title: Wilfrid Smith

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Wilfrid Russell Smith (April 7, 1899 – August 3, 1976) was an American football player and sports journalist. He played professionally for six seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Muncie Flyers, Louisville Brecks, Chicago Cardinals and Hammond Pros. Smith played college football at DePauw University and attended Huntington High School in Huntington, Indiana. He was a member of the Chicago Cardinals team that were NFL champions in 1925.

Smith joined the staff of Chicago Tribune in 1925. From 1926 to 1929, he compiled All-Pro teams for the newspaper. Smith served as sports editor for the Chicago Tribune from 1955 until 1966. He died following a long illness, on August 3, 1976, at Resurrection Hospital in Chicago.

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title: If There Be Thorns (film)

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If There Be Thorns is a 2015 television film based on the best-selling 1981 novel of the same name. It premiered on April 5, 2015 and was produced by Lifetime. Seeds of Yesterday is the sequel film based on the novel of the same name.

Plot

Six years after the end of Petals on the Wind, Cathy and Chris are happily married and living in California with Cathy's sons, Jory and Bart. Bart feels lonely and outshone by his older brother whom his parents seemingly favour. One day, a woman entirely dressed in black moves into the mansion next door and invites Bart and Jory over for tea and cookies. During this, she explains to them that she is rich but has no family except for her butler, John Amos. She takes a picture of them for a keepsake, and asks them to visit her often. Jory declines, but Bart agrees after she promises to give him anything he wishes for. Bart is curious as to why he has no other relatives, both he and Jory being aware that Chris is merely their step-father. Jory tells him that their maternal grandmother is in a mental hospital and that all of Chris's relatives are deceased. The woman lavishes treats and gifts on Bart, including a pet python, and eventually tells him that she is in fact his grandmother, Corrine. John Amos gives Bart a journal that belonged to his great-grandfather, Malcolm, and makes him promise never to reveal it to his family. Bart reads Malcolm's fanatical entries and writings, referring to beautiful women as sinful and degrading, which begins to leave a deep impression on him.

One night, Cathy places three beds in the house attic, which worries Chris about her behaving similarly to their mother. However, Cathy insists that she is only creating a back-up plan in case her and Chris's incestuous secret is ever exposed and they face the possibility of losing the children. She pleads with Chris to adopt Cindy, one of her ballet students, whose mother has died from cancer, and he agrees in order to calm her down about losing their family. Bart soon goes missing and the family discover him unconscious in the woods due to an infected cut on his arm, leading him to be hospitalized. Bart starts to suspect that his parents are keeping secrets from him, and he confronts Corrine over a painting of a boy who resembles Chris since he believed she had never met him. Corrine confesses that Cathy and Chris are both actually her children, leaving him horrified at his parents' incestuous relationship.

Bart starts to withdraw and lash out at his family, greatly worrying them. Bart begins to pressure Corrine to tell him about his biological father, about whom he knows nothing. John Amos continues to influence Bart regarding the sins and hypocrisy of the family, further straining his relationship with his parents and brother. Jory soon finds the family dog killed, and begins to believe Corrine responsible for the change in Bart. He tries to convince Bart to stay away from her, but Bart blackmails him into staying quiet and calls him weak for feeling emotion. Feeling pressured by Bart, Corrine admits that his biological father is her late second husband whom Cathy seduced to get back at her. Corrine then reveals how she wants Bart to become the child that she never got to have with his father, vengefully wishing to steal him away from her daughter.

Having become resentful towards Cindy since her adoption into the family, Bart attempts to drown her in the kiddie pool when she calls Cathy "mommy". However, he is stopped by Jory. As punishment, Chris locks him in the attic. Bart then begins to shout that they are "the devil's spawn" and that Chris is "fornicating with his sister". Realizing that he knows about their secret, Cathy and Chris desperately wonder how he could have found out. Bart is placed in a mental hospital and claims that it was Malcolm who tried to drown Cindy, leading doctors to suspect that he suffers from a mild case of schizophrenia. Jory goes to confront Corrine, who tells him that Cathy and Chris are siblings, which horrifies him. Jory then tells Chris that Corrine is living next door, and Chris goes to confront her. Corrine begs for Chris to forgive her and let her be part of her grandsons' lives, but what she wants most of all is to raise Bart as her own son. Chris rejects her and demands that she stay away from his family and children.

At Cindy's dance recital, Cathy sees Corrine in the audience and falls off the stage in shock, injuring her leg so severely that she is no longer able to dance. Jory's paternal grandmother, Marisha, comes for a visit upon hearing about Cathy's accident. However, she has learned about Chris and Cathy's true relationship and threatens to turn them in to the police for incest, wishing to take Jory into her own custody. Cathy is put on edge and argues with her, but Marisha insists that Jory's current living situation is unhealthy for him and points out how "nuts" Bart is. Bart, overhearing this, storms out of the house with Cathy chasing after him. He runs to John Amos, who tells him that if he cannot deal with the sins and hypocrisy of his family, then he should not be with Corrine either. John Amos tells him that she is a sinner just like his parents, due to her committing incest with her half-uncle, who was Cathy and Chris's father. Cathy goes to Corrine's mansion to find Bart, and finds a portrait of her siblings and herself. She confronts Corrine about involving herself in her children's lives and orders her to leave her family alone. Corrine pleads for forgiveness, but Cathy rejects her and blames her for ruining the life she and Chris worked so hard to build and maintain. Corrine asks Cathy if she truly does love Chris, which Cathy confirms and for which she blames Corrine.

During this, John Amos comes into the room, knocks both women out and forces Bart to lock them in the barn. Corrine wakes up, at which John Amos reveals his disgust over the family for their incestuous bloodline and his plan to burn them alive and finally end the "family's cycle of abomination". Bart, however, intervenes to save his family and soon runs off to get Chris. John Amos sets the barn on fire just as Chris and Bart arrive to rescue Cathy and Corrine. Believing that they are about to die, Corrine professes her love for her children, and Cathy embraces her, confirming her forgiveness. Chris rescues Cathy as Bart tries to save Corrine, but John Amos attempts to attack him. Corrine manages to stab him with an arrow which gives Bart enough time to escape, but she is unable to do likewise and burns to death alongside Amos. Realizing how much he loves his parents despite their history, Jory decides to remain with them and threatens his grandmother Marisha that he will never forgive her if she reports Cathy and Chris.

Afterwards, Bart calms down and even begins to form somewhat of a good relationship with adopted sister Cindy. Jory and Melodie make up their strained relationship and everything appears to be returning to normal again. However, Bart begins secretly dressing like Malcolm and still has his journal, hinting that he has not recovered from his madness.

Cast
 Heather Graham as Corrine Foxworth
 Rachael Carpani as Cathy Dollanganger
 Jason Lewis as Christopher Dollanganger
 Mason Cook as Bart Jr.
 Jedidiah Goodacre as Jory Marquet
 Emily Tennant as Melodie
 Mackenzie Gray as John Amos
 Glynis Davis as Marisha Marquet

 Robert Moloney as Malcolm Foxworth
 Bailey Skodje as Cindy
 Christine Lippa as Emma
 Veena Sood as Dr. Phillips

Sequel
Like the book, the film is followed by Seeds of Yesterday.

References

External links

Are you excited for 'If There Be Thorns,' the follow-up to 'Petals on the Wind' and 'Flowers in the Attic'? by Andrea Reiher

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title: Henry Morland

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Sir Henry Morland (9 April 1837 – 28 July 1891) was a British administrator in the Bombay Presidency of India who began his career in the navy. He was also a member of several learned societies.

The third son of John Morland, a barrister-at-law, and Elizabeth, daughter of James Thompson, Henry was schooled at Heversham and Bromsgrove apart from the tutorship of Dr Webster of Christ's Hospital. In 1852 he went to join the Indian navy (originally known as Bombay Marine, a part of the East India Company), posted initially on the Akbar and later as a midshipman on the steamer Queen. He worked off the northeastern coast of Africa and saw action at Suhgra in 1853.  In November 1857 he became first mate on the Dalhousie. He saw action again at Perim in January 1857 and at Jeddah in July 1858 and rose to become fourth lieutenant on the Assaye. On 30 April 1863, the Indian Navy was abolished and he was put on the retired list and he moved to the Indian Marine (under the British government) and worked on submarine cable laying from 1864 to 1865. He worked during the Abyssinian expedition of 1867 supervising the transport of men and material. He became a transport officer at Bombay and then a conservator of the Bombay port from 1873 and briefly as acting secretary at the Bombay port trust.

He also took interest in the Bombay municipal works and became a member of the corporation in 1868 and the town council in 1877. He headed the committee for the Bombay jubilee address which he presented to the Queen leading to his being knighted on 30 June 1887. He was a member of the Bombay Geographical Society, a fellow of the Bombay University and a grandmaster in the freemasonry establishment in India. He died at Rampart Row in Bombay on 28 July 1891. He married Alice Mary Critchley in 1870 and after her death in 1871 married Fanny Helen Hannah Carandini in 1875. Morland Road in Mumbai was named after him.

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title: Fireclay Tile

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Fireclay Tile is a North American architectural tile company. Founded in 1986 by Paul Burns, Jeff Alvord, Martin Zepeda, and Albert Batista. Fireclay is known for designing and hand-making tile in Northern California, while actively incorporating environmentally sustainable practices.

Originally based out of San Jose, California, and with manufacturing headquarters in Aromas, California since 1992, and an additional showroom have been located in San Francisco, California since January 2014. In 2020, the company received approvals to expand their Aromas campus from the San Benito County Planning Commission which will include 44,000 square feet across three buildings.

History
After working at Stonelight Tile, Inc in San Jose, Paul Burns Jeff Alvord, Martin Zepeda, and Albert Batista created Fireclay Tile in San Jose in 1986. The following year Fireclay developed its own product line, called Colonia, which consisted of 4x4 and 6x6 tiles and corresponding trim pieces. In 1988 Fireclay began to manufacture their own lead-free glazes.

Using locally ubiquitous materials, Fireclay partnered with their Aromas factory neighbor, Granite Rock in 1997. Difficult to repurpose excess granite dust then became a key ingredient in the recycled clay body, which was launched in 1998. Twelve years later in 2010, the introduction of Project Porcelain marked another key initiative in Fireclay's recycle waste into useful materials. Their latest innovation, the Cathode Ray Tube tile, was introduced in 2013, and released to the market in 2014. The project of converting CRT to tile expanded an already impressive recycling repertoire by inventing a way to utilize copious amounts of electronic refuse.

Environmental activism
A strong focus on keeping products and business within the US, close to the source of the materials, and crafted in an environmentally conscious, recycle-heavy manner helps Fireclay Tiles achieve LEED recognition. All Fireclay Tile products contribute LEED points to any project.  Additionally, Fireclay has inaugurated a new use for sawdust, using local sawdust refuse from a furniture factory as cushioning for tile. Although traveling long distances across the country (including HI and AK), sawdust has proved itself as an efficient and green alternative to non-recyclable packing peanuts. Fireclay ships (free to customer) with 100% recycled cardboard and reused crates, and to offset the inevitable carbon emissions from shipping, Fireclay Tile maintains an active partnership with Climate Neutral.

Products
All materials are found and made in the United States, with the majority being locally derived. Every tile is handmade to order in a California factory that employs vertical integration, this is the environmentally conscious process of recycling the factory's own rainwater, scraps, and homemade, lead-free glazes.

Ceramic tile
Fireclay markets two tiles, of white (Vitrail series) and red, recycled (Debris series) bodies. The Vitrail product line was launched in 1991, and includes dozens of colors today. While not made of recycled material, the clean white edges are preferable for certain projects, and the line still contributes LEED points to projects because Fireclay relies on American resources to manufacture Vitrail.

Debris product line has been in production since 1998; originally consisting of about half recycled content. However, since 2012 the Debris tile is made of 70% post-consumer recycled material. These materials induce products that were otherwise rendered useless, or eyesores, like porcelain from abandoned toilets. Due to the diversity and mixture of materials, the recycled tile body is actually more durable than most other types of tile, an unforeseen but happily embraced benefit.

Brick tile
Fireclay partnered with the oldest continually operating brick manufacturer in the United States (since 1868), McNear Brick and Block in 2012, which lead to the 2012 launch of the Glazed Thin Brick line. The collaboration has already resulted in an improved brick product; the material has progressed from being made with 30% recycled material to the 100% reclaimed earth bricks sold today. Brick is quite versatile, and can be used for interior and exterior applications and once glazed, withstands graffiti and can be wiped clean with a little elbow grease. Additionally, 1% of all brick purchases from Fireclay support charities such as the Bay Area Discovery Museum, which promotes childhood engagement with creative discovery.

Glass tile
Since the 2010 purchase of Sandhill Industries of Boise, Idaho, another glass tile company, Fireclay has manufactured and sold 100% recycled glass, consisting of locally sourced windowpanes and solar panels. In early 2014, fireclaytile.com launched the “Crush-It Custom Blend Builder” tool to visually assist clients wanting mosaics by customizing different color, pattern, and grout combinations.

CRT glass tile
A cornerstone innovation for Fireclay includes the 2013 Kickstarter project, "This Tile Used to be Your TV," in which Burns raised money to harvest old, glass monitors from Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) devices and mold them into glass. Since the invention of LCD (liquid crystal display) screens, hundreds of tons of discarded CRT units have accumulated in landfills. CRT is very hard to recycle, which is unfortunate given that nearly a billion pounds of various CRT devices exist in the USA alone, comprising nearly a third of all e-waste. Fortunately, Fireclay found a way to reinvent CRT, and now offers CRT Tile in both matte and glossy sheens, in a color called Phosphorus.

The process of creating Phosphorus CRT Tile involves working with ECS refining, an electronic recycling company that responsibly finds ways to manage problems that accompany our constantly evolving technological world. ECS separates CRT monitor pieces and cleans the part that is lead-free (the panel). The panel is the only part that Fireclay can use in order to comply with requirements set by the Department of Toxic Substance Control. From there the glass is melted down, fired, and prepared for its second life.

Hand painted tile
The original 1993 line of cuerda seca patterns and color themes are a staple in the Fireclay catalog. With more than 150 tile designs patterns to choose from, dramatic old-world tiles are typically distinguished by three motifs: warm, cool, and neutral. If the pre-set color themes are not to taste, clients can use the “Color-It!” custom blend design tool on the website to choose exactly the colors and patterns desired for cuerda seca pieces. Various tile collections have been designed for limited release, this is sometimes alongside a designer. Suzanne Redfield, founder of Kibak Tile, has collaborated with Fireclay Tile to design collections of modern hand painted tile.

See also

 Heath Ceramics, a similar company offering handmade architectural tile, as well as ceramic tableware, and home accessories.

References

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title: Gilbert De Rieck

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Gilbert De Rieck (born 28 September 1936) is a former Belgian cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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title: David Quirke (hurler)

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David Quirke (born 11 July 1970) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a centre-back for the Cork senior team.

Born in Midleton, County Cork, Quirke first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Midleton CBS Secondary School. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor team before later joining the under-21 side. He made his senior debut during the 1990 championship. Quirke went on to become a regular member of the team for a number of years, winning one All-Ireland medal and one Munster medal.

At club level Quirke is a one-time championship medallist with Midleton.

Throughout his career Quirke made nine championship appearances for Cork. He retired from inter-county hurling following the conclusion of the 1996 championship. Following his retirement Quirke became Captain of Fota Island Golf Club 2014 the year the Irish Open was hosted by Fota Island Golf Club. He is currently owner/shareholder/Director of the Cork Based Blackwater Motors/ Audi Cork Group.

Playing career

Club

In 1987 Quirke was still eligible for the minor grade when he joined the Midleton senior team. He was an unused substitute that year as Midleton defeated Na Piarsaigh by 2-12 to 0-15 to win the championship. He later won a Munster medal as a non-playing substitute following Midleton's narrow 1-12 to 1-11 defeat of Cappawhite. On 17 March 1988 Midleton faced Athenry in the All-Ireland decider and a close game developed. Two early goals by Kevin Hennessy and a kicked goal by Colm O'Neill gave Midleton a 3–8 to 0–9 victory and gave Quirke, who was once again a non-playing substitute, an All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship medal.

Quirke was a regular member of the starting fifteen by 1991 when Midleton reached the championship decider once again. A 1-17 to 1-8 defeat of Glen Rovers gave Quirke a championship medal on the field of play and his second overall.

Inter-county

Quirke first played for Cork as a member of the minor team on 19 May 1987 in a 2-14 t0 2-9 Munster semi-final defeat of Clare. Cork's championship campaign later ended at the hands of Tipperary.

In 1988 Quirke was still eligible for the minor grade and won a Munster medal following a 5-7 to 1-2 trouncing of Tipperary. Cork later qualified for the All-Ireland final against Kilkenny on 4 September 1988. The Cats were too strong on that occasion as Cork were defeated by 3-13 to 0-12.

Three years later Quirke was a regular member of the under-21 team. He won a Munster medal that year as Cork defeated Limerick by 0-17 to 1-7.

Quirke made his senior championship debut for Cork on 20 May 1990 in a 3-17 to 3-7 Munster quarter-final defeat of Kerry. He later won a Munster medal following a 4-16 to 2-14 defeat of Tipperary. The subsequent All-Ireland final on 2 September 1990 pitted Cork against Galway for the second time in four years, however, Quirke was unlucky to be dropped from the starting fifteen. Galway were once again the red-hot favourites and justified this tag by going seven points ahead in the opening thirty-five minutes thanks to a masterful display by Joe Cooney. Cork fought back with an equally expert display by captain Tomás Mulcahy. The game was effectively decided on an incident which occurred midway through the second half when Cork goalkeeper Ger Cunningham blocked a point-blank shot from Martin Naughton with his nose. The umpires gave no 65-metre free, even though he clearly deflected it out wide. Cork went on to win a high-scoring and open game of hurling by 5–15 to 2–21. In spite of starting the game on the bench Quirke was introduced as a substitute and won an All-Ireland medal on the field of play.

Over the next few years Quirke was on and off the starting fifteen. He won a second Munster medal as a non-playing substitute in 1992 following a 1-22 to 3-11 of Limerick.

Quirke played his last game for Cork on 26 May 1996 in a shock 3-18 to 1-8 Munster quarter-final home defeat by Limerick.

Honours

Team

Midleton
All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1988 (sub)
Munster Senior Club Hurling Championship (1): 1987
Cork Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1987 (sub), 1991

Cork
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1990
Munster Senior Hurling Championship (2): 1990, 1992 (sub)
Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (1): 1991
Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1988

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title: Gymnastics at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's rhythmic individual all-around

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The women's rhythmic individual all-around competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China was held on 25 and 26 November 2010 at the Asian Games Town Gymnasium.

Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Results

Qualification

Final

References

Results

External links
Official website

Rhythmic Women Individual


title: Elliott Fitch Shepard

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Elliott Fitch Shepard (July 25, 1833 – March 24, 1893) was a New York lawyer, banker, and owner of the Mail and Express newspaper, as well as a founder and president of the New York State Bar Association. Shepard was married to Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt, who was the granddaughter of philanthropist, business magnate, and family patriarch Cornelius Vanderbilt. Shepard's Briarcliff Manor residence Woodlea and the Scarborough Presbyterian Church, which he founded nearby, are contributing properties to the Scarborough Historic District.

Shepard was born in Jamestown, New York, one of three sons of the president of a banknote-engraving company. He graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1855,  and practiced law for about 25 years. During the American Civil War, Shepard was a Union Army recruiter and subsequently earned the rank of colonel. He was later a founder and benefactor of several institutions and banks. When Shepard moved to the Briarcliff Manor hamlet of Scarborough-on-Hudson, he founded the Scarborough Presbyterian Church and built Woodlea; the house and its land are now part of Sleepy Hollow Country Club.

Early life

Shepard was born July 25, 1833, in Jamestown in Chautauqua County, New York. He was the second of three sons of Fitch Shepard and Delia Maria Dennis; the others were Burritt Hamilton and Augustus Dennis. Fitch Shepard was president of the National Bank Note Company (later consolidated with the American and Continental Note Companies), and Elliott's brother Augustus became president of the American Bank Note Company. Shepard's extended family lived in New England, with origins in Bedfordshire, England. Fitch, son of Noah Shepard, was a descendant of Thomas Shepard (a Puritan minister) and James Fitch (son-in-law of William Bradford). Delia Maria Dennis was a descendant of Robert Dennis, who emigrated from England in 1635. Elliott was described in 1897's Prominent Families of New York as "prominent by birth and ancestry, as well as for his personal qualities". He attended public schools in Jamestown, and moved with his father and brothers to New York City in 1845. He began attending the college-preparatory University Grammar School (then located in the University of the City of New York building), and graduated from the university in 1855. Shepard began reading law under Edwards Pierrepont, and was admitted to the bar in the city of Brooklyn in 1858.

Military service

From January 1861 through the outbreak of the American Civil War and until 1862 Shepard served as an aide-de-camp to Union Army General Edwin D. Morgan with the rank of colonel. During this time Shepard was placed in command of the department of volunteers in Elmira, and enlisted 47,000 men from the surrounding area. In 1862 he was appointed Assistant Inspector-General for half of New York state, reporting to New York's governor on troop organization, equipment, and discipline.

In 1862 he visited Jamestown to inspect, equip and provide uniforms for the Chautauqua regiment, his first return since infancy, and was welcomed by a group of prominent citizens. Shepard recruited and organized the 51st Regiment, New York Volunteers, which was named the Shepard Rifles in his honor. George W. Whitman, brother of the poet Walt Whitman and a member of the regiment, was notified by Shepard of a promotion; Shepard may have influenced his subsequent promotion to major in 1865. In addition, Shepard was involved in correspondence with Walt Whitman. Although President Abraham Lincoln offered him a promotion to brigadier general, Shepard declined in deference to officers who had seen field service; Shepard himself never entered the field. From 1866 to 1868 Shepard served as aide-de-camp to Reuben E. Fenton.

Career

In 1864, Shepard was a member of the executive committee and chair of the Committee on Contributions from Without the City for the New York Metropolitan Fair. He chaired lawyers' committees for disaster relief, including those in Portland, Maine and Chicago after the 1866 Great Fire and the 1871 Great Chicago Fire respectively, and was a member of the municipal committee for victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood.

In 1867 Shepard was presented to Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt at a reception given by Governor Morgan; their difficult courtship was opposed by Margaret's father, William Henry Vanderbilt. A year later, on February 18, 1868, they were married in the Church of the Incarnation in New York City. After an 1868 trip to Tarsus, Mersin he helped found Tarsus American College, agreeing to donate $5,000 a year to the school and leave it an endowment of $100,000 ($ in ). He became one of the school's trustees and vice presidents.

In 1868, Shepard became a partner of Judge Theron R. Strong in Strong & Shepard, continuing the business after Strong's death. He continued to practice law for the next 25 years; he helped found the New York State Bar Association in 1876, and in 1884 was its fifth president. In 1875 Shepard drafted an amendment establishing an arbitration court for the New York Chamber of Commerce, serving on its five-member executive committee the following year. In 1880, the New York City Board of Aldermen appointed Shepard and Ebenezer B. Shafer to revise and codify the city's local ordinances to form the New-York Municipal Code; the last revision was in 1859.

During the 1880s he helped found three banks. At the Bank of the Metropolis, he was a founding board member. The others were the American Savings Bank and the Columbian National Bank, where he served as attorney. In 1881, US President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated him for United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In 1884, Shepard led the effort to create an arbitration court for the New York Chamber of Commerce. On March 20, 1888, Shepard purchased the Mail and Express newspaper (founded in 1836, with an estimated value in 1888 of $200,000 ($ in ) from Cyrus W. Field for $425,000 ($ in ). Deeply religious, Shepard placed a verse from the Bible at the head of each edition's editorial page. As president of the newspaper company until his death, he approved every important decision or policy. In the same year, Shepard became the controlling stockholder of the Fifth Avenue Transportation Company to force it to halt work on Sundays (the Christian Sabbath).

When Margaret's father died in 1885, she inherited $12 million ($ in ). The family lived at 2 West 52nd Street in Manhattan, one of three houses of the Vanderbilt Triple Palace which were built during the 1880s for William Henry Vanderbilt and his two daughters. After Elliott's death Margaret transferred the house to her sister's family, who combined their two houses into one. The houses were eventually demolished; the nine-story De Pinna Building was built there in 1928 and was demolished around 1969. 650 Fifth Avenue is the building currently on the site.

Shepard and his family toured the world in 1884, visiting Asia, Africa, and Europe. He documented his 1887 trip from New York to Alaska in The Riva.: New York and Alaska taken by himself, his wife and daughter, six other family members, their maid, a chef, butler, porter and conductor. According to Shepard, the family traveled  on 26 railroads and stayed at 38 hotels in nearly five months. After the 1884 trip, aware of the opportunity for church work in the territory, he founded a mission and maintained it with his wife for about $20,000 ($ in ) a year. For some time Shepard worshiped at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church under John Hall, and was a vice president of the Presbyterian Union of New-York. Shepard was president of the American Sabbath Union for five years, and he also served as the chairman of the Special Committee on Sabbath Observance.

Briarcliff Manor developments

During the early 1890s Shepard moved to Scarborough-on-Hudson in present-day Briarcliff Manor, purchasing a Victorian house from J. Butler Wright. He had a mansion (named Woodlea, after Wright's house) built south of the house, facing the Hudson River, and improved its grounds. Construction of the mansion began in 1892, and was completed three years later. Shepard died in 1893, leaving Margaret to oversee its completion. The finished house has between , making it one of the largest privately owned houses in the United States.

After Shepard's death Margaret lived there in the spring and fall, with her visits becoming less frequent. By 1900 she began selling property to Frank A. Vanderlip and William Rockefeller, selling them the house in 1910. Vanderlip and Rockefeller assembled a board of directors to create a country club; they first met at Vanderlip's National City Bank Building office at 55 Wall Street (Vanderlip was president of the bank at the time). Sleepy Hollow Country Club was founded, with Woodlea becoming its clubhouse and the J. Butler Wright house as its golf house.

Shepard established a small chapel on his Briarcliff Manor property, and founded the Scarborough Presbyterian Church in 1892. The church and its manse were donated by Margaret after his death. It was designed by Augustus Haydel (a nephew of Stanford White) and August D. Shepard Jr. (a nephew of Elliott Shepard and William Rutherford Mead). The church, dedicated on May 11, 1895, in Shepard's memory, was briefly known as Shepard Memorial Church.

Family and personal life

Shepard and Margaret had five daughters and one son: Florence (1869–1869), Maria Louise (1870–1948), Edith (1872–1954), Marguerite (1873–1895), Alice (1874–1950) and Elliott Jr. (1877–1927). The children attended Sunday school and church, and were educated by private tutors and governesses. Shepard also employed a private chef for his family. Shepard was a strict father known to beat his son, who was described as being as wild as his father was rigid and moralizing.

Shepard was tall, with a pleasant expression and manner, and The New York Times called him the "perfect type of well-bred clubman". He had thick hair, manicured nails, a well-trimmed beard and an athletic figure. An opponent of antisemitism, he attended dinners publicizing the plight of Russian Jews and regularly addressed Jewish religious and social organizations avoided by others. He rented pews in many New York churches, supported about a dozen missionaries and was described as a generous donor to hospitals and charitable societies. Shepard was politically ambitious, and decided to build Woodlea as a symbol of power and influence. Shepard had horses and carriages which were ridden by the family in parks, and he prided himself on his equestrianism. Shepard was a long-time friend of US Senator Chauncey Depew.

Shepard was a supporter of the Republican Party, contributing $75,000 ($ in ) to the 1888 Presidential campaign fund and $10,000 ($ in ) to the state committee for the Fassett campaign. He furnished Shepard Hall, at Sixth Avenue and 57th Street in New York City, offering it rent-free to the Republican Club.

Shepard belonged to a number of organizations: the Adirondack League, the American Museum of Natural History, the American Oriental Society, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, the Century Association, the Congregational Club, the Lawyers' Club of New York, the Manhattan Athletic Club, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Academy of Design, the New England Society of New York, the New York Athletic Club, the New York Press Club, the New York State Bar Association, the New York Yacht Club, the Presbyterian Union of New York, the Republican Club of the City of New York, the Riding Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Twilight Club, the Union League Club of New York, and the Union League of Brooklyn.

Later life, death, and legacy

In 1892, the City University of New York gave Shepard a Master of Laws degree and the University of Omaha gave him a Doctor of Laws degree. On January 11, 1893, Shepard addressed the House Committee on the Columbian Exposition in an effort to convince the committee not to open the exposition on a Sunday - the Sabbath. Shepard himself attended, having spent $25,000 ($ in ) on September 7, 1891, in reserving sixteen rooms with board at the Auditorium Hotel for six months during the fair.

Shepard died unexpectedly during the afternoon of March 24, 1893 at his Manhattan residence. Two doctors were attempting to remove a bladder stone from him. They instructed him to eat lightly, only well before the operation. They gave him the anesthetic ether at 12:45 p.m. For a few minutes Shepard did not seem to react, though soon afterward his color started changing and his respiration and pulse dimmed, so administration of ether was stopped, however not enough ether was given to continue with the operation. His condition started to worsen again; the doctors suspected food or vomit was blocking his windpipe or bronchial tubes. The doctors then administered oxygen, which helped temporarily; however, at 4:00 p.m. his pulse became steadily more feeble, he fell unconscious, and died at 4:10 p.m. His cause of death was edema and congestion of the lungs, after the administration of ether, but due to an unknown cause.

Many doctors considered the case to be unusual and debated the cause of death. Some, including family members, accused them of criminal negligence; that Shepard was fed well before the operation, which could have allowed him to choke on vomit. No autopsy was made, but an inquest was made by the coroner. The two doctors to perform the operation made a statement on March 28, 1893, that after prior examinations no diseases were found and his heart and lungs seemed healthy. A Tribune reporter met doctor William J. Morton, son of possible ether discoverer William T. G. Morton who had first used it in 1846. Morton said it was most improbable Shepard died of ether, ensuring its safety when properly used, and that deaths were one in 25,000. He recommended an autopsy.

The first funeral service was a small gathering of pallbearers and close friends of the family at the house; then Shepard's body was moved to their church. From the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Shepard was moved to the Battery and then onto a ferry to Staten Island.

At the funeral, organizations that Shepard was part of sent representatives, including the Union League Club, the Republican County Committee, the Republican Club, the New York State Bar Association, the Presbyterian Union, the Chamber of Commerce, the American Sabbath Union, New York Sabbath Observance Committee, American Bible Society, St. Paul's Institute at Tarsus, the Union League of Brooklyn, the Republican Association of the 21st Assembly District, the Shepard Rifles, the New York Typothetae, the American Bank Note Company, the College of the City of New York, the Mail and Express, and the New-York Press Club. Those at the funeral included Albert Bierstadt, Noah Davis, Chauncey M. Depew, John S. Kennedy, John James McCook, Warner Miller, John Sloane, and John H. Starin. Notable family included his immediate family, as well as most of the living Vanderbilt family, including the majority of Margaret Louisa's siblings, their spouses, and Margaret Louisa's mother.

Shepard was first buried in the Vanderbilt mausoleum in Moravian Cemetery. On November 17, 1894, one of his daughters, his wife, and her brother George Vanderbilt oversaw the transfer of his remains and those of his daughter Florence to a new Shepard family tomb in the cemetery nearby.

Shepard's estate included the $100,000 Tarsus American College endowment, $850,000 in real estate and $500,000 in personal property for a total of $1.35 million ($ in ). His will distributed money and property to his wife and children, his brother Augustus, and religious organizations. Shepard funded a number of scholarships and prizes, including one at the City University of New York and New York University's annual Elliott F. Shepard Scholarship, and in 1888 he donated a large collection of books originally from lawyer Aaron J. Vanderpoel's library to the New York University School of Law. A year later, Shepard created an endowment for periodicals, necessitating the creation of the university's first reading room. In 1897, Shepard's wife donated his 1,390-volume collection of law books to the library.

When the wife of Chicago publisher Horace O'Donoghue read him the news of Shepard's death four days after the event, he picked up a razor and slit his throat. Although his suicide was first thought to be an impulsive reaction, it was later learned that the likely cause was O'Donoghue's large debts to Chicago publishing houses.

Selected works

Notes

References

Further reading

 For details on Elliott Fitch Shepard's average business day and family.

External links

Letter to Walt Whitman, from The Walt Whitman Archive

Bust of Shepard by John Quincy Adams Ward, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1833 births
1893 deaths
19th-century American lawyers
19th-century American male writers
19th-century American newspaper editors
19th-century American writers
19th-century American philanthropists
19th-century Presbyterians
19th-century American businesspeople
American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law
American male journalists
American Presbyterians
New York University alumni
Deaths from edema
Editors of New York (state) newspapers
Journalists from New York City
New York (state) lawyers
New York (state) Republicans
People from Briarcliff Manor, New York
People from Dobbs Ferry, New York
People from Jamestown, New York
People from Manhattan
People of New York (state) in the American Civil War
Philanthropists from New York (state)
Members of the Sons of the American Revolution
Union Army colonels
Elliott Fitch Shephard
Burials at the Vanderbilt Family Cemetery and Mausoleum


title: Bow Tie Cinemas

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Bow Tie Cinemas is an American movie theater chain, with 8 locations in Colorado, Connecticut,  New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, and Virginia. As of 2013, it is the eighth-largest movie theater chain in the United States and is the oldest, having been founded in 1900. Bow Tie Cinemas is family-owned and has been for four generations.

The company was established by Benjamin S. Moss (1878 - 1951) who opened nickelodeon venues, then shifted to Vaudeville venues, before settling on movie theaters.

History

B.S. Moss immigrated to the U.S. from Austria in 1900. He opened venues for nickelodeons. He soon changed to operating venues for the Vaudeville circuit and also established a film production company. The film production company produced Margaret Sanger's film Birth Control which was banned from release in New York in 1915. B. S. Moss Motion Picture Company presented Three Weeks (1914) and produced One Day (1916), Boots and Saddles (1916), The Power of Evil (1916), and The Salamander (1916).

B. S. Moss Enterprises operated several movie theaters. In 1910, Moss organized the syndicate that built the $100,000 Washington Theatre at Amsterdam Avenue and 149th Street, known as the first "real" movie palace in New York City. Moss' Vaudeville theaters included Manhattan's Colony Theater, notable for being the venue of several high-profile Disney premieres including Fantasia and Steamboat Willie, the third Disney cartoon to feature Mickey Mouse, but the first to be released.

In the 1930s, Moss decided to focus more on the movie business and phased out his vaudeville program. In 1936, he opened his Criterion Theater in Times Square, which lasted as a successful movie theater until 2000. Since then, Bow Tie Cinemas has continued to concentrate on the presentation of films.

Bow Tie Cinemas

The company changed its name to Bow Tie Cinemas in 2004, upon opening its Criterion Cinemas complex in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut.  The name honors the company's flagship property, located where Broadway and 45th meet in Manhattan, known as the "Bow Tie" of Times Square.

Bow Tie operates many different types of theaters, from historic in-town cinemas to a 21-screen complex in Richmond, VA.  The company's premium large format auditoriums are known as "BTX - Bow Tie X-Treme(R)".

In 2017 the company debuted its new "Ultimate" locations in Norwalk, CT, featuring luxury electric recliner seating with an in-theater restaurant and a full bar.  Bow Tie Ultimate(TM) locations feature fresh-baked artisan pizzas, and an array of dining options.  Ultimate locations are now open in Norwalk, CT (Ultimate Royale 6 and Ultimate Regent 8); Trumbull, CT (Ultimate Marquis 16 & BTX); and Annapolis, MD (Ultimate Annapolis Mall 11 & BTX) and Stamford, CT (Ultimate Majestic 6 & BTX).

In spring 2022 seven Bow Tie theaters in Connecticut, upstate New York, and Annapolis, MD were sold to AMC Entertainment. They had previously closed three theaters, one each in Greenwich, New Canaan, and Wilton, CT. The New Haven theater is scheduled to close in October 2023.

2013 acquisition of Clearview Cinemas
Clearview Cinemas was a movie theater chain within the New York metropolitan area founded in 1994. From 1998 to 2013, Clearview was a subsidiary of Cablevision. In 2013, Bow Tie Cinemas acquired forty-one Clearview theatres. The forty-second location, the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, was retained by Cablevision, but Bow Tie continued to operate the theater until it was closed as a theater in 2016.

References

Movie theatre chains in the United States
Companies based in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Cinemas and movie theaters in New York (state)
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Entertainment companies established in 1900
1900 establishments in New York City
Family-owned companies of the United States


title: 2014–15 Al-Shorta SC season

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The 2014–15 season was Al Shorta's 41st season in the Iraqi Premier League, having featured in all 41 editions of the competition. Al Shorta participated in the Iraqi Premier League and the AFC Cup.

They entered this season on the back of two successful seasons for the club. The 2012–13 season saw them win both the Baghdad Cup and the Iraqi Premier League and the 2013–14 season saw them top the Iraqi Premier League standings again.

This season was not as successful as Al Shorta finished in third place in the league. They started the season brilliantly by storming to first place in Group 2 with 40 points from a possible 48, but they were knocked out at the elite stage after replacing Egyptian coach Mohamed Youssef with former manager Thair Jassam, finishing three points behind Naft Al Wasat (who reached the final and went on to win the league) in Group 1. Al Shorta were awarded a 3–0 win over Al Minaa in the third place match as Al Minaa did not turn up to the game, so Al Shorta finished in third.

In the AFC Cup, Al Shorta topped their group, reaching the knockout stage for the first time in their history. However, they were eliminated by Al Kuwait in the round of 16.

Squad

Out on loan

 (at Amanat Baghdad until the end of the 2014-15 season)

Departed during season

Personnel

Technical Staff

Management

Kit
Supplier: Nike / Sponsor: Royal Arena Sport

Transfers

In

Out

Competitions

Iraqi Premier League

Group stage (group 2)

Elite Stage (Group 1)

Third-place match

AFC Cup

Group stage

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Tournament for the Armed Forces

Basketball
Al Shorta won the Iraqi Basketball League for the first time since 1996 by defeating Al Karkh in the final. The first leg of the final ended in a 66–65 win, the second ended in a 75–70 loss and the final leg ended in a 90–89 win thanks to a 3-pointer right at the end of the game from DeAndre Rice.

References

External links
Al Shorta website
Al Shorta TV
Team info at goalzz.com

Al-Shorta SC seasons
Al Shorta

ar:نادي الشرطة العراقي
ca:Al-Shorta FC Bagdad
es:Al-Shorta
fr:Police Club (Bagdad)
it:Al-Shorta Football Club
nl:Al Shorta


title: Sadika

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Sadika is a tributary of the river Vrbanja in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It rises on the northeastern slopes of Zastinje Mountain, at  above sea level. The river's confluence with the Vrbanja is below Gigovići, a village close to the Kotor Varoš–Šiprage road, at  above sea level.

References

See also
 Demićka

Rivers of Bosnia and Herzegovina


title: Agape (song)

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Agape is a song recorded by Chinese singer Zhang Liyin. It was releases as a digital single on August 2, 2014 in China and August 6 in South Korea. It also marks her first release since Moving On in 2009.

Background and composition
"Agape" dedicated to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Co-written by Zhang Liyin and Taiwanese lyricist Tina Wang, the song is about a mother who allows her child to live at the expense of her own life. The single's B-side track "Back Then" is a cover of the title song from Taiwanese film You Are the Apple of My Eye.

On May 26, 2014, S.M announced that label mate f(x) Victoria will be the main lead for Zhang's music video. Actor Song Jae-rim and EXO member Tao were later confirmed as added to the cast through various Korean news sites on June 18. The music video teaser was released July 25, and the full music video was released August 5. Both were released on the SM Town official YouTube and YinYueTai channel. The song was released August 2, 2014 on Baidu Music for China, and released in South Korea through online music stores MelOn and Genie on August 6, 2014.

Plot line
The music video is a tribute to the victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The plot is based on a true story of a selfless mother who protected her child throughout the 7.9 magnitude earthquake.

When the mother was discovered by the rescuers, she had already died from the house that collapsed. However, the rescuer noticed her unusual posture, kneeling on the ground with both of her arms supporting her upper body. When people cleared away the rubble around her, they found her 3 to 4-month-old baby, wrapped in a blanket, sleeping soundly under her, still alive. After that, the rescuing doctor found a mobile phone inside the baby's blanket and on the screen was a message that said: "My beloved baby, if you can survive, please remember that I love you."

Plot in MV
Tao is the son of Victoria, who sacrificed herself to shield him in the earthquake in Sichuan, China and died when he was still young. Tao's father is Korean and was in Korea working at the time of the earthquake. He took Tao to Korea after the earthquake. After Tao grew up in Korea, he worked as a delivery boy. One day after work, he saves a girl (who was also played by Victoria) from a car accident and was surprised to see that she looks exactly like his deceased mom. He started to follow and watch over her because he wants to protect her like his mom once did for him. The current Vic works at McDonald's, and is the daughter of a shop owner in China Town. Tao always watches Victoria from afar. Meanwhile, he often has flashbacks of sweet childhood memories with his mother, which makes him even more miserable. One day, some gangsters are bothering Vic and her mother in her mother's shop. Tao, who sees this in the crowd, steps in to protect them and gets hurt from the fight. Later on, Vic helps fix Tao's wounds, which also reminds Tao of how his mother used to care for him when she was still alive. Tao and Vic become friends, and Tao starts to work at the same fast food chain. Vic starts to develop feelings for Tao, while Tao is confused about his feelings for Vic. He has a mixed feeling of "wanting to get closer to Vic because she looks like his mom" and "liking her because of who she is". One day, Vic visits Tao's house and accidentally sees his family photo while Tao is sleeping. She begins to think that Tao only approached her because she looks like his mom and feels hurt. In the end of the MV, Tao wakes up and Victoria leaves Tao. The story continues in Zhang Liyin's single Not Alone (Zhang Liyin song).

Track listing

Chart performance
Both songs reached Top 10 on Baidu King Chart in its first weekend. The single started off their first full week with "Agape" at #4, and "Back Then" at #7. The music video ranked #1 in real time on iQIYI on its release, and reached #2 overall for the week of August 4 to August 10. In the same week, the "Agape" music video ranked #6 overall in the most watched K-Pop music videos on YouTube. The single's third week of promotions saw "Agape" rank #5 on the weekly CCTV Global Chinese Music show, and #5 on the Top Chinese Music chart. Billboard listed "Agape" as the #9 most watched K-pop music video in the United States for the month of August.

Chart

"Agape"

"Back Then"

References

External links
  / SM Entertainment official channel
  / SM Entertainment official channel

2014 singles
2010s ballads
Contemporary R&B ballads
Zhang Liyin songs
SM Entertainment singles
Mandarin-language songs
2014 songs


title: Berlohy

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Berlohy () is a village (selo) in Kalush Raion, of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, approximately 46 km from the regional center, Ivano-Frankivsk. The village is situated on the left bank of the river Limnytsya (). Local government —  Berlohivska village council. Berlohy belongs to Novytsia rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.

History

The first written notation regarding Berlohy dates back to 1387. However, people have lived in the area since the 13th century. Village Berlohy is one of the five oldest settlements in the territory Rozhniativ Raion.

Great heritage is in the village that our ancestors left for future generations. These are: the Church of the Nativity, Wonderworking Icon of Our Lady with Jesus, small wooden chapel (1901) and cross which is near the church (that was supplied by the company "Prosvita" in 1978).

Until 18 July 2020, Berlohy belonged to Rozhniativ Raion. It was the biggest settlement in the raion. The raion was abolished in July 2020 as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast to six. The area of Rozhniativ Raion was merged into Kalush Raion.

References

Literature
  Поташник Микола Дмитрович. Історія села Берлоги Рожнятівського району Івано-Франківської області. — Брошнів - 2011.

External links
 weather.in.ua

Villages in Kalush Raion


title: Francescuccio Ghissi

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Francescuccio Ghissi, also called Francesco di Cecco Ghissi, (fl. 1359 – 1395) was an Italian painter. His exact date of birth and death are not known.

Ghissi was an exponent of the Gothic style, active especially in the Marche region of  central-eastern Italy. He is known to have worked with Allegretto Nuzi. He primarily painted religious works for church commissions, but little is known about his activities and works except that of the Madonna of Humility, part of a triptych he painted, which now resides as part of the Polesden Lacey National Trust collection. He also has works on display in the Pinacoteca Civica of Fabriano, and painted for the Cathedral of Fabriano. Other paintings are present in Ascoli Piceno (Church of Sant'Agostino), Montegiorgio (Church of Sant'Andrea), and the Pinacoteca of Fermo.

Ghissi also painted the St. John altarpiece, made up of nine different paintings. The center one depicts the Crucifixion, while the eight surrounding it depict stories from the life of St. John the Evangelist. This paintings were sawed apart and separated during the 19th or early 20th century to be sold, and have recently been reunited.

References

Further reading
 (see index; plates 24–26)

External links
 The "Primitive" Encyclopedie.bseditions.fr
 Works of Francescuccio Ghissi on worldvisitguide.com

14th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Gothic painters
Year of birth unknown
Year of death unknown


title: Ratnik (program)

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Ratnik (; Warrior) is a Russian future infantry combat system. Some components, including the communication systems and night vision technologies, have extremely limited military distribution. It is designed to improve the connectivity and combat effectiveness of combat personnel in the Russian Armed Forces. Improvements include modernised body armour, a helmet with a special eye monitor (thermal, night vision monocular, flashlight), communication systems, and special headphones. It includes 10 subsystems and 59 individual items.

An improved "Sotnik" system is expected in 2025.

History
The Ratnik was first to be reported to be used during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014. There were also reports that Russian troops have tested Ratnik components in combat operations.

In August 2019, it was reported that Ratnik has been tested by soldiers from Belarus, Vietnam, Kyrgyzstan, China, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.

In July 2021, Russian troops deployed to Tajikistan to work alongside Tajik forces are equipped with at least 200 sets of Ratnik.

Components
The Ratnik gear is a system of modern protective and communication devices, weapons and ammunition. It consists of a helmet, body armour; a one-piece coverall; hearing protection; protective glasses; a protective set for knees and elbows; a grenade launcher, submachine gun or assault rifle; sniper rifle, ammunition; a combat knife, as well as 24/7 reconnaissance means; a day and night sighting system; a small-size binocular; optical and thermal weapon sights, etc. Ratnik gear is paired up with EMR camouflage.

As well as these, the system comprises a universal shelter, a multifunctional knife, a signal lamp, a watch, winter and summer two-side camouflage sets; an autonomous heat source; a backpack, an individual water filter; a small entrenching tool, breath protection devices; means of radiological and chemical control; a medical kit, and filtering clothes.

The "Strelets" ("Musketeer"/ Стрельцы)  system provides voice and video communication. The system includes a GLONASS navigation module so that a squad leader can see the location of each soldier on his small, book-sized, computer. With this computer, he also can give orders to his squad, and send videos and photos to headquarters. As well as this, each soldier has their own smaller telephone-sized tactical computer. The Strelets command, control, and intelligence (C2I) system was operated in the Syrian conflict to send target data to strike aircraft. The use of the Strelets in conjunction with the Su-24M frontline bomber provides almost 100% accuracy.

Ratnik protects almost 90% of a soldier's body. The main body armor with plates, designated 6B45 '6Б45', is rated at protection class 6, according to GOST R 50744-95, and weighs 7.5 kg (with the Assault variant weighing up to 15 kg). The main body armor fully protects from 7.62×39mm rounds from assault rifles, and 7.62×54mmR from sniper rifles, including the increased penetration of hardened rounds, and can survive hits from repeated shots in these calibers conducted at close range. It is claimed that the 6B47 helmet protects a soldier's head 40 percent more than NATO analogs.

The plates inside the vest, designated Granit ('гранит'), are removable from the 6B45 (6Б45), with the inside of the vest being lined with Kevlar for additional protection. These plates are shaped similarly to the "Shooter" variant of the United States Armed Forces Small Arms Protective Insert. The 6B43 was an early iteration of the 6B45 that was initially produced as part of the Ratnik program which had removable Kevlar inserts.

Variants of the Ratnik Program body armor were designed for different purposes including the 6B46 (6Б46) - a lighter-weight, para-droppable design aimed at replicating the popular small form factors and utility of the 6B48 (6Б48) - created for tank crews and issued in 2016. Although the 6B46 (6Б46) was issued as part of the initial Ratnik program, there is not much evidence of them being used by units in the field, with the first mass use seen in public occurring during the Slavic Brotherhood 2019 joint international exercise in Serbia.

The weight of the full Ratnik infantry system with the special thigh and shoulder bulletproof shields is 19–20 kg. Basic Ratnik gear (for engineers and medics) weighs 15 kg (without thigh and shoulder guards). Ratnik gear is made of a special fabric that prevents troops from being detected by infrared devices.

Russia’s TsNIITochMash (part of the Rostec defence conglomerate) has developed more powerful 7N39 ‘Igolnik’ 5.45×39mm cartridge and its 7N40 variant, with an increased density of fire and bullet penetration during its work on the Ratnik soldier gear. Russia’s holding company Shvabe has developed a new, lighter version of the thermal night vision weapon sight, which is to complement the soldier’s field combat gear Ratnik. Russia’s holding company Shvabe also created the technology increasing aiming distance.

Production history
Prototype Ratnik kits were initially distributed to selected units in the Ground Forces in 2013 according to Oleg Martyanov, a member of Russia's Military-Industrial Commission, which acts as the government's liaison with the defense industry. Initially only elite troops will receive the AK-12 as part of the Ratnik system, while the rest of the Ground Forces will continue using the AK-74M into the 2020s.

For the Russian Navy and Engineer Troops, the bulletproof vest is combined with a life vest, so that soldiers and sailors who are thrown into the water won't drown. All Naval Infantry units were equipped with Ratnik gear as of November 2016.

Serial deliveries and batch production of Ratnik began in the first half of 2015. About 300,000 Ratnik sets have been delivered as of December 2020. Russia’s Ground Forces and the Navy’s coastal brigades are practically fully equipped with the Ratnik combat gear in March 2019. 18,000 sets delivered in 2019 in basic, commander, sniper, machine-gunner, gunner and tank man versions and 18,000 more in 2020. A new version for mountainous-desert terrain begun to be delivered in July 2021. Work was carried out in 2021 to include mini-and micro-UAVs, wearable robotic complexes, as well as exoskeletons. The Novosibirsk Instrument Making Plant has developed augmented reality glasses that are integrated into the Ratnik. The estimated cost of one set of glasses is over 500 thousand rubles, or $6,000 USD, $2,000 more than a second generation Microsoft Hololens. 2022 Ratnik deliveries were reportedly completed ahead of time.

List of individual components

Combat Uniform Items
 VKBO Layer system - a multilayer system manufactured by BTK Group designed for use at temperatures from + to .
 6Sh122 Masking Suit (6ш122) - a reversible combat oversuit designed for concealment (This is mainly used as recon) in a variety of environments, it comes in 2 variants, light green and brown.

Combat Equipment
 6B45/6B43 (6Б45/6Б43) - Primary body armour system for infantry units
 6B46 (6Б46) - Plate carrier style armour system for light-weight units
 6B47 (6Б47) - Aramid fibre helmet system rated for small arms fire. Includes two covers that allow the helmet to be jumpable, one white and one in the standard EMR (Digital Flora) pattern.
 6B48 (6Б48) Ratnik-ZK - Primary body armour system for tank and AFV crews
 6B49 (6Б49) Ratnik-BZK - Anti-fragmentation suit in standard EMR (Digital Flora) pattern.
 6Sh116/6Sh117 (6ш116/6ш117) - Load bearing equipment with a variety of utility and magazine pouches to suit the various weapons of the Russian Military, includes a 7-litre 'butt pack' and 25-litre patrol backpack.
 6Sh118 RAID Pack (6ш118) - 60-litre backpack designed for carrying large equipment and for long deployments.
 GSSh-01-01 (6m2-1) - Active hearing protection with radio cable.

Accessories
 6B50 (6Б50) - Dust and impact goggles
 6B51 (6Б51) - Knee and elbow protection based on an improved version of the Russian-made Splav 'X Pads'
 6Sh122 Gloves (6ш122)
 VKBO Summer boots
 Faradei Winterised boots
 6E5 Light Shovel
 6E6 Multitool
 6Sh120 Shelter system
 6E4-1 Watch
 FSS-014 Light - light system that can be mounted to 6B47 (6Б47) helmet
 NF-10 Individual water system
 1PN140 and 1PN141 night and thermal vision sights

Users

Gallery

References

Military equipment of Russia
Future soldier programs


title: Alaclair Ensemble

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Alaclair Ensemble is a Canadian hip hop musical collective based in Quebec. Their musical style draws on traditional Québécois folk music as well as contemporary Hip hop music and Electronic music. They are known for PR stunts and tongue-in-cheek lyrics that border on the comedic.

The group consists of Ogden "Robert Nelson" Ridjanovic (rapper), Akena "KNLO" Okoko (rapper & producer), Claude Bégin (rapper, singer, producer, musician), Eman (rapper), and producer Louis-Nicolas Imbeau, known as Vlooper. The members also release music with their own side projects.

Musical concept
The band's concept is based around an alternate history in which the Patriotes won the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1838 and established a state based on the Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada. In the band's Bas-Canada (Lower Canada) mythology, the nation suffers none of the linguistic tensions between Anglophones and Francophones that exist in contemporary Quebec and Canadian society, and the band performs lyrics in both languages.

History
The collective was formed in Quebec City, after several of the members had participated in Bande à part's 93 tours project in 2007.

They released their debut album, 4,99, on Bandcamp in 2010. That was followed by Le Roé C'est Moé and Touladis in 2011,  and, in 2012, Un Piou Piou Parmi Tant D'autres and America. In December 2012, they performed a "hip-hop Nocturne" at the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.

The group's 2013 album Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir, whose title is a satirical pun on Pierre Vallières' Quebec revolutionary manifesto Les nègres blancs d'Amérique, was released on Google Records and was a long-listed nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

Toute est impossible, was released in 2014. In 2016, they released the album Alaclair Acapellas, and were then signed to Disques 7ième Ciel (7ieme Ciel Records). They then released their first priced album, Les Frères Cueilleurs, and went on a tour of Quebec and parts of Europe. At ADISQ 2017, Alaclair Ensemble garnered nominations for the Critics' Choice Award, Show of the Year, Producer of the Year, Engineer of the Year, and Songwriter of the Year. Their video for the song "Ça que c'tait" won Video of the Year and Les Frères Cueilleurs won Hip Hop Album of the Year.

The album Le sens des paroles was released in 2018. At ADISQ 2019, Alaclair Ensemble received several nominations; the video for the song "La Famille" won Video of the Year, and the album won Rap Album of the Year. The album's lyrics are more serious than those of their earlier work. That was followed by America, Vol. 2 in 2019.

Also in 2019, the city of Laval, Quebec commissioned the group to create a song and video to encourage recycling. The result, Mets du respect dans ton bac (put some respect in your recycling bin), immediately went viral, with the video viewed 1.5 million times in its first five days.

In 2020, Alaclair Ensemble released the album Capitaine Canada. In 2021, Claude Bégin was a competitor in the Quebec edition of Big Brother Célébrités.

Discography
4,99 (2010), Independent
Le roé c'est moé (2011), Independent
Touladis (2011)
Un Piou Piou Parmi Tant D'autres (2012), Independent
America (2012), Independent
Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir (2013), Independent
Toute est impossible (2014), Independent
Alaclair Acapellas (2016), Independent
Les Frères Cueilleurs (2016)
Le Sens des Paroles (2018), 7ième Ciel
America, Vol. 2 (2019)
Capitaine Canada (2020)
LAIT PATERNEL (2023)

References

External links
Alaclair Ensemble
Maybe Watson expulsé de l'ensemble

Canadian hip hop groups
Musical groups from Montreal
Hip hop collectives


title: Schleicher ASG 32

text:
The ASG 32 is a Two Seater Class glider manufactured by Alexander Schleicher. The prototype had its maiden flight in Poppenhausen on 31 May 2014. Deliveries began in 2015.

Design and development
The ASG 32 is a two-seat mid-wing sailplane of composite construction, it has a retractable landing wheel and a horizontal tail mounted atop the vertical fin (T-tail).

The aircraft was announced in April 2013, with the intention that it would fill the gap between the ASK 21 trainer and the larger Schleicher ASH 30 Open Class two seater.  The ASG 32 meets the requirements of the FAI 20 metre Two-Seater Class. Pure sailplane, motorized self-launching and sustainer engine versions were announced.

Construction of the prototype started in 2013, during which the fuselage and tailplane were displayed. The maiden flight was on 31 May 2014, piloted by the designer Michael Greiner and the Schleicher CEO, Peter Kremer.

The electrically powered variant of the ASG 32 will be delivered after the other variants.

The ASG 32 and ASG 32 Mi were awarded an EASA Type Certificate on 11 February 2016.

Variants

Data from Schleicher
ASG 32	The pure sailplane, without any engine.
ASG 32 Mi	The motor glider aircraft, capable of self launching with a retractable engine and propeller mounted in the centre fuselage.
ASG 32 El	The electrically propelled motor glider aircraft, capable of sustaining flight for an expected  under engine power.

Specifications (ASG 32 Mi)

See also

Schempp-Hirth Arcus

References

Notes

Citations

https://www.nightofscience.de/dynasite.cfm?dsmid=514304

External links

Schleicher website

2010s German sailplanes
Schleicher aircraft
Motor gliders
Electric aircraft
Mid-wing aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 2014
T-tail aircraft


title: Günter Kaslowski

text:
Günter Kaslowski (5 July 1934 – 26 June 2001) was a German cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1934 births
2001 deaths
German male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for the United Team of Germany
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Berlin
West  German male cyclists


title: Sally Peake

text:
Sally Peake (born 8 February 1986) is a British track and field athlete who specialises in the pole vault. She has a personal best of  for the event, which is a Welsh record. She was the silver medallist in the pole vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Peake is a two-time British champion (2013 and 2014). She has represented Great Britain at the 2011 Summer Universiade and the 2012 European Athletics Championships, as well as having competed for Wales at the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

In addition to her pole vaulting career, she is a physiotherapist for the Football Association of Wales.

Career
Born in Chester, Peake initially competed in gymnastics but gave up the sport in favour of track and field as she grew older. She joined Liverpool Harriers and focused on triple jump and long jump during her early years at the club. She was the 2005 Welsh junior champion in the triple jump and then won the 2006 Welsh indoor title in a personal best of . She struggled to progress in the events and took up pole vaulting at the end of 2008. In 2007, she graduated from Cardiff University with a first-class honours science degree and continued to specialise in physiotherapy. The 2009 season marked her first full year of pole vault competition and she set a best of . She cleared four metres for the first time in June 2010, reaching a height of  in Cardiff. This gained her selection for the Welsh team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games and at the event in New Delhi she placed ninth with a mark of . she has a personal best of 4.40m in pole vault

In 2011, she moved to Loughborough to be closer to her coach Scott Simpson. That year she placed third at the UK Athletics Indoor Championships and won the Welsh outdoor title with a vault of . She narrowly missed the podium with a fourth-place finish at the British Athletics Championships. Peake matched that finish on her international debut at the Universiade in Shenzhen, clearing a new best of  in the final. With her sights on a place at the 2012 London Olympics, she signed up with Birchfield Harriers andcontinued to improve the following year, achieving a height of  on the Perche Élite Tour in February. She retained her Welsh title and was runner-up at the British Olympic trials (behind Holly Bleasdale), but did not achieve the qualifying "A" standard, which was set at four and a half metres. Her senior debut at the 2012 European Athletics Championships followed and she competed in the qualifying only.

The peak of her 2013 season was a win at the British Athletics Championships where—in the absence of Bleasdale—she won with a height of . She also competed at her first IAAF Diamond League event, vaulting at the London Anniversary Games and placing eighth. She did not compete internationally that year. She placed third at the 2014 British Indoor Championships before going on to win the British outdoor title for a second year running. She was beaten by Northern Ireland's Zoe Brown at the Welsh Open Championships, but was still selected for Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Immediately prior to the competition, she set an outdoor best of  at the Glasgow Grand Prix test event. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow she won her first international medal, clearing  in very wet conditions to take the silver medal for Wales.

Personal bests
Pole vault –  (2014)
Pole vault indoor –  (2012)
Long jump –  (2008)
Triple jump –  (2008)
Triple jump indoor –  (2008)

International competition record

References

External links

1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Chester
British female pole vaulters
Welsh pole vaulters
Welsh female athletes
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Wales
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
British Athletics Championships winners
Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Alumni of Cardiff University
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: 131st Division

text:
In military terms, 131st Division or 131st Infantry Division may refer to:

 131st Division (1st Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1948–1953
 131st Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1964–1985
 131st Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
 131st Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
 Italian 131st Armoured Division
 131st Infantry Division (Philippines)
 131st Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union)


title: Marko Jakolić

text:
Marko Jakolić (born 16 April 1991) is a Slovenian football defender who plays for Krka.

Career
On 23 December 2016, Jakolić signed a one-year contract with Bulgarian First League club Montana. He left in June 2017 due to a relegation clause in his contract.

References

External links
NZS profile

1991 births
Living people
People from Brežice
Slovenian men's footballers
Men's association football fullbacks
Slovenian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Slovenian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
NK Krka players
NK Krško players
NK Ivančna Gorica players
NK Celje players
FC Montana players
Slovenian Second League players
Slovenian PrvaLiga players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players


title: 133rd Division

text:
In military terms, 133rd Division or 133rd Infantry Division may refer to:

Infantry Divisions:
 133rd Division (2nd Formation)(People's Republic of China), 1979–1985
 133rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
 133rd Rifle Division (Soviet Union)

Armoured Divisions
 Italian 133rd Division


title: 134th Division

text:
In military terms, 134th Division or 134th Infantry Division may refer to:

Infantry Divisions
 134th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)
 134th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)

Armoured Divisions
 Italian 134th Armoured Division


title: Rigobert Massamba Musungu

text:
Rigobert Massamba Musungu is a major general in the  Air Force of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Massamba commanded the Kitona Air Base until June 2007, when he was appointed as the chief of air force staff of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was replaced at some point as the air force chief by Brigadier General Numbi Ngoie Enoch (former deputy chief for operations), and by 2015 Massamba was the Inspector General of the Armed Forces. In July 2018, he retired and John Numbi replaced him as FARDC Inspector General.

References

Democratic Republic of the Congo military personnel
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: 136th Division

text:
In military terms, 136th Division or 136th Infantry Division may refer to:

 136th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
 Italian 136th Armoured Division
 Italian 136th Infantry Division
 136th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)


title: 140th Division

text:
In military terms, 140th Division or 140th Infantry Division may refer to:

 140th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
 140th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)


title: Royal Blood (album)

text:
Royal Blood is the debut studio album by British rock duo Royal Blood. The album, produced by the band and Tom Dalgety, was released by Warner Bros. Records on 22 August 2014 in Friday-release countries and on 25 August 2014 in the United Kingdom.

The album was well received by music critics. It was nominated for the 2014 Mercury Prize for best album. It has been a commercial success, debuting at number one on the UK Albums Chart and being verified by the Official Charts Company as the fastest-selling British rock debut album in the UK in three years. It also charted worldwide, reaching top 10 positions in Ireland, Switzerland, Australia and New Zealand.

Background
Royal Blood was formed in 2011 by bassist and lead vocalist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher. The pair had known each other since their teenage years and had been playing in various bands together and independently, with Kerr previously serving as a member of British rock band Hunting the Minotaur. With ideas for new songs and "a bass sound", Kerr formed the band with Thatcher after a nine-month tenure in Australia, meeting him at the airport and arranging rehearsals the next day and playing a concert to their friends in a local bar in Brighton.

After spending time in the recording studio, the band started to gain mainstream attention in the summer of 2013, when their songs, such as "Out of the Black" and "Come On Over", were first sent to the radio for airplay and after a promotional stunt where Matt Helders, the drummer of the Arctic Monkeys, wore a Royal Blood T-shirt during the band's performance at Glastonbury. Both bands share the same management company. The band was also additionally nominated by the BBC, along with fourteen other acts, for their Sound of 2014, however they lost out to British singer Sam Smith.

"Blood Hands" was featured prominently in The Divergent Series: Insurgent.

Composition
Most of the album's songs revolve heavily around the riffs written and played by bassist Mike Kerr.

Recording
The recording of the album was kept under strict conditions, with the band essentially recording the album with only Mike Kerr's vocals and bass guitar and Ben Thatcher's drum kit, with the exception of shakers and tambourines on some of the album's tracks. The production of the album did not involve the use of samples or overdubbing, which meant that most of the album's material was recorded in one take, thus producing a more natural sound as opposed to the popular method of recording various takes and combining them in the final mix.

Critical reception

Upon its release, Royal Blood was met with positive reviews from music critics. Positive consensus on the album was that it was well-produced and backed strongly by high quality songwriting both lyrically and musically. Criticism of the album was predominantly based around the lack of deviation sonically from the standard rock music formula. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 77, which indicates "generally favorable reviews", based on 15 reviews.

It was elected by Loudwire as the 5th best Rock album of 2014.

Ben Patashnik of British music magazine NME gave Royal Blood a largely positive review, describing the record as having "light, shade and careful nuance throughout" and stating that it was a "turbo-bastard of a rock record". Praising the album's composition and sound, he went on to write that while the album may not revolutionise rock music, the album has potential to extend the boundaries of rock music from its small share in mainstream media. He additionally stated, "Unconcerned with anything other than how fun the shared language of rock can be, Royal Blood is here to convince everyone in its path that loud is good". Stephen Ackroyd, the editor of British music magazine DIY, also gave the album a largely positive review, describing the album as not being "a cooler than thou indie band masquerading as something heavier", and stating that "Royal Blood can mix it". In contrast to Patashnik's review for NME, Ackroyd believes that the album would go on to bring rock music back to the forefront of mainstream media.

Chris Schulz of Auckland-based daily newspaper The New Zealand Herald commented on the effort put in by Kerr and Thatcher in sounding like a full band, describing the duo's sound as "a simple formula done with impressive clarity and at huge volumes" and that "it's a major surprise to discover that Royal Blood consists of just two people". He gave Royal Blood a positive four-star review, writing that "it's hard to pick favourites when every song is backed by riffs you'll want to air guitar along to until the final chords of "Better Strangers" ring out" and jokingly stating, "Someone better warn Jack White that these new kids on the rock block mean business". Harriet Gibsone of London-based daily national newspaper The Guardian gave the album a moderately positive three-star review. Comparing the album to early-2000s rock bands such as Death from Above 1979 and The Vines, while also comparing the album's guitar riffs to the sound of "Jack White drunk at a saloon bar", she wrote that "It's heavy and hefty enough to crown them kings of the commercial rock scene, but then, who is going to stand in their way?".

Kitty Empire of The Guardian sister newspaper The Observer gave a less positive review than her Guardian counterpart, also giving the album three stars. She made comparisons between Kerr's vocals and bass work to that of Jack White and Josh Homme, commenting that Kerr's channeling of Homme's vocals "actually sounds pretty great, not least because it's been a while since the Queens have made a record you could dance to". She closed her review with a moderately positive note, writing that, "Happily, their self-titled debut album sounds just like it should: a muscular expansion on the sound of their four preceding singles and EP. They're not a patch on their illustrious predecessors yet. Hell, they're not a patch on Deap Vally, but debt is a funny thing in rock. A great deal of it can be written off if the end result is a pleasure". Michael Palmer of music website The Line of Best Fit gave the album a mixed review, highlighting that "Royal Blood’s debut is an easily digestible, unfortunately thin-sounding, slightly disappointing rock record and an exciting, fresh, invigorating pop record both at the same time".

Jessica Goodman and Ryan Kistobak of The Huffington Post included the album on their list of 2014's best releases, saying that "it should be recognized as good for all parties".

The album artwork is by London-based contemporary artist Dan Hillier, from an original work titled 'Pachamama', the Quechuan word for Mother Earth. The artwork went on to win the award for 'Best Art Vinyl' in 2014.

"Ten Tonne Skeleton" was released as the album's latest single on 1 December 2014. This was released as a limited 7 inch limited edition vinyl with B-side "One Trick Pony". as well as being released to radio. "Ten Tonne Skeleton" was A-listed on BBC radio 1 and also went on to top the Kerrang! Radio Charts in January 2015 after 10 weeks on the chart.

Track listing

Personnel
Partly adapted from Out of the Black liner notes.

Royal Blood
Mike Kerr – lead vocals, bass guitar
Ben Thatcher – drums

Technical personnel
Tom Dalgety – production, mixing (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 10), recording
John Davis – mastering
Alan Moulder – mixing (track 2)
Dave Sardy – mixing (track 6)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

2014 debut albums
Royal Blood (band) albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Tom Dalgety
Albums recorded at Rockfield Studios


title: Truncated pentakis dodecahedron

text:
The truncated pentakis dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron constructed as a truncation of the pentakis dodecahedron. It is Goldberg polyhedron GV(3,0), with pentagonal faces separated by an edge-direct distance of 3 steps.

Related polyhedra

It is in an infinite sequence of Goldberg polyhedra:

See also
 Near-miss Johnson solid
 Truncated tetrakis cube

References

.
 Antoine Deza, Michel Deza, Viatcheslav Grishukhin, Fullerenes and coordination polyhedra versus half-cube embeddings, 1998 PDF

External links
 VTML polyhedral generator Try "tkD" (Conway polyhedron notation)

Goldberg polyhedra


title: Amelia Gray

text:
Amelia Gray (born August 17, 1982) is an American writer. She is the author of the short story collections AM/PM (Featherproof Books), Museum of the Weird (Fiction Collective Two), and Gutshot (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and the novels THREATS (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), and Isadora (Farrar, Straus and Giroux). Gray has been shortlisted for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and her television writing has been nominated for a WGA Award.

The New York Times called Gray's stories "leaps of faith, brave excursions into the realms of the unreal." while the Los Angeles Times defined her style as  “akin to the alternately seething and absurd moods of David Lynch and Cronenberg.” Of THREATS, NPR said "Amelia Gray's psychological thriller takes us to the brink between reality and delusion."

Gray is a member of Giving What We Can, a community of people who have pledged to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities.

Bibliography

Novels
THREATS (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012)
Isadora (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017)

Short story collections
AM/PM (Featherproof Books, 2009)
Museum of the Weird  (Fiction Collective Two, 2010)
Gutshot (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015)

Other short stories
 "Labyrinth"
 "How He Felt"
 "Device"
 "The Swan as Metaphor for Love"
 "These Are the Fables"
 "The Inheritance"
 "The Odds"

Filmography

Television

Mr. Robot (2017–2018)
Maniac (2018)
Gaslit (2022)

Short films

"Curated" (dir. Gillian Jacobs) (2018)
"Waste" (dir. Justine Raczkiewicz) (2017)

Video games
Telling Lies (2019)
Immortality (2022)

Awards and honors

Winner
 2010: Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Award
 2016: New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award

Nominated
 2008: Amanda Davis Highwire shortlist
 2008: DIAGRAM Innovative Fiction finalist
 2012: Dylan Thomas University of Wales Prize longlist
 2012: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction shortlist
 2016: Shirley Jackson Prize for Fiction (single author collection)
 2019: WGA Award (Adapted Long Form) with Nick Cuse, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Danielle Henderson, Mauricio Katz, Patrick Somerville, and Caroline Williams

References

External links

 Amelia Gray at IMDB

1982 births
Living people
American surrealist novelists
American women novelists
American women short story writers
Fabulists
American surrealist writers
Magic realism writers
21st-century American novelists
Arizona State University alumni
Texas State University alumni
Writers from Tucson, Arizona
21st-century American women writers
American surrealist artists
Women surrealist artists
American women screenwriters
American television writers
21st-century American short story writers
Novelists from Arizona
PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction winners
Screenwriters from Arizona
American women television writers
21st-century American screenwriters


title: William Menahan

text:
William Thomas "Red" Menahan (August 16, 1935 – July 26, 2014) was an American educator.

Born in Anaconda, Montana, Menahan went to Western Montana College and then received his bachelor's degree from Carroll College in Montana. He then taught high school and was a high school football and basketball coach. He served in the Montana House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1970 to 2000. He died in Anaconda, Montana.

Notes

1935 births
2014 deaths
People from Anaconda, Montana
Carroll College (Montana) alumni
University of Montana Western alumni
Democratic Party members of the Montana House of Representatives


title: Seeds of Yesterday (film)

text:
Seeds of Yesterday is a television film released on April 12, 2015 produced by Lifetime based on the 1984 novel of the same name.

Plot
Thirteen years after If There Be Thorns, Cathy and Chris arrive at Foxworth Hall, which has been re-built by Bart, for his 25th birthday party. Bart has remained obsessed with Malcolm and has an estranged relationship with his mother and uncle/stepfather due to their incestuous relationship. He has even changed his last name to Foxworth in order to emphasize his distance from them. His anger and hatred is particularly aimed towards Chris, though still showing a deep love for his mother. Jory and his wife, Melodie, arrive to announce she is pregnant with twins. Everyone but Bart is excited about the news and Bart is jealous of his brother because he secretly lusts after Melodie.

The next day, Cindy arrives and Bart welcomes her with contempt, not even wanting to acknowledge her as his sister due to her merely being adopted. At the birthday party, Jory and Cindy perform a ballet for the guests, but Jory has an accident that leaves him paralyzed from the waist down and ends his dance career. Melodie is distraught since she is unable to live with a husband who cannot dance, nor make love to her again. Cindy suspects that Bart was responsible for the incident since he had updated his insurance policy the day before the accident. When confronted with this suspicion, Bart denies this to Cathy and Chris, but they do not fully believe him.

As months pass with Jory hospitalized and Melodie becoming more depressed, Bart takes advantage of her vulnerable state and seduces her. When Jory comes home, Corrine's will is read and Bart is enraged to learn that he will inherit the Foxworth estate only on his 35th birthday, leaving Chris as the guardian of his money until then. Cathy discovers Bart and Melodie's affair when walking in on them having sex. Bart tells Cathy that Melodie loves him and points out that Malcolm was obsessed with his own mother until she abandoned him and how much he hates seeing his own mother with Chris. Cathy then confronts Melodie and threatens to ruin her life if she does not start supporting her husband Jory. Jory however soon attempts suicide by drowning himself in the pool, but is saved by Chris. Following this, Melodie promises Jory that she will be more attentive to him, but she soon tries to continue her affair with Bart, who having had her, now rejects her. Cindy brings home a new boyfriend, Lance, to meet the family during dinner. However, Bart beats him after catching the two having sex. Despite his hatred towards her, Bart nevertheless starts to lust for Cindy.

On Christmas Day, Bart deliberately confesses his affair with Melodie to Jory, and the shock causes her to go into premature labour. She gives birth to a boy and girl named Darren and Deirdre. However, she shows no interest in them as well as Jory and abruptly abandons them. Bart follows Cindy meeting with another boyfriend at a bar and confronts her on her way home through the woods and, in the heat of the moment, has sex with her. Cindy is interested in having a relationship with Bart and admits that she has genuine feelings for him, even revealing she knows about Cathy and Chris' secret, but he rejects her, having sated his lust. Devastated, Cindy returns to school in New York.

Chris decides to look for a new house for Cathy, Jory, the twins, and himself to give Bart his own space. They hire a nanny, Toni, to take care of the twins. Bart starts pursuing her, which troubles Cathy since she was hoping Toni would end up with Jory instead. Bart soon accuses Toni of being with him merely for his money and breaks up with her. He then forces the family to attend a baptism at the Foxworth chapel for the twins and almost drowns Deirdre in the font, causing Cathy and Chris to decide to leave Foxworth Hall with Jory, Toni, and the twins to get away from sociopathic Bart. Bart has a mental breakdown and accuses Cathy of abandoning him for Chris, and blames her for ruining the family. He is about to kill her with a dagger before he is stopped by Jory. Finally seeing that it is hopeless to help him, Cathy decides to leave Bart for good. As he returns home after finding them a new house, Chris pulls over to help a stranded motorist and is struck by a passing truck, which kills him instantly.

Several hours pass before the police arrive to inform the family of Chris' accident and death. This causes Bart to realize his wrongdoings and how he has pushed people away. He realizes his love for Cindy and confesses to her when she comes home for Chris' funeral. Bart remorsefully gives a moving eulogy at Chris' funeral and is thankful to Chris for raising him when he did not need to. In the end, Cathy reveals that Jory  finished  his recovery, has married Toni, and they are raising the twins and expecting a child together. Bart becomes a televangelist and marries Cindy. However, Cathy chooses to remain at Foxworth Hall as she continues to mourn the loss of her beloved Chris. One day, she goes up to the attic, sits by a window and, as she envisions yellow paper flowers, there is an implication that she had died of a broken heart.

Cast
 Rachael Carpani as Catherine Dollanganger
 James Maslow as Bart Foxworth
 Jason Lewis as Christopher Dollanganger
 Sammi Hanratty as Cindy Sheffield
 Anthony Konechny as Jory Marquet
 Leah Gibson as Melodie Marquet
 Nikohl Boosheri as Toni
 Andrew Herr as Lance

References

External links

Lifetime Is Developing Three More V.C. Andrews Novels

2015 television films
2015 films
Incest in film
Lifetime (TV network) films
Films based on American novels
Films scored by Douglas Pipes
Films directed by Shawn Ku
Films set in the 1990s
Films set in 1997
Films set in the 2000s
Films set in 2001


title: Potanipo Pond

text:
Potanipo Pond (also known Potanipo Lake or Lake Potanipo) is a   water body located in Hillsborough County in southern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Brookline. Potanipo Pond is the source of the Nissitissit River, which flows via the Nashua River into the Merrimack River, and then to the Gulf of Maine.

The lake is classified as a warmwater fishery, with observed species including largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, and horned pout.

See also

List of lakes in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Historical Marker No. 271: Fresh Pond Ice Company
Potanipo Hill

References

Lakes of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Brookline, New Hampshire


title: Jeremy Bobb

text:
Jeremy Bobb (born May 13, 1981) is an American actor who has appeared on stage, television and in feature films. He had a recurring role in CBS's 2013 drama Hostages as White House Chief of Staff Quintin Creasy and co-starred as Herman Barrow in the Cinemax TV series The Knick. In 2014, he played Stevie in the crime-drama film The Drop. In 2019, Bobb appeared in the Netflix series Russian Doll. In 2023, he appeared as Detective Mayhew in the Peacock mini series  The Continental.

He attended Otterbein University and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 2003.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

American male film actors
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Otterbein University alumni
Living people
1981 births
People from Dublin, Ohio
Male actors from Ohio


title: Gymnastics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's artistic team

text:
The men's artistic team competition at the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China was held on 13 November 2010 at the Asian Games Town Gymnasium.

Schedule
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Results
Legend
DNS — Did not start

References

Results

External links
Official website

Artistic Men Team


title: 148th Division

text:
In military terms, 148th Division or 148th Infantry Division may refer to:

 148th Division (People's Republic of China)
 148th Reserve Division (Wehrmacht)


title: Bartolomeo di Fruosino

text:
Bartolomeo di Fruosino (1366 or 1369 – 7 December 1441) was an Italian Renaissance painter and illuminator of the Florentine School.  Apart from illuminations, he mainly painted deschi da parto (birth trays) and cassone panels.

Bartolomeo was born, and lived and worked his whole life in Florence. Part of the indecision about his age and birth year comes from differing statements he had made: in 1427 he gave 61, and 64 in 1433. His brother, Giovanni, was a sculptor and possibly a painter as well. Bartolomeo was enrolled in the Guild of Saint Luke of Florence with Agnolo Gaddi since 1394, and worked on the design of the Cappella del Sacro Cingolo of the Prato Cathedral. Between 1402 and 1438, he received many orders for the new hospital of St. Mary, and he died wealthy. He never married. He was also influenced by Lorenzo Monaco.

One illumination of a missal of the church San'Egidio in 1421 was signed by him, all other work has been assigned. His works can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Galleria dell'Accademia, and San Marco, Florence.  He has been attributed with a fresco of the Incredulity of Thomas (c. 1415-20) in the Palazzo dei Vicari, Scarperia, Florence.

References
 The Borromeo collection. Ausstellungskatalog. Exhibition catalog, Skira, Geneva 2007.
 Work by Bartolomeo di Fruosino

External links
 Short biography and bibliography, by the Vatican Library

1360s births
1441 deaths
Artists from Florence
14th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
15th-century Italian painters


title: Mpatu a Ponta

text:
Futebol Clube M'patu a Ponta is an Angolan sports club from the village of Ambriz, in Bengo province.
The team currently plays in the Gira Angola.

In 2015, the club withdrew from the Gira Angola, citing financial reasons.

Achievements
Angolan League: 0

Angolan Cup: 0

Angolan SuperCup: 0

Gira Angola: 0

League & Cup Positions

Players

See also
Girabola

References

External links

Football clubs in Angola
Sports clubs and teams in Angola