title: Symmetry (film)

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Symmetry () is a 2003 Polish drama film directed by Konrad Niewolski.

Plot

In the first scene of the movie, before the title credits, a prison guard is seen writing a report from an event in one of the cells, in which a dead body was found. The guard writes "suicide" as a probable cause of death. Although it is not explicitly explained, it is implied that this scene takes part after the rest of the action of the movie.

On a very rainy evening a young man, Łukasz Machnacki, comes out of a cinema. He is approached by policemen, who without any questions or explanation handcuff him and take him to the police car. He is forced to take part in a police lineup. Łukasz does not understand anything that is happening, and is shocked to learn, during an interrogation, that he has been recognized by an elderly woman, a robbery victim, as the culprit. He maintains his innocence, but is unable to provide any alibi. The officer who interrogates him informs Łukasz he's arrested and is unlikely to go back home any time soon.

Łukasz is then transferred into prison for a pre-trial detention. He is first put  into a transition cell, in which he meets Zborek, a man arrested for car theft. Zborek explains to Łukasz that he is most likely to spend no less than a year in prison before his trial. Zborek also asks Łukasz if he is willing to become a "git" - a member of the prison subculture known as "grypsera" (which is also a Polish term for a prison slang used by its members), considered to be an elite among the prisoners. He also scares Łukasz that if he does not join the subculture, he is likely to become "a loser" and would be abused by other prisoners. As a result, when Łukasz is later interviewed by a member of the prison staff, who is about to decide where to place him, Łukasz insists that he wants to take part in the "grypsera". The prison worker is surprised by this and warns Łukasz he will not be able to handle it, but eventually agrees to place him in a cell with the subculture members.

Łukasz is led to a cell in which he meets his new cellmates - Kosior, the apparent cell leader, arrested for murdering his partner in crime; Siwy ("Grey"), a member of the mob; Albert, a minor mobster; Roman, arrested for avoiding paying child maintenance, who is visibly the lowest in the cell hierarchy; and Dawid, a very quiet man who spends most of his time reading books and seems to take no active part in the prison subculture, but is treated with respect by other prisoners anyway. Łukasz is right away teased by Albert, and by Siwy, who tells him that they will have a fist fight in the evening. Scared Łukasz doesn't answer anything to that but later is willing to take part in the fight, knowing he would be considered a coward if he refused. Siwy then reveals that it was just a tease, indeed meaning to check whether Łukasz would really do it. Following days Roman teaches Łukasz the basic rules of living in prison, while Kosior teaches him about the "grypsera".

Some time later Łukasz is visited in prison by an attorney hired by his mother. The lawyer informs Łukasz that the prosecutor means to accuse him not only of robbery, but also unintentional homicide, as the woman who recognized him as the robber, died just a few hours later. The lawyer tells Łukasz that he will do his best to get him out of prison, but the investigation may take months before anything could be done.

One evening, Albert tells the cellmates a supposedly funny story of his friends, who kidnapped a girl and forced her into performing oral sex. Unexpectedly Dawid grabs Albert and threatens to break his neck, if he ever hears talk like that from him again. Next day Kosior tells Łukasz Dawid's story: his wife was assaulted and raped, and Dawid found and beat to death the rapist. After that, he came to the police himself. Dawid's wife comes to see him every week, but during those visits they merely look at each other and do not say a word.

Łukasz, while trying to adjust to life in prison, is haunted by nightmares and continuously teased by Albert. One time he is forced to drink a mixture of detergents as a punishment for accidentally breaking one of the cell's rules. One day a prison guard tells Łukasz to pack his things, as he is about to be released. When Łukasz, packed and ready to go, happily says goodbyes to his cellmates, the guard opens the door and tells Łukasz to unpack, and it was all just a joke. This leaves Łukasz completely devastated and leads him to a suicide attempt.

After some time of depression, Łukasz starts to accept his situation. He later passes an exam of knowledge of the subculture rules with Kosior and is officially accepted as one of its members. He even wins the respect of Albert, when he claims as his some of Albert's contraband, which was discovered by the guard, knowing that Albert would be prohibited from seeing his girlfriend during a visit, if it was blamed on him.

After his trial Siwy is transferred to another prison, and a new prisoner is placed in the cell in his place. Before introducing him, the prison guard tells Łukasz and others that the new prisoner was arrested for child sexual abuse. When the new prisoner enters the cell, Kosior only angrily tells him to stay quiet. He is then forced to eat in the toilet, and gets beaten up in the exercise yard, which the guards see, but ignore.

Łukasz's attorney comes to him with good news: the prosecutor intends to remit his case because of lack of evidence, and he will most likely be released quite soon. Łukasz does not respond anything and does not seem to care anymore. When he gets back to his cell, the guards informs him that the new prisoner is supposed to be released on bail. Łukasz is then visited by his mother and his little sister. Seeing the suspected child abuser at the nearby table, he tells his family to go away from this place, and to remember that he loves them.

Łukasz informs his cellmates that the new prisoner is going to be released. Albert suggests they should kill him and make it look like a suicide, much to Kosior's approval. Łukasz is hesitant about taking part in a murder, but Kosior convinces him by appealing to his care for his little sister. Roman opposes the idea, not wanting to get in any trouble, to which Albert threatens him that they will kill him as well, if he interferes. Before the planned murder Łukasz knocks Roman out with a chair. As a result, Roman is taken to the hospital and left out of possible suspicion. At night, Łukasz, Kosior, Albert and Dawid kill the new prisoner by strangling him and breaking his neck. They hang his body on the window bars, to make it look as he hanged himself.

Next time Łukasz's mother comes to visit him, they only are allowed to see each other through a glass and phone. Łukasz's mother is distraught, asking her son what kind of troubles he got himself into. As she cries, Łukasz tells her that life in prison is different than outside, and she would not understand. He quietly hangs up the phone and leaves.

Cast
 Arkadiusz Detmer – Łukasz
 Andrzej Chyra – Dawid
 Janusz Bukowski – Roman
 Marcin Jędrzejewski – Siwy
 Mariusz Jakus – Kosior
 Borys Szyc – Albert
 Kinga Preis – Dawid's Wife
 Janusz Chabior – Warden

External links

2003 drama films
2003 films
Polish drama films
2000s Polish-language films


title: Yanajirca (Huánuco)

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Yanajirca (possibly from Quechua yana black, hirka mountain) is a  mountain in the Andes of Peru. It lies in the north of the Raura mountain range and east of the Huayhuash range. The mountain is located in the Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Jesús District. It is situated northwest of a lake named Patarcocha and southwest of Condorhuachanan. An intermittent stream named Luychos (Quechua for "deer", Luychu) originates on the southern slope of Yanajirca. It flows to the Huayhuash River which belongs to the watershed of the Marañón River.

See also
 Chuspiccocha
 Lake Tinquicocha

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Huánuco Region


title: Aasha Sundari

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Aasha Sundari is a 1960 Kannada-language film, directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy and produced and written by S. Bhavanarayana. The film starred Krishnakumari in the title role, besides Rajkumar, Harini and M. N. Lakshmi Devi in other pivotal roles. The film, produced under Gowri Productions, has musical score composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi, with lyrics written by the director himself. Hunsur Krishnamurthy simultaneously made the movie in Telugu as Rama Sundari starring Kanta Rao.

Cast
 Rajkumar
 Krishnakumari
 Harini
 Narasimharaju
 M. N. Lakshmi Devi
 Rajasree
 Kantha Rao
 Hanumantha Rao
 Hemalatha
 Ramachandra Shastry

Plot
Yaksha Krishna Rao loves Mitravinda and asks her to marry and she is not showing love to him. Mitravinda is Yakshni Harini comes to Earth and watches princess Hemavathi Krishnakumari was dancing in shiva temple. She also dance with her and she is very fond of each other and become best friends. Prince  Rajkumar is in love with his dream girl and he shows the painting to friend Narasimharaju. On the other end, to keep their friendship intact girls decided not to marry and become always friends.
Prince will come to her kingdom and see her in garden and he trying to approach her. Yaksha will help Prince to love her and he will go to palace and keep his photo there. After wake up she will see photo which express his love to her and she falls in love. He will put his ring to her finger and she is love with her.
One day Yakshini want to come to palace and YaIsha stops and tell that she is love with prince. She come and see both are in love. She gets angry and tell her their love won't happen. she will curse prince become mad and forgot princess.
After seeing photo in her bedroom her father brings him to palace and punish him ask his army cut his head. Friend will come and stop that and they will go to forest. Her father sent princess to forest as she wants to leave with prince and Yakshini tells that prince is cruel and he makes your kingdom problematic.
Princess will get help from Yaksha to make clear from madness curse given by Yakshni.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Susarla Dakshinamurthi, with lyrics by Hunsur Krishnamurthy.

References

External links

1960 films
1960s Kannada-language films
1960s Indian films
Indian black-and-white films
Films scored by Susarla Dakshinamurthi
Films directed by Hunsur Krishnamurthy


title: Rayan Hawili

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Rayan Hawili  (born November 13, 1994) is a Lebanese American football defensive back for the Saginaw Valley State football team.  He played high school football for Fordson High School in Dearborn, Michigan.

References

1994 births
Living people
Saginaw Valley State Cardinals football players


title: Paul Roh Ki-nam

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Paul Marie Kinam Roh (22 January 1902 – 25 June 1984) was a Korean Catholic bishop who served as Apostolic Vicar of Seoul from 1940–1962 and Archbishop of Seoul from 1962–1967. He was noted as pro-American and anti-Communist in the Syngman Rhee years.

References

Roman Catholic archbishops of Seoul
South Korean Roman Catholic archbishops
1902 births
1984 deaths
20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in South Korea
Jangyeon No clan
Roman Catholic bishops of Pyongyang
Roman Catholic bishops of Seoul


title: Faustine (name)

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Faustine is a personal name, usually but not always feminine. Notable people with the name include:

Given name

 Faustine Bollaert (b. 1979), French journalist
 Faustine Dennis (1888-1975), American librarian
 Faustine Fotso (b. 1965), Cameroonian computer scientist
 Faustine Merret (b. 1978), French windsurfer
 Faustine Mussa (b. 1981), Tanzanian long-distance runner
 Faustine Ndugulile (b. 1969), Tanzanian politician
 Faustine Noël (b. 1993), French para badminton player
 Faustine Pochon, half of the Swiss musical duo BARON.E
 Faustine Robert (b. 1994), French footballer

Surname

 Nona Faustine (b. 1977), American artist

Other uses

 Faustine et le Bel Été (1972 film)
 Faustine, a character in The Invention of Morel (1940 science fiction novel by Adolfo Bioy Casares)

See also

 Faustino
 Faustina

Names


title: Here's to You & I

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Here's to You & I is the fourth studio album by Australian country band The McClymonts, released in Australia on 4 July 2014 by Universal Records and peaking at No. 8. It was their first album that was recorded entirely in Australia.

Track listing
 "Here's To You & I"
 "Going Under (Didn't Have To)"
 "Blood Is Thicker Than Water"
 "Forever Begins Tonight"
 "Better At My Worst"
 "Who Said It"
 "Alone"
 "Heart Breaks"
 "Lifelines & Superheroes"
 "Top Rolled Down"
 "Same Kind"
 "Lay Some Love"

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

2014 albums
The McClymonts albums
Albums produced by Lindsay Rimes


title: Ruwanpura Expressway (Sri Lanka)

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The Ruwanpura Expressway, also known as the Ratnapura Expressway will be Sri Lanka's sixth E Class highway. The  highway will link the Kahathuduwa exit on the Southern Expressway with Pelmadulla, a major city in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka, via Ratnapura, the provincial capital of Sabargamuwa Province.

In 2014 President Mahinda Rajapaksa's government proposed and granted approval for the project. It was initially proposed to commence construction in 2014 and to be completed in 2019.

Construction of the highway was then proposed to commence in January 2017 and be built in three stages. The construction contract was awarded to a Chinese Company. The expressway was then proposed to be completed by 2019.  But constructions were not started.

In 2020, newly elected government cancelled the contract to the Chinese firm and started the construction works of 1st phase 26 kilometre section at a cost of 54.7 billion rupees with domestic finance. Contract was awarded to Sri Lanka-based Maga Constructions.

See also

References

Highways in Sri Lanka


title: Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi

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Najm ad-Dīn Abū Ḥafṣ 'Umar ibn Muḥammad an-Nasafī (; 1067–1142) was a Muslim jurist, theologian, mufassir, muhaddith and historian. A Persian scholar born in present-day Uzbekistan, he wrote mostly in Arabic.

Works
He authored around 100 books in Hanafi jurisprudence, theology, Quran exegesis, Hadith and history.

Theology

 Al-'Aqa'id al-Nasafiyya () or Aqa'id al-Nasafi () is his most celebrated work in Kalam, which alongside Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar () of Abu Hanifa and Al-'Aqeedah al-Tahawiyya () of Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi is one of the three seminal works in Sunni Islamic creed. By the 17th-century, more than fifty commentaries were written on this work, of which the most famous is al-Taftazani's commentary named Sharh 'Aqaid al-Nasafi ().

Abu Hafs an-Nasafi wrote the Al-'Aqaid as a direct summary of Al-Tamhid le Qawa'id al-Tawhid (), the famous book by his own teacher Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi.

While a few Arabic sources are sceptical about attributing this work to Abu Hafs an-Nasafi, a recently discovered manuscript of the Persian version of the work confirms the authorship of the work for Abu Hafs al-Nasafi. The Persian version of the work, titled Bayan-e Itiqad-e Ahl-e Sunnat wa Jama'at''' (), is reported on the authority of Al-Nasafi's most famous student, Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, the author of Al-Hidayah. Al-Marghinani explains in the preface of the treatise that Abu Hafs a-Nasafi wrote this work in response to a request made by Ahmad Sanjar, the Seljuk ruler and Sultan, when he visited Samarqand in 535 AH or 1140 CE.

Al-Marghinani explains that one of Sultan Sanjar's governors who was the governor of Sistan and was accompanying the Sultan, asked the scholars of Samarqand to write a treatise on the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah so that "no one in Sistan could speak against it". Presumably, Sistan was dominated by the Karramiyya sect who were advocating for anthropomorphism. In response to this request, the scholars of Samarqand asked Abu Hafs al-Nasafi to write the treatise, and they all put their signatures at the end of the document. Among the scholars present at the gathering with Sultan Sanjar was Shaikh al-Islam Abd al-Hameed al-Ismandi al-Samarqandi (the author of the published book titled Tariqah al-Khilaf fi al-Fiqh). Al-Marghinani writes in the preface of the manuscript that he took a copy of the treatise and showed it again to An-Nasafi for a final review.

Quranic sciences
 Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir () is his most celebrated work in tafsir, which was  published in 15 volumes by Darul Lubab in 2019. The work has been widely cited in other leading tafsir works of the Ottoman period, including in Tafsir Ibn Kamal Pasha of Ibn Kemal, Roh al-Bayan of Ismail Haqqi, and Ruh al-Ma'ani of Mahmud al-Alusi. Among the Persian tafsirs, Kamal al-Din Hussain Wa'ez Kashefi extensively cites Al-Taysir in both of his tafsir works, i.e. Jawaher al-Tafsir and Mawaheb-e 'Aliyya.

 Tafsir-e Nasafi () is a Persian translation of the Quran in rhymed prose. It is considered to be the third oldest full translation of the Quran in the Persian language, and the only translation of Quran in rhymed prose.

 Al-Akmal al-Atwal fi Tafsir al-Quran () was a voluminous work in tafsir, written prior to Al-Taysir fi al-Tafsir.

 Risalah fi al-Khata' fi Qira'at al-Qur'an () or Zillah al-Qari (), was published in 2017 by Dar 'Amar.

Jurisprudence
 Manzumah fi al-Khilafyat () is a book in the form of poetry, consisting of 2669 verses, explaining the differences in the views of Abu Hanifa and his students, namely Abu Yusuf, Muhammad al-Shaybani and Zufur, on legal rules, as well as the differences between Abu Hanifa and Al-Shafii and Malik ibn Anas. The book was published in 2010 in Beirut.
Over ten commentaries have been written on this work, the most celebrated one being that of Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi titled Al-Muasaffa, published in 2020 by Dar al-Noor.

 Hasr al-Masa'il wa Qasr al-Dala'il () is a commentary on Manzumah fi al-Khilafyat with a detailed exposition of the reasons (adillah) for each legal rule. The book was published by Dar al-Fajr in 2020.

 Tilbah al-Talabah fi al-Istilahat al-Fiqhiyya () is a textbook used over centuries in Hanafi schools and has been published multiple times in recent years.

 Manzumah al-Jame' al-Saghir () in which Al-Nasafi turned Muhammad Shaibani's seminal work (Al-Jame' Al-Saghir) into poetry consisting of 81 verses.

 Sharh Madar al-Usul () is a commentary on Al-Karkhi's seminal work in Usul al-Fiqh.

Biographical history
 Al-Qand fi Zikr 'Ulama'e Samarqand () is a biographical encyclopedia of Transoxiana's Islamic scholars.

 Teachers
He studied under prominent scholars such as Fakhr al-Islam al-Bazdawi, Abu al-Yusr al-Bazdawi, and Abu al-Mu'in al-Nasafi.

 Students
Burhan al-Din al-Marghinani, the author of Al-Hidayah'', was his most famous student.

See also
 List of Ash'aris and Maturidis

References

External links
Al-Nasafi, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition
Tafsir-e Nasafi, partial text of his tafsir in Persian

Hanafis
Maturidis
Hadith scholars
Transoxanian Islamic scholars
Iranian scholars
Persian Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
12th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
1067 births
1142 deaths
12th-century jurists
People from Qashqadaryo Region
Shaykh al-Islāms


title: Stéphane Canet

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Stéphane Canet (born 7 June 1971 in Hyères) is a French beach volleyball player. He represented his nation France at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with his partner Mathieu Hamel.

Canet began his sporting career at the FIVB World Tour in 1996, and went on to compete with his longtime partner Mathieu Hamel by the following year. The French tandem also qualified for the men's beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by obtaining their berth from the final stage of the FIVB Grand Slam Series in Berlin. They lost all three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the medal round.

References

External links

1971 births
Living people
French beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players for France
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Hyères


title: Muslim Ahmad

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Mohamad Muslim bin Ahmad (born 25 April 1989) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays for and captains Malaysia Super League club Sri Pahang as a centre-back.

Club career

Terengganu
Muslim Ahmad left Harimau Muda A to return to his home team Terengganu as the defender prepares to combine the chase for domestic honours with a glittering international career. Having established himself with the national team, the 22-year-old Muslim felt the time is right to leave the sheltered life at Wisma FAM and embark on a new path in his career. Muslim, who has two Sea Games gold medals and an AFF Cup winners' medal in his collection, now aims to help FA Cup winners Terengganu advance past the first round of the AFC Cup, win the Super League and Malaysia Cup when the new season starts.

Muslim made his first league debut against Perak. The match ended with Terengganu suffer a narrow defeat 1–0. Muslim plays his first AFC Cup match against Vietnamese side, Sông Lam Nghệ An. Terengganu marks the first win on the AFC Cup debut with 1–0 wins. On 22 August 2012, Muslim made his Malaysia Cup debut against Kelantan. Muslim help Terengganu to open their campaign with a shocking victory 2–0.

On 19 September 2012, Muslim left Terengganu after being released by the club.

Johor Darul Ta'zim
On 4 November 2012, Malaysia Super League club, Johor Darul Ta'zim confirmed that Muslim would join the club. He made his debut against Pelita Bandung Raya in a friendly match. Muslim scored in his debut after being assisted by teammate Simone Del Nero. He plays another friendly game against Woodlands Wellington with 5–1 win.

PDRM
Muslim signed with PDRM for the 2015 season but was released at the end of the league campaign.

Kelantan
On 5 December 2015, Muslim was revealed as Kelantan's new player for 2016 season.

Sri Pahang
On 15 January 2017, Muslim signed a contract with Sri Pahang. At Sri Pahang Muslim serves as the club's captain.

International career
Muslim began his career with playing for Harimau Muda A. He is the captain of Harimau Muda A. Muslim Ahmad is a Malaysian national football player. He has played for the Malaysia national football team, and in summer 2009 he played twice against Manchester United in their pre season tour of the Far East.

Muslim and 25 other players, who play for Harimau Muda A, were chosen to participate in a training camp in Slovakia. During his time in the training camp, Muslim and his teammate, Gary Steven Robbat were given a trial from the Slovakian team FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce on 30 March. FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce Coach Ľubomír Moravčík Promised Muslim and Gary a professional contract for the next 2010–2011 season. Later, FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce lost interest in Muslim and Gary due to internal problems in the club.

In November 2010, Muslim was called up to the Malaysia national squad by coach K. Rajagopal for the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history.

Muslim was only 19 when made his senior international debut in 2009. His first tournament action was at 2009 Sea Games. Muslim helps Malaysia to win their fifth Sea Games gold medal. Muslim also played at 2010 Asia Games. Muslim led Malaysia to qualify for the second round of the 2010 Asia Games as one of the best four third-placed teams after a lapse of 32 years.
Muslim was called by Malaysia coach, Dato K. Rajagopal to play at 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Malaysia won the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time in their history under the management of Dato K. Rajagopal.

Career statistics

Club

International

Malaysia XI

Honours

International
 2009 SEA Games : Gold
 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup :Winner
 2011 SEA Games : Gold
 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup :Runner Up

Club
Harimau Muda
 Malaysia Premier League (1): 2009

PDRM FA
 Malaysia Premier League (1): 2014

Pahang FA
Malaysia FA Cup (1):  2018

Individual
FAM Football Awards
Best Young Players:2009

References

External links

1989 births
Living people
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian men's footballers
Malaysian people of Malay descent
Malaysia men's international footballers
Footballers from Terengganu
Terengganu FC players
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. players
Polis Diraja Malaysia FC players
Kelantan F.C. players
Sri Pahang FC players
Malaysia Super League players
Men's association football central defenders
Footballers at the 2010 Asian Games
SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia
SEA Games medalists in football
Competitors at the 2011 SEA Games
Asian Games competitors for Malaysia


title: List of NCAA Division II wrestling programs

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This is a list of the schools in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States and Canada that have wrestling as a varsity sport. In the 2023–24 season, there are a total of 68 Division II wrestling programs.

NCAA Division II wrestling programs

Reclassifying institutions in yellow. Institution confirmed to be leaving Division II in pink.

 All schools listed as competing in Conference Carolinas men's wrestling technically compete in South Atlantic Conference Carolinas, a formal alliance between CC and the South Atlantic Conference that operates in field hockey and men's wrestling. CC administers the SACC wrestling championship, while the SAC administers the field hockey championship.

Future Division II wrestling programs

See also

Collegiate wrestling
NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships
List of NCAA Division II institutions
List of NCAA Division II football programs
List of NCAA Division II baseball programs
List of NCAA Division II lacrosse programs
List of NCAA Division II men's soccer programs
List of NCAA Divisions II and III schools competing in NCAA Division I sports
List of NCAA Division I wrestling programs

References

External links
 NCAA Division II Wrestling Sponsorship
 NCAA Division II Wrestling Home

Wrestling
Wrestling programs


title: Mathieu Hamel

text:
Mathieu Hamel (born August 28, 1972 in Caen) is a French beach volleyball player. He represented his nation France at the 2004 Summer Olympics along with his partner Stéphane Canet.

Hamel began his sporting career at the FIVB World Tour in 1996, and went on to compete with his longtime partner Stéphane Canet by the following year. The French tandem also qualified for the men's beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by obtaining their berth from the final stage of the FIVB Grand Slam Series in Berlin. They lost all three matches in the group stage and did not advance to the medal round.

References

External links

1972 births
Living people
French beach volleyball players
Olympic beach volleyball players for France
Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Caen


title: Boris Milekić

text:
Boris Milekić (; born 29 September 1988) is a Serbian football defender.

References

External links

 Boris Milekić stats at utakmica.rs

1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Užice
Men's association football defenders
Serbian men's footballers
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
FK Loznica players
FK Mačva Šabac players
FK Sloboda Užice players
FK Radnički Niš players
FK Inđija players
FK Donji Srem players
FK Jedinstvo Užice players
FK Kolubara players
FK Proleter Novi Sad players
FK Metalac Gornji Milanovac players
NK Žepče players
Stal Mielec players
Serbian SuperLiga players
I liga players
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate men's footballers in Poland


title: Hooray for Hazel

text:
"Hooray for Hazel" is a song written and performed by Tommy Roe with backing vocals by Lee Mallory.  It reached number 1 in New Zealand, number 2 in Canada, number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, and number 28 in Australia, in 1966.  It was featured on his 1966 album Sweet Pea.

The song was ranked number 43 on Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1966.

Other versions
Teddy Robin and the Playboys released a version in 1967.

References

1966 songs
1966 singles
Songs written by Tommy Roe
Tommy Roe songs
Number-one singles in New Zealand
ABC Records singles


title: Balbir Singh (scholar)

text:
Balbir Singh born in 1896 at Katra Garba Singh, Amritsar, was a Sikh scholar and brother of Bhai Vir Singh.

Early life and education
His father Dr Charan Singh expired at his early age of 12. He was brought up by his elder brother Vir Singh whom he called as his father. After his primary education in Amritsar he studied M.Sc. from Govt. College Lahore. He went to England and obtained his Ph.D. degree in chemistry from University of London. In 1923 he returned to India.

Works
After coming back Singh did not join Govt. service as was arranged for him . He took up his first assignment as Principal of Cambridge Preparatory School at Dehradun in 1925 which he continued to serve till 1935. He joined as Director of P& S Bank in 1937. He was promoted to Managing Director in 1947 which post he continued to hold till 1960.

Literary works
Singh had lot of literary interests and wanted always to help his brother in his works. He started writing history of Singh Sabha Movement and published Charan Hari Visthar a life history of his family and father in two volumes. He also helped his brother Bhai Vir Singh in compilation of Guru Granth Kosh. He has been a scholar and author of many books on Sikh religious philosophy in Punjabi and English. He owned a large collection of rare books numbering about 1000 at his residence in Dehradun known as Panchbati, which has been converted into a memorial library and art gallery in his name. Some of his important published works  are:
Charan Hari Visthar 2 Volumes
Kalam dee Karamat
Lambi Nadar
Shudh Saroop
Ragmala da Swal
Kavi Jodh
Kavi Aalam (English)
Message of Guru Gobind Singh and other Essays
Nirukat Sri Guru Granth Sahib

Nirukta Sri Guru Granth Sahib
It is an encyclopaedic dictionary of Guru Granth Sahib. This was an important project started by him. He published the first volume in his lifetime and continue his work for the second volume till his death on 1 October 1974, when he had already given the second volume to press after final editing. Further Punjabi University Patiala has published four more volumes as per guidelines established by him. A quarterly literary magazine Panchbati Sandesh was also started by him, which has been continued by her daughter Mohinder Kaur and subsequently by Punjabi University Patiala.Balbir Singh Sahitya Kendra a memorial library and art gallery has been established at the residence of Singh in Dehradun which has been donated to Punjabi University Patiala. The work of publishing remaining volumes on Nirukat has been entrusted to this library.

References

Scholars of Sikhism
Sikh writers
1896 births
1974 deaths


title: Claudine Bouché

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Claudine Bouché (27 September 1925 – 7 April 2014) was a French film editor. She was known for her collaborations with noted French filmmakers Michel Boisrond, François Ozon, and especially François Truffaut. In 1977, Film Comment ranked her among the 75 top film editors.

Career
She began her editing career on the 1951 comedy farce Mr. Peek-a-Boo for Jean Boyer. She went on to edit many of the films made by Michel Boisrond, most notably La Parisienne (1957) and Come Dance with Me! (1959), both starring Brigitte Bardot.

Bouché edited six films for French New Wave filmmaker François Truffaut, starting with the 1960 releases Shoot the Piano Player and The Army Game. Bouché and Truffaut again collaborated on the acclaimed, influential Jules and Jim and the short Antoine and Colette (part of the omnibus project Love at Twenty), both released in 1962. Bouché subsequently edited Truffaut's The Soft Skin (1964) and The Bride Wore Black (1968).

After a six-year hiatus, Bouché returned as editor of the popular 1974 softcore pornographic film Emmanuelle. She edited several more films in the 1970s and served as editorial associate on George Roy Hill's 1979 romantic comedy A Little Romance.

In the 1980s, she edited four films for French writer-director François Leterrier: Les babas cool (1981), Le voleur d'enfants (1981), Le garde du corps (1984) and Tranches de vie (1985). She also did uncredited work on Peter Sellers' final film, the 1980 comedy The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu and co-edited Paul Morrissey's 1985 drama Beethoven's Nephew.

More recently, Bouché was recruited by François Ozon to help edit his films Criminal Lovers (1999) and Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000). She retired from editing after the latter film, though she received special thanks in the credits of the 2002 film The Truth About Charlie.

Selected filmography
 It Happened in Aden (1956)
 Un soir sur la plage (1961)
 How to Succeed in Love (1962)
 Tranches de vie (1985)

Personal life
Bouché was born in France on 27 September 1925. From 1937 through 1943, she attended the Collège de Jeunes Filles in Fontainebleau, France. In her later life, she lived in Paris.

She died on 7 April 2014 at the age of 88.

References

External links

Profile at L'internaute's social networking site Copains d'avant
Claudine Bouché: A Life in Film - interview

1925 births
2014 deaths
French film editors
French women film editors


title: Li Kaixian

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Li Kaixian (, 1502 - 1568) was a Chinese writer, playwright and literary critic of the Ming dynasty from Shandong. He was retired from the government at age 39, and then devoted his life to literature and Chinese opera. He was a member of the circle of intellectuals gathered folk songs and ballads. His first play Sword was a chuanqi play. The play is based on the plot of the novel Water Margin, but the story of Lin Chong had been changed.

Early life
Li Kaixian's mother, surname Wang (), was the daughter of a wealthy family from Xinjie, who married his father at age 19. His father failed the provincial examination several times before eventually passing and going to the capital for the national examination. Li Kaixian received the degree of jinshi, the highest award for imperial examinations, and then entered the Ministry of Revenue.

Career
In the late 1550s, Li Kaixian became interested in printing Yuan-dynasty qu, including sanqu and dramas. His publishing was complimented by his personal libraries of over 10,000 volumes, known as the "Library of Ten Thousand Fascicles". He also printed a number of plays in an anthology, Revised Plays by Yuan Masters (). Despite the anthology's importance, the whereabouts of the collection was unknown into the 20th century. It was believed to be in Taiwan, until it was revealed in 2001 that the existing edition is kept in Nanjing Library.

Although the surviving edition of the anthology preserves only 6 plays, the preface states that Li Kaixian inteded to print 16. Li Kaixian also stated that he was the sponsor of the project and provided texts from his own personal collection, with assistance from his disciple Zhang Zishen, a native of Shanghe known for his expertise in northern qu, and Gao Yingqi ().

Following the printing of the anthology, Li Kaixian continued printing suites of songs and xiaoling (); in 1566 and 1567 he printed collections by Yuan masters Zhang Keiju () and Qiao Ji, respectively.

References

Ming dynasty writers
1502 births
1568 deaths
16th-century Chinese dramatists and playwrights


title: John Percival Morton

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John Percival Morton  (1911–1985), known as Jack Morton, was Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Defence between 1968 and 1971. He also had a distinguished career in the Indian Police where he was awarded the Indian Police Medal twice for gallantry (1935 and 1940) and the Indian Bar (1940).  He was made OBE in 1946 and CMG in 1965.

Life
John Percival Morton was born on 15 May 1911, and educated at Bedford Modern School.

Morton started his career in the Indian Police and was awarded the Indian Police Medal for gallantry twice, in 1935 and 1940, in the Special Branch of the CID and in the Central Intelligence Bureau.  He was awarded the Indian Bar in 1940 and was appointed Chief of the Lahore Police in 1945 where 'his exceptional qualities of leadership were called upon in full measure, because this very large force had to face the fearful problems which arose from the approach of Indian Independence'.  He was made OBE in 1946.

After Indian’s Independence in 1947 he was posted to London as ‘Principal, War Office’.  Leon Comber has stated that this position was a cover for MI5 which concurs with Morton's obituary in The Times.  He was made a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1965, and was later Assistant Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Defence between 1968 and 1971.

Morton was sent by the Director General MI5 to Sri Lanka in 1979, as Director of Intelligence under Sir Gerald Templer, following a request by the Sri Lankan President to the Foreign Office for a British security expert to advise the Sri Lanka government on dealing with the Tamil militancy. Following Morton’s visit on his recommendation a team from the British SAS visited Sri Lanka in 1981 to train the new Commando Regiment in counter-terrorist operations.

After retirement Morton took on several assignments including one in Northern Ireland to reorganise the Special Branch of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.  Morton also served as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Board and made several television appearances on the grant of independence to countries in the British Empire. His obituary in The Times stated that 'Morton's outstanding characteristic was his integrity'.

He married Leonora Margaret Sale in 1939 and they had a son and a daughter.  He died in 1985 in Wokingham, Berkshire.

References

People educated at Bedford Modern School
Civil servants in the War Office
Civil servants in the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Officers of the Order of the British Empire
Indian Police Service officers in British India
1911 births
1985 deaths


title: Wandsworth Council (disambiguation)

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The Wandsworth London Borough Council, created in 1965, is a local authority in Greater London, England.

Wandsworth Council may also refer to:

Wandsworth Metropolitan Borough Council, 1900 to 1965
Wandsworth District Board of Works, 1855 to 1900


title: Adolf Wamper

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Adolf Wamper (23 June 1901 – 22 May 1977) was a German sculptor. Most of his works were figural, with some in an abstract realist style. During the 1930s he produced monumental sculptures for the Nazi régime; after World War II he taught at the Folkwang University of the Arts.

Early life and education
Adolf Wamper was born in Grevenberg in what is now the town of Würselen, one of five sons raised by their mother, Anna Maria, after their father, Franz Josef Wamper, died in a mining accident in 1907. He was raised Roman Catholic. After finishing school he trained in business and went to work for the Eschweiler Bergwerks-Verein, a leading coal producer. He studied drawing and in 1923 enrolled in the Handwerker- und Kunstgewerbeschule, a school of applied arts in Aachen. He also attended classes for two years at the Aachen Technical University, now RWTH Aachen University. From Aachen he transferred to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where he passed his qualifying examinations in 1927 and continued for two further years as an advanced student under Richard Langer. He lived in a studio residence in Düsseldorf until 1931. During this time he was already participating in competitions; in 1928 he won the commission to design a monument to be placed in the honorary cemetery for World War I soldiers in Bonn. He exhibited in Cologne in 1930 and at the Reiff Museum in Aachen in 1931. In 1932 he travelled briefly to France and Spain to study art, exhibiting in Paris and Barcelona.

Third Reich

Wamper joined the regional affiliate of the Reichskartell der bildenden Künste, a precursor organisation of the Reichskulturkammer, in 1928; it was superseded by the latter in September 1933 after the Nazis came to power. He joined the Nazi Party on 1 May 1933. He moved to Berlin in 1935, when he was 34, and collaborated with the architect Paul Otto August Baumgarten on the design for the Charlottenburg opera house. He received his first commission for monumental sculpture in 1935, for the two pairs of figures in relief flanking the entrance to the Dietrich-Eckart-Bühne open-air theatre, now the Waldbühne, on the grounds of the 1936 Summer Olympics. On the left, representing Fatherland Celebration, male nudes hold a sword and a spear, a pairing that was to be used more famously by Arno Breker; on the right, representing Artistic Celebration, female nudes hold a laurel wreath and a lyre; the intent was to show the kinship between ancient Greek and Germanic culture. Also in 1935, he married Maria Elisabeth Haack, a dentist, and was also involved in the renovation of the Deutsche Oper building, which had become the property of the state and was redesigned to better suit Nazi tastes; he was responsible for the ceiling and for busts of Wagner and Beethoven for the foyer. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Although he was not in the first rank of officially approved sculptors, such as Breker and Josef Thorak, Wamper continued to receive state commissions until the end of the Nazi period. For example, he created two pairs of figures for the entrance to the Messe Berlin, Agriculture and Handwork and Industry and Commerce (removed in 1978) and reliefs for the Reichsgetreidestelle on Fehrbelliner Platz (destroyed). He also designed a monument in bronze of two warriors for the town of Ahlen, a terracotta relief of Hercules and Hydra for the naval hospital in Stralsund and a statue of Hölderlin for the Hölderlin Society in Tübingen. His Genius of Victory was included in the Great German Art Exhibition of 1940; depicting a nude young man with upraised sword, an eagle at his feet, it has been cited as an example of the fascist use of the male body as a symbol of Social Darwinist truth. In 1941 he exhibited The Seasons, a group of four female figures. He was one of 23 sculptors listed in 1940 to work on the reshaping of Berlin under Albert Speer, and in 1944 was placed on the Gottbegnadeten list of artists exempt from military service. He was nonetheless called up in March 1945. (His studio and residence had both been destroyed by bombing and he and his wife had left Berlin for Heepen, now in Bielefeld.) A month later he was captured by U.S. forces and interned at the Golden Mile prisoner-of-war camp at Remagen. While there he used camp mud coated with linseed oil to create the Black Madonna of Remagen, which he gave to the priest in the Kripp section of the town; a facsimile now stands in the Black Madonna Chapel opened in 1987 to commemorate those who died in the camp.

Post-war
Released in July 1945, Wamper worked with a few students in a small studio in Bielefeld and resumed exhibiting in 1948. Through an acquaintance, Hermann Schardt, who became director there, he was appointed head of the sculpture department at Folkwang University of the Arts in late 1948; he continued to work there until 1970. After the war his work moved away from the monumental, but remained rooted in figurative realism. He created numerous public works, including many for schools, a 1952 relief for the district administration building in Euskirchen, and the Angel of the Flames in front of the town hall in Düren, commemorating the bombing of 16 November 1944. In Essen, his work includes reliefs at the opera house and the entrance to the memorial hall at the Southwest Cemetery; the Market Fountain in the Rüttenscheid section and the monument to the 1963 German Gymnastics Festival are both city landmarks. He also created the font, altar of the Virgin, and a reredos depicting the Tree of Jesse for the Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin (St. Mariä Geburt) in the Frohnhausen section of Essen.

On the occasion of his 65th birthday in 1966, the Folkwang Museum honoured him with an exhibition of sculptures and drawings; on his retirement, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia bestowed the title of professor on him.

He died in Essen in 1977 and was buried with his wife in the Huttrop section; however, the gravesite has been cleared and the reclining sculpture of the couple which marked it has been moved to another location.

References

Further reading
 Wilhelm Westecker. "Adolf Wamper" in Künstler des Ruhrlandes, Essen: Hellweg, 1954. . pp. 95–96.
 Robert Thoms. Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung München 1937–1944. Verzeichnis der Künstler in zwei Bänden Volume II Bildhauer. Berlin: Neuhaus, 2011. .

1901 births
1977 deaths
People from Würselen
20th-century German sculptors
20th-century German male artists
German male sculptors
Academic staff of the Folkwang University of the Arts
Olympic competitors in art competitions


title: Bundelkhand Express

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The 11107 / 11108 Bundelkhand Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Central Railway zone that runs between  and . It is also an ISO certified train .

It operates with train number 11107 from Gwalior Junction to Banaras and with train number 11108 in the reverse direction, serving the state of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.

It is named after the Bundelkhand region of the states of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.

Coaches

The 11107/11108 Bundelkhand Express has 1 AC First Class cum AC 3 tier, 1 AC 2 tier, 8 Sleeper class, 6 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) Coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 11107 Bundelkhand Express covers the distance of  in 14 hours 10 mins (44.05 km/h) and in 15 hours 10 mins as 11108 Bundelkhand Express (41.14 km/h).

As the average speed of the train is below , as per Indian Railways rules, its fare does not include a Superfast surcharge.

Routeing

The 11107/11108 Bundelkhand Expres' runs from Gwalior Junction via , Banda Junction, Manikpur Junction, , Janghai Junction to Banaras.

It reverses direction of travel once at .

Traction

Previously, a Jhansi / Mughalsarai-based WDM-3A locomotive powered the train for its entire journey as large sections of the route were not electrified.

With progressive electrification, it is now hauled by a Kanpur-based WAP-7 or Jhansi-based WAP-4 locomotive between Banaras and Gwalior Junction.

References

External links

Named passenger trains of India
Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh
Passenger trains originating from Varanasi
Transport in Gwalior
Express trains in India


title: 2014 Penrith Panthers season

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The 2014 Penrith Panthers season was the 48th in the club's history. Coached by Ivan Cleary and co-captained by Kevin Kingston and Peter Wallace, the team competed in the National Rugby League's 2014 Telstra Premiership. The Panthers competed in the pre-season's 2014 NRL Auckland Nines. They then completed the 26-round regular season 4th place (out of 16), reaching the finals for the first time since 2010. Penrith went on to come within one match of the grand final but were knocked out by the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs.

Squad

Player transfers
A † denotes that the transfer occurred during the 2014 season.

Fixtures
The Panthers again use Penrith Stadium as their home ground in 2014, now known as Sportingbet Stadium for sponsorship reasons.

Preseason
A 16-man squad was sent to Auckland and participated in the Auckland Nines competition. The Panthers played a trial match against the Newtown Jets on 23 February 2014.

Ladder

Representative honours

Domestic

International

References

External links
Panthers official site

Penrith Panthers seasons
Penrith Panthers season


title: Californiulus yosemitensis

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{{Speciesbox
| image = Californiulus yosemitensis.jpg
| genus = Californiulus
| species = yosemitensis
| authority = Chamberlin, 1941
| synonyms =
 Klansolus monoensis
 Klansolus mononus
 Klansolus obscurans
 Klansolus yosemitensis
}}Californiulus yosemitensis is a species of cylindrical millipede in the family Paeromopodidae that is found in western North America: predominantly in the Sierra Nevada of California but also extending into southeastern Oregon and parts of Nevada.

Description
Adult C. yosemitensis reach lengths of up to  and up to 80 body segments. The species is characterized by a broad yellow or orange dorsal band that extends from the collum (first body segment) to the telson, with a bold black stripe down the middle of the band. The base body color is black. The simple eyes (ocelli) are arranged in patches on each side of the head, each patch consists of four rows of ocelli.

DistributionCaliforniulus yosemitensis occurs from extreme southwest Oregon to Kern County, California, with populations in the Warner Mountains, Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada. It is the most widespread species of Californiulus and is common throughout its range.

EcologyCaliforniulus yosemitensis is found under logs in relatively dry habitats, and is occasionally in moist habitats. In certain parts of Yosemite National Park C. yosemitensis co-occurs with Paeromopus paniculus, a larger member of the family Paeromopodidae.

DiscoveryCaliforniulus yosemitensis was described by biologist Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1941. The holotype specimen was collected in Yosemite in 1931 and is stored in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Chamberlin later described two species Klansolus mononus and K. obscurans, which were subsequently determined to be the same species as, and thus taxonomic synonyms of, C. yosemitensis''.

References

Julida
Millipedes of North America
Fauna of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
Animals described in 1941
Fauna of the Western United States
Endemic fauna of the United States


title: Al-Nasafi

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Al-Nasafi may refer to:
Muhammad al-Nasafi (d. 943), Isma'ili missionary
Abul-Mu'in Maymun al-Nasafi, 10th/11th-century Muslim scholar
Abu Hafs Umar al-Nasafi, 10th/11th-century Muslim scholar (d. 1142)
ʻAziz Nasafi (Aziz ad-Din ibn Muhammad al-Nasafi, also Azizuddin Nasafi), 13th-century Persian Sufi. Studied by E. H. Palmer and others.
Burhanuddin Mohammad al-Nasafi, 13th-century Muslim scholar
Abu al-Barakat al-Nasafi, 14th-century Muslim scholar


title: Beulah Anne Georges

text:
Beulah Anne Georges (May 10, 1923 – January 4, 2005), also known as Anne Georges and Scoop Georges, was a member of three women’s American professional baseball teams in the 1940s.

Background
Georges was born in Toledo, Ohio but raised in Columbus. She died in Park Ridge, Illinois in 2005, aged 81.

Baseball
Georges played as a pitcher, infielder and utility for the Chicago Colleens and the Fort Wayne Daisies in 1948 and with the Springfield Sallies in 1949.

Springfield Sallies
Georges played on the Springfield Sallies team in 1949 along with Eileen Gascon, Doris Cook, Migdalia "Mickey" Pérez, Lillian Shadic, Mirtha Marrero, Renae Youngberg, Mary "Wimp" Baumgartner, Sue Kidd, Kay Lionikas, Gertrude "Gert" Alderfer, Barbara Payne, Barbara Liebrich, Betty Degner, Norene Arnold and Jane Moffet. These women were part of the league's idea to recruit new players by sending out rookie teams to play against each other. The Springfield Sallies and the Chicago Colleens made up one of the tours. The tour was successful enough in 1949 that it was repeated in 1950.

References

1923 births
2005 deaths
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League players
Chicago Colleens players
Fort Wayne Daisies players
Springfield Sallies players
Baseball players from Springfield, Illinois
Baseball players from Columbus, Ohio
20th-century American women
20th-century American people
21st-century American women


title: NV Arena

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The NV Arena is a football stadium located in Sankt Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria. It is the home stadium of SKN St. Pölten. It was built from January 2011 to July 2012, and opened on 7 July 2012. The capacity is 8,000 (extendible to 13,000 spectators).
The stadium has hosted the Austrian Football League championship final (Austrian Bowl) several times.

References

SKN St. Pölten
Sports venues completed in 2012
Football venues in Austria
Sports venues in Lower Austria
American football venues in Austria
2012 establishments in Austria
21st-century architecture in Austria


title: Out of Hate

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Out Of Hate is a third album by Made Of Hate. It was recorded in 2012/2013 at HZ Studio.

Music and lyrics were written by Michał "Mike" Kostrzyński.

Songs
 01. Off The Grid
 02. Me, Myself
 03. Broken Man
 04. Torn
 05. Here And Now
 06. The Ones
 07. Wrath
 08. Chosen Ones
 09. Origin

Line Up
 Michał "Mike" Kostrzyński - Guitars
 Radosław Półrolniczak - Vocals
 Marlena Rutkowska - Bass
 Tomasz Grochowski - Drums

2014 albums


title: Agniva Lahiri

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Agniva Lahiri (22 August 1979 – 20 September 2016) was an Indian LGBT social activist from Kolkata, who was active in promoting the causes of the transgender members of the community. Lahiri founded People Like Us (PLUS) Kolkata, a Non Governmental Organization, in 2001 and served as its executive director. Lahiri was also associated with Network of Asia Pacific Youth as a coordinator for policy research and international advocacy.

Biography
Agniva Lahiri was born on 22 August 1979, biologically a male, to a government servant and an economics school teacher, as the youngest of their three children, in Kolkata, India. Lahiri's early schooling was in Ramakrishna Mission Residential School and graduate studies at Asutosh College, Kolkata. Subsequently, Lahiri took master's degree in Bengali Literature from University of Calcutta and another master's degree in Sociology from Nagarjuna University, Kolkata and is pursuing higher studies at University of Melbourne.

The realization that feminine emotions ruled within a biologically male body came to Lahiri at a very early age. This drew a lot of criticism from Lahiri's teachers and fellow students. But the discriminatory treatments did not stop Lahiri from making the decision to accept oneself as the other gender.

Lahiri died on 20 September 2016, reportedly due to liver failure.

Social activism
Agniva Lahiri's social career started with joining a forum called Pratyay, a division of Praajak, a gay support forum started in 1992 on Kolkata. Lahiri also started a newsletter called Pratyay Arshi Nagar, with contributions even from the college faculty. The newsletter later grew to be a newspaper by name, Manashi.

Lahiri's social activism was kickstarted by an incident on 7 December 2003, with the assault by a group of people. Lahiri filed a complaint with the local police who declined to register a formal case against the perpetrators. Lahiri and colleagues persisted and were successful in getting a First Information Report filed.

Lahiri has been involved with the Network of Asia Pacific Youth as a coordinator in the research on sexual culture and its relevance in the area of HIV intervention and prevention program. Lahiri's past associations are with UNICEF ROSA in 2002 on Child welfare, with Gender and AIDS Training Institute (GATI). and with UNFPA as a young researcher.

Lahiri is presently the Executive Director of People Like Us (PLUS) Kolkata which runs a destitute home in Kolkata called Prothoma, offering shelter for the victims of human trafficking and unsafe migration and standing up against the violence meted out to them. The activities have attracted public attention and UNAIDS (United Nations AIDS Program) released a small grant of  400,000 with which Lahiri organised a forum for transgender people by name, the Indian Network of Male Sex Workers. The forum now has 22 branches in 14 states of India.

People Like Us (PLUS) Kolkata
Agniva Lahiri started the establishment of an organization for transgender people and gender variant men in 2000 and informally started the organization, People Like Us (PLUS) Kolkata in 2001. The organization was registered as an NGO in March 2003. The organization is working as a social forum for the rights of gender variant men and is involved in the HIV and AIDS related activities such as:
 prevention
 counselling, training and rehabilitation
 research
 intervention in issues like human trafficking

See also

 Gender neutrality
 LGBT community
 LGBT rights by country or territory
 LGBT social movements
 List of LGBT-related organizations
 List of transgender-related topics
 PLUS Kolkata

References

External links
 Pehchan Training Curriculum
 UNDP leaflet
 Interview abstract
 Profile on LGBT Info
 LA Weekly
 Asia SRC
 Global Panel
 Profile on Taking it Global
 Interview on YouTube

1979 births
2016 deaths
Transgender women
Indian transgender people
20th-century Indian LGBT people
Indian LGBT rights activists
21st-century Indian LGBT people
Activists from West Bengal


title: Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express

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The 14795 / 96 Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between  &  in India.

It operates as train number 14795 from Bhiwani to Kalka and as train number 14796 in the reverse direction, serving the state of Haryana & the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Coaches

The 14795 / 96 Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express has 1 AC Chair Car, 8 Second Class seating, 6 General Unreserved & 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

Service

The 14795 Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express covers the distance of  in 6 hours 40 mins (44.85 km/h) and in 6 hours 30 mins as 14796 Kalka–Bhiwani Ekta Express (46.00 km/h).

Routing

The 14795 / 96 Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express runs from Bhiwani via , , , ,  to Kalka.

Traction

As the route is yet to be fully electrified, a Ludhiana-based WDM-3A locomotive powers the train between Bhiwani and  following which it is powered by a Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 for the remainder of its journey.

References

External links

Transport in Kalka
Express trains in India
Rail transport in Haryana


title: 2012–13 Liga Bet

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The 2012–13 Liga Bet season saw Beitar Nahariya (champions of the North A division), Hapoel Beit She'an/Mesilot (champions of the North B division), Hapoel Mahane Yehuda (champions of the South A division) and Maccabi Be'er Ya'akov (champions of the South B division) win the title and promotion to Liga Alef.

The clubs ranked 2nd to 5th in each division entered a promotion play-off, at the end of which, in the North section Hapoel Iksal lost against Maccabi Kafr Kanna from Liga Alef North and remained in Liga Bet, while, in the South section, F.C. Kafr Qasim won against Hapoel Arad from Liga Alef South and was promoted to Liga Alef.

At the bottom, F.C. Tzeirei Bir al-Maksur (from North A division), Ihud Bnei Baka (from North B division), Shikun Vatikim Ramat Gan (from South A division), and Bnei Yehud (from South B division) were all automatically relegated to Liga Gimel.

The clubs ranked 12th to 15th in each division entered a relegation play-off, at the end of which Hapoel Ahva Haifa (from North A division), F.C. Kfar Kama (from North B division), Gadna Tel Aviv (from South A division) and Hapoel Merhavim (from South B division) dropped to Liga Gimel as well.

North A Division

North B Division

South A Division

South B Division

Promotion play-offs

Northern Divisions

Hapoel Iksal qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef North division, Maccabi Kafr Kanna.

Promotion play-off Match

Maccabi Kafr Kanna remained in Liga Alef; Hapoel Iksal remained in Liga Bet.

Southern Divisions

F.C. Kafr Qasim qualified to the promotion play-off match against 14th ranked club in Liga Alef South division, Hapoel Arad.

Promotion play-off Match

F.C. Kafr Qasim promoted to Liga Alef; Hapoel Arad relegated to Liga Bet.

Relegation play-offs

Northern divisions

North A division

Hapoel Ahva Haifa relegated to Liga Gimel

North B division

F.C. Kfar Kama relegated to Liga Gimel

Southern divisions

South A division

Gadna Tel Aviv relegated to Liga Gimel

South B division

Hapoel Merhavim relegated to Liga Gimel

References
 The Israel Football Association
 The Israel Football Association
 The Israel Football Association
 The Israel Football Association

Liga Bet seasons
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Israel


title: Alina Ivanova (gymnast)

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Alina Ivanova (, born August 3, 1995) is a Belarusian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Iryna Maiseyenka and Yuliya Ardziakova, Ivanova competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

External links

1995 births
Living people
Belarusian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Belarusian women


title: Yuliya Ardziakova

text:
Yuliya Ardziakova (, born November 17, 1997) is a Belarusian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Alina Ivanova and Iryna Maiseyenka, Ardziakova competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

External links

1997 births
Living people
Belarusian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Iryna Maiseyenka

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Iryna Maiseyenka (; born 29 October 1997) is a Belarusian female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Alina Ivanova and Yuliya Ardziakova, Maiseyenka competed in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

References

External links

1997 births
Living people
Belarusian acrobatic gymnasts
Female acrobatic gymnasts


title: Himalayan Queen Express

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The 14095 / 14096 Himalayan Queen Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – Northern Railway zone that runs between  and  in India.

It operates as train number 14095 from Delhi Sarai Rohilla to Kalka and as train number 14096 in the reverse direction serving the states of Delhi, Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

Coaches

The 14095 / 96 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Kalka Himalayan Queen Express has 1 AC Chair Car, 7 Second Class seating, 6 General Unreserved and 2 SLR (Seating cum Luggage Rake) coaches. It does not carry a pantry car.

As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand.

In addition, it carries 8 coaches of the 14795 / 96 Bhiwani–Kalka Ekta Express.

Service

The 14095 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Kalka Himalayan Queen Express covers the distance of  in 5 hours 25 mins (56.31 km/h) and in 5 hours 50 mins as 14096 Kalka–Delhi Sarai Rohilla Himalayan Queen Express (52.29 km/h).

Routeing

The 14095 / 14096 Delhi Sarai Rohilla–Kalka Himalayan Queen Express runs from Delhi Sarai Rohilla via , , , ,  to Kalka.

Traction

As the route is fully electrified, a Ghaziabad-based WAP-7 locomotive powers the train for its entire journey.

References

External links

Named passenger trains of India
Rail transport in Delhi
Rail transport in Haryana
Express trains in India


title: Lake Huascacocha (Huánuco)

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Lake Huascacocha (possibly from Quechua waskha or waska: rope; or wask'a: rectangle, long; and qucha: lake) or Lake Huacacocha is a lake in Peru located in Huánuco Region, Lauricocha Province, Jesús District. Lake Huascacocha lies in the north of the Raura mountain range, west of lakes Patarcocha and Chuspi.

See also
 Yanajirca

References

Lakes of Peru
Lakes of Huánuco Region


title: Ivan Štefanec

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Ivan Štefanec (born 30 September 1961 in Považská Bystrica) is a Slovak politician and business manager, former member of the Slovak Parliament and current member of the European Parliament for Christian Democratic Movement.

Early life and education
Ivan Štefanec was born in Považská Bystrica, Slovakia. After finishing high school in 1979, he studied at the University of Economics in Bratislava studying Economic Mathematics from 1979 to 1983. He later supplemented his studies with a postgraduate study of the English language at Comenius University in Bratislava (1987–1989). After the events of November 1989, he was one of the first Czechoslovak students to use the opportunity to study abroad and became a successful graduate of the first MBA program for managers in Central and Eastern Europe with a diploma from the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York (1991–1992). Among many reputable professors, he was taught by Douglass North, who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1993. In the year 1994, Ivan Štefanec finished his scientific postgraduate studies at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of Business and Informatics in Bratislava.

Career
Ivan Štefanec started working as a researcher and later as a project manager at the engineering plant Považské Strojárne, Považská Bystrica in 1983. From 1992 to1993 he worked as the branch manager of Ernst & Young CS Consulting and since 1994 his professional career was intertwined with the company Coca-Cola. He started as chief financial officer and deputy general manager and successfully ran the company Coca-Cola Beverages Slovakia as the general manager for 5 years. Under his leadership, Coca-Cola Beverages Slovakia was awarded with the National Quality Prize 2001. Following this and other accomplishments Ivan Štefanec was appointed the EU integration manager of Coca-Cola HBC in Vienna in January 2003. This role, among other responsibilities, incorporated the preparation of the company for EU Enlargement in all accessible countries. Ivan Štefanec was also the president of the Business Alliance of Slovakia from when it was founded in 2001 until 2005.

Political career

Career in national politics
In 2003, Štefanec was nominated for the position of European Commissioner by the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union. After the 2004 wind disaster in the High Tatra Mountains, Ivan Štefanec led the Government Committee for the recovery and development of the High Tatras. In 2006, he was appointed as the Plenipotentiary for adoption of the Euro in Slovakia. From 2006 – 2010 and 2010 – 2014 he was a member of the Slovak National Council. He focused specifically on Economic issues and European affairs. Moreover, he was active in the area of SMEs, entrepreneurship and Slovak/Taiwanese relations. In 2010 he was appointed the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on European Affairs. On 19 February 2015 Ivan Štefanec left the SDKÚ-DS party claiming that the party has ceased to function. He has been a member of the Slovak political party KDH (Christian Democratic Movement) since November 2015.

With respect to international relations, his main actions include:

 Supporting Slovak national conventions of the EU- Moldova, Ukraine, Montenegro- help enforcing the European agenda and creating a civil society
 Visiting Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan- on the basis of an invitation from the National Democratic Institute, he participated in a lecture tour and meetings with members of the parliament about democracy and transparency
 Visiting Kosovo- on the basis of an invitation from the British Council, he led a parliamentary delegation made up of representatives from each party as well as the president herself, the President of the Parliament and members of the government with the goal of developing non-diplomatic relations
 Visiting Taiwan- as the delegation leader, he participated in meetings with representatives of the government and parliamentary representatives, while the goal of the meeting was the development of treaties concerning the support of small businesses and the support of science and technology parks

In cooperation with the Taiwanese government, he has credit for the sponsorship of:

 Computer technology and teaching aids for schools in Bratislava, Považská Bystrica, and Kozarovce
 Health equipment for Mýtna Clinic and the Faculty hospital of Bratislava
 WiFi access on both sides of the Dunaj River in Bratislava
 The house of the Third Age in Bratislava-Petržalka
 An orphanage in Modra-Harmónia

Member of the European Parliament, 2014–present
At the 2014 European Parliamentary election Štefanec was elected a member of the European Parliament for the SDKÚ-DS and subsequently joined the EPP Group. His priority topics are the Digital Single Market, SMEs, employment, and red tape reduction.

Currently, Štefanec serves as a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Delegation for relations with Japan and a substitute in the Committee on Industry, Research, and Energy, the Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age, the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, and the Subcommittee on Human Rights. From 2016 until 2017, Štefanec was a member of the temporary Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector.

In addition, Štefanec holds the position of the President of SME Europe and is the European Investment Fund Programming Committee Co-chair. Since 2019, he has been the president of the Beer Club President. He is also a member of the European Internet Forum; the European Parliament Intergroup on Integrity (Transparency, Anti-Corruption and Organized Crime); and the European Parliament Intergroup on Disability.

In his previous term, Štefanec was a member of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, the Delegation for relations with the countries of South Asia, and the Committee of Inquiry into Emission Measurements in the Automotive Sector. He served as a substitute for the Committee on Budgets, the Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Association Committee, the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly, the Subcommittee on Human Rights, the Committee of Inquiry to investigate alleged contraventions and maladministration in the application of Union law in relation to money laundering, tax avoidance, and tax evasion, and the Special Committee on financial crimes, tax evasion, and tax avoidance.

Recognition
 2003 – Dale Carnegie Leadership Award
 2011 – Taiwanese  Friendship Medal of Diplomacy

Results and Awards
As a part of his scientific work, Štefanec studied multicriteria optimization. In the past few years, he has regularly presented on the topics of strategic management, international business, and introducing the Euro at international conferences as well as Slovak and foreign universities.

Among his social activities, he is the co-founder of the Slovak Soft Drinks and Mineral Waters Association and from the year 1992 to 2004, he served as the chairman of the board. He also served as the Chairman of the MBA Advisory Board for Comenius University in Bratislava. On the international level, from 1997, he represented Slovakia as a Member of the Committee for the Enlargement of the European Union at the international organization for the production of soft drinks, UNESDA/CISDA with its base in Brussels. From 2000 to 2004, he served as the organization's president. In the year 2001, he was one of the founding members of the Business Alliance of Slovakia (PAS) and its first president until the year 2005. He is currently the president of PAS and in this role, is primarily focused on protecting the interests and voices of small businesses and improving the ethics associated with the business. Between the years 2004 and 2006, he also worked as the Vice President of the National Union of Employers, responsible for the union's international relations. Since 2004, he has been the President of the SME Union Slovakia. Štefanec served as the Head of the Slovakia-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, through which he enabled the creation of new work opportunities by attracting new investors like Au Optronics, Foxconn, and Delta as well as promoting Slovak entrepreneurs in Taiwan.

For his economic results and for the techniques with which he led firms, he received the National Prize for Quality in 2001. In the same year, he was awarded the title of Notable Economist from the Economic Club- an independent economic forum for the development of the entrepreneurial environment. For the exceptional results he enabled in his mobilization of human capital, innovative perspective, and community development, he was awarded the Dale Carnegie Leadership Award in 2003. He was the first Slovakian to be given this notable award. In 2011, he received the Friendship Medal of Diplomacy from the Taiwanese government for his international activities and development and Slovak-Taiwanese relations.

Personal life
Štefanec has been married for 37 years to his wife Magdalena who is an economic engineer. Together they have two children, daughter Ivana and son Vladislav. He also now has two grandchildren.

References

External links
Official Website
Profile at the European Parliament Website

1961 births
Living people
People from Považská Bystrica
Comenius University alumni
Rochester Institute of Technology alumni
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2006-2010
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2010-2012
Members of the National Council (Slovakia) 2012-2016
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party politicians
Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party MEPs
MEPs for Slovakia 2014–2019
MEPs for Slovakia 2019–2024


title: 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship

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The 2014 ABSA Under-19 Provincial Championship was a rugby union competition held between the Under-19 players from the fourteen provincial rugby unions in South Africa, plus the  sub-union. It was contested from 11 July to 25 October 2014.

Group A

Competition

There were seven participating teams in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the same venue as the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division Final.

The bottom team in Group A played a play-off game at home against the winner of the Group B final for a place in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A.

Teams

Team Listing

The following teams took part in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A competition:

Log

Fixtures and results
 Fixtures are subject to change.
 All times are South African (GMT+2).

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Round Eight

Round Nine

Round Ten

Round Eleven

Round Twelve

Round Thirteen

Round Fourteen

Semi-finals

Final

Honours

Group B

Competition

There were eight participating teams in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group B. These teams played each other once over the course of the season, either at home or away.

Teams received four points for a win and two points for a draw. Bonus points were awarded to teams that scored 4 or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by 7 points or less. Teams were ranked by points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).

The top 4 teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the same venue as the 2014 Currie Cup First Division Final.

The winner of the final played a play-off game away from home against the bottom team in Group A for a place in the 2015 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group A.

Teams

Team Listing

The following teams took part in the 2014 Under-19 Provincial Championship Group B competition:

Log

Fixtures and results
 Fixtures are subject to change.
 All times are South African (GMT+2).

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Round Eight

Semi-finals

Final

Honours

Promotion/relegation play-off

  remain in Group A.
  remain in Group B.

See also
 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division
 2014 Currie Cup qualification
 2014 Currie Cup First Division
 2014 Vodacom Cup
 2014 Under-21 Provincial Championship

Notes

References

External links

2014 rugby union tournaments for clubs
2014
2014 in South African rugby union


title: Falko Steinbach

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Falko Steinbach (born 30 September 1957 in Aachen, Germany) is a German/American pianist, composer and piano pedagogue. As a Steinway Artist,  Steinbach is an expert in the classical repertory, but is also a specialist in contemporary music, acclaimed for his inexhaustible fantasy, “mesmerizing sound,” and versatile piano technique. In 1999 he joined the music faculty at the University of New Mexico and became a full professor of piano in 2010. He was granted US citizenship in 2011, and now as a dual national, he continues an extended international performance career as a soloist, recording artist and collaborative performer in America, Europe and Asia. He is a noted teacher of piano and composition, and author of several significant pedagogical works including an acclaimed volume on piano methodology, “A Compendium of Piano Technique”. He is frequently invited to give lectures, master classes, and recitals at international music festivals, academic conferences, and universities worldwide, and to act as judge for national and international piano competitions

Biography

Childhood and education
Steinbach was born in Aachen, and is the eldest of four children. His father, Dr. Hans Horst Steinbach, was a chemist and researcher who married Martha Gawellek, a chemical technical assistant who left her career to become a full-time homemaker and parent shortly after their marriage. Dr H. H. Steinbach accepted a position with the Bayer Corporation as a researcher and inventor when his son was two years old, and the family relocated to Leverkusen for the next three years. They then took up a more permanent residence in nearby Bergisch Gladbach, Schildgen where the young Steinbach would attend elementary school after age five. The elder Steinbach became a talented and successful chemist, and developed hundreds of patented chemical compounds, solutions, and lubricants as a researcher with Bayer, and his career, which extended beyond Germany to South Africa and South America, brought the family into contact with diverse cultural influences since they frequently hosted guests from around the world.

Steinbach’s exceptional musical talent became evident by the time he was four years of age, and his father, a pianist and violin player, became his first music teacher. At age six, he began to study with Grete Selle in Leverkusen, and by age seven, he began to compose small minuets and other pieces in the style of W. A. Mozart.  Steinbach was enrolled in the Freiherr vom Steim Gymnasium at age ten, and at twelve years of age, he composed his first three-movement sonatina for violin and piano under the supervision of his music instructor, Manfred Klink. That same year, Steinbach gave his first public performance as a piano soloist in Horrem near Cologne. Before he was even eighteen years old, Steinbach was appointed choir director at the Catholic Parish, Herz Jesu Schlidgen in Bergisch-Gladbach by his mentor Dr. Paul Adenauer, son of the first Chancellor of the BRD Konrad Adenauer. He further demonstrated his musical skill in this capacity, gaining notoriety as conductor, performer and composer of several masses and a piano concerto. While working in this capacity, Steinbach concurrently attended the Rheinische Musikschule in Cologne where he studied theory and composition with Georg Kröll. He won first prize in the 1976 “Jugend musiziert” Piano Competition in Bergisch-Gladbach, and before his graduation from the Gymnasium later that year, he became a “Jungstudent” at the Musikhochschule Köln. He was a teaching assistant to his performance instructor, Prof. Tiny Wirtz, during his first year in the program, and completed the MM with distinction, followed by the Konzertexamen (a degree equivalent to the DMA) in solo performance studies.

From 1986 to ‘87, Steinbach pursued advanced postgraduate studies in solo piano performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, and while there was a student of Craig Sheppard and assistant to Peter Feuchtwanger. During this time, he also undertook solo and collaborative studies with several noted teachers and performers including the aforementioned Peter Feuchtwanger, Tatjana Nikolajewa, Boris Pergamenschikov, Members of the Amadeus Quartet, and later with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 1991. His time in London was one of the most significant experiences in his musical life.

Performer, composer and teacher

Steinbach’s performance career since the 1980s has included solo recitals, as well as collaborative performances with other soloists, chamber ensembles, and orchestras in the United States, Europe, and Asia. He is regularly invited to perform at international music festivals, and in addition to giving approximately thirty concerts each year he continues to be an active recording artist of repertory extending from Bach to contemporary piano music. Steinbach has been critically acclaimed for his individual and deeply philosophical ‘metaphysical’ approach to his craft. He is a passionate promoter of new music, and frequently premieres new works, many of which are written for, and dedicated to him in lecture recitals. He has recorded over fifteen albums of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary music with Ambitus, Edition Antes, Centaur Records and Navona Records, and has also completed recordings for the WDR and NDR radio broadcasters. He has also appeared on German, Malaysian, and US radio and television as a performer, and scholarly expert in the field. Within his extensive catalog are the first recordings of many of the works of Hans Eisler, P. Dessau, and Kurt Schwaen, as well as his own works and those of many other composers. Steinbach’s artistry is also, in his terms, driven by a proactive engagement with humanitarian programs working against discrimination. In addition to numerous benefit concert performances, proceeds from his album, “Klassik für Menschenrechte” listing works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Chopin and Bartók, were donated to the Casa Alianza Children’s Aid of Guatemala, and Amnesty International. Similarly proceeds from the album, “Humanity Classics,” financed by the Landschaftsverband Rheinland and featuring piano concertos by Mozart and Schnittke, were donated to the recovery and treatment of the women victimized by the Soviet-era Bulgarian treatment facility, Malko Scharkovo.

From the time of his early studies, Steinbach was most interested in performing and only in his teenage years did he begin to focus on composition studies with greater concentration. By the time he was twenty-four years of age, he opted to formally study theory and composition at the Musikhochschule Köln with Prof. Manfred Reiter, and Prof. Roland Löbner. He completed his first serious piece, “Suite in Three Movements” for piano in 1982, and shortly after completed his theory studies to earn a Staatsexamen (equivalent to a modern“Bachelor’s Degree). He has since continued to develop his compositional process using unique approaches to dodecaphony, rotational systems and set class transformation, points of symmetrical inversion, stylistic synthesis, and jazz-influenced patterns and rhythms. Steinbach believes that “to study composition with a teacher is a contradiction in itself. Nowadays it is absurd to talk about tonality or atonality. Both terms are redundant if you perceive music through rotational systems, movement and emotions. There are no rules and fashions for me.” His oeuvre encompasses almost fifty compositions, including one opera entitled “Berlin Suite,” the church music cycle “Apocalypse,” numerous major cycles for choir and various ensembles, piano ensembles and noted cycles of etudes and other works for solo piano. Many of his compositions are commissioned works such as his “Agnes Mass” (2002) written for the 100th anniversary of the Church of St. Agnes in Cologne, and "Mystic Circle" for small ensemble (2013), an homage to Igor Strawinsky written for the John Donald Robb Composer Symposium in 2013.

Steinbach is recognized worldwide for his “inexhaustible fantasy,” his “mesmerizing sound” and his sharp understanding of the possibilities of playing piano and understanding its physical, spiritual and mental aspects. His work emphasizes the careful production of tone quality in all musical contexts, and in particular, the relationship between movements and the sounds they produce; with respect to his unique approach to piano music, he explains “sound is the gate to our emotions – you can see the sound and hear the movements performed on the piano” in these works. Steinbach has spent much of his composition, performing and teaching career exploring the effects of both listening to, and performing music on human sensory process and cognition. In relation to these insights, one finds in his works unique and thoughtful attention to aspects of sound, space, time, and physical movements both in surface details, and within the larger structure of many works, such as those found in his cycles of etudes. His largest etude cycle, “Figures” has been the subject of two doctoral dissertations. The first, "The Interdependence of Movement and Sound in all Aspects of Piano in Falko Steinbach's "Figures"- 17 Choreographic Etudes for Piano (2006.)" was published in 2010 by Taiwanese pianist, Shu Ching Cheng, at the University of Arizona. The second, "A Structural Analysis for Performers: Falko Steinbach’s "Figures: 17 Choreographic Etudes for Piano," was published in 2012 by American pianist, Alexander Schwarzkopf at the University of Oregon. Steinbach’s passion and dedication for both artistic and pedagogic work are reflected in his 53 piano etudes “Figures,” “Moving,” “Finger Paintings,” “Mirror Visions,” and “Etude 53,” and in his comprehensive text, “A Compendium of Piano Technique.” The methods presented in these works provide guidance for students at beginning, intermediate, and advanced skill level, and because of the breadth and consistency of his approach, his students are among the noted performers in the state of New Mexico, and the surrounding region; many of these students have achieved professional and academic positions, scholarships, grants, and prizes at piano competitions and universities. Steinbach has given master courses at universities and music festivals in Germany, Italy, The United States, Mexico, Taiwan and Malaysia and has acted as a juror for many national and international piano competitions.

Honorary activities
Steinach co-founded the "Initiative for the Enrichment of Culture" to benefit and promote musicians, composers and artists in 1987 in Hückeswagen, Germany, and was a member of the board of directors for several years after. He then co-founded an association for contemporary music, “Klang Köln e.V.,” in 1991, and, was acting chair and associate chair until 2000. While a member of this organization, he performed, and made recordings with many noted performers and singers including Francoise Groben, Tina von Altenstadt, Anne Schwanewilms and Marlene Mild, and worked with fellow composers, Christoph Maria Wagner, Stefan Thomas, Oliver Trötschel and Thomas Reiner. He was artistic director of the “Tage Neuer Musik,” 2001 In Brauweiler, Germany, and was also the artistic director for The "Streams" Music Festival in 2010 and 2013, which featured numerous contemporary composers including Maurizio Kagel, Kurt Schwaen, Barbara Rettagliati, Massimo Berzolla, Martin Christoph Redel, Alexander Litvinowski, Christopher Shultis and others. Since 2004, he has been a board member of “der Abtei Brauweiler” Concert Series, and in 2009 he founded the "Internationales Klavierfestival Lindlar" near Cologne. He is the current artistic director for this festival, which has become a significant and highly acclaimed cultural event in the region.

Achievements and recognition
In 1986 Steinbach was awarded a DAAD scholarship from the German government to fund his advanced studies in England. He received two grants in 1997 and 98 from the “Stiftung Kunst und Kultur” of the state North Rhine-Westphalia to produce the album, “Six Take,” as well as “Lieder aus dem Exil,” a WDR produced CD with soprano Marlene Mild. In 1999 he received a grant from The University of New Mexico to translate his German-language volume on piano technique, “Klaviertechnisches Kompendium,” into English, and in 2006 he received another UNM grant to publish his etude cycle, “Figures” – 17 Choreographic Etudes for Piano.” He received grants in 2008, including a RAC grant from UNM, to publish his recording of "Figures" with Centaur Records. The "Internationales Klavierfestival Lindlar", which he founded received the "Student Abroad Funding" award of the University of New Mexico in 2014. Steinbach is a member of GEMA. Verlag Edmund Bieler, Cologne, currently publishes his compositions.

Personal life
He currently lives with his second wife Emily and his three children Tankred Noel, Ronja Magdalena and Sebastian Miles in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A. and in Lindlar, Germany.

Steinbach is fan of association football, and is an avid supporter of the Bundesliga club Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

Compositions

List of CD recordings

Radio productions

World premieres

References

External links
Official website
Klavierfestival-Lindlar

German pianists
German composers
1957 births
Living people
Musicians from Aachen
20th-century American pianists
American male pianists
21st-century American pianists
20th-century American male musicians
21st-century American male musicians


title: Konodai Girls' School

text:
is a girls' private school in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, offering education for elementary, junior high, and senior high school.

External links

Schools in Chiba Prefecture


title: Seibu 9000 series

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The  is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Seibu Railway on commuter services in the Tokyo area of Japan since 1993.

Design
The 9000 series trains were built between 1993 and 1999 at Seibu's own Tokorozawa Factory by combining electrical equipment from former 101 series EMUs with new steel bodies based on the New 2000 series design. These were the last trains to be built at the Tokorozawa Factory before it closed in 2000.

Fleet
, the fleet consists of eight 10-car sets, numbered 9101 to 9108, based at Musashigaoka depot for use on Seibu Ikebukuro Line workings.

Formations
10-car sets are formed as shown below with six motored ("M") cars and four non-powered trailer ("T") cars.

 Cars 2, 5, and 8 are each equipped with one single-arm pantograph.

Interior
Seating consists of longitudinal bench seating throughout. Wheelchair spaces are provided in cars 2 and 9. Priority seats are provided at the end of each car.

History
The first train entered service in 1993, with eight 10-car sets built by 1999. The fleet was refurbished between 2004 and 2008, with new underframe equipment and VVVF inverter control. Refurbished sets are identified by stickers on the cab end doors.

Tamako Line transfer

Beginning in 2020, the 9000 series fleet was shortened to four-car formations and modified to accommodate driver-only operation for use on the Tamako Line. The first of these sets was set 9108, which entered service on the Tamako Line on 1 October 2020.  the entire fleet has been modified for Tamako Line operation, excluding sets 9101, 9106, and 9107, which were scrapped beforehand.

Livery variations

"Red Lucky Train"

From July 2014, set 9103 was repainted in a "Red Lucky Train" livery in collaboration with the private railway operator Keikyu. In return, Keikyu painted one of its own N1000 series sets into an all-over yellow livery similar to the Seibu livery in May 2014. Set 9103 was repainted in an all-over red livery after it was modified for Tamako Line operation.

"L-train"

From 17 January 2016, set 9108 operated in a special "L-train" livery consisting of the Saitama Seibu Lions baseball team colour of dark blue with Seibu Lions logos. The set's Seibu Lions logos were removed following its modification for use on the Tamako Line.

"Seibu KPP Train"

From 4 June 2016, set 9101 operated in a special "Seibu KPP Train" pink livery to mark the 100th anniversary of Seibu Railway in 2015 and the fifth anniversary of singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. The train operated in this livery until 29 September 2016, after which date the Kyary Pamyu Pamyu vinyls were removed, with the trainset operating in all-over pink livery.

References

External links

 Seibu 9000 series train information

Electric multiple units of Japan
9000 series
Train-related introductions in 1993
1500 V DC multiple units of Japan