title: Alessandra Marianelli

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Alessandra Marianelli (born 1986) is an Italian soprano. She made her professional debut in 2002 as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro and went on to sing leading roles in the opera houses of her native country and internationally. Her recordings include Amour in Orphée et Eurydice for Decca Records and Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia for Naxos Records. She also appeared in Carlos Saura's 2009 film Io, Don Giovanni.

Life and career
Marianelli was born in Pontedera in the Province of Pisa. She began her vocal studies in Pisa with Marina Billieri and Pieralba Soroga, with further study at the Conservatorio Mascagni in Livorno. In 2001, at the age of 15 and never having seen a live opera performance, she placed second in the Cascinalirica singing competition in Livorno. The following year she made her professional debut as Barbarina in Le nozze di Figaro at Pisa's Teatro Verdi. She won the Premio Spiros Argiris in 2004 and in December of that year appeared in the small off-stage role of "La voce dal cielo" (voice from heaven) in Don Carlo at the Teatro Comunale di Firenze. She would return there seven years later as Musetta in La bohème.

From 2004 onwards, Marinelli made a series of other house and role debuts in Italy, Belgium, Peru, Spain, and Monaco and sang over 30 different roles. These included Serpina in La serva padrona and Collette in Le devin du village at the Festival Pergolesi Spontini (2004); Nanetta in Falstaff at La Monnaie, Brussels (2006); Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia at the Rossini Opera Festival (2007);  Gilda in Rigoletto at the Teatro Municipal Alejandro Granda, Lima; Amour in Orphée et Eurydice at the Teatro Real, Madrid (2008); Kseniya  in Boris Godunov at the Teatro Regio di Torino (2010);  Micaëla in Carmen at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna (2010); Oscar in Un ballo in maschera at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo (2011); and Giulietta in Un giorno di regno at the Teatro Regio di Parma (2013).

Recordings

References

External links

Artist's page on Stage Door Artists' Management
Alessandra Marianelli on Operabase
Video: Alessandra Marianelli as Juliette and José Bros as Roméo in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, streamed from the Teatro Carlo Felice (2012).

Italian operatic sopranos
1986 births
People from Pontedera
Living people
21st-century Italian  women opera singers


title: Tomáš Hasilla

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Tomáš Hasilla (born 23 August 1990) is a Slovak biathlete.  He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in sprint and individual.

Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

World Championships
0 medals

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The single mixed relay was added as an event in 2019.

External links
Tomas Hasilla at IBU

References

1990 births
Living people
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Slovakia
Sportspeople from Brezno
Slovak male biathletes


title: All Love's Legal

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All Love's Legal is the third studio album by English musician Jam Rostron, known by their stage name Planningtorock; the album is their first since they came out as genderqueer, and it was released on 14 February 2014 by Human Level, a label Rostron formed to promote queer and female music producers. Featuring themes of feminism, gender, and queerness, All Love's Legal differs from Planningtorock's previous record W (2011) due to its less subtle lyrics and pop-orientated disco style. The album was promoted with several pre-album track releases, remixes by Rostron themself and other musicians such as TR/ST, Holly Herndon, and fellow Human Level artist rRoxymore, and music videos Rostron self-directed with an all-female team. Reviewers strongly praised the musical style and sound, but had mixed opinions on its use of sloganeering in delivering socially-charged statements.

Lyrics and themes
As the tour for Jam Rostron's album W (2011) neared its end in the summer of 2012, they noticed that there were "certain things that I didn't achieve" with it, as well as themes about social issues and their personal life that oddly were not incorporated into the lyrics they wrote. They intended their next album to consist of tracks that were about touchy subject matter but were still accessible in some way; they originally thought of writing a depth-filled set of songs about social issues without discomforting listeners, but that plan "didn't translate" and they "came to the conclusion that if it's a problem for people to talk about these issues, then that's the issue". Thus, they moved from the "subtle and poetic" showcase of political themes on W into more "direct" statements when writing the lyrics for their next album.

An album by an artist most notable for their connections with Swedish group The Knife, All Love's Legal was compared by reviewers to Shaking the Habitual for its political themes about gender, feminism, and queer theory and the pink shading on its album cover; in fact, the Salt-n-Pepa-referencing outro line from Shaking the Habituals "Full of Fire", "Let's talk about gender baby, let's talk about you and me" is repeated throughout All Love Legals "Let's Talk About Gender Baby".

Music
All Love's Legals arrangements are minimal, uses dubstep atmospherics, and sonically focuses on the space of the sound. While maintaining the other-worldly orchestral house style and adrogynous vocals of W, All Love's Legal moves towards a more pop-oriented retro disco album, a transition Planningtorock made that was inspired by the queer and sexual themes of early house music. Jessica Suarez of Pitchfork analysed the gender neutrality theme to be reflected in the sound, where "the instrumentation is neither pretty nor ugly, human or not human, masculine nor feminine;" this "impersonality" forces the listener to confront "what abandoning deeply-entrenched ways of thinking about gender and desire would actually feel like—it doesn't sound too comfortable, and it shouldn't". Rostron was, according to the album's press release, "queering sonics", meaning that they tried to use as little "normative sonics" as possible, including a "natural voice" and proper note timing,

Release and promotion
All Love's Legal was the first Planningtorock album to be released after Rostron came out as genderqueer, and changed their name to Jam Rostron. For promoting and releasing All Love's Legal, Rostron formed the label Human Level, which was meant to make queer and female produces more prominent in the music industry. In addition to the album's production personnel and publicity photographers consisting entirely of women, the production team of music videos for songs from the album were all women. As Rostron explained, "I said for this [album], I want to work with women only. Magazines come back saying we don't know any [female photographers]. I'm like, well, can you go back and think about that for a minute?"

"Patriarchy Over and Out" was released online on 3 July 2012 and 30 July 2012 as a 12-inch split single with rRoxymore's "Wheel of Fortune", serving as the first release for Rostron's label Human Level. Journalists positively reviewed the track upon its release, a Pretty Much Amazing writer concluding that "the song's last 90 seconds are particularly stirring with [Rostron] injecting some genuine pain and emotion into [their] mantra". Pitchfork writer Laura Snapes called it "a deeply persuasive, beautiful single" and Michael Cragg of The Guardian "a brilliantly odd five and a half minutes". "Misogyny Drop Dead" was released for streaming on 30 January 2013, with a remix by Canadian producer Pursuit Grooves premiering on Fact magazine's website on 26 February 2013. Dummy, upon the song's release, called it "the best thing that 2013 has had to offer so far". The track was on Spins July 2013 list of the best dance tracks of the year so far and ranked number 45 on a year-end list of best tracks by Resident Advisor. Rostron later produced a less funky, smoother version of the song for a release party of rRoxymore's extended play Precarious / Precious (2013); named the "wanted a different version of MDD for rRoxymore's party remix", it was released publicly on 27 August 2013. Rostron's self-directed video for the song was released on 16 February 2013. Holly Herndon also produced a remix that was released on 13 May 2013.

An extended play that includes and is named after the track was issued on International Women's Day on 8 March 2013 via Human Level; not only was the original mix and Pursuit Grooves' remix of the song present in the track listing, but it also included an instrumental interlude, "Agender", and a track that also later was on All Love's Legal, "Public Love". Reviews of the extended play were positive, with Resident Advisor claiming that "you will struggle to find a more compelling and unusual dance release to have emerged so far this year" and Pitchfork suggesting Planningtorock's direction towards more obviously political material was "viable" and "compelling". On 18 September 2013, Planningtorock released a remix of The Knife's "Full of Fire", titled "Let's Talk About Gender Baby, Let's Talk About You and Me", which is All Love's Legals "Let's Talk About Gender Baby" but with Karin Dreijer's original vocals instead of Rostron repeating the line. On 20 October 2014, Human Level released the maxi single Gender Baby, which includes the original track, two remixes by LAFAWNDAH & ADR and Rostron themself, and a new original Planningtorock song "U+U"; it was distributed in flower USBs sold on the label's official website and at live shows.

On 29 October 2013, a second Planningtorock album named All Love's Legal was announced to be released by Human Level in February 2014, and the song "Welcome" as well as Rostron's self-directed video for the track was made public online. "Human Drama" was released on 14 November 2013, with a remix by Berlin DJ Perera Elsewhere exclusively released on The Guardians website on 29 November 2013 and another re-cut by British producer Paula Temple issued on 6 December 2013. The music video, which Rostron also directed and premiered on Dazeds website on 6 December 2013, depicts them and rRoxymore with bowl cuts as "flaming Rorschach-like effects" and changing colours are used on the footage, according to the magazine's summary, to symbolise gender fluidity. On 5 February 2014, The Fader released a mix Planningtorock contributed to the magazine that, in addition to including previously-released remixes of tracks from the album, also featured the premiere of "Beyond Binary Binds" and South London producer Mokadem's remix of the title track. A title track remixes EP was issued by Human Level on 21 February 2014 and includes re workings by TR/ST and Berlin group Kool Thing alongside Mokadem's re-cut. All Love's Legal was first released for streaming on The Guardians website on 11 February 2014.

Critical reception

All Love's Legals critical response was generally mixed-to-positive, with several writers divided towards its use of simplistic, superficial lyrics. Some reviewers, such as Suarez and The Quietuss Chad Parkhill, found it necessary in an era of erosion of LGBTQ rights worldwide. Loud and Quiet elucidated, "Rostron knows that the best way to get your message across is to embrace the language of capitalism i.e. an instantaneous, hook heavy soundtrack crammed with messages that stick fast in your head; gender's just a lie and fall in love with whoever you want to are the blazons of [their] campaign". The 405 journalist Robert Whitfield called the record's repetition of slogans "greatly effective, creating memorable lyrics that could easily act as a rallying cry. The intention, like a protest, is not to offer solutions but make the subject unavoidable and open up debate"; additionally, "the intoxicating mix of beats and sloganeering creates something recognisable, yet completely unique in the way it approaches subjects that have largely been ignored—something Planningtorock finds strange given dance music's roots in black and queer styles".

Pretty Much Amazings Samuel Tolzmann and The Line of Best Fits Chris Todd suggested it wouldn't win over listeners to whom the album's concepts weren't evident; they wrote that this not helped by the fact that its sound is "cheap" and "jittery" and the artist "fails to make inclusion seem appealing or powerful". The lack of lyrical detail also led reviewers from NME, PopMatters, and AllMusic to call the album inferior to prior Planningtorock LPs that had more depth. Parkhill summarised, "in putting [their] message forward so directly and artlessly, Rostron has robbed [themself] of the chance to perform and embody a form of queer club music, opting instead to merely state it". He furthermore called the lyrics vague to the point of being "half-baked", such as on the title track's declaration that "you cannot legalise love": "If we're talking about acts of love, then states can and do make determinations about what forms of love are legally permissible, and for good reason: some forms of love are expressed in actions that can cause profound harm".

However, several other reviewers from publications like The Guardian, The Irish Times, Exclaim! and Resident Advisor, while lukewarm towards the sloganeering, thought the album was strongly made up for by an interesting and engaging musical style and Rostron's presence. Clash concluded that despite a vocal performance that "veer[s] between engaging and occasionally irritating", All Love's Legal was "a fun record, and as adventurous as we've come to expect from Planningtorock". Whitfield called the album "richly detailed and takes a number of unexpected turns", and Mixmag summarised that "with no twee gimmicks, vibrant colour and bold substance are present in spades, resulting in an album that's nothing short of a masterclass in left-of-centre dance music".

Track listing

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of All Love's Legal.

 Planningtorock – artwork, mixing, production
 Guy Davie – mastering
 Martin Falck – artwork
 Goodyn Green – artwork photography
 Lexxx – mixing

Release history

References

2014 albums
Planningtorock albums


title: Moyale Barracks FC

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Moyale Barracks Football Club is a Malawian professional football club based in Mzuzu, currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football.

The club is a military outfit named after Moyale Barracks of the MDF. Moyale is a place and barracks in Kenya where Malawi Soldiers used as a transit camp during World War II. The Nickname "Lions of Kaning'ina" represent the following:
Lions is nickname for soldiers in the country in general while KANING'INA is the name of the forest where Moyale Barracks was established immediate east of Mzuzu City South of Lunyangwa Valley along M5 Mzuzu - Nkhatabay road approximately 3 km from CBD. The word Kaning'ina is a short form of originally Kaning'iniya Vuwa, one of the local languages that means a place with fog and heavy rains throughout the year with patches of little sun, a true summary of its actual weather presently. The club has a strong management structure that includes Board of Trustees (very Senior citizens), an Executive Committee (elected on 2 year tenure), a Technical panel and Supporters Committee (elected from across the northern region.

Ground

Moyale Barracks plays its home matches on Mzuzu Stadium, located in Mzuzu, Northern Region, with a capacity of 15,000 people.

Honours
Super League of Malawi:
 Runners-up (2): 2013, 2014

Malawi FAM Cup
 Winners (2): 2008, 2010
 Runners-up (2): 2011, 2017

Malawi Carlsberg Cup
 Winners (1): 2001
 Runners-up (1): 2013

BP Top 8 Cup
 Runners-up (1): 2003

Chibuku Cup
 Winners (1): 1999

References

External links
Club profile - Soccerway.com

Football clubs in Malawi
Military association football clubs in Malawi


title: Pontefract Hermitage

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Pontefract Hermitage is a medieval hermitage situated below the old Southgate entrance to the General Infirmary in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It is a grade I listed structure.

The retreat consists of two chambers carved out of sandstone, side by side but on different levels. From the lower chamber a 63 step spiral staircase descends to a well. The later upper chamber, known as the Oratory, measures  by  with a domed ceiling up to 8 feet high. The Oratory contains an altar, a fireplace, a bench and low stool and a bed shelf. The entrance to the hermitage was protected by bolted doors.

Pontefract had hermits from the early 13th century, the earliest of whom, Peter of Pomfret, was executed by King John in 1213 for predicting his downfall. This was dramatised in the Shakespeare's play King John.  The hermit tradition continued for about three centuries. The hermitage described here dates from 1386 after Robert de Laythorpe granted the then hermit, Brother Adam, the hermitage and accompanying land for life. It was discovered in October 1854 by workmen laying a new sewer.

The hermitage can be visited on scheduled open days.

See also
Grade I listed buildings in West Yorkshire
Listed buildings in Pontefract

References

Grade I listed churches in West Yorkshire
Christian hermitages in the United Kingdom
Religious buildings and structures in West Yorkshire
Listed buildings in Pontefract


title: Sturecompagniet

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Sturecompagniet is one of Sweden's biggest and most known nightclubs and is located at the old Sturebadets 1800-locals at Sturegatan 4 at Stureplan in Stockholm. Close to Sturecompagniet lies nightclubs Hell's Kitchen and IV. Sturecompagniet was in 1994 the scene of the notorious mass murder perpetrated by Tommy Zethraeus.

References

Nightclubs in Sweden


title: Nickel-O-Zone

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Nickel-O-Zone was a one-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward older (preteen to teen) audiences, that ran from August 31, 1998 – 2000. It was aired on Sunday-Friday 8p and ended at 9p. ET.

Nickel-O-Zone line-ups
The following in the section below are the shows aired during Nickel-O-Zone for the year listed. Although these are the standard shows aired, some days would see variation in the Nickel-O-Zone line-up.

Programming
This is a list of all programming on Nickel-O-Zone and their time slots that were aired around August 31, 1998 - 2000.

1998-1999
Sundays
 8 p.m. The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
 8:30 p.m. Nick News
Mondays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. The Journey of Allen Strange
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. The Journey of Allen Strange
Thursdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
Fridays
8 p.m. KaBlam!
 8:30 p.m. Animorphs

Early to Spring 1999
Sundays
 8 p.m. Animorphs
 8:30 p.m. Nick News
Mondays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. CatDog
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. CatDog
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. CatDog
Thursdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. CatDog
Fridays
8 p.m. KaBlam!
 8:30 p.m. CatDog

Spring to Summer 1999
Sundays
 8 p.m. Animorphs
 8:30 p.m. Nick News
Mondays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. Hey Arnold!
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. Hey Arnold!
Thursdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
Fridays
8 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter

Summer 1999
Sundays
 8 p.m. Animorphs
 8:30 p.m. Nick News
Mondays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. CatDog
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!
 8:30 p.m. The Journey of Allen Strange
Thursdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
Fridays
8 p.m. KaBlam!
 8:30 p.m. Oh Yeah! Cartoons

Summer to Fall 1999

Sundays
 8 p.m. Animorphs
 8:30 p.m. Nick News
Mondays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Rocket Power
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Rocket Power
Thursdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter
Fridays
8 p.m. SpongeBob SquarePants
 8:30 p.m. CatDog

Smell-O-Vision

Mondays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys: Show Me the Bunny
 8:30 p.m. Rocket Power: D" is for Dad / Banned on the Run
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys: Reef Grief
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter: N/A
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys: Thornberry Island
 8:30 p.m. Rocket Power: Super McVarial 900 / Loss of Squid
Thursdays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys: Clash of the Teutons
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter: Unchained
Fridays
8 p.m. SpongeBob SquarePants: Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots (Premiere)
 8:30 p.m. CatDog : Send In The CatDog / Fishing for Trouble / Fetch

Nickel-AAAHH!!-Zone

Mondays
 8 p.m. The Wild Thornberrys: Blood Sisters
 8:30 p.m. Rocket Power: Fall and Rise of Sam / Typhoid Sam
Tuesdays
 8 p.m. CatDog: CatDogula
 8:30 p.m. 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd: All Howls Eve
Wednesdays
 8 p.m. Hey Arnold!: Arnold's Halloween
 8:30 p.m. Kenan & Kel: Oh, Brother
Thursdays
 8 p.m. SpongeBob SquarePants: Scaredy Pants / I Was a Teenage Gary
 8:30 p.m. Cousin Skeeter

Nickelodeon


title: Vuillermin (grape)

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Vuillermin () is a red Italian wine grape variety grown along the border of Switzerland in the Aosta Valley of northwest Italy. First documented under the name Vuillermin in 1890, the grape was virtually extinct until it was discovered by ampelographers at the Institut Agricole Régional of Aosta growing in isolated vineyards in communes of Châtillon and Pontey.

History

In 1838, Italian ampelographer Lorenzo Gatta documented the wine grapes growing in the Aosta Valley of which he included a grape known as Spron (or Eperon). In 1999, ampelographer Giulio Moriondo noted the similarities in the description of the Spron/Eperon grape and Vuillermin and speculated that the two grapes may be the same variety.

The first documented mention of the grape under the name Vuillermin was in 1890 by L. N. Bich in the Bulletin du Comice Agricole. Today, ampelographers believe that Vuillermin was likely the name of a local family in the Aosta Valley who may have helped propagate the variety. In 2011, DNA analysis showed that Vuillermin was the offspring of the red Aosta variety Fumin and an unknown grapevine that is possibly now extinct.

Vuillermin, itself, was on the verge of extinction until it was discovered in the late 20th century by ampelographers working for the Institut Agricole Régional growing in old vineyards in the communes of Châtillon and Pontey. The ampelographers brought the vine back to the nursery at the Institut and have been assisting local growers with revitalizing plantings of the grape.

Viticulture
Vuillermin is a late ripening grapevine which can present viticultural challenges in cool climate regions like the Aosta Valley with its shorter growing seasons.

Wine regions

In 2000, there was only  of Vuillermin planted across three vineyards in the Aosta Valley. In addition the nursery planting in Aosta at the Institut Agricole Régional, individual growers in Chambave and Sarre were also experimenting with the variety. While the grape is rarely seen as a varietal, it is a permitted blending variety in the Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) wines of the Valle d'Aosta.

Synonyms
Over the years, Vuillermin has been known under a variety of synonyms including: Eperon and Spron.

References

Red wine grape varieties


title: Martin Otčenáš

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Martin Otčenáš (born August 25, 1987) is a Slovak former biathlete and cross-country skier. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in sprint and individual.

Biathlon results
All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union.

Olympic Games
0 medals

*The mixed relay was added as an event in 2014.

World Championships
0 medals

*During Olympic seasons competitions are only held for those events not included in the Olympic program.
**The mixed relay was added as an event in 2005.

References

External links
Martin Otčenášat IBU

1987 births
Living people
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Biathletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Olympic biathletes for Slovakia
Olympic cross-country skiers for Slovakia
Sportspeople from Poprad
Slovak male biathletes
Slovak male cross-country skiers


title: Huixian Bronze Hu

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The Huixian Bronze Hu are a pair of bronze wine vessels that were found in the city of Huixian, Henan province, central China. Dating to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, they have been part of the British Museum's Asian Collections since 1972.

Discovery
The two vessels were apparently found in Huixian in Henan province, although the exact circumstances of their discovery remains unclear. However, based on their manufacturing technique and design, it is evident that the hu were made at the Jin State Foundry in Houma, Shanxi province, where bronze casting was centred during the Eastern Zhou period (771-221 BC). They were bequeathed to the British Museum in 1972.

Description
The pair of hu are identical in shape and size and date to the 5th Century BC. The two delicately cast containers were made through the lost wax technique.  Apart from slight damage to the lower part of the vessels, they are in good condition. Their ornate decoration includes repeated bands of layered interlace intersected by roped borders. The lower band includes four taotie or monster faces composed of vipers. The handles of the two vessels are designed in the shape of prancing tigers with reverted heads, and their open lids are made in the form of petalled crowns.

Inscription
On the outer rim of the lids are identical inscriptions which record the casting of the hu by , a minister of the Jin State, for a meeting with the King of Wu at Huangshi in 482 BC. The purpose of such meetings was to forge alliances between different territories and the two vessels may have been made to celebrate such an agreement between the Jin and Wu states.

See also
Basse Yutz Flagons for a pair of bronze wine vessels that were made at roughly the same time on the other side of the world.

Gallery

References

Further reading
J Rawson, The British Museum Book of Chinese Art (London, British Museum Press, 2007)
J. Rawson, Chinese bronzes: art and ritual (London, The British Museum Press, 1987)

Asian objects in the British Museum
Zhou dynasty bronzeware
Huixian
5th-century BC artifacts


title: Tomáš Krupčík

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Tomáš Krupčík (born 8 January 1988) is a Czech biathlete.  He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in sprint and individual.

External links
Tomas Krupcik at IBU

References

1988 births
Living people
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Czech male biathletes
Sportspeople from Jablonec nad Nisou
Olympic biathletes for the Czech Republic
Universiade medalists in biathlon
Universiade silver medalists for the Czech Republic
Universiade bronze medalists for the Czech Republic
Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade


title: Vultures Descend

text:
"Vultures Descend" is a song by experimental music project Greymachine, from the act's debut album, Disconnected. Produced by the band leader Justin Broadrick, it was released on 12 May 2009 as a single via bandmember Aaron Turner's own record label, Hydra Head Records.

Background
The song was released as a 12" vinyl and a cassette single. The 12" single was limited to 600 copies that were pressed on black vinyl with white labels. Each copy has a "DJ style sleeve" with centre hole punched out and with a sticker in the upper right hand corner.

The song was also released for free download prior to the release of the single on Avalanche Recordings' official website.

Critical reception
Tom Breihan of Pitchfork Media described the track as "an extended formless feedback wallow, along the lines of Broadrick's work as Final." Keith Carman of Exclaim! commented, "Apparently, the music is even more cacophonous and doomy than one might expect." Another Exclaim! staff reviewer, Cam Lindsay, described the song as a "mighty fine piece of ruthlessly sludgy noisecore."

Track listing
 "Vultures Descend" – 9:36
 "We Are All Fucking Liars" – 8:36

Personnel
Justin Broadrick – drums, electronics, guitar, programming, vocals, mixing, production
Dave Cochrane – bass
Diarmuid Dalton – bowed bass, electronics
Aaron Turner – electronics, guitar, vocals, layout design

References

External links

2009 singles
2009 songs
Greymachine songs


title: Portsmouth Lifeboat Station

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Portsmouth Lifeboat Station is located on Eastney Point near Southsea, in the English county of Hampshire. The station is owned and operated by the RNLI and is an Inshore lifeboat station. The station is facing Langstone Harbour on one of the tributaries flowing into the Solent. The station was established in May 1965.

History
The first lifeboat station in Portsea opened in 1886 and was known as Southsea Lifeboat station and was operated by the RNLI. This station had been opened as it had been realised by the RNLI committees of the neighbouring stations of Hayling island and Bembridge that the Solent’s busy shipping lanes required additional cover upstream towards the cities of Portsmouth and Southampton. The first lifeboat was called Heyland and she was a 10 oared self-righting pulling lifeboat. She was the first of three lifeboats to serve at Southsea.

The Southsea station was closed in 1918 when the RNLI decided that the area would be adequately covered by the stations at Hayling and Bembridge. Increases in traffic and the introduction of inflatable boats that required smaller crews led to the re-establishment of the station in May 1965. A boathouse was constructed at Eastney Point facing Langstone Harbour. The first inshore lifeboat was paid for by funds raised by Hemel Hempstead Round Table. This was a D-class ILB and had the Number 48. By 1967 the station was operating two rigid hull inshore lifeboats with the craft being kept at permanent anchor in the harbour at Eastney.

In 1975 the station was provided with a new boat house to keep the stations newly allocated Atlantic and D-class lifeboats. The previous ILB which had been moored afloat were withdrawn from the service. This boat house was re-developed in 1991 which provided the staff and crews with a changing/drying room, new toilet and shower facilities and a first aid reception room. Also within the building there is a workshop, training and briefing room and a station office.

Station lifeboats
The two current lifeboats on station are an Atlantic 85 B-class lifeboat and a D-class inflatable inshore lifeboat. The Atlantic 85 is called Norma T (B-846) which has been on the station since 23 October 2010 and was funded by a donation from Bob and Norma Thomas. The D-class lifeboat is called Brian’s Pride(D-716) which has been on station since 6 August 2009 and this lifeboat was funded with a donation from Brian Bass.

All weather boats

Inshore lifeboats

A-class lifeboat

B-class lifeboats

D-class lifeboats

Neighbouring station locations

References

Lifeboat stations in Hampshire


title: 2014 Symetra Tour

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The 2014 Symetra Tour was a series of professional women's golf tournaments held from February through September 2014 in the United States. The Symetra Tour is the second-tier women's professional golf tour in the United States and is the "official developmental tour" of the LPGA Tour. It was previously known as the Futures Tour. In 2014, total prize money on the Symetra Tour was $2,250,000.

Leading money winners
The top ten money winners at the end of the season gained fully exempt cards on the LPGA Tour for the 2015 season.

Source

Schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the Symetra Tour including that event. A $1 million bonus was to be paid by Park Sterling Bank if one player won all three Carolina tournaments in May.

Source

Awards
Player of the Year, player who leads the money list at the end of the season
 Marissa Steen
Gaëlle Truet Rookie of the Year Award, first year player with the highest finish on the official money list
 Min Lee

See also
2014 LPGA Tour
2014 in golf

References

External links

Symetra Tour
Symetra Tour


title: Grant Marsh

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Grant Prince Marsh (May 11, 1834 – January 1916) was a riverboat pilot and captain who was noted for his many piloting exploits on the upper Missouri River and the Yellowstone River in the Western United States from 1862 until 1882. He began working as a cabin boy in 1856, eventually becoming a captain, pilot, and owner in a career lasting over sixty years. During that time, he achieved an outstanding record and reputation as a steamboat captain, serving on more than 22 vessels. His piloting exploits became legendary and modern historians have referred to him as "possibly the greatest steamboat man ever", "possibly the greatest [steamboat pilot] ever", "possibly the finest riverboat pilot who ever lived", and "the greatest steamboat master and pilot on both the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers".

After the discovery of gold in Montana Territory in the early 1860s, the Missouri River became the major artery for freight and passengers traveling from "the states" to Fort Benton, near the head of navigation on the upper river. The last 300 miles ran through a vast unsettled prairie and the remote Missouri breaks. As a riverboat pilot in this wilderness Marsh contended with migrating buffalo herds, hostile Indians, and severe weather including violent windstorms, along with numerous underwater hazards from rapids, snags, and sandbars.

From 1873 to 1879 Marsh piloted shallow-draft paddle wheel steamboats on pioneer voyages up the Yellowstone River in support of several military expeditions into Indian country. In 1875, he made the furthest upriver ascent of the Yellowstone in the Josephine, arriving at a point just above present-day Billings, Montana. Marsh is most often referenced by historians for his exploits in 1876 as the pilot of the Far West, a shallow-draft steamboat operating on the Yellowstone River and its tributaries, which accompanied a U.S. Army column that included Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry. The army column played a major role in the Great Sioux War of 1876, and its most noted battle was the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25–26, 1876. After the battle, from June 30 to July 3, Marsh piloted the Far West down the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers to Bismarck, carrying fifty-one wounded cavalry troopers from the site of Custer's defeat. From Bismarck the first news of the massacre was disseminated to the nation via telegraph. Most noteworthy in riverboat lore, Marsh set a downriver steamboat speed record on this return voyage, traversing some 710 river miles in 54 hours.

After railroads brought about the decline of riverboats on Montana rivers in the 1880s, Marsh continued to work as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi and the lower Missouri on ferries, snag boats, and hauling bulk loads. He remained a steamboatman until his death in 1916 at the age of 82.

Early years
Grant Marsh began work on the Allegheny River as a cabin boy at the age of 12. He became a first mate and student pilot under Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) on the Mississippi in 1858. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he worked on riverboats hauling troops and supplies for the Union during the Fort Donelson and Shiloh campaigns on the Tennessee River. In 1862, he worked on the Mississippi in the Vicksburg campaign. After Vicksburg, he began to work on boats traveling up the Missouri River, hauling army supplies and troops in campaigns against hostile Indians in the Dakota Territory.

On the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone
Gold was first discovered in western Montana in 1862, and immediately there was a great demand for steamboat transport to carry passengers and freight to the "Upper Missouri" River terminus at Fort Benton, Montana. The trip from St. Louis to Fort Benton took 60 days or longer. Freight and passenger rates were high, and steamboat traffic was very lucrative—a single successful trip could pay the entire cost of a shallow-draft stern wheeler riverboat.

There were rapids located in the last 300 river miles which traversed the remote "Missouri breaks" area. Steamboats would leave St. Louis early in the spring and try to get above the rapids on the spring rise in mid to late June. They would then try to get back downstream over the rapids before falling water levels made them more dangerous. A boat that stayed too late risked the rapids in low water, and also becoming icebound as winter set in.

Marsh was a major figure in upper Missouri River steamboat navigation from the earliest days of the Montana gold rush in 1862 until 1888. He was so confident in his piloting skills that he would operate on the upper Missouri late in the season, running the rapids in low water. In 1866 he became captain of the Louella at the age of 34. He brought the Louella to Fort Benton, but then stayed until September, embarking with a load of miners who were catching the last boat of the summer and who had $1,250,000 in gold, the most valuable shipment ever carried on the Missouri.

In 1868, Marsh took the Nile upriver during the fall, wintered the boat there, and successfully returned downriver in the spring, undamaged. In late 1869 he took the North Alabama upstream loaded with vegetables, despite the risk of being icebound, going all the way to the mouth of the Yellowstone River to deliver the fresh provisions to Fort Buford.

Marsh met the special challenges that faced a riverboat pilot/captain on the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers. He encountered Indians who shot at his boat and was delayed by buffalo herds crossing the river ahead of him. He winched his way up rapids with a current so strong that he had to attach a rope to an upstream tree or a "deadman" planted in the bank. He learned to "grasshopper" his way over sandbars in low water. In this process, spars were sunk from the prow of the boat down to the river bottom, and then a steam-driven winch and a rope harness over the top of the spar was used to hitch the front of the boat up on the spars and slide it forward for a few feet of progress. This was repeated until the sandbar was crossed.

Coulson Packet Company
In 1871, Captain Marsh went into business with Commodore Sanford B. Coulson, his two brothers, and other noteworthy businessmen to form the Coulson Packet Company, which soon became famous in Missouri River history. Their objective was to establish a company that would have complete domain over the steamboat business on the Upper Missouri. The boats originally owned by this powerful syndicate were the Far West, Nellie Peck, Western, Key West, E. H. Durfee, Sioux City, and Mary McDonald.

The upstarting company soon established a reputation for reliability in moving freight and in commanding men. During the 1870s they did military contract work, hauling supplies to posts along the Missouri River and ferrying army explorers and survey parties up the Yellowstone River. Assisting in military expeditions, Marsh made many pioneer voyages on the Yellowstone, including the furthest ascent of the Yellowstone (to just above present-day Billings, Montana) in the shallow-draft sternwheel boat Josephine in 1875.

Piloting the Far West
Grant Marsh is most commonly remembered in history as the steamboat pilot/captain of the Far West, which on July 3, 1876, brought the first news to Bismarck of the "Custer Massacre" that had occurred on the Little Bighorn River in the Montana Territory on June 25. Aboard the Far West were fifty U.S. Army troopers wounded in the battle. In an epic feat of riverboat piloting, Marsh brought the Far West from the mouth of the Little Bighorn down the Bighorn River to the Yellowstone River, then to the Missouri, and then to Bismarck. He made the run from the mouth of the Bighorn to Bismarck over a period of 4 days, from June 30 to July 3, 1876. Rarely leaving the wheel, he traversed some 710 river miles in just 54 hours, setting a record for steamboat travel that still stands.

Far West and Nellie Peck 2,800-mile race
Similar in design to the Far West, the Nellie Peck was also a sternwheel packet, built in 1871 at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and whose construction was supervised by Captain Marsh. That year Nellie Peck made her first journey up the Missouri River to Fort Benton. She made 13 more trips there during her career.

Later career
After 1876, Marsh continued to work on the Missouri River. Late in 1877, he left the Coulson Packet Company, and in the spring of 1878 signed on with Joseph Leighton and Walter B. Jordan, who were Indian traders at Fort Buford, Dakota Territory. The traders wanted to get into the transport business, and they had purchased a steamboat that was being constructed in the Pittsburgh boat yards, the F.Y. Batchelor. Marsh traveled to Pittsburgh and brought the boat to the Dakota Territory. In 1878, 1879, 1880, and 1881, he piloted the F.Y. Batchelor up the Missouri and then up the Yellowstone, bringing supplies to Fort Keogh (near present-day Miles City, Montana) and Fort Custer (near present-day Hardin, Montana).

In August 1878, Marsh set another steamboat speed record when he piloted the Batchelor upstream from Bismarck to Fort Buford, a distance of 307 miles, in 55 hours and 25 minutes. This established a new speed record for upstream steamboat travel on the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers.

In 1879, Marsh purchased a ferry boat, the Andrew S. Bennett, which was in service between Bismarck and Mandan on the Missouri River. He hired a pilot to operate the ferry while he continued to pilot the F.Y. Batchelor on the Missouri and Yellowstone.

In 1881 and 1882, the Northern Pacific Railway built west from Bismarck to the Yellowstone River valley, and then up the valley and over the continental divide. This ended riverboat traffic on the Yellowstone River.

In 1882, Marsh purchased his own riverboat, the W.J. Behan, and continued to haul freight and passengers on the Missouri River out of Bismarck. In 1882 the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull returned from Canada where he had sought refuge in 1877 following the Battle of the Little Bighorn. He surrendered to the Army at Fort Randall with his remaining followers. In late April 1883, Marsh accepted an assignment to take the W.J. Behan up the Missouri to Fort Randall and transport Sitting Bull downstream to the Standing Rock Reservation.

In 1883, as Missouri steamboat traffic declined with the expansion of railroad lines through the Dakota Territory and into the Montana Territory, Marsh sold the W.J. Behan and moved from Bismarck to Memphis, Tennessee, and then to St. Louis. There were still opportunities for a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River, and Marsh continued to work. For the next dozen years, he operated ferry boats and tugboats on the Mississippi, and following this he did a variety of jobs.

In 1901, William D. Washburn, a businessman, had built a railroad to the Missouri River above Bismarck and bought a large tract of land in the area which was rapidly being settled.  Washburn also bought several small light-draft steamboats and barges to haul lumber and merchandise upriver from Bismarck to the settlers, and to bring down grain and other produce.  Washburn sought out Marsh in St. Louis and importuned him to return to Bismarck in his employ as a riverboat captain. In 1902, Marsh returned to Bismarck and to his career on the Upper Missouri in command of the snag-boat Choctaw. Washburn sold out his interests in Dakota in 1904 to the Minneapolis and St. Paul Railroad, which immediately sold all the steamboats and barges to Isaac P. Baker, who reorganized as the Benton Packet Company. The Missouri River valley was filling with homesteaders who were taking up land on both the east and west banks of the river. These new communities were not served by any railroad and Baker saw an opportunity to provide passenger and freight transport to this growing population extending along both banks of the Missouri River. Baker enlarged the company to include five steamboats, six barges, and two ferryboats.

Marsh continued with the Benton Packet Company, serving at one time or another as captain/pilot of each of the five steamboats. He also operated a "snag" boat which traveled up and down the river, removing sunken "snag" trees and other underwater obstacles.

In 1907, Marsh resigned his position with the Benton Packet Company and on August 23, he went aboard his former boat, Expansion, and confronted the pilot, William R. Massie, who he felt was being abusive. Massie subsequently charged Marsh with assault, and at a hearing before the Department of Commerce and Labor on December 6, 1907, Marsh's license was revoked.

Death and burial
On January 6, 1916, Grant Marsh died in Bismarck, North Dakota. He was reported to have "died in near poverty", as Issac P. Baker, his former manager at the Benton Packet Company, laid claim to much of his estate because of unpaid bills. Marsh had asked to be buried on Wagon Wheel Bluff overlooking the Missouri, but he was buried in a simple grave in Bismarck's St. Mary's Cemetery. It is one of the higher spots in Bismarck and has a view of the Missouri. A large rock serves as his tombstone. The rock is engraved with an image of a riverboat.

Memorials
Grant Marsh is remembered by many statues and placenames:
 The Grant Marsh Bridge on Interstate 94 over the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, was constructed in 1965 as part of the I-94 highway project.
 A life-sized statue of Grant Marsh overlooks the Missouri River at Riverside Park in Yankton, South Dakota. The inscription reads, "Captain Grant Prince Marsh, 1834–1916, Steamboat captain, Pilot and Riverman. 'He never flinched at the call of duty'. Sculpted by Frank Yaggie 1989."
 The Grant Marsh fishing access and wildlife management area is on the Bighorn River, seven miles north of Hardin, Montana.
 The now-abandoned railroad station and ghost town of Marsh in Dawson County, Montana, was on the Northern Pacific Railroad, midway between Terry and Glendive.
 A Liberty Ship, built in 1943 during World War II, was initially named for Grant P. Marsh at the start of its construction, but was completed as the Valery Chkalov and given as part of a loan to the USSR.

See also
Paddle steamer
Great Sioux War of 1876
Battle of the Little Bighorn
Joseph LaBarge, famous riverboat captain on the Missouri River, whose brother, John, once partnered with Captain Marsh

References

Sources

External links
 Riverboat Dave's web site, listing all riverboat captains by alphabetical order, including Grant P. Marsh, listing each boat by year that each captain commanded, and adding comments on highlights of their various careers.
  Wyoming Trails and Tails, Little Big Horn Page, comment on Grant P. Marsh’s role, as captain/pilot of the Far West in supporting column of soldiers on the Yellowstone in 1876, during the Great Sioux War of 1876, and in bringing wounded from the Little Bighorn Battlefield downriver to Bismarck, North Dakota.
  Montana Fish Game and Wildlife Department page describing the Grant P. Marsh Fishing Access on the Bighorn River, and Montana Fish and Wildlife Department page describing the Grant P. Marsh Wildlife management site on the Bighorn River.
  A Mark Twain web site, this page contains quotes from Marsh and Twain about each other.
 Yellowstone Genealogy Forum, this site has a letter from Marsh dated 1907 to President Theodore Roosevelt, opposing the building of an irrigation diversion dam because it would prevent future steamboat traffic on the Yellowstone River.
  Missouri National Recreational River site, a division of the National Park Service, this page has a biography of Grant Marsh.
  Historical Fort Benton, this page has biographical facts about Grant Marsh, listing the riverboats he commanded, year by year, with a commentary.
 "Steamboat Story". Time. August 19, 1946. Report of the reissue of The Conquest of the Missouri by Joseph Mills Hanson with a story about Marsh.

Missouri River
Steamboats of the Missouri River
Paddle steamers of the United States
History of North Dakota
History of Montana


title: Malawi Armed Forces College FC

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Malawi Armed Forces College FC (MAFCO) is a Malawian football (soccer) club based in Salima, Central Region and currently playing in the TNM Super League, the top division of Malawian football.

History
MAFCO, return to top league in 2010 winning the Central Region Football League after four years in the second division.

After three season finished at the bottom of the league table, struggling with relegation, the soldiers, under the management of head coach Stereo Gondwe, clinched 3rd position in 2013 season and won the President Cup after beating Silver Strikers FC on the final.

In the following year, the team finished in 7th position and reached the quarter-finals of  the Malawi Carlsberg Cup and semi-finals in the Standard Bank Knockout Cup.

In the 2015 season MAFCO finished as Super League runners-up, their highest league placing and reached again the quarter-final of the Malawi Carlsberg Cup.

In 2018, The Salima based soldiers, ended the nine-year stay in the TNM Super League after finished in 15th position.

Stadium
Currently the team plays at the 1,000 capacity Chitowe Stadium in Nkhotakota.

Honours
Super League of Malawi:
 Runners-up (1): 2015

Central Region Football League
 Winners (1): 2009–10

President Cup
 Winners (1): 2013–14
Central Region Football League
 Winners (1): 2019

References

External links
Tag archives - Nyasatimes.com
Club profile - Soccerway.com

Football clubs in Malawi
Military association football clubs in Malawi
University and college association football clubs


The 2009 Melanesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 4–8, 2009. The event was held at the Griffith University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series, and the OAA sub-regional Micronesian and Polynesian Championships.  Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany.  Detailed reports were given for the OAA.

A total of 34 events were contested, 18 by men and 16 by women.

Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage, and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.

In 100 metres, 400 metres hurdles, long jump and triple jump, as well as in shot put, discus throw, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Melanesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days.

Men

1.): In the 400 metres event, Kevin Kapmatana from  was 2nd in 48.05 competing as a guest.
2.): In the 4 x 100 metres relay event, the B team from  was 3rd in 42.30 competing as guests.

Women

1.): In the 400 metres event, Angeline Blackburn from  was 3rd in 55.85 competing as a guest.
2.): In the discus throw event, Che Kenneally from  was 2nd in 35.71m competing as a guest.

Medal table (unofficial)

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 85 athletes from 7 countries participated.

 (24)
 (19)
 (5)
 (1)
 (21)
 (6)
 (9)

References

Melanesian Championships in Athletics
International athletics competitions hosted by Australia
Melanesian Championships in Athletics
Melanesian Championships in Athletics
August 2009 sports events in Australia


title: Julian Brandt

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Julian Brandt (; born 2 May 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a left winger or attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Germany national team.

Brandt made over 55 combined appearances for Germany's youth teams, playing at every level from U15 to U21. He was a member of the squad that won the UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2014.

Club career

Early career
Julian Brandt was born and raised in Bremen. In his youth, he played in his hometown at SC Borgfeld and then at FC Oberneuland before he joined the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of VfL Wolfsburg.

Bayer Leverkusen
In January 2014, Brandt moved to Bayer Leverkusen during the January transfer window for a fee of €350,000, where he signed a professional contract until 2019. He made his professional debut on 15 February 2014 in the Bundesliga against Schalke 04. He replaced Son Heung-min after 82 minutes in a 1–2 home defeat. Three days later he made his debut in the European Cup when he came on in the first knockout round first leg against Paris Saint-Germain in the UEFA Champions League. On 4 April 2014, he scored his first goal for Bayer Leverkusen, as he equalized in the 1–2 defeat against Hamburger SV.

On 15 August 2015, Brandt scored the winning goal after appearing as a substitute in a 2–1 defeat of 1899 Hoffenheim in Bayer's opening match of the 2015–16 Bundesliga season. Between 20 March and 30 April 2016, he scored in six consecutive Bundesliga matches, becoming the youngest player since Gerd Müller to achieve this by scoring 72 seconds into a 2–1 home win over Hertha BSC.

On 26 August 2017, Brandt became the youngest-ever Leverkusen player to reach 100 Bundesliga appearances, doing so at the age 21 years, three months and 25 days during a 2–2 draw against Hoffenheim.

During the second half of the 2018–19 Bundesliga campaign, Brandt was re-positioned by new club manager Peter Bosz, shifting from his natural wide position to a more central role in midfield alongside Kai Havertz. His goal contribution increased as a result of the positional change and in February 2019, after scoring twice and assisting a further four goals, he was nominated for the Player of the Month award. He ultimately won the award and in doing so became the first Leverkusen player to claim the accolade. His brace against Mainz 05 at the start of the month also came on the occasion of his 200th appearance for the club across all competitions.

Borussia Dortmund
Brandt was Dortmund's transfer target after the 23-year-old scored seven league goals, provided eleven assists and subsequently helped Leverkusen to finish fourth in Bundesliga and secure a Champions League third qualifying round spot for next season. On 22 May 2019, Brandt completed a transfer to Borussia Dortmund on a five-year deal for a reported €25 million after Dortmund activated a release clause in his contract.

Brandt scored his first Bundesliga goal for Borussia Dortmund in his first match, a 5–1 against FC Augsburg on the first matchday, coming on as substitute for Thorgan Hazard.

International career
On 17 May 2016, Brandt was named in Germany's preliminary 27-man squad for UEFA Euro 2016.

He was part of the squad for the 2016 Summer Olympics, where Germany won the silver medal.

On 4 June 2018, Brandt was included in Germany's final 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On 17 June, Brandt made his first World Cup appearance as a substitute by replacing Timo Werner in the 86th minute in the opening match against Mexico in which they lost 1–0.

Career statistics

Club

International

Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first

Honours
Borussia Dortmund
DFB-Pokal: 2020–21
Germany U19
UEFA European Under-19 Championship: 2014

Germany U23
Summer Olympic Games silver medal: 2016

Germany
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2017

Individual
 Fritz Walter Medal U18 Gold: 2014
Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2018–19, 2022–23
Bundesliga Player of the Month: January 2023, February 2023

References

External links

 Profile at the Borussia Dortmund website

 Julian Brandt at Kicker.de

1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Bremen (city)
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football wingers
Bayer 04 Leverkusen II players
Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
Borussia Dortmund players
Regionalliga players
Bundesliga players
Germany men's youth international footballers
Germany men's under-21 international footballers
Germany men's international footballers
2017 FIFA Confederations Cup players
2018 FIFA World Cup players
2022 FIFA World Cup players
FIFA Confederations Cup-winning players
Olympic footballers for Germany
Footballers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in football
Olympic silver medalists for Germany


title: Mimi Stewart

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Mimi Stewart (born January 27, 1947) is an American politician serving as a member of the New Mexico Senate, representing District 17 since December 2014. She was appointed to replace Tim Keller, who was elected to state auditor. Stewart previously served in the New Mexico House of Representatives, representing district 21 from January 1995 until her appointment to the Senate.

Education
Stewart earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston University and Bachelor of Science from Wheelock College. She took additional graduate courses at the University of New Mexico.

Elections
 2016 In the primary election held on June 7, Stewart defeated Shannon Robinson 58.6% (1,745 votes) to 41.4% (1,234 votes). Stewart was endorsed by the Albuquerque Journal in the primary. She is unopposed in the general election.
 2014 Stewart was again unopposed in both the primary and general election.
 2012 Stewart was unopposed for both the June 5, 2012 Democratic Primary, winning with 786 votes and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 4,961 votes.
 1994 When District 21 Republican Representative Patricia Baca changed parties, Stewart challenged her in the June 7, 1994 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,330 votes (60%)  and won the November 8, 1994 General election with 3,773 votes (54%) against Republican nominee Jack McMains.
 1996 Stewart and returning 1994 Republican opponent Jack McMains were both unopposed for their June 4, 1996 primaries, setting up a rematch; Stewart won the November 5, 1996 General election against McMains.
 1998 Stewart was unopposed for both the June 2, 1998 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,266 votes and the November 3, 1998 General election, winning with 4,507 votes.
 2000 Stewart was unopposed for the 2000 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,207 votes and won the November 7, 2000 General election with 4,101 votes (54%) against Republican nominee Gregory Mortensen.
 2002 Stewart was unopposed for the 2002 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,236 votes and the November 5, 2002 General election, winning with 3,228 votes (60.5%) against Republican nominee Armando Cordoba.
 2004 Stewart was unopposed for both the June 1, 2004 Democratic Primary, winning with 853 votes and the November 2, 2004 General election, winning with 6,455 votes.
 2006 Stewart was unopposed for both the June 6, 2006 Democratic Primary, winning with 792 votes and the November 7, 2006 General election, winning with 4,628 votes.
 2008 Stewart was unopposed for the June 8, 2008 Democratic Primary, winning with 1,395 votes and won the November 4, 2008 General election with 6,015 votes (67.4%) against Republican nominee Howard De la Cruz-Bancroft.
 2010 Stewart was unopposed for the June 1, 2010 Democratic Primary, winning with 859 votes and won the November 2, 2010 General election with 3,122 votes (52.1%) against Republican nominee Antoinette Baca.

References

External links
 Official page at the New Mexico Legislature
 Campaign site

 Mimi Stewart at Ballotpedia
 Mimi Stewart at the National Institute on Money in State Politics

1947 births
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Boston University alumni
Living people
Democratic Party members of the New Mexico House of Representatives
People from Sarasota, Florida
Politicians from Albuquerque, New Mexico
University of New Mexico alumni
Wheelock College alumni
Women state legislators in New Mexico


title: N. exigua

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N. exigua may refer to:

 Nassula exigua, a ciliate protist
 Nectriella exigua, a sac fungus
 Neopetrosia exigua, a marine sponge
 Nicotiana exigua, a tobacco plant
 Nucula exigua, a nut clam
 Nymphoides exigua, an aquatic plant


title: Kristóf Szatmáry

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Kristóf Szatmáry (born 10 June 1975) is a Hungarian entrepreneur and politician, who served as Secretary of State for Domestic Economy in the Ministry of National Economy between 1 February 2011 and 5 June 2014. As candidate of Fidesz, he became a member of the National Assembly (MP) in the 2006 parliamentary election.

Studies and work experience
Szatmáry was born to a tradesman and craftsman family, his parents, László Szatmáry and Angéla Jähl were involved in the food trade from the 1980s. He participated in the family business from the age sixteen. After he passed the secondary school final examinations, he attended and graduated at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Law of Eötvös Loránd University. Parallel to his university education he was a contributor in Századvég Foundation.

In 1998 he founded a public opinion and market research company with his colleagues. From 2000 to 2002 he worked as a civil servant and gained a short but valuable experience there. He worked for the parliamentary department of the Ministry of Economy. From 2000 he was a secretary and from 2002 was head of department and also successfully took the special public administration examination. After the years in the ministry he came back to family business as a managing director. Theirs company gives work for approximately 30 people, they are in the catering industry and hotel business.

Career
He joined Fidesz in 1993. He participated in the work of the General Assembly of 16th district of Budapest. Since 2002 he was elected member of the presidium of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of District XVI in the spring of 2004 and then general vice president of the organization in October. He has been President of the National Board of Entrepreneurs' Party since October 2005.

In the parliamentary election held in 2006, he was elected from the Fidesz Budapest Regional List. He was appointed a member of the Economic and Information Technology Committee on 30 May 2006. He was re-elected MP in the 2010 parliamentary election. He served as Vice Chairman of the Economic and Information Technology Committee from 14 May 2010 to 14 February 2011. He was appointed Secretary of State for Domestic Economy in February 2011.

Szatmáry was elected President of the Organization of Budapest Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BKIK), holding the position from 2008 to 2016. He also served as President of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association between 2010 and 2011. He was replaced by art collector Imre Pákh. Szatmáry was elected MP for District XVI, Budapest in 2014. He was re-elected in 2018. He is vice-chairman of the Enterprise Development Committee since 2014 and member of the Economic Committee since 2018.

See also
 , known as the "slave law"

References

1975 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Budapest
Eötvös Loránd University alumni
Hungarian political scientists
Fidesz politicians
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2006–2010)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2010–2014)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2014–2018)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2018–2022)
Members of the National Assembly of Hungary (2022–2026)
Politicians from Budapest


title: Publio Maria Sant

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Publio Maria Sant (26 August 1779 – 28 October 1864) was a Maltese prelate who became bishop of Malta in 1847.

Biography
Sant was born into a noble family in Valletta on August 26, 1779. His father, Giovanni Francesco, was the 2nd Count Sant while his mother, Chiara Bonici-Platamone-Xara-Cassia, was the 7th Baroness of Ghariexem and Tabia in her own right. His grandfather, Baldassare Salvatore Sant, was created count by Maria Theresa, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, in her Italian territories.  In 1805 Sant was ordained priest at the age of 26. In 1817 he was appointed as the Titular Bishop of Laranda and ordained bishop on June 28, 1818 by Ferdinando Mattei the Bishop of Malta. On April 12, 1847 he was appointed as the Coadjutor Bishop of Malta while a few months later, on 17 November, he succeeded as Bishop of Malta, and Titular Archbishop of Rhodes, after the death of Bishop Francis Saverio Caruana. He was formally installed on June 15, 1848. Archbishop Sant is well known in Sliema as the one who gave permission for the construction of a new church dedicated to Our Lady of Stella Maris in 1852. Archbishop Sant resigned on December 4, 1857. He died seven years later on October 28, 1864. His brother, Count Luigi Maria Sant-Cassia, was married to the niece of Cardinal Fabrizio Sceberras-Testaferrata.

References

External links
 Catholic Hierarchy
 Oneweekholiday.com

1779 births
1864 deaths
Archbishops of Malta
19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Malta
People from Valletta
Bishops of Malta


title: Portuguese Atlantic Baseball League

text:
Founded in 2006, the Liga Atlântica de Basebol (Atlantic Baseball League) (LAB) is an active baseball league that operates in the cities of Aveiro, Coimbra, Esposende, Gondomar, Maia, Porto and Vila do Conde. It is the most prolific, organized, and structured baseball league in Portugal currently, and functions as close to professional league baseball as is possible in the country today.

The LAB consists of seven active baseball teams.

Esposende Raptors
Villas Vikings
Porto Buffalos Baseball Club
Inter Baseball da Maia (Formerly “Lycans”)
Gondomar-Paredes Highlanders
University of Aveiro
Academica Coimbra

The League’s 24-game regular season runs from April to July (pre-season in February and March), and a playoff between the top four teams at the end of the regular season. The league also holds an All Star Game at the end of the regular season, with players being voted in by fans. The All Star game day also features a Home Run Derby for selected LAB players.

LAB Champions:

 2011 – Aveiro
 2012 – Lycans
 2013 – Aveiro
 2014 - Inter Baseball
 2015 - Aveiro

See also

References

External links
 Official Site of the Portuguese Baseball Federation

Baseball in Portugal
Baseball leagues in Europe
Sports leagues established in 2006
Professional sports leagues in Portugal


title: Đorđe Đikanović

text:
Djordje Djikanovic (born 18 August 1984) is a Montenegrin retired footballer who last played as a defender for Hajer Club in the Saudi Professional League.

References

1984 births
Living people
Footballers from Nikšić
Men's association football defenders
Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers
Montenegrin men's footballers
FK Čelik Nikšić players
FK Sutjeska Nikšić players
OFK Grbalj players
FK Budućnost Podgorica players
Muaither SC players
FK Kukësi players
Hajer FC players
Second League of Serbia and Montenegro players
Montenegrin First League players
Qatar Stars League players
Kategoria Superiore players
Saudi Pro League players
Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate men's footballers in Albania
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Albania
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia


title: Vikaspedia

text:
Vikaspedia is an online information guide launched by the Government of India. The website was implemented by C-DAC Hyderabad and is run by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.  It is built as a portal for the social sectors, and offers information in 23 languages: English, Assamese, Telugu, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Bodo, Dogri, Sanskrit, Kashmiri, Konkani, Nepali, Odia, Urdu, Maithili, Meitei, Santali, Sindhi, Punjabi, and Marathi.

It was started on 18 February 2014 and has information in the domains of Agriculture, Health, Education, Social Welfare, Energy and e-Governance. The name of the portal is a portmanteau of the words Vikas (Sanskrit for "Development") and encyclopedia. The portal provides information in local languages in all six given sectors.

References

External links
 Official website

Government services web portals in India
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)
Multilingual websites
2014 establishments in India
Meitei-language websites
Meitei language encyclopedias
Tamil-language websites
Tamil language encyclopedias
Telugu-language websites
Indian encyclopedias
Nepali-language encyclopedias


title: Logunovium nigricostum

text:
Logunovium nigricostum is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, and the Gambia.

References

Spilosomina
Moths described in 1893


title: Logunovium scortillum

text:
Logunovium scortillum is a moth of the  family Erebidae. It was described by Wallengren in 1875. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Subspecies
Logunovium scortillum scortillum
Logunovium scortillum costalis (Kiriakoff, 1954) (Democratic Republic of Congo)

References

Spilosomina
Moths described in 1875


title: Andrew Berman

text:
Andrew Berman is an architectural and cultural heritage preservationist in New York City. He is known for being an opponent of new housing construction in New York City.

Berman has been executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation (GVSHP), a neighborhood preservation organization in New York City, since 2002. He has been on the boards of the New York State Tenants and Neighbors Coalition, Housing Conservation Coordinators, the Chelsea Reform Democratic Club, the Hell's Kitchen Neighborhood Association, as well as founding member of the West Side Neighborhood Alliance and Friends of Pier 84 and member of the Board of Advisers of the Historic Districts Council.

Early life and career
Berman was born and raised in the Bronx, New York, where he graduated from the Bronx High School of Science. He holds a BA in Art History from Wesleyan University, and lives and works on the West Side, Lower Manhattan.

Berman worked for New York City Councilmember Thomas Duane from 1993 to 1999, then for Duane as state senator until 2001. Under Duane, he focused on areas of education, transportation infrastructure, the environment, and senior services in Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.

Preservation projects and advocacy
Under Berman's leadership, GVSHP has worked with other community groups to secure official landmark protections for around 1,100 buildings in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo, including 10 new historic districts or historic district extensions, and at least 40 individual landmarks. During his tenure, GVSHP also helped secure community-initiated contextual rezonings and downzonings of nearly 100 blocks of the East and West Village, designed to prevent new development, limit hotel and dormitory construction, preserve existing building stock, and retain and create affordable housing.

Opposition to development in New York City
Berman has lobbied to prevent the expansion of New York University within Greenwich Village, the East Village, NoHo, and satellite campuses. This includes his work with GVSHP to prevent NYU from building a planned 400-foot-tall tower on Bleecker Street, which would have been the tallest structure in Greenwich Village, Berman's participation in litigation blocking city approvals for NYU's planned 20-year expansion plan.

In late 2000s, GVSHP opposed a proposed expansion of St. Vincent Catholic Medical Center, a hospital in Greenwich Village, with Andrew Berman arguing that the plan would be "a blow to the distinctive historic character of Greenwich Village."

In the 2010s, the organization sought to block new construction on the Gansevoort Street, where low-rise meatpacking buildings stand. The organization also sought to block housing developments near Hudson River Park.

In 2020s, the organization advocated against rezoning of SoHo and NoHo to allow construction of thousands of new apartments with a small share at below-market rents. The plan was rejected by the Community Board by a 49-1 vote. Andrew Berman stated, "This upzoning approach of super luxury towers with a small set-aside for affordable units is bad for New York City, bad for our neighborhoods, and bad for affordability.”

In 2021, the New York City Council voted to approve the construction of 3,500 housing units (one quarter of which was devoted to affordable housing) in SoHo and NoHo in a 43-5 vote. Village Preservation lobbied against the construction project.

Awards
 2006 – Berman named one of New York magazine's "Influentials 2006"
 2006 – GVSHP wins the New York Landmarks Conservancy’s Lucy G. Moses Organizational Excellence Award
 2006 – GVSHP named one of the "Best of NYC 2006" by the Village Voice, which called it the "Best Greenwich Village Defender."
 2007 – GVSHP wins the Preservation League of New York State’s "Excellence in Historic Preservation" award.
 2008 – Berman named one of the "100 Most Powerful People in Real Estate" by The New York Observer, the only preservationist to be included on the list.
 2013 – Berman named to the Vanity Fair "Hall of Fame" for his preservation work at GVSHP.

References

1969 births
Living people
Historical preservationists
Wesleyan University alumni
American LGBT rights activists
Activists from New York City


title: Trillium channellii

text:
Trillium channellii is a plant species endemic to the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. It is named in honor of Robert B. Channell of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, USA. The plant has been listed as endangered by the National Museum of Nature and Science (Tokyo).

Trillium channellii is a perennial herb spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Aerial shoots reach up to 50 cm tall. Leaves are broadly elliptic, wider than long, up to 12 cm long and 14 cm wide. Flowers are white, about 90 mm in diameter. Chromosome number: 2n (4x) = 20.

References

External links

channellii
Endemic flora of Japan


title: Norbert Farkas

text:
Norbert Farkas may refer to:
 Norbert Farkas (alpine skier) (born 1992), Hungarian alpine skier
 Norbert Farkas (footballer born 1977), Hungarian footballer
 Norbert Farkas (footballer born 1992), Hungarian footballer


title: Innocent (Taylor Swift song)

text:
"Innocent" is a song by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift, taken from her third studio album, Speak Now (2010). Produced by Swift and Nathan Chapman, the song was written in response to Kanye West's interruption of her acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, feeling the need to sympathize with him after the public outrage he received. A gentle pop ballad with tender vocals, its lyrics are about a protagonist's encouragement of someone who has committed wrongdoings, claiming them to hold innocence and believing that they could redeem themself.

Following the album's release, the song peaked at numbers 27 and 53 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Canadian Hot 100 charts respectively. Music critics gave "Innocent" mixed reviews; some viewed the song as a sympathetic message and praised Swift's songwriting, but others criticized it as patronizing and condescending. Swift performed the song live at the following year's MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, a month prior to the release of Speak Now, as a means of putting the controversy behind her and West. The debate over the message started to affect Swift's public image as an innocent "America's Sweetheart", which resonated into 2016, when she and West got involved in another public feud after the rapper released the single "Famous". A re-recorded version, titled "Innocent (Taylor's Version)", was released as part of her third re-recorded album Speak Now (Taylor's Version) on July 7, 2023.

Background and writing

Taylor Swift wrote all tracks on her third studio album Speak Now (2010), by herself. According to Swift, the album is a collection of songs about the things she had wanted to say to the people she had met in real life but did not. In the liner notes for Speak Now, Swift explained that every song on the album is an "open letter" to someone in her life, "telling them what I meant to tell them in person". She also noted that one song in particular is addressed to "someone I forgive for what he said in front of the whole world". In press interviews leading up to the release of Speak Now, Swift said that the album track "Innocent" was dedicated to rapper Kanye West. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, during Swift's acceptance speech for winning Best Female Video, West interrupted her, protesting that Beyoncé had "one of the best videos of all time". Public opinion after the incident turned against West; former US president Barack Obama called him a "jackass". West said on the social media platform that he "bled hard" because of his actions, and went into a hiatus.

After the incident, Swift told New York magazine that while she knew people "expected me to write a song about [West]", she felt it was important to "write a song to him". In an interview with Billboard, she said she wrote the song between February and June 2010. Swift recalled that the incident made her stay silent for a while because it was "a huge, intense thing in my life that resonated for a long time". When she wrote "Innocent", she had come to a place of mind where she could talk about it. As she had to take time to process the emotions ensued from the incident, "Innocent", which took her six months to write, took longer for her to finish than other tracks, which she said usually took "about 30 minutes". She reflected that writing the song "taught [her] a lot about being able to step back from a situation you don't know what to do with, and put [herself] into somebody else's shoes". As a result, "Innocent" is her expression of sympathy to West, after the public outrage he received.

Music and lyrics
Musically, "Innocent" is a gentle pop ballad, in which Swift performs with tender vocals. Musicologist James E. Perone remarked that it stands out from other pop ballads because of Swift's use of "a high degree of rhythmic syncopation in her delivery". The lyrics of "Innocent" see a protagonist sympathizing with a man who has committed wrongdoings. Although the man in question has suffered from self-doubt because of his actions, in the eyes of Swift's character, his "strings of lights are still bright". The narrator tells the man, "32 and still growing up now/Who you are is not what you did." The lyrics feature imagery associated with childhood innocence and simplicity, such as "lunchbox days" and "firefly catching days". According to The Wall Street Journal, the track further alludes to the pitfalls of fame, "Lost your balance on a tightrope/It's never too late to get it back."

Perone summed up the track as "a statement of support and encouragement". According to biographer Liv Spencer, "Innocent" is a continuation of the theme on "Never Grow Up", a Speak Now track about leaving childhood behind. In the lyrics, the narrator assures that even if one's "firefly catchin' days" are long behind them, they still carry a little bit of that innocence. The song mourns the loss of innocence, but offers a hopeful perspective that one could be "brand new" again. In Esquire, Maura Johnston noticed references to the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards incident; for example, the lyrics reference the month September, which was the month the awards show took place; and mention the age of the man in question as 32, West's age at the time. Johnston remarked that for those who are unaware of the celebrity surrounding Swift–West, the track can be interpreted as "a simple lament of a lost love, or a former friend being forgiven".

Release and live performance
Swift debuted "Innocent" with a live performance at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards held on September 12, 2010. Addressing the West controversy at the past year's MTV Video Music Awards, the performance started with background clips showing the incident. Swift then sang the track as she played an acoustic guitar and sat on a couch; she afterwards performed the song barefoot. Time said that she sang the track with "a stormy, dreary background straight out of the tornado scene in The Wizard of Oz". Swift said the performance was to put behind the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards controversy. In an interview with the Belfast Telegraph, Swift said she was "grateful" to perform at the show because it was congruent with what she wanted to do with Speak Now: "[You] need to say what it is that you feel when you know what it is you feel – at that moment." When asked why she did not choose to perform the lead single, "Mine", to promote it better, she said, "I performed a song nobody had heard before, and I'm proud of that. Because it was the right thing to say."

"Innocent" is the 11th track on Speak Now, which was released on October 25, 2010, through Big Machine Records. After the album's release, the track debuted and peaked at number 27 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 53 on the Canadian Hot 100.

Reception and aftermath
The song garnered mixed reception from music critics. After Swift's 2010 MTV performance, some viewed the song as sympathetic toward West, but others deemed it patronizing and Swift self-righteous. A Los Angeles Times critic called the lyrics "slams disguised as 'forgiveness'", and another from The New York Times referred to the song as "petty". Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine criticized the track as a "patronizing, condescending sermon", and saw Swift as hypocritical for writing a song calling out someone else's negative remarks when her songwriting typically criticized other people. Chris Willman in New York said that in "Innocent", Swift casts herself in a mature, maternal light: "she really plays mother to a baby." Johnston said that it "wasn't the most gracious act of forgiveness in history" and took issue with the lyrics detailing "a 20-year-old telling a 32-year-old that he's still growing up", which she deemed a sign of Swift feeling "a sense of satisfaction at being 'the better person'". The public debate started to affect Swift's "America's Sweetheart" public image and resonated for a long time, continuing into 2016, when she and West got involved in another controversy in which West released the single "Famous", including lyrical parts that Swift had not consented to.

On a more positive side, Allison Stewart of The Washington Post described "Innocent" as a "small masterpiece of passive-aggressiveness" in her review of the album. Writing for the Chicago Tribune, Chrissie Dickinson heralded the track as Swift's "greatest maturation as an artist" among the songs previewed prior to the album's release, finding it deeply sympathetic. In The A.V. Club, Steven Hyden, while acknowledging the lyrical content as "a poison dart [dipped] in sugar" aimed at West, considered "Innocent" one of Speak Now highlights: "Swift's niftiest trick is being at her most likeable when she's indulging in such overt nastiness." Other album reviews from BBC Music's Matthew Horton and Entertainment Weekly Leah Greenblatt picked "Innocent" as one of the album tracks that showed Swift's maturing songwriting about themes other than love and romance.

Reviewing the MTV awards performance, Melinda Newman of HitFix gave it a B; Newman praised the song for balancing personal details and universal appeal with its "beautiful" lyrics, but took issue with Swift's live vocals as weak. In NJ.com, Tris McCall appreciated the ballad's sympathetic message and commended Swift as the awards night's "big winner". Country-music journalist and CMT editorial director Chet Flippo praised Swift's MTV rendition of "Innocent" for expressing her feelings about a real person "in an artful way" and compared her practice to other country-music legends: "Sometimes forgiveness is the sweetest revenge, and it's what she achieved." Arts professor Jeff Rabhan agreed; he lauded Swift for delivering her thoughts in a "positive and professional" manner, and highlighting her artistic ability.

Charts

"Innocent (Taylor's Version)"

After signing a new contract with Republic Records, Swift began re-recording her first six studio albums in November 2020. The decision came after the public 2019 dispute between Swift and talent manager Scooter Braun, who acquired Big Machine Records, including the masters of Swift's albums the label had released. By re-recording her catalog, Swift had full ownership of the new masters, including the copyright licensing of her songs, devaluing the Big Machine-owned masters.

A re-recorded version of "Innocent", titled "Innocent (Taylor's Version)", was released on July 7, 2023, via Republic Records, as part of Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Swift's third re-recorded album.

Personnel
Adapted from Speak Now (Taylor's Version) digital album inline notes

 Taylor Swift – vocals, background vocals, songwriter, producer
 Christopher Rowe – producer, vocal engineer
 David Payne – recording engineer
 Lowell Reynolds – assistant recording engineer, editor
 Derek Garten – engineer, editor, programming
 Serban Ghenea – mixing
 Bryce Bordone – mix engineer
 Randy Merrill – mastering
 Matt Billingslea – drums, percussion
 Amos Heller – bass guitar
 Paul Sidoti – electric guitar
 Mike Meadows – acoustic guitar, background vocals
 Max Bernstein – electric guitar, synthesizer, strings
 David Cook – piano
 Caitlin Evanson – background vocals

Charts

References

Sources

2010s ballads
2010 songs
Cultural depictions of Kanye West
Taylor Swift songs
Songs written by Taylor Swift
Song recordings produced by Taylor Swift
Song recordings produced by Chris Rowe
Song recordings produced by Nathan Chapman (record producer)
Pop ballads


title: Gymnelia guapila

text:
Gymnelia guapila is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1911. It is found in Costa Rica.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Gymnelia hampsoni

text:
Gymnelia hampsoni is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Edward A. Klages in 1906. It is found in Venezuela.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1906


title: Gymnelia hyaloxantha

text:
Gymnelia hyaloxantha is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1914. It is found in Colombia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1914


title: Clubfinance

text:
Clubfinance is a financial services company headquartered in Bristol, UK. The firm acts as intermediary for a number of different fund and share dealing platforms. It previously arranged tax efficient investments such as venture capital trusts and Enterprise Investment Schemes for private investors on a non-advised basis.

In January 2018 the company was acquired by Wealth Club, a Bristol-based specialist broker of tax-efficient investments.

History
Clubfinance was founded in 2002 by David Scrivens and Philip Rhoden, who ran the company from David's spare bedroom until the company moved into offices in 2005. Clubfinance diversified into providing financial modelling services until the modelling services were demerged into a separate company, Clubfinance Project Finance, in May 2012. In July 2012 the company launched its share dealing platform in conjunction with stockbroker James Brearley, targeted at investors that traded shares more than once a month.

After talks with competitor Intelligent Money in late 2012, Clubfinance was able to buy its direct to consumer client book, including assets under management of around £100m. In 2013 it also acquired the client book of Ivan Massow's Paymemy.com business, which was experiencing financial difficulty. Following the Retail Distribution Review, the company changed the charging structure of its share dealing service, making its annual percentage fee lower but the charge per trade higher.

Acquisition by Wealth Club
The company was acquired by Wealth Club Ltd on 9 January 2018. It operates as a fully owned subsidiary offering fund and share platforms, with the tax-efficient investment offering now consolidated under Wealth Club.

References

Companies based in Bristol
Financial services companies of the United Kingdom
Financial services companies established in 2002
2002 establishments in England
British companies established in 2002


title: Gymnelia ichneumonoides

text:
Gymnelia ichneumonoides is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Bolivia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Kour Pour

text:
Kour Pour (born 1987) is a British-born American artist, who is of British and Iranian-descent. His artwork is inspired by living between different cultures and he works primarily in painting and printmaking. Pour is best known for a series of carpet paintings. He lives in Los Angeles.

Early life and education

Kour Pour was born in 1987 in Exeter, Devon county, England. His Iranian father moved from Iran to England at the age of 14; and his British mother was born in England. His father owned a small carpet shop in England, and Pour would spend time there as a child.

He also often travelled to Los Angeles to visit family members on his father’s side. He attended Santa Monica College, and would ultimately move there to attend Otis College of Art and Design (BFA, 2010).

Career
Living in Los Angeles, he was exposed to hip-hop and became interested in the idea of sampling as it is practiced in music production, and how he might apply similar principles in his artwork.

In 2014, Pour had his first solo exhibition at New York City's Untitled gallery, which "drew a frenzy" and sold out.

Pour was featured on Forbes' 30 Under 30 list in 2015 and in 2017.

Imagery
Pour's time in his father’s carpet shop and his interest in hip-hop are synthesized in an ongoing series of carpet paintings, a series which Pour began in his last year of school at Otis College of Art and Design. Each of the first paintings in this series was based on a particular rug or carpet that the artist researched from exhibition and auction catalogues. Later paintings in this series utilize structures and images drawn from existing carpets, but incorporate the artist's own designs as well. Pour's own designs drawn inspiration from a mashup of sources, sampling imagery from a range of places, but all of the elements date pre-Victorian era.

Pour's carpet paintings are well-known and highly desirable, and the artist intends to continue producing these works alongside other series. In recent years, he has produced a series of paintings utilizing traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques (specifically ukiyo-e) but at a much larger scale than the processes were traditionally applied to. Another series of paintings employs paper pulp, which Pour began to work with due to his interest in origami, and the lesser-known paper craft form tsugigami. Pour began making his own paper, and mixing the paper pulp with various pigments; after some experimentation, he came around to the idea of creating a series of works using the pigmented paper pulp in lieu of paint, sculpting the pulp onto panels covered with linen. Both the woodblock paintings and the paper pulp paintings are based on Japanese Geological Survey maps, which Pour noticed for their similarities to abstract paintings from Europe and America.

Process
His paintings take months to develop. A canvas is mounted on panel and the artist begins by priming it with several layers of gesso to represent the warp and weft of woven rugs. He uses a broomstick to apply these layers. He then silkscreens an image of the rug onto his prepared surface. Details are then meticulously painted in, using acrylics in a somewhat more vibrant palette than that used by the artisans in the rugs of the Silk Road merchants he typically copies. After months of this preparatory work, he then erases parts of the image with a circular sander. Finally he repaints these obliterated areas as much as possible to produce the finished work.

Notable exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
 2019 – Manzareh/Keshiki/Landscape at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, California)
 2019 – Returnee at THE CLUB (Tokyo, Japan)

 2018 – Abrash at Shane Campbell Gallery (Chicago, Illinois)
 2018 – Polypainting at GNYP Gallery (Berlin, Germany)
 2018 – Polypainting at Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong, China)

 2017 – Kour Pour at Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong, China)

 2016 – Onnagata at Feuer/Mesler (New York City, New York)
 2016 – Onnagata at Gnyp Gallery (Berlin, Germany)

 2015 – Samsara at Depart Foundation (Los Angeles, California)

 2014 – Ozymandias at Ellis King (Dublin, Ireland)
 2014 – Kour Pour at UNTITLED (New York City, New York)

Group exhibitions
 2020 – Glitch: Art and Technology Exhibitions at Margo Veillon Gallery, AUC Tahrir Square, The American University in Cairo (Cairo, Egypt)

 2019 – LA Painting at Museum of Art and History (Lancaster, UK)
 2019 – Gold Standard at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, California)

 2018 – Mossavar-Nameh at Dastan’s Basement, Art Dubai

 2017 – Decoration Never Dies, Anyway at Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan)
 2017 – Horror Vacui, or The Annihilation of Space at Misako & Rosen (Tokyo, Japan)
 2017 – Kazuo Shiraga and Kour Pour: Earthquakes and The Mid Winter Burning Sun at Ever Gold [Projects] (San Francisco, California)

 2016 – Labyrinth(s) at Pearl Lam Galleries (Hong Kong, China)

 2015 – Painting Show – Part One at Galerie Rudiger Schottle (Munich, Germany)
 2015 – From Above at Di Donna (New York City, New York)

 2014 – The Go Between at Museo di Capodimonte (Naples, Italy)

 2012 – In The Making at Roberts & Tilton (Los Angeles, California)
 2012 – Wet Paint 4 at Steve Turner Gallery (Los Angeles, California)

Art market
An exhibition of his paintings at the Untitled Gallery (New York) in 2014 generated intense interest. All seven canvases, depicting Persian rugs and priced at $15,000 each, were snapped up by buyers. In 2015, a painting by Pour sold at a Sotheby’s auction in Doha, Qatar for $162,500, well over the estimate of $70,000-$90,000.

References

Bibliography

 Pour, Kour. "Kour Pour: In Conversation With Robert Summers." LXAQ Issue #1, 8 Sept., 2016, http://sfaq.us/2016/10/kour-pour-in-conversation-with-robert-summers/.
 Balaghi, Shiva. Pour, Kour. "LA Transplants." A Magazine, 7 Dec., 2016

External links
 Official website

British painters
British male painters
1987 births
Living people
British people of Iranian descent
British emigrants to the United States
Otis College of Art and Design alumni
Santa Monica College alumni


title: Gymnelia lucens

text:
Gymnelia lucens is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1902. It is found in Colombia and Peru.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1902


title: Ren Long

text:
Ren Long (; born 21 December 1988) is a Chinese biathlete. He competed at the Biathlon World Championships 2011, 2012 and 2013. He competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in the sprint and individual contests.

References

1988 births
Living people
Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Chinese male biathletes
Olympic biathletes for China
Olympic cross-country skiers for China
Chinese male cross-country skiers
Cross-country skiers at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Asian Games medalists in biathlon
Biathletes at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Biathletes at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Asian Games silver medalists for China
Asian Games bronze medalists for China
Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games
Medalists at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
Sport shooters from Liaoning
Skiers from Liaoning


title: Gymnelia ludga

text:
Gymnelia ludga is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1924. It is found in Colombia.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1924


title: Gymnelia metallica

text:
Gymnelia metallicum is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1911. It is found in Colombia and Brazil (Amazonas).

Note: The species name metallica may be technically correct spelling if interpret the current genus Gymnelia as feminine, however any usage derives from the original Cosmosoma metallicum Rothschild, 1911; Novit. Zool. 18 (1): 33.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911


title: Gymnelia nobilis

text:
Gymnelia nobilis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Schaus in 1911. It is found in Costa Rica.

References

Gymnelia
Moths described in 1911