title: The Vale Resort

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The Vale Resort is a golf, spa and leisure hotel and resort in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales. It consists of a hotel, spa, restaurant, two championship golf courses, golf clubhouse and a conference centre.

History

The resort is located near Hensol Castle, in the Vale of Glamorgan, around 10 miles outside Cardiff city centre. Leekes, a retailer owned by Gerald Leeke, purchased the site, which at the time consisted of a 9-hole golf course, in 1994. Around this course, a golf clubhouse was opened, followed by a health club and spa facility in 1998, designed for 4,500 members. As of 2012, the spa is the largest in Wales.

The 143-bedroom hotel was opened in November 1999, along with an indoor sports training arena, in a partnership with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU). The WRU continue to use the facility as their training base during domestic fixture periods such as the Six Nations Championship and Autumn internationals, and in 2009 the training facilities were developed further and relaunched as the WRU National Centre of Excellence, which includes three full-size outdoor rugby pitches as well as the indoor pitch and two administration blocks, where the national squad's backroom staff and the WRU's development and academy staff are based.

The Football Association of Wales also previously had its training base at the Vale Resort, and commissioned international standard practice football pitches which were built at the facility between 2005 and 2006. The facility was officially opened in 2009, by FIFA president Sepp Blatter. In 2011, at the request of then-Wales manager Gary Speed, the FAW moved the national team's training base to Newport's Celtic Manor Resort, resulting in a £15,000 compensation payout to the Vale Resort. The football facilities at the Vale continue to be used by Cardiff City FC, who share the Vale Pavilion building as their training headquarters with the Cardiff Blues regional rugby side.

In 2011, the resort made sales of £12 million.

Golf
From the original 9-hole golf course, the facilities at the site have been developed into two championship golf courses. The Wales National is a par 73 course which opened in June 2003 and has hosted the Wales Challenge event on the Challenge Tour in 2005 and from 2007 to 2010, and the Wales Seniors Open on the European Seniors Tour in 2006. The Lake Course is a par 72 course, developed around a 20-acre lake at the site.

References

External links

Golf clubs and courses in Wales
Hotels in Wales
Resorts in Wales
Hotels established in 1999
1999 establishments in Wales


title: Vizier's fingers

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Vizier's fingers (), is a type of Turkish dessert. Ingredients include semolina, milk, egg, caster sugar, water, lemon juice, almond essence, butter, and rose water. The dessert reveals sexual imaginations just like other Turkish desserts such as Hanımgöbeği (lady's navel), Dilber Dudağı (lady lips), Kerhane Tatlısı (brothel dessert), Sütlü Nuriye (Milky Nuriye) etc.

See also
Şekerpare
Revani
Baklava
Tulumba

References

Turkish desserts


title: Calisher and Terry carbine

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The Calisher and Terry Carbine was an early bolt-action breech-loading carbine. It used a waterproof paper cartridge ignited with a percussion cap.

Approved by the British War Office for use by cavalry, it was first issued to the 18th Hussars, but is best known for its use by the Colonial governments in Australia and New Zealand - particularly by the NZ Colonial Defence Force (NZ Forest Rangers) from July 1863 - and its occasional use in the American Civil War.

Design and History
William Terry patented the design on April 12, 1855. The design used a bolt and a unique cartridge which held the bullet encapsulated within a nitrated paper wrapper holding the appropriate powder charge, with a greased felt wad at the base to help seal the breech. The cartridges were chambered in .54-calibre (13-mm) Minie.

The following year Terry formed a partnership with Bertram Calisher, and they were successful in promoting both private sales and having it adopted by the British War Department. In addition to being issued to the 18th Hussars, the system in rifle and carbine form enjoyed a brisk civilian sale and was popular with colonial military and constabulary units, most notably those of New Zealand.

A number were used during the American Civil War, particularly by the Confederates, but they were never a standard issue for any unit.

Metal cartridges became increasingly popular from the 1860s onward, and many competing arms such as the Sharps were converted to these, but the basic design of the Terry meant that this was not feasible, and the company closed down in 1870.

Notable users
 Jeb Stuart, Confederate States Army general
 Jefferson Davis,  President of the Confederate States of America
 Gustavus von Tempsky's Forest Rangers

References

Bolt-action rifles of the United Kingdom
Carbines
Single-shot bolt-action rifles


title: Lake Terrien (Mékinac)

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Lake Terrien (sometimes referred to the surname "Therrien") is a lake located in the Marmier (township), in the municipality of Lac-aux-Sables, in Mékinac Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie at Quebec, Canada.

Geography
Terrien Lake is located in the Zec Tawachiche, in the forest zone. Terrien lake is shaped like a large S in the north-south direction. It feeds on the north by Lake Outlet Deep and north-east by the Lake Quessi. Terrien lake is located 15 minute’s drive from the entrance of the ZEC, taking the path Tawachiche East. The path Tawachiche East bypasses the lake by the Terrien on East side.

Arranged by the Government of Quebec, a dam is located at the outlet of Lake Terrien, southwest side of the lake, on the course of the Tawachiche River. Initially, the dam was built at the mouth of Lake Terrien in autumn 1933 by Veillette & Frères Ltée. Rebuilt in 1950, the dam is 29 m in length and was erected in the "foothills of wood (candles)" genre. The dam has a capacity of holding 512,500 cubic meters and a height of 2.1 m holding. Its use is primarily for wildlife. The reservoir surface area is 25 ha and the catchment area is 31.1 km². The owner of the dam is the Centre d'expertise hydrique du Québec

Key Benefits
Since 2009, climbers frequent the granite cliff overlooking a bog and the western shore of Lake Terrien. In many places, the cliff has sustained over  verticality, with some sequences of near . A boat is required to reach the foot of the cliff whose orientation is south, southeast, which allows it to climb from March to November. Cape Tawachiche inherited a Native American legend that transcends in the names of the five sectors of the cliff: Tomahawk (sections Chamane, Grand-duc, Totem), été indien, Attimakekw, Wometaci et Maskwaaskwaaskwa

Toponymy
The name "Lake Terrien" was recorded December 5, 1968, at the Bank of place names of the "Commission de toponymie du Québec" (Geographical Names Board of Québec)

The name "Terrien Dam" was recorded on January 24, 2002, at the Bank of place names of the "Commission de toponymie du Québec".

See also

 Tawachiche River
 Batiscanie, Quebec
 Zec Tawachiche
 Lac-aux-Sables
 Hervey-Jonction

References

External links
 Mékinac Regional County Municipality (RCM):

Mékinac Regional County Municipality
Lakes of Mauricie


title: Culture Vannin

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Culture Vannin is the trading name for the Manx Heritage Foundation, established in 1982 by the Isle of Man Government to promote Manx culture, heritage and language. It was rebranded in February 2014, having previously been known as the "Manx Heritage Foundation" (), since the former title "held connotations more towards the cultural history of the island" which were not felt to be accurate to the organisation's progressive approach to invigorating Manx culture. Culture Vannin's motto is "Taking our culture forward".

Organisation
The management board of the Foundation consists of two MHKs appointed by Tynwald, three members of the general public nominated by the Council of Ministers and approved by Tynwald, and a representative from both the Isle of Man Arts Council and Manx National Heritage. It is chaired by Chris Thomas MHK.

The Foundation currently employs four members staff:
 Director: Dr Breesha Maddrell
 Manx Language Development Officer: Ruth Keggin Gell
 Manx Music Development Officer: Dr Chloë Woolley

Its offices are based in Fairfield House, St. John's, opposite Tynwald Hill and next to Bunscoill Ghaelgagh. Having announced plans for this relocation in June 2015, Culture Vannin opened its doors to the public at Fairfield House on Tynwald Day 2016. It was previously located at The Nunnery, Douglas.

Activities
Culture Vannin's policy states that its four main aims are:
1) To identify the unique areas of Manx Heritage and Culture and;2) To find practical ways of making them relevant to today's society;3) To support the Manx identity and contemporary Manx culture.

The Foundation sets out to achieve these aims by offering financial assistance through grants or loans, by undertaking and commissioning its own research/publishing, and by offering practical advice and assistance where appropriate.

The Foundation considers Manx culture to include all of the following: crafts, language, history, natural history, music, literature, folk-lore, art, folk dance, architecture, archaeology, industrial development, law and ecology.<ref>[http://www.manxheritage.org/pdfs/MH%20Foundation%20act.pdf Manx Heritage Foundation Act 1982] 'Objectives of the Foundation 2, i-xiv' (accessed May 15, 2013)</ref>

Examples of key work carried out by the Foundation includes:
 The awarding of Reih Bleeaney Vanannan'' (Manannan's Choice of the Year) in recognition of an outstanding contribution to Manx culture. This has been awarded annually since 1987.
 Support of events that celebrate the Manx language, music and dance, including: Shennaghys Jiu, Yn Chruinnaght, Cooish and Bree.
 The publication or support for publication of a number of books, CDs and DVDs.
 Commissioning and supporting a number of oral history projects.

References

External links
Official website

Cultural organisations based in the Isle of Man
Organizations established in 1982
Manx language
Celtic language advocacy organizations
1982 establishments in the Isle of Man
Government of the Isle of Man


title: Dons (singer)

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Arturs Šingirejs (born 10 April 1984 in Brocēni, Saldus), better known as Dons, is a Latvian singer and songwriter. He is one of the most popular singers in Latvia, having won the Latvian Music Recording Awards' Top Radio Hit award seven times for most played song.

He has released eight solo albums and has won numerous awards including Latvijas Radio's Muzikālās Banka () Song of the Year four times. He has attempted to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest twice with the songs "Freedom is my Religion" (2010) and "Pēdējā Vēstule" (2014), finishing in second both times. He has used the stage names Art Green and Art Singer while performing outside of Latvia.

Born in Saldus, Latvia, Dons began his career winning the Latvian reality show Talantu Fabrikā () in 2003. He released a duet album, Viens Otram (2004), with fellow contestant Lily (real name Linda Kalniņa, m. 2009; div. 2013). His first solo album Lights On (2006) would be mostly in English. He would find success releasing his next seven albums in the Latvian language: Lelle (2008), Signāls (2013), Varanasi (2014), Sibīrija (2015), Tepat (2016), Namiņš. Kaste. Vārdi (2018), and Tūrists (2020). At the Latvian Music Recording Awards, he has won Best Pop Album twice from five nominations for Varanasi (2014) and Tūrists (2020). He has won Best Rock Album once from two nominations with Lelle (2008) and has been nominated once for Best Pop-Rock Album with Signāls (2013).

Early life
Arturs Šingirejs was born on 10 April 1984 in Brocēni, Saldus, Latvia to a Belarusian father and a Latvian mother, who performed professionally as a soloist in the Liepāja group Santa (their leader was Zigmars Liepiņš). He has one brother and three sisters, one of whom was the first to encourage him to perform on stage at the age of four. His mother taught him English from the age of 6 and he credits Freddie Mercury as one of his first musical idols. He studied piano at the Saldus Music School. He had his first solo performance at age 16 and stated, "My first performance was at school, and I realized that I wanted to do this - there is something here that binds me". He would later study culinary arts before returning to music as a profession. He learned to play the guitar and sing through self-study.

Career

2003–2007: Early work
Dons gained popularity in 2003 by winning the Latvian reality show Talantu Fabrikā (). During the show, he met and dated fellow contestant Lily (real name Linda Kalniņa). He joined Radio SWH Rock as a DJ host after winning the reality show, which he says was much more stressful than performing on stage. Dons and Lily would release an English language duet album in 2004, Viens Otram (). The album would become a best seller in Latvia and they earned a nomination for Top Radio Hit with "Just For You" at the 2003 Latvian Music Recording Awards. In 2004, his song "Ja es būtu vējš" () was nominated for Top Radio Hit at the Latvian Music Recording Awards. After the success of the duet album, Dons would focus on a solo career, releasing his first solo album (mostly in English) Lights On in 2006. The album was nominated for best Rock album and his single, "Lights Out" was nominated for best Rock song at the 2006 Latvian Music Recording Awards.

Afterwards, he moved between London and Los Angeles with Lily, saying in interviews at the time that she was his muse and source of inspiration; they married in 2009. While living aboard, he adopted and subsequently abandoned different stage names; first he used Art Green and later went by Art Singer while in the United States. Dons later commented on his numerous names, "Call me whatever you want. I have a lot of names. The name Art Singer I use in England is an abbreviated name. Art Green was the predecessor of Art Singer, but I somehow didn't feel that name... In Latvia I'm known more as Dons, which I chose myself. That nickname came in and dragged me along and I get along with it well". While in Los Angeles, he received four offers to be the lead singer in various rock bands.

In 2007, he performed in Zigmars Liepiņš' popular musical theatre Adata with the song "Ja Tu Man Esi" (""). The song would be nominated for Top Radio Hit at the Latvian Music Recording Awards that year.

2008–2014: Return to Latvia, Eurovision

In 2008, Dons released his second solo album, Lelle (), which was his first Latvian language album. The album would be the first of many where he would collaborate with lyricist Ingus Bērziņš. It would win the Best Rock Album in the Latvian Music Recording Awards that year. The success of the album proved his audience preferred his music performed in Latvian over his English language music. He represented Latvia at the New Wave 2008, where he got 4th place.

In 2009, Dons participated in the television series 1000 Jūdzes Indijā () presented by Latvijas Televīzija with fellow travelers radio DJ Egon Reiter, comedian Jānis Skutelis, Edgars Zaķis and rapper Gustavo. After the series ended, he stayed in India for a month longer as a creative means of self-searching and meditation, which later reflected in his music. Still living abroad, he briefly returned to Latvia for a month to compete in the 2010 Latvian Eurovision Song Contest, finishing in second with his song "Freedom is my Religion".

Other than sharing the songs he wrote, Dons has remained private about his activities while living abroad. In 2012, Dons returned again to Latvia, for a longer period to revive his career with a new album with songs written while in London. Writing the album's music, he worked with song lyricist Ingus Bērziņš to produce his third solo album, Signāls. He would win Best Radio Hit at the 2012 and 2013 Latvian Music Recording Awards for his single "Signāls", which would also win song of the year at Latvijas Radio's 2012 Muzikālās Banka (). The album was nominated for Best Pop and Rock Album at the 2013 Latvian Music Recording Awards and his video for "Darling, Darling" was nominated for Best Video.

Outside of producing and touring his album that year, he worked as a voice actor and reality show judge. He voiced and sang as the character of Olaf in the Latvian adaptation of Disney's Frozen (2013). He returned to his origins on the Latvian reality show Jaunā Talantu Fabrikā () as a judge, where he tutored winner Aminata Savadogo and later helped produce her songs.

During this period, his marriage with his wife and muse Lily would dissolve and officially end in 2013. His divorce would become the inspiration for his first single "Pēdējā Vēstule" ("") off his next studio album, Varanasi (2014). He considers the album a continuation of his previous album Signāls, stating, "On a sensory level, the album Varanasi is full of relationships, everyday life and cognition. Musically from choir and strings to electronics and rock. I'm happy for the producers' courage not to be afraid to experiment with innovative things".

In 2014, he participated in Dziesma () with "Pēdējā Vēstule" in an attempt to represent Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest". While the song in Latvian is dedicated to his ex-wife, he stated if he had won, he would have sung a version he wrote himself in English and re-dedicate that version to his father who died in 2007. However, he finished in second place behind Aarzemnieki losing by 97 votes, much to the surprise of many. Despite the loss at the Dziema 2014, the song would win Song of the Year at both the 2013 Muzikālās Banka (Musical Bank) and the Latvian Music Recording Awards. Due to his popularity, his tour for the album had to be extended, including going from one show at Palladium Riga to six sold out nights. The album reached gold status in Latvia in less than two months after being released. He would have major success at the 2014 Latvian Music Recording Awards, with Varanasi winning Pop Album of the Year and winning Song of the Year with his single "Tev Piedzims Bērns" () and Top Radio Hit with "Pāriet Bailes" (), which would also win Song of the Year at the 2014 Muzikālās Banka () awards.

Inspired by the success of Varanasi, Dons embarked on a  journey via the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok, Siberia, and later flying to Delhi, India, and traveling by train to Varanasi in 2014. About his motivation, Dons said, "Although in the song ('Pēdējā Vēstule'), Varanasi is a metaphor for peace of mind, which we can also find in the beet fields, on the stage, at the wheel of a car - wherever there is a place. I know that in any case, getting to this city will be emotional". Traveling alone, he brought only the necessities and his guitar in a creative search for materials for his next album.

2015–2020: Rise in popularity

With his material from his Trans-Siberian Railway journey, Dons released his fifth solo album Sibīrija () in 2015 with lyrics again by Ignus Bērziņš. The first single "Medus Pods" () was written while stationed near Lake Baikal during his Siberian trip. Dons noted about his ongoing songwriting relationship with the lyricist Bērziņš: "My songs are about myself, my pain and my joys, my dreams and my disappointments, otherwise I can't write. This is exactly the case with 'Medus Pods'. After music and our conversations, Ingus can read the state of my soul very well..." His next two singles from Sibīrija would be "Pašā Ielas Galā" () and "Dieviņš" (). "Medus Pods" () would be nominated for Best Song and Best Video at the 2014 Latvian Music Recording Awards. Sibīrija would be nominated for Best Album, "Pašā Ielas Galā" () would win Best Video and "Dieviņš" () would win Top Radio Hit and be nominated for Alfa's Song of the Year at the 2015 Latvian Music Recording Awards.

In 2015, he was a judge in the first season of the Latvian television show Supernova, which is used to select artists to represent Latvia in future Eurovision Song Contests. He would reprise the same role at the Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Dons released his sixth solo album Tepat () in October 2016 which was the first album where he wrote the lyrics along with the music. The album was stylistically different than his previous albums, featuring a simpler instrumentation but "emotionally richer". The tour featured two nights at Latvia's Arēna Rīga, making Dons one of the few domestic groups capable of bringing in a crowd large enough for that arena. The single "Tepat" () would be nominated for Alfa's Song of the Year and Top Radio Hits at the 2017 Latvian Music Recording Awards.

In 2017, he performed with the Riga Dome Choir School on the song "Zelta Kamanas" ().

In February 2018, Dons released his seventh solo album, Namiņš. Kaste. Vārdi (). He featured a variety of lyricists from himself, Ingus Bērziņš, Arnis Račinskis, Ģirts Rozentāls and Kaspars Ansons. The album featured some songs that were originally written in 2010 while in London. The fourth single from the album would be "Salauzta Sirds" (), which was a collaboration with Ozols. That single would win Top Radio Hit and Best Song at the 2019 Latvian Music Recording awards and the album would be nominated for Best Pop Album.

In 2018, he played the lead role in the 30th anniversary production of the rock opera, Lāčplēsis, based on the Latvian national epic of the same name. Some people doubted his abilities to perform in the lead role, however, Igo who performed as lead in the original production noted after hearing his performance, "Dons has a very wide range of voices, he timbres his tone very masterfully. I have never had any doubts about him, because purely technically he is capable of very, very much. Probably even more than people know and can imagine. Therefore, I had no doubts and no question as to whether he could cope with this task."

In 2020, he participated in a number of collaborations. He worked with 20 Latvian musicians to create the charity anthem, "Es zinu, Tu esi" to raise money for domestic violence victims. He released another song "Mans Eņģelis" () for the charity Angels over Latvia, which raised money to benefit children in need of medical care. For Aminata Savadogo's song "Nejauc man prātu" (), Dons helped with the music and lyrics. In response to the Latvian government lack of support for the cultural sector during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia, Dons and other leading Latvian musicians expressed their criticism with a video composition called "Klusums" ().

On 24 November 2020, Dons would release his eighth solo album, Tūrists (), which featured 10 songs from a total of 27 he had written. The lead single "Es Nāktu Mājās" () would be become popular, winning Song of the Year at the 2019 Muzikālās Banka () and tying him for most ever with Prāta Vētra (Brainstorm). At the 2020 Latvian Music Recording Awards, it would be nominated for Best Song and Song of the Year and winning Best Video. His single "Tūrists" ("") was nominated for most valuable song during the 2020 Muzikālās Banka (). The album would win Best Pop Album at the 2021 Latvian Music Recording Awards.

2021–present: Signing with Universal Music

In March 2021, Dons participated in an open letter to the government that was signed by leading Latvian musicians, artists, writers and other creatives. In it, they criticized the government's ongoing lack of support for copyright and compensation laws for their works when it came to data carriers. A few days later, he released the single "Piedošana" (), in which he teamed up with Intars Busulis and Prāta Vētra (Brainstorm) to perform it. The song was created prior to the COVID-19 pandemic in Latvia. Dons summarized the song as, "Forgiveness is an art we learn all our lives. Sometimes it seems like we've learned it, but new challenges come and we have to start all over again". On 18 April 2021, he performed as a guest singer on Balss Maskā () as the Evening Star, singing "The Best" by Bonnie Tyler.

In August 2021, Dons announced he had signed with Universal Music. His first single with the new label was released on 16 September 2021 titled "Tas rakstīts debesīs (Piena ceļš)" (). The song was cowritten with DJ Rudd (Rūdolfs Budze) and Aminata Savadogo about an admiration "of space, of infinity, of stars, about possibilities and probabilities". It was nominated for three 2022 Latvian Music Recording Awards for Top Radio Hit, song of the year and ELVI song of the year and along with "Piedošana" (), his collaboration with Prata Vetra and Intars Busulis, made the final 15 for most valuable song of the 2021 Muzikālā Banka (). "Tas rakstīts debesīs (Piena ceļš)" () finished in third place and "Piedošana" () finished in seventh place during the 2021 Muzikālā Banka () finals.

In February 2022, Dons released a new single, "Tavs pieskāriens" (). He also announced a summer concert at the ruins of the Sigulda Castle. In May 2022, Dons collaborated with Latvian rapper  on his next single, "Brīnišķīga diena" (). At the 2022 Muzikālā Banka () finals, "Tavs pieskāriens" () finished in 7th place. At the 2023 Latvian Music Recording Awards known as the Zelta Mikrofons (), his single "Tavs pieskāriens" () was nominated for song of the year, video of the year, top radio hit and people's choice for (ELVI) song of the year. His duet "Brīnišķīga diena" () with rolands če was also nominated for top radio hit. "Tavs pieskāriens" () won song of the year and Top Radio Hit.

In anticipation of his next album, Dons released the single, "Divatā" () in May 2023. The lyrics are by Latvian poet , who says, "There have always been forces of attraction and repulsion in relationships. The song 'Divatā' holds the hope that attraction will prevail, and two loving people will eventually be able to find their way to each other". On 17 and 18 July 2023, Dons performed as Quasimodo in Zigmars Liepiņš' operatic melodrama Parīzes Dievmātes katedrāle () as part of the Jūrmala Festival. In September 2023, Dons released his next single "Lauzto šķēpu karaļvalsts" (), inspired by the "times when you feel crushed and bent under the weight, the belief that time will heal and allow you to get back up can be the only thing that gives you strength". He also announced a stadium concert at Daugava Stadium taking place in August 2024.

Dons joined the Latvian music competition show Paaudžu duelis () as the leader of the younger 2000s team. Contestants answered trivia questions and performed songs from the different music eras, with losers being sent home via fan votes.

Music style

Dons is a long-time collaborator with lyricist Ingus Bērziņš, who he considers one of the best poets in Latvia. Bērziņš' lyrics are sometimes criticized as making little sense: Normunds Vucāns of ParMuziku (an online magazine produced by Latvian Music Producers Association) writes, "Unfortunately, these thoughts are hidden behind such unsuccessful and illogical lyrics that the idea is absolutely not understood, and the question arises as to whether the author himself understands what he has created." However, Dons says he knows the meaning of all the lyrics, appreciating that Bērziņš is adventurous with his writings. In his later albums, Don began to write his own words instead of relying on Bērziņš, saying, "Recently, however, our cooperation has been less frequent, because I have started writing lyrics myself. In the past, maybe I didn't have anything to say or I couldn't say it, but now I have something to say. But now and then I send him my texts to read". Dons has worked with other lyricists though and has no issues singing others' lyrics as long as they fit his melodies.

Due to the popularity of some of his songs, he stated how he had to distance the personal origins of those songs from the listeners so that the music can "belong" to them, saying:

"I have a song ("Kolekcionārs" , lyrics by Ingus Bērziņš based on John Fowles' The Collector) on the album Lelle with a message written about tragic events. I remember once telling the true story at a concert and there was a terrible silence in the audience. Of course, later the audience came back to life, but in this little moment of silence, I saw that the audience is in tears, because the story of the song is really heavy. After this incident, I decided - no, with my private stories about songs, at least in concerts, it is better to slow down.

So I say that everyone has the right to their own version and I have no right to interfere in this interpretation... Other times it's cool to leave listeners with a subtext to the lyrics. And response, the listeners unravel exactly what I had in the song! Other times you will find out something like you had never looked at this song. Even an example with the same song "Kolekcionārs"  - it can be like a ballad of love. It can too! I didn't see it that way, I saw a very gloomy scene, but people see something like that there. Not bad! I'm interested in new interpretations".

Dons says about his music that the "thought is always the same - a story about emotions and feelings, a story about love and experience." He is known for playing only a few large shows for each tour, as he prefers that "each song has its own story, including my own. And the story is an experience. Maybe that's why I don't perform so often". He has performed in Latvia's largest arenas including the Palladium Riga, Arena Riga and the Daugava National Stadium. He lives in "two cycles - concerts or album recording" and when he is recording an album, he cannot perform live and vice versa.

Personal life
When asked if there's a difference between his stage personality and his private self, Dons said, "Not at all, Dons is maybe louder than Arturs. Arturs is quieter and calmer. I'd say they're twin brothers. Arturs is lazier than Dons, that's the only difference. When there's work to be done, Dons will always drive Arturs to work". Dons is avid about fitness, exercise and being an yoga practitioner. He is a fan of the National Basketball Association. He often travels around the world, having lived in London and the United States. Dons was married to Lily (real name Linda Kalniņa), whom he met while as a contestant on the Latvian reality show Talantu Fabrikā (). The two were married from 2009 until 2013. He is currently in a relationship with Madara Mālmane. He owns the Engure Café with Kaspars Roga, who is the drummer of Prāta Vētra (Brainstorm).

Discography

Albums

Filmography

Concert tour videos

Film/television

Theater

Awards

The Annual Latvian Music Recording Awards (equivalent to the Grammy awards) presents the Zelta Mikrofons () awards to the best music recordings of all genres from the previous year, which are evaluated by a professional jury. In 2016, due to the decision of Latvian Music Producers Association members, the title of the award was changed to the year in which the relevant ceremony is held therefore no awards were listed using this year. The Top Radio Hits award is given to the song that has received most annual airplay and reflects the most popular song that year: Dons has won this award a total of seven times from 16 nominations. He has won Best Pop Album twice from five nominations for Varanasi (2014) and Tūrists (, 2020). He has won Best Rock Album once from two nominations with Lelle (2008) and has been nominated once for Best Pop-Rock Album.

Latvijas Radio presents the annual Muzikālās Banka () award to the most valuable pop and rock song, which is selected based on audience votes and evaluation by a professional jury. Dons has won this award a total of four times, tying him for most with Prāta Vētra (Brainstorm).

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| "Ja es būtu vējš" ()
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| "Ja Tu Man Esi" ()
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21st-century Latvian male singers
1984 births
English-language singers from Latvia
Latvian record producers
Latvian people of Belarusian descent
Latvian pop singers
Latvian songwriters
Living people
People from Saldus


The National Road Corridor Historic District is a historic district in eastern Wheeling, West Virginia. The district encompasses a  section of the National Road from Park View Lane to Bethany Pike. A primarily residential area, the district includes the homes of some of Wheeling's wealthiest residents of the late 19th century and early 20th century. The homes are generally situated on large lots and were designed in popular architectural styles of the period, including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Italianate, Shingle Style, Classical Revival, Mission Revival, and Tudor Revival. Frederick F. Faris and Edward B. Franzheim, both significant Wheeling architects, each designed multiple homes along the road. The district also includes two cemeteries, Greenwood Cemetery and Mount Calvary Cemetery; Hornbrook Park (Wheeling Park), the site of a Madonna of the Trail monument and a Civil War memorial; Triadelphia High School, also designed by Faris; and three churches.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 11, 1993.

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Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia
Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia
National Register of Historic Places in Wheeling, West Virginia
National Road
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia


title: László Tasó

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László Tasó (born 14 January 1963) is a Hungarian politician, member of the National Assembly (MP) for Hajdúhadház (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency IV) from 2006 to 2014, and for Debrecen (Hajdú-Bihar County Constituency III) since 2014. He was also MP from the county regional list of Fidesz between 2004 and 2006. He served as mayor of Nyíradony between 1994 and 2014. He was appointed Secretary of State for Transport on 1 July 2014.

Early life
Tasó finished his secondary studies at Bethlen Gábor Secondary School of Economics and Postal Services, and Kiss Ferenc Secondary School of Forestry and Game Management in Debrecen. He graduated as a part-time student at the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts of Kossuth Lajos University, majoring in social work. He acquired his university degree from University of Debrecen, in social policy. He also accomplished a university degree of European studies from the University of Debrecen.

He started work in 1981 at the Gúth Forestry Plant of FEFAG, a forestry and timber industry state farm. He was a foreman from 1982, then he held the positions of process manager, economic analyst and plant manager, finally sales manager. In 1991 he started his own business Quercus Bt., a partnership, where he is managing partner. Prior to his election to mayor he was owner and member of the limited liability company Quattro-Trans from 1993.

Political career
On 11 December 1994 he was an independent candidate in the local elections for the mayoral position of Nyíradony, and was elected ahead of five candidates. He was elected incumbent mayor as an independent candidate in 1998, supported by Fidesz and the Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP). On 20 October 2002 he was elected mayor for the third term, this time as a Fidesz candidate. Supported by Fidesz, the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF), and the Association of Farmers' Circles, he also secured a seat in the General Assembly of Hajdú-Bihar County, where he headed the Committee on Tourism.

He was 15th on the joint county list of Fidesz and MDF in the 2002 parliamentary election. He was co-opted in the wake of the resolution of the County Board of Fidesz in August 2004 following the resignation of István Pálfi, elected from the Hajdú-Bihar County Regional List, who had been elected a member of the European Parliament (MEP). Tasó took his oath on 27 August 2004. He became a member of the Committee on Social and Family Affairs. In the parliamentary elections held in 2006 and 2010, he was elected MP for Hajdúhadház. He was appointed a member of the Local Government and Urban Development Committee on 30 May 2006.

Tasó was re-elected MP for Debrecen in the 2014 and 2018 parliamentary elections. He was a member of the Committee on Budgets for a short time between May and July 2014. He served as Secretary of State for Transport within the Ministry of National Development from 1 July 2014 to 7 February 2017. Following that, he functioned as State Secretary for the Development of Settlements with less than 10,000 inhabitants within the Prime Minister's Office between 8 February 2017 and 17 May 2018. After the 2018 national election, he became a member of the Enterprise Development Committee.

References

1963 births
Living people
University of Debrecen alumni
Mayors of places in Hungary
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2002–2006)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)
People from Debrecen


title: Hardin, Iowa

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Hardin is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.

Hardin was surveyed in 1854.

References

Unincorporated communities in Clayton County, Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Iowa
1854 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1854


title: Motor, Iowa

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Motor is an unincorporated community in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.  The townsite is also a nationally recognized historic district listed as a historic site on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

History
John Thompson, J.P. Dickinson and James O. Crosby formed a partnership in October, 1867 called John Thompson and Company.  They planned to build a gristmill, a sawmill, a farm and a town that they called Motor.  The site they chose had been the location of a previous sawmill named the Downey Mill at Hastings Bottom.  They began construction of the mill cooperage in August 1867, finishing the mill in December 1869.  The mill was in operation by 1870, and a formal town plat was submitted for taxation at the Clayton County Courthouse in August, 1875.  Because of his success with establishing mills in nearby Elkader and Clermont, John Thompson was confident that Motor would be equally successful.  The townsite includes the gristmill, a bridge across the Turkey River, cooperage, smoke house, an old inn, and the livery barn.  The site also contained a few houses, a school, general store and sawmill.

A narrow-gauge railway was completed within  of Motor in 1874.  A station house was built, a station agent was hired, and track was scheduled to be laid in 1875, but a flood wiped out the ties and the railroad never made it to Motor.  Chinch bugs wiped out the local wheat crop and local farmers moved on to other crops.  In July, 1883, a major flood caused the operation of the mill to cease forever as a milling operation. The original investors were no longer interested in maintaining or updating the mill as stone grinding was becoming a thing of the past. The partnership that built the town dissolved. From 1883 to 1903 the properties were rented to local farmers until Louis Klink bought the property in 1903.  He sold the mill machinery and he used the buildings for his farm operation.  The property remained in the family for 80 years.  The Clayton County Conservation Board acquired the property in 1983.  The area is now a  park with hiking trails, a primitive campground, and a place to launch canoes.  It is part of the Silos & Smokestacks National Heritage Area.

Motor's population was 22 in 1902, and 26 in 1915.

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Unincorporated communities in Iowa
Unincorporated communities in Clayton County, Iowa
Historic districts in Clayton County, Iowa
National Register of Historic Places in Clayton County, Iowa
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
Ghost towns in Iowa
1867 establishments in Iowa
Populated places established in 1867


title: Liliana Merlo

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Liliana Maria Antonieta Dolores Merlo (September 16, 1925 - October 17, 2002) was an Argentine dancer, choreographer, dance teacher and cultural promoter.

Merlo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and became a pioneer of classical ballet in Abruzzo.  She died in Teramo, Italy, aged 77.

Principle choreographic works

References

1925 births
2002 deaths
Argentine female dancers
Argentine dancers
Italian female dancers
Argentine choreographers
Argentine women choreographers
Italian choreographers
Italian women choreographers
Dancers from Buenos Aires


title: Bayezit Bikbay

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Bayezit Bikbay (, full name Bayezit Gayazovich Bikbay; 9 January 1909 – 2 September 1968), was a Russian and Soviet poet, writer and playwright.

Life and career
Bayazit Bikbay was born in 1909. In 1932, he published his first collection of poems, titled Current days. He subsequently published Beyond the Forest, Bright Land, and The Libretto, which was based on stories of the life of Bashkir national hero Salawat Yulayev. In 1937 Bikbay performed the drama "Karlugas" for the first time. He also published many one-act plays.

During World War II, Bikbay was unable to serve along the Eastern Front for health reasons. Instead, he published poetry and plays, often incorporating military themes into his collections. During this time, Bikbay published I Praise the Earth, Fire Line, Homeland Calling (Watan Saҡyra, 1943) and Children of the Same Family (Ber Tuғandar, 1944).

Over the course of his career, Bikbay wrote more than forty books, poetry collections, essays, short stories, plays, and libretti. including the novel, When Bottled Akselyan. He also translated the classic Russian literature of Tolstoy, Turgenev and Gorky.

1909 births
1968 deaths
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Bashkir poets
Bashkir-language poets
Socialist realism writers
Soviet poets
Tatar writers
20th-century pseudonymous writers
People from Kuyurgazinsky District


title: Chaim Deutsch

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Chaim M. Deutsch is an American politician who served as a New York City Council Member for the 48th district from 2014 to 2021. He is a Democrat. The district includes Brighton Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, Marine Park, Midwood, Plum Beach, and Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn. He was expelled from City Council after his guilty plea to charges of tax fraud in April 2021.

Personal life
Deutsch is the son of Romanian immigrants who were Holocaust survivors. As a teenager, his father survived three concentration camps and was liberated at Gunskirchen before coming to the United States in 1965, but never spoke about the experience. Deutsch discovered his father's Holocaust history in a book after his death.

Growing up, Deutsch lived in a small two-bedroom apartment as one of four boys. In between studying at yeshiva, Deutsch took up a number of jobs to support his family, such as making pizza in a kosher pizza shop.

He married his wife Sara at age 19 and has five children, as well as two grandchildren. He speaks English, Yiddish, and Spanish. Deutsch is an Orthodox Jew and a Kohen.

Career
In 1991 at age 23, Deutsch was inspired by volunteer patrols in neighboring communities and founded the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol, in which he later served as President and ran until 2010.

In 1996, he began working as a constituent liaison for Councilman Lloyd Henry and later became Chief of Operations for Councilman Michael Nelson. Deutsch also worked in real estate management and eventually founded his own firm, Chasa Management, which he had to give up after new City Council rules banned outside income for members.

Deutsch is a graduate of the New York Police Department Citizens Police Academy. Following the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, he mobilized volunteers to evacuate residents and assist in the distribution of goods to people affected by the storm. Deutsch was elected Councilman in 2013 after defeating Theresa Scavo, lawyers Nátraj Bhushan and Igor Oberman and District Leader Ari Kagan in the Democratic primary, and then defeating David Storobin in the general election. Deutsch also served as vice president and police liaison for the Council of Jewish Organizations of Flatbush.

New York City Council
In 2014 a new Council Subcommittee on non-public Schools was created, and he was appointed its Chair and only member. In January 2018 he was appointed Chair of the City Council’s Veterans Committee. In February 2018 he was unanimously elected Chair of the City Council's 14-member Jewish Caucus. In January 2019, his Holocaust Remembrance Bill passed the City Council, recognizing International Holocaust Remembrance Day in New York City on January 27, and declaring the entire week following as a citywide Holocaust Education Week.

He views himself as a "conservative Democrat." Deutsch's position has a term limit of two consecutive four-year terms.

In 2019, Deutsch decided to solely use public transportation to travel to his office following the local killing of 10-year old boy Enzo Farachio in which a car which crashed into a bus stop. At a vigil with Farachio's family, he said: “I took a big step, I gave up my own personal car, just yesterday. And I’m going to be taking mass transit as much as I can. At times I’m going to be using a family member’s car, but I’m going to make an example to others, that if you can take mass transit, leave your car at home and take mass transit. If we can cut driving by 50 percent or 75 percent or 25 percent then we accomplish something.”

After Deutsch pleaded guilty to tax fraud charges, City Council Speaker Corey Johnson announced that "Based on our review of the charging document and Mr. Chaim Deutsch’s plea agreement, the Council has concluded that the office of the 48th Council District has been vacated under the operation of law ... He is no longer a member of the City Council."

Congressional campaign 2020

On January 21, 2020, Deutsch announced his intent to run against incumbent Yvette Clarke in the Democratic primary for New York's 9th congressional district. On election night, Deutsch received only 9.4% of the in-person vote in the Democratic primary on June 23, 2020. He conceded over Twitter, congratulating Clarke while also expressing concerns about voter suppression.

Tax fraud
On April 22, 2021, Deutsch pleaded guilty to tax fraud in Manhattan federal court. The charges arose from personal income tax filings for the year 2015 that included fraudulent information about business expenses related to Chasa Management, a firm that he solely owned. Deutsch failed to pay $82,076 in federal taxes from 2013 to 2015. The City Council expelled him the following week.

Election history
Deutsch was elected to the New York City Council on November 5, 2013 after defeating Republican David Storobin and multiple primary opponents. He succeeded Democrat Mike Nelson, who was term-limited.

In 2017, Deutsch won re-election, after defeating both an opponent in the Democratic primary and Steve Saperstein (Republican, Conservative, and Reform Parties) in the general election.

Per official election night results, Deutsch came in fourth in the 2020 Democratic primary for , behind incumbent Yvette Clarke and Adem Bunkedekko.

References

External links
The New York City Council: Councilman Chaim Deutch
"48th Council District Candidate Interview: Chaim Deutsch," October 2, 2017.

1969 births
American Orthodox Jews
New York City Council members
Living people
Politicians from Brooklyn
New York (state) Democrats
21st-century American politicians
American people of Romanian-Jewish descent
Candidates in the 2020 United States elections
American people expelled from public office
New York (state) politicians convicted of crimes
American people convicted of tax crimes


title: Michelle Fraley

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Michelle Fraley (née Hernández) is a retired military officer and was the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police. Fraley is also the first Puerto Rican woman to graduate from West Point Military Academy and the first woman to hold the aforementioned post of superintendent. She is also the former chief of staff of the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command. Academically, Fraley holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Nova Southeastern University, a Master of Arts (M.A.) in International Relations and Affairs from Troy University, and a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from the University of Phoenix.

Fraley retired from the United States Army in 2014 after 30 years of service. Her final of six commanding posts before retiring was as commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center Warrior Transition Brigade (WTB) in the National Capital Area.  As she completed her final post, she was described as a "Wonder Woman" in dealing with wounded warriors that returned from the battlefront to assume other roles in the military or transition into private life.

After her retirement, she returned to her homeland of Puerto Rico. Upon her return, she was appointed as special assistant to the Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police, leading the Strategic Initiative Group. In this capacity, Fraley was charged with analyzing the entire state police organization. After Ricardo Rosselló won the 2016 Puerto Rico general elections, Governor elect Roselló nominated her for Superintendent of the Puerto Rico Police. Fraley resigned on January 8, 2018.

Military awards

  Defense Superior Service Medal
  Legion of Merit with one oak leaf cluster
  Defense Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
  Meritorious Service Medal
  Joint Service Commendation Medal
  Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
  Joint Service Achievement Medal
  National Defense Service Medal with one bronce Service star
  Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
  Kosovo Campaign Medal
  Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
  Armed Forces Service Medal
  Humanitarian Service Medal
  Army Service Ribbon
  NATO Medal (Yugoslavia)
  NATO Medal (Kosovo)
  Joint Meritorious Unit Award
  Army Meritorious Unit Commendation
  Army Superior Unit Award
Badges:
  Parachutist badge

See also

 History of women in Puerto Rico
 List of Puerto Rican military personnel
 Puerto Rican women in the military

References

External links
 LinkedIn profile

1962 births
Living people
Female United States Army officers
United States Army personnel of the Kosovo War
Nova Southeastern University alumni
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Puerto Rican military officers
Puerto Rican Army personnel
Puerto Rican women in the military
Superintendents of the Puerto Rico Police
United States Army colonels
United States Military Academy alumni
Troy University alumni
Women in the United States Army
20th-century American women


title: Giovanbattista Catalano

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Giovanbattista Catalano (born 22 January 1994) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie D club Santa Maria Cilento.

Biography

Vigor Lamezia
Born in Lamezia Terme, Calabria, Catalano started his career at Vigor Lamezia. Despite he was a member of the under-17 youth team in 2010–11 season, Catalano also played 9 times in the second half of 2010–11 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione for the first team. Catalano occasionally played for the reserve team since the first half of that season. He infamously booked 6 times for the reserve. That season he was suspended once for the reserve and 3 games for the under-17 team. Catalano was suspended twice for the reserve, as well as added 6 more games in his first team accounts in 2011–12 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, despite also booked once. In 2012–13 Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Catalano made 13 fourth division appearances in the first half and just booked once. He also played in the Lega Pro cup, but again cautioned in the first match. On 31 January 2013 Catalano was signed by Pescara in temporary deal. Catalano was a member of the reserve, but also received call-up from the first team since May. Pescara certainly relegated after the match against Genoa. In the next match Catalano made his debut in Serie A as a substitute. Catalano also played the last round against Fiorentina.

Parma
On 5 July 2013 Catalano joined another Serie A club Parma F.C. in co-ownership deal for €110,000 in 2-year contract. Parma also signed Antonio Maglia from Lamezia Terme on 4 July for undisclosed fee. As part of the deal, Lamezia acquired Matteo Bibba, Diego De Giorgi, Stefano Rossini (loans) and Francesco Rapisarda (co-ownership for €100,000) from Parma, despite all 4 players in fact were free agents on 1 July 2013 (De Giorgi in 2012).

Catalano joined fourth division club Rimini on 2 September 2013. Catalano played 3 times and booked once for the group A club (northern side). On 23 January 2014, Catalano moved back to south for Lamezia in Group B. On 16 June 2014 Lamezia bought back Catalano for a peppercorn of €500 as well as Rapisarda for undisclosed fee.

Potenza
On 20 August 2015 Catalano signed for Potenza. He scored his first goal on 13 September against Manfredonia.

Picerno
In the second part of the season 2015-2016 he has played 17 games scoring 2 goals for Picerno.

San Severo
On 6 July 2016 Catalano signed for San Severo.

Later career
On 4 August 2019, it was confirmed that Catalano had joined Serie D club ASD Corigliano Calabro. In October 2020, he returned to his former club, Messina. However, less than a month later, he joined Licata. In July 2021, Catalano joined Città Sant'Agata.

In the summer 2022, Catalano signed with Ragusa. He left the club in December 2022, after signing with Santa Maria Cilento.

References

External links
AIC profile (data by www.football.it)

Italian men's footballers
Vigor Lamezia players
Delfino Pescara 1936 players
Parma Calcio 1913 players
Rimini FC 1912 players
Potenza Calcio players
Lupa Roma FC players
ASD Roccella players
ACR Messina players
Serie A players
Serie C players
Serie D players
Men's association football wingers
People from Lamezia Terme
1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Calabria
Sportspeople from the Province of Catanzaro


title: Aarzemnieki

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Aarzemnieki (; an internet style writing of the Latvian word "ārzemnieki", meaning "foreigners") are a Latvian band that represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song "Cake to Bake". The lead singer of the band, Jöran Steinhauer, is German.

References

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Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Latvia
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2014
Latvian musical groups


title: Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze

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Andrea di Bonaiuto da Firenze or Andrea da Firenze (I) (active 1343 – 1377) was an Italian painter active in Florence.

He was probably born in Florence where he was active from 1343. His earliest works suggest that he must have been in close contact with the workshop of Andrea di Cione.

Andrea di Bonaiuto is known for his stained glass window of the Coronation of Mary in the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella, and his fresco decorations in the Spanish chapel (then called Cappellone degli Spagnoli) of the chapter house there.  The central theme of the fresco's in the Spanish chapel is the glorification of the Dominican Order.

From mid 1366 to mid 1367 Andrea di Bonaiuto was one of the artists advising on the construction of the Florence Cathedral.

He died in Pisa while working on a fresco on the Legend of St Raneiro at the Camposanto Monumentale.

Although a follower of traditional models, Andrea di Bonaiuto brought innovation by softening details and contours with soft and blended shadows and emphasizing the two-dimensional aspect of the painted surface through painted and punched decorative effects.

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1320s births
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14th-century Italian painters
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title: Apicidin

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Apicidin is a fungal metabolite, as well as a histone deacetylase inhibitor.

References

Histone deacetylase inhibitors


title: Tom Lopez

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Tom Lopez is an  American composer of electronic music. He serves as Director of the Computer Music Program at The Walden School. Lopez is best known for his extensive history with the TIMARA Labs at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Lopez graduated from Oberlin College in 1989 with a B.A., received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 1993, and his DMA from the University of Texas, Austin in 2000.

Lopez has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Aaron Copland Fund, the Mid-America Arts Alliance, the Betty Freeman Foundation, the Knight Foundation, the Disney Foundation, Meet the Composer, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and a Fulbright Fellowship as composer-in-residence at the Centre International de Recherche Musical (CIRM). He has appeared at festivals and conferences around the world as a guest lecturer and composer. He serves on the board of directors of the Living Music Foundation and the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS).

Tom Lopez currently teaches at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and serves as chair of TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts), a program established in 1967. TIMARA was the first-ever electronic music program at a music conservatory.

References

Oberlin College faculty
American electronic musicians
Oberlin College alumni
Musicians from Austin, Texas
Living people
21st-century American composers
1965 births


title: Varenye

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Varenye  (, , ) is a popular whole-fruit preserve, widespread in Eastern Europe (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), as well as the Baltic region (, , ). It is made by cooking berries, other fruits, or more rarely nuts, vegetables, or flowers, in sugar syrup. In some traditional recipes, other sweeteners such as honey or treacle are used instead of or in addition to sugar.

Varenye is similar to jam except the fruits are not macerated, and no gelling agent is added. It is characterized by a thick but transparent syrup having the natural colour of the fruits.

Etymology, translations, and cultural references

Varenye is an old Slavic word which is used in East Slavic languages in a more general sense to refer to any type of sweet fruit preserve. The word has common etymological roots with the verbs denoting cooking, boiling, brewing, or stewing (, , ).

In literary translations, especially of children's books, into Russian, the term is often used to replace less-common loanwords, such as jam, confiture or marmalade. Examples are the translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Harry Potter, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and the animated movies about Karlsson-on-the-Roof.

The same is true when translating from Russian. For instance, the making of raspberry varenye is described in Leo Tolstoy's novel Anna Karenina (VI-2). In her classic translation, Constance Garnett refers to the activity as "jam-making".

In the popular Soviet children's book A Tale About a War Secret, About the Boy Nipper-Pipper, and His Word of Honour by Arkady Gaidar the antihero Little Baddun betrays his friends for "a barrel of varenye and a basket of biscuits" (; again, in English translation jam is used instead of varenye). This phrase became an idiomatic expression for betrayal or selling out in Russian, similar to thirty pieces of silver.

Preparation
The making of varenye requires a careful balance between cooking, or sometimes steeping in the hot sugar mixture for just enough time to allow the flavor to be extracted from the fruit, and sugar to penetrate the fruit, and cooking too long that fruit will break down and liquefy. Some fruits with tough skins require cooking for many hours, while others are suitable for making "five-minute varenye" (, varenye-pyatiminutka). For the latter, dry sugar is spread over raw fruit in layers and left for several hours to steep into the fruit. The resulting mixture is then heated for just about five minutes.

The most popular types of varenye are made from locally available berries and fruits, such as sour cherries, strawberries, raspberries, apricots and apples. In general, virtually any kind of fruit, as well as some culinary vegetables, nuts, pine cones, and rose petals are used.

Usage

Varenye is enjoyed as a dessert and condiment, in particular as a topping for pancakes (bliny, oladyi, syrniki), as a filling for pies (pirogi and pirozhki), dumplings (vareniki), cakes and cookies, and as a sweetener for tea. It is also used as a spread on bread, though due to its liquid consistency it is not well suited for that. Finally, it is eaten on its own as a sweet.

Related specialties

The more general usage of the term varenye in Russian includes a number of related local specialties.

Raw varenye

In the preparation of "raw varenye" (, ) the heating is omitted completely. The recipes usually include grating of raw berries or other fruits and mixing them with sugar.

Dry varenye

In pre-revolutionary Russia, "dry varenye" (, ) referred to a local variety of candied fruits (fruit confit) obtained by extracting fruits from varenye syrup and drying them. Kyiv (today the capital of Ukraine) was particularly famous for this delicacy.

Similar dishes

Similar sweets are also made in Transcaucasia and in some regions of Central and South Asia, where they are called murabba.  In Bulgarian, Macedonian, and Serbian cuisines, these kinds of confections are called slatko, and in Greece and Cyprus, they are known as spoon sweets. In French cuisine, they are referred to as confitures or fruits confits.

References

Condiments
Food ingredients
Spreads (food)
Food preservation
Russian desserts
Ukrainian desserts
Belarusian desserts
Azerbaijani desserts


title: Dave Jackson (ice hockey)

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Dave Jackson (born c. 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey referee.

Early life
Jackson was born in Montreal and raised in Pointe-Claire.

Career
Jackson, who officiated the 1988 Memorial Cup, was signed by the National Hockey League (NHL) to a minor-league contract in 1989. He made his NHL debut on December 22, 1990, officiating a match-up between the New Jersey Devils and Quebec Nordiques.

Jackson was chosen to officiate men's ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia. Jackson retired after officiating his final NHL game on March 29, 2018. He now works for ESPN as their lead rules analyst.

References

External links
NHL Officials profile

1960s births
Living people
National Hockey League officials
Anglophone Quebec people

People from Pointe-Claire
Ice hockey people from Quebec
ESPN people


title: Artyom Melikhov

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Artyom Melikhov is a Russian tenor singer who was born in Saint Petersburg. He graduated from both the Glinka Choral School and Saint Petersburg Conservatory where he was under guidance from Yelizaveta Kudryavtseva till 2006. In 2008 under guidance from Valery Gergiev he played a role of one of the Japanese envoys in Le Rossignol opera and during the same year played a soloist role in Chimes at the Mariinsky Theatre. In 2009 he had his first appearance with Mariinsky Theatre where he played in an opera called War and Peace. That year was followed by such 2010 debuts as The Mystery of the Apostle Paul in which he sang in a role of Nero at the Mariinsky Theatre and another War and Peace performance, this time at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In 2011 he became the Mariinsky Academy of Young Singers soloist and the same year performed the role of Ovlur in an opera called Prince Igor following by his appearance in Dead Souls and Ariadne auf Naxos. In May 2013 he was Rienzi performer at the Saratov Opera in Alexei Stepanyuk's production and the same year sang at the Carmina Burana opera after which he went on a tour to Naples where he performed at the Teatro di San Carlo.

Mariinsky Theatre
Prince Igor—Ovlur
War and Peace—Servant at the Ball, Prince Andrei’s Orderly, Prince Eugene’s Aide de Camp, Madman
The Nose—The Nose
The Mystery of the Apostle Paul—Nero
Dead Souls—Selifan
The Enchanted Wanderer—flogged monk, Prince, Magnetiser, old man in the woods, storyteller
Il trovatore—messenger
Samson and Delilah—Philistine messenger
Ariadne auf Naxos—Brighella
Carmina Burana
Eugene Onegin—Lensky
Aleko—young gypsy
Lohengrin—main role
The Bells
Mazart's Requiem
Verdi's Requiem
St John's Passion

References

Living people
Russian tenors
Singers from Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg Conservatory alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Mount Onna

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is a mountain in Onna Village, Okinawa. It is the highest point in central Okinawa, standing at . The village of Onna was named after the mountain during the Gusuku period.

See also
Onna Nabe

References

Mountains of Okinawa Prefecture


title: Nick Dupree

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Nicholas Folk Dupree (February 23, 1982 – February 18, 2017) was an American disability rights activist and writer. His campaign labeled "Nick's Crusade" resulted in a special program for 30 ventilator-dependent Alabamians (including himself and his younger brother) to continue home care after they turn 21 years old.

Early life
He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia, on February 23, 1982, with mitochondrial disease. Despite the disease, he was able to go to school by himself, feed himself, and use a manual wheelchair for several years into his childhood. On September 13, 1991, an infected surgical site during a Luque rods surgery triggered a collapse that killed Dupree's remaining muscle tone.

In October 1991 he got his first feeding tube, and he first began using a non-invasive BiPAP ventilator to breathe in February 1992. In 1994, due to respiratory failure, Dupree underwent a tracheostomy and began using a ventilator to breathe at all times.

Dupree was admitted to Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama, at age 16.

Nick's Crusade
Dupree organized "Nick's Crusade", a campaign which attempted to gain continued in-home services for Alabamians with disabilities who are over the age of 21. On February 10, 2003, United States Department of Health and Human Services secretary Tommy Thompson announced a limited program in Alabama that would fund in-home services for Dupree and 29 others who were turning 21 shortly.

Personal life
Dupree lived in New York City since 2008 with his partner Alejandra Ospina, who is also a disability rights activist. In 2010, the couple held a public commitment ceremony in New York's Central Park, conducted in part to dramatize concern that people with disabilities are dissuaded from marrying because of U.S. government rules that could cause them to lose disability benefits if they were married. He enjoyed writing, and was working on his memoir.

He was a prolific webcomic artist who self-published a variety of comics in different styles. He also enjoyed creating self-portraits, along with portraits of family and friends, some of which were exhibited publicly in New York City.

He was also active on podcaster Dan Carlin's message boards. In honor of him, Carlin made an episode about healthcare.

Dupree had an unknown muscular disorder believed to be related to the metabolic cycle and carnitine. Due to his disability, he depended on a ventilator to breathe, and used a wheelchair, though he was often bedbound. He worked, created art, and communicated via the computer by using his thumb on a trackball mouse. He clicked out text on the computer screen using KeyStrokes, an on-screen keyboard.

Death
Dupree died on February 18, 2017. He had spent the last 9.5 months of his life living in hospital and nursing home environments, which he had always sought to avoid as part of his personal advocacy. He developed sepsis and suffered cardiac failure after many months of facility-acquired infections.

References

External links
Nick's Crusade official website
Superdude Comics by Nick Dupree

1982 births
2017 deaths
Activists from West Virginia
American disability rights activists
American writers with disabilities
People from Morgantown, West Virginia
Wheelchair users
American activists with disabilities


title: Pandanus tonkinensis

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Pandanus tonkinensis is a plant species endemic to Vietnam.

Pandanus tonkinensis is one of the smaller members of the genus. It has leaves up to 90 cm long. Inflorescence is terminal.

References

tonkinensis
Endemic flora of Vietnam
Plants described in 1983


title: Sifan Hassan

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Sifan Hassan (; born 1 January 1993) is an Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She is most recognized for her versatility in running championship and world leading performances in widely disparate distances. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, winning gold medals in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres and a bronze medal for the 1500 metres. Hassan is the only athlete in Olympic history to win medals across a middle-distance event and both long-distance races in a single Games. She is only the second woman to complete an Olympic distance double.

At the World Athletics Championships, Hassan took 1500 m and 10,000 m titles in 2019, becoming the only athlete (male or female) in history to win both these events at a single World Championships or Olympic Games. She won a bronze at the 1500 m in 2015, and at the 5000 m in 2017 when she also finished fifth in the 1500 m. Hassan is a three-time World Indoor Championships medallist, winning gold at 1500 m in 2016 as well as silver at 3000 m and bronze for 1500 m in 2018. She earned six European medals (including two cross country titles), and one European indoor medal. She is also a three-time Diamond League winner, having secured the 1500 m/5000 m double in 2019. In her debut over the classic 26.2-mile distance, she won the 2023 London Marathon.

Hassan has been the world record holder for the one hour run since 2020. She held the world record for the one mile on the track from July 2019 to July 2023, when Faith Kipyegon overtook it. She held a world record at 10,000 m for two days in June 2021. She holds six European records (1500 m, 3000 m, 5000 m, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon) and three other Dutch records.

Early life
Sifan Hassan was born in Adama, Oromia, Ethiopia and raised in the countryside of Kersa in the Munesa district of the Arsi Zone of Oromia. She was a recreational runner there. She left Ethiopia as a refugee and arrived in the Netherlands in 2008 at age fifteen. She began running while undertaking studies to become a nurse.

Hassan became a Dutch citizen in 2013.

Career

2011–2012

Affiliated with Eindhoven Atletiek, Hassan entered the Eindhoven half marathon in 2011 and won the race with a time of 77:10 minutes. She was also runner-up at two cross country races (Sylvestercross and Mol Lotto Cross Cup). She won those races in 2012, as well as the 3000 m at the Leiden Gouden Spike meet.

2013–2014

Hassan made her breakthrough in the 2013 season. She ran an 800 metres best of 2:00.86 minutes to win at the KBC Night of Athletics and took wins in the 1500 m at the Nijmegen Global Athletics and Golden Spike Ostrava meets. On the 2013 IAAF Diamond League circuit she was runner-up in the 1500 m at Athletissima with a personal best of 4:03.73 minutes and was third at the DN Galan 3000 m with a best of 8:32.53 minutes—this time ranked her the fourth-fastest runner in the world that year.

Hassan became a Dutch citizen in November 2013, too late for competing at the 2013 World Championships, and the following month she made her first appearance for the Netherlands. At the 2013 European Cross Country Championships she won the gold medal in the under-23 category and helped the Dutch team to third in the rankings. She also won the Warandeloop and Lotto Cross Cup Brussels races that winter.

At the beginning of 2014 she ran a world leading time of 8:45.32 minutes for the 3000 m at the Weltklasse in Karlsruhe, then broke the Dutch indoor record in the 1500 m with a time of 4:05.34 minutes at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.

2015

At the 2015 World Championships in Beijing, Hassan won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres. She became the second female Dutch athlete ever to win a medal at the World Championships, after Dafne Schippers. She was the third female Dutch winner at the 2015 European Cross Country Championships, following in the footsteps of fellow African migrants Hilda Kibet and Lornah Kiplagat.

2016–2017

Hassan won her heat in the 1500 m in the 2016 Rio Olympics in 4:06.64 before Faith Kipyegon. In the semifinals she placed second in 4:03.62 after Genzebe Dibaba who won in 4:03.06. In the final Kipyegon took the Olympic gold medal with 4:08.92, Dibaba was the runner up with 4:10.27 and Jennifer Simpson took the bronze medal in 4:10.53. Hassan placed fifth in a time of 4:11.23.

She finished fifth in the 1500 m at the 2017 World Athletics Championships and won the bronze medal in the 5000 metres event.

2018
On 13 July, she broke the European record for 5000 metres by finishing second at the Rabat Diamond League in 14:22.34. A few days later, Hassan won the first Millicent Fawcett Mile at the 2018 London Anniversary Games in a time of 4:14.71, the fourth-fastest result at the time.

At the 2018 European Championships, she won a gold medal in the 5000 m with the time 14:46:12, setting a new championships record.

On 16 September, she broke the European record for the half marathon with a time of 65:15, winning the Copenhagen Half Marathon.

2019
On 17 February, Hassan set the world record for a 5 km road race stopping the clock at 14:44 in Monaco. It has since been broken, first by Beatrice Chepkoech, then by Ejgayehu Taye. The 5 km road race has been a world record event since 1 November 2017. At the Prefontaine Classic in June, she broke the European 3000 m record with a time of 8:18.49.

Mile world record

On 12 July, Hassan entered the mile run at the Herculis meet in Fontvieille, Monaco. Olha Lyakhova was the pace setter, taking the field through the first two laps (measured at the start line, not the quarter-mile splits) in 64.26 and 63.94 (2:08.20). As is typical for Hassan, she was last off the start line, but over the next 150 metres, slowly eased herself around the field on the outside into the marking position behind Lyakhova. Gabriela DeBues-Stafford soon moved through the field in between Hassan and Lyakhova for the next lap before Hassan and Gudaf Tsegay separated from the field as the only chasers. Between 800 and 1000 metres, Lyakhova strained to keep on pace, but Hassan and Tsegay were moving forward. After Lyakhova stepped out, the two found themselves 15 metres ahead of the pack. At 1200 metres, Hassan was looking back at her close chaser Tsegay in 3:10.13 (a 61.93 lap). Hassan accelerated, opening a 5-metre gap over the next 100 metres. Continuing at this pace, she passed 1500 metres in about 3:55. Hassan covered the last 409.344 metres in 62.20, her final time of 4:12:33 breaking Svetlana Masterkova's almost 23-year-old world record. The athletes trailing Hassan rewrote the all-time top 25 list, with Laura Weightman moving into position #15, DeBues-Stafford into #17, and after #5 all-time Tsegay faded into the pack she was followed by Rababe Arafi, Axumawit Embaye, Winnie Nanyondo and Ciara Mageean moving into positions #20–23.

She was the double 2019 Diamond League champion, winning both the 1500 and 5000 metres Trophies.

On 28 September, she became the 2019 World Champion in the 10,000 metres in her second race for that distance. Her first race at the event was in Stanford in a time of 31:18.12, just fast enough to achieve the qualifying standard for the World Championships. The winning time of 30:17.62 was the best time of the year on the track. Alina Reh (Germany) led the field after 3000 m in 9:29.69. The front runner reached the halfway point in 15:32.70. Letesenbet Gidey finished in 30:21.23, with Agnes Tirop (Kenya) coming in third place in 30:25.50. The second half of the run was covered in 14:45. Hassan also won the 1500 metres race with a time of 3:51.95 (sixth place on the 1500 m all-time list), setting a new championships and European records. The second-placed finisher was Faith Kipyegon in 3:54.22, a new Kenyan national record, and the third place went to Gudaf Tsegay with 3:54.38.

2020–2021
On 10 October, Hassan set a European record for the women's 10,000 metres in a time of 29:36.67, breaking the best set by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2002 by more than 24 seconds.

On 6 June 2021, she bettered her performance at the event to set a world record of 29:06.82 in Hengelo, beating 2016 record of Ethiopian Almaz Ayana by more than 10 seconds. Hassan lost the record two days later, however, when Ethiopia's Letesenbet Gidey achieved a time of 29:01.03 at the same stadium.

Hassan won gold in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. She also won bronze in the 1500 metres. She became the only athlete ever to medal in the 1500, 5000, and 10,000 metres events at the same Olympics. Her 5000 m winning time was 14:36.79 ahead of Hellen Obiri from Kenya with 14:38.36, while Gudaf Tsegay won a bronze medal in a time of 14:38.87. Her gold medal win made her the first Dutch woman with an Olympic athletics medal in a long-distance event. She was the first non-Kenyan or Ethiopian athlete to win the event since Gabriela Szabo won in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

2022
This season was considered a resting year for Hassan as she ended a break from training 5 weeks before competing at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon where she finished sixth in the 5000 metres and fourth in the 10,000 metres.

2023–present
On 23 April, on her debut over the classic marathon distance, the 30-year-old won the London Marathon with a time of 2:18:33. She lost contact with the leaders after stopping to stretch her leg twice about 19 km into the race, and was 28 seconds behind at the 25 km mark. Despite this, Hassan caught up with the slowing lead quartet with four kilometres to go and prevailed in a sprint finish on the final straight, four seconds ahead of Alemu Megertu. "It was really amazing. I never thought I would finish a marathon", said Hassan.

On 3 June, just 41 days after her marathon debut, Hassan made her return to outdoor track in Hengelo, Netherlands. She competed in the 10,000 metres and the 1500 metres, winning both events; the 10,000 metres with a time of 29:37.80, and the 1500 metres in 3:58.12.

On 8 October, Sifan Hassan won the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:13:44. This is a new course record for the Chicago Marathon as well as the second-fastest women's marathon of all time.

Coach
Sifan Hassan achieved her first career breakthroughs while under the direction of Dutch national coach Honore Hoedt. Hassan decided to search for other coaching options at the end of 2016 after injuries hampered her buildup to the Rio Olympics.

Beginning in 2017, Hassan moved to the United States to be coached by Alberto Salazar at the Nike Oregon Project.

In July 2018, the Nike Oregon project hired Tim Rowberry as a coach—primarily to oversee the training of Sifan Hassan and her fellow team member Yomif Kejelcha—while Salazar remained the head coach over all athletes in the Nike Oregon Project.

In October 2019 Salazar began serving a four-year ban from athletics for doping violations dating from before he started coaching Hassan. According to court rulings which upheld Salazar’s ban, there was “no evidence put before the CAS as to any effect on athletes competing at the elite level within the Nike Oregon Project.”

The aftermath of Salazar’s ban caused the Nike Oregon Project to dissolve leading Hassan and Kejelcha to form a new training group under coach Tim Rowberry.

Hassan's current coach is Tim Rowberry. After her partnership with Rowberry began in 2018, she has set new personal best times in the 1500m, 3k, 5k, 10k, half marathon, and marathon. Hassan's training partner Yomif Kejelcha remained in the group until his departure to Adidas in 2021.

Personal bests
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

Competition results
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles
  Diamond League Overall 1500 m winner: 2015
  Diamond League 1500 m champion: 2019
  Diamond League 5000 m champion: 2019
 2014 (2): Paris Meeting Areva (1500 m), Glasgow Grand Prix (1500 m)
 2015 (2): Birmingham British Grand Prix (1500 m), Lausanne Athletissima (1500 m)
 2017 (3): Rome Golden Gala (1500 m), Paris (1500 m), Birmingham (3000 m)
 2018 (2): London Anniversary Games (One mile), Birmingham (1500 m)
 2019 (4): Palo Alto Prefontaine Classic (3000 m), Monaco Herculis (One mile,   ), Zürich Weltklasse (1500 m), Brussels Memorial Van Damme (5000 m)
 2020 (1): Brussels (One hour)
 2021 (3): Rome Golden Gala in Florence (1500 m), Eugene Prefontaine Classic (5000 m), Brussels (One mile)
 2022 (1): Chorzów Kamila Skolimowska Memorial (3000 m)

National titles
 Dutch Indoor Athletics Championships
 800 metres: 2016
 1500 metres: 2015

Awards and honours
 Dutch Athlete of the Year: 2018, 2019, 2021
 Dutch Sportswoman of the Year: 2019, 2021
 Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau: 2021
 European Athlete of the Year: 2021

References

External links

1993 births
Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Diamond League winners
Dutch female cross country runners
Dutch female long-distance runners
Dutch female middle-distance runners
Dutch Muslims
Dutch people of Ethiopian descent
Ethiopian emigrants to the Netherlands
Ethiopian female cross country runners
Ethiopian female long-distance runners
Ethiopian female middle-distance runners
European Athletics Championships medalists
European Cross Country Championships winners
IAAF Continental Cup winners
Living people
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Naturalised citizens of the Netherlands
Olympic athletes for the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
Olympic bronze medalists for the Netherlands
Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Oromo people
Sportspeople from Oromia Region
World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
World Athletics record holders
World record setters in athletics (track and field)


title: TIMARA

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TIMARA (Technology in Music and Related Arts) is a program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music notable for its importance in the history of electronic music. Established in 1967, TIMARA is well known as the world's first conservatory program in electronic music. Department alumni have included Cory Arcangel, Christopher Rouse, Dary John Mizelle, Dan Forden and Amy X Neuburg.

The major in Technology in Music and Related Arts is intended for students who desire a career in which traditional musical skills and understanding are combined with the exploration of the very latest techniques for musical expression. The program prepares a student for specialized graduate study in computer music, digital media and new performance.

Early history
Oberlin's extensive history with electronic music dates back to the mid-19th century due to its relationship with inventor Elisha Gray. Gray, considered to be the father of the modern music synthesizer, served as adjunct professor of physics at Oberlin  and following his tenure, was granted over 70 patents for his inventions.

Grey's electromechanical oscillator paved the way for another Oberlin physicist, Thaddeus Cahill, who created the telharmonium in 1877. The instrument, although no recordings have survived, is considered one of the first electronic instruments to garner international attention.

The TIMARA department was officially founded in 1967 by composer Olly Wilson as a response to the number of composition students who pursued studies in electronics. The program became the first in a series of departments in American universities to allow for experimentation in analog synthesis as well as mixed media art.

Current History
TIMARA now boasts two ensembles, OINC (Oberlin Improvisation and Newmusic Collective)  and WAM (Women in Arts and Music). Its current faculty include professors Peter Swendsen, Tom Lopez, Aurie Hsu, and technical director and lecturer Abby Aresty.  Recent faculty include the engineer John Talbert as well as composers Morton Subotnik, George Lewis, David Lang, Gary Lee Nelson, Per Bloland, Joo Won Park and Lyn Goeringer.

TIMARA Laboratories
The TIMARA Laboratories consist of five studios, each containing a state of the art audio workstation. Additional labs contain the department's extensive collection of instruments including original models of the ARP 2600, the Buchla 200 and the EMS VCS 3. A secondary public lab contains multiple audio workstations that can be used to edit and process audio and video. The workstations can be used to transfer audio between formats, or create and edit creative projects. Each workstation has a Yamaha DX7, a mixer and an M-Box. The workstations run ProTools, Max/MSP, Amadeus, Peak, and other programs.

The laboratory was the recording location of Josh Ritter's eponymous debut album, as well as the original recordings of The Mars Volta, Chris Eldridge, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liz Phair.

The lab was also the space where REAPER, a digital audio workstation, was first created.

Alles Machine
The Bell Labs Digital Synthesizer, better known as the Alles Machine or Alice, was an experimental additive synthesizer designed by Hal Alles at Bell Labs during the 1970s. The Alles Machine, the world's first digital additive synthesizer, used 72 computer controlled oscillators whose output was mixed to produce a number of discrete "voices." Only one full-length composition was recorded for the machine, before being acquired by TIMARA in 1981. Several commercial synthesizers based on the Alles design were released during the 1980s, including the Atari AMY sound chip.

References

Oberlin College
Experimental music
Computer music
Music organizations based in the United States
Electronic music organizations
Contemporary music organizations
Classical music in the United States
Organizations established in 1967


title: 2011–12 Wessex Football League

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The 2011–12 Wessex Football League was the 26th season of the Wessex Football League. The league champions for the third time in their history were Winchester City, who were promoted to the Southern League. There was the usual programme of promotion and relegation between the two Wessex League divisions.

For sponsorship reasons, the league was known as the Sydenhams Wessex League.

League tables

Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, the same as the previous season, after Poole Town were promoted to the Southern League, and Brockenhurst were relegated to Division One. Two new clubs joined:
Downton, champions of Division One.
Horndean, runners-up in Division One.
Hamble A.S.S.C. changed their name to GE Hamble.

Division One
Division One consisted of 18 clubs, reduced from 19 the previous season, after Downton and Horndean were promoted to the Premier Division, and Shaftesbury were relegated to the Dorset Premier League. Two clubs joined:
Brockenhurst, relegated from the Premier Division.
Team Solent, joining from the Hampshire League.

References

Wessex Football League seasons
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title: David Jackson (American boxer)

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David Lovelle Jackson (born March 29, 1976) is an American Olympic boxer.

He competed in the men's Lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

Jackson was born in Seattle, Washington and attended Garfield High School.

References

1976 births
Living people
American male boxers
Lightweight boxers
Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic boxers for the United States
Sportspeople from Seattle
Boxers from Washington (state)


title: Christian-Johannes Landau

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Christian-Johannes Landau (13 October 1897 – 10 December 1952) was a German general  in the Wehrmacht during World War II who commanded the 176th Infantry Division.

Awards and decorations

 German Cross in Gold on 2 May 1944 as Oberst in Artillerie-Regiment 248
 Nominated for Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The nomination by the troop was received by the Heerespersonalamt (HPA—Army Staff Office) on 28 April 1945. Major Joachim Domaschk the nomination on 6 May 1945. The book "Verliehene Ritterkreuze" (Awarded Knight Crosses) contains a note "postponed". The reason for this was that his division together with Heeresgruppe B had been annihilated in the Ruhr Pocket, the whereabouts of its commanding officer was unknown. The nomination was therefore not processed in accordance with AHA 44 Ziff. 572 (Allgemeines Heeresamt — General Army Office). A presentation was never made. The presentation date was assigned by Walther-Peer Fellgiebel.

References

Citations

Bibliography

1897 births
1952 deaths
People from Altona, Hamburg
Major generals of the German Army (Wehrmacht)
German Army personnel of World War I
Prussian Army personnel
Recipients of the clasp to the Iron Cross, 1st class
Recipients of the Gold German Cross
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
German prisoners of war in World War II
Military personnel from Hamburg
German Army generals of World War II


title: Psychobitches

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Psychobitches is a Sky Arts British sketch comedy show directed by Jeremy Dyson, in which famous women from history and fiction seek help from a psychologist (played by Rebecca Front).

Broadcast history
Psychobitches was originally aired as a one-off pilot in 2012, as part of the Sky Arts Playhouse Presents self-contained TV plays. The pilot was originally aired on 21 June 2012 as episode 11 of series one of Playhouse Presents and lasted 30 minutes.

After the successful pilot, a five-part series was released in 2013 during series two of Playhouse Presents (episodes 7, 9, 11, 13 and 14).

Following the success of the first series, a full six-episode series was commissioned by Sky Arts as its own entity and was aired from 25 November 2014 with a double bill.

Regular cast
Rebecca Front as The Therapist
Sharon Horgan as various roles
Samantha Spiro as various roles
Frances Barber as various roles
Selina Griffiths as various roles
Katy Brand as various roles
Morgana Robinson as various roles
Seb Cardinal as various roles
Dustin Demri-Burns as various roles
Julia Davis as various roles
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title: J. C. McKinley

text:
John Charnley McKinley (November 8, 1891 - January 3, 1950) was an American neurologist who co-authored the psychological assessment known as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). He was educated at the University of Minnesota, where he spent almost all of his academic career.

Biography
McKinley was born on November 8, 1891 in Duluth, Minnesota. Throughout his education and his career in academia, he spent almost all of that time at the University of Minnesota. He graduated from medical school there in 1919 and later earned a PhD.

He was the university's first full-time faculty member who specialized in neurology. In 1928, McKinley received a Guggenheim Fellowship to study medicine at the University of Breslau in Germany. Spending a year in Germany, he used electromyography to quantitatively study human muscle tonus in human subjects.

With his Minnesota colleague Starke R. Hathaway, he created the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), which was first published in 1943. Originally, Hathaway and McKinley intended that the test would detect the personality characteristics associated with psychiatric disability. However, the test has also been widely employed with normal populations as well.

McKinley suffered a stroke in 1946. He died on January 3, 1950.

Works
The Intraneural Plexus of Fasciculi and Fibers in the Sciatic Nerve. Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry. October 1921. Vol. 6. pp. 377–399.

See also
Psychological testing

References

American neurologists
1891 births
1950 deaths
University of Minnesota people


title: Estadio station

text:
Estadio is the fourth station on line B of the Medellín Metro from the center going west. It is an elevated station named after the nearby Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, which is the main area for sports activities in the Medellin Metropolitan Area. The sports complex hosted the 2010 South American Games and is where the two biggest football clubs in Medellín play, Atlético Nacional and Independiente Medellín. Located nearby are the headquarters for the daily newspaper El Mundo, the Pontifical Bolivarian and Luis Amigó Catholic universities, as well as the Unicentro shopping mall. The station was opened on 28 February 1996 as part of the inaugural section of line B, from San Javier to San Antonio.

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External links
 Official site of Medellín Metro

Medellín Metro stations
Railway stations opened in 1996
1996 establishments in Colombia