World Series of Fighting 14: Ford vs. Shields was a mixed martial arts event held  in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. This event aired on NBCSN in the U.S and on TSN2 in Canada.

Background

Ryan Ford faced former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields at this event.

Smealinho Rama and Derrick Mehmen fought for the inaugural WSOF Heavyweight Championship at this event.

Michael Hill was expected to face Marcus Hicks but after Hicks failed to make weight on short notice Hill declined the Catchweight bout which caused the fight to be canceled.

Results

See also
 World Series of Fighting
 List of WSOF champions
 List of WSOF events

References

Events in Edmonton
World Series of Fighting events
2014 in mixed martial arts


title: Brian Sheehan (hurler)

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Brian Sheehan (born 1972) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Cork senior team.

Born in Blarney, County Cork, Sheehan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of seventeen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21, junior and intermediate sides. He joined the senior team during the 1992 championship. Sheehan went on to be a regular member of the team for a number of years, winning one Munster medal as an unused substitute.

At club level Sheehan is a one-time championship medallist in the junior grade with Blarney.

Honours

Team

Blarney
Cork Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1993

Cork
Munster Senior Hurling Championship (1): 1992
All-Ireland Junior Hurling Championship (1): 1994 (sub)
Munster Junior Hurling Championship (3): 1992, 1994, 1996
Munster Under-21 Hurling Championship (2): 1991, 1993
Munster Minor Hurling Championship (1): 1988

References

1972 births
Living people
Blarney hurlers
Cork inter-county hurlers
Cork inter-county Gaelic footballers


title: Michael Speciale

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Michael David Speciale (born December 9, 1955) is an American Republican politician. He was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives representing the 3rd District from 2013 until 2021.  He was born in Chicago, Illinois, before moving to North Carolina as a Marine at the age of 18.

He represented Craven County.

During a debate for an Anti-Puppy Mill Bill, which was a central focus for the First Lady of North Carolina, Ann McCrory's legislative interests, to illustrate the issue of the lack of specificity that comes with over-regulation, Speciale stated: "Exercise on a daily basis – if I kick him across the floor, is that daily exercise? 'Euthanasia performed humanely' – so I should choose the ax or the baseball bat?"

In February 2017, Speciale joined with Representatives George Cleveland (R-Jacksonville), and Larry Pittman (R-Cabarrus) in proposing a constitutional amendment that would allow North Carolina voters to repeal Article I, Section 4 of the North Carolina Constitution. This article declares " "This State shall ever remain a member of the American Union; the people thereof are part of the American nation," and prohibits the state from seceding from the United States of America, and its inclusion in North Carolina's 1868 constitution was a condition for being readmitted into the Union after the Civil War.

In April 2017 Representative Speciale along with Representatives Larry Pittman and Carl Ford filed a bill in the N.C. General Assembly that says gay marriage is not valid in North Carolina. The bill, H.B. 780, claimed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows gay marriage is not valid in North Carolina. The bill stated, "…the United States Supreme Court overstepped its constitutional bounds when it struck down Section 6 of Article XIV of the North Carolina Constitution in its Obergefell v. Hodges decision of 2015…" and also says that the Supreme Court ruling "…exceeds the authority of the Court relative to the decree of Almighty God that 'a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh' (Genesis 2:24, ESV) and abrogates the clear meaning and understanding of marriage in all societies throughout prior history…" Had the bill passed, marriages of the same gender performed outside North Carolina would also not recognized. House Speaker Tim Moore released a statement Wednesday on the Uphold Historical Marriage Act that said, "There are strong constitutional concerns with this legislation given that the U.S. Supreme Court has firmly ruled on the issue, therefore House Bill 780 will be referred to the House Rules Committee and will not be heard."

Speciale sponsored a bill in 2018 supporting arming teachers.

References

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1955 births
Living people
Politicians from Chicago
Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives
21st-century American politicians
Candidates in the 2019 United States elections


title: Cerebrospinal system

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The cerebrospinal system may refer to:
Cerebrospinal venous system
Ventricular system of cerebrospinal fluid


title: Kwati (soup)

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Kwāti (Nepal Bhasa:  (where  (kwa) = hot and  (ti) = soup); ; ) is a mixed soup of nine types of sprouted beans. It is a traditional Newari dish consumed on the festival of Guni Punhi, the full moon day of Gunlā which is the tenth month in the Nepal Era lunar calendar. It is also known and widely consumed as Gedagudi in the Mithila Region of Nepal, historically aligned down to Kingdom of Nepali people.

Consumption
Kwāti is eaten as a delicacy and for its health benefits and ritual significance. Kwati is considered to be a healthy food. Because the soup contains varieties of beans, this recipe is high in proteins.

The feast day coincides with Shravan Poornima of the month of Shravan in the Hindu lunisolar calendar which is celebrated as Janāi Purnimā (Raksha Bandhan), the festival of the sacred thread. The festival occurs in August.

Production
Nine varieties of beans are used to make kwāti. The most commonly used ingredients are black gram, green gram, chickpea, field bean, soybean, field pea, garden pea, cowpea and rice bean.

The beans are soaked in water for three to four days until they have sprouted. They are boiled with various spices to make a thick soup. Ajwain seeds are tempered in oil and added to it as the special seasoning. Flatbread cut into one-and-a-half-inch squares can be boiled with the kwāti for variety.

Gallery

See also

 List of Nepalese dishes
 List of bean soups
 List of soups

References

Newari cuisine
Bean soups
Legume dishes


title: Jackie Pilkington

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Jackie Pilkington (born in New York City),  known as Irish Jackie Pilkington, was a professional boxer in the Lightweight division.

Background

Pilkington was born in New York City to Irish American parents. After the death of his widowed mother in 1919, his older brother Charlie Pilkington moved the entire family to Meriden, Connecticut. Jackie started boxing there in 1924 at the West Side Athletic Club after his brother had left to box in Australia.

Professional career

During his career, Pilkington actively participated in boxing matches in the New York City, Hartford, and New Haven boxing circuits.

Shortly after Jackie began boxing in the professional leagues, his older brother took him to Australia, where he fought five bouts in 1927.

In 1930, Pilkington boxed for the Connecticut state title against Bobby Mays in a match set up by the famous manager, Al Weill. Unfortunately, Pilkington lost the match at the Thames Arena in New London.

In 1931, Pilkington fought his brother's forming sparring partner, featherweight champion Kid Kaplan in Hartford for the New England Lightweight Championship, losing the match to Kaplan in a 10 round match.

Over the course of his career, Pilkington fought Benny Bass, Billy Wallace, Georgie Day, and Johnny Dundee - who Pilkington beat in a 10 round match.

See also
List of people from Harlem

References

American people of Irish descent
Lightweight boxers
Boxers from New York City
American male boxers


title: Camilo Echevarría

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Camilo Echevarría (born 31 December 1990) is a racing driver from Argentina. Since 2015, he has competed in Turismo Carretera championship.

Career

Karting
Born in Neuquén, Echevarría drove in the 60cc class between 1999 and 2001, winning the regional championship in both 1999 and 2000. In 2000, Echevarría made his debut in the WKA Manufacturers' Cup. In 2001 Echevarría won the national 60cc championship in a Parilla powered kart. After his success, Echevarría graduated into the 100cc and 125cc classes; he was runner up in the national championship for 125cc karts in 2003 and 2005.

Formula racing
Echevarría made his debut in competitive auto racing in 2007. He drove in the Spanish Formula BMW, the Master Junior Formula. He was selected by the Real Federación Española de Automovilismo and Emilio de Villota out of a group of 145 drivers to race in the class. Echevarría competed in three races, in which he scored one podium finish. In 2008, Echevarría competed in the Formula BMW Talent Cup at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, near Valencia, where he beat George Katsinis for the victory and achieved a new lap record for the Formula BMW class. The following season Echevarría competed in six races in Formula Renault 1.6 Argentina.

Touring car racing
In 2009, Echevarría also made his debut in the Top Race V6 Junior class. He won two out of thirteen races in a Ford Mondeo, and ended up third in the championship. After this success he graduated into the TC Pista championship, the series inferior to Turismo Carretera. During the season he scored two podium finishes at Autódromo Juan y Oscar Gálvez. Echevarría continued to grow into the TC Pista series, as in 2011, he won his first race in the class and scored a total of five podium finishes to end up third in the standings. He continued to win races in the TC Pista series in 2012 and 2013.

In 2014, Echevarría made his debut in the World Touring Car Championship, replacing Pasquale Di Sabatino at Engstler Motorsport for the Race of Argentina at Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo, as Di Sabatino was only scheduled to drive at the European events. He drove a BMW 320 TC for the team. Echevarria finished seventeenth in race one, equating to third in the TC2 class. During race two Echevarria finished sixteenth overall, second in TC2.

In 2015 he debut in Turismo Carretera.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key)

References

External links

1990 births
Living people
People from Neuquén
Argentine racing drivers
Formula Renault Argentina drivers
TC 2000 Championship drivers
World Touring Car Championship drivers
Turismo Carretera drivers
Súper TC 2000 drivers
Engstler Motorsport drivers


title: Lorin Morgan-Richards

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Lorin Morgan-Richards (born February 16, 1975) is an American author, illustrator, and songwriter, primarily known for his young adult fiction and Gothic Western comedy series The Goodbye Family.

In the past, Richards served as the publisher of Celtic Family Magazine, and was the founder of the Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival, one of the largest Welsh festivals of its kind in the United States.

Morgan-Richards was born in Beebetown, Ohio, and is of Swiss (Amish) and Welsh descent.

Early years
Richards was raised in an old converted one-room schoolhouse in Beebetown, Ohio, that had a well for water. His mother (a student of fine art) taught him the basics of drawing and music composition on the family pump organ. Richards also credited his imagination on the plentiful books his family owned, creative isolation, and the sheer number of animals they took care of, many of which he incorporated into his early drawings and writings.

Richards interest in Native American and American Western history began in childhood. "I remember my first book as a child was The Indians Knew by Tillie S. Pine, an early reader from 1965 explaining the cultural ways and historical resourcefulness of Native Americans and how they are applied in the sciences today."

When Richards entered second grade, he was diagnosed with a form of dyslexia that required tutoring through the ninth grade. By his early teens, he was reading and became inspired by Edward Lear, L. Frank Baum, Roald Dahl, and Lewis Carroll; helping him overcome his reading disability.

In 1990, at the age of 15, Richards wrote and produced his first film entitled The Cowboy Movie.

Theater
Between 1993 and 2003, Richards received an AA Degree in Liberal Arts at Cuyahoga Community College and credited his Anthropology Professor Mark Lewine as a mentor. During this time, Richards also achieved minor success in producing music projects containing modern dance and theater, and befriended and collaborated with artist Textbeak. "I first attended Tri-C Western campus where my focus was on Liberal Arts. At the time, I kept a journal of random thoughts, doodles, and lyrics and used the filter of music as my art. So, the bulk of my classes were in this field of study. I made connections with other artists who shared similar passions, and we were all eager to form various projects of expression. I moved to Lakewood to be closer to the performance spaces and switched to Tri-C Metro where I was awakened out of my shell by an Anthropology teacher named Dr. Mark Lewine." In 1999, Richards solo album ENKI and subsequent live production were based on Zecharia Sitchin's book The Twelfth Planet. The show premiered in Cleveland, Ohio under the choreography of Michael Medcalf. Native American musical act Shouting Mountain opened the evening. In 2001, Richards followed the success of ENKI with the production of An Occurrence Remembered, influenced by the metaphysical war writings of Ambrose Bierce. The performance premiered in New York City. Richards reflects on the performance: "Rehearsals were underway when 9-11 happened and I recall we continued only for our own therapy of the situation, knowing theater-goers were not going out. It was a tremendous performance, but it financially broke me."

Richards calls his synth music "Dark Electronic Storytelling" as it is conceptually based on written works and is meant for dramatic performance.

Richards announced on social media in June 2018 that he was re-releasing previous albums and upcoming tracks under the new moniker Elder Moon.

Writing career
In 2002, Richards moved to Los Angeles to start over where he refocused his artistic direction into writing and illustrating, which he said: "did not need the expenses of my past but only a pen and paper." While his novel Me'ma and the Great Mountain (2012) began drafts as early as 2002, it was Simon Snootle and Other Small Stories that became his first book release in 2009.

The following year Richards delivered four new releases including his second book of short stories in A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels.

Richards conceptualized most of The Goodbye Family characters in 2009 during a trip to the UK and France with his wife, although they were mentioned before this in his western novel Me'ma and the Great Mountain. Richards explains "I took a diary on the trip to write my second novel The Goodbye Family.

The Goodbye family consisted of undertakers Otis and Pyridine, their daughter Orphie and her pet tarantula Dorian. Orphie was first seen atop the Notre Dame Cathedral with gargoyles, Otis was trying to board a train at customs with a shrunken head, Pyridine was sewing a limb back together in Cardiff, and Dorian was capturing a fairy to eat. Following these illustrations, a cat Ouiji was unveiled and Orphie is said to have a brother named Kepla, but he is hardly ever seen and it is unclear if he even exists."

Between 2009 and 2013, Richards was bookbinding his limited edition versions of each title with runs equaling 50 to 400. These collectible books were typically oversewn by hand with a faux leather hard backing and linen pages inside. In an interview he states:

"Having seen what is being printed by majors these days with poor quality paper, I wanted to provide the reader with a book that carries more value near the same price and that can last for generations. Nothing would be more inspiring to me than to know my books are treasured like an heirloom."

Stylistically, Richards prefers a pencil and ink approach to his illustrations, and his writing often has elements of dark satire. Many of his stories also have a strong environmental message.

Between 2015 and 2018 Richards ran two weekly cartoons on Steamkat, a comic strip site, The Goodbye Family and The Noodle Rut. Richards won the 2016 Official Tasty Nugget award for his illustrated story Sad Lost Doll.  Since 2018, Richards has syndicated his series The Goodbye Family on Tapas as well as through his social media. In 2021, Richards created The Goodbye Family: The Animated Series.

The Goodbye Family

Since 2017, Richards has released his comic collections on a nearly quarterly basis, growing his audience, and solely focusing on The Goodbye Family and his Weird West brand. In an interview in 2019, he announced an early 2020 release of his second novel The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain.

Producer and Director
Richards has produced and directed several documentaries relating to the American Frontier experience and Welsh American stories. In fiction, Richards created The Goodbye Family: The Animated Series, based on his Weird West characters, which has received such accolades as one of the top ten best animated TV series in 2022 by New York Magazine.

A Raven Above Press
A Raven Above Press was founded in 2009 by Richards with a focus on printing his illustrated stories and promoting other authors and illustrators of Celtic and Native American origin. The press also became a catalyst for producing cultural events and art exhibits. Notably, the Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival. On August 1, 2013, Celtic Family Magazine hit the newsstands with a release party in Cardiff, Wales. Richards was the founder and publisher of Celtic Family Magazine from its inception in 2013 to its hiatus in 2017.

The logo for A Raven Above Press displays a raven atop a bending cypress tree. Model Wednesday Mourning appeared in the main ad for A Raven Above Press, as well as Richards daughter Berlin in her traditional Welsh dress.

Richards would produce a book for every Welsh event he curated through A Raven Above Press. Outside of including his own illustration, these books often had American and Welsh artists depict the subject matter. Notable artists involved were Jen Delyth, Ruth Jên, Siobhan Owen, Monica Richards, Nichola and Sarah Hope, and Nathan Wyburn to name a few. The following is a list of these books:
 A Welsh Alphabet by Lorin Morgan-Richards and Peter Anthony Freeman (2010) in conjunction with the 2011 West Coast Eisteddfod.
 The Children's Voice: A Definitive Collection of Welsh Nursery Rhymes by Peter Anthony Freeman (2012) in conjunction with the 2012 Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival.
 The Age of Saints by Peter Anthony Freeman (2013) in conjunction with the 2013 Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival.
 Welsh in the Old West by Lorin Morgan-Richards (2015) created for but released after the 2014 Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival.

Native American Involvement
 Richards speaking on the history books he read in grade school: "Usually the pictures told much more about American history than the text. I remembered seeing at a very early age a glowing photo of Custer and a few pages after (of) an elderly man, who looked like my own grandfather, lying dead in the snow. He was alone, and without care. I later found out his name was Miniconjou chief Spotted Elk (Bigfoot) and he was part of the massacre at Wounded Knee. That photo has always stuck with me. I knew something was not right, and the text which was alongside it was not giving the full story."

Bringing the Circle Together

 Between 2008 and 2012, Richards partnered with Native American and Indigenous groups in Los Angeles to establish Bringing the Circle Together, a free monthly film series hosted at the Japanese American National Museum. The series offered a central gathering place to screen documentaries by and about Indigenous people while providing historical narratives with guest speakers, and art and cultural demonstrations. Special guests included Makana, Saginaw Grant, Douglas Miles, Blase Bonpane, among others.

The film series in partnership with AIM Santa Barbara held a community birthday celebration at Nahui Ohlin in Los Angeles for Leonard Peltier on September 12, 2009, with an update on his status and how the public could get involved to petition his release. Richards spoke to a reporter: "This is all grassroots. Everyone's voice counts. The time is now because Barack Obama, our president, had said it's not the president that actually makes the change, it's going to be our pressure upon the president that will make the change." The event was followed in December by a screening of Warrior: The Life of Leonard Peltier with discussion afterward by Ben Carnes, members of AIM Santa Barbara, as well as friends and family.

History was made at the film series on February 25, 2010, at the screening of Lost Nation: The Ioway when representatives of the Southern Ioway and Northern Ioway tribes gathered with Tongva leaders, making it the first time a meeting took place between Southern California and Midwestern Native American Nations.

Celtic involvement

Richards became heavily involved in the Welsh-American community after the closure of the Welsh Presbyterian Church in December 2012. Before this, Richards had helped coordinate an Eisteddfod at Barnsdall Art Park in 2011. Feeling a need to fill the void of losing the church as a cultural center, Richards founded the Los Angeles St. David's Day Festival, an annual event taking place on or around March 1 celebrating Wales. The first festival took place on March 1, 2013. Singer and harpist Siobhan Owen headlined the large-scale event. In conjunction with the festival, Richards began producing Celtic Family Magazine, a nationally distributed print and digital publication on Celtic interests.

Imperfectualism
Imperfectualism is an anti-art treatise by Lorin Morgan-Richards, using the pen name Marcil d'Hirson Garron, and first published in January 2020. Richards defines Impefectualism as art that cannot be easily replicated by machine. An imperfectualist looks to slow automation through their art. The theme of Imperfectualism is the art of being imperfect. Richards used automatic drawing as a means of producing the work where conscious control is suppressed.

In several interviews, Richards mentioned being influenced by the Dadaists and Surrealists.

Personal life

Beliefs
Richards considers himself a Spiritualist, stating that:

After a lifetime of witnessing spirit communication and most remarkably of that spirit I have seen firsthand, some in very close proximity, I feel I need to announce my path closely aligns with Spiritualism, or more precisely Spiritism and its view of reincarnation. In relation to his art, Richards states: My imagination helps see the past come to life as if watching a theater production put on by spirits.

Works

Bibliography
 Simon Snootle and Other Small Stories (2009)
 A Boy Born from Mold and Other Delectable Morsels (2010)
 A Little Hard to Swallow (2010)
 A Welsh Alphabet (2010), with notes by Peter Anthony Freeman  (in collaboration with other artists)
 The Terribly Mini Monster Book & a Lesser Known Story About a Rare Benign Belbow (2011)
 Me'ma and the Great Mountain (2012), with foreword by Corine Fairbanks
 Welsh in the Old West (2015), with foreword by Jude Johnson  (in collaboration with other artists)
 Dark Letter Days: Collected Works (2016)
 The Night Speaks to Me: A Posthumous Account of Jim Morrison (2016)
 The People of Turtle Island: Book One in the Series (2016)
 The Dreaded Summons and Other Misplaced Bills (2017)
 Imperfectualism (2020)
 The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain (2020), with foreword by Richard-Lael Lillard

Comic collections
 13 Disturbing Postcards to Send to Your Grandparents (2010)
 Memento Mori: The Goodbye Family Album (2017)
 Wanted: Dead or Alive...but not stinkin''' (2017)
 The Goodbye Family Unveiled (2017)
 Down West (2018)
 Nicklesworth: Featuring the Goodbye Family (2018)
 Gallows Humor: Hangin' with the Goodbye Family (2018)
 Dead Man's Hand-kerchief: Dealing with the Goodbye Family (2019)
 The Importance of Being Otis: Undertaking with the Goodbye Family (2019)
 Yippee Ki-Yayenne Mother Pepper: Getting Saucy with the Goodbye Family (2019)
 Pyridine's Fancy: It's a Grave Business with the Goodbye Family (2020)
 Keeping up with the Boneses: Digging with the Goodbye Family (2020)
 Family Messings: Getting Dirty with the Goodbye Family (2021)
 It's Your Funeral: Stitched Up with the Goodbye Family (2022)

Comic volumes
 The Goodbye Family Jewels: Volume 1 (2020)

As illustrator only
 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (2012), authored by Robert Browning, colorized by J.A. Pringles
 Plop the Raindrop (2013), authored by Kevin Alan Richards

As Writer only

 A Seers Guide to the Haunted Labyrinth (2012), collaborative art book curated by Brian A. Kenny
 Voices Lleisiau (2023), collaborative art book curated by Nichola Hope, Dan Langford and Wales Week/London

Web stories
Richards has created original content and retold classic stories with his illustration for social media.

Original stories
 Sal the Silverfish (2016)
 The Overcooked Tater Tot (2016)
 The Sad Lost Doll (2016)
 The Tiny Adventure of Hairball Man (2016)
 12 Days of Krampus (2016)

Now That's a Silly Goose
The following are classic stories illustrated by Richards
 Jack and the Beanstalk (2020)
 Aesop's Fables'' (2020)

Discography

Solo studio albums
Albums released under the name Elder Moon or Lorin Morgan-Richards

Compilation albums

Audiobooks
Albums released under the name Lorin Morgan-Richards

Collaborative albums
Albums released with associated acts

Other Collaborative Recordings
EPs and Singles released with associated acts

Filmography

See also

Charles Addams
John M. Crowther
Robert Crumb
Edward Gorey
Gary Larson
Stan Lynde
Angus Oblong
Will Rogers
Shel Silverstein
Marvin Townsend
Gahan Wilson

References

External links

 Lorin Morgan-Richards on Twitter

1975 births
21st-century American novelists
21st-century American poets
21st-century American male writers
American children's writers
21st-century American historians
American male short story writers
American male songwriters
American people of Welsh descent
American people of Swiss descent
American Amish people
American cartoonists
American children's book illustrators
American spiritualists
Artists of the American West
Children's poets
American male poets
American male novelists
Western (genre) writers
Singing cowboys
Living people
California State University, Los Angeles alumni
Cuyahoga Community College alumni
Poets from Ohio
People from Lakewood, Ohio
People from Strongsville, Ohio
People from Studio City, Los Angeles
Writers who illustrated their own writing
Novelists from Ohio
People from Medina County, Ohio
21st-century American non-fiction writers
American male non-fiction writers
American comics writers
American webcomic creators
Ufologists
Underground, Inc. artists
Writers of Gothic fiction
Writers with dyslexia
Historians from Ohio
Historians from California
American writers with disabilities


title: Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch

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Wilfred Miller Vincent Koch (29 October 1862 – 28 August 1939) was a British surgeon and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.

Biography
Koch was born on 29 October 1862 in Jaffna, Ceylon, son of Edwin Lawson Koch, descendant of Godfried Koch of Brandenburg Prussia and a respected doctor in Ceylon. Koch Sr. died suddenly in 1877 and the Ceylon public offered subscription to pay W. V. M. Koch's medical education in Britain. He was educated in St. Thomas' College, Ceylon and then graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an MB ChB in 1884 and MD in 1895.

After graduation worked as a medical officer in various hospitals in London and Sheffield from 1884 to 1888. In 1889, he joined the Colonial Medical Services and was sent to Trinidad between 1889 and 1903. He was an Army Major in command of the Trinidad Artillery.

Koch moved to Hong Kong in 1903 as a government doctor. In 1914, he was promoted to Superintendent of the Government Civil Hospital until he began his private practice in 1917. He was the Vice-President of the British Medical Association, Hong Kong Branch in 1907 to 1908. He was also a District Surgeon of the St John Ambulance Overseas Brigade. He was hired as lecturer in Surgery of the Hong Kong College of Medicine for Chinese which turned into the Medical Faculty of the University of Hong Kong in 1912. He was in the University Senate in 1912 and continued as a lecturer of the University until 1917.

He was member of the Sanitary Board from 1920 to 1931. He was appointed to the Legislative Council of Hong Kong in 1926 and Licensing Board in 1927.

He married three times first to Ida Nathan, then Ellen Elliot Drake Briscoe and finally  Elsie M. Thompson.

References

1862 births
1939 deaths
Academic staff of the University of Hong Kong
Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
British expatriates in British Hong Kong
British expatriates in British Ceylon
British expatriates in British Trinidad and Tobago
British surgeons
Hong Kong surgeons
Members of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong
Members of the Sanitary Board of Hong Kong
People from Jaffna
Sri Lankan surgeons


title: Carla Cunningham

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Carla D. Cunningham (born January 12, 1962) is an American Democratic politician. She has served as a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 106th district since 2012.

Education and career
She was born in Wadesboro, North Carolina, and graduated from Anson High School in 1980.  She earned a diploma in nursing from Central Piedmont Community College in 1981, an associate's degree in nursing from Gaston College in 1996, and a bachelor's of science in nursing from Winston-Salem State University in 2009. She practiced nursing for more than 30 years.

Electoral history

2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

References

Living people
1962 births
People from Wadesboro, North Carolina
Politicians from Charlotte, North Carolina
Winston-Salem State University alumni
20th-century African-American people
20th-century African-American women
21st-century African-American women
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
21st-century African-American politicians
Women state legislators in North Carolina
African-American women in politics
African-American state legislators in North Carolina
Democratic Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives


title: Semyon Nomokonov

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Semyon Danilovich Nomokonov (; 12 August 1900 – 15 July 1973) was a Soviet sniper during World War II credited with 367 kills. An ethnic Hamnigan Evenk, Nomokonov was among the indigenous peoples of Russia who fought in the war. He received the nickname "Taiga Shaman" from enemies.

Early life
Nomokonov was born in the settlement of Delyun in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia (then Russian Empire), to a poor family of hunters, and from childhood lived in the Taiga. Nomokonov first used a rifle at the age of 7. He hunted Sable, Manchurian wapiti and Elk, and was nicknamed Eye of the Kite. Nomokonov was baptized at the age of 15 and received the name Semyon. In 1928 Nomokonov moved to the settlement of Nizhny Stan in the Russian Shilkinsky District. He continued hunting and also practiced carpentry.

War
Nomokonov started his military service in August 1941, initially in a subsistence farm of a regiment. Then he made crutches for the wounded. Nomokonov became a sniper by chance. In the fall of 1941 he was evacuating one of the wounded, when he noticed a German, aiming at him. Nomokonov killed him with his own rifle. According to another version, in October 1941 Nomokonov received a rifle and decided to test it. To avoid wasting the rounds, Nomokonov tested the rifle on a German, who was moving along the wooded lake shore, bending down. After that Nomokonov was transferred to a sniper platoon. He started to shoot from a Mosin–Nagant rifle without a telescopic sight. Nomokonov fought at the Valdai Heights, Karelian Isthmus, Ukraine, Lithuania, East Prussia and then in Manchuria. He initially marked the number of kills on his smoking pipe. Nomokonov was wounded eight times and suffered a blast injury twice.

As a sniper instructor, Nomokonov trained over 150 soldiers.

After the war
Nomokonov returned home on a horse. He continued practicing carpentry in Nizhny Stan, but then moved to the settlement of Zugalay, where his elder sons were living. He built a house and continued hunting during free time. In the fall of 1945 Nomokonov received a horse, binoculars and a rifle no. 24638 for his military service. According to Nomokonov's daughter Zoya Babuyeva, he was a taciturn person and did not like to talk much about the war.

Nomokonov died in Zugalay and was interred there. Poet Vasily Lebedev-Kumach dedicated a poem to him.

Nomokonov left nine children and 49 grandchildren.

Awards

 Order of Lenin
 Order of the Red Banner
 Two Order of the Red Star
 Medal "For Battle Merit"
 campaign and jubilee medals

Notes

References

1900 births
1973 deaths
People from Zabaykalsky Krai
Evenks
Soviet military snipers
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Recipients of the Order of Lenin
Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner


title: Need Your Love

text:
Need Your Love may refer to:

 "Need Your Love", a song by Status Quo from Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon, 1970
 "Need Your Love" (Cheap Trick song), 1978
 Need Your Love (album) or the title song, by Do As Infinity, 2005
 "Need Your Love" (The Temper Trap song), 2012
 "Need Your Love", a song by Andrew Bayer from If It Were You, We'd Never Leave, 2013
 "Need Your Love", a song by GJan, 2013
 "Need Your Love", a song by Curtis Harding from Face Your Fear, 2017
 "Need Your Love", a song by Gryffin from Gravity, 2019
 "Need Your Love", a song by Tennis from Swimmer, 2020

See also
 I Need Your Love (disambiguation)


title: HTC One (E8)

text:
The HTC One (E8) is a high-end Android smartphone released by HTC in 2014. It has been described as a cheaper version of the HTC One (M8), and the two devices share many similar features.

Features
The design of the HTC One (E8) has been described as an HTC One (M8) with a plastic shell and lighter weight. The phone is available in colors Polar White, Electric Crimson, Maldives Blue, and Misty Gray. The dimensions of the phone are  and the phone weighs . The display is a 5-inch Super LCD3 multitouch capacitive touchscreen with 1080p resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. The phone features a quad-core 2.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 processor with Adreno 330 graphics. It was originally preinstalled with Android 4.4.2 KitKat and could be upgraded up to Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. Android 12 is unofficially available via LineageOS. The phone includes 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage, which can be expanded with a microSD card slot supporting cards with a capacity of up to 128 GB. The rear camera is a 13 MP unit with autofocus and LED flash, and supports 1080p video recording at 30 fps. The front camera is a 5 MP unit. The phone supports dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA and hotspot functions, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS with A-GPS and GLONASS, and NFC. The battery is a non-removable 2600 mAh lithium polymer unit, supporting up to 504 hours of 3G standby time and up to 26 hours and 40 minutes of 3G talk time.

Reception
The HTC One (E8) received generally positive reviews. The consensus among critics was that while it has similar performance and user interface as the M8, the E8 lacks any stand-out features from other 2014 Android flagships, most notably the rear camera. Aloysius Low of CNET gave the E8 a 7.3 out of 10. Good points noted in the review were that the phone included top-end hardware, a bright and vibrant display, and most of the features of the M8, and bad points were that the phone lacked the dual-camera system of the M8, and did not have any notable features compared to its competitors. Gareth Beavis of TechRadar gave the E8 a 4 out of 5, saying that the components were powerful and the user interface was impressive, but noted that the phone was slippery, the camera was too generic, and the phone was too light compared to the M8. Chris P. of PhoneArena gave the E8 an 8.7 out of 10, praising the "attractive" design, bright screen, the interface, and front-facing speakers, and criticizing the glossy finish of color versions, mediocre camera, call quality, and "blueish" screen.

References

One E8
Android (operating system) devices
Mobile phones introduced in 2014
Discontinued smartphones


title: Center for HIV Law and Policy

text:
The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) is a national legal and policy resource and strategy center in the United States working to reduce the impact of HIV on vulnerable and marginalized communities and to secure the human rights of people affected by HIV. CHLP's founder and executive director is Catherine Hanssens.

Work

CHLP is the organizational home of the Positive Justice Project (PJP), a national coalition of organizations and individuals in the United States working to end HIV criminalization. PJP released the first national statement against HIV criminalization, and this statement has been endorsed by organizations and individuals across the country. Over the last few years, there has been a growing movement to end the use of criminal laws that target persons with HIV, and even the United States federal government is taking a closer look at this issue.

Another CHLP initiative, Teen SENSE, works to secure the right of youth in state custody to comprehensive, LGBTQ-inclusive sexual health care and sexual health literacy programs.

CHLP is known for its HIV Policy Resource Bank, a free, public, online collection of research, reports and other HIV-related materials. The HIV Policy Resource Bank also includes publications from the Center for HIV Law and Policy, such as "When Sex is a Crime and Spit is a Dangerous Weapon", mapping HIV criminalization in the United States.

In May 2014, the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School published a report co-authored by the Center for HIV Law and Policy, the Center for American Progress and Streetwise & Safe called "Roadmap for Change: Federal Policy Recommendations for Addressing the Criminalization of LGBT People and People Living with HIV."

THE REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act

The REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act was the abbreviated name of the 'Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage and Allow Legal HIV Discrimination Act' (H.R. 3053), also called the REPEAL Act, proposed legislation that was introduced in the U.S. Congress on September 23, 2011, by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA). It called for review of all federal and state laws, policies, and regulations regarding the criminal prosecution of individuals for HIV-related offenses. It was the first piece of federal legislation to address HIV criminalization and provided incentives for states to reconsider laws and practices that target people with HIV for consensual sexual activity and conduct that poses no risk of HIV transmission. The bill had 41 cosponsors and was referred in September/October 2011 to three subcommittees, where it died.

Barbara Lee re-introduced the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act 2013 as H.R. 1843 in May 2013 with 42 cosponsors, and it again died in three subcommittees. Senator Chris Coons introduced the legislation as S.1790 on December 10, 2013, and it did not make it out of the Judiciary Committee.

See also
 Criminal transmission of HIV
 Criminal transmission of HIV in the United States
 Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
 Nushawn Williams
 Infectious diseases within American prisons#HIV/AIDS

References

External links
 Positive Justice Project
 The Center for HIV Law and Policy
 State-by-State: HIV Laws

HIV/AIDS organizations in the United States
Legal organizations based in the United States


title: Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden district

text:
Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden is a district of the Massachusetts Senate since 2013. It covers an area of 1,529.5 square miles across the expanse of Berkshire, Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin counties. Democrat Adam Hinds of Pittsfield has represented the district since 2017. Hinds is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Berkshire, 2nd Berkshire, 3rd Berkshire, 4th Berkshire, 1st Franklin, and 1st Hampshire districts.

The district had been used from 1989 through 2003 before it was eliminated in redistricting.

List of senators

See also
 Other Hampden County districts of the Massachusett Senate: Hampden; 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire
 Other Hampshire County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st Hampden and Hampshire; 2nd Hampden and Hampshire; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
 Berkshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
 Franklin County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd
 Hampden County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
 Hampshire County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd

References

External links
  (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
 League of Women Voters of Williamstown
 League of Women Voters of Massachusetts Central Berkshire County Unit
 League of Women Voters of Franklin County

Senate Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
Massachusetts Senate
Government of Franklin County, Massachusetts
Government of Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Government of Hampden County, Massachusetts
Government of Berkshire County, Massachusetts


title: David Green (politician)

text:
David L. Green (October 14, 1951 – July 25, 2014) was an American politician.

Born in Rosetta, Mississippi, Green received his associate degree from Southwest Mississippi Community College and was a retail merchant. He was also a deputy sheriff and police officer. He lived in Gloster, Mississippi. Green served in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1979 until 2005. He died in Gloster, Mississippi.

Notes

1951 births
2014 deaths
People from Gloster, Mississippi
People from Wilkinson County, Mississippi
Southwest Mississippi Community College alumni
Businesspeople from Mississippi
Members of the Mississippi House of Representatives
20th-century American businesspeople
 American police officers


title: Murata Boy and Murata Girl

text:
Murata Boy and Murata Girl are two self-balancing robots developed by Murata Manufacturing, a Japanese electronic components company. The company developed the robots to showcase a range of their products and generate publicity. The robots are designed to be as energy-efficient as possible, both in their basic technological components and through features like automatic sleep mode.

Murata Boy
Murata Boy is a bicycle-riding robot which, standing 50 cm tall and weighing 5 kg, can travel at a speed up to 2 km per hour. It can balance on the bike moving forwards, backwards, and when remaining still (without planting his feet on the ground). The robot is equipped with:
 gyro sensors (for stability and redressing)
 a shock sensor (for impact detection)
 an angular velocity sensor
 a temperature monitor
 a CCD camera
 an ultrasonic sensor (for obstacle detection)
 an infrared sensor (for detecting human movement)
 an EMI filter (to reduce electronic interference)
 Wi-Fi and energy-efficient close-distance bluetooth modules (for interaction)
Murata Boy was listed on TIME magazine's list of Best Inventions of 2006.

Murata Girl
Murata Girl is a unicycle-riding robot released in 2008, standing 50 cm tall and weighing 6 kg that can travel at a speed of 5 cm per second and can ride along a balance beam. She is equipped with the following:
 gyro sensors (for stability and redressing)
 a shock sensor (for impact detection)
 a temperature monitor
 a CCD camera
 an ultrasonic sensor (for obstacle detection)
 an infrared sensor (for detecting human movement)
 Wi-Fi and energy-efficient close-distance bluetooth modules

References

Best Balance Bike

External links
 Description page on Murata's official website

2005 robots
Humanoid robots
Robotics in Japan
Best Balance Bike


title: Gembloux railway station

text:
Gembloux railway station (, ), officially Gembloux, is a railway station in Gembloux, Namur, Belgium. The station was opened on 14 June 1855 by the Grande Compagnie de Luxembourg on railway lines 144, 147 and 161. It is operated by the National Railway Company of Belgium (SNCB/NMBS).

The station is primarily used by commuters travelling into nearby Brussels (40 minutes away) and Namur (10 minutes away). It has curved platforms allowing for high-speed rail to pass through without problem, allowing for speeds up to 200 km/h. The station itself is currently under expansion due to the high number of users from the growing population of Gembloux.

Train services
The station is served by the following services:

Intercity services (IC-16) Brussels - Namur - Arlon - Luxembourg
Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels Airport - Brussels-Luxembourg - Namur - Dinant (weekdays)
Intercity services (IC-17) Brussels - Namur - Dinant (weekends)
Intercity services (IC-18) Brussels - Namur - Liege (weekdays)
Local services (L-08) Ottignies - Gembloux - Namur

See also

 List of railway stations in Belgium
 Rail transport in Belgium

References

External links

Railway stations in Namur (province)
Gembloux
Railway stations in Belgium opened in 1855
1855 establishments in Belgium


title: Timothy Ray

text:
Timothy Michael Ray is a retired United States Air Force general who last served as the commander of Air Force Global Strike Command from August 21, 2018, to August 27, 2021. He concurrently served as the commander of Air Forces Strategic – Air, United States Strategic Command. His two previous assignments were as the Deputy Commander, United States European Command, and as the Commander, Third Air Force. He previously served as the director of global power programs in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Military career
Ray is a native of DeLand, Florida. In February 2018, he was nominated for promotion to general and reassignment as the commander of the Air Force Global Strike Command. This nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate in March 2018. Prior to his current assignment, Ray served as the Deputy Commander, United States European Command in Stuttgart, Germany.

His retirement ceremony was held on July 1, 2021, but it took until August of the same year before his deputy, Lieutenant General Anthony J. Cotton officially relieved him as commander of Air Force Global Strike Command. Ray officially retired from the USAF on September 1, 2021.

Education
 1985 Bachelor of Science degree in Human Factors Engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
 1994 Distinguished graduate, Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
 1998 Master of Science degree in aviation sciences and management, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fla.
 1998 Distinguished graduate, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
 2004 Master of Science degree in strategic studies, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
 2008 Senior Executive Fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Assignments
1. August 1985 – August 1987, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz.
2. August 1987 – October 1987, student, B-52 combat crew training, Castle AFB, Calif.
3. November 1987 – March 1993, B-52 flight commander, instructor and evaluator pilot, 23rd Bomb Squadron, Minot AFB, N.D.
4. March 1993 – March 1994, B-52 Flying Training Unit instructor pilot, Castle AFB, Calif.
5. March 1994 – June 1997, B-52 FTU instructor pilot and executive officer, 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La.
6. June 1997 – July 1998, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1998 – October 2000, Deputy Chief, Aircraft Team, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
8. October 2000 – June 2001, operations officer, 11th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
9. June 2001 – July 2003, Commander, 96th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale AFB, La.
10. August 2003 – June 2004, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
11. July 2004 – September 2005, Chief, Training, Readiness, Exercises and NEO Division (J37), U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan Army Garrison, South Korea
12. September 2005 – July 2006, Vice Commander, 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, N.D.
13. July 2006 – June 2008, Commander, 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess AFB, Texas
14. July 2008 – July 2009, deputy director of Air and Space Operations at Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va.
15. August 2009 – August 2011, Director of Operations, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale AFB, La.
16. August 2011 – September 2012, Commanding General, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan, NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan/Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan and Commander, 438th Air Expeditionary Wing, Kabul, Afghanistan
17. September 2012 – January 2014, Director, Operational Planning, Policy and Strategy, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
18. February 2014 – June 2015, Director, Global Power Programs, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Arlington, Va.
19. July 2015 – October 2016, Commander, 3rd Air Force, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
20. November 2016 – August 2018, Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany
21. August 2018 – August 2021, Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Commander, Air Forces Strategic – Air, U.S. Strategic Command, Barksdale AFB, La.

Flight information
Rating: Command Pilot.
Flight hours: more than 4,000.
Aircraft flown: T-37, T-38, B-52G, B-52H, B-1B, C-21, C-27A and C-208.

Awards and decorations

Effective dates of promotion

References

External links

Air War College alumni
United States Air Force personnel of the Iraq War
United States Air Force personnel of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University alumni
Living people
Military personnel from Florida
People from DeLand, Florida
Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
Recipients of the Air Medal
Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal
Recipients of the Legion of Merit
United States Air Force Academy alumni
United States Air Force generals
Year of birth missing (living people)


title: Gábor Bodó

text:
Gábor Bodó (5 August 1941 – 8 July 2011) was Hungarian volleyball player who competed in 1964 Summer Olympics.

References

1941 births
2011 deaths
Hungarian men's volleyball players
Volleyball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Hungary
People from Balatonfüred
Sportspeople from Veszprém County


title: 1952 Stanford Indians football team

text:
The 1952 Stanford Indians football team represented Stanford University in the 1952 college football season. The team was led by head coach Chuck Taylor in his second year and played their home games at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California.

After winning the conference and making it to the Rose Bowl in the previous season, the team was ranked #13 in preseason polls. After winning their first four games, the team lost five of the last six games, including a 26–0 Big Game shutout—its worst loss to rival California in more than half a century—to finish well out of the conference championship.

Running back Bob Mathias, who had won his second gold medal in the decathlon earlier in the summer at the 1952 Summer Olympics, was Stanford's only 1953 NFL draft selection.

Schedule

Conference opponent not played this season: Idaho

Players drafted by the NFL

References

Stanford
Stanford Cardinal football seasons
Stanford Indians football


title: Ivo Patarra

text:
Ivo Patarra (born February 8, 1958 in São Paulo, São Paulo) is a Brazilian journalist and writer. He has worked for newspapers Folha de S. Paulo, Folha da Tarde, Diário Popular and Jornal da Tarde.

During Luiza Erundina's tenure as mayor of São Paulo, Patarra was her public relations agent.

In March 2010, Patarra published his book O Chefe (The Chief), available on-line for free or via a paid printed version sold by Livraria da Folha and published independently. The book covers the 13-month period of the Mensalão scandal and other episodes of corruption during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's government.

Bibliography
 O Chefe (The Chief) – (2010)

References

1958 births
Living people
Brazilian journalists
Writers from São Paulo
Brazilian non-fiction writers


title: Michael Segal

text:
Michael Segal (Hebrew: מיכאל סגל; Russian: Михаил Сегал, born 1972 in Kishinev, USSR) is a professor of Communication Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, known for his work in ad-hoc and sensor networks.

After completing his undergraduate studies at Ben-Gurion University in 1994, Segal received a Ph.D. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University in 2000 under the supervision of Klara Kedem. The topic of his PhD Dissertation was: Covering point sets and accompanying problems.

After continuing his studies with David G. Kirkpatrick at University of British Columbia, and Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Studies  he joined the faculty at Ben-Gurion University in 2000, where he also served as the head of the Communication Systems Engineering department between 2005 and 2010.
He is known (equally with his coauthors) for being first to analyze the analytical performance of the well-known Least Cluster
Change (LCC) algorithm that is widely used in ad hoc networks for re-clustering in order to reduce the number of modifications. He also was one of the first to introduce and analyze the construction of multi-criteria spanners for ad hoc networks.

Segal has published nearly 200 scientific papers and was a recipient of the Toronto Prize for Research in 2010.
He is serving as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Computer and System Sciences.
Currently he is heading the Engineering program studies in Eilat campus at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He has served several times as a head of the University Regulations Committee and Disciplinary court.
Along with his Ben-Gurion University professorship, he held visiting professor positions at Cambridge University, University of Liverpool and Lancaster University.
Prof. Segal is the member of the Committee for Information and Communication Technology Standards of Standards Institute of Israel.

References

1972 births
Living people
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni
Academic staff of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Israeli computer scientists
Israeli mathematicians
Researchers in geometric algorithms


title: Vítor Bento

text:
Vítor Augusto Brinquete Bento (Estremoz, June 25, 1954) is a Portuguese banker. He was the CEO of the Portuguese bank Novo Banco since August 4, 2014 until September 13, 2014, when he announced his resignation. He was replaced by Eduardo Stock da Cunha.

Education
Vítor Bento has a degree in economics from the School of Economic and Financial Sciences of the Technical University of Lisbon and a Master's in Philosophy from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the Catholic University of Portugal.

Professional activity
In 1980, Vítor Bento was admitted at Banco de Portugal as an economist for the Department of Economic Studies. In 1985 he was named Director of the Foreign Department and later executive director of the Issuing Institute of Macao (current Monetary Authority of Macao), returning to the Portuguese central bank in 1989 as deputy director of the Foreign Department, becoming its Director in 1993.

From 1989 to 1994 he was a member of the Exchanges Policy Subcommittee of the Central Banks Governor Committee from the European Community. In 1994, he joined the Ministry of Finance, where he was General Director of Treasury, President of Junta de Crédito Público and member of the European Monetary Committee.

In 1996 he founded Agência de Gestão da Tesouraria e da Dívida Pública (IGCP), the public entity responsible for the integrated management of cash, funding and the direct debt management, thus becoming its first President. In 2000 he takes on the position of President of the Board at SIBS – Sociedade Interbancária de Serviços SA, where he stays until July 2014, when he joins the Board of the Portuguese bank Banco Espírito Santo.

During this time he was also president of UNICRE, director of Visa, president of SEDES – Association for the Economic and Social Development – from May 2006 to April 2008 and non-executive director of Galp Energia from April 2012 to July 2014. In December 2009 he was nominated member of the State Council by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Cavaco Silva, position from which he left in July 2014.

Vítor Bento is visiting professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Catholic University of Portugal and at the School of Business of Economics at Nova.

Awards and nominations
On June 28, 2005, Vítor Bento was made Grande-Oficial da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique.

Publications
Vítor Bento has published five books:

Os Estados Nacionais e a Economia Global (2004), Almedina
Perceber a Crise para Encontrar o Caminho (2009), Bnomics
O Nó Cego da Economia (2010), Bnomics
Economia, Moral e Política (2011), Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos
Euro forte, Euro fraco - Duas culturas, uma moeda. Um convívio (im)possível? (2013), Bnomics

References

1954 births
Living people
20th-century Portuguese economists
Portuguese chief executives
Technical University of Lisbon alumni
20th-century Portuguese businesspeople
21st-century Portuguese businesspeople
Portuguese bankers


title: Wellington Guernsey

text:
Wellington Guernsey (correct name: William Greville Hudson Guernsey) (8 June 1817 – 13 November 1885) was an Irish composer, poet, and military man.

Biography
Guernsey was born in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, studied briefly as a boy with the well-known Italian opera composer Saverio Mercadante at Lisbon during 1827–8, returning to Ireland probably during the early 1830s to work in Cork and Dublin. Of his early career a newspaper correspondent wrote in 1858: "Mr Wellington Guernsey [...] was, I believe, born in Ireland, his father having been master of a military band, and was formerly in the employment of Messrs. Robinson and Bussell, music-sellers, Westmoreland Street. He had previously been employed in the shop of Mr. Boden, music-seller, Cork. Guernsey was dismissed from Messrs. Robinson and Bussell's under suspicious circumstances, and he then set up a music establishment for himself. His house in Nassau Street was unfortunately burned, and being insured, the company at first refused to pay the full amount of insurance, but a compromise for one-half the sum was accepted by Mr. Guernsey. The gentleman then proceeded to London, where he married an actress, and figured very speedily at the police-office, for maltreating his wife. He subsequently obtained, during the Crimean war, a majority in the Turkish Contingent, from which he was removed by General Vivian for gross misconduct. He has since been hanging about the theatres in London, gaining a livelihood composing waltzes, &c., which were very popular, and which were constantly performed by her Majesty's private band." From 1843 he lived mainly in England, but for a few years he appears to have returned to Ireland to organise concerts at the Rotunda. In 1847 he became musical director of the Olympic Theatre in London, but by the early 1850s he must have embarked on his military career which took him to Turkey in 1855, the Crimea in 1856 and to Paraguay and Brazil in 1857. In 1858 he was incriminated for stealing documents from the Colonial Office, which ended his military career.

Guernsey's worklist is divided into a time before and after his military time. His greatest successes were songs, piano quadrilles and marches written between 1845 and 1851. The best-known pieces were the songs She Gathers a Shamrock (1845), I'll Hang my Harp on a Willow Tree (1846) and Dinah Blake (1847). He also contributed the words to George Barker's song Mary Blane (1846). After his dismissal from the army he returned to music, and quickly drew on his earlier successes. An 1860 newspaper article noted: "A few months back Wellington Guernsey's celebrated song of 'I'll Hang my Harp on a Willow Tree,' was re-assigned to the publishers for £100; so that, who will say that old songs are not worth money, when, after so many years being published, they fetch the above fabulous prices." Similarly, another song for which he wrote the words only (and Joseph Ascher the music) called Alice, Where Art Thou? (1861) became extremely successful, which is recounted in an 1885 obituary: "Mr. Guernsey's most successful song 'Alice, where art thou?' had a curious career, the composer offered it without success to nearly all the leading publishers for a £5 note. At last Messrs Duncan, Davidson & Co. published it on sharing terms, when the sale reached nearly 300,000 copies, and it even now affords an income." Alice, where art thou? even made it into the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The music Guernsey composed after 1860 did not become as successful as his poetry. He stopped composing piano galops and waltzes by 1862, and some of his Ireland-inspired songs like The Boatman of Kinsale (1865) and The Green Moss (1869) did not fetch the same public attention as his pre-1850 music.

He also translated two books by François-Joseph Fétis into English, the Manuel des compositeurs (Paris, 1837) as A Manual for Composers (London, c.1850) and the Notice biographique sur Nicolò Paganini (Paris, 1851) as Biographical Notice of Nicolò Paganini (London, 1852). Guernsey died in London.

Selected compositions
(all published in London by Prowse, Boosey, Duncan Davison, etc.)

Chamber music
The Coral Cave Polka for cornet, flute, and piano (c.1860)

Piano music
Casilda Quadrilles (1830)
The Olympic Polka (1848)
The Glasgow Quadrilles (c.1850)
The Koh-i-noor Diamond, or Mountain of Light Quadrille (1851)
Bouquet des mélodies anglaises (1854)
The Lough Erne Waltzes (1859)
The Gorilla Galop (1861)
The Adelina Patti Galop (1862)

Songs
Old Songs of Old Ireland, collection (1843)
Dance Away, We'll be Gay (1845)
She Gathers a Shamrock (1845)
I'll Hang my Harp on a Willow Tree (1846)
Dinah Blake (1847)
I was Dreaming of Thee, Darling Katty (1849)
The Songs of Ireland, collection (c.1860)
The Boatman of Kinsale (1865)
The Wearing of the Green (1866)
The Green Moss (1869)
The Hindoo Widow (1870)
God Upon the Ocean (1874)
Dear Land of my Fathers (1884)
The Abbess of the Rhine (1885)

References

Axel Klein: "Guernsey, Wellington", in: The Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, ed. H. White & B. Boydell (Dublin: UCD Press, 2013)

1817 births
1885 deaths
19th-century classical composers
19th-century Irish people
Irish Anglicans
Irish classical composers
Irish expatriates in the United Kingdom
Irish poets
Irish male songwriters
Musicians from County Westmeath
People from County Westmeath


title: Jakob Friedrich von Rüchel-Kleist

text:
General of the Infantry Jakob Friedrich von Rüchel-Kleist (25 January 1778, in Segenthin – 15 March 1848, in Danzig) was a Prussian officer during the Napoleonic Wars and a governor of Danzig (Gdansk).

Notes

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1778 births
1848 deaths
Prussian Army personnel of the Napoleonic Wars
Generals of Infantry (Prussia)
Jakob


title: George Webb Slaughter

text:
George Webb Slaughter (1811–1895) was an American Baptist minister, cattle breeder and drover, and rancher in Texas. Born in Mississippi, he drove cattle to Kansas and Louisiana, from his ranch near Palo Pinto, Texas. According to historian J. Marvin Hunter, "he baptized over 3,000 persons and ordained more preachers and organized more churches than any other person in the state of Texas."

Early life
George Webb Slaughter was born on May 10, 1811, in Lawrence County, Mississippi. His father, William Slaughter (1781-1851), was a farmer who had served in the War of 1812; and his mother was Nancy Moore. With his parents, he moved Copiah County, Mississippi, in 1821, to Louisiana in 1825, and to Sabine County, Texas, five years later, in 1830.

Career
Slaughter was a courier to Sam Houston. In this capacity, he delivered a message from Houston to William B. Travis at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.

Slaughter joined the United Methodist Church in 1831. However, ten years later, he joined the Baptist Church, becoming an ordained Baptist minister in 1844. He served as a Baptist minister in Sabine County and other parts of East Texas until 1851. He then moved with his family and cattle to Freestone County, Texas. Six years later, in 1857, he established a ranch near Palo Pinto, Texas. There, he also served as a Baptist minister and practised medicine. According to historian J. Marvin Hunter, "he baptized over 3,000 persons and ordained more preachers and organized more churches than any other person in the state of Texas."

During the American Civil War of 1861-1865, Slaughter provided beef from his ranch to the Tonkawa, a Native American tribe who were aligned with the Confederate States Army.

After the war, Slaughter focused on cattle breeding and droving. With his son C.C. Slaughter, he drove cattle from Palo Pinto, Texas to Shreveport, Louisiana, in 1867. The herd was meant for T. H. Johnson. He also sold cattle to James Loving (1836-1902) and Charles Rivers in 1867-1868. In 1870, he drove 3,000 heads of cattle on the Chisholm Trail all the way to Kansas with his son. Living in Emporia, Kansas, from 1870 to 1876, he drove cattle every year.

From 1876 to 1884, Slaughter returned to Texas, where he focused on ranching with another son, Peter Slaughter.

Personal life
Slaughter married Sarah Jane Mason on October 12, 1837. They were the first couple to get married in the Republic of Texas. They had eleven children.

Death
Slaughter died on March 19, 1895, in Palo Pinto, Texas.

References

1811 births
1895 deaths
People from Lawrence County, Mississippi
People from Palo Pinto County, Texas
Ranchers from Texas
American cattlemen
Baptists from Texas
Tonkawa history
Baptists from Mississippi
19th-century Baptists


title: Cosmorhaphe

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Cosmorhaphe is an ichnogenus representing grazing feeding behavior (pascichnia).

The Renaissance naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi discussed and described a specimen of Cosmorhaphe, which is therefore among the first fossils to be illustrated

References

Trace fossils


title: Jackie Simes

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Jackie Simes (born November 20, 1942) is an American track cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics, and in the 1968 time trial. He was also the 1964 National Champion.

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External links

1942 births
Living people
American male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for the United States
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
People from Harrington Park, New Jersey
Sportspeople from Bergen County, New Jersey
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Cyclists at the 1967 Pan American Games


title: Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels (disambiguation)

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Basilica of Our Lady or Saint Mary of the Angels may refer to:

 Papal Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Assisi (, built from 1569), the mother church of the Franciscan movement, in Italy
 Basilica of St Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs (), a 16th-century church in Rome, Italy
 Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels, Cartago (, built 1639), a Catholic basilica in Costa Rica
 St. Mary of the Angels Basilica (Olean, New York) (first dedicated in 1860), in the United States
 St Mary of the Angels Basilica, Geelong (built 1937), in Australia

See also
 Basilica of St. Mary (disambiguation)
 St. Mary of the Angels (disambiguation)
 Our Lady of the Angels (disambiguation)


title: Francisco Tortellá

text:
Francisco Tortellá (born 2 September 1937) is a Spanish former cyclist. He competed in the sprint and team pursuit events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1937 births
Living people
Spanish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Spain
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mallorca
Cyclists from the Balearic Islands


title: 2013–14 GFF National Super League

text:
The 2013–14 GFF National Super League is the 14th season of the highest competitive football league in Guyana, after it was founded in 1990.

Teams

League table

References

GFF Elite League seasons
Guyana
football
football


title: Abdul Razzaq Baloch

text:
Abdul Razzaq Baloch (born 10 August 1936) is a former Pakistani cyclist. He competed in the sprint at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1936 births
Living people
Pakistani male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Pakistan
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Karachi
Asian Games medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 1958 Asian Games
Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games
Asian Games silver medalists for Pakistan
20th-century Pakistani people


title: Peter Masiza

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Peter (Petrus) K. Masiza (c 1840 - 1907) was the first black Anglican priest ordained in South Africa.

Early life

Masiza was born in Shiloh, near Whittlesea, Eastern Cape in about 1840.  He grew up in the Moravian Church.

In 1871 Peter's brother, Paul Masiza was ordained deacon in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa by the Henry Cotterill, bishop of Grahamstown. Paul died two years later; Peter Masiza followed in his brother's footsteps: he was ordained deacon in 1873 and later becoming the first black Anglican priest in South Africa, when on 24 June 1877 Henry Callaway, the first bishop of St John's ordained Masiza the first Xhosa priest in St John's Cathedral, Mthatha, and later the first black canon.

Commemoration

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa commemorates Masiza in its Calendar of saints on the 5th day of December each year.  In addition the collect for this commemoration is as follows:

Notes and references

External links
 Additional Collects for African Commemorations

19th-century South African Anglican priests
Year of birth uncertain
1907 deaths
1840s births


The Gunpowder Plot: Terror and Faith in 1605 is a 1996 book by Antonia Fraser published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson.

Content
The work is a history of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. According to Fraser, it was an event that did happen (and was not fabricated by the existing government, as argued by what she refers to as 'No-Plotters' in subsequent historiography) though its precise nature and significance is open to historical debate. Fraser argues that there was indeed a plot, though it was rather different in type and details from the one described by a contemporary such as Sir Edward Coke.

Fraser's opinion is that the plot represented an act of political terrorism, based on her definition of it as being "the weapon of the weak, pretending to be strong". An alternative categorisation is that it was in fact an attempted political coup d'état which did not aim to damage the pre-existing political establishment but instead to usurp and replace it.

She also argues that few of the facts surrounding the case are unambiguous or beyond discussion, drawing in 653 references citing in excess of 276 sources to prove that multiple aspects of the plot are in fact shrouded in mystery and competing claims to authenticity. As one example, she favours the view that Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury was responsible for the authorship of the anonymous Monteagle letter warning the Catholic Lord Monteagle to avoid Parliament on the day of the plot, rather than another figure such as Francis Tresham.

Fraser is sympathetic towards the Catholic gentry who practiced their religion in the presence of discriminatory legislation under the rule of Elizabeth I and James I, conditions that were, as one contemporary priest described, a "ruthless and unloving land" for those of the Catholic faith.

References

1996 non-fiction books
Gunpowder Plot
History books about the 17th century


title: Ice hockey in Israel

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Ice Hockey in Israel is a minor sport. Until the construction of the new arena in Holon, many Israeli hockey players were members of the Canada Israel Hockey School (since renamed the "Hockey Academy of Israel") housed at the Canada Centre in Metulla, Israel. Lately, a vast number of new hockey team (/clubs) has been created in the 'center' of Israel, most of them based on roller-hockey players, or young players who started their career in the Holon ice arena.

History
Ice Hockey has been played in Israel since 1986 when Israel's first ice rink opened in Kiryat Motzkin. In 1988 after the second rink opened in Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv, the Israel Ice Hockey and Figure Skating Association was founded in 1988 by immigrants from Canada , America, Europe and the former Soviet Union. Israel joined the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1991 and first participated in an IIHF world championships in 1992.
During the 1990s there was a large influx of Russian immigrants to Israel, some of whom were professional ice hockey players. Boris Mindel, one of these immigrants, established a junior program at the Canada Centre in Metulla, in northern Israel.

Roger Neilson, former coach in the National Hockey League, helped to create summer ice hockey camps in Metulla in 1998.

The Canada Israel Hockey School (recently renamed the Hockey Academy of Israel) runs a recreational program at the Canada Centre that is open to youngsters of all faiths. In 2014, it had an enrollment of 450 Jewish and Arab youngsters. In 2014, forty players were Alawites from Ghajar on the Lebanese border.

Ice Hockey Federation of Israel

The Ice Hockey Federation of Israel is recognized as the governing body of Ice Hockey in Israel by the Ministry of Education's Sports Authority.

Israeli League

The Israeli League is the top tier hockey league in Israel. It was founded in 1990 with 6 teams.

Currently (2019) the Senior-A top division consists of 12 teams, divided into upper and lower group, from 10 major clubs:
 Yahud
 Tel Mond
 Haifa Hawks
 HC Bat Yam
 Rishon Devils
 HC Metulla (CIHS)
 Dragons Nes Ziona
 Holon Ninjas
 Petah Tikva
 Gedera

The IcePeaks arena in Holon created a major impact on the number of senior teams in Israel.

Israel national ice hockey team

The Israel national ice hockey team has been a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation since 1 May 1991. The men's team is currently ranked 34th, and the women's team is not ranked. As of April 2017 Israel had 901 total players: 345 Male, 513 Junior and 43 females. Additionally they have 29 referees and 4 indoor rinks.

The national team, in the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group B, won the gold medal. As a result, the team was promoted to Division II Group A. In 5 games played they were able to defeat China, Turkey, New Zealand and Bulgaria while suffering their only loss to Mexico.

Maccabiah Games
In 1997, during the 15th Maccabiah Games Ice Hockey was included for the first time, with Team Canada winning the inaugural gold medal. Once again in 2013, Ice Hockey joined for the 19th Maccabiah Games as an official sport.

Funding was extremely low for the Ice Hockey team and the sport was nearly removed from the games. Owners of 6 NHL teams (Edmonton Oilers, Anaheim Ducks, Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Florida Panthers and Tampa Bay Lightning) funded the sports, enabling it to officially join for the first time.

Several NHL team owners also helped fund the hockey program in the 20th Maccabiah games in 2017, in which three tournaments took place – an open tournament, a junior one (for players up to 18 years of age), and a senior one (for players 40 years of age and over). For the sake of the tournament, a temporary full-size rink was established at the Pais Arena basketball hall in Jerusalem. The capacity of the arena (10000 for hockey) and its proximity to population centers in Israel made the tournament an attraction for thousands of fans, with the final game of the open tournament, in which Canada beat the United States 7:2, attracting an attendance of 7000 and becoming the highest attended hockey game in history on Israeli soil.

Rinks
Currently there are two main rinks in full-time ice hockey use in Israel. Canada Centre in Israel is the original and biggest ice hockey arena in Israel.
In 2010 it was announced that Israel would be getting their second rink, in Eilat. The Ice Park & Mall Eilat offers a full ice rink on the main floor, along with other entertainment features, and a full mall on the upper level, but that rink is not equipped for hockey and hockey activity does not take place there. Additionally a third, smaller rink, is located in Ma'alot, and another one in Holon. The rink in Hollon which is a smaller rink is used constantly for the Leagues Games run by the Federation. An Olympic size rink is in the process of being built with a hope to open in 2023.There is another rink which opened in 2018 called OneIce which is situated in Tnuvot.

Canadian Friends of Israeli Hockey
The Canadian Friends of the Israeli Ice Hockey Federation was founded in 1991 by David Lisbona and Larry Markowitz. After meeting immigrant and Canadian ex-pat Paul Shindman, the founder of the IIHFSA, Lisbona and Markowitz set up the Canadian Friends in order to provide skates and equipment, and help popularize the sport in Israel. It now focuses all of its efforts on the Canada-Israel Hockey School program. While it is based out of Montreal, there are other collection efforts throughout the country, primarily in Ottawa. The organization has an affiliation with the Hockey without Borders program

In December 2017, the organization collected and sent hundreds of jockstraps to Israel.

See also
 Jews in Hockey
 Israel men's national junior ice hockey team
 Sports in Israel

References


title: Martin McKay

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Martin McKay (5 June 1937 – 14 June 2007) was an Irish cyclist. He competed in the sprint at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1937 births
2007 deaths
Irish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Ireland
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Belfast


title: Chubutolithes

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Chubutolithes is an ichnogenus representing the fossil nests of a mud dauber.

References

Trace fossils


title: Amy Devers

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Amy Devers (born July 2, 1971) is an American furniture designer, carpenter, television personality and design blogger. She currently is the host (with Alan Luxmore) and design expert on A&E's Fix This Yard, the host of Victory Garden’s edibleFEAST on PBS, and a design and carpentry expert on OWN’s Home Made Simple. In the past she has hosted design oriented programs such as Freeform Furniture on DIY, Designer People on Ovation, and was a carpenter on TLC’s Trading Spaces.

Early life and education
Devers grew up in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she attended Ypsilanti High School. She graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York with a two-year degree in fashion buying and merchandising before deciding to pursue furniture design. She studied furniture design at San Diego State University and graduated with a BA in 1997. After a spell working as a machine shop foreman, Devers attended graduate school at Rhode Island School of Design, where she earned her MFA in Furniture Design in 2001.

Career

Television
Devers began her television career in 2003 as a home-improvement expert on the DIY Network series DIY to the Rescue, which she co-hosted with Karl Champley. The series ran for 9 seasons and included specials at the Grand Ole Opry and a post-hurricane Katrina rebuild special in collaboration with Dr. Phil.

She hosted Freeform Furniture on DIY, a series which featured Devers demonstrating how to build her original modern furniture designs using diverse materials and techniques. In 2007, she hosted DIY's interactive series, Blog Cabin. In 2008 she joined the cast of TLC’s Trading Spaces as a carpenter. In 2009 Ovation premiered a second season of Designer People with Devers as the new host.

In 2010 A&E launched Fix This Yard, a landscape makeover series, with Alan Luxmore and Devers as co-hosts and design experts. She makes regular appearances as a design and carpentry expert on OWN's Home Made Simple. On PBS, Devers is the host of Victory Garden’s edibleFEAST, a documentary series that highlights local and sustainable food stories.

Podcast
Devers hosts a podcast titled Clever with Jamie Derringer of Design Milk in which they interview designers and artists about their life and work. Clever hosted a live podcast and conversation series as part of WantedDesign Manhattan in 2019.

Art and Design
She runs a design and build studio out of Los Angeles called Amy Devers Art/Design. In 2012 she participated alongside Tanya Aguiñiga in Natalie Chanin's chair restoration project as a part of MakeShift conference.

Author
As an author, Devers has served as an advice columnist for ReadyMade Magazine and Modern Ink Magazine. She is the co-author of DIY to the Rescue 50 Home Improvement Projects published by Lark Books in 2006. This book is a compilation of projects from the hit DIY TV series with step-by-step instructions and photos.

Educator
Devers is faculty in the Furniture Design department at the Rhode Island School of Design.

References

External links
Official Website

1971 births
Living people
American furniture designers
American carpenters
American television hosts
People from Ypsilanti, Michigan
Fashion Institute of Technology alumni
San Diego State University alumni
Rhode Island School of Design alumni
Women carpenters
American women television presenters
Women woodworkers
Rhode Island School of Design faculty
Women textile artists
American women academics
21st-century American women


title: Herbert Francis

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Herbert Francis (May 26, 1940 – September 20, 1988) was an American cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1940 births
1988 deaths
American male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for the United States
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Miami


title: The Blackout (2009 film)

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The Blackout is a 2009 American science fiction horror film directed by Robert David Sanders and starring Barbara Streifel Sanders, Joseph Dunn, Ian Malcolm, Michael Caruso, Caroline Rich, Anthony Tedesco, and James Martinez. The film is about the occupants of The Ravenwood as they try to escape the building during a citywide blackout, all the while being stalked by terrifying creatures.

Plot

The film takes place during Christmas Eve when a citywide blackout traps the tenants in The Ravenwood. As the building's occupants try to escape the building they find themselves stalked and attacked by terrifying creatures. The group must work together in order to escape and survive the blackout.

Cast
 Barbara Streifel Sanders as Elizabeth Pierce
 Joseph Dunn as Daniel Pierce
 Ian Malcolm as Dylan Pierce
 Michael Caruso as Ethan Devane
 Caroline Rich as Claire Devane
 Anthony Tedesco as Freddy Appleton
 James Martinez as Eddie Clifton

Release
The Blackout was released in the United States on December 24, 2009. In Spain the film was premiered on television on September 30, 2012. The film was released on DVD on August 30, 2013. The film was released on DVD in the UK on August 30, 2010, on March 30, 2009 it was announced that Starway Pictures had acquired rights to distribute the film internationally and Cinemavault distributing the film in Canada.

Reception

Scott A. Johnson from Dread Central awarded the film a score of 2.5 out of 5, writing, "Although admirably ambitious for what was obviously a very low budget creature feature, I do believe another rewrite or two and a more charismatic cast were the ills that prevented The Blackout from shining brighter than it did."
HorrorNews.net gave the film a negative review, criticizing the story as being "trite and too convenient". Andrew Smith from Popcorn Pictures gave the film a score of 4/10, writing, "The Blackout is paint-by-numbers monster movie making at its most predictable. A few decent ideas are dwarfed by the rehash of a lot of plagiarized ideas. Ambition seems to have been held back by budget or unwillingness to experiment with the formula and that’s a pity."

References

External links

  Blackout blog site

2009 films
2009 horror films
2000s monster movies
2000s science fiction horror films
2000s Christmas horror films
American Christmas horror films
American science fiction horror films
American monster movies
Films shot in Los Angeles County, California
2000s English-language films
2000s American films


title: Western mountain greenbul

text:
Western mountain greenbul may refer to several species of birds, including:

 Olive-breasted greenbul, found in eastern and central Africa
 Western greenbul, found in west-central Africa

Birds by common name


title: Luis Muciño

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Luis Muciño (born 24 April 1936) is a former Mexican cyclist. He competed in the sprint and tandem events at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1936 births
Living people
Mexican male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Mexico
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Mexico City


title: Tandy Leather Factory

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Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. is an American specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of leather and leatherwork related products. It operates more than 100 stores worldwide. Originally part of the Tandy Corporation, Tandy Leather has gone through a series of acquisitions and mergers, eventually being sold to The Leather Factory in 2000.  The Tandy Leather flagship store next to their corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas also houses the Al and Ann Stohlman Leathercraft Museum.

Origin

Tandy Leather began as a family-owned leather goods company based in Fort Worth, Texas in 1919. Norton Hinckley and Dave L. Tandy partnered to start the Hinckley-Tandy Leather Company and concentrated their efforts on selling sole leather and other supplies to shoe repair dealers in Texas.  During World War II, civilian leather rationing prompted the company to move towards leatherworking as a hobby, which gave the company supply priority by providing for the armed forces.

Tandy's son, Charles joined the business after returning from the war in 1948.  He had been tracking the growth of leathercraft through correspondence with his father and wanted to put more focus on this industry.  Among his first moves was the opening of the first two retail stores in 1950 specializing exclusively in leathercraft.  Norton Hinckley did not agree with the transition and the founders came to an agreement where the company split and Hinckley would continue in the shoe findings industry.

Tandy Leather relied heavily on its formula of mail order sales, however the venture made a 100 percent return on investment the first year.  Tandy had $2.9 million in sales and opened 15 stores within the first two years.  The following decade was filled with rapid growth through the continuous opening of new stores and the acquisition of other handicraft companies.  By 1961, Tandy Leather was operating 125 stores in 105 cities of the United States and Canada and the company name was changed to Tandy Corporation.  In 1963, Tandy Corporation acquired management control of the Radio Shack Corporation and, after two years, Charles Tandy had turned the company's $4 million loss into a profit.  During that time of recovery, the Tandy Corporation purchased common stock until they owned 85% of the outstanding Radio Shack common stock.

In 1975, the Tandy Corporation Board of Directors announced a plan to separate Tandy's businesses into three distinct publicly held companies.  The two new companies would be named Tandycrafts, Inc. and Tex Tan-Hickok, Inc.  This plan was publicized as a strategy to provide intensive leadership and tailored management of the three distinct and diverse businesses of the company. With this transition, Radio Shack and Tandy Leather Company were no longer under the same corporate umbrella.

The beginning of The Leather Factory
Wray Thompson was promoted to President of Tandy Leather Company in 1976 and Dave Ferrill was promoted to the position of National Sales Manager; they oversaw 288 stores.  Ron Morgan was promoted to the Eastern Divisional VP in 1977.  Although they opened their 300th store that year, the popularity of Nature-Tand's products had begun to slide as reflected by their sales and profit records.
Charles Tandy died unexpectedly on November 4, 1978, at the age of 60. Concurrently, key stakeholders began to question the direction of the company and Wray Thompson resigned from his position as president.

Wray Thompson's future in the leathercraft industry was uncertain, however Ron Morgan paid Wray Thompson a visit and the two colleagues began to brainstorm; before the evening was over, they had developed an informal plan for a shared new enterprise in the leathercraft industry.

Initially three separate companies were set up:

Midas Leathercraft Tool Company, Inc. – an importer/exporter of New Zealand made tools
MT Enterprises – a partnership engaged in finding and developing customers to consult in the leathercraft industry
Midas Leathercraft – a retail leathercraft store similar to that of a Tandy store, where the partners would also office.

Shortly thereafter, the partners were contacted by the Scholze Tannery, a division of The Brown Group in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to solicit a consulting agreement to help Scholze join the leathercraft market. Wray Thompson and Ron Morgan departed for Chattanooga, TN in 1980 to set up the new company later to be known as The Leather Factory.  Prior to their departure they hired Jon Thompson, Wray Thompson's oldest son, to begin the task of setting up Midas Leathercraft retail operations in Arlington, TX.

With merchandise finally in Tennessee, Jon Thompson was called to Chattanooga as he had been waiting three months to open his own store as a dealer for The Leather Factory in Arlington, TX.  Help in Tennessee was still sparse, so Jon Thompson pulled, packed and shipped his own store opening merchandise order before driving straight through from Tennessee to Texas before the freight truck arrived.

By 1984, the manufacturer Ivan Leathercraft was producing over 1,000 items for Midas Leathercraft Tool Company, who then supplied those items to The Leather Factory and others.  They had opened six stores and named George Hurst, long-time associate and ex-merchandising manager for Tandy, General Manager of The Leather Factory.  Regardless of their mounting success, the Brown Group decided to sell off or close down all companies that were under $100 million annually, unprofitable or non-shoe related.  The Leather Factory, consisting of six locations, was offered for sale.

Midas Leathercraft purchases assets of The Leather Factory
Through Midas Leathercraft Tool Company, the partners purchased the assets of The Leather Factory in January 1985.  Midas, with just over $200,000 in assets, took on a debt of just under $1.2 million for the asset purchase of the company.  Two of the six managers chose not to gamble on new owners, so Wray Thompson called on former Tandy Leather Regional Manager Clyde Angus and his son, Mark, who had run the family's western store in Pennsylvania.

The Leather Factory introduced their wholesale club in 1986.  Membership fees were allocated to the advertising budget which allowed the company to produce more mailing pieces and sales.  By 1989, they had moved their warehouse and factory from Chattanooga to Fort Worth, TX and opened their twelfth location.

By 1991, The Leather Factory had acquired American Leather Company and fourteen stores were open. Wray Thompson and Ron Morgan promoted from within to free them up from day to day buying and selling.  Jon Thompson was put in charge of operations and Mark Angus, The Leather Factory leader in sales gains and profits, was promoted to Sales Manager and relocated to Ft. Worth.  Greg Sartor, former President of ST Leather, was hired as the Craft Sales Manager.  In 1993, The Leather Factory went public via a reverse merger on the American Stock exchange and five new Vice Presidents were named: Jon Thompson, Dave Ferrill, Mark Angus, Greg Sartor and Robin Myers Morgan.

TLF purchases Tandy Leather Company
In 1999, Tandy Leather Company closed all of its sales units and became solely a mail order/internet marketer. On November 30, 2000, The Leather Factory purchased the operating assets of Tandy Leather Company. Shannon Greene, who joined the company in 1997 as controller, was named Chief Financial Officer and The Leather Factory hired Jim Linnell to develop and lead a new chain of Tandy Leather stores.

In 2005, The Leather Factory name was officially changed to Tandy Leather Factory. CEO Wray Thompson stated

In 2006, Wray Thompson retired after nearly 50 years in the industry - having been president of Tandy Leather with 21 years of service and co-founder of The Leather Factory over 27 years. Ron Morgan, the company's president since 2001, was appointed the new CEO.

Ron Morgan and Robin Myers Morgan both retired in 2009, with 40 and 39 years in the industry. Jon Thompson, the company's President and Chief Operating Officer, was named CEO of Tandy Leather Factory. Other executives include Mark Angus as Senior Vice President and Shannon Greene as Chief Financial Officer.

In 2012, Tandy opened a second European location in Cadiz, Spain. International markets were expanded further in 2011 with the opening of the first Australian combination wholesale/retail store in Minto, just outside Sydney. In 2013, Tandy opened its Flagship store next to the headquarters and Bob Moore Construction was awarded the TEXO/AGC Distinguished Building Award for the design of the glass building that can be seen from the nearby Interstate 20. The Al and Ann Stohlman Museum has been moved to the lobby of the Tandy Leather Factory headquarters.

Tandy Leather Museum & Gallery
In the lobby of the Tandy Leather corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas, there is a public museum and art gallery featuring historic pieces of leather art, including the Al and Ann Stohlman Collection.  Other artists' work on exhibit include Ken Griffin, George Hurst, Jim Linnell, Al Shelton, Christine Stanley, and others.

References

American companies established in 1919
Manufacturing companies established in 1919
Companies based in Fort Worth, Texas
Leather industry
Companies formerly listed on the Nasdaq
Retail companies established in 1919
1919 establishments in Texas
Leather museums


title: Benyamina

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Benyamina is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 Houda Benyamina (born 1980), French director and screenwriter
 Karim Benyamina (born 1981), Algerian football player
 Ismaïl Benyamina (born 1983), Algerian football player
 Soufian Benyamina (born 1990), German football player

See also
Benyamin
Binyamina-Giv'at Ada, a town in Israel

Arabic-language surnames
Surnames of Algerian origin


title: Cenobio Ruiz

text:
Cenobio Ruiz (23 March 1934 – 20 April 1999) was a Mexican cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

References

External links

1934 births
1999 deaths
Mexican male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Mexico
Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Durango
Pan American Games medalists in cycling
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
Cyclists at the 1955 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games


title: Gertrud Frisch-von Meyenburg

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Gertrud Anna Constance Frisch-von Meyenburg (1916–2009) was a Swiss architect and the first wife of the writer Max Frisch.

Life
Gertrud von Meyenburg was the daughter of the eminent pathologist Hanns von Meyenburg.   Her childhood was passed in Lausanne, Zürich und Herrliberg.

Like her elder brother, she studied architecture at the prestigious Federal Technical Institute in Zürich ("Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich").   In 1939 she undertook a one-year internship with an architectural firm in Rome where she worked with old town houses in the wider context of urban regeneration.   Returning to Zürich, she received her diploma in 1940.

While at university she got to know Max Frisch, known in retrospect as a writer, but at that time a fellow student of architecture.   The two of them were married on 30 June 1942, and in due course the marriage produced three children: Ursula Priess-Frisch (1943), Hans Peter Frisch (1944) and Charlotte Frisch (1949).   Ursula would publish, in 2009, a literary "reappraisal" of her difficult relationship with her famous father.

After 1954 Max Frisch lived apart from his family, and in 1959 the couple divorced.   Trudy Frisch-von Meyenburg returned to the architectural profession, working as a free-lancer,   One of her most important commission is the little school house in the Zürich district of Auzelg (1973).   She also contributed to the reconstruction of old manor houses in the area of the "Longo Maï cooperative" in France.

Notes and sources

Swiss architects
1916 births
2009 deaths
Swiss women architects


title: Angus & Julia Stone (album)

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Angus & Julia Stone is the third studio album by Australian singer-songwriter duo Angus & Julia Stone, released on 1 August 2014 in Australia through EMI Music Australia, and on the same day in the United States through American Recordings. Its release was preceded by the singles "Heart Beats Slow", which peaked at  37 in Australia, "Death Defying Acts" in June, "A Heartbreak" and "Grizzly Bear" in July. The videos for all four songs as well as a video for "Get Home" were directed by Jessie Hill.

American record producer Rick Rubin helped reunite the duo and co-produced the album. Rubin said of the experience: "This album is extraordinary; Angus and Julia are truly unique musicians. They are authentic and pure people who do things from the heart. I've never worked with anyone like them before." The album has been said to contain "blended harmonies [...] and more experimental guitar textures".

The album is the highest-charting by the duo to date, reaching the top 10 in several countries including France, Germany, the Netherlands and New Zealand. With an average of 67 based on 7 reviews on review aggregator Metacritic, Angus & Julia Stone received generally favourable critical reception.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

2014 albums
Albums produced by Rick Rubin
Albums recorded at Shangri-La (recording studio)
Angus & Julia Stone albums
EMI Music Australia albums