C. Fields was the only Democrat running for the office. Scott Ninesling, a fire chief and emergency response supervisor for a liquefied natural gas plant in Angola, had declared his candidacy, but he withdrew before the filing deadline.

Attorney General

Incumbent Republican Attorney General Luther Strange, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term.

He was unopposed in the Republican primary. State Representative Joe Hubbard, the great-grandson of former U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill, was the only Democrat running for the office.

Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State James R. Bennett, who had served in the office since July 31, 2013, did not run for re-election, per the terms of his appointment. Bennett, who had previously served as Secretary of State from 1993 to 2003, was appointed to the office following the resignation of Beth Chapman.

Running in the Republican primary were former Montgomery County Probate Judge Reese McKinney, State Representative John Merrill, and Crenshaw County Probate Judge James Perdue.

The only Democrat running was Lula Albert-Kaigler, a retired self-employed worker and candidate for Alabama's 1st congressional district in 2013.

State Auditor

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Samantha Shaw, who had served in the office since January 15, 2007, was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election to a third term.

Four Republicans ran for their party's nomination: farmer and candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in 2010 Dale Peterson, former Deputy Conservation Commissioner Hobbie Sealy, Secretary of State aide Adam Thompson, and former Public Service Commissioner Jim Zeigler. Attorney Ray Bryan had been running on a platform of abolishing the office, but he was disqualified from the ballot by the Alabama Republican Party for missing the deadline to file a financial statement with the Alabama Ethics Commission. He considered running as an Independent, but decided against it.

The only Democrat running was Miranda Joseph, the nominee for State Auditor in 2010.

State Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, was running for re-election to a second term.

Boozer was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democrat Joe Cottle, a lobbyist for the Alabama Education Association, had been running, but withdrew from the race.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, was running for re-election to a second term.

McMillan was unopposed in the Republican primary. The only Democrat running was Doug "New Blue" Smith.

Public Service Commission
Both of the Associate Commissioners on the Alabama Public Service Commission are up for election. Republican Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the Commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, was running for election to a first full term. Republican Terry L. Dunn, who was first elected in 2010, was running for re-election to a second term.

Oden was challenged in the Republican primary by Kathy Peterson, the wife of Dale Peterson and a candidate for Public Service Commission in 2012. No Democrat filed to run.

Dunn faced three opponents in the Republican primary: Jonathan Barbee, former interim press secretary for the Alabama Republican Party; Chris "Chip" Beeker, former Greene County Commissioner; and Phillip Brown, the Chairman of the Alabama Minority GOP. No Democrat filed to run.

United States Senate

Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions ran for re-election to a fourth term. No other candidates filed before the deadline and so he was unopposed in the primary and general elections.

United States House of Representatives

All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.

References

External links

Alabama
Alabama elections by year


title: John Keenan (bishop)

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John Keenan (born 19 December 1964, in Glasgow) is the bishop of the Diocese of Paisley in Scotland. His appointment by Pope Francis was announced on 8 February 2014.  He is the fifth Bishop of Paisley.

Early life and education

John Keenan, one of the five children of Joseph and Philomena Keenan, was born in Glasgow where he was baptised at St Joseph's Church, Cowcaddens. He was educated at St Gregory's Primary School in the Wyndford area of the city before going on to the Salesian Missionary College, Shrigley Hall near Macclesfield, Cheshire, England where he received his secondary education. In 1984 he matriculated at the University of Glasgow where he read law, graduating with First Class Honours, as Bachelor of Laws in 1988. From 1988 until 1995 he received his priestly formation at the Pontifical Scots College and the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, graduating as Bachelor of Theology with licentiate in philosophy.

Priesthood

John Keenan was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Thomas Winning on 9 July 1995. Thereafter he was appointed to the parish of Christ the King in King's Park, Glasgow where he served until 2000. From 1997 until 2000 he was also chaplain to Holyrood Secondary School in Glasgow. Between 1995 and 2005 he lectured in philosophy at Scotus College, Bearsden. In 2000 he was appointed chaplain to the Catholic students and staff of the University of Glasgow, a post he held until his episcopal ordination. A few months prior to his Episcopal Ordination he was appointed by Archbishop Tartaglia
to be parish priest of St Patrick's Church in the Anderston district of Glasgow and Vocations Director for the Archdiocese of Glasgow.

Episcopate

John Keenan was consecrated bishop in St Mirin's Cathedral, Paisley on 19 March 2014, the Feast of Saint Joseph by Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow. The principal co-consecrating bishops were Archbishop Leo Cushley of St Andrews and Edinburgh and Bishop John Mone emeritus Bishop of Paisley. Bishop Keenan has taken as his episcopal motto the words Suscepit servum recordatus misericordiae (He protects his servant remembering his mercy) inspired by the Magnificat. John Keenan is vice-president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Scotland.

References

1964 births
Clergy from Glasgow
Roman Catholic bishops of Paisley
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
Pontifical Gregorian University alumni
Living people
Scottish people of Irish descent
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Scotland
Scottish Roman Catholic bishops


title: Gediminas Budnikas

text:
Gediminas Budnikas (born February 11, 1944 in Paąžuoliai) is a retired Lithuanian basketball player, most notable for his career with Žalgiris from 1964 to 1973.

Biography
Both partisans, his parents died on July 26, 1945, fighting for Lithuanian freedom. Gediminas and his brothers, Juozas and Antanas, grew up with relatives. In 1959, Gediminas graduated eight classes at Kaunas IV secondary school and finished Kaunas Food Industry Technical College. In 1979, he graduated from Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty of Humanities and, in 2005, in public administration at Kaunas University of Technology.

Professional sports career
In 1962, Budnikas was invited to join Žalgiris team. In 1962-1974 he was a member of the  Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic national team. In 1973, he became a USSR basketball championship prizewinner and later won the Lithuanian league eight times. In 1997 (Helsinki), 1998 (Montevideo) and in 2001 (Ljubljana) he was a member of the Lithuania seniors basketball world champion team. Budnikas also won the European seniors championship in Riga in 2000.

He is a member of the Žalgiris board.

References

BC Žalgiris players
1944 births
Living people
Lithuanian men's basketball players


title: 1910–11 Lancashire Cup

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The 1910 Lancashire Cup was the sixth year of the regional rugby league competition and once again a previous winner captured the trophy. The cup was won by Oldham who beat Swinton in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 4–3. The attendance at the final was 14,000 and receipts £418.

Background
For the fourth year in succession the same 12 clubs entered and four clubs awarded byes in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1
Involved  4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments
1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000

See also
1910–11 Northern Rugby Football Union season

References

RFL Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup


title: Roni Beroperay

text:
Rony Esar Feliks Beroperay (born 25 February 1992) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga 2 club Persipura Jayapura.

International goals
International under-23 goals

Personal life
In May 2016, Beroperay, along with teammates Yohanes Pahabol and Gerard Pangkali graduated from the Cenderawasih University in Jayapura with a degree in Physics. Beroperay is a Christian who gives credit to Jesus for his success.

Honours

Club
Persipura Jayapura
 Indonesia Soccer Championship A: 2016

International
Indonesia U-23
Southeast Asian Games  Silver medal: 2013

References

External links
Roni Esar Beroperay at Liga Indonesia

1992 births
Living people
Indonesian men's footballers
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Liga 2 (Indonesia) players
Persiram Raja Ampat players
Persipura Jayapura players
PS Barito Putera players
PSM Makassar players
Persikabo 1973 players
People from Biak Numfor Regency
Indonesian Christians
Indonesia men's youth international footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Men's association football wingers
SEA Games silver medalists for Indonesia
SEA Games medalists in football
Cenderawasih University alumni
Competitors at the 2013 SEA Games
Footballers from Papua
21st-century Indonesian people


title: AG Coco

text:
Mohd Hezry bin Mohd Hafidz (born 7 July 1984) better known by his stage name AG Coco, is a Malaysian record producer, songwriter and lead guitarist of the rock band Hujan.

Born and raised in Kedah, Hezry first became known as a lead guitarist for rock band Hujan in the late 2000s, producing singles for recording artists such as Yuna, Tomok and Hafiz. He also led as orchestra conductor for local television productions and competition television series.

Early life

Hezry was born on 7 July 1984 in Alor Setar, Kedah. He was raised in a middle-class background, attending Sekolah Maktab Al-Maahad Al-Mahmud. In his early years, he was introduced to bass and bought a secondhand RM300 drum kit with an agreement with his mother to get a good score for his examination in return for the drum sponsorship. His first band, D'Relax participated in the local competition battle of the bands in Kedah/Perlis region and won first place in the gig as drummer of the band. Later, he and other members of five different bands post-competition formed Coco (Combination Of Creative Obsessions). Recording company soon interested in Coco band and eventually signing them as recording artist in 2003.

Originally known as Akademi Seni Kebangsaan (ASK), but renamed to Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan (ASWARA) in 2006, was where Hezry expanded his musical knowledge mainly in jazz. For his weekly performance evaluation there, instead of just performing with the academy student, he brought Hujan, an outsider group to perform according to what his lecturer had taught him by performing Pagi Yang Gelap. He first encountered Noh Salleh in Myspace knowing that Noh's songs could take off in the local music industry.

Kamar Seni Recording Studio was established in 2009. Initially, his family was against his musical career in the beginning because of social stigma of musicians cannot support themselves. His recording studio has been producing multiple local recording artists and local television music shows.

Discography

Writing credits

Hujan

 1, 2, 3, Go! (2007)
 Check Check Rock Rock (2007)
 Hujan (2008)
 Mencari Konklusi (2009)
 Lonely Soldier Boy (2010)
 Sang Enemy (2012)
 Jika Sempat (2016)
 Suria (2018)
 Pelangi Dan Kau (2020)

Yuna

 Terukir Di Bintang (2012)
 Lelaki (2013)

Coco
 Kombinasi (2003)
 Mengintai ke Langit (2006)
 Hey You (2009)

Astro
 P. Ramlee: Satu Indiepretasi (2011)
 Ada Imam dikalangan Kita
 Aku Sudirman

Film scores

Shorts film
 Adik (directed by Fazryl Samad)
 Kampung Bangsar (directed by Sharifah Amani)
 Hawa (directed by Sharifah Amani)
 Terbang (directed by Hisham Salleh & Linus Chung)
 Blessings (directed by Hisham Salleh & Linus Chung)
 DYA (directed by Faidzal Annuar)

Feature film
 Impak Maksima (Excellent Film)
 Anak Jantan (Grand Brilliance)

Concert tours

 Fantasia Music Tour (2004)
 Kugiran Hujan Ke United Kingdom (2007)
 Check Check Rock Rock Tour Hujan (2007)
 Mencari Konklusi Tour (2009)
 Hujan & Search Europe Tour (2011)
 Festival Muzika Melbourne Australia (2012)
 Yuna Homecoming Tour (2013)
 Hujan London Tour (2016)

Achievements

 Nominees for the best music arranger / best rock album / best song / best rock song / best album in AIM 18, 19 & AIM20.
 Won the Best rock song &rock album in AIM18 with Hujan & Best Song, & Best Pop Song AIM20 for Lelaki with Yuna & Best Album AIM20 with Hafiz Suip.
 Finalist Anugerah Juara Lagu AJL24,25. judging for AJL 26. guest performance on AJL 24 & 27.
 Juara AJL 27 for Terukir Di Bintang YUNA.
 AJL26 & AIM20 Judges.
 Committee of RANtAi Art Event.
 Malaysia Delegates for MIDEM Conference in Cannes, France 2013.
 Juara Versus 2012 ( 1st season ) with Hujan.
 Touring with Hujan through globe; United Kingdom / Europe / Indonesia /
 Music Director & Music Instructor for IDOLA KECIL 6 & IDOLA ALL STARS TV9.
 CEO & Director of Kamar Seni Recording Studio.

References

External links

1984 births
Living people
Malaysian musicians
People from Kedah


title: 1911–12 Lancashire Cup

text:
The 1911 Lancashire Cup was the seventh year of this regional rugby league competition.  The winners of the trophy, for the first time, were Rochdale Hornets who beat local rivals Oldham in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 12-5. The attendance at the final was 20,000 and receipts £630.

Background
The number of teams entering the competition was increased to 13 with the addition of recent newcomers Coventry. Although not a Lancashire club Coventry and were invited to play to increase the number of games played (the previous year they had played in the Yorkshire Cup on the same basis).

With a total of entrants now at 13, there were only three byes in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1
Involved  5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes and comments
1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers with a capacity of 20,000

See also
1911–12 Northern Rugby Football Union season

References

RFL Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup


title: 1912–13 Lancashire Cup

text:
The 1912 Lancashire Cup  was the eighth year of this regional rugby league competition. The cup was won by Wigan who beat the holders Rochdale Hornets in the final at The Willows, Salford by a score of 21-5. The attendance at the final was 6,000 and receipts £200.

Background
As in 1911 the 12 semi-professional clubs and Warwickshire side Coventry. With a total of entrants 13, there were three byes in the first round

Competition and Results

Round 1
Involved  5 matches (with three byes) and 13 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

See also
1912–13 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Notes
 1 According to the Widnes official archives the score was 36-0, but according to "RUGBY LEAGUE project" the score was 36-9
 2 The Willows was the home ground of Salford

References

RFL Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup


title: Fandry Imbiri

text:
Fandry Imbiri (born 5 April 1992) is an Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Liga 2 club PSBS Biak.

Club career

Persipura Jayapura
After training with junior teams in his native Papua (province), Imbiri in 2013 joined the province's top club Persipura Jayapura when it was a dominant force in the Indonesian Super League, the top-tier of Indonesian football. However, he only could earn four playing chances in two years.

Semen Padang
Imbiri in 2016 left his home province to play for Semen Padang FC, a top-tier club in West Sumatra on the other side of the country. It was here that he earned his early playing time with 21 appearances, including in the 2016 Indonesia Soccer Championship A.

Persebaya Surabaya
His performance at Semen Padang caught the attention of Liga 2 club, Persebaya Surabaya, which was striving to return to top-flight football. Imbiri was an integral part of the Persebaya team that won the 2017 Liga 2 and earned promotion to Liga 1 (Indonesia).

Madura United
After a year in Liga 1 with Persebaya, Imbiri signed for Madura United to play in the 2019 Liga 1 season. However, Imbiri struggled to secure a starting position in the backline with only 10 appearances in two years.

PSS Sleman
Imbiri in 2021 joined Liga 1 club PSS Sleman as part of team upgrading after the change of ownership. He made his league debut on 1 November 2021 in a match against Borneo.

Persik Kediri
Imbiri was signed for Persik Kediri to play in Liga 1 in the 2022–23 season.

Honours

Club
Persebaya Surabaya
 Liga 2: 2017

 PSS Sleman

 Menpora Cup third place: 2021

References

External links

 Fandry Imbiri at Liga Indonesia

1991 births
Living people
Papuan people
Indonesian men's footballers
Footballers from Jayapura
Liga 1 (Indonesia) players
Liga 2 (Indonesia) players
Persipura Jayapura players
Semen Padang F.C. players
Persebaya Surabaya players
Madura United F.C. players
PSS Sleman players
Persik Kediri players
Persita Tangerang players
PSBS Biak players
Men's association football central defenders
Indonesia men's youth international footballers


title: List of awards and nominations received by Angelina Jolie

text:
The following is a list of awards and nominations received by American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie. She has won three Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in the films George Wallace (1997), Gia (1998), and Girl, Interrupted (1999), respectively. Her later performances as Mariane Pearl in A Mighty Heart (2007) and Christine Collins in Changeling (2008) earned her additional nominations, including an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for the latter. For her roles in the action films Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), and The Tourist (2010), Jolie received awards based on popular votes, including an MTV Movie Award, two People's Choice Awards, and four Teen Choice Awards. In 2013, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Major associations

Academy Awards

BAFTA Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Other awards and nominations

Blockbuster Entertainment Awards

Empire Awards

MTV Movie Awards

NAACP Image Awards

Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

People's Choice Awards

Golden Raspberry Awards

Satellite Awards

Saturn Awards

Teen Choice Awards

Film critic awards

Film festival awards

Miscellaneous film awards

Humanitarian and other awards

Academy Awards

Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards

Other awards

Notes

See also
 Angelina Jolie filmography

References

Jolie, Angelina
Awards


title: Gün Sazak

text:
Gün Sazak (26 March 1932 – 27 May 1980) was a Turkish nationalist politician and former government minister of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). He was assassinated by the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front after his police guard was removed. After his killing, MHP supporters carried out the Çorum massacre in reprisal.

Early life and family
Gün Sazak was born on 26 March 1932 in Ankara to Emin Sazak and his wife Ayşe. His father was a member of parliament from the Republican People's Party (CHP) and later the Democrat Party (DP). His brother Güven Sazak served as the president of Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe SK, and Yılmaz Sazak, was the president of the Turkish Athletic Federation.

Sazak completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara. His family had extensive agricultural land at Sazak village in the Mihalıççık district of Eskişehir Province. Because of this land Sazak went in 1951 to the United States to study at the California State Polytechnic University College of Agriculture.

After eight years, he returned home, and worked on a construction business and the family farm. Sazak achieved a significant increase in agricultural production by applying modern techniques.

He was married to Nilgün and they had a son named Süleyman Servet Sazak in 1955. He later became a member of parliament from Eskişehir. The Sazaks also had two daughters, Mahmure Gülgün Sazak, and Ayşe Bilgün Sazak. Ayşe Bilgün married textile businessman Cem Boyner.

Politician career
In 1971, Gün Sazak entered politics representing the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). Sazak was elected to the post deputy chairman of the MHP in 1972 following a traffic accident which killed the previous holder of the post.

At the 1977 general election, Sazak unsuccessfully ran for an Eskişehir Province seat in the parliament, representing the MHP.

During the formation of the 41st government (the so-called Second Nationalist Front coalition cabinet) of Süleyman Demirel, Sazak was appointed Minister of Customs and Monopolies despite not being member of the parliament. He served as government minister 21 July 1977 until 5 January 1978. During his term he successfully fought corruption, smuggling and customs fraud. Sazak reduced arms trafficking conducted by organized crime and terrorism and imported cigarette smuggling. Customs corruption was said to be restored after he left the post. Abdi İpekçi (1929–1979), the later-assassinated editor-in-chief of the daily Milliyet, who opposed Sazak's politically, had praised Sazak in a column on 12 October 1978 for his achievement in re-establishing law and order at the customs. Another political opponent CHP stated during the 1978 budget debates that Sazak is the only person, who had stopped the "robbery" at the customs since the foundation of the Republic.

Gün Sazak was also the chairman of the executive board at the daily Hergün.

Assassination
Gün Sazak's official police guard was removed by an order of the martial law commander in Ankara. This was despite the risk to Sazak during a period of political unrest.

On 27 May 1980, Gün Sazak was assassinated in front of his house by members of the Marxist–Leninist terrorist group Revolutionary Left (), shortly Dev Sol. The terrorists, who were later identified as Mehmet Edip Eranıl, Ahmet Levent Babacan, Sadık Zafer Özcan and Cengiz Gül arrived at Sazak's house around 19:00 hours and they then waited for Sazak's arrival. Gül shot and severely wounded Gün Sazak in his back as he arrived home around midnight. Sazak had got out of his car and he was trying to take his belongings out of the car's boot. Sazak died on his way to the hospital. It was later said that a passing minibus had hindered Babacan's shooting. The perpetrators left on foot and later caught a taxi.

Aftermath
After the assassination, Gül and Babacan delivered their handguns to 17-year-old Cem Öz, another member of Dev Sol. Instructed by Gül, Özcan phoned the newspapers Milliyet and Tercüman and gave notice of Dev Sol's responsibility for the assassination.

Two days after the assassination, MHP supporters were said to have spread propaganda about Sazak's death. Alevis in Çorum were attacked and there was a call to attack both Alevis and any left wing activists. The military restored order after 48 people were said to have died and numerous people had their faces mutilated.

In July 1980, Dev Sol claimed responsibility for the assassination in its illegal journal Devrimci Sol. The capture of the assailants took time. The fugitives Eranıl, who was the organization's Ankara office chief, Kemal Cemal Altun, a co-planner of the assassination, and Gül fled abroad after the military coup on 12 September 1980. Gül crossed the border to Greece first, and then went to Frankfurt, Germany. Sadık Zafer Özcan was apprehended on 2 March, Ahmet Levent Babacan on 7 March  and Cem Öz on 15 March 1981.

Ten months after the assassination, Babacan, Özcan and Öz, were apprehended. On 6 April 1983, the 2nd Military Court of the Martial Law Command in Ankara sentenced Babacan to life imprisonment, Öz to five years aggravated imprisonment, and Özcan to six years aggravated imprisonment. Eranıl, who was considered the mastermind behind the assassination hijacked a plane with three other accomplices. The Turkish Airlines airplane was on a domestic flight from Istanbul to Ankara and it was commanded to go to Burgas in Bulgaria on 24 May 1981. The hijackers asked for the release of nearly 50 prisoners in Turkey and half a million dollars. They were overpowered by their hostages and were arrested by the Bulgarian police. However, it was not revealed whether Eranıl was extradited to Turkey or not.

Eranıl was reported to be running a café in Duisburg, Germany in 2008. Altun was arrested in Germany on 5 July 1982 in connection with the assassination of former Turkish prime minister Nihat Erim. However Altun committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of the courthouse in West Berlin, Germany on 30 August 1983 to prevent his extradition to Turkey.

In January 2013, a report of the National Intelligence Organization of Turkey (MİT) revealed that the assassination of Gün Sazak was instructed by Dursun Karataş (1952–2008), the leader of Dev Sol.

Legacy
A boulevard in Karşıyaka district of İzmir and streets in Uşak and in Keçiören, Ankara are named after him. A secondary boarding school in his family's hometown in Mihaliççık, Eskişehir bears his name.

References

Political violence in Turkey
1932 births
Politicians from Ankara
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona alumni
Nationalist Movement Party politicians
Deputies of Eskişehir
1980 deaths
Assassinated Turkish politicians
Deaths by firearm in Turkey
Turkish nationalists
Ministers of Customs and Trade of Turkey
1980s assassinated politicians


title: Messoud Efendiev

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Messoud Efendiev (Azerbaijani: Məsud Əfəndiyev) () is an Azerbaijani scientist. He was born in Zaqatala, Azerbaijan.

Career
His distinguish thesis work was written in 1974/75 in the Moscow State University under supervision of Professors Mark Vishik and A.I.Snirelmann on topological methods in nonlinear analysis. His PhD thesis was written in the Moscow State University 1975/76–1978/79 on a global solvability of nonlinear Riemann–Hilbert problems which was defended  in 1980. His habilitation thesis was titled "Geometrical properties of nonlinear mapping related to pseudodifferential operators and their topological degree" and was defended in 1998 in the Free University Berlin.

He worked from 1991 to 1994 in the University of Stuttgart, from 1994 to 1999 in Free University Berlin and from 2000 to 2005 as a Geschäftsführer of SFB project “Multifield Problems”. From 2005 to 2007 he worked as a visiting professor in Technical University of Munich and in 2007–2013 he was head of Department “Dynamical Systems” in  the “Institute of Biomathematics  and Biometry” in the Helmholtz Center Munich. He is currently working as one of the leading scientists in Helmholtz Zentrum München (Institute of Computational Biology).

He is Editor in Chief of the  International Journal of Biomathematics and Biostatistics, as well as a member of Editorial Boards of many leading international Journals, in particular, such as  Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences, Glasgow Journal of Mathematics,  Journal of Nonautonomous and Stochastic Dynamical Systems, Advances in Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Journal of Coupled Systems and Multiscale Dynamics,  American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) – book series Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems etc.

He has made many important contributions in nonlinear analysis, topological invariants and global solvability of nonlinear boundary value problems related to pseudodifferential operators, in particular, on global solvability of classical nonlinear Riemann–Hilbert problems. His current research interest include infinite-dimensional dynamical systems and dimension as well as asymptotics of Kolmogorov entropy  of their attractors, mathematical modelling of life science problems, especially  in medicine, biology and ecology and their long-time dynamics. For these latter topics he obtained JSPS as well as Otto Monsted fellowship. In all areas mentioned above he has obtained significant results which are reflected in his invitations to many international conferences as a keynote speaker. He has published more than 160 journal and conferences papers and 7 advanced monographs published by leading publishers, Springer, Birkhäuser, American Mathematical Society (series of Mathematical Surveys and Monographs), Gakkotoscho-Japan, and American Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
He has collaborated with many distinguished mathematicians in many countries. He was awarded Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
In 2018 he became a Deans Distinguished Visiting professor in the University of Toronto and in the Fields Institute. In 2019 he received the James D.Murray Distinguished Visiting professor in the University of Waterloo. It is worth noting that, in USA and Canada such prestigious titles and positions are as a rule awarded to nominated Nobel Laureates and Fields Medalists.

Sources
Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health Nonlinear Phenomena in Biology, Physics and Mechanics

References

1953 births
20th-century Azerbaijani mathematicians
Azerbaijani professors
Living people
People from Zaqatala
Academic staff of the Free University of Berlin
21st-century Azerbaijani mathematicians


title: Barsine flammealis

text:
Barsine flammealis is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1878. It is found in China, India and Nepal.

References

Moths of Asia
Nudariina

Moths described in 1878


title: Barsine mactans

text:
Barsine mactans is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is found in India and China.

References

Moths of Asia
Nudariina
Moths described in 1877


title: 1913–14 Lancashire Cup

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The 1913 Lancashire Cup was the ninth year of this regional rugby league competition. The cup was won by Oldham who beat the holders Wigan in the final at Wheater's Field, Broughton, Salford, by a score of 5-0. The attendance at the final was 18,000 and receipts £610.

Background
Warwickside team, Coventry, did not enter this year so the number of teams entering this year’s competition was reduced to 12, there were four byes in the first round.

Competition and results

Round 1
Involved  4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

See also
1913–14 Northern Rugby Football Union season

Notes
 1 Wheater's Field was the home ground of Broughton Rangers.

References

RFL Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup


title: CGR 1st Class 2-6-0 1876 Kitson

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The Cape Government Railways 1st Class  of 1876 by Kitson was a South African steam locomotive from the pre-Union era in the Cape of Good Hope.

In 1876 and 1877, the Cape Government Railways placed eight  Mogul type tender locomotives, built by Kitson, in service on the Cape Midland system. They were all eventually rebuilt to saddle-tank locomotives for use as shunting engines. Later, when a classification system was introduced by the Railways, they were designated .

Manufacturer
Eight  Mogul type tender locomotives were delivered to the Cape Government Railways (CGR) from Kitson and Company in 1876 and 1877, numbered in the range from M17 to M24.

The locomotives were equipped with six-wheeled tenders. The engines were very similar to a pair of  Stephenson's Patent back-to-back locomotives which had been delivered to the Midland System from the same manufacturer earlier in 1876. The two types differed in respect of their boiler pitch, which was  higher on the tender locomotives, and their wheelbase and coupled wheel spacing, with the second and third coupled wheels  further apart on the back-to-back tank locomotives.

Characteristics
The locomotives were very similar in appearance to the Beyer, Peacock-built  locomotives which were delivered to the Western System in that same year. The most obvious difference was the steam dome which was located further forward on the boiler on the Kitson engines, about midway between cab and chimney.

The feedwater pump, attached to the right hand side of the spectacle plate, was actuated from the piston crosshead. The locomotive was, in addition, equipped with a small feedwater injector feed attached to the left side of the smokebox, for use in cases of emergency or while the locomotive was stationary. The injector had been invented by the French engineer Henri Giffard in 1852.

Tyre wear was reduced by supplying jets of water, fed from  diameter pipes, to the leading wheels while rounding curves. This was found to diminish friction significantly.

The cylinders and slide valve faces were lubricated by tallow cups, attached to the sides of the cylinder assembly. When melted tallow was later found to be unsatisfactory, it was replaced by vegetable oils.

Rebuilding
The eight locomotives were eventually all rebuilt for use in shunting service by relieving them of their tenders and equipping them with saddle-tanks. This was probably done while they were gradually getting withdrawn from mainline work. The main picture shows no. 123 still as a tender locomotive and can be dated to somewhere between c. 1886, when it was renumbered from M23 to 123, and c. 1890, when it was renumbered to 223.

Service

Cape Government Railways
By year-end 1896, five of the locomotives were no longer reflected in the CGR registers. The remaining three all ended up being employed as shunting engines in Port Elizabeth, where they spent the rest of their service lives. When a classification system was introduced on the CGR, they were designated .

South African Railways
When the Union of South Africa was established on 31 May 1910, the three Colonial government railways (CGR, Natal Government Railways and Central South African Railways) were united under a single administration to control and administer the railways, ports and harbours of the Union. Even though the South African Railways and Harbours came into existence in 1910, the actual classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways was only implemented with effect from 1 January 1912.

By 1912, the three remaining shunting engines in Port Elizabeth still survived to be taken onto the SAR roster. Since they were considered obsolete by the SAR, they were designated Class 01 and renumbered by having the numeral 0 prefixed to their existing numbers. Even though they were considered obsolete, two of them were only scrapped in the 1930s.

Renumbering
During the CGR era, all these locomotives were renumbered more than once. By 1886, the Midland System's "M" prefix was replaced by the numeral 1. They were renumbered at least twice more, by 1890 and by 1896. The works numbers, years in service, original numbers and known renumbering of the Cape 1st Class Kitson-built Moguls of 1876 are listed in the table.

Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen
Towards the end of 1896, a CGR 2-6-0 saddle-tank locomotive was sold to the Oranje-Vrijstaat Gouwerment-Spoorwegen (OVGS), where it was classified as 2nd Class, allocated number 3 and named Bloemfontein. It was employed as shop locomotive at the Bloemfontein railway workshops.

During the Second Boer War, engine no. 3 came onto the roster of the Imperial Military Railways (IMR) as no. 303. The IMR was transformed into the Central South African Railways (CSAR) when the war ended, and the locomotive retained the number 303.

Until photographic evidence came to light which proved differently, it had been believed that this locomotive was the Midland System's Kitson-built no. M22. However, judging from the position of the steam dome on engine no. 303, depicted after a turntable mishap, it was rebuilt from one of the Beyer, Peacock 1st Class  tender locomotives which had been built by Avonside Engine Company in 1877, on which the steam dome was located further back, closer to the cab.

The original locomotive was, most likely, the Western System's no. W22 which was also no longer reflected in the CGR registers by year-end in 1896. It is possible that a transcription error during research may have led to the number W22 being recorded as number M22.

References

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2-6-0 locomotives
1C locomotives
Kitson locomotives
Cape gauge railway locomotives
Railway locomotives introduced in 1876
1876 in South Africa
Scrapped locomotives


title: Abdul Salam Kanaan

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Abdul Salam Kanaan (19 May 1931 – 8 February 2014) was a Jordanian politician. He held several ministerial posts during the 1980s. Kanaan was Minister of Social development in 1984 and from 1988 to 1989 he served as Supply Minister and Minister of State for Prime ministry affairs.

References

1931 births
2014 deaths
Government ministers of Jordan
State ministers of Jordan
Prime ministry affairs ministers of Jordan


title: Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County

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The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Boynton Beach, Florida. Its stated mission is to improve the quality of life of those residing in and around Palm Beach County, Florida, by promoting and achieving literacy. The ultimate goal of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County, is to ensure that every child and every adult in Palm Beach County becomes a reader. One in seven adults in Palm Beach County is unable to read and understand information found in books, newspapers, magazines, brochures and manuals. The organization's operates with the assistance of over 9,000 volunteers. In 2013, the Literacy Coalition provided services to more than 25,000 adults, to children and families.

History
Representatives of business, government, libraries, the school district, the media, literacy providers and other community groups established the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County in 1989. In 1990, a Literacy Hotline was established as a single contact point for volunteer tutors and adult learners. In 1991, the first Love of Literacy luncheon fundraiser was held. In 1997, Literacy AmeriCorps began with funding from the Corporation for Community and National Service for the purpose of recruiting, training, placing, and supervising members to perform literacy tutoring with adults, children, youth and families throughout Palm Beach County. Also in 1997, the Literacy Coalition participated in the America Reads Pilot Program, as one of 15 national sites to involve volunteers with reading to at-risk elementary and preschool children. Additional initiatives with which the organization has maintained involvement include Care to Read, Early Reading First, Reach Out and Read, Read Together Palm Beach County, Village Readers Program, though which thousands of Palm Beach County residents have benefited.

Community Partners
Community partners include Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, ASPIRA, Adopt-a-Family of the Palm Beaches, Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, Boys Town South Florida, Center for Family Services of Palm Beach County, Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, City of Boynton Beach, City of Delray Beach, City of Greenacres, City of West Palm Beach, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Farmworker Children's Council, Guatemalan-Maya Center, Gulfstream Goodwill's Transitions to Life Academy, Health Care District of Palm Beach County, Hispanic Human Resources, Lynn University, Max M. Fisher Boys and Girls Club, Norton Museum of Art, Salvation Army, Palm Beach Atlantic College, Palm Beach State College, School District of Palm Beach County, Take Stock in Children, United Way of Palm Beach County, Quantum Foundation, WXEL TV 42, and YMCA of Boynton Beach.
Partnerships with local municipal and county libraries have been established with Boca Raton Public Library, Boynton Beach City Library, Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach, as well as the Palm Beach County Library System.

Events

Love of Literacy Luncheon
The Love of Literacy Luncheon began as the annual awareness and fundraising event for the Coalition with speakers through the years such as Former First Lady Barbara Bush, Danny Glover, Henry Winkler, Wally Amos, Walter Anderson, LeVar Burton, Retired Senator Paul Simon, Sean Astin, Melissa Gilbert, Ben Carson, Ann Patchett, Byron Pitts, Linda Wirthheimer, Pat Conroy, and Brad Meltzer.

Loop the Lake for Literacy
Loop the Lake for Literacy is a fundraising and advocacy event hosted by the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County. Participating bike riders follow a course along Lake Okeechobee's outer banks. The ride is one of the Literacy Coalition's most successful fundraising events.

American Girl Fashion Show
The American Girl Fashion Show is an event which raises money for the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County's education programs tailored to children, youth, and adults. Models provide an educational look at how generations of American Girls have used clothing to express their own unique style and personality.

Programs

Adult Literacy
The Outreach Program promotes adult literacy programmes and recruits adult learners and volunteer tutors throughout Palm Beach County. Adults who require basic literacy skills, English proficiency, and/or subject mastery in order to pass the GED test are targeted. In partnership with the School District of Palm Beach County, the Palm Beach County Library System Adult Literacy Project and a number of community-based organizations, the Literacy Coalition connects adult learners and volunteer tutors with local literacy programs.

Budding Readers
Budding Readers is an early literacy program that matches three-year-old children at child care centers with a Reading Partner for a weekly one-to-one interactive reading session. Reading Partners are intended to nurture the blossoming of these "budding readers" into lifelong lovers of books, reading and learning as they work with them to develop the early literacy skills they will need for future success in school. As of 2012, 16 Reading Partners at partnership sites served 417 children, 91 percent of the children demonstrated development in early literacy skills needed for future success in school and 4,917 books were distributed to children to begin a home library.

Workplace and Community Education
The Workplace and Community Education Program provides customized instruction for adults who need help improving their English language skills, obtaining a GED or addressing specific workplace needs. Classes are provided at workplace and community sites throughout the county by trained adult education instructors. Classes are tailored to each particular site and the skill levels of the students. The adult students, who attend classes twice a week, develop literacy skills to prepare them for enhanced employment opportunities and/or future education.

Read Together Palm Beach County
To involve 10,000 - 20,000 adults throughout Palm Beach County in reading the same book at the same time. This community reading campaign will entice adults who can read, but often don't, to get involved in the habit of reading again. It will also promote community dialogue and engagement as citizens gather together to discuss key themes. Former Governor Jeb Bush wrote to every city in Florida and encouraged them to form "One Book, One Community" reading campaigns based on the Palm Beach County model. Read Together Palm Beach County produced a handbook on how to conduct a similar reading campaign and Former Governor Bush urged municipalities to use this book to guide them in their campaigns. Participants include businesses, libraries, chambers of commerce, municipalities, local book clubs, neighborhood associations and many other groups.

Pink Shirt Day
The Literacy Coalition, in conjunction with Prime Time Palm Beach County, both of which receive significant funding from the Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, encourage afterschool programs across Palm Beach County to participate with their own on-site celebrations of how bystanders can make a difference when it comes to bullying.

Recognition
In March 2012, the Quantum Foundation honored the Literacy Coalition with a "Change Leader" award for the service that has been provided to the community through the Literacy AmeriCorps program. The Palm Beach County School District has honored the Coalition with Above and Beyond, and Business Partnership Award for its work with children attending elementary schools in disadvantaged District neighborhoods. In 2005, the Literacy Coalition was one of 78 organizations selected nationally for the Bank of America Foundation's Neighborhood Builder Award for exhibiting "the highest standard in community building." The Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County awarded the group its annual Striving for Excellence Award, in recognition of the Coalition's outstanding governance and administration. The Literacy Coalition has earned their five consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator. The Literacy Coalition was also among the first agencies to be certified by Nonprofits First, a Palm Beach County group advocating for efficiency in area nonprofit organization.

References

External links
 Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County Webpage

Organizations promoting literacy
Organizations based in Florida
Organizations established in 1989
Education in Florida
Educational organizations based in the United States


title: 2015 ATP World Tour

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The 2015 ATP World Tour was the global elite professional tennis circuit organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for the 2015 tennis season. The 2015 ATP World Tour calendar comprises the Grand Slam tournaments (supervised by the International Tennis Federation), the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, the ATP World Tour 250 series, the Davis Cup (organized by the ITF) and the ATP World Tour Finals. Also included in the 2015 calendar is the Hopman Cup, which is organized by the ITF and does not distribute ranking points.

In singles, Novak Djokovic won three major titles, a record six Masters 1000 titles, and the ATP World Tour Finals.

Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 2015 calendar, with player progression documented from the quarterfinals stage.
Key

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

Statistical information
These tables present the number of singles (S), doubles (D), and mixed doubles (X) titles won by each player and each nation during the season, within all the tournament categories of the 2015 ATP World Tour: the Grand Slam tournaments, the ATP World Tour Finals, the ATP World Tour Masters 1000, the ATP World Tour 500 series, and the ATP World Tour 250 series. The players/nations are sorted by:
 Total number of titles (a doubles title won by two players representing the same nation counts as only one win for the nation);
 Cumulated importance of those titles (one Grand Slam win equalling two Masters 1000 wins, one ATP World Tour Finals win equalling one-and-a-half Masters 1000 win, one Masters 1000 win equalling two 500 events wins, one 500 event win equalling two 250 events wins);
 A singles > doubles > mixed doubles hierarchy;
 Alphabetical order (by family names for players).

Key

Titles won by player

Titles won by nation

Titles information
The following players won their first main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

The following players defended a main circuit title in singles, doubles, or mixed doubles:

Top 10 entry
The following players entered the top 10 for the first time in their careers:

ATP rankings
These are the ATP rankings of the top 20 singles players, doubles players, and the top 10 doubles teams on the ATP Tour, at the current date of the 2015 season.

Singles

Number 1 ranking

Doubles

Number 1 ranking

Prize money leaders

Best matches by ATPWorldTour.com

Best 5 Grand Slam & Davis Cup matches

Best 5 ATP World Tour matches

Point distribution

Retirements
Following is a list of notable players (winners of a main tour title, and/or part of the ATP rankings top 100 (singles) or top 50 (doubles) for at least one week) who announced their retirement from professional tennis, became inactive (after not playing for more than 52 weeks), or were permanently banned from playing, during the 2015 season:

 Mardy Fish (born 9 December 1981, in Los Angeles, United States) joined the pro tour in 2000, reaching a career high singles ranking of 7 in August 2011, and a career high doubles ranking of 14 in 2009. Fish reached 20 ATP singles finals (including 4 Masters 1000s) and 11 ATP doubles finals, winning 6 singles titles and 8 doubles titles. At the 2004 Olympic Games, he won the silver medal (lost in the final to Nicolás Massú).  At Grand Slams, he reached 3 quarterfinals (2007 Australian Open, 2008 US Open, 2011 Wimbledon) in singles and 1 semifinal (2009 Wimbledon) in doubles. He was also an active part of the United States Davis Cup team for 11 ties between 2002 and 2012, reaching the final in 2004. He announced that the US Open would be his last tournament on 22 July 2015.
 Robby Ginepri (born 7 October 1982, in Acworth, Georgia, United States)
 Jan Hájek (born 7 August 1983), retired at the beginning of the year.
 Michael Lammer (born 25 March 1982, in Dübendorf, Switzerland) retired in March after Indian Wells.
 Jarkko Nieminen (born 23 July 1981, in Masku, Finland), turned pro in 2000, reaching a career high singles ranking of 13 on 10 July 2006. At Grand Slams, Nieminen reached 3 quarterfinals (2005 US Open, 2006 Wimbledon and 2008 Australian Open) on his career. He retired after the 2015 Stockholm Open.
 Wayne Odesnik (born 21 November 1985, in Johannesburg, South Africa) retired after being handed a 15-year ban after a second doping violation on 18 March 2015.
 Josselin Ouanna (born 14 April 1986, in Suresnes, France) joined the professional tour in 2004 and reached a career-high ranking of No. 88 in singles in October 2009. He announced his retirement in December 2015.
 Michael Russell (born 1 May 1978, in Detroit, United States), joined the pro tour in 1998, reaching a career high singles ranking of number 60 in 2007, and a career high doubles ranking of number 164 in 2012. Russell reached one doubles finals of the ATP World Tour. In Grand Slams singles, he reached the fourth round the 2001 French Open. He decided to retire at the end of the season at the age of 37.
 Eduardo Schwank (born 23 April 1986, in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina)
 Florent Serra (born 28 February 1981, in Bordeaux, France)
 Robin Söderling (born 14 August 1984, in Tibro, Sweden), joined the pro tour in 2001, reaching a career singles ranking of no. 4 on 15 November 2010. Söderling reached in the finals of the 2009 and 2010 French Open. His last professional career was the 2011 Swedish Open and announced his retirement from tennis after four years of illness.
 Potito Starace (born 14 July 1981 in Benevento, Italy)
 Ryan Sweeting (born 14 July 1987, in Nassau, Bahamas), announced his retirement online in August 2015.
 Danai Udomchoke (born 11 August 1981 in Bangkok, Thailand)

Comebacks
Following are notable players who will come back after retirements during the 2015 ATP Tour season:

 Andy Roddick (born 30 August 1982, in Omaha, United States) joined the pro tour in 2000, and held the no. 1 singles ranking for 13 weeks, including the end of the 2003 season. He won the 2003 US Open, five Masters Series titles, and 32 singles titles overall before his retirement in 2012. He returned for the doubles event at the 2015 BB&T Atlanta Open, partnering Mardy Fish.
 Mark Philippoussis

See also

2015 WTA Tour
2015 ATP Challenger Tour
Association of Tennis Professionals
International Tennis Federation

References

External links
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) World Tour official website
International Tennis Federation (ITF) official website

ATP World Tour
ATP Tour seasons


title: 1914–15 Lancashire Cup

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The 1914–15 Lancashire Cup was the tenth year of this regional rugby league competition and the last until 1918–19 as the competition was suspended for the duration of the First World War. The cup was won by Rochdale Hornets who beat last year's losing finalists Wigan in the final at The Willows, Salford  by a score of 3-2. The attendance at the final was 4,000 and receipts £475.

Background
The First World War had already broken out before the start of the 1914–15 season commenced.  Despite the war the decision to play both the regular season and the cup competitions was taken and all were played to a conclusion, although the lack of enthusiasm was evident in the lower attendances at matches and with many teams absent many players who had already enlisted in the Army and the Royal Navy.

The number of teams entering this year's competition was again 12 with four byes in the first round

Competition and results

Round 1
Involved  4 matches (with four byes) and 12 clubs

Round 2 – quarterfinals

Round 3 – semifinals

Final

Teams and scorers

Scoring - Try = three (3) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = two (2) points

The road to success

Notes
 1 The Willows was the home ground of Salford

References

RFL Lancashire Cup
Lancashire Cup


title: Spotlight Scandals

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Spotlight Scandals or Spotlight Revue is a 1943 American musical comedy film directed by William Beaudine.

It was the first of a four-picture contract comic actor Billy Gilbert signed with Monogram Pictures. Butch and Buddy, the team who appeared with Gilbert at Universal, travelled with them. The film was originally called 24 Hours Leave.

Cast
Billy Gilbert as Billy
Frank Fay as Frank
Bonnie Baker as Singer Bonnie Baker
Billy Lenhart as Butch
Charles D. Brown as Buddy
Harry Langdon as Oscar
Iris Adrian as Bernice
Jimmy Hollywood as Radio Rogues Member
Eddie Bartell as Radio Rogues Member
Sydney Chatton as Radio Rogues Member
James Bush as Jerry
Claudia Dell as Betty
Eddie Parks as Eddie
Betty Blythe as Mrs. Baker
Herb Miller as Herb Miller, Orchestra Leader

References

External links

1943 films
1943 musical comedy films
1940s crime comedy films
American prison comedy films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by William Beaudine
Monogram Pictures films
American musical comedy films
American crime comedy films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films


title: Here Comes Kelly

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Here Comes Kelly is a 1943 American comedy crime film directed by William Beaudine and starring Eddie Quillan, Joan Woodbury and Armida. It was produced and distributed by Monogram Pictures. It was followed by a sequel There Goes Kelly in 1945.

Cast
 Eddie Quillan as Jimmy Kelly
 Joan Woodbury as Margie Burke
 Maxie Rosenbloom as Trixie Bell
 Armida as Babette
 Sidney Miller as Sammy Cohn
 Mary Gordon as Mrs. Kelly
 Ian Keith as L. Herbert Oakley
 Luis Alberni as Nick
 Charles Jordan as Stevens
 Emmett Vogan as District Attorney
 John Dilson
 Dick Elliott as Driscoll
 Sugar Geise as Blondie

References

External links

1943 films
1943 crime drama films
American prison drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by William Beaudine
Monogram Pictures films
American crime drama films
1940s English-language films
1940s American films


title: List of Nizari Ismaili strongholds

text:
List of the strongholds or dar al-hijra of the Nizari Ismaili state in Persia (Iran) and Syria.

Most of the Persian Ismaili castles were in the Alborz mountains, in the regions of Daylaman (particularly, in Alamut and Rudbar; north of modern-day Qazvin) and Quhistan (south of Khurasan), as well as in Qumis. Most of the Syrian Ismaili castles were in Jabal Bahra' (Syrian Coastal Mountain Range).

According to Juzjani, before the Mongol invasion the Nizaris possessed 70 forts in Quhistan and 35 in Alamut. Overall, they probably had 250 castles.

The Ismaili fortresses in Rudbar of Alamut had been built on rocky heights and were equipped to withstand long sieges; they had storehouses with high capacities and elaborate water supply infrastructure such as cisterns, qanats, and canals.

Persia

Syria

The strongholds in Jabal Bahra' were known as the "Castles of the da'wa" ( qilāʿ al-daʿwah).

See also
Nizari Ismaili state
History of Nizari Ismailism
List of castles in Iran
List of castles in Syria
List of Crusader castles
Baltit Fort, used by Ismailis of the Hunza princely state in Pakistan
Muhammad I Tapar's anti-Nizari campaign
Mongol campaign against the Nizaris

References

«دانشنامهٔ تاریخ معماری و شهرسازی ایران‌شهر»، وزارت راه و شهرسازی (in Persian)

Further reading

External links

"Nizari Ismaili Concept of Castles", The Institute of Ismaili Studies

Nizari Ismaili state
Lists of castles in the Middle East
Castles in Syria
Castles in Iran
Iran–Syria relations
Syria history-related lists
Iran history-related lists
Isma'ilism-related lists