title: 2014 Seattle Sounders FC season

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The 2014 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's sixth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. Including previous Seattle Sounders franchises, this was the 34th season of a soccer team playing in the Seattle metro area.

The Sounders earned a double for the first time in club history—winning their fourth U.S. Open Cup title and first Supporters' Shield as the best team in the MLS regular season. The team were the first to win 20 matches in the post-shootout era after a slow start to the season. During the 2014 season, the Sounders earned the most points (64) and scored the most goals (65) in the club's MLS history. The team's attempt to complete the league's first domestic treble in the MLS Cup Playoffs was halted by a loss to the LA Galaxy—Shield runners-up and later MLS Cup champions—in the Western Conference Final.

Background and preseason

The 2013 season marked the second consecutive year that the Sounders had failed to win a trophy or title; the team had entered the playoffs with only one win in their final ten regular season matches and were eliminated in the Western Conference Semifinals to the Portland Timbers. The team had a 17–17–8 record in all competitions and increased tension between players and coaching staff. Sigi Schmid, entering his sixth season as head coach, consulted with key players in a series of summits and worked with general manager Adrian Hanauer to overhaul the team during the winter offseason. Major players, including goalkeeper Michael Gspurning, midfielder Mauro Rosales, and forward Eddie Johnson, were traded to other teams or released. New signings—described by majority owner Joe Roth as "more plumbers and less dancers"—included goalkeeper Stefan Frei, defender Chad Marshall, and several MLS veterans. A majority of the 37 players who reported to the Sounders training camp in January 2014 were new to the club.

During the winter offseason, midfielder Clint Dempsey joined his former club, Fulham FC in England's Premier League, for a two-month loan spell. Because Major League Soccer's season begins in Spring, and the Premier League begins in Fall, Dempsey did not miss any of Sounders' competitive matches, though he was not with the team for pre-season training. During the loan period, Fulham's manager René Meulensteen was replaced by Felix Magath, prompting some concerns from Sounders supporters that Dempsey was not getting the competitive experience that was the purpose for the loan.

Seattle Sounders FC's 2013-2014 winter included bringing in several new faces to further supplement the returning core. Forward Kenny Cooper (trade with FC Dallas for Adam Moffat), midfielder Marco Pappa (acquired through league Allocation Ranking rules), defender Chad Marshall (trade with Columbus Crew for an undisclosed amount allocation money and a third-round draft pick), and goalkeeper Stefan Frei (trade with Toronto FC for a conditional first-round draft pick in the 2015 SuperDraft) are the most high-profile names. These four are expected to step into the first eleven, or at least see significant playing time.

Other players acquired include midfielder Tristan Bowen (trade with Chivas USA for Mauro Rosales), forward Chad Barrett (acquired with thirteenth pick in 2014 MLS Re-Entry Draft), and defender Jalil Anibaba (trade with Chicago Fire for Patrick Ianni and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado).

Seattle also signed Stanford's Aaron Kovar and Wake Forest's Sean Okoli to Homegrown Player contracts. Both players played for Sounders FC's academy team before beginning their respective college careers.

Seattle selected Damion Lowe, Stefano Rijssel, Fabio Pereira, and Jimmy Ockford in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.

Summary

Roster
Major League Soccer teams are limited to eight players without U.S. citizenship, a permanent resident (green card holder), or the holder of other special status (e.g., refugee or asylum status). These international roster slots can be traded.

Competitions

Preseason

Carolina Challenge Cup

MLS regular season

Standings

Western Conference

Overall table
Note: the table below has no impact on playoff qualification and is used solely for determining host of the MLS Cup, certain CCL spots, and 2015 MLS draft. The conference tables are the sole determinant for teams qualifying to the playoffs

Results summary

Results by round

Match results

MLS Cup Playoffs

Conference Semifinals

Conference Finals

U.S. Open Cup

Friendlies

Statistics

Appearances

Numbers outside parentheses denote appearances as starter.
Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.
Players with no appearances are not included in the list.

Goals and assists

Disciplinary record

Additional suspensions

Clint Dempsey was suspended for two matches by the MLS Disciplinary Committee for "violent conduct" during the home match against Toronto FC on March 15, 2014. He was eligible to return for the away match against Portland Timbers on April 5, 2014.

Transfers

For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.

In

Out

There were many departures of contributing players during Seattle Sounders FC's 2013-2014 off-season. Most notably, on December 17, 2013, Sounders traded forward Eddie Johnson to D.C. United for allocation money. Other notable off-season departures included midfielders Mauro Rosales (traded to Chivas USA for Tristan Bowen and the second Allocation Ranking for the 2014 season), Steve Zakuani (selected in Re-Entry Draft by Portland Timbers FC), Adam Moffat (traded to FC Dallas in exchange for Kenny Cooper), defenders Marc Burch (selected in Re-Entry Draft by Colorado Rapids), Patrick Ianni and Jhon Kennedy Hurtado (traded to Chicago Fire), and goalkeeper Michael Gspurning (declined contract option).

Less significant departures included Philip Lund and Blair Gavin.

Loan in

Loan out

Recognition
MLS Player of the Week

MLS Player of the Month

MLS Goal of the Week

Kits

References

Seattle Sounders FC seasons
Seattle Sounders Football Club
Seattle Sounders Football Club
2014 in sports in Washington (state)
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2014


title: Erik Scott Kimerer

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Erik Scott Kimerer (born July 6, 1988) is an American voice actor and professional wrestler under the name 'Sassy Assassin' in Brian Kendrick's Wrestling Pro Wrestling. As a voice actor, he has provided voices for the English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Some of his major voice roles include Ryuji Takasu in Toradora!, Obanai Iguro in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Biscuit Griffon in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Riku Mikami in Gundam Build Divers, Alibaba Saluja in the Magi series, Hydra Knell in Blood Lad, Speed o' Sound Sonic in One-Punch Man, Teruki Hanazawa in Mob Psycho 100, Ayato Amagiri in The Asterisk War, and Haruyuki Arita in Accel World.

Filmography

Anime

Video games

Animation

Professional wrestling career

Wrestling pro wrestling (2019 – )
In 2018, Kimerer had his debut in professional wrestling as the Sassy Assassin. A sneaky thief with a lisp. As the Sassy Assassin, Kimerer debuted in Hoodslam SoCal-iente, in a losing effort against Otto Von Clutch. A year later, he would make his WPW debut in the WPW Gauntlet Battle Royal with Sneaky Pete (RJ Santos) in a losing effort. Months later. The two would be in a match winning the WPW Tag Team championships, Erik Kimerer's first and thus far only championship in professional wrestling. He and Santos however, would lose the tag team championships to the Two Man Gang, in the teams first title defense.

References

External links

American male video game actors
American male voice actors
Male actors from Washington (state)
University of Puget Sound alumni
Living people
People from Edmonds, Washington
21st-century American male actors
1988 births


title: Notodiscus hookeri

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Notodiscus hookeri is a species of small air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Charopidae. This snail lives on islands in the sub-Antarctic region. Its shell is unique among land snails in that the organic shell layers contain no chitin.

Taxonomy
This species was described under the name Helix hookeri by an English conchologist Lovell Augustus Reeve in 1854. The specific name hookeri is in honor of English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker, who collected this snail during the Antarctic expedition led by James Clark Ross. Reeve's type description reads in Latin and in English language as follows:

Henry Augustus Pilsbry classified this species as Helix hookeri in 1887 or within the genus Amphidoxa as Amphidoxa hookeri within the family Endodontidae in 1894.

Also Alan Solem classified this species within the family Endodontidae in 1968.

A subspecies Notodiscus hookeri heardensis Dell, 1964 was recognized in Heard Island.

Distribution
Notodiscus hookeri has a wide distribution in the sub-Antarctic region. It is the only native terrestrial gastropod species found in the South Indian Ocean islands and archipelagos, and also in the South Atlantic Province:

South Indian Province:
 Crozet Islands. For example, Notodiscus hookeri is the only terrestrial snail among about 50 species of native invertebrates in the Crozet Islands.
 Kerguelen Islands
 Heard Island
 Prince Edward Islands

South Atlantic Province:
 Notodiscus hookeri is limited to South Georgia in the South Atlantic Province.

The type locality is the Kerguelen Islands.

The land snail Notodiscus hookeri is not an endangered or a protected species.

Shell description

The shell growth does not stop on reaching sexual maturity, but decelerates considerably, with the biggest shells measuring 7.5–7.7 mm in size.

Large intraspecific variations in shell morphometrics have been reported for this species on Possession Island, with endemic variants being described as local adaptations to environmentally distinct islands.

The shape of the shell is depressed. The umbilicus is open.

The width of the adult shell is up to 7.5-7.77 mm. The weight of the snail of the shell length 6.13 mm is 52.88 mg.

The micro structure of the shell was analysed by Charrier et al. (2013). Their study was the first to demonstrate that gastropod shell micro structure responds to environmental heterogeneity, leading to the formation of ecophenotypes. The adults of Notodiscus hookeri have evolved into two ecophenotypes, which the authors referred as MS (mineral shell) and OS (organic shell):
 The MS-ecophenotype is characterised by a thick but small mineralised shell. This ecophenotype is primarily found along the coastline, and may be associated with the presence of exchangeable calcium in the clay minerals of the soils.
 The OS-ecophenotype is characterised by a thin but large organic shell. This ecophenotype is primarily found at high altitudes in the mesic and xeric fell-fields, in soils with large particles that lack clay and exchangeable calcium. Snails of the OS-ecophenotype are characterised by thinner and larger shell sizes compared to snails of the MS-ecophenotype, indicating a trade-off between mineral thickness and shell size. The OS-ecophenotype has a highly flexible shell.

Notodiscus hookeri has unique shell micro-scale structure among gastropods:
 A dense and homogeneous organic layer is loosely attached to the upper periostracum and the inner mineral layer.
 In the organic layer of the shell, there is prevalence of glycine-rich proteins (glycine, leucine, isoleucine, valine), and an absence of chitin. Almost all other gastropods with reduced shells have chitin. The only other known example of the absence of chitin is the internal shell of the slug Ariolimax columbianus.

Ecology
This land snail is a gregarious species that lives under moist stones, moss and wet vegetation; however, it is also widespread in fell-field areas, which are characterised by very low vegetation cover. This snail live in relatively simple ecosystems, that is caused by harsh environmental conditions on subantarctic islands. It is a litter-dwelling species.

The soil is known to be a nutrient resource for Notodiscus hookeri, since this species has been found to significantly increase calcium release in solutions derived from plant litter.

Notodiscus hookeri exclusively feeds on lichens such as Orceolina kerguelensis, Usnea taylorii and Pseudocyphellaria crocata. Notodiscus hookeri appears as a generalist lichen feeder able to consume toxic metabolite-containing lichens.

Hatchlings have a shell width of < 2.0 mm. Juveniles have a shell width of about 2.0-4.0 mm. Adults have a shell width larger than 4.0 mm.

The biology of this species is poorly known.

On a stamp
Notodiscus hookeri was depicted on the 2012 €0.60 French Southern and Antarctic Lands postal stamp.

See also
 List of non-avian fauna of Heard Island and McDonald Islands

References
This article incorporates public domain text from the reference and (modified) CC-BY-4.0 text from references

External links

 Pugh P. J. A. & Scott B. (2002). "Biodiversity and biogeography of non-marine Mollusca on the islands of the Southern Ocean". Journal of Natural History 36(8): 927-952. .
 Pugh P. J. A. & Smith R. I. L. (2011). "Notodiscus (Charopidae) on South Georgia: some implications of shell size, shell shape, and site isolation in a singular sub-Antarctic land snail". Antarctic Science 23(5): 442-448. .
 photo of the snail
 photo of the shell

Charopidae
Gastropods described in 1854


title: 2014 Carolina RailHawks FC season

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The 2014 Carolina RailHawks season was the club's eighth season of existence, and their fourth consecutive season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid.

The season followed the Spring/Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 12 and lasting for 9 games until June 8, while the Fall season would begin the night before the 2014 World Cup Final on July 12 and lasted 18 games until November 1. The winner of the Spring championship would again host the 2014 Soccer Bowl.

Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Pre-season

Exhibitions

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season lasted for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule featured a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time. Half the teams would host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams would play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Standings

Results

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season lasted for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1. The schedule featured a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road. The winner of the Fall season played the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team would be their opponent.

Standings

Results

Results by round

Match reports

U.S. Open Cup

The RailHawks will compete in the 2014 edition of the Open Cup.

References

North Carolina FC seasons
Carolina Railhawks Football Club
2014 in sports in North Carolina


title: 2014 San Antonio Scorpions season

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The 2014 San Antonio Scorpions FC season is the club's third season of existence, and its third consecutive season in the North American Soccer League, the second division of the American soccer pyramid. Including the San Antonio Thunder soccer franchise of the original NASL, this was the 5th season of professional soccer in San Antonio.

Competitions

Pre-season

deeproot Funds Cup

International Friendlies

NASL Spring Season

The spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8. The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time. Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games. The winner of the spring Season will automatically qualify for the 2014 NASL Playoffs (The Championship).

Standings

Results

Results by round

Matches
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC−05) unless shown otherwise

Awards

Mid-season friendlies

NASL Fall Season

The fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1.  The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road. The winner of the fall season will automatically qualify for the 2014 NASL Playoffs (The Championship).

Standings

Results

Results by round

Matches
Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC−05) unless shown otherwise

Awards

NASL Playoffs
Soccer Bowl 2014 will be contested by the winners of the spring and fall seasons hosting the next best two teams in the full year regular season table. The half-season champions will earn the #1 & #2 seeds, with the higher seed going to the team with the better full-season record. The two next-best teams will earn the #3 & #4 seeds. In the event that the same team wins both half-season championships, they will be the #1 seed, with seeds 2-4 going to the three next-best full-season teams. The #1 seed will host the #4 seed and the #2 seed will host the #3 seed in the semi-finals. The winners will meet in the Championship game (Soccer Bowl 2014), hosted by the team with the higher seed.

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup

References

San Antonio Scorpions seasons
San Antonio Scorpions Football Club
2014 in sports in Texas


title: Francisca Cualladó Baixauli

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Francisca Cualladó Baixauli (December 3, 1890 - September 19, 1936) was a Spanish Catholic seamstress born in Molino de San Isidro, ward of Ruzafa, Valencia, who was executed by firing squad at the Torre Espioca of Benifaió in 1936, during the Spanish Civil War. She was considered a martyr by the Catholic Church, and beatified by Pope John Paul II on 11 March 2001.  Her feast day is celebrated on September 19.

References

 Cebellán, Vicent Gabarda (1996). La represión en la retaguardia republicana: País Valenciano, 1936-1939. Vol. 18 de Arxius i documents. Edicions Alfons el Magnànim, Institució Valenciana d'Estudis i Investigació, p. 374.

1890 births
1936 deaths
People from Valencia
Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
People executed by Spain by firing squad
Spanish beatified people


title: Speaking in Drums

text:
Speaking in Drums is the third and to date final solo studio album by American rock musician Joe Vitale. The album is a collection of eleven songs written and performed by Joe Vitale, his wife Susie Vitale, and his son Joe Vitale, Jr. among other guests.

The album's sound was inspired by music from his favorite legendary artists such as the Beach Boys, the Who, Phil Collins, Led Zeppelin, and the Beatles.

Track listing

References

External links
http://www.allmusic.com/album/speaking-in-drums-mw0001725335

2008 albums
Joe Vitale (musician) albums


title: 2014 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season

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The 2014 Fort Lauderdale Strikers season was the team's ninth season overall, and fourth in the North American Soccer League (NASL).

The season followed the Spring / Fall format adopted by the NASL in 2013 with the Spring season starting on April 12 and lasting for 9 games until June 8, while the Fall season began the night before the 2014 World Cup Final on July 12 and lasted November 1, for 18 games total. The winner of the Spring championship again hosted the 2014 Soccer Bowl.

Club

Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Pre-season

Exhibitions

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season will last for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8.  The schedule will feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.  Half the teams will host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams will play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Standings

Results

Results by round

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1.  The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.  The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.

Standings

Results

Results by round

Match reports

U.S. Open Cup

The Strikers exited the 2014 Open Cup in the Third Round after an upset loss to the Premier Development League's Laredo Heat.

Stats

Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

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|FW
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|Fafà Picault
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|FW
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|Marius Ebbers
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|2
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|20
|MF
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|Mark Anderson
|2
|0
|2
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|14
|MF
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|James Marcelin
|1
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|1
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|MF
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|Walter Ramirez
|1
|0
|1
|-
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|23
|2
|25

References

Fort Lauderdale Strikers seasons
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Fort Lauderdale Strikers


title: Whitesville School

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Whitesville School, also known as Sherman District Junior High School, Whitesville Junior High School, and Whitesville Elementary School, is a historic school building located at Whitesville, Boone County, West Virginia. It was built in 1931, and is a two-story, blonde brick Art Deco style building. It sits on a raised basement and has an original two-story gymnasium/auditorium addition in the rear.  It features two entrance areas that extend from the main elevation and upward through the roofline in a "tower" formation.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

References

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Art Deco architecture in West Virginia
School buildings completed in 1931
National Register of Historic Places in Boone County, West Virginia


title: 2014 FC Edmonton season

text:
The 2014 FC Edmonton season was the club's fourth season in North American Soccer League, the second division of the Canadian soccer pyramid.

Background

Review

Competitions

Pre-season and Exhibitions

Pre-season

Exhibitions

NASL Spring Season

The Spring season lasted for 9 games beginning on April 12 and ending on June 8.  The schedule would feature a single round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league a single time.  Half the teams would host 5 home games and play 4 road games whereas the other half of the teams would play 4 home games and 5 road games.

Standings

Results

Results by round

All times listed using Mountain Time Zone.

Match reports

NASL Fall Season

The Fall season will last for 18 games beginning on July 12 and ending on November 1.  The schedule will feature a double round robin format with each team playing every other team in the league twice, one at home and one on the road.  The winner of the Fall season will play the winner of the Spring season in the Soccer Bowl 2014 Championship game except if the Spring and Fall Champions are the same team in which case the team with the best overall Spring and Fall record behind that team will be their opponent.

Standings

Results

Results by round

Match reports

Canadian Championship

Preliminary round

Semifinals

Player details
List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

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Transfers

In

Out

References

FC Edmonton seasons
Edmonton
Fc Edmonton
2014 in Alberta


title: Royal Danish Yacht Club

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Royal Danish Yacht Club (; shortened KDY) is a Danish yacht club in Copenhagen that was established 1866 under the name Dansk Forening for Lystsejlads. It is the oldest yacht club in Denmark, and has been under royal patronage since Christian IX's approval in 1891. It has about 2,200 members. The club house has been situated in Tuborg Havn since 2007.

History

The Royal Danish Yacht Club was originally based in the Langelinie Pavilion in Copenhagen. The building was destroyed by schalburgtage during World War II. The club has later moved to their new purpose-built headquarters in Tuborg Haven.

References

Royal yacht clubs


title: Gemaco

text:
Gemaco is a manufacturer of playing cards, casino chips and table layouts for casinos. The company is based in Blue Springs, Missouri. In 2014, it was acquired by Gaming Partners International, which has since been purchased by Angel Playing Cards of Kyoto, Japan.

In 2012, poker player Phil Ivey won $9.6 million playing baccarat at the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Borgata alleged that Ivey cheated using a scheme known as edge sorting. Claiming manufacturing defects, Borgata filed a lawsuit against Gemaco to cover the losses. In 2018, the ruling judge has cleared the company of accountability and put the emphasis on the players instead. Many casinos use cards with a border to stop people from being able to do this.

In 2012, Golden Nugget Atlantic City filed a lawsuit against Gemaco after a shipment of unshuffled decks led to 14 players winning a combined total of $1.5 million in Mini-Baccarat at the casino.

References

Playing card manufacturers
Manufacturing companies based in Kansas City, Missouri


title: Marit Ruth

text:
Marit Sundin (née Marit Ruth; born in 1973) is a Swedish former Paralympic sit-skier and gold medalist in the 1992 Winter Paralympics. She created a company to build her own design of a two-wheeled wheelchair based on a Segway.

Skiing career
Ruth was born in Hedemora Municipality in 1973. She had both her legs amputated at the age of three due to an accident with a lorry. At the age of 12, she decided that she wanted to ski and contacted Ecke Lindgren, who constructed a sit-ski for her.

She achieved a major success at the 1990 World Championships where she took all five gold medals at Winter Park in Colorado. After this win, a charity was set up in her name to support athletes from her municipality.

At the 1992 Winter Paralympics she took a gold medal at Albertville in the Giant Slalom; her time of 2:36:78 beat Shannon Bloedel and Candace Cable of the US. Ruth then hurt her back and did no further events. She subsequently retired from competitive skiing.

Wheelchair development
Ruth, who took the name of Marit Sundin, lived in Åre and had to rely on her car for transport, particularly for skiing as there was no good snow locally. Sundin experimented with Segways. She ordered a type of Segway that allowed the rider to sit. However this design depended on the transfer of weight to slow down and Sundin could not achieve this, so the device was difficult to stop. She devised a new, Segway-based chair in which the chair is mounted on rails. This new design allows the rider to rapidly transfer their weight and therefore control the vehicle.

Sundin started a company in 2011 to market her idea for the Segway-based vehicle. The new company is called AddMovement and she is the CEO.

References

External links
 Marit Ruth demonstrating her Segway-based invention on snow

Paralympic gold medalists for Sweden
Alpine skiers at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
People from Hedemora Municipality
Sit-skiers
1973 births
Living people
Medalists at the 1992 Winter Paralympics
Swedish female alpine skiers
Paralympic medalists in alpine skiing
Paralympic alpine skiers for Sweden
Sportspeople from Dalarna County


title: Hey Love (Quadron song)

text:
"Hey Love" is a song written, produced and performed by Danish duo Quadron. It was issued as the lead single off their album Avalanche. It peaked number eight on the Danish Singles Chart, and was also certified gold in Denmark. The song also did well critically. The music video premiered in April 2013.

Production and composition
"Hey Love" was written by Ali Tamposi, Fraser T. Smith and Quadron, and produced by Smith and duo member Robin Hannibal. It is the only track on Quadron that was made with an outside producer, who was Smith, because the group wanted to create a different-sounding song from the other tracks on the album. According to Coco, "Hey Love" was inspired by Nina Simone's “See Line Woman”. The track was recorded at Westlake Recording Studios in Los Angeles. Smith performed the piano, additional drums and percussion, while Hannibal played all the other instruments. It was engineered by Andrew Schwartz, Chris "Tek" O'Ryan, Kuk Harrell, Marcos Tovar and Steven Valenzuela, with Harrell handling production of Coco O's vocals. Manny Marroquin mixed the track with assistance from Chris Galland, Delbert Bowers and Robin Hannibal, and, finally, Manny Marroquin mastered it.

Release and reception
"Hey Love" was first released for online streaming on 14 February 2013. It was later released to digital music retailers in Europe, Latin America, Mexico and Singapore on 1 March. It was issued as the lead single off Quadron's second album Quadron, where it was listed as the third track. A remix EP featuring remixes of the song by Classixx, Ryan Hemsworth, Sinden (DJ), Branko and Balistiq, was issued on 1 November. The single debuted at number 40 on the Danish Singles Chart, reaching the number eight spot and lasting on the chart for 26 weeks, and was certified gold by IFPI Denmark. It was the 32nd best-selling song of 2013 in Denmark.

Critics were favorable towards "Hey Love". Pitchfork Media writer Jamieson Cox said the song was "a display of both vocal power and chemistry, the perfect timing appropriate for a pair with years of experience together." Will Hermes of Rolling Stone said it "splits the difference between Adele and Amy Winehouse", and proved "Coco is far more than a hook queen."

Music videos
"Hey Love"'s music video was filmed in Lakewood, Los Angeles. It premiered on 8 April 2013.

Live performances
Quadron performed an acoustic version of "Hey Love" for the magazine Elle in May 2013. On 4 June, when Avalanche was released, the group were interviewed about the album at Billboard Studios, and performed "Hey Love" along with another song from the album, "Favorite Star".

In other media
"Hey Love" was played in a season finale of the TV series Mob Wives. Anthony Jasmin performed "Hey Love" as their second song during the semi-final of the seventh season of the Danish version of X FactorHey Love also features in "Greys Anatomy" - season 9, episode 18.

Track listing
Digital download
"Hey Love" – 3:22
Remix EP
"Hey Love (Classixx Remix)" – 4:26
"Hey Love (Ryan Hemsworth Remix)" – 3:31
"Hey Love (Sinden Remix)" – 6:22
"Hey Love (Branko Remix)" – 4:22
"Hey Love (Balistiq Remix)" – 5:15

Chart positions

Weekly

Year-end

Certifications

Release history

References

2013 singles
2013 songs
Songs written by Fraser T. Smith
Song recordings produced by Fraser T. Smith
Songs written by Ali Tamposi
Songs written by Robin Hannibal


title: Love Songs (Tina Turner album)

text:
Love Songs is a compilation album by American singer Tina Turner, released on February 3, 2014, by Parlophone. The album is a collection of eighteen of Turner's greatest love songs, and spans more than three decades.

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 compilation albums
Parlophone compilation albums
Tina Turner compilation albums


title: Baie Verte (Northumberland Strait)

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Baie Verte is a  Canadian bay located on the north shore of Nova Scotia and eastern shore of New Brunswick. It is a sub-basin of the Northumberland Strait.

Description
Baie Verte is one of the larger bays of the Northumberland Strait with its northerly limits at Cape Tormentine, a headland located immediately south of the community of Cape Tormentine, and its southerly limits at Aggermore Point, a headland located west of the community of Amherst Shore. It opens directly north and east onto the Northumberland Strait while its northern shore is formed by New Brunswick and its southern shore is formed by Nova Scotia.

Islands
The only island of note is Ephraim Island, located in Upper Cape, New Brunswick.

Marine and wildlife
Baie Verte is home to nesting colonies of sea birds and is a nursery area for fin and shell fishes. Its extensive salt marshes at the western end of the bay create important habitat for wetland animals.

Recreation
The bay supports several recreational areas, primarily at Amherst Shore Provincial Park, Tidnish Dock Provincial Park, and Fort Gaspareaux National Historic Site of Canada.

Communities
The rural community of Strait Shores is the largest population centre directly fronting the bay. The following communities are located along the bay's shoreline from north to south:

New Brunswick
 Cape Tormentine
 Cape Spear
 Upper Cape
 Bayside
 Timber River
 Strait Shores
 Baie Verte

Nova Scotia
 Tidnish Bridge
 Tidnish Cross Roads
 Lorneville
 Amherst Shore

References

Bays of New Brunswick
Bays of Nova Scotia
Landforms of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Landforms of Westmorland County, New Brunswick


title: Camille Torrend

text:
Camille Torrend (1875-1961) was a Portuguese clergyman and mycologist. He was active in France, Portugal, Ireland and Brazil. He was a professor of botany and phytopathology at the Imperial Agricultural School of Bahia.

Torrend described the fungi genera of; Amauroderma aurantiacum, Adustomyces, and Lignosus.
The fungal genera of Torrendia (the family Amanitaceae) and Torrendiella (in the family Sclerotiniaceae) were both named after him.

Works
 1908. Les myxomycètes. Étude des espèces connues jusqu’ici. Broteria 7: 5–177, tab., fig.
 1909. Notes de mycologie Portugaise. Résultats d’une excursion à la propriété royale de Villa Viçosa. Boletim de Sociedade Portuquesa de Ciencias Naturais 3: 3-7
 1912. Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa). Brotéria Ser. Botânica 10: 192-210
 1913. Troisième contribution pour l’étude des champignons de l’île de Madère. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 9: 65-181
 1913. Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa) [cont.]. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 11: 20-64
 1913. Les Basidiomycetes des environs de Lisbonne et de la région de S. Fiel (Beira Baixa) [concl.]. Brotéria Ser. Botânica 11: 54-98
 1940. As poliporaceas da Bahia e Estados limítrofes. Anales de la Reunión Sul-Amer. Bot. 1938 2: 325-341

Honors
 El Herbario del Departamento de Micología, from Universidad Federal de Pernambuco
Genus of fungi
 Torrendia (1902),
 Torrendiella (1911),
Species of plants
 (Malvaceae) Bakeridesia torrendii Monteiro
 (Melastomataceae) Microlicia torrendii Brade

References

Portuguese mycologists
Portuguese biologists
1875 births
1961 deaths


title: Hanuman Stuti

text:
Hanumaan Stuti is a 17th-century shorter version of praise to the Indian God Hanumaan.

It was constructed by Samarth Ramdas in the original Marathi language.
It generally follows the Maruti Stotra sung by pious Marathi people every day.

Maharudra Avataar Haa Suryawanshi |
Anadinaath Purna Tarawayasi ||
Asaa Chaitri Paurnimechaa Janma Jhalaa |
Namaskaar Maajhaa Tayaa Maarutilaa ||1||

Tanu Shivshakti Ase Purvajanche |
Kiti Bhagya Varnu Tayaa Anjaniche ||
Tichyaa Bhakti laagi Asaa Janma Jhalaa |
Namaskaar Maajhaa Tayaa Maarutilaa ||2||

Gilayasi jaataa taya Bhaskarasi |
Tithe Rahu to yeuni tyajpashi ||
Taya Chandakirnaa maritaa to palalaa |
Namaskaar Maajhaa Tayaa Maarutilaa ||3||

Kharaa Brahmachaari manate vichari |
Mhanoni taya bhetalaa Ravanari ||
Dayasagaru bhaktine gauravilaa |
Namaskaar Maajhaa Tayaa Maarutilaa ||4||

Sumitrasutaa lagali Shakti jevha |
Dhari roop akraalvikraal tevha ||
Giri anuni shighra to uthavilaa |
Namaskaar Maajhaa Tayaa Maarutilaa ||5||

Jagi Bheem to Maruti Brahmachari |
Samastanpudhe tapasi nirvikaari ||
Namu javayaa lagi re mokshapanthaa |
Namaskaar Maajhaa Tumhaa Hanumantaa||6||

Jai Jai Raghuvir Samarth||

Hindu devotional texts
Marathi-language literature
Cultural history of Maharashtra
Vaishnavism
17th-century poems
Hymns


title: Rippon Tor Rifle Range

text:
Rippon Tor Rifle Range is a disused rifle range from World War II on Dartmoor, Devon, England. The range is situated southeast of the 473 m high Rippon Tor, near the village Widecombe-in-the-Moor, and close to the road between Halshanger and Cold East Cross.

History

The outbreak of World War II in 1939 resulted in much of Dartmoor being used for military training, particularly artillery firing. As part of the training facilities, a new rifle range was built near Rippon Tor in 1942.

In 1948, the government confirmed the range would remain open for the use of local units of the Territorial Army. Dartmoor was granted National Park status in 1951 and its managing authority spent years campaigning for military training in Dartmoor to be transferred elsewhere. The authority considered the range at Rippon Tor to be dangerous to nearby walkers.

The range was closed in 1977 as an implementation of the recommendations of the Nugent Committee. The committee was formed in 1971 to consider military landholdings in respect of training requirements and the public animosity surrounding the use of sites in areas like Dartmoor. The committee's recommendations were made in 1973, which, including the release of some land at Okehampton and the range at Rippon Tor, aimed to reach "the best possible compromise between the Army's training requirements and the national park's amenity requirements".

Although some called for the range's demolition after its closure, including the Dartmoor Preservation Association, the landowner decided to retain it as a piece of wartime archaeology. At the time, the cost of demolition was expected to be "tremendous", and the use of lead in the core of the range's construction was an environmental concern if demolition were to be carried out.

Design

The range has a north-south alignment and spans an approximate distance of 600 metres in length and 80 metres in width. The range's stop butt is built of brick, and is approximately 55 metres long, 15.5 metres wide and 9.2 metres high. It is supported by nineteen buttresses on the north side and six buttresses each on the east and west sides. The back stop (the receiving end) is infilled with earth, gravel and sand to form a sloping bank southwards. On the opposite side of the butt is the markers' gallery, which is a earth-covered structure of concrete and brick. It retains the mechanism that once raised and lowered its twelve Hythe pattern target frames. Adjoining it on the east side is the former target store and workshop. There are six earthwork firing points which are set approximately 91.5 metres apart to the east.

To the south-west, at the entrance to the range site, is the former concrete troop shelter, toilet block, possible vehicle park and service road. A likely pumping station for the range, next to the road between Cold East Cross and Halshanger Cross, was noted in a survey of the site in 2010. The remains of a water storage structure, located close to the butts, contains four galvanised storage tanks. The fencing along the boundary of the range has been removed, but the posts remain.

References

Gallery

Shooting ranges in the United Kingdom
Dartmoor
Buildings and structures completed in 1942
Rifle ranges


title: Gamma Eta

text:
Gamma Eta () is the first social sorority to be founded in the State of Florida. Eighteen women came together to create the sorority at the University of Florida in Gainesville on October 18, 1995. Gamma Eta was chartered and incorporated on August 2, 1999.

Gamma Eta is composed of college-educated women of diverse cultural backgrounds, including Caucasian, Hispanic, African, Asian, Middle Eastern (West Asia), and Indian.

Gamma Eta is a part of the National Multicultural Greek Council.

History

Founding

In the years leading up to 1995, there were many questions regarding the role of the Latino community at the University of Florida. There was a low retention rate for Latino students and a large cultural disconnect at the University of Florida campus. In direct response to those issues, the Founding Mothers led the efforts to create Gamma Eta for women of diverse backgrounds to provide a social and academic support system.

Gamma Eta Society
First known as Gamma Eta Society, the founding mothers faced numerous barriers in becoming formally recognized as an official sorority. Despite these obstacles, the founders initiated the first Founding Class in the Spring of 1996. A few months after Gamma Eta's incorporation, the sorority was admitted to the local Multicultural Greek Council as an Associate Member on November 22, 1999.

Pillars of success
 Sisterhood
 Strength
 Unity
 Diversity
 Scholarship
 Leadership
 Service

Chapters
Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters noted in italics.

Undergraduate chapters

Alumnae chapters
 Alpha Chi Alpha – Greater Miami
 Alpha Chi Beta – North Florida
 Alpha Chi Gamma – Orlando
 Alpha Chi Delta – Northwest Arkansas
 Alpha Chi Epsilon – Washington, D.C.
 Alpha Chi Zeta – Gainesville

Philanthropy
Gamma Eta's national philanthropy is breast cancer awareness in official partnership with the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Individual chapters at the collegiate and alumnae levels also support a secondary philanthropy.

References

External links
 Gamma Eta Sorority, Inc. National Website

Student societies in the United States
1995 establishments in Florida
National Multicultural Greek Council
Student organizations established in 1995


title: Stronger than the Storm

text:
Stronger than the Storm was an advertising campaign to promote tourism in New Jersey in 2013. It portrayed the state as being resilient and having recovered from the impact and aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, which had caused severe damage in Autumn 2012. The media blitz included billboards, radio spots, and television commercials featuring the Jersey Shore and including appearances by the Governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, and his wife and children. The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provided funding for the promotional campaign. The awarding of the contract to marketing firm MWW and the propriety of Christie's use of the ads during a re-election campaign has drawn media and governmental scrutiny. In January 2014, HUD initiated an audit of the expenditure. The audit is one of two simultaneous federal inquiries begun in 2014 involving the Chris Christie administration use of federal funds provided by the Hurricane Sandy relief bill.

Sandy funding and bids
Hurricane Sandy, which had landfall on October 29, 2012, caused a 13-foot tidal surge that inundated many coastal communities on the Jersey Shore, the Hudson Waterfront, and the New Jersey Meadowlands. As part of recovery funding, New Jersey received a waiver from HUD to use $25 million for advertising to promote tourism in the state the following season. The campaign was administered by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, directed by Michelle A. Brown, which was responsible for the distribution of Sandy relief funds. Of four bidders, two were invited to do presentations to the board on March 15, 2013. The contract was awarded to the marketing firm MWW, based in East Rutherford.

Production and release of TV ads
MWW's plan included six TV and radio spots, billboards (at Times Square and the Lincoln Tunnel, among other locations) a social media blitz, and an advertising jingle. The campaign targeted markets in New Jersey, New York City, New York State, Philadelphia and other parts of Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Washington, and eastern Canada.

MWW engaged a sub-contractor, Brushfire, Inc. to produce the TV commercials. Brushfire wrote the lyrics for the Stronger than the Storm theme song. Songwriter Brian Jones of Bang composed the music. The jingle for the 30-second television commercial was later turned into a full-length single.

The official roll-out of the "Stronger than the Storm" campaign coincided with the May 24, 2013 broadcast of the "Today Show" live from Seaside Heights, with Christie as co-host. During the show, NBC cameras cut to Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno and local officials cutting a blue ribbon stretched along the shoreline. The ads ran until September 1.

Criticism of contract and Christie appearance
In April 2013, a bill was introduced into the New Jersey Assembly that would "prohibit the Governor or the Lieutenant Governor from appearing in certain announcements and federal or State-funded advertisements during gubernatorial election year." In May 2013, before the release of the commercials, Democrats in Assembly again questioned the use of the funds and the propriety of featuring the Christie family.

On August 4, 2013 the Asbury Park Press published an article that identified fees to be paid for employee compensation for MWW at $4.7 million, $2.2 million more than the other bidder. It also noted that the panel that made the decision to hire MWW was led by Brown, who had once borrowed $46,000 from Christie. On August 6, the paper reported that the firm had recently hired the former executive director of the Burlington County Republican Committee, Rich Levesque, who was noted as having "strong relationships over the years with many of Governor Christie's closest advisors as well as many of his cabinet appointees".

On August 8, Frank Pallone, the U.S. representative for , wrote a letter to HUD requesting an inquiry into the potential misuse of disaster aid for political gain. Pallone said he thought Christie's Sandy ad campaign "smelled" and called for investigation to dispel any appearance of impropriety, drawing attention to the $2.2 million difference between the accepted bid and the next most expensive bid, which included no plans to include the governor in the ads. Barbara Buono, State Senator from the 18th Legislative District and Christie's opponent in the 2013 gubernatorial election, called the ads an abuse of the funds.

In a hearing on Sandy relief funds before the United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky) said, "In New Jersey, $25 million was spent on ads that included somebody running for political office", and asked, "Do ya' think there might be a conflict of interest of there?"

In March 2014, The New Republic reported that documents requested in regard to the contract award decision were redacted to conceal committee members. Also in March 2014, Christie claimed that the uptick in tourism in 2013 was evidence that the campaign was successful. It was also announced the MWW would produce the 2014 season ads, without a new bidding process, and that Christie would not appear in the campaign called Going Strong.

HUD audit
On January 14, 2014, HUD announced that it would review the expenditure. A press release stated that it is "an audit and not an investigation of the procurement process". The audit is based on irregularities with billing and adherence to the contract pricing, as determined by the federal government. MWW, in a press release, stated that it welcomed the review and that it had not presented the idea of Christie appearing in ads until after the contract was awarded. It said it was confident that it had followed correct billing procedures.

The federal audit released on September 3, 2014, did not find fault with the appearance of the governor and his family in the ad, but instead found fault with the mechanics of awarding the contract, specifically that key procurement requirements had not been met.

Hoboken Sandy relief fund investigation
Several days after the HUD announcement, on January 18, 2014, Mayor of Hoboken Dawn Zimmer, appearing on MSNBC, claimed that Lt Governor Kim Guadagno  and Richard Constable, director of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, had earlier insinuated to her that more Sandy relief funds would be released to the city if it approved a project in its northwest quadrant. On February 22, the Federal Bureau of Investigation interviewed members of the city's government and potential witnesses, who were instructed to preserve any evidence they might possess. They were also asked by the office of United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Paul Fishman, to not discuss the matter publicly. On January 31, the city acknowledged that it had received subpoenas from that office.

See also
 Effects of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey
 2013 Seaside Park, New Jersey fire
 Governorship of Chris Christie
 Fort Lee lane closure scandal

References

External links
 Stronger than the Storm website
 YouTube: New Jersey: Stronger than the Storm (commercial)
 SoundCloud: "Stronger Than The Storm" 3:11 (song)

Advertising campaigns
New Jersey culture
Jersey Shore
Mass media in New Jersey
United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Hurricane Sandy
Chris Christie
2013 in New Jersey
American advertising slogans
2013 neologisms


title: Pink lights

text:
Pink Lights a recognized anti-loitering technique from the UK that deters youths from loitering around public building by highlighting acne and skin blemishes with pink light. Since 2012, some towns in the UK have installed pink lighting around shops, and other areas where teenagers are seen as undesirable.

See also
 The Mosquito

References

Crime prevention
Youth rights


title: Marcia Frederick

text:
Marcia Frederick (born January 4, 1963, in Springfield, Massachusetts) is a retired American gymnast who was the first American woman to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships, on the uneven bars in Strasbourg, France, in 1978. After qualifying for the 1980 US Olympic team, she was among the favorites to win a medal in Moscow but did not compete because of the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics led by the United States. At the USGF International Invitational held in August 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut, for countries affected by the boycott, Frederick won the silver medal in the all-around competition, the gold on vault and bronze on uneven bars and balance beam. Years later, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.

Eponymous skill
Frederick has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.

References

1963 births
American female artistic gymnasts
World champion gymnasts
Living people
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
21st-century American women
20th-century American women


title: Cecilia Mujica

text:
Cecilia Mujica (died 1813), nicknamed as The Martyr of Freedom, is a Venezuelan heroine noted for her support for the country's independence and her work with the independence forces. Born in San Felipe, she was the daughter of the loyalist, Martín de Mújica who had been a victim of the earthquake of 1812. After a death decree was issued by Simon Bolívar in 1813, she was executed by firing squad during the Venezuelan War of Independence by Spanish forces in Los Zunzunes, Yaracuy.

References

1813 deaths
People from San Felipe, Venezuela
People executed by Spain by firing squad
Women in the Venezuelan War of Independence
Year of birth missing
Executed Venezuelan people


title: Herewald Davies

text:
Herewald Ramsbotham Davies, OBE (1879-1957)   was Archdeacon of Tobago from 1932 until 1946.

Davies was born in Nutley, East Sussex, educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury and ordained in 1905. After curacies in Port of Spain and  Scarborough, Tobago he was the incumbent at Caroni then Rural Dean of Tobago  until his Archdeacon’s appointment.

References

1879 births
1957 deaths
People from Wealden District
Alumni of St Augustine's College, Canterbury
Archdeacons of Tobago
Officers of the Order of the British Empire


title: Víctor Pablo Pérez

text:
Víctor Pablo Pérez (born 1954, Burgos) is a Spanish conductor known for specializing in zarzuelas.

He was principal conductor and artistic director of the Symphony Orchestra of Asturias 1980-1988, and then of the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife.

Discography
Francisco Barbieri: El barberillo de Lavapiés
Gonzalo Roig: :es:Cecilia Valdés

References

External links
Biography

1954 births
Living people
Spanish conductors (music)
Male conductors (music)
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century male musicians
Spanish male musicians


title: 2014 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships – Doubles

text:
James Blake and Jack Sock were the defending champions, but Blake did not participate was due to his retirement from professional tennis.  Sock played alongside Ryan Harrison, but lost to Bob and Mike Bryan in the semifinals.
The Bryan brothers went on to win the title, defeating František Čermák and Mikhail Elgin in the final, 6–2, 6–3.

Seeds

Draw

Draw

External links
 Main draw

Delray Beach International Tennis Championships - Doubles
2014 Doubles
2014 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships


title: Order-7 dodecahedral honeycomb

text:
In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-7 dodecahedral honeycomb a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb).

Geometry
With Schläfli symbol {5,3,7}, it has seven dodecahedra {5,3} around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many dodecahedra existing around each vertex in an order-7 triangular tiling vertex arrangement.

Related polytopes and honeycombs
It a part of a sequence of regular polytopes and honeycombs with dodecahedral cells, {5,3,p}.

It a part of a sequence of honeycombs {5,p,7}.

It a part of a sequence of honeycombs {p,3,7}.

Order-8 dodecahedral honeycomb

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the order-8 dodecahedral honeycomb a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). With Schläfli symbol {5,3,8}, it has eight dodecahedra {5,3} around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many dodecahedra existing around each vertex in an order-8 triangular tiling vertex arrangement.

It has a second construction as a uniform honeycomb, Schläfli symbol {5,(3,4,3)}, Coxeter diagram, , with alternating types or colors of dodecahedral cells.

Infinite-order dodecahedral honeycomb

In the geometry of hyperbolic 3-space, the infinite-order dodecahedral honeycomb a regular space-filling tessellation (or honeycomb). With Schläfli symbol {5,3,∞}. It has infinitely many dodecahedra {5,3} around each edge. All vertices are ultra-ideal (existing beyond the ideal boundary) with infinitely many dodecahedra existing around each vertex in an infinite-order triangular tiling vertex arrangement.

It has a second construction as a uniform honeycomb, Schläfli symbol {5,(3,∞,3)}, Coxeter diagram, , with alternating types or colors of dodecahedral cells.

See also
 Convex uniform honeycombs in hyperbolic space
 List of regular polytopes
 Infinite-order hexagonal tiling honeycomb

References

Coxeter, Regular Polytopes, 3rd. ed., Dover Publications, 1973. . (Tables I and II: Regular polytopes and honeycombs, pp. 294–296)
 The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (1999), Dover Publications, ,  (Chapter 10, Regular Honeycombs in Hyperbolic Space) Table III
 Jeffrey R. Weeks The Shape of Space, 2nd edition  (Chapters 16–17: Geometries on Three-manifolds I,II)
 George Maxwell, Sphere Packings and Hyperbolic Reflection Groups, JOURNAL OF ALGEBRA 79,78-97 (1982)
 Hao Chen, Jean-Philippe Labbé, Lorentzian Coxeter groups and Boyd-Maxwell ball packings, (2013)
 Visualizing Hyperbolic Honeycombs arXiv:1511.02851 Roice Nelson, Henry Segerman (2015)

External links
John Baez, Visual insights: {7,3,3} Honeycomb (2014/08/01) {7,3,3} Honeycomb Meets Plane at Infinity (2014/08/14)
 Danny Calegari, Kleinian, a tool for visualizing Kleinian groups, Geometry and the Imagination 4 March 2014.
 {5,3,∞} Honeycomb in H^3 YouTube rotation of Poincare sphere

Honeycombs (geometry)
Infinite-order tilings


title: New New York (Glee)

text:
"New New York" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American musical television series Glee, and the 102nd episode overall. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 1, 2014. Effective with this episode, the action of the show is to be centered in New York City, and continue there for the remainder of the season.

Plot
Life in New York City has its own challenges for the newly transplanted McKinley graduates and already established glee club members, now that some months have passed. Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) is a leading lady on Broadway with all that entails, Kurt Hummel (Chris Colfer) is now rooming with both fiancé Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss) and Sam Evans (Chord Overstreet), and film school student Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) has trouble getting places in his wheelchair. Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley) is another arrival in the city; she is looking to record a new album.

Production
With this episode, the show shifts to New York City, where the action will be centered for the remainder of the fifth season, and resumes chronologically after "a few months" have passed since the two-part episode that featured the end of the school year and the glee club's demise. This episode features the smallest number of main cast members present: Michele (Rachel), Colfer (Kurt), McHale (Artie), Criss (Blaine) and Overstreet (Sam). The rest of the season 5 main cast are credited but do not appear.

Recurring characters appearing in this episode include aspiring singer Mercedes Jones (Amber Riley), NYU student and Kurt's band member Elliott "Starchild" Gilbert (Adam Lambert), and Funny Girl producer Sidney Greene (Michael Lerner).

Six songs from the episode are being released on a six-track EP with the same title as the episode. These include: Petula Clark's "Downtown", sung by Michele, Colfer, Criss, McHale and Overstreet; Frank Sinatra's "You Make Me Feel So Young", sung by Criss and Colfer; "Best Day of My Life" by the American Authors, sung by Criss and Overstreet; Petula Clark's "Don't Sleep in the Subway", sung by Michele and McHale; "People" from Funny Girl, sung by Michele; and "Rockstar" by A Great Big World, sung by Lambert and Colfer.

Reception

Ratings
The episode was watched by 2.59 million American viewers, and received an 18-49 rating/share of 0.9/3, matching series low ratings with "Puppet Master" and "City of Angels." The show placed fourth in its timeslot and thirteenth for the night.

Critical reception
The episode received critical acclaim from critics. Rae Votta of Billboard called the episode "hands-down the best episode of “Glee” to date. There's barely any contest. Season 1 purists will hold up the Pilot as an ideal episode, and you admittedly couldn't get to here without those inventive and inspiring beginnings, but that's just building blocks and not substance. After  years “Glee” has evolved from a plucky magical reality about high school underdogs to a group of friends living out their ambitions in New York City, and it finally feels right. Kurt and Rachel's New York of the last year-and-a-half felt like a fable, but bring some more of McKinley there and it settles into the reality that “Glee’s” always promised."

Suzanne Davis of TV Fanatic gave the episode 3 stars out of 5.

Jodi Walker of Entertainment Weekly commented positively on the show's new change in direction, saying "It really felt like watching a different show tonight. Or maybe more like watching the old show? Before everything got so convoluted; before we watched characters we didn’t really know share airtime with characters we were maybe too familiar with; before things just straight up went off the rails. It didn’t exactly feel like season 1 or 2 of Glee; more like a cousin to that classic version of Glee. A cool New York cousin who plays with lighting and films outside of a sound stage and only listens to old vinyl records of the classics. She also occasionally has one too many glasses of wine and can’t stop speaking in voiceover."

MaryAnn Sleasman of TV.com also commented positively on the show's move in New York, saying that "The result is a show that suddenly feels exciting, fresh, and BIG." She also praised the musical performances, saying that they felt sophisticated and glamorous and fun with their extended dance sequences, toned-down color schemes, and sweeping scenery.

References

External links

2014 American television episodes
Glee (season 5) episodes
Television episodes written by Ryan Murphy (filmmaker)


The 2012–13 Montenegrin First Handball League was seventh season of the Montenegrin First League of Men's Handball, Montenegro's premier handball league.

Participants

The league regularly consists of eight teams, but in the season 2012/13 there was seven participants. In the second part of season, four best clubs participated in the TOP4 league for champion, and the last three played in relegation league.

The following seven clubs participated in the Montenegrin First League 2012/13.

First part

During the first part of the season, all members played 12 games. Four best placed teams - Lovćen, Mojkovac, Budvanska rivijera and Sutjeska continued season in the TOP4 league for champion. Other teams were playing league for relegation.

Table of the first part of the season:

TOP4 / relegation league

At the final phase, RK Lovćen Cetinje defended their champions' title from the last season. Lovćen became second team ever to finish a season without losing a point. (the first team to do it was Budućnost in the season 2009/10)
In the relegation league, most success have RK Ulcinj, which survived in the First league. Other two clubs were relegated to the Second league.

TOP4 League

Relegation League

Summary

 Promotion to the EHF Cup 2013/14: Lovćen Cetinje
 Promotion to the SEHA League 2013/14: Lovćen Cetinje
 Relegation to the Second League 2013/14: Mornar Bar, Berane
 Promotion to the First league 2013/14: Boka Tivat, Danilovgrad

Handball leagues in Montenegro
Hand
Hand
Monte


title: Balinka

text:
Balinka may refer to:

Balinka, Hungary, a village in Fejér County
Balinka, Poland, a village in Podlaskie Voivodeship
Balinka pit, a pit in Mount Pištenik, Croatia
Balinka (river), a river in the Czech Republic, tributary of the Oslava


title: Joseph Kinney Jr.

text:
Joseph Kinney Jr. (January 29, 1799 - May 5, 1875) was an American farmer and politician.

Born in Mount Holly, Vermont, Kinney moved to Genesee County, New York and then to Cattaraugus County, New York. In 1833, Kinney moved to Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Then in 1838, Kinney moved to Racine County, Wisconsin Territory. He then settled in Avon, Wisconsin in 1842. He served in the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 as a Democrat. He served in the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1851 from the town of Lima in Rock County, Wisconsin. Finally he moved to Pepin County, Wisconsin. He died at his daughter's house near Sharon, Wisconsin.

Notes

1799 births
1875 deaths
People from Mount Holly, Vermont
People from Avon, Wisconsin
19th-century American politicians
Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly


title: Mauro Szeta

text:
Mauro Sztajnszrajber (; born 22 March 1973), popularly known as Mauro Szeta, is an Argentine journalist who worked in Todo Noticias and El Trece and now C5N. He currently reports on police events.

Mauro graduated as a senior technician in journalism in 1994. He specializes in investigative journalism both in print media and audiovisual.

In 2007, with Florencia Etcheves and Liliana Caruso, he wrote the book No somos ángeles ("We are not angels") which was published by Editorial Marea.

Since 2013 he is a columnist on Radio 10 police in known as Hola Chiche segment.

References

External links

1973 births
Argentine journalists
Argentine male journalists
Jewish Argentine writers
Living people
Journalists from Buenos Aires


title: No Prejudice

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"No Prejudice" (in Icelandic: Enga fordóma) is a song by Icelandic band Pollapönk. It was chosen to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Denmark. The song was initially performed in Icelandic as Enga fordóma at the Icelandic national final, but was translated into English for Eurovision. The song was co-written by American musician John Grant.

Background
Pollapönk, an Icelandic punk children's band, entered Söngvakeppnin 2014 with the song "Enga fordóma". According to the band, "Enga fordóma" is about a "young person who has the habit of stuttering around others and fears to be mocked or bullied because of [their stutter]." The band also pointed out that the band, the members of which were all white and heterosexual, was important to point out injustices in the world.

In an interview with Eurovision fansite Wiwibloggs, the song was changed to English because "it was necessary that more people could understand what [Pollapönk] are all about."

Release
The song was released on 17 December 2013, on Icelandic television programme Kastljós along with all other songs competing in Söngvakeppnin 2014.

Music video
For live performances of the song in the Icelandic national final Söngvakeppnin and at the Eurovision Song Contest, the group was accompanied on backing vocals by Óttarr Proppé, a Bright Future party politician and member of the Iceland parliament. The music video shows the members of the band using cardboard props to rescue a group of people having a party   that are being held hostage by an evil villain who turns everything black. Pollaponk then uses their instruments to blast the cage holding the party goers open and destroying the villain's weapon.  The bright colors are restored and the villain's black clothes turn brightly colored implying a change of heart. The video ends with everyone dancing and celebrating.

Eurovision Song Contest

Söngvakeppnin 2014
Söngvakeppnin 2014 was the national final format developed by RÚV in order to select Iceland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Ten songs in total competed in Söngvakeppnin 2014 where the winner was determined after two semi-finals and a final. Five songs competed in each semi-final on 1 and 8 February 2014. The top two songs from each semi-final, as determined by public televoting qualified to the final which took place on 15 February 2014. Two wildcard acts were selected by a jury for the final out of the remaining non-qualifying acts from both semi-finals. The winning entry in the final was determined over two rounds of voting: the first to select the top two via 50/50 public televoting and jury voting and the second to determine the winner with 100% televoting. All songs were required to be performed in Icelandic during the semi-final and first round of the final portion of the competition. In the second round of the final, the song was required to be performed in the language that the artist intended to perform in at the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen.

On 3 September 2013, RÚV opened the submission period for interested songwriters to submit their entries until the deadline on 7 October 2014, which was later extended by one week to 14 October 2013. At the close of the submission deadline, 297 entries were received. A selection committee was formed in order to select the top ten entries. The ten competing artists and songs were revealed by the broadcaster during the television programme Kastljós on 17 December 2013.

"Enga fordóma" competed in the second semi-final, and qualified with a public televoting slot.

The final took place on 2 February 2013 where the six entries that qualified from the preceding two semi-finals competed. In the first round of voting, votes from a jury panel (50%) and public televoting (50%) determined the top two entries to advanced to a second round of voting, the superfinal. In the semi-finals and first round of the final, all competing entries were required to be performed in Icelandic; however, entries competing in the superfinal were required to be presented in the language they would compete with in the Eurovision Song Contest. "Enga fordóma" would earn first in the final, earning a spot to move on to the superfinal.

For the superfinal, the band would change the song to English, giving the song new English lyrics and title. The song would win the superfinal, earning the Icelandic spot for the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.

At Eurovision
According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progress to the final. The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into six different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot. On 20 January 2014, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country into one of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show they would perform in. Iceland was placed into the first semi-final, to be held on 6 May 2014, and was scheduled to perform in the first half of the show.

"No Prejudice" would qualify from the first semi-final, earning 61 points, well enough for eighth. Shortly after the first semi-final, a winners' press conference was held for the ten qualifying countries. As part of this press conference, the qualifying artists took part in a draw to determine which half of the grand final they would subsequently participate in. This draw was done in the order the countries were announced during the semi-final. Iceland was drawn to compete in the first half. Following this draw, the shows' producers decided upon the running order of the final, as they had done for the semi-finals. Iceland was subsequently placed to perform in position 4, following the entry from Azerbaijan and before the entry from Norway.

In the final, the song would earn a 15th place finish, earning 58 points.

Charts

See also
 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014

References

2014 songs
Eurovision songs of Iceland
Eurovision songs of 2014
Number-one singles in Iceland
Songs against racism and xenophobia


title: Tortillitas de camarones

text:
Tortillitas de camarones are shrimp fritters from the province of Cádiz in Andalusia, Spain. They are made with a batter of wheat flour, chickpea flour, water, onion (alternatively shallot or scallion), parsley, shrimp, salt and pepper. The batter is then fried on both sides in a pan with plenty of olive oil. Usually it is served with small side dishes.

In Andalusia the shrimp species Palaemon longirostris is typically used, for which camarón is the local name. Because the shrimp are so small it is too difficult to shell them, so they are cooked whole. This specific species of shrimp is hard to come by outside of Andalusia. A different species of shelled shrimp can serve as a substitute, but without Palaemon longirostris the taste of the dish will be different.

The dish originates from either Cádiz or San Fernando, or possibly both. The dish became well known in the nineteenth century, but may have been created as early as the start of the sixteenth century. The Genoese colony present in Cádiz probably contributed to its invention, which might have resulted from the combination of Genoese farinata and Spanish gachuela. In the predecessor of the dish vegetables might have been used instead of shrimp.

References

Andalusian cuisine
Legume dishes
Tapas


title: Back from the Dead (Adler album)

text:
Back from the Dead is the only studio album by Adler, released on November 26, 2012 on New Ocean Media. The album's release was preceded by the single "The One That You Hated", which was released on April 10, 2012 via iTunes. It is the first album that Steven Adler has been completely involved with after he left Guns N' Roses, (not including the two EPs that are only sold through certain internet websites during his previous time with the band Adler's Appetite) and the first full-length album he has played all drum tracks on since Appetite for Destruction. The album was recorded from January 2012 to April 2012 in Los Angeles, California with producer Jeff Pilson and mixed by Jay Ruston.

Track listings
All songs credited to Adler and Jeff Pilson

Personnel
Jacob Bunton - lead vocals, guitar, mandolin and piano
Lonny Paul - guitar, vocals
Steven Adler - drums, cowbell, shakers, tambourine, crowbar, shovel & screams
Johnny Martin - bass, vocals

Additional musicians
Jeff Pilson - bass on all tracks, 6 string guitar, key & vocals
Slash - lead guitar on "Just Don't Ask"
John 5 - Lead guitar on "Good to Be Bad"
Michael Lord - Piano on "Waterfall"

Production personnel
production - Jeff Pilson
engineering - Jeff Pilson
mixing - Jay Ruston
additional recording - Jason Elgin
mastering - Paul Logus

Miscellaneous
Adler frontman Jacob Bunton has said that there were thirteen tracks recorded for the album, though the CD only features eleven tracks.
Both Jacob Bunton and Steven Adler have said, "When you hear this album, you hear everything from Journey, to Foo Fighters, to Guns N' Roses, to Elton John, to Lynyrd Skynyrd". Steven Adler also said "I'm not saying it's gonna be the next Appetite for Destruction, but there hasn't been a hard rock 'n' roll record out there that has feeling and soul and feel to it. I think we've come pretty close".
Jacob Bunton has said "The process of making this record was incredible, our musical influences are all over the place, and this record is a perfect reflection of everything we love about rock n' roll. Steven Adler said "I'm so proud of this record, this is the record I've been wanting to make for over 20 years, and now I've finally found the band with the perfect chemistry to make it happen!"
When Steven Adler was asked if his new album was better than the latest Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy, he remarked "Of course it is".
Steven Adler also said "I haven't been this excited since the early days of GNR, and couldn't be happier with the way the record turned out. It was the record I wanted to make for 25 years, and can't wait for everyone to hear it".
Steven uses Vater sticks, Rockett Drums and Paiste cymbals and Jacob uses Charvel Guitars, Fender Guitars, Bourgeois Guitars, Diezel Amplification, Audio Technica, Radial Engineering, and GHS strings for the new album.
The art direction and concept was done by Lonny Paul, the layout and design was done by Ryan Russel, and Publicist was Doug Weber. The photographs were done by Liz Taylor of Smacdab Media, Carolina Adler, and Ryan Russel.
A line from track eleven song "Dead Wrong" says "you never shut up" in the lyric booklet, when the song clearly seems to say "(you're) talking too much" when listened to.
The lyric booklet also comes in two different designs, both black with red printing, and red with black printing on the front covers.

References

External links

2012 debut albums
Adler (band) albums
Articles containing video clips


title: Pollapönk

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Pollapönk are an Icelandic punk-inflected children's music band which represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with their song "No Prejudice".

History

Pollapönk was founded in 2006 by singer Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson and lead guitarist Haraldur Freyr Gíslason, both of the rock band Botnleðja. The pair, who were studying to work as teachers, wanted to create music which could be enjoyed by both children and their broader families. Their debut album, the self-titled Pollapönk, was created as the duo's graduation project from the Iceland University of Education. The following year, Haraldur's brother Arnar Þór Gíslason and Guðni Finnsson joined the band, playing drums and bass guitar, respectively. The quartet released a second album, entitled Meira Pollapönk ("More Pollapönk") in 2010. This was followed in 2011 by Aðeins Meira Pollapönk ("A Little More Pollapönk").

In 2014, Pollapönk entered their song "Enga fordóma" in Söngvakeppnin 2014, the contest to select Iceland's entry in that year's Eurovision Song Contest, winning from 297 total entries. The song is a protest song on the evils of prejudice and bullying. This song was subsequently translated into English by American musician John Grant, under the title "No Prejudice", and was performed in this form for Eurovision. Pollapönk's entry reached the Grand Final, where it placed 15th among the 26 finalists.

Members
Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson (born September 7, 1974) is the blue polli (rascals), the lead singer of the band. Outside the band, Heiðar was previously the singer in Botnleðja and currently works as a preschool teacher and is married and has two children and two step-children.
Haraldur Freyr Gíslason (born December 14, 1974) is the red polli, the band's lead guitarist. Haraldur was previously the drummer in Botnleðja. His brother, Arnar, is Pollapönk's drummer. Outside the band, Haraldur works as a preschool teacher and chairman of the Félag leikskólakennara (The Association of Teachers in Preschools), a branch of the Kennarasamband Íslands (The Icelandic Teachers' Union). He is married and has three children.
Guðni Þórarinn Finnsson (born December 8, 1970) is the yellow polli, the band's bass guitarist. Outside the band, he is the bass guitarist for the bands Mugison and Ensími, with bandmate Arnar, and Dr. Spock, with Arnar and live member Óttarr Proppé. He is employed at Hljóðfærahúsið - Tónabúðin, a distributor of musical instruments. He is married and has three children.
Arnar Þór Gíslason (born November 9, 1970) is the pink polli, Pollapönk's drummer, and Haraldur's brother. He is also the drummer in rock bands Ensími and Dr. Spock, alongside Guðni and Óttarr. When he first joined Pollapönk, Arnar performed as the green polli but, as the group found success, discovered this caused problems when recording green screen footage and transitioned to pink. He has spoken of being pleased at the normalising effect his color has had on boys wearing pink. Outside the band, he is employed at Hljóðfærahúsið - Tónabúðin and married. He has two children.

In live performances, the band has been joined by:
Snæbjörn Ragnarsson (born 25 January 1978), as the orange polli, a backup singer. Snæbjörn is a member of the heavy metal band, Skálmöld. He has stated that he was initially hesitant to join a band performing at Eurovision but realised his attitude displayed the same prejudice the band's entry railed against and agreed.
Óttarr Proppé (born November 7, 1968), as the purple polli, a backup singer. Óttarr was a member of Althing (Icelandic Parliament) and the rock band, Dr. Spock.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Singles

Music videos

Notes

References

Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Iceland
Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2014
Articles containing video clips


title: Garth Chapman

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Professor Garth Chapman (8 October 1917 – 1 November 2003) was an academic and author in the field of zoology. He enjoyed a long career in the University of London, culminating in his Professorship of Zoology at Queen Elizabeth College from 1958 to 1982 specialising in the study of fluids and hydrostatics in animal systems. He died on 1 November 2003 at his home in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

His publications include The Body Fluids and Their Functions (Institute of Biology, 1967) and (with W.B. Baker) Zoology for Intermediate Students (1964).

References

20th-century British zoologists
1917 births
2003 deaths
Academics of Queen Elizabeth College


title: Cesare Dell'Acqua

text:
Cesare dell' Acqua (22 July 1821 – 16 February 1905) was an Italian painter known for historical works.

Life and career
Cesare Felice Giorgio Dell'Acqua was born in Piran (or Pirano d'Istria), near Trieste, the son of Andrea and Caterina Lengo. He first studied in Koper, but by 1833 he had relocated to Trieste. From 1842 until 1847 he attended the Venice Academy of Fine Arts where he studied with Ludovico Lipparini, Odorico Politi and Michelangelo Grigoletti. One of his early historical paintings, The Meeting of Cimabue and the Young Giotto (1847), was acquired by the Archduke Johann of Austria. After this, he began to receive commissions from noble families, including that of Prince von Lichtenstein.

Following his studies, he traveled through Europe with his patron, Baron Ludovico Luigi Reszan, visiting Vienna, Munich and Paris. In 1855 he married Carolina van der Elst and the couple had two daughters: Eva and Alina. His daughter Eva Dell'Acqua went on to become a noted singer and composer.

In around 1848, he moved to Brussels where his brother Eugenio lived and where he continued his studies with Louis Gallait, who became a major influence on his work. He began to specialize in works representing historical events. Between 1852 and  1877 he completed a number of commissioned works in Trieste that established his reputation as a painter. In Brussels, he exhibited with strong responses and received commissions from prominent families in Brussels, such as Errera, van Wambecke and van der Elst. He also painted two works for the Greek Orthodox Church of Trieste; The Sermon of John in the Dessert which was so highly acclaimed that he was awarded town citizenship in 1851.

In 1873 Dell'Acqua participated at Universal Exhibition in Vienna and also exhibited in London the following year. This resulted in international commissions for his work. At the end of his career, he settled in Brussels, where he completed numerous paintings for use as book illustrations. In addition to historical themes, Dell' Acqua also painted many female subjects dressed in traditional Greek and oriental costume.

Dell'Acqua died in Ixelles on 16 February 1905.

Work
His paintings are included in a number of public collections, including: the Museums of Brussels, Antwerp, Trieste and Bruges. While he is primarily noted for his historical works, he also painted Orientalist subjects.

Select list of paintings
 The Meeting of Cimabue and the Young Giotto,  1847
 Jesus Calling the Small Children to Him, c. 1851
 The Sermon of John in the Dessert, 1851
 Greek Mother 1860
 Arrival of Empress Elisabeth in Miramare, 1865
 Ferdinand Maximilian of Austria is appointed Emperor of Mexico, 1867

Gallery

See also

 List of Orientalist artists
 Orientalism

References

1821 births
1905 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni
Orientalist painters
People from Piran
Painters from Venice
Italian male painters
19th-century Italian male artists


title: Impax

text:
Impax may refer to:
 IMPAX (software), a brand of software
 Impax Asset Management Group, a British company
 Impax Environmental Markets, a British company
 Impax Laboratories, an American company


title: Josefa Joaquina Sánchez

text:
Josefa Joaquina Sánchez (18 October 1765 - 1813) was a Venezuelan heroine who made the flag of the revolutionary movement, leading her to be considered the (Bordadora de la primera Bandera de Venezuela) "embroiderer of the first flag of Venezuela".

Biography
Born in La Guaira, she was the daughter of Joaquin Sanchez and Juana Bastidas.

On July 27, 1783, she married the Venezuelan military leader José María España with whom she had nine children. Together with her husband, she was involved in the Conspiración de Gual y España that was intended to raise the Venezuelan population and free themselves from Spain. Sanchez was commissioned to copy the documents of the revolutionary movement and make the flags that would be used by the revolutionaries. On May 8, 1799, her husband was killed by the Venezuelan authorities who hung his corpse as a warning to other conspirators. Days before, Sanchez had been questioned by Venezuelan officials regarding España, after a black slave named Rafael España betrayed them.

After the death of her husband, she was arrested and taken to Caracas, where months later, she received a prison sentence for a period of eight years, which she would serve in the Casa Hospicio de Caracas. However, in 1808, under the terms of her sentence, she was banished to Cumaná with her children. Once  the process of independence of Venezuela started, she returned to Venezuela and applied for a pension to the government. She died in 1813 in Cumaná.

References

1765 births
1813 deaths
People from La Guaira
Women in the Venezuelan War of Independence


title: Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra (Penderecki)

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The Capriccio for Violin and Orchestra is a composition by Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. It is one of the five caprices that he composed and one of the two that he composed for a soloist with an orchestra, together with the Capriccio for Oboe and Eleven Instruments.

Composition

This composition was finished in 1967 and was intended for performance in Donaueschingen, on October 22, 1967. On that occasion, Ernest Bour conducted the South West German Radio Orchestra, with Wanda Wilkomirska as the violin soloist. It was eventually dedicated to Heinrich Strobel and published by the Polish Music Publishing House and Moeck Musikinstrumente + Verlag and, later on, by
Schott Music.

Analysis

This unusual composition takes 10 minutes to perform. It is score for a very large and powerful set of instruments. The list of instruments used in this piece is as follows:

Woodwinds
4 flutes
4 oboes
3 clarinets in B
baritone saxophone
contrabass clarinet in B
3 bassoons
contrabassoon

Brass
6 horns in F
4 trumpets in B
4 trombones
tuba

Percussion
musical saw
vibraphone
bells I
bells II
4 timpani
2 bongos
bass drum
claves
5 wood blocks
ratchet
guiro
whip
4 cowbells
triangle
6 cymbals
2 gongs
gong ageng
2 tam-tams

Other
bass guitar
harp
harmonium
piano

Strings

solo violin

24 violins
10 violas
10 cellos
8 double basses

The composition has no tempo marking at the beginning, even though the last bars are marked as Tempo di Valse. It is mentioned in the score that two or three of the bells from the second bell set should be made of 24-karat gold. Contrary to its concertante nature, the cadenza is fairly close to the beginning.

Notable recordings
Following are some of the most well-known recordings of this piece:

References

External links
 Live recording of the piece performed by Wanda Wilkomirska

1967 compositions
Compositions by Krzysztof Penderecki
Compositions for violin and orchestra
Compositions that use extended techniques


title: For-Profit Online University

text:
For-Profit Online University is a television special written and directed by Sam West for Adult Swim. The special is presented as an infomercial parodying for-profit universities. The special is created by Wild, Aggressive Dog, a conglomerate of former Onion writers, consisting of Geoff Haggerty, Dan E. Klein, Matthew Klinman, Michael Pielocik, Chris Sartinsky and Sam West.

The special aired on December 17, 2013 at 4 a.m. on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The special was viewed by 871,000 viewers and received a 0.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic Nielsen household rating.

Synopsis
The infomercial consists of various students giving testimonies of their success, owing it to the school, literally named For-Profit Online University. Students pay for knowledge instead of attending traditional classes, and are offered jobs as 'Digital Gardeners,' solving CAPTCHA for digital currency. The first half foreshadows and the second half details the threat of an evil rogue spambot named Howard, who was bribed with a large sum of ThoughtCoins, a digital currency used through the school, in an attempt to placate him.

Cast
 Nicole Byer as "22MuchBIZ"
 Nelson Cheng as "LetsFunHans"
 Nick Corirossi as "FPOU_DEAN"
 Geoff Haggerty as "USAdude1981"
 Brian Huskey as "FPOU_PROF_300954"
 Ingrid Tejada as "sALTedAngel69"
 HOWARD as "HOWARD"

Production
The special presents itself as a spoof of for-profit universities infomercials, a source of frequent criticism and congressional investigation in the United States. The special is written and directed by Sam West, and is co-written by the creative writing team Wild Aggressive Dog, a conglomerate of former Onion writers, consisting of Geoff Haggerty, Dan Klein, Matthew Klinman, Michael Pielocik, Chris Sartinsky and Sam West.

Reception

For-Profit Online University aired on December 17, 2013, at 4 a.m. on Cartoon Network's late-night programming block, Adult Swim. The special was published onto Adult Swim's YouTube channel the same day. Initially made private on their channel, the special became popular online after being spotted by comedy blogs. The special was viewed by 871,000 viewers and received a 0.6 rating in the 18–49 demographic Nielsen household rating.

Dan Simmons of the Wisconsin State Journal praised the special as "hilariously" parodying "what some in academia fear is a growing movement toward commodifying college." Andy Thomason of The Chronicle of Higher Education called the presentation of the special "brutal" in its criticism of both for-profit and traditional universities. Gabe Dunn of The Daily Dot compared the fictional college to the University of Phoenix in their review of the special. Laughing Squid's EDW Lynch called the infomercial "hilarious", while Splitsider stated of all of Adult Swim's faux-infomercials, the special was "the best one yet".

See also
 Live Forever as You Are Now with Alan Resnick
 Paid Programming
 You're Whole
 Too Many Cooks

References

External links

 Digital Gardening referenced in the video

2010s American television specials
2013 television specials
Infomercial parodies
Adult Swim pilots and specials
Fictional universities and colleges
Television episodes about artificial intelligence


title: The Puritans (film)

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The Puritans is a 2013 short science-fiction film written and directed by Sean Robinson and produced by Paul Warner.

Premise
The Puritans revolves around a soldier who returns from a war to discover that his family has returned to a nineteenth-century life-style in a desperate attempt to escape from the "perversions" of the modern world.

Cast
 Eileen Kearney as Joy Sutton
 Tyler Elliot Burke as Noble Sutton
 Nikki Dillon as Prudence Sutton
 Greg Seel as Ward Sutton
 Elyssa Jakim as Hope Dudley
 Louisa Ward as Julie
 Peter Trojgaard as Ernest Dudley

Awards
 International Short Film Festival "Kharkov Lilac": Grand Prix Award-won (2013)
 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival: Best International Short-won (2013)
 NW Short Film Festival: Best Original Concept-won (2013)
 Vagrant Film Festival: Audience Choice Award-won (2013)
 Melbourne Underground Film Festival: Best Short Film-nominated (2013)
 The Northwest Ohio Film Festival: Outstanding Short Film-nominated, Audience Choice-nominated, Outstanding Direction: Sean Robinson-nominated, Outstanding Actress-Short: Eileen Kearney-nominated, Outstanding Screenplay: Paul Warner & Sean Robinson-nominated (2013)

Festival showings
 Garden State Film Festival
 Naperville Independent Film Festival
 Marbella International Film Festival (Spain)
 Melbourne Underground Film Festival
 Long Island International Film Expo
 Naoussa International Film Festival
 The Rainier Independent Film Festival
 Frederick Film Festival
 San Francisco Frozen Film Festival
 Columbia Gorge International Film Festival
 Underexposed Film Festival YC
 Minneapolis Underground Film Festival
 Studio City Film Festival
 Timecode:NOLA Indie Film Fest
 Internacional de Cine Estudiantil
 The Inigo Film Festival
 The Justice Film Festival
 The Levante International Film Festival

Critical reception
Film Threat gave the film 5 stars.
SBCC Film Reviews

References

External links

2013 films
2010s science fiction films
2013 horror films
American horror drama films
American science fiction horror films
American anthology films
American dark fantasy films
2013 directorial debut films
2013 drama films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Bill Pritchett

text:
William Beal Pritchett  (31 January 1921 – 28 January 2014) was a senior Australian public servant. He was Secretary of the Department of Defence between 1979 and 1984.

Early life and education
Bill Pritchett was born on 31 January 1921. He attended the Sydney Church of England Grammar School. Pritchett studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree at Sydney University, studying in history and anthropology.

Career
Pritchett served in World War II and then before joining the Commonwealth Public Service in 1945 as a Cadet in the Department of External Affairs. His first overseas post was to Indonesia, during the country's struggle for independence from the Netherlands.

In 1965, Pritchett was appointed Australia High Commissioner to newly independent Singapore. In 1973, Pritchett was recruited to the Defence Department by his former boss in External Affairs, Arthur Tange.

From 1978 to 1979, Pritchett was the Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence. He was later appointed Secretary of the Defence Department when Tange retired in 1979. During his time as departmental head, Pritchett worked to improve the departmental culture.

Pritchett retired from the public service in 1984.

Awards and honours
In January 1984 Pritchett was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for his public service.

References

1921 births
2014 deaths
High Commissioners of Australia to India
Ambassadors of Australia to Nepal
High Commissioners of Australia to Singapore
Officers of the Order of Australia
University of Sydney alumni
Secretaries of the Australian Department of Defence
Australian expatriates in Indonesia


title: FA Trophy (disambiguation)

text:
The FA Trophy is the main annual knockout cup competition in English non-League football.

FA Trophy may also refer to:
 Maltese FA Trophy, Malta's main men's football cup competition
 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Trinidad and Tobago's main men's football cup competition


title: Ikarus 280

text:
Ikarus 280 was an articulated bus produced by Hungarian bus manufacturer Ikarus from 1973 to 2002. It was succeeded by the Ikarus 435 in 1985.

Construction features
The Ikarus 280 is a model of the Ikarus 200 series. It is made of two rigid sections linked by a pivoting joint. The body is a semi-self-supporting body with a frame, the Raba-MAN D2156 inline-6 diesel engine is mounted in the front section. It powers the middle axle, meaning that the bus has puller configuration. All three axles are air-sprung beam axles with additional telescopic shock absorbers. Both rear and middle axles were made by Rába, while the front axle was made by LiAZ. Either an automatic or a manual gearbox was installed that allowed a top speed of . The manual gearboxes came in either five- or six-speed configuration, and were mated with a dry single-disc clutch. The Ikarus 280 has a pneumatic braking system, a spring loaded parking brake, and an exhaust brake. The steering is hydraulically assisted. The buses, in actual applications, have a minimum of 26 seats, and space for up to 134 additional standing passengers.

Production and operation
Production started in 1973 and ended in 2002. The 280 was based on the Ikarus 200 platform and had many variants produced. Currently (2020), the number of Ikarus 280 buses in active service is declining, due to supply of new low-floor buses. The articulated buses 281(RHD), 282 and 283 (-versions), 284 (pusher configuration), C80, C83, the articulated trolleybuses Ikarus 280T, 283T, 284T and the double articulated Ikarus 293 were based on the Ikarus 280.

Ikarus C80
Ikarus C80 is a limited-run reproduction of Ikarus 280 in 2000s. It is slightly different from original Ikarus 280 in few regards. All are used by Hungarian company Volanbusz.

See also
 List of buses

Notes

References

Articulated buses
Ikarus buses
Step-entrance buses
Vehicles introduced in 1973