title: Nick Oudendag

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Nick Oudendag (born 23 April 1987) is a Dutch former basketball player. Standing at , he played as center. During his career, Oudendag was a member of the Netherlands national team.

Professional career
He has played most of his career with the Dutch team Matrixx Magixx, as he had 5 different stances with the team from Nijmegen and Wijchen. In September 2014, Oudendag signed a contract with the Bosnian team KK Igokea. However, he was released quickly. In January 2015, he signed a contract with the German ProA team ETB Wohnbau Baskets.

In August 2016, he signed with Landstede Basketbal. In June 2017, New Heroes Den Bosch signed Oudendag to a two-year contract.

National team career
Oudendag also plays for the Dutch national team, he was selected for the squad in 2009 and 2014. He was one of the key players for the team that qualified for Holland's first FIBA EuroBasket tournament in 25 years. Oudendag averaged 10 points and 8.3 rebounds per game during the 2015 qualifying rounds. Oudendag was not selected for the EuroBasket 2015 team.

References

External links

 FIBA.com profile

1987 births
Living people
Antwerp Giants players
Centers (basketball)
Den Helder Kings players
Dutch men's basketball players
Matrixx Magixx players
Heroes Den Bosch players
Feyenoord Basketball players
People from Zevenaar
ETB Wohnbau Baskets players
Sportspeople from Gelderland
Dutch expatriate basketball people in Germany
Dutch expatriate basketball people in Belgium


title: 2776

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2776 is the second musical comedy album created and produced by Los Angeles based comedians Rob Kutner, Joel Moss Levinson, and Stephen Levinson. Released on July 4, 2014, 2776 features 28 tracks and over 80 celebrity performers. It's the story of the President in the year 2776 journeying through time to save America. The album also includes music videos for three songs: “Toymageddon,” “I’m Cured,” and “These Aren’t the Droids.” The album is a benefit for OneKid OneWorld.

Track listing

Videos
“Toymageddon” (2013)
“I’m Cured” (2014)
“These Aren’t the Droids” (2014)

Reception
2776 has been written about in USA Today, GQ, The A.V. Club, and other publications. Its liner notes, written by George Saunders, were featured in The New Yorker.

References

External links

2014 compilation albums
Comedy compilation albums
2010s comedy albums


title: St Gabriel's Church, Walsall

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St Gabriel's Church is a Church of England parish church in Walsall, West Midlands.  Its parish includes Fullbrook, Caldmore,  Bescot, The Delves, Palfrey, and Tamebridge and Yew Tree.

History

The church of St Gabriel the Archangel, Fullbrook, originated in a mission founded in 1936 when a conventional district was formed out of the parishes of St. Matthew, Walsall, St. Michael, Caldmore, St. Mary, Palfrey, and St. Paul, Wood Green, Wednesbury. A curate-in-charge was appointed by the bishop of Lichfield and received a stipend of £300. (fn. 399) Services were at first held in the mission church of the Good Shepherd at Delves Green, transferred from St. Paul's parish.  In 1938 a site in Walstead Road was acquired for the new church, which was consecrated in 1939 by Right Reverend Edward Woods, Bishop of Lichfield, on 4 February 1939. The cost of erection was met largely by a bequest from J. F. Laing, Vicar of St. Michael's Caldmore 1877–1921. Late in 1939 the district became a parish.

The living, at first a perpetual curacy and from 1969 a vicarage, has remained in the gift of the bishop of Lichfield.

The incumbent's house was in Broadway; the present house south-east of the church was built in 1956.

A mission church and hall, dedicated to the Annunciation, was built within the parish on the new Yew Tree estate.

St. Gabriel's was designed by Lavender & Twentyman of Wolverhampton. It is a red-brick building in a modern style and consists of chancel surmounted by tower, north Lady chapel, nave, and west baptistery; there is a gallery over the baptistery. At the west end the church is joined by a covered way to a hall, opened in 1971.

Tradition
The tradition of the Church is part of the  Traditional Catholic movement in the Church of England. Therefore, the Church is under the Alternative Episcopal Oversight of the Bishop of Oswestry (the current bishop being  Rt Revd Paul Thomas  SSC.

Clergy

Vicars who have served St Gabriel's
1935 - 1948         Fr A. Fraser
1948 - 1954         Fr J. McCullough
1954 - 1971         Fr S. Thomas
1972 - 2010         Fr T R H Coyne
2011–present     Rev Prebendary Mark McIntyre CMP SSC

Assistant Priests
1958 - 1961        Fr E Booth
1967 - 1970        Fr K Hill
1970 - 1973        Fr H Pascoe
1974 - 1977        Fr N Clapp
1977 – 1978        Fr C Marshall
1980 - 1983        Fr B Williams
1988 - 1990        Fr G Matthews
1990                   Fr D Pearce
1995 - 2004        Fr W Poultney
2000 - 2003        Fr E Davies
2005 - 2010        Fr N Pierce
2013 - 2016        Fr S Oakes
2019 - 2022        Fr R Hume

References

Sources

External links
St Gabriel's Church, Walsall
 St Gabriel's Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade

Walsall, Saint Gabriel's Church
Churches completed in 1939
Walsall, Saint Gabriel's Church
Buildings and structures in Walsall
Walsall
Walsall
Richard Twentyman


title: Llallawa

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Llallawa (Aymara for a monstrous potato (like two potatoes) or animal, Quechua for the god of seed-time during the Inca period, Hispanicized spelling Llallahua) is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Puno Region, El Collao Province, Capazo District, and in the Chucuito Province, Pisacoma District.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Puno Region


title: Slavery in China

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Slavery in China has taken various forms throughout history. Slavery was abolished as a legally recognized institution, including in a 1909 law fully enacted in 1910, although the practice continued until at least 1949. Illegal acts of forced labor and sexual slavery in China continue to occur in the 21st century, but those found guilty of such crimes are punished harshly. The Chinese term for slave (nuli) can also be roughly translated into 'debtor', 'dependent', or 'subject'. Slaves in China were a very small part of the population and could include war prisoners, kidnapping victims or people who had been sold.

General history

In Chinese society, slaves were grouped under a category of people known as the jianmin, which means "base" or "mean". Direct equivalents of chattel slavery did not exist in ancient China. During the Shang dynasty and Zhou dynasty, slaves generally consisted of war captives or criminals, although peasants lived in a similar condition of perpetual servitude and were unable to leave their land or own it. Some people deliberately became slaves to escape imperial taxation, but they were still considered to be higher in status than traditional slaves, and inhabited a position somewhere between a slave and a commoner. From the Qin dynasty to Tang dynasty, slavery expanded beyond criminals and war captives. The Qin used large scale slave labor for public works such as land reclamation, road construction, and canal building. Slavery declined during the economic boom of the Song dynasty in the 12th century. Advances in fertilizer, hydraulic, and agricultural technologies allowed the plantation of commercial crops such as medical herbs, mulberry, and cotton. The small land to population ratio enticed slaves to run away and seek better employment. During the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty and Manchu-led Qing dynasty, slavery of Chinese increased. These Chinese slaves to Mongols or Manchus were called bondsmen and became personal retainers of their imperial overlords. Some attained high positions and led other Chinese slaves. In the 19th century, due to concerted efforts to end the African slave trade, large numbers of Chinese laborers known as coolies were exported to replace slave labor. They were transported in cargo ships with conditions and practices nearly identical to the former African slave trade. Visitors to late 19th century China found little difference between the poor free and the slaves, both of which were treated as hired laborers.

A handful of emperors and officials throughout Chinese history have made efforts to limit or outlaw slavery. None were successful. In 100 BC, the Confucian scholar Dong Zhongshu advised Emperor Wu of Han to limit the amount of land and slaves that people could own. In 9 AD, Wang Mang ordered the nationalization of large estates and their redistribution to farmers. Part of his reform was changing the institution of slavery so that they would become tax payers, since some impoverished farmers sold themselves or their children into slavery. In the 13th century AD, the jurist Ma Duanlin promulgated a policy limiting the number of slaves owned by officials and commoners to 30. In the 14th century, the Hongwu Emperor ordered an end to all slavery, but in practice slavery continued without heed to his commands. In the 18th century, the Yongzheng Emperor made similar attempts to abolish slavery. In 1909, the Qing officially abolished slavery, but due to internal turmoil and its demise, the institution persisted until 1949 when the People's Republic of China was founded.

History of slavery in China by era

Ancient

The Shang dynasty engaged in frequent raids of surrounding states, obtaining captives who would be killed in ritual sacrifices. Scholars disagree as to whether these victims were also used as a source of slave labor.

The Warring States period (475–221 BC) saw a decline in slavery from previous centuries, although it was still widespread during the period. Since the introduction of private ownership of land in the state of Lu in 594 BC, which brought a system of taxation on private land, and saw the emergence of a system of landlords and peasants, the system of slavery began to later decline over the following centuries, as other states followed suit.

The Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) confiscated property and enslaved families as punishment. Large numbers of slaves were used by the Qin government to construct large-scale infrastructure projects, including road building, canal construction and land reclamation.  Slave labor was quite extensive during this period.

Beginning with the Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD), one of Emperor Gao's first acts was to manumit agricultural workers enslaved during the Warring States period, although domestic servants retained their status. The Han dynasty promulgated laws to limit the possession of slaves: each king or duke was allowed a maximum of 200 slaves, an imperial princess was allowed a maximum of 100 slaves, other officials were limited to 30 slaves each.

Men punished with castration during the Han dynasty were also used as slave labor.

Deriving from earlier Legalist laws, the Han dynasty set in place rules penalizing criminals doing three years of hard labor or sentenced to castration by having their families seized and kept as property by the government.

In the year 9 AD, the Emperor Wang Mang (r. 9–23 AD) usurped the Chinese throne and, to deprive landowning families of their power, instituted a series of sweeping reforms, including the abolition of slavery and radical land reform. Slavery was reinstated in AD 12 before his assassination in AD 23.

Medieval

During the Three Kingdoms period (220–280 AD), a number of statuses intermediate between freedom and slavery developed, but none of them are thought to have exceeded 1 percent of the population.

Tang law forbade enslaving free people, but allowed enslavement of criminals, foreigners, and orphans. Free people could however willingly sell themselves. The primary source of slaves was southern tribes, and young slave girls were the most desired. Although various officials such as Kong Kui, the governor of Guangdong, banned the practice, the trade continued. Other peoples sold to Chinese included Turk, Persian and Korean women, who were sought after by the wealthy. The slave girls of Yue were eroticized in Tang dynasty poem 越婢脂肉滑. The term Yue (越) referred to southern China.

Chan and Zen Buddhist monastic slavery grew in the Tang dynasty as monasteries became increasingly wealthy and acquired more land. Monks were not generally required to work the fields they owned, with cultivation of farmland left in the hands of free laymen employed by the temples and temple slaves, although temple slaves were a far more significant share of the labor force, with 150,000 such slaves being emancipated during the Huichang Persecution of Buddhism. Some temple slaves were criminals, orphans (who were allowed to enter the monastery in adulthood), or previous tenants of land donated to the monasteries. However, a majority were laborers left unemployed during consolidations of estates by the monasteries who sold themselves to earn a livelihood. Temple slaves were permitted to marry each other, but not free peasants.

Early modern

The Song dynasty's (960–1279 AD) warfare against northern and western neighbors produced many captives on both sides, but reforms were introduced to ease the transition from bondage to freedom.

The Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644 AD) sought to abolish all forms of slavery but in practice, slavery continued through the Ming dynasty.

The Javans sent 300 black slaves as tribute to the Ming dynasty in 1381. When the Ming dynasty crushed the Miao Rebellions in 1460, they castrated 1,565 Miao boys, which resulted in the deaths of 329 of them. They turned the survivors into eunuch slaves. The Guizhou Governor who ordered the castration of the Miao was reprimanded and condemned by Emperor Yingzong of Ming for doing it once the Ming government heard of the event. Since 329 of the boys died, they had to castrate even more. On 30 Jan 1406, the Ming Yongle Emperor expressed horror when the Ryukyuans castrated some of their own children to become eunuchs to give them to Yongle. Yongle said that the boys who were castrated were innocent and didn't deserve castration, and he returned the boys to Ryukyu and instructed them not to send eunuchs again.

Later Ming rulers, as a way of limiting slavery because of their inability to prohibit it, passed a decree that limited the number of slaves that could be held per household and extracted a severe tax from slave owners.

The Qing dynasty (1644–1912 AD) initially oversaw an expansion in slavery and states of bondage such as the booi aha. They possessed about two million slaves upon their conquest of China. However, like previous dynasties, the Qing rulers soon saw the advantages of phasing out slavery, and gradually introduced reforms turning slaves and serfs into peasants. Laws passed in 1660 and 1681 forbade landowners from selling slaves with the land they farmed and prohibited physical abuse of slaves by landowners. The Kangxi Emperor freed all the Manchus' hereditary slaves in 1685. The Yongzheng Emperor's "Yongzheng emancipation" between 1723 and 1730 sought to free all slaves to strengthen his authority through a kind of social leveling that created an undifferentiated class of free subjects under the throne, freeing the vast majority of slaves.

The abolition of slavery in several countries following British diplomatic pressure led to increasing demands for cheap Chinese laborers, known as "coolies". Mistreatment ranged from the near-slavery conditions maintained by some crimps and traders in the mid-1800s Hawaii and Cuba to the relatively dangerous tasks given to the Chinese during the construction of the Central Pacific Railroad in the United States.

Among his other reforms, Taiping Rebellion leader Hong Xiuquan abolished slavery and prostitution in the territory under his control in the 1850s and 1860s.

In addition to sending Han exiles convicted of crimes to Xinjiang to be slaves of Banner garrisons there, the Qing also practiced reverse exile, exiling Inner Asian (Mongol, Russian and Muslim criminals from Mongolia and Inner Asia) to China proper where they would serve as slaves in Han Banner garrisons in Guangzhou. Russian, Oirats and Muslims (Oros. Ulet. Hoise jergi weilengge niyalma) such as Yakov and Dmitri were exiled to the Han banner garrison in Guangzhou.

Slavery by non-Han Chinese
In 1019, Jurchen pirates raided Japan for slaves. Only 270 or 259 Japanese on eight ships were returned when Goryeo managed to intercept them. The Jurchen pirates slaughtered Japanese men while seizing Japanese women as prisoners. Fujiwara Notada, the Japanese governor was killed. In total, 1,280 Japanese were taken prisoner, 374 Japanese were killed and 380 Japanese owned livestock were killed for food. Only 259 or 270 were returned by Koreans from the eight ships. The woman Uchikura no Ishime's report was copied down. Traumatic memories of the Jurchen raids on Japan in the 1019 Toi invasion, the Mongol invasions of Japan in addition to Japan viewing the Jurchens as "Tatar" "barbarians" after copying China's barbarian-civilized distinction, may have played a role in Japan's antagonistic views against Manchus and hostility towards them in later centuries such as when the Tokugawa Ieyasu viewed the unification of Manchu tribes as a threat to Japan. The Japanese mistakenly thought that Hokkaido (Ezochi) had a land bridge to Tartary (Orankai) where Manchus lived and thought the Manchus could invade Japan. The Tokugawa Shogunate bakufu sent a message to Korea via Tsushima offering help to Korea against the 1627 Manchu invasion of Korea. Korea refused it.

The Yuan dynasty (1271–1368 AD) expanded slavery and implemented harsher terms of service. In the process of the Mongol invasion of China proper, many Han Chinese were enslaved by the Mongol rulers. According to Japanese historians Sugiyama Masaaki (杉山正明) and Funada Yoshiyuki (舩田善之), there were also a certain number of Mongolian slaves owned by Han Chinese during the Yuan. Moreover, there is no evidence that Han Chinese suffered particularly cruel abuse.

Korean women were viewed as having white and delicate skin (肌膚玉雪發雲霧) by Hao Jing 郝經 (1223–1275), a Yuan scholar, and it was highly desired and prestigious to own Korean female servants among the "Northerner" nobility in the Yuan dynasty as mentioned in Toghon Temür's (shùndì 順帝) Xù Zīzhì Tōngjiàn (續資治通鑒): (京師達官貴人，必得高麗女，然後為名家) and the Caomuzi (草木子) by Ye Ziqi (葉子奇) which was cited by the Jingshi ouji (京師偶記引) by Chai Sang (柴桑).

Modern era

Throughout the 1930s and 1940s the Yi people (also known as Nuosu) of China terrorized Sichuan to rob and enslave non-Nuosu including Han people. The descendants of the Han slaves, known as the White Yi (白彝), outnumbered the Black Yi (黑彝) aristocracy by ten to one. There was a saying that can be translated as: "The worst insult to a Nuosu is to call him a 'Han'." (To do so implied that the Nuosu's ancestors were slaves.)

Slavery is not institutionalized in modern China, however there are still people working in slave-like conditions under illegal circumstances.
In 2007 and 2011, disabled men in central China were enslaved to work in kilns.

Conditions of slavery in premodern China
Slaves could either be bought and sold to their masters or inherit their role through birth. The majority of the Chinese slave market consisted of adolescents and young adults. Chinese law stated that families could only sell their children under the condition that doing so would save the rest of their family from starvation. Despite this law, the restrictions of human sales were rarely enforced. On some occasions, slaves were born into the family house by an existing slave thereby becoming a slave under that household by birth.

Slave contracts
If a slave was bought from their birth family and sold, a slave contract was created by the selling agency or agent (more commonly known as "people sellers" or ren fanzi). The contract stated the name of the person offering the slave, the name of the person buying the slave, the name of the selling agent, the name of the guarantor, the age of the slave and how many years the slave was to work for the new family, which was typically around 10–15 years. It also stated how much money was being exchanged for the slave. Most contracts for slave girls had a clause that the master was to choose a mate for the girl following the end of her time working. After the agreement was made, the slave was then transported, cleaned, trained, inspected and brought to their new master's home to start work. These contracts were often known as "white contracts", meaning contracts meant for common goods as opposed to "red contracts" which were reserved for more important matters such as land.

Living conditions of slaves in premodern China
Slaves had very poor living conditions with little time to themselves and a small living space often shared with other slaves. They were confined to small mud or brick huts known as uk jai Punishment and abuse were regular occurrences for slaves in China and could sometimes result in extreme permanent injuries or even death in some cases. Abuse was rarely reported or looked into. The only instances where slave abuse was questioned was if the family or masters were under investigation by the police for another offence. After a master dies, his slaves are distributed evenly among the rest of the family members like all other property.

Male slaves
Due to the strict patriarchal system in China's history, boys were bought and sold for one of two reasons: to become an heir to a family with no son or to become a slave. Males were always in high demand due to their ability to become heirs and their higher physical capabilities. Therefore they were four to five times more expensive than female slaves and were only owned by the elite families that could afford them; daughters and even land were sold before males of the family. Male slaves (sai man) were given the hardest and most demanding tasks. After their servitude, male slaves were either released from the main house to survive on their own, or they could have marriages arranged for them if their masters considered them to be extremely loyal or hard working. Those who were chosen to be married would be provided with an 'unlucky' woman, usually a person with disabilities or the daughter of another slave. If a male slave had a son, his slave status was inherited and the son remained the property of his father's master.

Female slaves
Women slaves were distinguished by their marital status rather than what kind of work they did. Married women who were slaves were similar to employees; they were paid wages and were free to leave the family house when they were not working. Unmarried women (called binü or yatou) however were unpaid and forced to remain on duty at all times.  The children of a woman slave did not necessarily inherit her slave status, but there was a high possibility of becoming a slave themselves to avoid starvation. Oftentimes, women who found work outside of their family found themselves vulnerable to kidnapping, trafficking, and sexual violence.

"Slavery exists in China, especially in Canton and Peking ... I have known a male slave. He is named Wang and is a native of Kansu, living in Kuei-chou in the house of his original master's son, and with his own family of four persons acknowledged to me that he was a slave, Nu-p'u. He was a person of considerable ability, but did not appear to care about being free. Female slaves are very common all over China, and are generally called ...
YA-TOU 丫頭. Slave girl, a female slave. Slave girls are very common in China; nearly every Chinese family owns one or more slave girls generally bought from the girl's parents, but sometimes also obtained from other parties.
It is a common thing for well-to-do people to present a couple of slave girls to a daughter as part of her marriage dowery. Nearly all prostitutes are slaves. It is, however, customary with respectable people to release their slave girls when marriageable. Some people sell their slave girls to men wanting a wife for themselves or for a son of theirs.
I have bought three different girls; two from Szű-chuan for a few taels each, less than fifteen dollars. One I released in Tientsin, another died in Hongkong; the other I gave in marriage to a faithful servant of mine. Some are worth much money at Shanghai."

Concubinage

Concubinage in China was a regular part of Chinese history. A slave who had sexual relations willingly or unwillingly with her master was considered to be a second wife rather than a slave, regardless of whether the master himself thought of her as such. A slave could also become a concubine if she was sold or given to another master as a gift. According to Chinese law, a man could have only one legal wife (qi), but could have as many concubines (qie) as he desired. On some occasions, the wife would select a concubine for her husband for the goal of getting a son and heir to the family line. Whether a child was born from the wife or a concubine, the wife was considered to be the mother.

See also
History of slavery in Asia
Slavery in Japan

References

Bibliography

External links

Qing dynasty


title: Ohad Talmor

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Ohad Talmor (born 1970) is an American/Swiss jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer, conductor and arranger.

Life and work

Early years

Talmor grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where he began piano lessons at the age of 5 at the local conservatory.
He met virtuoso pianist Martha Argerich in his teens who exposed him to a world of music and musicians which helped shape his musical upbringing both as an instrumentalist and as a composer.
Talmor discovered the saxophone while attending high school in the US in 1987. Back in Switzerland, he devoted himself to this instrument while briefly studying musicology and philosophy at the University of Geneva. He also studied composition with Russian pianist and composer Alexander Rabinovitch.
In 1989, he met alto saxophonist Lee Konitz at a recording session. Lee Konitz would prove pivotal in Ohad Talmor's career, mentoring him closely for years to come. Eventually Talmor became one of Lee Konitz's privileged musical partner, resulting in 8 records and over 200 concerts worldwide.[1]
From 1990 to 1995, Talmor was deeply involved in the European Jazz scene, leading his own quartet or quintet which featured American trombonist Glenn Ferris. During this time, he collaborated with many of Europe's leading musicians including Joachim Kühn, Matthieu Michel, Benoit Delbecq.
In 1994 and 1995 he toured Europe with Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow and different large ensembles (including string quartet ) featuring music he had composed.

Talmor eventually moved to New York in 1995 getting a Composition degree from the Manhattan School of Music in 1997.

Present day

Talmor lives in Brooklyn, New York. He leads his own projects, including "Back to the Land", a quartet featuring Chris Tordini and Eric McPherson with guests pianists Leo Genovese, David Virelles or vibraphonist Joel Ross, "Newsreel", a Sextet featuring Dan Weiss, Jacob Sacks, Miles Okazaki, Shane Endsley and Matt Pavolka and a "Trio", with Miles Okazaki and Dan Weiss,. The group's original repertoire focuses on short forms with highly interactive rhythmic studies.
Talmor's other projects include:
Steve Swallow/Ohad Talmor/Adam Nussbaum Trio
Mass Transformation, a Nonet focusing on the Music of Anton Bruckner and featuring Austria's Spring String 4tet, singer Judith Berkson, Pete McCann, Shane Endsley, Mark Ferber.
Since 2004, he has been a devoted student of Hindustani music, playing the bansuri under the guidance of virtuoso flutist Steve Gorn.
Talmor is involved with the bustling Brooklyn jazz scene, performing regularly with Jason Moran, Joshua Redman, Gregoire Maret, Fred Hersh, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Chris Cheek, Dave Douglas, Carla Bley, Joe Lovano, Chris Potter, Billy Hart.

As a Composer and Arranger, Talmor is equally involved in writing for jazz and classical idioms.

He leads his "Grand Ensemble" project which last played at the New York Winter Festival and focused on a series of Virtuosic Études.
He has composed, arranged and conducted music for large ensembles, and for soloists including  Kurt Rosenwinkel, Joshua Redman/Mark Turner/Chris Cheek, Gregoire Maret, Lee Konitz, Chris Potter or the late Michael Brecker.
His music has been performed by jazz ensembles around the world, including Germany's WDR Big Band, Portugal's OJM Big Band, Switzerland's Big Band de Lausanne, Lucerne Jazz Orchestra and DKSJ All Stars, Brazil's SoundScape Orquestra, Belgium's Bruxelles Jazz Orchestra, and NYC's MSM Big Band with the Brecker Brothers.

His contributions to the classical idiom include music for pianist Martha Argerich, São Paulo's Symphonic Band, the Spring String Quartet from Austria or Portugal National Orchestra. Talmor's large-form compositions include "Layas", his concerto for piano, drums and double orchestras, which premiered in February 2010 by the Porto National Orchestra, with the OJM Big Band with Jason Moran and Dan Weiss as featured soloists.

Other activities

Talmor is actively involved as a composer for films and radio plays.
His latest score is for the movie  "Low Down" featuring John Hawkes, Elle Fanning, Glenn Close and musician Flea. The movie was primed at the Sundance and Karlovy Vary  (Czech Rep)  Film Festivals in 2014.
He has contributed numerous scores to Sci-Fi's Radio Drama Channel Seeing Ear Theater including the Tales from the Crypt audio series

Talmor is a Professor of Composition and Arranging at the Geneva Conservatory of Music.
He is also an adjunct professor at the New School and Queens College CUNY in New York City.

In 2011 Talmor founded the Performance Space SEEDS::Brooklyn located in Prospect Heights in Brooklyn, NY. [2][4]

In 2012 he was awarded the Jazz prize from Switzerland's SUISA Foundation for Music for his "innovative and creative jazz work". [3]

In 2015 Talmor was awarded the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) Award for European Jazz Composer of the year.

Discography
(discography partially complete)
The Other Quartet "13 pieces" (with Russ Johnson, Jim Hershman, Mike Sarin) (Knitting Factory, 1998)
The Other Quartet "Sound Stains" (with Russ Johnson, Pete McCann, Mark Ferber) (Knitting Factory, 2001)
MOB Trio "Loose" and "Quite Live in Brooklyn" (with Matt Wilson, Bob Bowen) (Omnitone, 1999)
Lee Konitz, Ohad Talmor & Axis Quartet Plays French Impressionist Music of the 20th Century (Palmetto, 2000)
BlueSeven "Dexter" (with Daniel D'Alcántara, Denis Lee, David Richards, Ricardo Castellanos, Bob Bowen, Matt Wilson, Rogerio Boccato) (BSR, 2002)
Christophe Schweizer "Full Circle Rainbow" (with Jason Moran, Billy Hart ) (TCB Records, 2003)
MOB Trio "Quite Live in Brooklyn" (with Matt Wilson, Bob Bowen) (Omnitone, 2004)
Steve Swallow-Ohad Talmor 6tet "Bum's Tale" (with Greg Tardy, Russ Johnson, Meg Okura, Jacob Garchik) (Palmetto, 2004)
Lee Konitz, Ohad Talmor String Project Inventions (Spring String 4tet) (Omnitone, 2004)
Demian Cabaud "Naranja" (with Phil Grenadier, Leo Genovese, Gerald Cleaver) (FreshSound, 2008)
Lee Konitz New Nonet (Directed by Ohad Talmor) (Omnitone, 2005)
Steve Swallow / Ohad Talmor / Adam Nussbaum "Playing in Traffic" (Auand Records, 2008)
TOAP Collectivo in Guimaraes "Vol. IV" (with Bernardo Sassetti, Demian Cabaud, Dan Weiss) (TOAP, 2009)
Ohad Talmor NEWSREEL (with Shane Endsley, Miles Okazaki, Jacob Sacks, Matt Pavolka, Dan Weiss; Auand Records 2008/9)
Evaristo Perez Trio feat Ohad Talmor "Why" (with Evaristo Perez, Cédric Gysler, Tobie Langel) (2009)
BlueSeven "Collage" (Daniel D'Alcántara, Denis Lee, Luis Neto, Josué dos Santos, Djalma Lima, R. Castellanos, Sidiel Vieira, C. Teixeira) (BSR, 2010)
Kurt Rosenwinkel and OJM "Our Secret World" (WOM, 2010)
Evaristo Perez Trio feat Ohad Talmor "Suite Paul Klee" (with Evaristo Perez, Cédric Gysler, David Meier) (2012)
Sebastien Ammann "Samadhi" (with Dave Ambrosio, Eric McPherson) (FreshSound, 2013)
Steve Swallow / Ohad Talmor / Adam Nussbaum "Singular Curves" (Auand Records, 2014)
Dan Weiss "Fourteen" (Pi Records, 2014)
Axel Fischbacher 4tet feat Ohad Talmor  "Normal" (with Axel Fischbacher, Adam Nussbaum, Johannes Weidenmüller) (Jazzsick Records, 2015)
Justin Mullens Octet "The Cornucopiad" (BJU Records, 2016)
Dan Weiss "Sixteen:Drummers Suite" (Pi Records, 2016)
Ohad Talmor - Christoph Irniger CounterpointS "Subway Lines" (with Baenz Oester, Vinnie Sperrazza) (FreshSounds Records, 2017)
Adam Nussbaum "Lead Belly Project" (with Steve Cardenas, Nate Radley) (Sunnysides Records, 2018)
Lee Konitz Nonet "Old Songs New" (Sunnyside Records 2019)
Ohad Talmor NewsReel Sextet "Long Forms" (Intakt Records 2020)
Adam Nussbaum "Lead Belly Reimagined" (with Steve Cardenas, Nate Radley) (Sunnysides Records, 2020)
Ohad Talmor Trio "Mise en Place" with Miles Okazaki, Dan Weiss, (Intakt Records 2021)

External links
 Website of Ohad Talmor
Ohad Talmor at Allmusic (English)

References
1. A composer speak
2. Meeting Lee Konitz-Ohad Talmor Big Band: Portology ()
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title: Middle Grove

text:
Middle Grove or Middlegrove may refer to the following places in the United States:

 Middlegrove, Illinois
 Middle Grove, Missouri
 Middle Grove, New York
 Middle Grove, Oregon


title: David Yarrow

text:
David Yarrow (born 8 February 1966) is a British fine-art photographer, conservationist and author. The subjects of his photography include sport stars, world-renowned models, wildlife, indigenous communities and landscapes. He has collaborated with super models Cara Delevingne and Cindy Crawford. Since 2018, Yarrow's work has raised over $11m for philanthropic and conservation organisations. In 2021, his collaboration with Crawford raised over $3m for the American Family Children's Hospital. He is also known for his staged narrative series capturing the American Wild West. He currently lives in London.

Early life
Yarrow is the son of Eric Yarrow, who was an active member of the Yarrow shipbuilding dynasty before serving as the chairman of Clydesdale Bank from 1985 to 1991.

He began his photographic career recording iconic sporting events and was named Young Scottish Photographer of the Year at the age of 20 whilst studying at Edinburgh University. In the same year (1986) he covered the World Cup in Mexico for The Times. His photo of Diego Maradona holding the trophy aloft was internationally syndicated.

Career
After graduating from Edinburgh University, Yarrow pursued a career in finance. He spent 8 years working as an institutional stockbroker in UK equities, both in London and New York City. In 1993 Yarrow was appointed Director of Equities at Natwest Securities where he worked until leaving to found his London-based hedge fund, Clareville Capital in 1995.

Yarrow's passion and interest in photography remained constant throughout this period, which prompted Spear's magazine to liken him to James Boswell in an article that explored Yarrow's "double-life" as hedge fund manager and artist.
In 2021, Yarrow has been focussing on his staged narrative shoots such as his Wild West series.

Photography
His approach to photography is guided by Jim Richardson's assertion that "if you want to be a better photographer stand in front of more interesting stuff".

He has captured a diverse range of subjects and collaborators including the Dinka people of South Sudan, Diego Maradona, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne and various wildlife around the world.When possible, Yarrow takes his photographs of dangerous wildlife using a remote-controlled camera, acknowledging that a photographer can achieve perspective by capturing shots that look up at the animal from the ground.

Yarrow uses an innovative technique to capture his shots. One of Yarrow's methods involves coating his camera casing in a variety of scents to entice dangerous animals towards his camera lens. These treatments have been used after research into identifying the most attractive and enticing smell for the animal in question.

Prints and exhibitions
Yarrow's work has been exhibited in London's Saatchi Gallery, the Phillip's Gallery and Christie's global headquarters (8 King Street).

His photographs have been auctioned at Sotheby's. On 19 May 2017, Yarrow's "Mankind" image was included in Sotheby's annual photography auction. The photograph sold for £60,000. A 2018 New York auction for "The Wolf of Main Street" fetched $100,000, 4 times the high estimate of $25,000. A 2018 London auction for "78 Degrees North" fetched £81,250, thus marking a new record. In 2019, edition 12/12 of the photograph "Africa" sold for $106,250. In 2019,"Old Testament" the photograph "Old Testament sold for $52,500 in a Sotheby's auction.

Books
Nowhere (2007) is a 172-page selection of colour photographs of some of the world's most isolated locations.

Encounter (2013) is a compilation of 87 monochrome photographs of wildlife and indigenous communities, combined with Yarrow's narrative. The collective is a result of three years of trips to parts of the world that have largely escaped public overexposure.

Wild Encounters  (2016) includes a foreword written by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and was awarded Art Book of 2017 by Amazon. Yarrow's royalties from the book are being donated to Tusk Trust, a British charity that focuses on animal conservation in Africa.

David Yarrow (2019) is a 368-page photography monograph, it contains 150 images from the past two years. The book includes a foreword by global NFL player Tom Brady and an afterword by Cindy Crawford. All royalties from this book are being donated to conservation charities Tusk in the UK and WildAid in the US.

Charity
Yarrow is the affiliated photographer for the African Conservation Charity Tusk Trust, a British organisation founded in 1990. Since November 2013, David Yarrow Photography has contributed over $1 million to help support Tusk's programmes and projects. Yarrow is also an Ambassador for Wild Ark, the Kevin Richardson Foundation, the African Community and Conservation Foundation, and Best Buddies.

Since 2018, Yarrow's work has raised over $11m for philanthropic and conservation organisations. In 2021, his collaboration with Cindy Crawford raised over $3m for the American Family Children's Hospital.

In 2020, he launched the #KoalaComeback Campaign to support the wildfire recovery efforts in Australia. The campaign raised over $1.4m and after the outbreak of COVID-19, he helped raise over £1m for the NHS by releasing a charity print, “Our Pride” with all proceeds going to HEROES.

In 2021, his collaboration with Cindy Crawford raised over $3m for the American Family Children's Hospital.

Personal life
Yarrow married Jane Martin, a public relations director in 2000. The couple are now divorced. They have two children.

Publications
Nowhere (Clearview, 2007)
Encounter (Clearview, 2013)
Wild Encounters (Rizzoli, 2016)
David Yarrow (Rizzoli, 2019)

References

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1966 births
British people of Jewish descent
Photographers from Glasgow
Nature photographers
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Younger sons of baronets


title: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's shot put

text:
The women's shot put event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 18 September in Kuala Lumpur.

Results

References

Shot
1998
1998 in women's athletics


title: XXV Nonstop

text:
XXV Nonstop is the tenth album by American hardcore punk band Sick of It All and contains re-recorded classic songs and some new material. It was released on November 1, 2011 on Century Media Records.

Track listing

References

Sick of It All albums
Century Media Records compilation albums
2011 compilation albums


The District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2014 () is a bill that would make changes to the District of Columbia Official Code that governs the D.C. Courts system.

The bill was introduced and passed in the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress.

Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2014 would amend the District of Columbia Code to authorize the Executive Officer of the District of Columbia courts to:

collect debts owed to the District of Columbia Courts because of erroneous payments made to current and former court employees, or any other debt; and
purchase uniforms to be worn by certain nonjudicial employees of the District courts, so long as the cost of furnishing a uniform during a year does not exceed the amount applicable to the uniform allowance for federal employees.

The bill would amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 (NCRS-GIA) to authorize the Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency to develop and operate intermediate incentive programs for sentenced offenders.

The bill would make permanent the Director's authority to accept, solicit, and use on behalf of the Agency: (1) any monetary or nonmonetary gift, donation, bequest, or use of facilities, property, or services to aid or facilitate the work of the Agency; and (2) reimbursements from the District government for space and services provided, on a cost reimbursable basis.

The bill would amend the NCRS-GIA to:

authorize the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, upon approval of the Board of Trustees, to accept and use public grants, private contributions, and voluntary and uncompensated (gratuitous) services to assist it. (Currently, the Service is authorized only to accept but not use these grants and contributions.); and
deem members of the Board of Trustees, as of October 21, 1998, to be employees of the Service instead of District employees for purposes of any action brought against them.

Congressional Budget Office report
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 12, 2014. This is a public domain source.

H.R. 4185 would make changes to the District of Columbia Official Code that governs the D.C. Courts system. Based on information provided by the court system, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the proposed changes would not have a significant effect on the federal budget. Enacting the legislation would affect direct spending because it would authorize the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (CSOSA) to accept and spend monetary gifts. Therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that the net effect on direct spending would be insignificant. Enacting H.R. 4185 would not affect revenues.

Under current law, the budget of the D.C. Courts system, including the Public Defender Service (PDS) and CSOSA, is funded by federal appropriations, and its expenditures are thus recorded in the federal budget. Among other changes, the bill would allow the D.C. Courts System to collect debts and erroneous payments owed by its employees, and to purchase uniforms for non-judicial employees. The bill also would allow CSOSA to operate incentive programs for prisoner education, accept and spend gifts, and receive reimbursement from the D.C. government for the use of office space in D.C. Courts facilities. Finally, the bill would allow the PDS to use unpaid volunteers. Based on information provided by the District of Columbia Courts, the PDS, and CSOSA, CBO estimates that the proposed changes would not have a significant effect on the federal budget.

H.R. 4185 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments.

Procedural history
The District of Columbia Courts, Public Defender Service, and Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency Act of 2014 was introduced on March 10, 2014, by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D, DC-0). The bill was referred to the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The bill was ordered reported on July 3, 2014, alongside House Report 113-514. On July 14, 2014, it was passed by the House in a voice vote.

Debate and discussion
According to the House Committee report on this bill, its purpose is to "provide increased flexibility for these three District entities, and will help them operate more efficiently and effectively."

Bill sponsor Eleanor Holmes Norton argued that the bill "will help make our local justice process more efficient and, therefore, more effective for the residents of the District."

See also
List of bills in the 113th United States Congress
Public defender
Government of Washington, D.C.

References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 4185
beta.congress.gov H.R. 4185
GovTrack.us H.R. 4185
OpenCongress.org H.R. 4185
WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 4185
Congressional Budget Office's report on H.R. 4185

Proposed legislation of the 113th United States Congress
Government of the District of Columbia


title: House of Dilip Kumar

text:
House of Dilip Kumar, Peshawar housed the Indian film actor Dilip Kumar. Born as Mohammad Yusuf Khan in Peshawar (North West Frontier Province, British India) on , one of twelve siblings, he moved to Bombay in the late 1930s with his family.

It was named as a Pakistani national heritage monument on 13 July 2014 by the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

Kumar visited his house once and sentimentally kissed the soil. In 1988, he visited Peshawar and in an interview given at the PC Hotel fondly recalled the days of his childhood and growing up, lapsing into Hindko and Pashto time to time.

In 1997, when he was awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's highest civilian honor, he was unable to reach the house because of uncontrollable crowds. The government had been trying to acquire the house.

Location
The house is located in the Qissa Khawani Bazaar of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

Acquisition
On 13 July 2013, Nawaz Sharif directed the ministry of information, broadcasting and national heritage to acquire the house. The order was forwarded to the director general of Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA) for implementation. According to media sources, the move was intended to promote the cultural India-Pakistan relations.

Conversion to museum
The Pakistani government planned to convert the site into a museum after acquisition. Planning was also being made to invite Dilip Kumar and other members of his family.

On 26 July 2014, the house was declared as a "protected monument" under the Antiquity Act of 1997.

Dilip Kumar and the Kapoor family
Both growing up in Peshawar and in Bombay, Dilip Kumar and his family had close friendly relationship with the Kapoors. In his autobiography, The Substance And The Shadow, Kumar writes: “We were living in undivided India at the time and there was a sizeable Hindu population. Men as well as women mingled freely with Muslims in the market square, wishing each other and exchanging pleasantries ever so cheerfully. Aghaji (my father), had many Hindu friends, and one of them was Basheshwarnathji, who held an important job in the civil services. His elder son came to our house with him a few times and he stunned the ladies with his handsome appearances. That was Raj Kapoor’s father Prithviraj Kapoor.”

See also

 Chunnamal Haveli
 Ghalib ki Haveli
 Haveli of Nau Nihal Singh
 Kapoor Haveli, ancestral house of the Kapoor family of Bollywood in Peshawar, also in same locality
 Shekhawati

References

External links
 House of Dilip Kumar Facebook

Mausoleums in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
History of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Monuments and memorials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Buildings and structures in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Archaeological sites in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa


title: Bryozoology

text:
Bryozoology is a branch of zoology specializing in Bryozoa, commonly known as moss animals, a phylum of aquatic invertebrates that live in clonal colonies.

Organizations
The International Bryozoology Association was founded in August 1968 by 16 zoologists and paleozoologists in Stockholm.

Journals
 Annals of Bryozoology

Bryozoologists
 Samantha L.L. Hill
 Eliza Jelly
 Randolph Kirkpatrick
 Raymond C. Osburn
 Mary Dora Rogick
 Ehrhard Voigt
 Timothy S. Wood

References

Subfields of zoology


title: Mal di Ventre

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Mal di Ventre (Sardinian: Malu 'Entu) is an island located off the coast of Sardinia. Mal di Ventre is notable for its Roman ruins and a Sardinian nationalist attempt at creating a micronation in 2008.

Location and geography
Mal di Ventre is located in the Mediterranean Sea,  from Oristano in central-west Sardinia. The island is inside a marine protected area and its western coast is exposed to the Mistral, giving it a rugged topography as a result. There is a lighthouse at the island's highest point,  above sea level.

History
The name of the island comes from the Savoyard cartographers, who mistranslated into Italian the Sardinian name  Malu 'Entu ("bad winds") as Mal di Ventre ("stomach pain"). Ancient civilizations used to live on the island. The island was also inhabited during Roman times. The island contains ruins of Roman buildings, as well as the remnants of an ancient well. In 1898, the island became part of Parco del Sinis-Montiferru (Sinis-Montiferru institutional park).

Mal di Ventre was owned by the British entrepreneur John Miller, who had owned the island since 1972. In July 2014 the island was put up for sale, with an asking price of .

Republic of Malu Entu
In September 2008 a former truck driver named Salvatore "Doddore" Meloni and his followers seized Mal di Ventre and declared it to be an independent state as part of a broader and controversial effort to win the independence of Sardinia. Inspired by the independence movements of Kosovo, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Meloni declared himself president of the Republic of Malu Entu and set up a presidential residence in a blue plastic tent. He declared the nation tax free and claimed that over 300 people had expressed an interest in moving there. The island was previously a meeting place for the Sardinian Independentist Party. Not long after he took over the island, Meloni sent drafts of his initiative to both the United Nations and Silvio Berlusconi, who was President of the Council of Ministers at the time.

In 2011, Meloni was charged with tax evasion to the sum of 5 million euros. In the summer of 2012 Meloni was convicted for his role in trying to take over the island and sentenced to 20 months in prison. In April 2017, Meloni was arrested and started a hunger strike in prison, asking to be considered a political prisoner. On July 5, 2017, after two months of hunger strike, he died.

See also
 List of islands of Italy

References

Mediterranean islands
Micronations
Politics of Sardinia
Private islands of Italy
Former republics
Island countries


title: Céline Allewaert

text:
Céline Allewaert is a Belgian spongiologist who works at Ghent University.

Publications
  ;  , , ,  & , 2012: Relevance of an integrative approach for taxonomic revision in sponge taxa: case study of the shallow-water Atlanto-Mediterranean Hexadella species (Porifera: Ianthellidae: Verongida). Invertebrate Systematics, 26(3): 230-248. Abstract:

References

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Belgian zoologists
Living people
Women zoologists
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Alfred Mohr

text:
Alfred Mohr (born 21 January 1913, date of death unknown) was an Austrian cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial and the tandem events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1913 births
Year of death missing
Austrian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Austria
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Vienna
20th-century Austrian people


title: 1415 in Portugal

text:
Events in the year 1415 in Portugal.

Incumbents
King: John I

Events
Conquest of Ceuta
Creation of the Dukedom of Viseu

Deaths
 18 July - Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal
Beatriz Pereira de Alvim, noblewoman

See also
History of Portugal (1279–1415)
History of Portugal (1415–1578)

References

Portugal
Years of the 15th century in Portugal
Portugal
1410s in Portugal


title: Timothy Kenrick

text:
Timothy Kenrick (1759–1804) was a Welsh Unitarian minister, biblical commentator, and dissenting academy tutor.

Life
The third son of John Kenrick of Wynn Hall in the parish of Ruabon, Denbighshire, by Mary, daughter of Timothy Quarrell of Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire, he was born at Wynn Hall on 26 January 1759, and baptised on 6 February.  Archibald Kenrick the manufacturer was a brother, so that Timothy Kenrick of Birmingham (1807–1885) was a nephew.

In 1774 Kenrick entered Daventry Academy under Caleb Ashworth, who was succeeded in 1775 by Thomas Robins. While still a student he was chosen assistant-tutor in classics; during one session he read lectures for Robins, who had lost his voice, and on Robins's resignation (1781) he continued under Thomas Belsham as classical and then as mathematical tutor.

In January 1784 Kenrick became colleague to James Manning at George's Meeting, Exeter, and was ordained there on 28 July 1785. The two pastors worked together, though Manning was an Arian, while Kenrick followed Belsham in theology, and drew up (1792) the preamble of the Western Unitarian Society, excluding Arians.

In 1798 Kenrick declined an invitation to the divinity chair in the Manchester Academy. In the summer of 1799 he opened a dissenting academy at Exeter, with Joseph Bretland. He followed the Daventry model, and used a library formed for the academy run (1690–1720) by Joseph Hallett II, and revived (1760–71) under Samuel Merivale. In Kenrick's academy, which closed on 25 March 1805, eleven students, including James Hews Bransby, received the whole, and four others, including Kenrick's eldest son, a part of their training.

Kenrick died suddenly while on a visit to Wrexham, on 22 August 1804. He was buried on 26 August in the dissenters' graveyard at Rhosddu, near Wrexham, where there was an inscription to his memory. A harsh portrayal of Kenrick was in Particulars of the Life of a Dissenting Minister … Written by Himself (1813) by Charles Lloyd.

Works
Kenrick published four sermons (1788–1795), and there appeared posthumously:

 Discourses on Various Topics, 1805, 2 vols.
 An Exposition of the Historical Writings of the New Testament, 1807, 3 vols. (with Memoir by John Kentish), a work representative of the exegesis of the older Unitarian school.

Family
Kenrick married, first, in 1786, Mary (died 1793), daughter of John Waymouth of Exeter, who died in giving birth to her sixth child. John, the eldest son, is known as a classical historian. George Kenrick (1792–1874), the fourth was born at Exeter on 28 October 1792, and became a pupil of Lant Carpenter. He studied at Glasgow College (1808–10) and Manchester College, York (1810–13), and was Unitarian minister at Chesterfield (1813–1814), Kingston-upon-Hull (1815–21), Maidstone (1822–6), Hampstead (1829–45), and Battle, Sussex (1845–7). He was a trustee of Dr. Williams's foundations, 1833–60. In 1860 he retired in poor health to Tunbridge Wells, where he died on 2 December 1874. He married, first, in 1817, the youngest daughter of Richard Hodgson, Unitarian minister at Doncaster; secondly, Lucy, sister of Sir John Bowring; thirdly, Sarah (died 1888), daughter of Thomas Walters. He published sermons and contributed to the Monthly Repository and other periodicals.

Kenrick married secondly, in 1794, Elizabeth (d. 1819), second daughter of James Belsham, and sister of his former tutor. They had no children.

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1804 deaths
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title: Frans Cools

text:
Frans Cools (17 February 1918 – 3 September 1999) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in three events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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1918 births
1999 deaths
Belgian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Greater London


title: Jonathan Corbblah

text:
Jonathan Corbblah (born ) is a chess master from New York City, known for appearing on as many American game shows as possible.

Personal life
Jonathan Corbblah was born in .  As a child, he was almost held back in the first grade because he was illiterate; after his father—a Christian preacher—spent the summer drilling academics non-stop, by the next academic year, he was ahead of his second-grade class.

, he was married and living in Harlem.  , he was coaching individuals and teams for national trivia championships, and taught Scrabble to schoolchildren.

Games and game shows
Corbblah learned to play chess at age six or seven.  According to the United States Chess Federation, since he began playing ranked matches in the late 1990s, Corbblah has a top Elo rating of 2262, earned in 2019.  By 2014, he was a chess master.

Corbblah was eleven years old in 1990 when he appeared on his first game show, PBS' Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?.  In December 2010, after his two days on Jeopardy!, he told ABC News that "I'm trying to go on as many possible game shows as I can"; he has appeared on at least seven.

In summer 2019, he was a guest expert on several episodes of Best Ever Trivia Show, and then as a master mind on several 2020–2021 episodes of Master Minds.  He has also won  on Cash Cab.

References

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1970s births
20th-century chess players
21st-century chess players
contestants on American game shows
educators from New York City
entertainers from New York City
Jeopardy! contestants
living people
people from New York City
Scrabble players


title: Max Walker de Laubenfels

text:
Max Walker de Laubenfels (1894–1960) was an American spongiologist. He received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and his doctorate from Stanford University.

He was among the most prolific identifiers of new species of Caribbean sponges, describing 60 species from 1932 to 1954.

He was a professor of zoology at Oregon State College (now Oregon State University) from 1950 to 1958.

Publications
 , 1954 : The sponges of the west-central Pacific. Studies in zoology, no.7: 320pg.
 , 1929 : The sponges of California. Dept. of Zoology. 634 pg.

See also
 David John de Laubenfels

References

Spongiologists
20th-century American zoologists
Oregon State University faculty
1894 births
1960 deaths


title: Edy Baumann

text:
Edy Baumann (12 July 1914 – 27 November 1993) was a Swiss cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

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1914 births
1993 deaths
Swiss male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: 1489 in Portugal

text:
Events in the year 1489 in Portugal.

Incumbents
King of Portugal and the Algarves: John II

Events
1 March - Creation of the Marquis of Vila Real title of nobility
First printed book.
Establishment of the Graciosa fortress

See also
History of Portugal (1415–1578)

References

Portugal
Years of the 15th century in Portugal
1489 by country
1480s in Portugal


title: László Orczán

text:
László Orczán (5 February 1912 – 17 March 1992) was a Hungarian cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

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1912 births
1992 deaths
Hungarian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Hungary
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Budapest
Hungarian male speed skaters


title: Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

text:
Cyprus participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "One Thing I Should Have Done" written by Mike Connaris and Giannis Karagiannis and performed by Karagiannis. The Cypriot broadcaster Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC) returned to the Eurovision Song Contest after a one-year absence following their withdrawal in 2014 due to financial and budget restrictions, and organised the national final Eurovision Song Project in order to select the Cypriot entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. The national final featured 54 entries competing in a nine-week-long process, resulting in the selection of Karagiannis with "One Thing I Should Have Done" at the final on 1 February 2015, where six entries remained.

Promotional activities for the entry prior to the contest included performances of the song in both Amsterdam and London. Cyprus was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 15, "One Thing I Should Have Done" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed sixth out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 87 points. In the final, Cyprus performed in position 11 and placed twenty-second out of the 27 participating countries, scoring 11 points.

Background

Prior to the 2015 contest, Cyprus had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-one times since their debut in the 1981 contest. Its best placing was fifth, which it achieved three times: in the 1982 competition with the song "Mono i agapi" performed by Anna Vissi, in the 1997 edition with "Mana mou" performed by Hara and Andreas Constantinou, and the 2004 contest with "Stronger Every Minute" performed by Lisa Andreas. Cyprus' least successful result was in the 1986 contest when it placed last with the song "Tora zo" by Elpida, receiving only four points in total. However, its worst finish in terms of points received was when it placed second to last in the 1999 contest with "Tha'nai erotas" by Marlain Angelidou, receiving only two points. The nation failed to qualify for the final in  with "An me thimasai" performed by Despina Olympiou.

The Cypriot national broadcaster, Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (CyBC), broadcasts the event within Cyprus and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. In October 2013, CyBC announced their withdrawal from the  citing public opinion regarding the 2012–2013 Cypriot financial crisis and budget restrictions as factors that influenced this decision. Following rumors since late May 2014 that the nation would be returning to the contest, CyBC confirmed their intentions to participate at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest on 14 July 2014. Cyprus has used various methods to select the Cypriot entry in the past, such as internal selections and televised national finals to choose the performer, song or both to compete at Eurovision. CyBC opted to organise a national final based on the Swedish Eurovision selection Melodifestivalen in order to select the 2015 Cypriot entry with a trailer for the selection being first seen along with their participation confirmation. The national final was originally planned to be a collaboration with music channel MAD TV, however the collaboration was cancelled in October 2014 due to the low amount of submissions received.

Before Eurovision

Eurovision Song Project
Eurovision Song Project was the national final format developed by CyBC in order to select Cyprus' entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The competition involved a nine-week-long process that commenced on 7 December 2014 and concluded with the final on 1 February 2015. The shows took place at the CyBC studios in Nicosia, hosted by Antri Karantoni and were broadcast on RIK 1, RIK Sat as well as online via the broadcaster's website cybc.cy. The final was also streamed online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.

Format
The Eurovision Song Project consisted of 54 entries competing over three phases: the auditions between 7 December 2014 and 11 January 2015, the Eurochallenges on 16 and 23 January 2015, and the final on 1 February 2015. The auditions and Eurochallenges were pre-recorded while the final was broadcast live. Each of the six audition shows included three parts: the Eurobox where each artist talked about their life and connection to the contest along with a short a cappella cover of a past Eurovision entry, the Viewing Room where relatives and friends of each artist watched their performance, and the Eurostudio where each artist performed their candidate Eurovision song in front of a judging panel. Only a one minute preview of the audition performances were shown. During the first Eurochallenge, the 20 artists that progressed from the auditions were required to make a stage performance of their songs in full without backing dancers and 10 entries were eliminated. Each of the remaining 10 artists performed two songs during the second Eurochallenge, one being a piano cover of a past Eurovision entry and one being their candidate Eurovision song. Four acts were eliminated, while the remaining six acts progressed to the final. In the final, the winner was selected from the remaining six entries.

The results of the auditions and Eurochallenges were determined by the judging panel, while the results of the final was determined by the 50/50 combination of votes from the judging panel and televoting. The panel consisted of four permanent members that were joined by varying guest international judges during the Eurochallenges and the final. The permanent judges were:

 Despina Olympiou – Cypriot Eurovision representative in 2013
 Alex Panayi – Cypriot Eurovision representative in 1995 and 2000
 Elena Patroklou – Cypriot Eurovision representative in 1991
 Tasos Tryfonos – Actor and media personality

Competing entries
Artists and composers were able to submit their entries to the broadcaster between 14 July 2014 and 5 September 2014 through an online submission form. All artists were required to have Cypriot nationality or origin and were able to submit a maximum of two entries, while foreign songwriters were allowed to submit songs as long as they collaborated with at least one songwriter of Cypriot nationality or origin. At the conclusion of the deadline, over 100 entries were received by CyBC and included entries from singer Valanto Trifonos, 1993 and 2002 Cypriot Eurovision entrant Dimos Beke, and 2002 Cypriot Eurovision entrant Philipos Konstantinos. The 60 selected entries were announced on 20 October 2014, and among the competing artists was 2008 Cypriot Junior Eurovision entrant Charis Savva. Mike Connaris composed the Cypriot Eurovision entry in 2004, Nasos Lambrianides co-composed the Cypriot Eurovision entry in , and Zenon Zindilis co-composed the Cypriot Eurovision entry in 2013. Six of the entries were later withdrawn from the competition as their artists did not attend the auditions.

Auditions
The six audition shows were aired between 7 December 2014 and 11 January 2015 and featured all 54 entries. Twenty entries received at least three "yes" votes from the four permanent judges and progressed to the Eurochallenge.

Eurochallenges
The two Eurochallenges shows aired on 16 and 23 January 2015. Each of the twenty remaining artists performed their candidate Eurovision song in the first show and the judging panel selected 10 to progress to the second show. Each of the ten remaining artists performed a piano cover of a past Eurovision entry and their candidate Eurovision song in the second show and the judging panel selected six to progress to the final. The two guest international judges for the Eurochallenges were Christer Björkman (Head of Delegation for Sweden at Eurovision and supervisor of Melodifestivalen) and Dimitris Kontopoulos (Greek producer).

Final
The final took place on 1 February 2015. The six remaining entries competed and the winner, "One Thing I Should Have Done" performed by Giannis Karagiannis, was selected by a 50/50 combination of votes from the judging panel and a public televote. The two guest international judges for the final were Bruno Berberes (French television director) and Nicola Caligiore (Head of Delegation for Italy at Eurovision). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the four permanent judges of the competition each performed with two of the finalists. Alex Panayi performed with Doody and Giannis Karagiannis, Elena Patroklou performed with Hovig and Panagiotis Koufogiannis, and Despina Olympiou performed with Nearchos Evangelou and Charis Savva.

Promotion
John Karayiannis made several appearances across Europe to specifically promote "One Thing I Should Have Done" as the Cypriot Eurovision entry. On 18 April, Karayiannis performed during the Eurovision in Concert event which was held at the Melkweg venue in Amsterdam, Netherlands and hosted by Cornald Maas and Edsilia Rombley. On 26 April, Karayiannis performed during the London Eurovision Party, which was held at the Café de Paris venue in London, United Kingdom and hosted by Nicki French and Paddy O'Connell.

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 2015 took place at Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. It consisted of two semi-finals held on 19 and 21 May, respectively, and the final on 23 May 2015. According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five", consisting of , , ,  and the , were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top 10 countries from each semi-final progress to the final. In the 2015 contest, Australia also competed directly in the final as an invited guest nation. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into five different pots based on voting patterns from previous 10 years. On 26 January 2015, an allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Cyprus was placed into the second semi-final, to be held on 21 May 2015, and was scheduled to perform in the second half of the show.

Once all the competing songs for the 2015 contest had been released, the running order for the semi-finals was decided by the shows' producers rather than through another draw, so that similar songs were not placed next to each other. Cyprus was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from  and before the entry from . All three shows were broadcast in Cyprus on RIK 1, RIK SAT, RIK HD and Trito Programma with commentary by Melina Karageorgiou. Loukas Hamatsos was the Cypriot spokesperson who announced the nation's votes during the final.

Semi-final

John Karayiannis took part in technical rehearsals on 14 and 16 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 20 and 21 May 2015. This included the jury final where professional juries of each country, responsible for 50 percent of each country's vote, watched and voted on the competing entries.

At the start of the song, the arena was plunged into darkness and Karayiannis had a single spotlight shining down from above on him. The initial shots were all in black and white. Karayiannis was dressed very smartly in a black suit and black tie, with him wearing his trademark glasses.
Gradually the light increased and the LED screens showed a star-like background, with the lighting having various hues of blue, purple and orange. Around two minutes into the song, the background exploded into flame-like bursts of light on key moments in the lyrics, especially on the 'I should' line.

At the end of the show, Cyprus was announced as having finished in the top 10 and subsequently qualifying for the final. It was later revealed that Cyprus placed sixth in the semi-final, receiving a total of 87 points.

Final
Shortly after the second semi-final, a winner's press conference was held for the 10 qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries were announced during the semi-final; Cyprus was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Cyprus was subsequently placed to perform in position 11, following the entry from Sweden and before the entry from Australia.

Karayiannis once again took part in dress rehearsals on 22 and 23 May 2015 before the final, including the jury final where the professional juries cast their final votes before the live show. Karayiannis performed a repeat of his semi-final performance during the final on 23 May. At the conclusion of the voting, Cyprus placed 22nd with 11 points.

Voting
Voting during the three shows consisted of 50 percent public televoting and 50 percent from a jury deliberation. The jury consisted of five music industry professionals who were citizens of the country they represent, with their names published before the contest to ensure transparency. This jury was asked to judge each contestant based on: vocal capacity; the stage performance; the song's composition and originality; and the overall impression by the act. In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member were released shortly after the final.

Following the release of the full split voting by the EBU after the conclusion of the competition, it was revealed that Cyprus had placed twenty-third with the public televote and ninth with the jury vote in the final. In the public vote, the country scored 8 points, finishing in 23rd place, while in the jury vote, Cyprus placed ninth with 63 points. In the second semi-final, Cyprus placed eighth with the public televote, receiving 80 points and eighth with the jury vote with 76 points.

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Cyprus and awarded by the country in the second semi-final and final of the contest, and the breakdown of the jury voting and televoting conducted during the two shows:

Points awarded to Cyprus

Points awarded by Cyprus

Detailed voting results
The Cypriot votes in the second semi-final and the final were based on 50% jury voting and 50% televoting results. The following members comprised the Cypriot jury:
 Andreas Giortsios (jury chairperson)radio producer, news anchorman
 Elias Antoniadeslyricist, general manager
 Gore Meliansinger
 Stella Stylianousinger, teacher
 Argyro Christodoulidoucomposer, lyricist

Notes

References

2015
Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision


title: Cherry River (Quebec)

text:
The Cherry River or Rivière aux Cerises is a river in Magog, Quebec that is part of the Lake Memphremagog watershed. This river flows through the cities Orford, then Magog, in the Memphremagog Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Eastern Townships, in Quebec, in Canada.

The river was flooded by the creation of dams in the late 19th century, creating a permanent wetland around it.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes adjacent to the "Cherry River" are:
 North side: Key Creek (ruisseau Key);
 East side: Magog River, Red Creek (ruisseau Rouge), Dorman Creek, Meadow Creek, Saint-François River;
 South side: Lake Memphremagog;
 West side: Gagné stream, Montjoie Lake.

The "Cherry River" originates from "Etang aux Cerises", located south-east of Lake Stukely, south of Fraser Lake, northeast of Mount Orford, and Northwest of the center of the village of Cherry River. L'Étang aux Cerises receives the waters from:
 the northwest slope of Mount Orford by the "Grand Crescent Creek" and the "Billot Creek";
 the north slope of the "Hill of Pines" (Colline des Pins);
 the north, through Mai Creek (which receives the waters of Perdu Creek).

From the landfill of the "Etang des Cerises", the Cherry River runs for 11.9 km depending on the following segments:
 2.0 km southeast in forest zone through Sayat-Nova Pond, to the confluence of Cuvette Creek (coming from the north and constituting the outlet of "Lac de la Cuvette");
 0.8 km southeast to the "Grand Rocher Creek" (west of the Lynx Peak);
 1.0 km southeastward passing south of the hamlets of Cherry River and Chéribourg, to confluence with Castle Creek (from the north);
 0.9 km to the south, to the confluence of the "Branche de l'Est" creek, which drains the "Lac à la Truite" upstream;
 4.0 km to the south, parallel to (on the east side) of Red Creek, to Highway 10;
 3.2 km to the mouth of the river, crossing a marsh area, the railway and route 112.

The Cherry River flows to the bottom of a small bay on the Magog Bay on the north shore of Lake Memphremagog next to Cabana Point in the Deauville area. The route 112 crosses the "rivière aux Cerises" at its confluence with Lake Memphremagog. After crossing a small bay, towards the south, the current crosses under the railway bridge located on the north shore of Lake Memphremagog.

Toponymy

Cherry is the fruit of the cherry tree. In this region, cherries are ripe in the middle of summer. The term "Cherry" is related to several place names in this area: the pond, the "Cherry River" hamlet, the marsh and the river.

The toponym "rivière aux Cerises" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

See also
 Orford, a municipality
 List of rivers of Quebec

References

External links
  Official website of the Cherry River Swamp park
Birds observation Website - Site d'observation des oiseaux du Québec
Cherry River (rivière aux Cerises) on Canada Atlas - Natural Resources Canada.

Rivers of Estrie
Magog, Quebec


title: Home Fires (Katz book)

text:
Home Fires: An Intimate Portrait of One Middle-Class Family in Postwar America is a narrative nonfiction book by Don Katz. Originally published in 1992, it was reissued in 2014 in ebook and audiobook formats with a new introduction by Jonathan Alter. The book covers the lives of the Gordons, an American family with many familiar experiences and struggles, including a move from the city to the suburbs, and four rebellious children. One of the grown children, Susan Gordon Lydon, wrote her own memoir in parallel, published the next year: Take The Long Way Home: Memoirs Of A Survivor.

Summary
Home Fires tells the story of the Gordon family – real people, names unchanged - over nearly five decades, from the end of World War II to the early 1990s.  The book chronicles the turbulent postwar era, illuminating the interplay between private life and profound cultural changes. Juxtaposing day-to-day family life with landmark public events, Home Fires is a revealing portrait of the second half of the 20th century in America

Members of the family profiled include composer Ricky Ian Gordon.

Reception
Home Fires received widespread critical acclaim.  Publishers Weekly described it as a "moving, perceptive social history" and "riveting reading." The New York Times called it "mesmerizing, important" and Glamour called it "a flat-out marvel of reportage." Author Jonathan Alter, who also wrote the introduction for the 2014 edition, wrote "Katz’s familial lens on recent history belongs on a shelf with classics. There is Balzac here, and Theodore Dreiser, with a touch of John Gunther, John Dos Passos and William Manchester."

Awards and honors
Home Fires was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992.

References

1992 non-fiction books
2014 non-fiction books
Books about New York City
HarperCollins books


title: Lophospermum scandens

text:
Lophospermum scandens is a scambling or climbing herbaceous perennial native to south central Mexico, with red-violet and white tubular flowers and toothed heart-shaped leaves. It grows at elevations between  in dry habitats, including deciduous oak forests and recent lava flows. The long-tubed flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds. It has been used in gardens as an ornamental plant since the mid-19th century. Its roots require protection from frost in regions where this occurs in the winter. Hybrids of L. scandens are also grown.

Lophospermum scandens has been confused with Lophospermum erubescens, partly because the earliest illustration of L. erubescens was labelled as L. scandens. Among other differences, L. scandens  has a less climbing habit than L. erubescens, with few twining leaf stalks; also the sepals are narrower and joined at the base for  rather than only .

In horticulture it often appears under the genus names Maurandya and Asarina, although these genera are now regarded as distinct from Lophospermum. The true Maurandya scandens is a different species, with shorter flowers and smaller leaves without distinct marginal teeth.

Description

Lophospermum scandens is a sprawling or climbing herbaceous perennial with fibrous roots. The long stems are branched, becoming woody at the base with age and developing a woody caudex – a swollen, bulb-like structure at the base of the stem. The leaf stalks (petioles) are  long, occasionally twining to grasp supports, thus enabling the plant to climb. The leaves are narrowly heart-shaped,  long by  wide, with a pointed apex and toothed edges (dentate or crenate). The leaves and stems are sparsely covered with short hairs.

Lophospermum scandens flowers and fruits from May to November in its native habitat. The flowers are borne singly on stems (peduncles)  long. The calyx has sepals that are generally narrowly ovate,  long and  wide at the base, joined for the first . The upper three sepals are somewhat longer than the lower two. The lower margin of the sepals curves outwards along about a third or half its length. The flowers have five petals, joined at the base to form a tube  long, whitish at the base and pinkish-red to reddish-violet towards the end. The free lobes at the end of the petals are in two sets: the lower three are shorter,  long; the upper two are longer,  long, joined to each other for about two thirds their length. Two prominent folds (plicae) run along the length of the base of the flower tube, bearing numerous yellow hairs less than  long. There are four fertile stamens, the upper two slightly longer than the lower two, and one rudimentary infertile stamen. The style has a cone-shaped lobed stigma.

The ovary is hairless and has two chambers (locules). After fertilization, an unsymmetrical ovoid capsule forms, filled with brown seeds, each with a circular "wing" around it.

Taxonomy
Lophospermum scandens was first collected by Martín Sessé and José Mariano Mociño, probably in 1789 during a scientific expedition in what is now Mexico but was then New Spain. They called it Besleria scandens, although the name was not formally published. David Don first published the name Lophospermum scandens in 1827, creating the new genus Lophospermum for this species, which he described as "truly a most magnificent plant".

Lophospermum scandens has also been confused with Lophospermum erubescens. An illustration of a Lophospermum species was published in 1830 in The British Flower Garden and at first identified as L. scandens. David Don later realized that it was a new species, and corrected the error in a subsequent note in The British Flower Garden, giving the illustrated plant the new name L. erubescens.  Don's correction was not always noticed, with the result that the name L. scandens became associated with the illustration of L. erubescens. Some differences between the two species are that L. scandens has a less climbing habit than L. erubescens, with fewer twining leaf stalks; the bases of the sepals are joined for  rather than for only ; and the folds (plicae) on the base of the inside of the flower tube bear hairs less than  long rather than  long.

In 1868, Asa Gray created nomenclatural confusion when he decided that Lophospermum should be merged into Maurandya. The name Maurandya scandens (Cav.) Pers. had already been published for an existing species in the genus Maurandya, so in transferring L. scandens into Maurandya as M. scandens (D.Don) A.Gray, Gray inadvertently created a name associated with two species. (Inadvertently because Gray used the illegitimate name M. semperflorens for M. scandens (Cav.) Pers.) Wayne J. Elisens in his 1985 monograph considered Lophospermum and Maurandya to be distinct genera, a view since confirmed by molecular phylogenetic studies.

As well as being placed in Maurandya under various names, Lophospermum scandens was also placed in Asarina by Francis Whittier Pennell, as Asarina lophospermum.

Distribution and habitat
Lophospermum scandens is native to south central Mexico, in the states of Mexico, Morelos and Guerrero, where it is found at elevations between , often on soils of volcanic origin. It grows in deciduous oak forests and scrub, on cliffs, canyon walls, and rocky outcrops, including recent lava flows, in dry habitats.

Ecology
Lophospermum scandens is pollinated by hummingbirds. It shows characteristic adaptations to this mode of pollination, having long-tubed flowers in shades of red with open throats. The nectar produced by the flowers is typical of those pollinated by hummingbirds, being high in sucrose and low in glucose relative to fructose.

Cultivation
Lophospermum scandens was described in cultivation in the Liverpool Botanic Garden in 1836, where it was trained against a south wall. Its roots were protected over the winter by being covered with dry peaty soil. It was described as a "truly magnificent" climbing plant with the advantage of producing a succession of flowers over the summer. In 1839, it was described as "easily cultivated, either in the open air or in the greenhouse".

In horticulture, it is often given names in the genus Maurandya, as listed for example in the RHS Horticultural Database. Lophospermum and Maurandya are now regarded as distinct. Maurandya has smooth rather than hairy leaves with entire rather than toothed margins, and smaller flowers with a tube at most about  long. As noted above, the name Maurandya scandens is a source of confusion, since M. scandens (D.Don) A.Gray is a synonym of Lophospermum scandens, whereas M. scandens (Cav.) Pers. is an entirely different plant. Thus if the authority is not given, the identity of a plant described as "Maurandya scandens" is unclear. Lophospermum scandens is also known in cultivation by its synonym Asarina lophospermum; for example a US plant patent describes hybrids between L. scandens and L. erubescens as Asarina lophospermum × Asarina erubescens. Asarina is now regarded as an purely European genus.

The cultivation of  the true Lophospermum scandens is described as similar to that of other species of Lophospermum and of species of Maurandya. Plants need to be protected from the frost over the winter. Propagation is by seed or cuttings.

References

scandens
Plants described in 1827


title: Arne Pedersen (cyclist)

text:
Arne Werner Pedersen (7 September 1917 – 11 July 1959) was a Danish cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial and team pursuit events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He also won the bronze medal in the individual pursuit at the 1946 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

References

External links

1917 births
1959 deaths
Danish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Denmark
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Copenhagen


title: Chad men's national basketball team

text:
Chadian men's national basketball team competes for the country Chad in international competition, governed by the Fédération Tchadienne de Basketball. The team is in zone 4 of FIBA Africa.

Its main accomplishment was the qualification for the 2011 FIBA Africa Championship.
There, Chad lost to the 2015 Champion Nigeria in the first round of the Knockout stage (also called Round of 16). Abderamane Mbaindiguim led the team in points per game with an average of 9.2.

Competitions

Summer Olympics
yet to qualify

FIBA Basketball World Cup

AfroBasket

AfroCan

Islamic Solidarity Games
 2005 : 9th
 2013 : Did not participate
 2017 : To be determined

Current roster
Team for the 2015 Afrobasket Qualification:

Other notable players from Chad:

Head coach position
  Patrick Maucouvert – 2011

Past Rosters
2011 FIBA Africa Championship Roster
Head coach: Patrick Maucouvert

References

External links
 Archived records of Chad team participations
 Chadian Men National Team 2011 Presentation at Afrobasket.com

Men's national basketball teams
Basketball
1963 establishments in Chad
Basketball teams in Chad
Basketball in Chad


title: Edgar Carrasco Arteaga

text:
Edgar Carrasco Arteaga (born Cuenca, Ecuador, 1946) is an Ecuadorian painter and sculptor.

Biography
Carrasco's love for art began in childhood, with drawings of animals which eventually won him the Paris Prize. Carrasco lived in Paris for year, during which time he visited museums such as the Louvre and saw exhibitions of the great masters of European art.  For several years, he was employed making trophies for the Delta Advertising Awards. He also briefly visited Asia and Russia, exhibiting in Singapore and Japan in 2008.

Work
Carrasco works mainly in copper, which he calls "the legitimate child of the Sun," but also works with bronze, silver and iron, using special techniques such as plating copper pipes with other metals such as silver. Among his most notable works are a mural at the Hotel Cosmos in Bogota; a sculpture of Oswaldo Guayasamín in plaster; and a sculpture of Don Quixote in wrought iron.  His works can be seen at the Alliance Francaise de Quito, and the Oswaldo Guayasamín museum.

His latest works include a kinetic sculpture erected in the Paseo de la Juventud Plaza in Machala.  The work comprises polished copper pipes protruding at different angles.  "Copper interprets light," Carrasco notes.  He leaves his works untitled, leaving the viewer to impose their own title.

Awards and honors
 Mariano Aguilera
 II Biennale Hall of Honor
 Premio de Escultura de la Universidad de Cuenca y de la Casa de la Cultura
 Primer Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas de Quito
 Primer Premio Salón de Octubre (Guayaquil)

References

1946 births
Living people
Ecuadorian painters
Ecuadorian sculptors


title: Lokomotyv Stadium (Poltava)

text:
Lokomotyv  Stadium is a football-only stadium in Poltava, Ukraine, in Podil region of the city. It is currently used for football matches, and is the home of FC Poltava. The stadium's official maximum capacity is 2,500.

History
Lokomotyv Stadium was built in Poltava in 1937. During the World War II the stadium was completely destroyed. The stadium was rebuilt in 1949.

Reconstruction

In 2008 the stadium was completely renovated with new plastic seating for 2500 spectators and a commissioned VIP-platform for guests of honor. Reconstruction was financed by the club president Leonid Sobolev.

References

Football venues in Poltava Oblast
Sports venues in Poltava
FC Poltava
1937 establishments in Ukraine
Sports venues completed in 1937


title: CC-1088

text:
CC-1088 is a thalidomide analogue inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4 that was being developed up to 2005 by Celgene Corp., for treating of inflammatory diseases and myelodysplastic syndromes. Apremilast (CC-10004) was found to be a preferable.

See also
 Apremilast
 Development of analogs of thalidomide

References

External links
 NCI Thesaurus

PDE4 inhibitors


title: George H. Jessop

text:
George H. Jessop was an Irish playwright, journalist and novelist. Born in Doory Hall, Ballymahon, County Longford, in 1852, he died in Hampstead, London, in 1915. Jessop lived and worked in the United States for many years.

His numerous works included the opera Shamus O'Brien (written with Charles Villiers Stanford) and the novel Gerald Ffrench's Friends. and the plays Sam'l of Pozen (1881); Myles Aroon (1888); A Gold Mine and On Probation, both 1889 with Brander Matthews; Mavourneen (1891); and The Power of the Press (1892) with Augustus Pitou.
He also contributed to the magazines Puck and Judge''.

He was the brother of the Irish writer Mary Kathleen Jessop.

References

Irish male dramatists and playwrights
Irish male journalists
Irish librettists
1852 births
1915 deaths
Irish male novelists
People from Ballymahon
Writers from County Longford
19th-century Irish novelists
20th-century Irish novelists
19th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
20th-century Irish dramatists and playwrights
19th-century Irish journalists
20th-century Irish journalists


title: Miklós Németh (cyclist)

text:
Miklós Németh (born 15 April 1910, date of death unknown) was a Hungarian cyclist. He competed in the tandem and team pursuit events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1910 births
Year of death missing
Hungarian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Hungary
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Place of birth missing


title: Bill O'Flaherty

text:
Bill O'Flaherty is a Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive. He was the head coach of Clarkson for six years before moving on to become the school's Athletic director, compiling one of the highest winning percentages in the history of college hockey.

Career
Bill O'Flaherty began attending Clarkson in 1967, playing under legendary coach Len Ceglarski for two full seasons and graduating in 1971 with a bachelor's in Humanities. O'Flaherty immediately moved to coaching afterwards, taking a position at Clarkson first under Ceglarski, then Jerry York after the former left to become the head coach at Boston College in 1972. O'Flaherty remained as an assistant until York himself left to take over at Bowling Green and O'Flaherty was chosen as his successor.

O'Flaherty had immediate and consistent success with the Golden Knights, winning 21 games in his first season (1979–80) and continuing that trend for his entire tenure. In his second and third seasons O'Flaherty got Clarkson 26-wins which provided the team with their only 2 back-to-back ECAC Hockey regular season titles in school history and getting them to their first NCAA tournament in over a decade. In six seasons behind the bench O'Flaherty provided five 20-win seasons, 6 winning records, 3 NCAA tournament berths, and 2 conference regular season titles. O'Flaherty was awarded the Spencer Penrose Award in 1981 for prompting Clarkson to a superb season, the fourth consecutive coach at Clarkson to earn the honour.

O'Flaherty moved into the front office, assuming the sole duties as Clarkson's Athletic Director in 1986 and remaining at that post until 1997 when he jumped to the NHL to serve as Director of Player Personnel for the Los Angeles Kings. O'Flaherty joined the staff of the Pittsburgh Penguins as professional scout for one season (2006–07) before becoming the Director of Pro Scouting for the Florida Panthers, remaining there until 2010.

Personal life
Bill is the son of former NHLer John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty who spent most of his career in the minor leagues for the Pittsburgh Hornets. Bill's brother Gerry O'Flaherty was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1970 and spent parts of 8 seasons in the NHL as a player, eventually winning 3 Stanley Cups as a scout.

Head coaching record

References

External links

Canadian ice hockey coaches
Clarkson Golden Knights men's ice hockey coaches
Florida Panthers scouts
Living people
Los Angeles Kings executives
Pittsburgh Penguins scouts
Ice hockey people from Etobicoke
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Ferenc Pelvássy

text:
Ferenc Pelvássy (4 November 1910 – 6 October 1980) was a Hungarian cyclist. He competed in the tandem and team pursuit events at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1910 births
1980 deaths
Hungarian male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Hungary
Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Budapest


title: 1515 in Portugal

text:
Events in the year 1515 in Portugal.

Incumbents
King of Portugal and the Algarves: Manuel I

Events
2 February - Creation of the Count of Vimioso title of nobility.
Creation of the Duke of Goa title.
Afonso de Albuquerque ended his term as Governor of Portuguese India.
Lopo Soares de Albergaria becomes Governor of Portuguese India.
The Fort Santo Antonio was built.

Births
7 October - Edward of Portugal, 4th Duke of Guimarães, infante (died 1540)
Cristóvão da Costa, doctor and natural historian (died 1594)
Febo Moniz, nobleman

Deaths
10 April - Mateus Fernandes, architect
16 December - Afonso de Albuquerque (born 1453)

See also
History of Portugal (1415–1578)

References

Years of the 16th century in Portugal
Portugal
1510s in Portugal
1515 in Europe