title: Maurício

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Maurício is the Portuguese variant of Mauricio (given name). The diminutive is Maurinho.

Sportspeople with the name include:
Maurício José da Silveira Júnior, Brazilian footballer in Greece
Maurício Copertino, Brazilian footballer
Maurício de Oliveira Anastácio, Brazilian footballer
Maurício dos Santos Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
Maurício Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
Maurício Ramos, Brazilian footballer
Maurinho, Brazilian footballer
Maurício Lima, Brazilian volleyball player

References

Portuguese masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Free Sons of Israel

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The Free Sons of Israel, is a fraternal organization that was established in 1849 to aid Jewish refugees from the Revolutions of 1848.

Grandmasters
 Marcus Krauskopf, rabbi of Congregation Shearith Israel
 Leon Cohen (1963).
 Harry Rabinowitz of Shenorock, New York (1960).

External links
 Free Sons of Israel

References

Ethnic fraternal orders in the United States
Organizations established in 1849


title: List of Nu Sigma Nu chapters

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This Chapter and Colony Roll of the Nu Sigma Nu Medical Fraternity, a co-ed Professional fraternity for medical students and related sciences, is complete through circa 1953. While the national has disbanded, several chapters remain active. Inactive chapter are shown in italics.

List of chapters

The creation of chapters may have continued, but information about those formed after 1953 was not available at the time this page was created.

References
All chapter locations and designations from either the 1903 catalog, titled Nu Sigma Nu in 1903, accessed 15 June 2014, or a Nu Sigma Nu chapter bulletin for Lambda Chapter of Pennsylvania, dated as early as 1954-55 or later. Surprisingly slight information was found in Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities, in what appears to be an omission in the 1991 version; ΝΣΝ is neither listed among dormant societies in that book, nor among the active societies. It only comes up in the opening dialog section, mentioned in the paragraphs about the early founding of many professional fraternities at Michigan.

chapters
Lists of chapters of former Professional Fraternity Association members by society


title: List of awards and nominations received by Alabama

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Alabama is an American country, southern rock and bluegrass band formed in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1969. Alabama's biggest success came in the 1980s, where the band had over 43 number one hits, seven multi-platinum albums and received numerous awards.

Alabama are the most awarded band in the history of country music, with over 200 awards from a variety of organizations. In 1981, Alabama won both the Vocal Group of the Year and Instrumental Group of the Year honors from the Country Music Association (CMA). It also won the Academy of Country Music (ACM)'s Vocal Group of the Year award, and Billboard New Group of the Year honors. The group won the CMA's prestigious Entertainer of the Year award for three consecutive years (1982–84), and the ACM's Entertainer of the Year award five times (1982–86). In 1989, Alabama was named Artist of the Decade by the ACM. In addition, Alabama has also received the NARM Gift of Music award, the Alabama Hall of Fame Distinguished Service award, the Country Radio Broadcasters Humanitarian Award, the Prince Matchabelli National Hero Award, the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Award shows

Academy of Country Music Awards
The Academy of Country Music Awards were first held in 1966, and was the first country music awards program held by a major organization. Alabama has received 15 awards out of 49 nominations.

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| 1981 ||rowspan="3"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Vocal Group of the Year ||rowspan=4
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|rowspan="3"| 1982
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| Entertainer of the Year
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| Feels So Right ||rowspan="2"| Album of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1983 || Mountain Music ||rowspan=2
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|rowspan="4"| Alabama || Band of the Year (Touring)
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| Entertainer of the Year ||rowspan=8
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|rowspan="2"| Vocal Group of the Year
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|rowspan="3"| 1984
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| Entertainer of the Year
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| The Closer You Get... ||rowspan="2"| Album of the Year
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|rowspan="5"| 1985 || Roll On
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|rowspan="3"| Alabama || Entertainer of the Year
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| Vocal Group of the Year
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| Band of the Year (Touring) ||rowspan=4
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| "When We Make Love" || Single Record of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1986 || "40-Hour Week" || Video of the Year
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| 40-Hour Week || Album of the Year
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|rowspan="5"| Alabama || Vocal Group of the Year ||rowspan=2
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|rowspan="2"| Entertainer of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1987 ||rowspan=11
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| Vocal Group of the Year
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| Band of the Year (Touring)
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| "Touch Me When We're Dancing" || Single Record of the Year
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|rowspan="3"| 1988 || "Tar Top" || Video of the Year
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|rowspan="7"| Alabama || Entertainer of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| Vocal Group of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1989
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|rowspan="2"| Entertainer of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1990
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| Vocal Group of the Year
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| Artist of the Decade (1980s) ||
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| "High Cotton" ||rowspan="2"| Video of the Year ||rowspan=14
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|rowspan="4"| 1991 || "Pass It on Down"
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| "Jukebox in My Mind" || Single Record of the Year
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| Pass It on Down || Album of the Year
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|rowspan="8"| Alabama ||rowspan="4"| Vocal Group of the Year
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| 1992
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| 1993
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|rowspan="2"| 1995
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| Entertainer of the Year
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| 1996 || Top Vocal Group
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| 1998 ||rowspan="2"| Vocal Duo or Group of the Year
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| 1999
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| 2000 || "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (shared with 'N Sync) || Vocal Event of the Year
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| 2001 ||rowspan="4"| Alabama || Vocal Group of the Year
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| 2003 || Pioneer Award ||
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| 2004 || Top Vocal Group ||
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| 2005 || 40th Anniversary Award of Merit ||
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| 2014 || Alabama || Career Achievement Award ||

American Music Awards
The American Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony created by Dick Clark in 1973. Alabama received their first award in 1984, collecting 18 American Music Awards in total out of 30 nominations. In 2003, Alabama received the Academy's prestigious Award of Merit.

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|rowspan="3"|  || Alabama || Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group ||rowspan=4
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| "Feels So Right" || Favorite Country Single
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| Feels So Right ||rowspan=2| Favorite Country Album
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|rowspan="2"|  || Mountain Music
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|rowspan="2"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group ||rowspan=4
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| The Closer You Get... || Favorite Country Album
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|rowspan="2"| "Dixieland Delight" || Favorite Country Video
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| Favorite Country Single ||rowspan=2
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|rowspan="2"|  || Roll On || Favorite Country Album
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|rowspan="2"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group ||rowspan=3
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| 40-Hour Week || Favorite Country Album
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| "40 Hour Week" || Favorite Country Video ||rowspan=3
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| "There's No Way" || Favorite Country Single
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| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group Video Artist
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|rowspan="3"|  ||rowspan="2"| Alabama ||rowspan=5
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| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group
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| Greatest Hits || Favorite Country Album
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|"Fallin' Again" ||rowspan="2"| Favorite Country Single ||rowspan=2
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|rowspan="2"|  || "If I Had You"
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|rowspan="10"| Alabama ||rowspan="9"| Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group ||rowspan=10
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American Country Awards
The American Country Awards is an annual country music awards show, entirely voted on by fans online. Created in 2010 by the Fox Network, the awards honor country music artists for singles, albums, music videos and touring categories. Alabama has received the Hitmaker Award, and has had one previous nomination.

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| 2011 || "Old Alabama" (shared with Brad Paisley) || Single of the Year: Vocal Collaboration ||
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| 2012 || Alabama || Hitmaker Award ||

Billboard Awards
The Billboard Music Awards, sponsored by Billboard magazine, was one of several annual United States music awards shows (among the others are the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony). Alabama has received one award.

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|1990 ||| Alabama || Country Group or Duo ||
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BMI Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. At the BMI Awards, Alabama has collected two awards.

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|1989 || "Fallin' Again" || Song of the Year ||rowspan=2
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|2000 || Alabama || President's Award

Cammy Awards
The Cammy Awards is an award ceremony promoting Carolina beach music, its influences and offshoots. Alabama has received one award.

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| 1998 || "Dancin' Shaggin' on the Boulevard" || Beach Music Song of the Year ||
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Country Music Association Awards
The Country Music Association Awards, also known as the CMA Awards or CMAs, are presented to country music artists and broadcasters according to voting by CMA members. Alabama has received seven awards out of 40 nominations.

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|rowspan="2"| 1980 ||rowspan="5"| Alabama || Vocal Group of the Year ||rowspan=2
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|rowspan="2"| Instrumental Group of the Year
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|rowspan="5"| 1981 ||rowspan=2
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| Vocal Group of the Year
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| Entertainer of the Year ||rowspan=5
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| Feels So Right || Album of the Year
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| "Old Flame" ||rowspan="2"| Single of the Year
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|rowspan="5"| 1982 || "Love in the First Degree"
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|Mountain Music || Album of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| Alabama || Instrumental Group of the Year ||rowspan=5
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| Vocal Group of the Year
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|rowspan="2"|Entertainer of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1983
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| The Closer You Get... || Album of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| Alabama || Instrumental Group of the Year ||rowspan=5
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|rowspan="2"| Vocal Group of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1984
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|Instrumental Group of the Year
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| Roll On || Album of the Year
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|rowspan="4"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Entertainer of the Year ||
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|rowspan="4"| 1985 ||rowspan=19
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| Instrumental Group of the Year
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| Vocal Group of the Year
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| 40-Hour Week || Album of the Year
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|1987 ||rowspan="14"| Alabama ||rowspan="14"| Vocal Group of the Year
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| 2011 || "Old Alabama" (shared with Brad Paisley) || Musical Event of the Year
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GMA Dove Awards
A Dove Award is an accolade by the Gospel Music Association (GMA) of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the Christian music industry. The awards are presented at an annual ceremony called the GMA Dove Awards.  Alabama received two nominations.

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|2007 ||| Songs of Inspiration ||rowspan="2"| Country Album of the Year ||rowspan=2
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|2008 ||| Songs of Inspiration II
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Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) — or Grammys — are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the music industry. The awards ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a widely viewed televised ceremony.
Since 1982, Alabama has won a total of two Grammy Awards from 13 nominations throughout their career.

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|  || "Mountain Music"||rowspan=2
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|  || "The Closer You Get"
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|  || "If You're Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band)"||rowspan=10
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|  || "Can't Keep a Good Man Down"
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|  || "She and I"
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|  || "Jukebox in My Mind"
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|  || "Forever's as Far as I'll Go"
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|  || "American Pride"
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|  || "Dancin', Shaggin' on the Boulevard"
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|  || "How Do You Fall In Love"
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|  || "(God Must Have Spent) A Little More Time on You" (shared with 'N Sync)
| Best Country Collaboration with Vocals
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|  || "Twentieth Century"
| Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal

NARM Awards
The National Association of Recording Merchandisers is a United States not-for-profit trade association that serves music retailing businesses in lobbying and trade promotion. Alabama won six awards from the organization.

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|1981 || Feels So Right ||rowspan="5"| Best-Selling Album ||rowspan=6
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|1982 || Mountain Music
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|1983 || The Closer You Get...
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|1984 || Roll On
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|1985 || 40-Hour Week
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|??? || Alabama || Gift of Music Award
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National Association Of Record Merchandisers Gift Of Music Awards
The National Association Of Record Merchandisers Gift Of Music Awards, now known as the Music Business Association, is a United States not-for-profit trade association based in Marlton, New Jersey that seeks to advance and promote music commerce, whether physical, digital, mobile, or more. Alabama has received five awards.

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| 1981 || Feels So Right ||rowspan="5"| Best Selling Country Album by Group ||rowspan=5
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| 1983 || The Closer You Get...
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| 1984 || Roll On
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| 1985 || 40-Hour Week
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| 1986 || Greatest Hits
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People's Choice Awards
The People's Choice Awards is an awards show recognizing the people and the work of popular culture. The show has been held annually since 1975 and is claimed to be based on the opinions of the general public. Alabama received two awards out of three nomination.

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|1987 ||rowspan="3"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Favorite Musical Group ||rowspan=2
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|1993
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|2004 || Favorite Musical Group or Band  ||
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TNN Awards
The TNN Awards were annual award ceremony honoring country music presented by The Nashville Network. Alabama received one award.

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| 2000 || Alabama || Minnie Pearl Humanitarian Award ||
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Additional awards and honors

Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

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|| 1987 || Alabama || Bob Hope Humanitarian Award For Public Service Work and Contributions Involving Children ||
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Ampex

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|| 1987 || The Touch ||rowspan="2"| Golden Reel Award ||rowspan=2
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| 1988 || Just Us
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Amusement & Music Operators of America

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|1982 || Alabama || Most Popular Artist Of The Year ||
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Auburn University

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| 2003 || Alabama || International Quality of Life Award ||
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BMG

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| 1989 || Alabama || Global Achievement Award ||
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Country Radio Broadcasters

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| 1990 ||rowspan="2"| Alabama || Humanitarian Award ||rowspan=2
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| 2004 || Career Achievement Award
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Entertainment Radio Network

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| 1998 || Alabama || Best Group or Duo ||
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Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood, California, USA, that serves as an entertainment hall of fame. It is embedded with more than 2,000 five-pointed stars featuring the names of celebrities honored by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce for their contributions to the entertainment industry.

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|| 1998 ||| Alabama || Hollywood Walk of Fame Star ||

Nashville Association of Talent Directors

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| 2011 || Alabama || NATD Honoree ||
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National Association For Campus Activities

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|| 1987 ||rowspan="2"| Alabama || Favorite Country Music Performer ||rowspan=2
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|| 1988 || Vocal Group Of The Year
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Prince Matchabelli National Hero Award

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| 1990 || Alabama || Music ||
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Recording Industry Association of America

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| 1999 || Alabama || Country Group of the Century ||
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State of Alabama

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| 2003 || Alabama || Spirit of Alabama Medal ||
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United Service Organizations

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|2003 ||rowspan="2"| Alabama || USO Rising Star Award ||rowspan=2
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|2004 || Washington Merit Award
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Inductions

Alabama Music Hall Of Fame

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|1988 ||rowspan="3"| Alabama || Distinguished Service Award ||rowspan=3
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|1990 || Service Award
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|1993 || Life Work Award For Performing Achievement
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Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

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|2005 || Alabama || Induction ||
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Vocal Group Hall of Fame

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|2004 || Alabama || Induction ||
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Musicians Hall of Fame
life time achievement award
2019

Magazine awards

Billboard
The Billboard Music Awards, sponsored by Billboard magazine, was one of several annual United States music awards shows (among the others are the Grammy Awards, the American Music Awards and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony).

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| 1981 ||rowspan="6"| Alabama || New Group of the Year ||rowspan=27
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|rowspan="6"| 1982 || Group Of The Year
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| Top Singles Group
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| Top Album Artist
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| Top Group Of The Year - Album and Singles
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| Top Artists Of The Year - Album and Singles
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| Feels So Right ||rowspan="2"| Top Album
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|rowspan="5"| 1983 || Mountain Music
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|rowspan="19"| Alabama || Overall Top Artist
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| Overall Top Group
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| Top Album Artist
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| Top Album Group
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|rowspan="6"| 1984 || Overall Top Country Artist - Albums and Singles
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| Overall Top Country Group - Albums and Singles
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| Top Album Group
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| Top Album Artist
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| Top Singles Group
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| Bill Williams Artist Of The Year
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|rowspan="5"| 1985 || Top Artist for Singles and Albums
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| Top Group for Singles and Albums
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| Top Singles Artist
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| Top Group for Singles
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| Top Group for Albums
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|rowspan="3"| 1986 || Top Overall Vocal Group - Singles and Albums
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| Top Overall Album Artist
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| Top Overall Album Group
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| 1989 || Country Artist of the '80's
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Cashbox

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|rowspan="2"| 1980 ||rowspan="14"| Alabama || New Vocal Group Of The Year - Singles ||rowspan=22
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|New Vocal Group Of The Year - Albums
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|rowspan="3"| 1981 || Top Vocal Group Of The Year - Albums
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| Top Vocal Group Of The Year - Singles
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| Top Group - Singles
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|rowspan="3"| 1982 || Top Vocal Group Of The Year - Singles
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|Top Group Of The Year - Albums
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|Male Entertainer of The Year
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|rowspan="4"| 1983 || Single of the Year
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|Group Of The Year
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|Vocal Group Of The Year - Singles
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| Top Vocal Group Of The Year - Albums
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|rowspan="3"| 1984 || Singles Award - Vocal Group
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| Album Award - Vocal Group
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| Roll On || Top 50 Country Albums
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|rowspan="2"| 1985 || 40-Hour Week || #1 Album
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|rowspan="6"| Alabama || #1 Group
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|rowspan="2"| 1986 || Entertainer Of The Year
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|Album - Group Of The Year
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| 1987 || Country Vocal Group Of The Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1989 || Entertainer Of The Year
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|Artist Of The Decade
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Cashbox Programmers Choice Awards

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|rowspan="2"| 1982 || Alabama || Vocal Group of the Year ||rowspan=7
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|Mountain Music ||rowspan="2"| Album Of The Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1983 || The Closer You Get...
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|rowspan="2"|Alabama ||| Group Of The Year
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|1985 || Programmers Choice Award
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Country Weekly

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|rowspan="2"| 2003 ||rowspan="2"| Alabama || Fan Favorite Award ||rowspan=2
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| Favorite Group
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Music City News Awards
Beginning in 1967, the Music City News Awards were presented yearly by the now-defunct Music City News magazine. Today, it is known as the CMT Music Awards.

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|rowspan="2"| 1982 || Feels So Right || Album of the Year ||rowspan=9
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|rowspan="4"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Band of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1983
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|Vocal Group of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1984 || Band of the Year
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| The Closer You Get... || Album of the Year
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Playboy

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|rowspan="2"|1990 || Southern Star || Country Album Of The Year ||rowspan=3
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|rowspan="2"| Alabama || Top Group/Country Award
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| 1993 || Top Country Group

Radio & Records

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|rowspan="2"| 1981 || Alabama || Group Of The Year ||rowspan=15
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| Feels So Right ||rowspan="2"| Album of the Year
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|rowspan="3"| 1982 || Mountain Music
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|rowspan="3"| Alabama || Group Of The Year
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|rowspan="2"| Performers Of The Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1983
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|The Closer You Get... ||rowspan="2"| Album of the Year
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|rowspan="2"| 1984 || Roll On
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|rowspan="5"|Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Performers Of The Year
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|rowspan="6"| 1985
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| Performers of the Year (readers' poll)
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|Group Of The Year
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|Best Group
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|rowspan="2"| 40-Hour Week || Best Album (readers' poll)
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| Album of the Year
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Us Weekly

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| 1982 ||rowspan="2"| Alabama ||rowspan="2"| Favorite Country Group ||rowspan=2
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| 1983
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References

External links
The band's official website, with an abbreviated list of awards and achievements

Awards
Lists of awards received by American musician
Lists of awards received by musical group


title: Nílton

text:
Nílton or Nilton may refer to:

Nílton (footballer, born December 1987) (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
Nílton (footballer, born April 1987) (born 1987), Brazilian footballer
Nilton (comedian), Portuguese comedian and judge on the Portuguese version of Thank God You're Here

Portuguese masculine given names
Masculine given names


title: Scatter the Gold

text:
Scatter the Gold (foaled 26 February 1997) is a Canadian racehorse noted for winning two of the three races of the Canadian Triple Crown. He won the 2000 Queen's Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes, both with jockey Todd Kabel. He then finished third in the final leg, the Breeders' Stakes.

Background and family
Scatter the Gold was bred in Canada by Sam-Son Farm. He was sired by the great Mr. Prospector, and out of the 1991 Canadian Triple Crown winning filly Dance Smartly. Alongside Scatter the Gold, Dance Smartly also produced 2001 Queen's Plate winner, filly Dancethruthedawn.

An article in The Globe and Mail on Dance Smartly's death described Scatter the Gold as "a big handsome colt with his mother's peel-me-a-grape attitude".

Racing career
The Queen's Plate was Scatter the Gold's first win and fifth start. Because of his winless record and his lack of recent racing experience, the colt was not expected to be a serious contender. However, he won by 4-1/4 lengths after passing the frontrunners near the eighth post. In the Prince of Wales Stakes, he had such a poor start that his jockey feared he may have grabbed a quarter, and he was fourth of seven horses at the top of the final stretch. Nevertheless, he overtook all three leaders to win the race by a neck. Kabel later remarked, "He had me pretty worried. I didn't think we were going to get any part of it until down the backside he started to run hard".

Coming into the Breeders' Stake, Scatter the Gold was a favourite to win the Triple Crown. He did not exhibit his usual late burst of speed, and lost by three lengths to Lodge Hill and a neck behind Master Stuart. Lodge Hill had earlier finished sixth in the Queen's Plate.

Retirement
After the Breeders' Stake, with total winnings of $845,854, Scatter the Gold was retired and sold to a Japanese breeder. Standing at Shizunai Stallion Station, he has since sired a number of racehorses.

References

1997 racehorse births
Racehorses bred in Canada
Racehorses trained in Canada
Thoroughbred family 23-b


title: Zechariah Dhahiri

text:
Zechariah (Yaḥya) al-Ḍāhirī (, , b. circa 1531 – d. 1608), often spelled Zechariah al-Dhahiri () (16th century Yemen), was the son of Saʻīd (Saʻadia) al-Ḍāhirī, from Kawkaban, in the District of al-Mahwit, Yemen, a place north-west of Sana’a. He is recognized as one of the most gifted Yemenite Jewish poets and rabbinic scholars who left Yemen in search of a better livelihood, travelling to Calicut and Cochin in India, Hormuz in Persia, Basra and Irbīl in Babylonia, Bursa and Istanbul in Anatolia, Rome in Italy, Aleppo and Damascus in Syria, Safed and Tiberias, as well as Jerusalem and Hebron in the Land of Israel (then part of Ottoman Syria), Sidon in Ottoman Lebanon and Egypt, and finally unto Abyssinia where he returned to Yemen by crossing the Erythraean Sea and alighting at a port city near Mocha, Yemen. He wrote extensively about his travels and experiences in these places, which he penned in a Hebrew rhymed prose narrative, and eventually publishing them in a book which he called Sefer HaMusar (The Book of Moral Instruction), in circa 1580.

The book is one of the finest examples of Hebrew literary genius ever written in Yemen, its author making use of a poetic genre known as maqāma, a prosimetric literary genre of rhymed prose with intervals of poetry in which rhetorical extravagance is conspicuous, to describe his journeys. The vocalization of HaMusar gives insight unto scholars into Yemenite Hebrew pronunciation. Al-Ḍāhirī, who was clearly very adept in the Hebrew tongue, admitted to having modeled his own poetry – two-hundred and seventy-five of which poems are found in his HaMusar and in his Sefer Haʻanaḳ – on the Hebrew work Taḥkemoni  of Alḥarizi, who, in turn, was influenced by the Arabic maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī. His vivid descriptions of the town Safed and of Rabbi Joseph Karo’s yeshiva are of primary importance to historians, seeing that they are a first-hand account of these places, and the only extant account which describes the yeshiva of the great Sephardic Rabbi, Joseph Karo. With his broad Jewish education and his exceptional skills in his use of the Hebrew language, Zechariah al-Ḍāhirī is an important source in the study of Jewish history in the Land of Israel during the Renaissance and of Jewish persecution in Yemen at that time.

Early life and travels
Little is known of the author's early life, other than the fact that he was an Israelite, descended from the Tribe of Reuben. Al-Ḍāhirī spent at least ten years in his travels away from his native Yemen, where he had left behind a wife and children. He writes of himself that he married a second wife in Cochin (India), being a place of Jewish converts, whom he later divorced because of her old age and lack of upper-teeth. He then travelled to Persia where he took another wife in marriage, which wife bare him twin sons, Joshua and Caleb, but after one year, his young bride died. It was at this time that he decided to leave Persia, leaving his two sons with his brother-in-law, and, presumably, continuing with his travels until eventually he returned home to his family in Yemen. After a stint in Yemen where he and the Jewish community were imprisoned, he eventually returned to visit his sons in Persia, and found them doing well, although his brother-in-law had by that time died.

The author, while writing about his journeys and experiences, cleverly conceals his own identity while narrating his experiences, and describes the experiences of two men in their journey, the two chief protagonists of his travel narrative: Mordechai Haṣidonī and his old crony, Abner ben Ḥeleḳ the Yemenite, which men are, in fact, the author himself. Some scholars had originally thought that the book was largely fictional because of this anomaly. However, modern Israeli scholars now agree that the author was referring to himself in concealed terms (his alter ego), just as he says explicitly about himself in the Introduction to his book, HaMusar. The numerical value of these two names (in Hebrew) is equal to his own real name.  This remarkable literary work interweaves folktales, animal fables, riddles, poems, epistles, and travel accounts with pious admonitions, religious polemics, messianic speculations, and philosophical disquisitions in a most engaging fashion. It is not uncommon for al-Ḍāhirī to repeat episodes of his travel narrative, or some important event which happened to the Jewish community of Yemen, in more than one of the book's forty-five chapters.

Perhaps the book's most important contribution to historians is in al-Ḍāhirī's description of the Jewish communities in Safed and in Tiberius, during the mid-16th century, as well as a description of Jewish persecution in Yemen during the same century, under the Zaydī imamate. Modern archaeologists are grateful to Zechariah al-Ḍāhirī and credit him with giving a precise description of the location of Tiberias in the 16th century, whose city's walls adjoined the Sea of Galilee. Al-Ḍāhirī's description of Tiberius during that period conforms with that of another writer, viz., that of Rabbi Hayyim ben Joseph Vital, who also described the city's walls. Al-Ḍāhirī is accredited with bringing the Shulchan Aruch to Yemen, as well as kabbalistic books, among other works, which he sold in Yemen at their face value. Other books, he recalls, had been lost at sea.

Upon Zechariah al-Ḍāhirī's return to Yemen in 1568, during the Turkish-Yemeni wars, al-Ḍāhirī was imprisoned in Sana’a, along with other principal persons of the Jewish community, for a period of one year in earnest by the lame theocratic ruler, al-Imām al-Mutahhar b. al-Mutawakkil Yaḥya Sharaf ad-Din, who allegedly suspected them of collaborating with the enemy. Al-Ḍāhirī, writing about this experience, says that he saw his own suffering as God's way of punishing him for his having left the Land of Israel and returning to Yemen. It was during this time that he began to write his momentous work, HaMusar –  a record of his travel experiences, at the age of thirty-seven, although it was completed several decades later. Al-Ḍāhirī's travel accounts are styled after the maqāmāt of the famous Spanish schools of poetry, with a rhyming syllabary composed in metered verse, after an exquisite and flowering manner.

After the community's release from prison, the lame king still kept a firm grip upon his Jewish subjects, scattering them in different places throughout the country where they were kept under close-surveillance while working in the many towers built in that country. This close-surveillance continued unabated until the king's death in 1573.   After the king's death, the Jews of Yemen were released from their incarceration by the succeeding ruler, who had borne a grudge against the former king and had destroyed his heirs to the throne. It was during this confinement to the towers (between 1569-1573) that Zechariah al-Ḍāhirī also completed another momentous work, which he composed mainly in the late hours of the night, viz., the book, Ṣeidah la’derekh (Victuals for the Road), being a commentary on the Pentateuch where he interweaves kabbalistic themes and philosophy drawn from the Zohar, Rabbi Saadia Gaon, Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed, Yosef Albo's Sefer Ha`iqarim and Rabbi Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla’s Sha'are Orah. He mentions that during the period of this book's compilation, he and his family were not permitted to leave the tower except with prior consent of his overseers. It was at this time that al-Ḍāhirī made a vow to return to the Holy Land, after he had performed a pending vow. It is uncertain whether or not he ever made the return trip.

Al-Ḍāhirī mentions that the community was visited in 1595 – some twenty-seven years after their imprisonment had begun – by an emissary of the rabbis in the Land of Israel, Rabbi Avraham b. Yiṣḥaq Ashkenazi, who had been sent there with many books and with letters of recommendation to raise money for the poor in the Land of Israel. Al-Ḍāhirī, however, deemed it necessary to explain in a letter addressed to the said emissary that the Jewish people in Yemen were too poor themselves to render any assistance to their brothers in the Land of Israel. Scholars of comparative Arabic-Hebrew literature are quick to point out that these hardships facing the Jewish community in Yemen often gave rise to messianic aspirations in al-Ḍāhirī's rhymed prose.

Spanish Jewry’s influence
Zechariah Ḍāhirī is said to have been instrumental in introducing elements of the Spanish prayer-rite into Yemen, as well as kabbalistic practices.

The early Spanish poets of the Golden Age, Moses ibn Ezra (b. circa 1060), Alḥarizi (1170–1235), Rabbi Abraham ibn Ezra (c. 1089–1167), Solomon ibn Gabirol (c. 1020–1058), Judah Halevi (died 1150), among others, had all left an indelible mark on Zechariah al-Ḍāhirī.  Some of the greatest exponents of Jewish law had also come from Spain, namely, Maimonides and Alfasi. Other proponents of Jewish law from the Spanish Jewish exiles who were expelled from Spain began to make a name for themselves in the Land of Israel where they had come. Neither al-Ḍāhirī, nor the people of Yemen, were  oblivious to this. Al-Ḍāhirī patterns his Sefer Ha`anaḳ (A treatise on Hebrew homonyms) after a work by a similar name written by Moses ibn Ezra. Al-Ḍāhirī's frequent mention of Sephardic prayer rites and customs in his Ṣeidah la’derekh leads one to conclude that al-Ḍāhirī was strongly influenced by the Spanish-rite Siddur (Sephardic Prayer Book), as he brings down portions of its layout in the biblical sections known as Parashat Ṣav and Breishit. So, too, the author shows the influence of kabbalistic practices on his writings, such as where he devotes several chapters to theosophical Kabbalah in his HaMusar, and where he brings down in his Ṣeidah la’derekh an esoteric teaching relating to the blowing of the ram's horn on New Year's Day and which practice is cited in the name of the illustrious Rabbi, Moses Cordovero. In another place, al-Ḍāhirī makes mention of the Sephardic practice where some will refrain from shaving their heads during the Counting of the Omer, while others prohibit the shaving of the head from the beginning of the counting until the thirty-third day of the Counting of the Omer. Here, incidentally, it is alluded that the Yemenite Jewish custom in this regard was different. Even so, al-Ḍāhirī levels harsh words of criticism against Spanish Jewry's lack of poetic style in their daily communications and belles lettres, which, by that time, had mostly been lost by them.

Highlights from journey
Zechariah (Yaḥya) al-Ḍāhirī visited Rabbi Joseph Karo's yeshiva in Safed, in circa 1567 CE (the kabbalistic philosophies of which he describes in Maimonidean, neo-Platonic terms rather than purely mystical, theosophical, or sefirotic), writing of his impressions on this wise:

In Safed, al-Ḍāhirī also met-up with other great rabbis, such as Rabbi Moses Cordovero, the kabbalist, and Rabbi Moses di Trani.

Al-Ḍāhirī's description of the city of Tiberius is on this wise: “…Now, I quickly passed through that land of great drought, until I reached the far end of the Sea, known as Kinneret , and, lo! Tiberius was closed before me! And when I came into her streets and into the pathways of her palaces, I enquired of a young lad, ‘Where are they, the seven principal men of the city?’ He then said to me, ‘They are seated in the synagogue which is by the wall of the [city’s] fortified enclosure, upon the seaboard of the Kinneret, which lies to the east. I then went there in haste, to see whether it be fat or lean, and when I had arrived there I saw distinguished elders, the glory of the Jews; those well-versed in Scripture and in the Mishna, while others of them had knowledge of the Talmud and of sound reason; still others of them knowledgeable in theoretical Kabbalah, and those who know the proper usage of the language. Now, when I took sight of them, a recurring trepidation came over me, for I by their estimation was young of age, and being but a boorish man who had not yet acquired knowledge, while they were all wise. So I sat down toward the end of the familiar synagogue, keeping silent and wondering at what shall be.” The greatest scholar of Tiberius at that time was Rabbi Eliezer ben Yochai, “in whose generation he was of singular character.” Most had gone there from Spain, amongst whom he names as the community's leader, Rabbi Samuel Hacohen, along with Rabbi Yaakov Halevi, a certain Rabbi Avraham, Rabbi Moshe Gedaliah and Rabbi Avraham Gabriel. The Jewish community of Tiberius is said to have been supported around that time by a wealthy Jewish philanthropist from Istanbul, Doña Gracia Mendes of the House of Nasi (d. 1569), but at her death the community lost thereby all means of support and was compelled to ask for Jewish donations abroad.

Author's poetic style
There is to be noted in al-Ḍāhirī's style a marked transition from the early Spanish-type of poetry typical of Yemen prior to his time (depicted in the prosaic writings of Daniel berav Fayyūmī and Avraham b. Ḥalfon, both, of Yemenite Jewish provenance) and the later classical Yemenite poetic writings (as depicted in the liturgical poems composed by Yosef ben Israel and Shalom Shabazi). Unlike the latter who compiled works, both, in Hebrew and in Judeo-Arabic, al-Ḍāhirī's corpus of prosaic writings are written almost exclusively in Hebrew.

Much of al-Ḍāhirī's poetry was inspired by the great Spanish poets, while other works are said to have been inspired by Immanuel of Rome. Some of al-Ḍāhirī's poems are panegyrics influenced by the Arabic madiḥ, in praise of great Jewish scholars, such as Rabbeinu Yerucham (1290-1350), a Provençal rabbi who moved to Spain in 1306, following the expulsion of the Jews from France. Other panegyrics were written about Rabbi Obadiah di Bertinoro (c. 1445-1515) and Maimonides.

Sometimes the poet deviates from what is proper usage for a given noun, verb or adjective and changes the word's suffix in order to bring it into conformity with the rhyme. Most scholars agree that al-Ḍāhirī's greatest achievement is not just in his making use of rhymes, but rather in his ability to interweave biblical verse and rabbinic sayings taken from the Talmud and Midrash within those same strophes, which, by Jewish literary standards, is the true sign of genius.

Literary works
 HaMusar (The author's travel itinerary; beginning of composition in 1568.)
 Ṣeidah la’derekh (Commentary on the Pentateuch)
 Sefer Ha`anaḳ (A treatise on Hebrew homonyms, written in 2148 verses)
 A Commentary on the Laws of Ritual Slaughter (being a commentary of Maimonides’ Hilkoth Sheḥiṭah – the Laws of Ritual Slaughter)
 Me’ah Ḳūloth (still in manuscript form) – a collection of one-hundred leniencies practised by the Jewish community of Sana’a with respect to the lungs of ritually slaughtered animals.
 Liturgical poetry (roughly, ten of which have survived): Includes such works as Ḳiryah Yafefiyah and Adonai mī yağīaʻ ʻad takhlīt ḥokhmathekha, and which are perhaps the most renowned of his liturgical poems.

See also
 Yemenite Jewish poetry

References

Further reading
 Kiddush on the Night of Sabbath, by Rabbi Zechariah al-Dhahiri (סדר קידוש לילי שבת לרבי זכריה אלצ'אהרי), Yosef Tobi, in: Afiqim: Journal of Spiritual Awakening and Culture (October 1978), Tel-Aviv; pp. 10–11 (Hebrew)

External links
 Travelers who visited the Land of Israel - from the Middle-Ages to our present age (Hebrew) ; pp. 196–221 (pp. 195–ff. in PDF)
 Hashirah Le’Tiveriah Hama’atirah: Archaeologist Yosef  Stefansky, historical documents on Tiberius in the 16th century
 "Of a Pietist Gone Bad and Des(s)erts Not Had: The Fourteenth of Zechariah Aldahiri's Sefer hamusar

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title: 2014 in Thailand

text:
The year 2014 was the 233rd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 69th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2557 in the Buddhist Era. Significant events include the continuing political crisis which led to a coup d'état on 22 May.

Incumbents
King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
Crown Prince: Vajiralongkorn
Prime Minister:
 until 7 May: Yingluck Shinawatra
 7 May-22 May: Niwatthamrong Boonsongpaisan (acting)
 22 May-24 August: National Council for Peace and Order (junta)
 starting 24 August: Prayut Chan-o-cha
Supreme Patriarch: (vacant)

Events

January
 January 15 - A Thailand-based women's rights group accuses Myanmar of using rape as a weapon of war.
 January 17 - An explosion rocks the protests in Bangkok resulting in dozens of injuries.
 January 19 - A blast at an anti-government protest at Victory Monument in Bangkok injures 28 protesters, seven of them seriously.
 January 21 - The Government of Thailand declares 60-day state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding provinces from tomorrow as anti-government protests continue.
 January 22 - Kwanchai Praipana, a leader of the pro-government United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship, is shot in the city of Udon Thani as protesters gather in Bangkok despite the declaration of a state of emergency.
 January 28 - Thai protesters surround the venue of a cabinet meeting in Bangkok.
 January 30 - The Thai Army announces plans to deploy more troops in the streets of Bangkok ahead of Sunday's general election.

February
 February 2 - Voters go to the polls with concerns about violence between supporters of rival parties.
 February 14 - The government of Thailand deploys thousands of riot police to reclaim areas of Bangkok currently occupied by protesters.
 February 18 - Protesters and police clash after a crackdown ordered by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra with one policeman shot dead and dozens wounded.
 February 23 - At least two people have been killed and 41 injured in an attack on an opposition rally in the Khao Saming District in Trat Province.
 February 24 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says she will not resign.
 February 27 - The National Anti-Corruption Commission summon the Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra to face charges of allegedly mishandling a rice subsidy program as her supporters block access to the building.
 February 28 - At least fifteen children are killed in a school bus crash in the Prachinburi Province.

March
 March 2 - Voters go to the polls for a rerun of a general election hoped to end the current political crisis.
 March 21 - The Constitutional Court of Thailand invalidates the general election held on February 2, on the grounds that voting was not held on the same day throughout the country.
 March 25 - A bus in Tak Province, plunges into a ravine, killing 30 people and injuring 22.

April
 April 8 - The southern town of Yala is hit by a series of explosions that have killed one and injured others.
 April 13 - Songkran (Thailand) was celebrated.

May
 May 5 - The Mae Lao earthquake occurred.
 May 7 - The Constitutional Court of Thailand finds that Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra is guilty of abuse of power when she transferred the National Security Council chief in 2011 and that she cannot remain in office.
 May 8 - Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission refers former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to face impeachment charges in the Senate over a failed rice subsidy scheme.
 May 15 - Two people are killed and 21 wounded in an attack on an anti-government protest in Bangkok.
 May 17 - Miss Universe Thailand 2014 took place Weluree Ditsayabu was the winner.
 May 20 - The Royal Thai Army declares martial law after six months of political unrest.
 May 22 - 2014 Thai coup d'état took place. The Royal Thai Armed Forces launched a coup d'état against the Yingluck cabinet of Thailand. Prayuth Chan-ocha became the Prime Minister that day.
 May 23 - Royal Thai Army chief and coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha detains former Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra after summoning her for talks a day after the coup.
 May 24 - 2014 Thai coup d'état
 The Thai military arrests 35 more individuals, including prominent academics.
 The military leaders announce the dissolution of the Thai Senate.
 May 26 - Coup leader Prayuth Chan-ocha claims to have the confidence of King of Thailand Bhumibol Adulyadej.

June
 June 1 - The Royal Thai Armed Forces deploy against major protests planned for today but a small protest goes ahead outside a shopping mall in central Bangkok.
 June 17 - Emergency rule in the southern Thai provinces of Pattani, Yala and Narithiwat is extended for another three months.
 June 30 - A group of gunmen open fire at a mosque in the Panare District in Pattani province, resulting in at least one death.

July
 July 17 - The Thai military junta gives permission for former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to travel abroad for the first time since the coup.

August
 August 21 - The National Assembly of Thailand elects coup leader General Prayuth Chan-ocha as Prime Minister of Thailand.

Births

Deaths

See also
 2013–14 Thai political crisis
 2014 Thai Premier League
 2014 Thai Division 1 League
 2014 AFC U-16 Championship
 Thailand at the 2014 Winter Olympics
 Thailand at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
 2014 in Thai television
 List of Thai films of 2014

References

External links
Year 2014 Calendar - Thailand

Years of the 21st century in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
2010s in Thailand


title: Dorsey Road

text:
Dorsey Road may refer to:

 Maryland Route 103
 Dorsey Road Warehouse, a U.S. National Security Agency facility located on Dorsey Road in Hanover, Maryland


title: 2014–15 PGA Tour

text:
The 2014–15 PGA Tour was the 100th season of the PGA Tour, and the 48th since separating from the PGA of America. It was also the ninth edition of the FedEx Cup.

Changes for 2014–15
One new event was added (Barbasol Championship) and the Sanderson Farms Championship made a return.
Winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament were for the first time given three-year exemptions and invitations to the next three Players Championships.
For the first time, the conditional status category (126th to 150th in the FedEx Cup) was regularly reshuffled, like the Web.com Tour graduate and past champion categories.

The McGladrey Classic was moved up two weeks from 2014. The CIMB Classic and WGC-HSBC Champions have each been moved back one week from 2014. The Sanderson Farms Championship became an alternate event to the WGC-HSBC Champions, instead of being an alternate to The Open Championship as in years previous. The new Barbasol Championship was an alternate event to The Open Championship. It also marked the first time the PGA Tour hosted an event in Alabama in 25 years, when the state hosted the 1990 PGA Championship. The WGC-Cadillac Match Play was moved back two and a half months to May, and relocated back to California, its primary home from 1999 to 2006.

Schedule
The following table lists official events during the 2014–15 season.

Unofficial events
The following events were sanctioned by the PGA Tour, but did not carry FedEx Cup points or official money, nor were wins official.

Location of tournaments

FedEx Cup

Final standings
For full rankings, see 2015 FedEx Cup Playoffs.

Final top 10 players in the FedEx Cup:

Money list
The money list was based on prize money won during the season, calculated in U.S. dollars.

Awards

See also
2014 in golf
2015 in golf
2015 Champions Tour
2015 Web.com Tour

Notes

References

External links

PGA Tour seasons
PGA Tour
PGA Tour
PGA Tour
PGA Tour


The 2014–15 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball team represented Duquesne University during the 2014–15 college basketball season. Dan Burt resumed the responsibility as head coach for a 2nd consecutive season. The Dukes are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the A. J. Palumbo Center. They finished the season 23–11, 12–4 in A-10 play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the A-10 women's tournament where they lost to Dayton. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Youngstown State in the first round, Richmond in the second round before losing to West Virginia in the third round.

2014–15 media

Duquesne Dukes Sports Network
All Duquesne Dukes home games and select road games will be broadcast by Red Zone Media with Alex Panormios and Tad Maurey providing the call. Road games not done by Red Zone Media can usually be heard on the home teams radio feed. Most home games will also be featured on the A-10 Digital Network. Select games will be televised.

2014–15 Roster

Schedule

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Rankings
2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

See also
 2014–15 Duquesne Dukes men's basketball team
 Duquesne Dukes women's basketball

References

Duquesne Dukes women's basketball seasons
Duquesne
2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament participants
Duquesne Dukes women's basketball
Duquesne Dukes women's basketball


title: Morpheis clenchi

text:
Morpheis clenchi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Donahue in 1980. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona. It is also present in northern Mexico.

Adults have been recorded on wing in July.

Etymology
The species is named in honour of Harry K. Clench.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1980


title: Morpheis cognata

text:
Morpheis cognata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Mexico and Honduras.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1856


title: Morpheis comisteon

text:
Morpheis comisteon is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1911. It is found in Costa Rica.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1911


title: Morpheis discreta

text:
Morpheis discreta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1937. It is found in Brazil.

References

Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1937


title: Morpheis impedita

text:
Morpheis impedita is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1860. It is found in South America.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1860


title: Murder of Linda Andersen

text:
Linda Andersen (died January 18, 2003) was the victim of premeditated murder by her two teenage daughters on January 18, 2003, in Mississauga, Ontario. Since both daughters were under the age of 18 at the time of the murder, their identities are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, a Canadian law. The names Linda Andersen, as well as sisters Sandra and Elizabeth (Beth) Andersen, are aliases created by journalist Bob Mitchell, in an effort to protect the girl's identities in the book he wrote about their mother's murder. The book is The Class Project: How to Kill a Mother: The True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls. The sisters are also commonly referred to as the "Bathtub Girls" due to them drowning their mother in a bathtub.

The girls planned the murder with a few of their schoolmates, with the intention of making it look like an accident. On January 18, 2003, Linda Andersen drank as usual, but the daughters plied Tylenol 3 pills in her drinks, to slow her heart rate. When she got into the bathtub, one of the sisters held her head underwater until she stopped convulsing and twitching. They crafted an alibi that they were out with friends at a restaurant while their mom was at home preparing her bath. They called 9-1-1 when they got home at 10:30 p.m. and said that their mother had died in their absence. For almost a year, the death was considered accidental drowning secondary to alcohol intoxication. Andersen's three children received a total of around $200,000 in insurance money due to their mother's death.

Eleven months after the murder, a young male came forward to the police, informing them that one of the sisters said that the girls drowned their mother. Thus, an investigation began that included testimony gained when the young man was wired for audio and video, assessment of text messages and internet searches on a computer they owned, and interviews of their friends. Sandra and Beth were arrested on January 21, 2004. In late 2005, they went to trial and were convicted of first degree murder. In June 2006, they were sentenced to ten years, six years of incarceration and four years of community supervision, the maximum sentence for juveniles under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

Background
Linda Andersen gave birth to three children in Mississauga, Ontario. Since both daughters were under the age of 18 at the time of the murder, the identities of the victim, her daughters and son are protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The names Linda, Sandra, Elizabeth (Beth) and Bobby Andersen are aliases created by journalist Bob Mitchell for the victim, her oldest daughter, her other daughter, and her son. Her husband abandoned his family and Andersen supported the children as a single mother. She suffered from depression and a dependency on alcohol.

Andersen was married to a man who was convicted of drunk driving and in 2001 he was convicted of domestic abuse. After her second husband left, Andersen's drinking worsened and the girls took on more household responsibilities.

By 2002, her two teenage daughters resented the amount of money that their mother spent on alcohol and wished that they had some of the things that their friends had like "swimming pools and clothes", which they thought would make them more popular. Sandra described surviving childhood sexual abuse, which went unreported by a priest whom she confided in. She also said that her mother drove drunk and did not provide basic necessities for the family. Sandra said that she tried and failed to report the abuse to Children's Aid Society.

Because of their discontent, the sisters began to search on the Internet for ways to kill their mother. The teenagers believed that by killing their mother, they would be entitled to insurance money of $133,000. This compensation, the sisters resolved, would be spent on a trip with their friends to Europe and to purchase a house. The sisters decided to drown their mother because they believed it would be "fast and unspectacular". After formulating a murder plan, they informed three of their friends, who all encouraged the sisters. The friends remained steadfast in their support of the sisters and did not alert their parents, the police, or other authority figures about the crime.

Andersen, 43 or 44 years old at the time of her murder, was an Xray technologist who was unemployed by the time of her murder.

Murder
During lunch time on January 18, 2003, the sisters began giving their mother liquor in order to get her drunk. Their plan was to make Andersen fully inebriated so that she could not resist their attack. They also gave their mother six Tylenol 3 tablets (containing codeine) to slow down her heart.

The murder was intended to look like an accident.

Sandra and Beth filled the family bathtub with water and took Andersen to the bathroom. Andersen had difficulty getting into the bathtub, because of the mixture of vodka and pills she had been given. After putting gloves on, Sandra and Beth gave their mother a massage. Within minutes, according to police reports, Sandra instructed her mother to lie on her stomach so that she could scrub her back. Sandra instantly pushed her mother's head down and did not let go. After four minutes, Sandra released her mother's head and found Andersen to be dead. After having killed their mother, Sandra and Beth went with their friends to a nearby restaurant where they celebrated their victory and to create an alibi. When they met up with their friends, about 6:51 p.m., the girls communicated that they had killed their mother.

The girls returned to their home about 10:30 p.m. and called 9-1-1. They said that they left the house about 6:00 p.m., when their mother was drunk and about to take a bath.

The cause of death was determined to be accidental drowning secondary to alcohol intoxication. Analysis of the deceased's bodily fluids disclosed very high levels of alcohol (around 400 mgs%) and drugs, including codeine and acetaminophen. Dr. Robert Langville, a forensic toxicologist, testified that Anderson had five times the legal blood-alcohol level for driving in her system and three times the safe level of codeine in her blood when she died.

The girls lived with an aunt and their three-year-old brother lived with other family members. Manulife, an insurance company, paid out $67,000 to their brother and $133,674.90 to the two girls.

About eleven months after Andersen's death, one of the girls told a male friend that she and her sister committed their mother's drowning. He went to the police and told them that one of the defendants had confessed to him at a party that she and her sister had killed their mother. Following his report a car was provided to the young male friend, who was wired for audio and video by the police. He talked with the girls about the details of their murder of their mother over a one month period.

Arrest and trial
The defendants, who came to be known as the "bathtub girls", were arrested on January 21, 2004 and initially placed in separate youth correctional centers. They were later placed under house arrest. Both sisters made taped confessions of the crime, which were used as evidence in the trial. A computer was seized from the girl's residence and chat messages were found regarding the preparations, plans, and enactment of the murder. There were also searches for information about the effects of mixing alcohol and Tylenol-3 prior to the murder.

Sandra and Beth were tried beginning in November 2005 and found guilty of first degree murder. In June 2006, they were sentenced to 10 years in prison for first degree murder, the maximum youth sentence.  The 10 years consisted of six years in custody and four years under community supervision. If they had been tried as adults, they would have received life sentences. Although tried as youths, they were incarcerated in prisons for women. While the sisters were incarcerated they were unable to communicate with one another.

In his decision about the case, Justice Bruce Duncan stated that the girls grew up in a poor, depressing and degrading home atmosphere, even though their mother earned a good income. They were not able to empathize that their mother was absent a lot because she worked double shifts, was often exhausted, and drank to self-medicate.

Justice Bruce Duncan said in the conclusion of his decision:

The two defendants set out to commit the perfect crime but instead they created the perfect prosecution. The case against them is overwhelming. It is probably the strongest case I have ever seen in over thirty years of prosecuting, defending and judging criminal cases.

The Crown sought to collect the insurance money paid out to the girls, since they received money for having committed a crime. Only $48,487.04 remained in 2006. Whatever was recovered would be paid out to their brother.

A young man, Beth's boyfriend, was convicted for conspiring to murder her mother and covering up the crime, based upon chat logs between him and the sisters. He also provided about five Tylenol-3 pills for the murder. Found guilty in December 2006, he was originally sentenced to 18 months, but ultimately received eight months in prison followed by four months under supervision.

Aftermath
By receiving youth sentences, the goal is for children to be rehabilitated and have a chance at a normal life. The older sister, Sandra, was released to a halfway house in 2009, while the younger sister, Beth, was released a year later.

By 2020, it was reported that Sandra graduated from university and became a scientist, while Beth was married, became a mother, and graduated from law school. To pass the bar in Ontario, individuals are required to "be of good character". They are also required to report all criminal proceedings to the Law Society of Ontario, which could result in a hearing to determine if they meet ethical and professional standards. Liam O’Connor, a criminal defense lawyer, said in 2018 that he "might give a youthful killer a second chance" to become a lawyer, but not an adult murderer.

Popular culture
In 2008, journalist Bob Mitchell wrote the book The Class Project: How to Kill a MotherThe True Story of Canada's Infamous Bathtub Girls.

Linda Andersen's murder case was broadcast on the Australian television series Deadly Women in 2010. A documentary of the murder was shown on the Dark Waters of Crime series on Viva Channel.

In 2014, the crime drama film Perfect Sisters, was based on the murder of Linda Andersen. In 2015, it was released in the UK under the name, "Deadly Sisters".

See also
Crime in Canada
List of drowning victims
Matricide

Notes

References

2003 murders in Canada
2003 in Ontario
January 2003 crimes
January 2003 events in Canada
History of Mississauga
Matricides
History of Brampton
Deaths by drowning
Deaths by person in Canada
Female murder victims


title: Morpheis lelex

text:
Morpheis lelex is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1891. It is found in Venezuela.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1891


title: Morpheis mathani

text:
Morpheis mathani is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Schaus in 1901. It is found from Mexico to Brazil and Peru.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1901


title: Elephant meat

text:
Elephant meat is the flesh and other edible parts of elephants.

History
Elephant meat has likely been a source of food for humans during the entire time of the species' coexistence. By the beginning of the Middle Palaeolithic, around 120,000 BCE, African societies were hunter-gatherers proficient in exploiting herds of elephants for their meat.

A specimen of the now-extinct straight-tusked elephant was discovered in the Ebbsfleet Valley, near Swanscombe. The 400,000-year-old skeleton was found with flint tools scattered around, suggesting the elephant had been cut up by a tribe of the early humans existing at the time, known as Homo heidelbergensis.

Modern times
Today, all species of elephant are hunted specifically for their meat. This occurs notably in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. During ivory hunts by poachers, meat may be taken as a by-product for eventual sale, or to feed the hunting party. , wildlife experts expressed concerns that the major threat to elephants may become the demand for meat rather than the ivory trade. Organisations such as the WWF and TRAFFIC are campaigning to reduce consumption levels as this, along with the ivory trade, leads to as many as 55 individuals being killed a day.

Consumption during the Zambezi expedition
Scottish explorer David Livingstone describes how he ate an elephant during the Zambezi expedition in a 1861 letter to Lord Palmerston. He wrote "when we killed an elephant for food, the rest of the herd stood a mile off for two days."

Consumption during the 1870 Siege of Paris

During the Siege of Paris in 1870, elephant meat was consumed, due to a severe shortage of food. Along with other animals at the zoo Jardin des Plantes in Paris, both Castor and Pollux were killed and eaten. Contemporary accounts indicate that elephant meat did not appeal to Parisian diners.

Demand

An investigation into the elephant meat trade revealed that in four central African countries, the demand for the meat is higher than the supply. In cities, the meat is considered to be prestigious, and as such, costs more to buy than most other meats. This acts as an incentive for poachers to hunt elephants for their meat as well as their tusks. Another incentive comes from "commanditaires". These are individuals with wealth, usually people with influence in the military, government, or the business world, and are known to fund elephant hunts. They provide money, equipment, and also weapons. Their main objective is to receive ivory in return, which they sell.

Those working in logging camps provide local demand for elephant meat. Construction of the associated logging roads eases access from areas that were once remote, to sites where the meat can be sold.

Forest elephants in Africa are normally around . While the ivory may be sold for around $180 (in 2007), a poacher could sell the meat (approximately ) for up to $6,000. During this time, Africans living in the Congo Basin were earning an average of around $1 per day.

In 2007, elephant meat was selling in Bangui (Central African Republic) markets at . This was at the same time that ivory could be sold by poachers for . The meat was being transported and sold over the border of the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Despite being illegal according to international law, both governments collected taxes for the transactions.

In 2012, wildlife officials in Thailand expressed the concern that a new taste for elephant meat consumption could pose a risk to their survival. They were alerted to the problem upon discovering that two elephants in a national park were slaughtered. The director-general of the wildlife agency in Thailand stated that some of the meat was eaten raw.

Preservation
The meat may be charred on the outside and smoked at the site where the elephant is killed, to preserve it during transportation to populated areas for sale.

Statistics
Utilization of the meat and earnings estimates in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo were compiled as follows by Daniel Stiles in his 2011 Elephant Meat Trade in Central Africa: Summary report:

Utilization
Utilization of the meat of recalled elephant that were killed:

Potential earnings
Potential earnings estimates from elephant meat (smoked) that was reported as sold:

* 60% of the carcass; see Utilization table above, column "Smoked meat sold"
Ranges begin at zero because not all elephant hunters take the meat; however, in the Republic of Congo sample, all of the reported kills resulted in at least some meat being taken.

Cultural and religious practices
Assamese scriptures prescribe various meats, including that of the elephant, to recover from illness and to stay in good health.
Buddhist monks, however, are forbidden from eating elephant meat. Hindus also strictly avoid any contact with elephant meat due to the importance of the god Ganesha who is widely worshiped by Hindus.

Elephant meat is also forbidden by Jewish dietary laws because they do not have cloven hooves and they are not ruminants. Some scholars of Islamic dietary laws have ruled that it is forbidden for Muslims to eat elephant because elephants fall under the prohibited category of fanged or predatory animals.

References

External links
 Stiles, D. (2011). Elephant Meat Trade in Central Africa: Summary report . (PDF). Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. 103pp.
 African Elephants and the Bushmeat Trade (PDF), May 2002, Bushmeat Crisis Task Force (BCTF)

Meat by animal
Elephants
Elephant hunting


title: Morpheis melanoleuca

text:
Morpheis melanoleuca is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. It is found in Argentina.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1878


title: Morpheis pyracmon

text:
Morpheis pyracmon, the fissured bark, is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780. It is found in Suriname, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru. The habitat consists of cloudforests, where it is found at altitudes between 400 and 1,200 meters.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1780


title: Morpheis strigillata

text:
Morpheis strigillata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Felder in 1874. It is found in Argentina.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1874


title: Morpheis votani

text:
Morpheis votani is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Schaus in 1934. It is found in Argentina.

References

External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1934


title: Morpheis xylotribus

text:
Morpheis xylotribus is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1853. It is found in Brazil.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1853


title: Neurozerra conferta

text:
Neurozerra conferta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1856. It is found in Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, Vietnam, Thailand, Bangladesh and on the Andaman Islands.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1856


title: Neurozerra flavicera

text:
Neurozerra flavicera is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Hua, Chou, Fang and Chen in 1990. It is found in China (Guangdong).

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1990


title: Neurozerra roricyanea

text:
Neurozerra roricyanea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in Malaysia and New Guinea.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1862


title: Orientozeuzera brechlini

text:
Orientozeuzera brechlini is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in China (north-western Yunnan).

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Orientozeuzera halmahera

text:
Orientozeuzera halmahera is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found on the Moluccas.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Orientozeuzera meyi

text:
Orientozeuzera meyi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in the Philippines (Leyte).

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Orientozeuzera roepkei

text:
Orientozeuzera roepkei is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in Taiwan and Japan.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Orientozeuzera shiva

text:
Orientozeuzera shiva is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in Nepal.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Orientozeuzera sympatrica

text:
Orientozeuzera sympatrica is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in southern Myanmar.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Orientozeuzera aeglospila

text:
Orientozeuzera aeglospila is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Turner in 1915. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland.

The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adults are white with black spots on the thorax. There is a dorsal line of black marks along the abdomen. There are several grey spots on the forewings. The hindwings have black markings around the margins.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1915


title: Orientozeuzera caudata

text:
Orientozeuzera caudata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1916. It is found in New Guinea. There are also records for Japan, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Solomon Islands, but these refer to Orientozeuzera rhabdota. The habitat consists of lowland areas.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1916


title: Orientozeuzera celebensis

text:
Orientozeuzera celebensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Roepke in 1957. It is found on Sulawesi.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1957


title: Orientozeuzera postexcisa

text:
Orientozeuzera postexcisa is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1893. It is found in Sri Lanka and possibly southern India.

Description
Hindwings with the outer margin deeply excised near the anal angle. In the male, the head, thorax and abdomen are white. Collar with paired blue-black marks. Tegulae with a blue-black spot. All three segments of the thorax are with paired blue-black blotches, where the meta-thorax has an additional spot on the vertex. The abdomen has blue-black marks at sides and on vertex. Forewings are white with numerous small round blue-black spots. The cell with few spots and those beyond it is obsolescent. The marginal series is prominent. Hindwings are also white with some small obsolescent spots beyond the cell and some prominent blue-black spots on the outer margin, those at the excision conjoined into a prominent band.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1893


title: Orientozeuzera quieta

text:
Orientozeuzera quieta is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Turner in 1932. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from Queensland and north-west Australia.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1932


title: Polyphagozerra reticulata

text:
Polyphagozerra reticulata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1916. It is found on New Guinea and the Moluccas.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1916


title: Pseudozeuzera biatra

text:
Pseudozeuzera biatra is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1910. It is found in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1910


title: Pseudozeuzera stenlii

text:
Pseudozeuzera stenlii is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2009. It is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2009


title: Psychonoctua albogrisea

text:
Psychonoctua albogrisea is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1916. It is found in Guyana.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1916


title: Psychonoctua masoni

text:
Psychonoctua masoni is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1892. It is found in Mexico and southern Texas.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1892


title: Greater Portmore High School

text:
Greater Portmore High School (G.P.H.S) is a government high school located in Portmore, Saint Catherine, Jamaica  and founded in 1995. The school excels in rugby as four-time champions of SBR (School Boy Rugby) as well as Altogether Sing.

Notable alumni
 I Wayne, reggae singer
 Leford Green, Olympian Errol Stevens, Jermaul Adair, Tyrone Lewis, Hurvin Clarke, Monique Davis, Mark Wint

References

External links
Greater Portmore High School at Jamaica Yellow Pages

Buildings and structures in Saint Catherine Parish
Educational institutions established in 1995
High schools in Jamaica
1995 establishments in Jamaica


title: Psychonoctua nullifer

text:
Psychonoctua nullifer is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1914. It is found in Panama. It was described from Tobago Island.

References

Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1914


title: Psychonoctua personalis

text:
Psychonoctua personalis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1865. It is found on Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico.

Subspecies
Psychonoctua personalis personalis
Psychonoctua personalis jamaicensis (Schaus, 1901) (Jamaica)
Psychonoctua personalis lillianae Lindsey, 1926 (Antigua)
Psychonoctua personalis muricolora (Dyar, 1937) (Puerto Rico)

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1865


title: UCCI

text:
UCCI may refer to:

 Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities, a non-governmental organization of 29 cities
 United Concordia Companies, Inc., a U.S. dental insurance company
 Universidad Continental de Ciencias e Ingeniería, a Peruvian university in Huancayo, Junín Region
 University College of the Cayman Islands, a tertiary educational institution
 Upstream capital costs index, a proprietary index of the rate of inflation in oil and gas projects
 Toni Ucci (1922–2014), Italian actor and comedian


title: Here Then

text:
Here Then (此处与彼处) is a 2012 Chinese film directed by Mao Mao (director) (茅毛). In Chinese the film's name is the same as Ici et Ailleurs. The film showed at the Edinburgh Film Festival.

The film stars Huangtang Yijia (黄唐一佳), Zhao Wei, Tian Qingyu (田青玉), Yue Ding (岳鼎), Wang Yizheng, Li Ziqian, Li Wensi, Cai Jiqiu, Yan Jianguo, Zhou Li.

References

External links

2012 films
Chinese drama films


title: Rapdalus kapuri

text:
Rapdalus kapuri is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by G. S. Arora in 1976. It is found in India's Anadaman Islands.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1976


title: Rapdalus pardicolor

text:
Rapdalus pardicolor is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found in Taiwan, India, Thailand and Laos.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1879
Moths of Asia
Moths of Taiwan


title: Paul Apted

text:
Paul Apted (9 February 1967 – 4 July 2014) was a British sound editor who worked on Alice in Wonderland (2010), The Wolverine (2013), The Book Thief (also 2013) and The Fault in Our Stars (2014).

The son of director Michael Apted and his first wife Jo Apted, he collaborated with his father on the films Nell (1994), Extreme Measures (1996) and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).

Apted died in Los Angeles on 4 July 2014 from colon cancer, aged 47.

He was survived by his wife Gemma Richardson, their daughter Rose, his son Thomas, mother Jo; father Michael, and siblings Jim, John and Lily.

References

External links

1967 births
2014 deaths
Deaths from colorectal cancer
British film editors
Deaths from cancer in California
American film editors


title: Rugigegat nigra

text:
Rugigegat nigra is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1877. It is found in Sri Lanka.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1877


title: Rugigegat radzha

text:
Rugigegat radzha is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2009. It is found in southern India.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2009


title: Tarsozeuzera fuscipars

text:
Tarsozeuzera fuscipars is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1892. It is found in southern India, Malaysia, Borneo, Vietnam, Thailand and Yunnan, China.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1892


title: Foreign Legal Consultant

text:
Foreign Legal Consultants (Korean: 외국법자문사; Japanese,Chinese: 外国法事務弁護士) are lawyers from foreign countries licensed to practice law in South Korea.

Qualification
Before becoming a Foreign Legal Consultant, a lawyer must:

 be admitted to the bar in a foreign jurisdiction,
 have at least three years of experience practicing law in that jurisdiction (one year of which may be spent working in South Korea), and
 show that reciprocity exists with their home jurisdiction, i.e. that a Japanese attorney could become similarly qualified to practice there (this condition is waived for lawyers admitted in WTO member states).

Footnotes

See also
 Attorney at foreign law

Legal professions
Law of South Korea


title: Tarsozeuzera kochi

text:
Tarsozeuzera kochi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Georg Semper in 1896–1902. It is found in the Philippines.

References

Zeuzerinae


title: Tarsozeuzera miklukhomaklayi

text:
Tarsozeuzera miklukhomaklayi is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in New Guinea.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Tarsozeuzera ustjuzhanini

text:
Tarsozeuzera ustjuzhanini is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found in South Africa.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Zeuzera biebingeri

text:
Zeuzera biebingeri is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Speidel and Speidel in 1986. It is found on Crete.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1986


title: Zeuzera lineata

text:
Zeuzera lineata is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Max Gaede in 1933. It is found in Malaysia, Vietnam and on Sumatra.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1933
Taxa named by Max Gaede


title: Fausto Reinaga

text:
Fausto Reinaga (Colquechaca, March 27, 1906 − August 19, 1994) was a Bolivian indigenous writer and intellectual.

Biography
Fausto Reinaga was born José Félix Reinaga in the village of Macha, in the Colquechaca Municipality of Bolivia. His parents were Jenaro Reinaga and Alejandra Chavarria (great-great-granddaughter of the indigenous leader Tomás Katari). Both of his parents had participated in the uprising of Zarate Willka in 1898.

Part of his family did housework for the managers of the U.S. mining company Patiño Mines. Reinaga learned to read at the age of 16.

Out of four siblings, he was the only child to survive. His two older sisters were raped and murdered as children by white Bolivian landholders, while his younger brother Alberto died in the military service. The council of elders sent him to study in the city of Oruro to prepare him to lead his people. In accordance with his noble heritage, they gave him the indigenous name Ruphaj Katari. As a writer, Reinaga chose the pseudonym of Fausto Reinaga to express his admiration for Goethe's Faust.

In 1957, the Communist Party of Bolivia sent Reinaga to Leipzig (in East Germany) to take part in a congress of Communist trade unions. From there he went on to visit the Soviet Union. After his return, he attended a Communist conference held in Montevideo (Uruguay), where he was arrested. His book The Messianic Feeling of the Russian People was confiscated. The Communists did not help him, and he had to be repatriated by the Bolivian Embassy in Montevideo. He then entered into a crisis of conscience and distanced himself from the Communist Party of Bolivia. He traveled to Machu Picchu, which had been the capital of the Inca Empire, where he realized the power of his ancestors. Until then, Reinaga had been an ardent supporter of Marxism:

Reinaga became the pioneer of Bolivian indigenism. On November 15, 1962, he founded the PIAK party (Party of Aymara and Keswa Indians), which was later known as PIB (Bolivian Indian Party).

In his later works, "The Indian Revolution" (1970), "Indian Thesis" (1971), "Amautic Thought" (1978), "Man" (1981), and in his last work, "Indian Thought" (1991), he argued for the superiority of the ideology and philosophy of the indigenous people over Western thought.

Fausto Reinaga had three sons, including Ramiro Reynaga Burgoa.

Works
Fausto Reinaga published more than 30 books: His most important work is La Revolucion India (The Indian Revolution).

His works were republished by his niece Hilda.

Notes

External links
 FaustoReinaga.org (official site).

Bolivian male writers
Former Marxists
Critics of Christianity
People from Chayanta Province
1906 births
1994 deaths
Anti-Christian sentiment in South America


title: Zeuzera nepalense

text:
Zeuzera nepalense is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1962. It is found in Nepal.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1962


title: Plainview, Wharton County, Texas

text:
Plainview is a ghost town in southwest Wharton County in the U.S. state of Texas. It was located at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 441  (FM 441) and Farm to Market Road 1163 (FM 1163), southwest of El Campo. The community had its own school from as early as 1916 until 1948. The town hall building still existed in 2014 but there were only a few homes nearby.

Geography
Plainview was situated at the intersection of FM 441 and FM 1163. Approaching the junction from the south, FM 441 curves to the west and FM 1163 curves to the east, while County Road 309 continues north. Louise can be reached by going west via County Road 312, Hillje is to the north on FM 441 and El Campo is to the northeast on FM 1163.

History
There is a published photo of Plainview School #20 taken by County School Superintendent Oswald Garrett in 1916. The school required four mule-drawn wagons at a cost of $100 per month in order to haul the students to class. Altogether, the Plainview school district covered 40 sections. By 1926 there were four teachers, 130 white and four black students. In 1948, the school was merged into what is now the Louise Independent School District. In 1989 the old meeting hall was located at the townsite and it was still there in 2014.

References

Ghost towns in South Texas


title: Zeuzera nuristanensis

text:
Zeuzera nuristanensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1964. It is found in Afghanistan and southern Pakistan.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1964


title: Zeuzera qinensis

text:
Zeuzera qinensis is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Hua, Chou, Fang and Chen in 1990. It is found in China (Shaanxi).

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1990


title: Zeuzera yuennani

text:
Zeuzera yuennani is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Franz Daniel in 1940. It is found in China (Yunnan) and southern Vietnam.

References

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1940


title: 1970 in Taiwan

text:
Events from the year 1970 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 59 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents
 President – Chiang Kai-shek
 Vice President – Yen Chia-kan
 Premier – Yen Chia-kan
 Vice Premier – Chiang Ching-kuo

Events

February
 1 February – The establishment of Institute of Economics of the Academia Sinica.
 8 February – The  begins.

July
 1 July – The establishment of Taiwan External Trade Development Council.

Births
 4 February – Sean Lien, candidate of Mayor of Taipei City for the 2014 municipal election
 23 April – Wu Yi-chen, member of Legislative Yuan (2012-2016)
 28 May – Chang Hsiu-ching, singer
 29 June – Chang Ting, actress
 30 June – Chen Jiunn-ming, football player and manager
 5 September – Wu Pao-chun, baker
 17 September – Isabelle Cheng, spy
 24 October – Ying Wei-min, actor and singer
 27 October – Tarcy Su, singer and actress

Deaths
 23 March – Kao Ping-tse, 82, astronomer.

References

Years of the 20th century in Taiwan


title: Per Michael Johansen

text:
Per Michael Johansen (born 1960) is a Danish engineer and physicist and the current rector of Aalborg University (AAU).

Early life

Johansen was born in 1960 in the small holiday and fishing village Agger in the Thy district, which is located in the northwestern part of Jutland in Denmark. He graduated from high school in Thisted in 1980. He subsequently studied Technical Physics (Engineering) at Aalborg University and holds a master's degree within this particular field which he was awarded in 1986. In addition to his master's degree he also holds a PhD (awarded in 1989) and a title of Doctor of Science in physics (awarded in 2001).

Academic career

After graduating his PhD, Johansen first worked at Aalborg University (AAU) for a short period at the Department of Physics. Later, he was employed as a researcher at Risø DTU National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy for a number of years. In 2005, he became Director of Svendborg International Maritime Academy. After his job as director, he became the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Southern Denmark for seven years. In 2014, he took over the title and job as rector at Aalborg University (AAU) from his predecessor Finn Kjærsdam.

References

Living people
Academic staff of Aalborg University
1960 births
Aalborg University alumni
Academic staff of the University of Southern Denmark


title: Chalcidica maculescens

text:
Chalcidica maculescens is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Yakovlev in 2011. It is found on the Moluccas, where it has been recorded from the Wetar Islands.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 2011


title: Chalcidica pallescens

text:
Chalcidica pallescens is a moth in the family Cossidae. It was described by Roepke in 1955. It is found in New Guinea and on the Solomon Islands.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog

Zeuzerinae
Moths described in 1955


title: Aedoeus anjouanensis

text:
Aedoeus anjouanensis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Quentin and Villiers in 1979.

References

Dorcasominae
Beetles described in 1979


title: Aedoeus brevicollis

text:
Aedoeus brevicollis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1901.

References

Dorcasominae
Beetles described in 1901


title: Aedoeus concolor

text:
Aedoeus concolor is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1897.

References

Dorcasominae
Beetles described in 1897


title: Aedoeus geniculatus

text:
Aedoeus geniculatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Waterhouse in 1880.

References

Dorcasominae
Beetles described in 1880


title: Aedoeus marginatus

text:
Heteraedoeus pallidocinctus, formerly classified as Aedoeus marginatus, is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was first described by Léon Fairmaire in 1903. It was reclassified by André Villiers in 1983.

References

Dorcasominae
Beetles described in 1903


title: Aedoeus thoracicus

text:
Aedoeus thoracicus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Fairmaire in 1902.

References

Dorcasominae
Beetles described in 1902


title: Becca (Ghanaian singer)

text:
Rebecca Akosua Acheampomaa Acheampong (born 15 August 1984), known mononymously as Becca, is a Ghanaian singer, songwriter and actress. She first gained recognition as a contestant on the second season of TV3's annual singing competition Mentor. Her debut studio album Sugar was released in 2007; it earned her five nominations at the 2008 Ghana Music Awards, including Record of the Year for "You Lied to Me". Becca released her second studio album Time 4 Me on 16 May 2013. It features guest appearances from 2face Idibia, MI, King Ayisoba, Trigmatic, Jay Storm and Akwaboah. The album was certified 2x platinum in Ghana.

Becca's accolades include one Kora Award, one National Youth Achievers Award, four Ghana Music Awards, and three 4Syte TV Music Video Awards. In 2013, she headlined the annual Girl Talk concert, which started in 2011. Becca was ranked 94 on E.tv Ghana's 2013 list of the 100 most influential people in Ghana. In March 2021, 3Music Network included Becca on its list of the Top 30 Most Influential Women in Music. Becca has worked with artists such as Hugh Masakela and MI Abaga.

Life and music career
Rebecca Acheampong was born in Kumasi, Ghana. She is the first girl and fifth born of nine children. Becca was quite active in church and school activities during her childhood. She attended Morning Star and Wesley Girls' High School, and took an interest in showcasing her vocal dexterity at talent shows held at the latter school. She graduated from Croydon College and became a child care and education worker. Becca relocated to Ghana and signed with Kiki Banson's EKB Records. She studied at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration. Becca obtained a master's degree in brands and communication management from the University of Professional Studies (UPSA), and was made valedictorian.

2007–2014: Sugar, Time 4 Me, performances, and "Move" single

Becca started working on her debut studio album Sugar in 2007. The album comprises 12 songs and was recorded in English and Twi. It was preceded by the lead single "You Lied to Me". The song was released in 2007 and features vocals by Kwabena Kwabena. The music video for the song was shot and directed in Ghana. On 13 November 2007, Becca launched the album in Ghana. She featured Hugh Masekela on the song "I Love You". Sugar was launched in South Africa alongside Hugh Masekela's album, Live at the Market Theatre (2007).

Becca's second studio album Time 4 Me was released on 16 May 2013. Becca describes the album as a musical journey inspired by her thoughts, emotions and beliefs. The album comprises 20 songs and features guest vocals from 2face Idibia, MI, King Ayisoba, Trigmatic, Jay Storm and Akwaboah. The album produced the singles "Forever", "Push", "Bad Man Bad Girl", "No Away" and "Follow the Leader". Ten thousand copies of the album were given to fans who bought the Thursday edition of Graphic Showbiz newspaper. Time 4 Me was certified 2x platinum in Ghana. Becca went on a nationwide campus tour to promote the album. Her 2011 single "Africa Woman" appeared as a bonus on the album; the song is a melodic ode to the strength and character of African women. The music video for "African Woman" was shot and directed in Ghana by Samad Davis; it starts with a quote and transitions into landscape scenes of Becca.

In 2011, Becca released "Forever" and "Push" as the album's lead and second singles, respectively. "Push" features guest vocals by King Ayisoba and Trigmatic. The music video for "Push" was uploaded to YouTube on 17 May 2011, and features cameo appearances from John Dumelo, Yvonne Okoro and Yvonne Nelson. The album's third single "Bad Man Bad Girl" was released in February 2012; it features vocals by 2face Idibia and was recorded in the summer of 2011. The music video for "Bad Man Bad Girl" was shot in Accra and other parts of Ghana. The M.I-assisted track "No Away" was released on 22 June 2012, as the album's fourth single. It was recorded in Ghana and Nigeria and mixed in South Africa. The music video for "No Away" was shot in South Africa and uploaded to YouTube on 12 August 2012, at a total length of 4 minutes and 11 seconds. Liquor brand Kasapreko Company Limited and EKB Records spent $50,000 on the video shoot. The production cost for the video made it one of the most expensive videos released by a Ghanaian artist at that time. The video was unveiled during a ceremony at the XL Club in Accra.

On 17 June 2013, Becca released the album's fifth single "Follow the Leader". On 25 June 2013, EKB Records released the music video for her song "Time 4 Me", which was shot in Yokohama and Tokyo. Becca performed at the Accra International Conference Centre for MTN's Heroes of Change television series finale. On 26 July 2013, she performed with recording engineer Kwame Yeboah (and his Ohia beye Ya band) to launch her second studio album in Accra. On 20 December 2013, she headlined the third edition of the Girl Talk concert, which occurred at the National Theatre of Ghana.

On 12 April 2014, Becca released her single "Move". It features vocals by South African group Uhuru and debuted on Bola Ray's Drive Time show on Joy FM. The song was produced by Kaywa and written by Becca and Kiki Banson. The music video for "Move" was uploaded to YouTube on 1 May 2014; it features cameo appearances from Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Hugh Masekela. Kwame Dadzie of Flex Ghana reviewed the song and concluded that its rhythm is a replica of "Khona". On 24 March 2014, Allsports Ghana reported that Becca would perform before the kickoff of Ghana Premier League matches to promote the league.

Artistry, humanitarian work and endorsements
Becca's upbringing and surroundings influenced her musical and fashion style. She has established a rescue organization which raises funds to help children affected by HIV/AIDS in Ghana. In 2014, she became a Goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS. On 1 September 2009, GLO Mobile Ghana unveiled Becca as one of its brand ambassadors. Moreover, the Ministry of Youth and Sports unveiled her as one of Ghana's official ambassadors for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

Gender discrimination
Becca was scheduled to sing Ghana's national anthem at the Baba Yara Stadium during the country's World Cup qualifier match against Zambia in September 2013. Unfortunately for her, she did not perform due to a directive by authorities in charge of the match. Becca expressed her dissatisfaction at the incident while speaking at the UN Cultural Night, which took place at the Alliance Française in Accra. A spokesperson for the Ghana Football Association told Graphic Showbiz they didn't know arrangements had been made for Becca to sing.

Personal life
Becca is married to Nigerian entrepreneur and artist manager Oluwatobi Sanni Daniel; the couple's wedding was held on 18 August 2018, in Accra. She has a daughter.

Relationship controversy
Becca was at the center of her former manager (Kiki Banson)'s controversial divorce from his wife. Banson allegedly divorced his wife in order to marry Becca. Becca's father reportedly disowned her because of her intentions to wed her manager.

Discography

Studio albums
Sugar (2007)
Time 4 Me (2013)
Unveiling (2017)

Awards and nominations

Notes

See also
List of Ghanaian musicians
List of Ghanaians

References

External links

Living people
1984 births
Musicians from Kumasi
Alumni of Croydon College
People educated at Wesley Girls' Senior High School
21st-century Ghanaian women singers
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration alumni


title: 1976 in Taiwan

text:
Events from the year 1976 in Taiwan. This year is numbered Minguo 65 according to the official Republic of China calendar.

Incumbents
 President – Yen Chia-kan
 Vice President – Chiang Ching-kuo
 Premier – Chiang Ching-kuo
 Vice Premier – Hsu Ching-chung

Events

September
 1 September – The establishment of Taiwan Institute of Economic Research.

October
 10 October – Wang Sing-nan sent a mail bomb to Chairman of Taiwan Provincial Government Hsieh Tung-min; as a result of the explosion, Hsieh lost a hand.

November
 27 November – The opening of Hsinchu CKS Baseball Stadium in North District, Hsinchu City.

Births
 24 March – Kuo Yi-feng, baseball player
 5 April – Su Chiao-hui, member of Legislative Yuan
 16 April – Shu Qi, actress
 24 July – Chiang Peng-lung, table tennis player
 7 September – Wang Jing-li, baseball player
 22 September – Hsiao Huang-chi, singer, songwriter and judo athlete
 6 October – Barbie Hsu, actress and singer
 15 October – Chang Chen, actor
 16 October – Huang Chih-hsiung, member of 6th, 7th and 8th Legislative Yuan
 24 October – Yang Shih-kuang, television presenter
 27 October – Chen Chih-yuan, former professional baseball player
 31 October – Chang Tai-shan, professional baseball player
 28 November – Monster, guitarist
 4 December – Joelle Lu, actress

References

Years of the 20th century in Taiwan