title: Oregon Cartoon Institute

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The Oregon Cartoon Institute is located in Portland, Oregon.  It was founded in 2007 by Anne Elizabeth Richardson, dedicated to raising awareness of Oregon's rich animation and cartooning history. The OCI has produced projects on Mel Blanc, Harry Smith, Robert Crumb, James Ivory, Pinto Colvig, Lew C. Cook, James Blue, Joan Gratz,  Homer Groening, and others. Anne Richardson died on October 14, 2020.  The current  board is chaired  by Katherine Richardson.  Members of the  board are Laura Berg, Sebastian Heiduschke, Kira Lesley and Ellen Thomas.

Recent events

The OCI hosted its 6th Annual Oregon Film History Conference on Friday Nov. 20, 2020. Due to Covid, it was first online event the OCI has hosted.  The focus of the conference was the work of animator Joan Gratz.

The 2019 conference was held at  Lewis and Clark College on May 3.  Bill Plympton was featured.

On October 15, 2016 OCI produced Underground USA, a one-day public history/arts education event focussing on one chapter of Oregon print cartooning history. Six writers and artists who worked for Portland's underground press met to discuss the impact of that experience on their sensibilities and careers. Filmmaker Bill Plympton, graphic novelist David Chelsea, journalist Norman Solomon, critic Richard Gehr, and historian Maurice Isserman all began at the underground newspaper the Portland Scribe and went on to comics friendly careers. Patrick Rosenkranz, author of Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975, gave the keynote address.

On May 4, 2015 The OCI took part in the 2015 Northwest Animation Festival with an "Oregon Animation History" show on May 4 at the Hollywood Theatre.  Cartoons made by Oregonians (including Bill Plympton, Joanna Priestley, Rose Bond, Joan Gratz, and others) were screened in both 16mm and 35mm. All films were from the Dennis Nyback Film Archive. Preceding the films was a lecture on the history of Oregon Animation by Anne Richardson.

Oregon Film History Invitational

On May 8, 2015, Anne Richardson produced the first symposium on Oregon film making. The Oregon Film History Invitational took place at the Little Church on 5138 NE 23rd Ave in Portland from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Presentations were made, in order of their appearance, by Gary Lacher and Steve Stone, authors of Theatres of Portland (Images of America), on Portland Theater history; Ben Truwe, Southern Oregon Historical Society, on animation pioneer Pinto Colvig; Filmmaker/inventor Walt Dimick, on one of Portland's first full-time film entrepreneurs Norm Dimick;  Dennis Nyback, on three Oregon musicians, Lee Morse, George Olsen and Del Porter, who appeared in early sound films;  Anne Richardson, on Oregon film makers James Blue  and James Ivory; Sheldon Renan and Brooke Jacobson, on the creation and early days of the Northwest Film Center;  Filmmakers Richard Blakeslee Tom Chamberlin, on how the Teknifilm Lab nurtured the return of Portland independent film making, Research librarian Libby Burke, on Elmer Buehler, the man who was responsible for saving Woody Guthrie films the Bonneville Power Administration produced in the 1940s.  Libby also gave DVD's of the BPA films to all in attendance at the conference.

The second Oregon Film History Invitational was held at the Little Church on May 13, 2016. Presentations were made by, in order of their appearance, Larry Telles/Ranch Girl On A Rampage: Helen Gibson, Hollywood's first professional stuntwoman, performs in the 1913 Pendleton Round Up,  Dennis Nyback/B. F. Shearer & Portland's Film Row: Hollywood's distribution infrastructure on NW 19th, which supported an analog media empire, includes a perfectly miniaturized showcase theater designed by Seattle-based B. F. Shearer, Patrick Rosenkranz/Carl Barks: The Oregon comic book auteur who invented Uncle Scrooge McDuck and inspired Robert Crumb, Libby Burke, librarian & archivist/Citizen Kahn: Stephen B. Kahn at BPA, Harry Dawson/About his decades long collaboration with artist Bill Viola, Richard Blue/Gives an update on the international search for the lost negative of James Blue's THE OLIVE TREES OF JUSTICE (1962), and Mike Richardson/About the transition he made from publisher to producer with DR. GIGGLES in 1992.

On May 5, 2017 OCI produced the third Oregon Film History Invitational. The conference took place at the Little Church on 5138 NE 23rd Ave in Portland from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Presentations were given by, in order of their appearance, Ronald Kramer/KGW Hoot Owls (1923-1933), Elizabeth Peterson/Lester Beck, UO’30, Gretchen Harmon/William B. Gruber, inventor of Viewmaster, David Chelsea/At the Scribe (1972-1978), Julie Perini/Using OHS Moving Image Archives, and David Cress/MHCC film school.

The fourth invitational was on May 4, 2018 at the University of Oregon, downtown Portland.  The climax of the event was a conversation between Randy Finley and Wil Vinton, explaing why, for many years, the Oscar for Closed Mondays was in the possession of Randy in Seattle.

Cartoon Extravaganza

The first Oregon Cartoon Institute project was the "Cartoon Extravaganza: 21 Days & 21 Nights of Rare 16mm Animation," Feb. 23 – March 15, 2007 at Disjecta.  In addition to nightly 16mm film screenings the OCI brought in Marilyn Zornado to talk about her place in the early days of the Will Vinton Studio, Melissa Marsland to introduce a program of films by Jim Blashfield, Sven Bonnichsen to introduce a program of stop motion animation, and Rose Bond to introduce her own work.

Platform Animation Festival

Also in 2007 the OCI had Dennis Nyback cover the Platform Animation Festival as a reporter filing daily video reports.  The reports featured Rose Bond, Jim Blashfield, Marcy Page of the National Film Board, Will Vinton, John Canemaker, Bill Plympton, and others.

Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival

Anne Richardson was asked to create the Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival at Marylhurst University in 2009. The festival was a celebration of the history of Oregon film making. For the festival a 35mm projection booth was constructed at Marylhurst. The opening night of the festival was at the Mission Theater with an on stage conversation between James Ivory and Gus Van Sant.  The films shown at Marylhurst included Smoke Signals with director Chris Eyre in person; Marked Woman featuring Mayo Methot; Talk Radio with writer Tad Savinar in person;  The Lusty Men (set in and partially shot at the Pendleton Round-up); City Girl by F.W. Murnau, shot on location in Athena, Oregon (with a score composed by John Paul and performed by a string quartet; A Soldier's Tale by Penny Allen, and James Ivory's first international hit film Shakespeare Wallah, with James Ivory in person. The special Oregon Cartoon Institute day at the festival featured Bill Plympton.

R Crumb Carl Barks Basil Wolverton

In 2010, the OCI in partnership with Karl Lind Films produced a video featuring Patrick Rosenkranz and Charles Boucher, profiling the influence of two Oregon artists, Carl Barks and Basil Wolverton, on Robert Crumb. It was released during Portland Art Museum's 2010 exhibit of Robert Crumb's The Book Of Genesis exhibit.

Mel Blanc Project

In June 2011 the OCI produced The Mel Blanc Project, a public history/arts education partnership between Oregon Cartoon Institute, Oregon Jewish Museum, Ethos Music Center, Oregon Historical Society and Portland State University’s School of Fine and Performing Arts.  The project included a lecture series with eight guest lecturers in six events at three venues and an eight part film series. It also featured a walking tour of Mel Blanc's Portland neighborhood. Portland Mayor Sam Adams declared June 29, 2011 to be Mel Blanc Day. Funding came from the Kinsman Foundation and the Miller Foundation.

Harry Smith PDX Project

In 2013 the OCI produced Harry Smith PDX, a public history/arts education project which included a panel discussion, an evening of films and a five-hour series of interactive presentations free to the public. May 16–19, 2013 in Portland featuring twelve guest speakers in three events at two venues. Included was the Harry Smith Seance at the Hollywood Theatre on May 16, 2013.  The Seance included a screening of Harry's Heaven and Earth Magic  in 16mm along with 35mm slides projected from two slide projectors in the tradition of Harry. All projection and effects were by Dennis Nyback.  An original musical score was performed by Andrew Ritchey, Matt Carlson, and Jordan Dykstra.  Speaking before the Seance were Sheldon Renan, Darrin Daniel and Rani Singh. Archaic technology preservationist Doug Stewart recorded the entire Seance on two Presto 6N recording lathes.  Earlier in the day at the Hollywood Theatre on May 16 OCI produced "Harry Smith In The Pacific Northwest" a panel discussion with Gus Frederick, Rich Wandschneider and Michael Munk.  On Sunday May 19, 2013 the OCI presented The Harry Smith Free For All at the Ace Hotel in Portland.  It featured a lecture on Harry Smith's unpredictable relationship to the concept of 'truth" by Leo Daedulus, a musical performance by Joe McMurrian, Jessica Beer brought the Sacred Harp Singers, Kaveh Askari's experimental documentary film "Harry Smith of the Guide: Field Recordings and a Location" (2013), had its Portland premiere, Dennis Nyback talked about the detective work which preceded his re-creation of Harry Smith's multiple projector approach to Heaven And Earth Magic, and Doug Stewart gave a lecture and demonstration of portable recording processes in the pre-magnetic tape era.

Pinto Colvig: From Jacksonville to Disney

On October 13, 2013 the OCI presented guest speaker Ben Truwe's lecture on Vance Debar “Pinto“ Colvig at Fifth Avenue Cinema, in partnership with Portland ASIFA Pinto Colvig was born in Jacksonville, Oregon in 1892. Pinto Colvig is most famous for being the voice of Goofy in Walt Disney cartoons and being the first Bozo the Clown.

In 2011 the movie "Adventures in Plymtoons" about Bill Plympton came out. In the movie Dennis Nyback appears telling the story of taking Bill and Anne Richardson on a walking tour of Jacksonville on April 10, 2009 in search of Pinto Colvig's boyhood house.

Harry Comes Home

The OCI produced the Harry Comes Home Tour, bringing Harry Smith films to Bellingham in partnership with Western Washington University on November 5, 2013, to Seattle in partnership with Seattle International Film Festival Cinema on Mar 18, 2014. The Seattle screening of Heaven and Earth Magic featured a live score performed by Lori Goldston, Jessika Kenney and Suzie Kowzowa.

Anne Richardson, director of Oregon Cartoon Institute, presented a paper on Harry Smith: Salmon Nation Beatnik at the 2014 Society of Cinema & Media Studies conference.

Mid Century Oregon Genius: A film and speaker screening series

Anne Richardson, Oregon Movies A to Z, and the OCI created the Mid Century Oregon Genius: A film + speaker screening series to honor four Oregon filmmakers who had major successes in the early 1960s.  They were James Ivory, James Blue, Harry Smith and Homer Groening. The film screenings were divided into two parts and held at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland. Funding came from the Kinsman Foundation and the Miller Foundation.

The first weekend, October 10 and 11, 2014, featured James Ivory and James Blue.  James Ivory appeared in person to present two films he had personally chosen from the dozens he had directed.  On Friday October 10 the film was Maurice (1987) and on October 11 it was Autobiography of a Princess (1975). Mr. Ivory introduced both films to the audience.  He was introduced on stage by Anne Richardson.

On October 11 The James Blue film The Olive Trees of Justice was introduced by Richard Blue of the James Blue Foundation.  It was followed by a panel discussion on the career of James Blue.  The panelists were Richard Blue, James Dormeyer and  Gill Dennis.

The second Mid Century Oregon Genius screenings were at the Hollywood Theatre on January 16 and 17, 2015. On January 16 Harry Smith's "Heaven and Earth Magic" was screened.  It was presented using three projectors operated by Dennis Nyback. The 16mm print was provided by The Film-Makers' Cooperative.  Also on the bill was Drew Christie's "Some Crazy Magic: Meeting Harry Smith." The program began with a lecture about Harry by Eric Issacson.  The screening was followed by a panel discussion. The panelists were Chuck Pirtle, Eric Issacson and Dennis Nyback.

On January 17 films by Homer Groening were screened. Homer Groening was a filmmaker active in Portland from the 1950s into the 1980s. The films were selected by Matt Groening and Lisa Groening. They were introduced to the crowd by Bill Plympton. Matt and Lisa also appeared on stage in a panel with  Homer Groening's professional colleague Tom Shrader, and Groening friend and film critic Ted Mahar.

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2007 establishments in Oregon
Oregon culture
Organizations based in Portland, Oregon


title: R. Perry Beaver

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Robert Perry Beaver (December 13, 1938 – July 11, 2014) was an American Muscogee politician and football coach. He was principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from 1996 until 2003.

Born in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Beaver attended Morris High School in Morris, Oklahoma, and then went to Murray State College, where he was a junior college football All-American in 1958. He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics from Central State College and his master's degree in education from Northwestern State University.

In 1961, playing under the name Bob Beaver, he was briefly a member of the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League. He then moved into high school coaching. In 1977, he became the head coach at Jenks High School in Jenks, Oklahoma, where he led the team to its first two state championships in 1979 and 1982, and retired after the  1990 season.  His career record was 109–53.  He is a member of the American Indian Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oklahoma Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

Beaver was elected to the Creek Nation Council  in 1984. In 1985, he became second chief. Beaver served as principal chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from 1996 until 2003. As chief he oversaw an expansion of tribal housing and development services.  He died at his home in Morris on July 11, 2014.

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title: Virgilius Altmann

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Virgilius Altmann (9 February 1913 – 17 October 1943) was an Austrian cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was killed in action during World War II.

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title: West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1986–87

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The West Indies cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1986 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 1–1. West Indies were captained by Viv Richards and Pakistan by Imran Khan. In addition, the teams played a five-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which West Indies won 4–1.

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

West Indies won the Wills Series 4-1.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

4th ODI

5th ODI

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title: Alice: A True Story

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Alice: A True Story is a Malayalam psychological film scripted and directed by Anil Das. The Film is about a woman who develops a split personality - a condition called fugue. It is the first time that this subject was addressed in Indian cinema.

Cast
 Priyamani as Alice/Uma
 Rahul Madhav as Melvin Immanuel
 Prathap Pothen as Dr Sivapanchanathan
 Sreeraman as Sabapathi

References

2014 films
2010s Malayalam-language films


title: Iris histrio

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Iris histrio, the Syrian iris,  is a species in the genus Iris, it is classified in the subgenus Hermodactyloides and section Reticulatae. It is a bulbous perennial from Central Asia: Kyrgyzstan, Israel, Lebanon, Syria and southern Turkey.

It was first collected by Charles Gaillardot in Lebanon in 1854. In 1873, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (Rchb.f) wrote about the bulb in his 'Botanische Notizen'. This then joined the subspecies of iris reticulata, which has now been grouped with other under the subgenus of Hermodactyloides.

It is commonly known as the Syrian iris.

Iris histrio is an accepted name by the RHS.

It has baby blue flowers with intricate markings, shading to purplish blue at the base.

Like other members of the Reticulatae group, such as Iris vartanii and Iris danfordiae, it throws out a very large number of small bulbils round the base of the bulb. If these are planted
separately in a reserve ground, they will develop into flowering bulbs in the course of two or three years. Seedlings of I. vartani certainly, and of I. histrio normally needs protection at all times, especially in the UK.

It can grow in loamy soils.

Native
Originally located in Kyrgyzstan. It can also be found in Israel, Lebanon, Syria and as far west as southern Turkey.
It's a commonly found plant in Lebanon compared to Iris sofarana and Iris cedreti which are considered to be highly threatened species in Lebanon.

Subspecies
Iris histrio has been separated into two subspecies by Mathew (1989) as subsp. histrio and subsp. aintabensis because of variations in leaf, perigon tube and segment measurements.

Iris histrio subsp. aintabensis has pale smaller blue flowers that are splashed darker on the falls and with a yellow or orange ridge. It is reported to be easier to grow than the species.
Also known as Iris histrio var. aintabensis. It was found in the rocky scrublands of southern Turkey, in the Gaziantep-Maras region.

Iris histrio subsp. atropurpurea (Dykes) has purple flowers but with no markings on the falls. Found in 1913.  This is now thought, to be a synonym of Iris reticulata var. reticulata.

References

Other sources
 Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
 Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
 Mathew, B. 1981. The Iris. 179.

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Plants described in 1861
Flora of Western Asia


title: 2014 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 road race

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The Women's under-23 road race at the 2014 European Road Championships took place in Nyon, Switzerland on 12 July over a course of 129.6 km.

Race
The breakaway of three riders, with Sabrina Stultiens, Elena Cecchini and Annabelle Dreville,  were not caught by the bunch and sprinted for the European title. Dutchwomen Stultiens was the fastest of the three and won the second gold medal for the Netherlands at the 2014 European Road Championships ahead of Checchini and Dreville. Thalita de Jong from the Netherlands won the sprint of the peloton behind them.

Top 10 final classification

Source

References

See also

 2014 European Road Championships – Women's under-23 time trial

2014 European Road Championships
European Road Championships – Women's U23 road race
2014 in women's road cycling


title: Patrik Brinkmann

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Jan Patrik Vilhelm Brinkmann von Druffel-Egloffstein (born 1966 in Motala, Sweden), with nickname "Tissa", is a Swedish-German businessman, entrepreneur and patron with interests in the mining industry and real estate. Brinkmann has funded political projects and held senior positions in conservative and nationalist organizations.

He has worked with and for a number of European and Asian parties, including Freedom Party of Austria FPÖ, Vlaams Belang Belgium, United Kingdom Independence Party UKIP, Islamist-critical Pro-Bewegung Germany, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) India and United National Party (UNP) in Sri Lanka, both directly and through patron activities in support of conservative and nationalist organisations.

Biography

Early life and education
Already in the eighties, Brinkmann developed a passionate interest in cultural-political and social affairs - an interest that has shaped him to this day. Brinkmann's mentors in geopolitics were Oleg Alekseyewich Grinevsky, a Russian diplomat, former ambassador to Sweden, political scientist, Cand.Sc. (history) and author as well as Prof. Dr. Wjatscheslaw Iwanowitsch Dashichew, he observed Mikhail Gorbachev as a foreign policy advisor and is considered a pioneer of East-West détente. Brinkmann has German family roots and grew up in Sweden. In his younger years Brinkmann was involved in the Pentecostal movement, doing humanitarian work in Sri Lanka among other places.

Business and political activism
Brinkmann was in the late 1980s and 1990s active mainly in real estate investment, during the late 1990s Brinkmann added to his attention natural resources, mainly metal exploration and mining but was also investing in the oil sector, Brinkmann has been part-owner in several companies for example Fingerprint Cards, Naxs AB, Westsiberian Resources Ltd and Wiking Mineral AB over the years.

In 2004, Brinkmann set up the Continent Europe Foundation, which included far-right leaders in various European countries. Its board included two leaders of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party of Germany. Its goals were opposing immigration and Americanism, and supporting a white "pan-European civilization", according to German intelligence. Der Spiegel reported in 2008 that Brinkmann had moved the foundation's operations from a post office box address in Jönköping, Sweden, to a villa in Berlin bought by his wife, and that Brinkmann was "a leading figure in the international far-right scene". Neighbors in Berlin noticed  visitors with limousines and bodyguards at the villa. Brinkmann and the foundation organized conferences and collaborations between activists, academics, and writers. Among others, Mikhail Gorbachev's former adviser Professor Wjatscheslaw Iwanowitsch Daschitschew played a role, as Brinkmann advocated a rapprochement between Europe and Russia.

Brinkmann sought a dialogue between European and Israeli right-wing parties and made a visit to the Knesset with Kent Ekeroth of the Sweden Democrats and Mike Huckabee, ex-governor of Arkansas. The efforts caused controversies in Israel and Europe.

Since 2011, Brinkmann is no longer politically active and instead focusses on his businesses, which he said suffered from the attention surrounding his political activities. When former Minister Sven-Otto Littorin joined the Board of Wiking Mineral in 2012 it caused a stir in the Swedish press, which ended with Littorin reporting Expressen to the Press Ombudsman.

Brinkmann said he had changed some of his views and opinion toward a more pro-Islam stance, stating that "The Muslim view on families supports a positive demographic development and is good as counterpoint to all the single men in the Sweden Democrats party". Brinkmann attributed his changed views to "having gotten to know some immigrants of the Muslim faith".

In July 2014, Brinkmann announced that he planned to live part-time in Hungary. He praised the Hungarian investment climate, culturally conservative social climate, and the national conservative government including Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán.

Personal life
Since 2007 he lives mainly in Berlin, between 2014 and 2018 he divided his time between Berlin and Budapest, since 2018 he lives alternately in Berlin and Colombo. He is married and has six children.

He has come to approach the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is considered by many to have a Buddhist philosophy and he has a close relationship with Buddhist traditions and Sri Lanka for more than three decades.

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1964 births
Living people
Businesspeople from Berlin
Alt-right activists
Swedish businesspeople


title: Bridge Abutments

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Bridge Abutments are four pair of historic earthen bridge abutments located in Congaree National Park near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. They were built by settlers (possibly Isaac Huger) in the 1780s in the Congaree Swamp to provide a means of transporting produce and livestock to markets in cities, such as Charleston. They vary in size from 5-to-10-feet high and 10-to-15-feet wide.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

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Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Congaree National Park


title: Softeq

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Softeq Development Corporation is a privately-held, full-stack development company focusing on low-level programming (drivers, firmware,) hardware, (from PCBs to full-scale devices), and software apps for web, desktop, and mobile. Softeq builds end-to-end IoT and cloud infrastructure solutions, and provides technology business consulting services, and is an ISO 13485:2016 company with certified partnerships with Amazon, Microsoft, and Xamarin.  Softeq serves Fortune Global 500 companies: Verizon, Epson, Purple Innovations, Microsoft, Lenovo, AMD, Disney, Intel, NVIDIA, and Halo by PAWS.  From 2018 to 2021 Softeq appeared in Inc. 5000, the annual rankings of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the United States.  Softeq company is headquartered in Houston, TX with development centers in Vilnius, Lithuania, and Monterrey, Mexico with offices in Munich, Germany, and London, United Kingdom. Softeq has over 500 employees globally.

History
Softeq was founded by Christopher A. Howard in Houston, Texas, the United States, in 1997. The name “Softeq” is a combination of the terms "software" and "technical".  That year, the company secured Compaq as its first client. The Compaq PC Theater  was developed by Softeq during the early days of the convergence of computers and television technology.  Softeq was involved in app development for the HP iPAQ handheld PDA. In 2001, Compaq was acquired by Hewlett Packard.

In 2005, in partnership with Hewlett Packard and the Walt Disney Company, Softeq developed the DURATEQ 3100 which is a ruggedized handheld device for assistive listening and closed-caption delivery. The system is installed in all Disney theme parks globally. Additional installations include over 50 US National Parks, the World of Coca-Cola museum, New England Patriots Hall of Fame, and the Dallas Cowboys AT&T Stadium.

In 2007, Softeq deployed a team of engineers to SanDisk to create advanced flash firmware and hardware visualization tools, technology that is present in cameras, PCs, laptops, PDAs, memory sticks, and other electronic devices.

In 2008, the company opened a full-stack research and development (R&D) center in High Tech Park located in Minsk, Belarus, which became its development center, and now has 300 employees.

In 2011, Softeq worked with NVIDIA for Bluetooth driver development, NVIDIA SHIELD streaming device, and an app for internal business operations. They also partnered with Intel Corporation for the development of software, firmware, hardware, and low-power wireless chipsets and SOCs.

In 2018, Softeq acquired NearShore Solutions GmbH. which was rebranded as Softeq Development GmbH and became Softeq's European sales office in Munich, Germany.

In 2020, Softeq established a sales office in London, United Kingdom. In November 2020, Softeq Innovation Lab was launched, which is a virtual lab with online boot camps for corporate executives and product teams.

In February 2021, Softeq opened a full-stack development center in Vilnius, Lithuania.  Later that year, the company launched a startup accelerator program – Softeq Venture Studio.

In 2022, Softeq Venture Fund, was created to provide capital to the Softeq Venture Studio.

Softeq is a Gold Application Development Partner of Microsoft, Xamarin Authorized Consulting Partner, and an official member of Apple Inc.’s MFi Program.

Brands

DURATEQ
DURATEQ ATV is a rugged handheld device featuring Disney SyncLink Technology. The solution was built relying on content development services by MGBH Media Access Group and R&D efforts in the field of media accessibility for disabled people by the Accessible Learning and Assessment Technologies group of NCAM. DURATEQ is installed across multiple branches of the National Park Service, including George Washington's Mount Vernon, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, the World of Coca-Cola Museum in Florida, the Hall at Patriot Place in Foxborough, MA, AT&T Stadium in Dallas, and the National Museum of the American Indian.

Softeq Venture Studio

Softeq Venture Studio is a startup accelerator established by Softeq in 2021. The studio offers engineering and startup formation services and funding to early-stage startups in exchange for equity in their company.  Participant enrollment began in October 2021. In 2022, the studio organized two cohort cycles, bringing the total startups to 49. The lists of participants include startups in wellness, med-tech, and sports-tech.

Softeq Venture Fund

Softeq Venture Fund is a $40 million venture fund for technology startups established in 2022. It provides capital to the Softeq Venture Studio and makes follow-on investments in seed and series A startup rounds in exchange for 6% equity in the eligible company. Jumana Capital, a single-family office from Houston, Texas, invested in the fund in 2022. Later that year, Royal Eagle Capital Partners – made a $3 million commitment.

Softeq Innovation Lab

Launched in Houston, TX in 2020, Softeq Innovation Lab is a virtual lab with online boot camps for corporate executives and product teams working on innovation projects. Softeq Innovation Lab partners with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts-based Boundless Technology. During the boot camp, attendees collaborate with entrepreneurs (such as David Rose of Warby Parker) to design and build a working prototype. The lab covers such technological fields as IoT, AI, computer vision, AR, MR, etc.

Spinoffs

Softeq Flash Solutions
Softeq’s spin-off became part of SK Hynix's R&D center for flash memory products. Softeq established a team of flash firmware and software engineers with experience in semiconductor and flash memory projects. The team was spun off as Softeq Flash Solutions.  In 2014, South Korean SK Hynix, the world's second-largest memory chip maker acquired the NAND Flash memory development unit of Softeq in Minsk leading to the formation of Softeq Flash Solution LLC.

zGames
zGames LLC, the game development brand of Softeq, was launched in 2008. The company provides full-cycle game design and development services and makes casual, mixed reality, educational, and gambling apps for mobile, desktop, web, VR, and AR. zGames also remade several classic game titles, including Pong World and QIX Galaxy.  In 2012, zGames won the Pong® Indie Developer Challenge by Atari, beating out over 100 other developers to recreate Pong for mobile gaming. zGames was spun off in 2012.

Recognition and industry awards

 HBJ’s Fast 100 award for Houston-based private companies with the fastest revenue growth over a two-year period, winners in 2019 and 2020
 Listed in Inc. 5000 organized by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing privately-held companies in the United States in 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021
 Inc 5000: Texas ranking as one of the fastest-growing private companies based in Texas.

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Companies established in 1997
Outsourcing companies
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Software companies of Belarus
Custom software projects


title: Manaqib Ale Abi Talib

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Manaqib Ale Abi Talib ( ) is a book written by the Shi'a Muslim scholar Ibn Shahr Ashub.

Author
Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Shahr Ashub or Ibn Shahraˆshuˆ b(489-588 lunar/1096-1192) was an Imami theologian and jurist of Mazandaran  in Persia. He had the reputation of being the greatest Shiite scholar of his time and was highly thought of even by the Sunnis. he was known as Rashid Al din And Ezza Al-Din. He also wrote books such as Al Maalim.

Subject
The book is on virtues and characters of Muhammad, twelfth Imams, and companions of Muhammad.

Motive
The Author mentioned reasons for writing the book such as Challenge between Shia and Sunni on Imamate or leadership, distorted narrations by some narrators on the subject of Imamate of Ali.

Authenticity
The book is admired by both Shia and Sunni scholars and referred by both of them.

Content
Some of the contents of the book are as follow:
 Section on Our Sayyed the apostle of Allah
 Section on Imamate or leadership
 Section on Grades of Ali
 Section on Virtues of Ali
 Section on Virtues of Fatima

Ibn Shahr Ashoub also mentioned sections allocated to each Imam from Hasan Ibn Ali to Imam Hasan al-Askari. The book ordered in 4 volumes as follow:
 the First volume is concerned with Muhammad's life including prophecy, wars, etc.
 the Second volume is concerned with virtues and characters of Ali, also to cruelties against the household of Muhammad chronologically.
 the third volume is concerned with Muhammad's sayings on Ali's successorship and reported miracles.
 the fourth volume is concerned to the life of other Shiite Imams from second Imam Hasan bin Ali to eleventh Imam Hasan Askari.

Character
There is no chapter or section on twelfth Imam Mahdi, in turn, was a significant theological subject in the period.
There is no chapter on companions of Muhammad while the author said he will allocate a section on the subject.

Books on Al Manaqib
Summarizing the book, two other books have been written by the name of Nokhab al Manaqib for household of Ali and Nahj al Iman both of them by Hoesin ibn Jobayr.

Publication
The book was first published in Mumbai, India, and next published in Iran, Iraq and Pakistan many times.

External links
 https://books.google.com/books?id=sx1bqgibKhQC&dq=ibn+shahrashub&pg=PA370

References

Shia hadith collections
Ali
Shia bibliography


title: Dead River Dike

text:
Dead River Dike is a historic earthen dike located in Congaree National Park near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to control the periodic flooding of the Congaree River and utilize the fertile swampland. The Dead River Dike is an L-shaped earthen structure measuring 4-to-5-foot high, with one leg approximately 2000 feet long and the second approximately 800 feet long.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Congaree National Park


title: West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1990–91

text:
The West Indies cricket team toured Pakistan in October to November 1990 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 1–1. West Indies were captained by Desmond Haynes and Pakistan by Imran Khan. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which Pakistan won 3–0.

Test series summary

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

Pakistan won the series 3-0.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External links

1990 in Pakistani cricket
1990 in West Indian cricket
International cricket competitions from 1988–89 to 1991
Pakistani cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000
1990


title: Northwest Boundary Dike

text:
Northwest Boundary Dike is a historic earthen dike located near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built about 1840 by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to control the periodic flooding of the Congaree River and utilize the fertile swampland. The Northwest Boundary Dike measures approximately 10-to-30-foot-wide-by-5-foot-high, and runs for approximately 2000 feet.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures completed in 1840
Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Congaree National Park


title: Southwest Boundary Dike

text:
Southwest Boundary Dike is a historic earthen dike located in Congaree National Park near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was built by settlers in the Congaree Swamp to control the periodic flooding of the Congaree River and utilize the fertile swampland. The Southwest Boundary Dike measures approximately 3-to-4-foot high, and runs for approximately 650 feet, interrupted by a gut of water, and then continues for approximately 1,300 to 1,400 feet.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Congaree National Park


title: West Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1991–92

text:
The West Indies cricket team visited Pakistan in November 1991 and played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series against the Pakistan national cricket team. West Indies won the series 2–0 with the second match tied. West Indies were captained by Richie Richardson and Pakistan by Imran Khan.

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

West Indies won the series 2-0, with one match tied.

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External links

1991 in Pakistani cricket
1991 in West Indian cricket
International cricket competitions from 1991–92 to 1994
Pakistani cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000
1991


title: Dabuka

text:
Dabuka is a major railway marshalling yard in central Zimbabwe. It is near Gweru.

See also
 List of rail yards

References

External links
 travelingluck

Rail infrastructure in Zimbabwe


title: Economic Party (Italy)

text:
The Economic Party (Partito Economico, PE) was an Italian political party founded in 1919 in Turin by a group of dealers and industrialists worried by the Red Biennium. The group viewed politics as subject to economic science, and was socially conservative.

The PE had its strongest constituencies in the larger cities of Northern Italy, as well as in Sicily, reaping benefits from its alliance with the Agrarian Party. In the 1919 general election, it received 1,5% of the vote and 7 seats. This support declined rapidly: in the 1921 election, the PE took 0,8% of the vote and 5 seats. It subsequently merged into the Agrarian Party.

Electoral results

1919 establishments in Italy
1924 disestablishments in Italy
Political parties established in 1919
Political parties disestablished in 1924
Defunct political parties in Italy
Conservative parties in Italy
Liberal parties in Italy


title: Dinesh D.C.

text:
Dinesh D.C. (Nepali: दिनेश डिसी) is a Nepali film director, film producer, film actor, TV actor, presenter and president of Cinema Circle Nepal . His original name is Dinesh Raj Dahal. In 2019, he was awarded Prabal Janasewa Shree award for his contribution to Nepalese society by the president of Nepal. D.C. was included in the team from Nepali Film Industry along with Star Rajesh Hamal in 2018 Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli official state visit to India. He is currently working as Station Head of Kantipur Television Network and Station Manager of Radio Kantipur.

Personal life
Dinesh D.C. (Dahal Chhetri) was born in Illam of eastern Nepal on 17 November. He is married to Ranu Shrestha. He was schooled at Adarsha Ma. Vi., Ilam up to SLC. He did his intermediate (I.Sc) and bachelor (B.Sc) from Amrit Science Campus. He earned a B.A. in English as a private student. He earned an M.B.A from Saraswati Campus. His zodiac sign in scorpio.

Career
Dinesh D.C. entered in the Nepali Film Industry as an supporting artist on Sun Chandi (1997). He then played on different roles on films like Shankar (1997), Ek Number Ko Pakhe (1999) and Muna Madan (2003). He then made his own directorial debut from Savadhan (2006). His third directorial venture Maya's Bar earned him National Film Awards (Nepal) for Best Director and D-Cine Award for Critics Choice.  Dinesh D.C. was nominated in Kamana Film Award for Best Director from his next directorial venture, a comedy hit cha ekan cha. D.C.'s next directorial venture, a romantic drama Fulai Fulko Mausam Timilai (2016) was his first film as a producer.

Movie
2012 Maya's Bar
2014 Chha Ekan Chha
 2016 Fulai Fulko Mausam Timilai (फूलैफूलको मौसम तिमीलाई ).

Television

Kasto Lagyo
Yastai Huncha
Dashain Ko Chyangra
Bihe Ko Kura
Doshi Ko?
Mamata
Hijo Aaja Ko Kura
Kati Saphal Kati Asaphal
Chetana
Umer 65
Kathai
Lakshya
Biman Chalak
Raag Biragam
Ashmita
Bhumika

Documentary
Enchanting Pokhara
RNAC: An Introduction
An Introduction for Hotel Management College
Mukti Bal Ashram

Anchor
He has worked in various national and international level entertainment programs and award shows as an anchor.

Awards
(dates in Bikram Sambat)
Geetanjali cine awards "best villain-2055" - film "sagun"
Kalliwood cine award "best new comer actor-2055" - film - "gham chhaya"
Kantipur outstanding performance award - 2056
Most popular personality award-2056
Best announcer of decade in stage -2062
Best debutant director –2064 saabadhan
Hari tara purashkar - 2069
Critics award - chhaya chhabi digital cinema awards - 2070 - film "maya's bar"
Most popular director of the year - box office award - 2070 - film "chha ekan chha"

References

External links

Nepalese film producers
Nepalese film directors
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Ilam District
21st-century Nepalese film directors


title: Noel Lothian

text:
Thomas Robert Noel Lothian OBE, NDH (NZ), LFRAIPR, JP (25 December 1915 – 24 September 2004) was a long-term director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden and an Australian botanist.

Lothian was born on 25 December 1915 in the Melbourne suburb of Mont Albert.  After completing school at Scotch College, Melbourne, he studied at Burnley Horticultural College. He worked in botanical gardens in Melbourne and at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand, then started study at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in 1938. Lothian was an exchange student at the Munich Botanic Garden when the Second World War broke out, catching the last train out of Germany in 1939. After returning to the United Kingdom to complete studies at Kew Gardens, he joined the Australian Army and as a lieutenant managed army farms supplying food to the troops in central New Guinea.
After the war, he gained the National Diploma of Horticulture (NZ), for which he was awarded the Cockayne Gold Medal. He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Horticulture, at Lincoln Agricultural College near Christchurch, New Zealand, where he established the horticultural diploma and degree courses. In late 1947 he was appointed director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden, a position he held for 33 years until 1980. He commenced work there on 1 January 1948. The Gardens had greatly deteriorated during the Depression and Second World War. The Garden was little better than a public park and he threw himself into bringing it back to the position he felt it should have.

While Director of the Botanic Garden, he was a prominent member of the Royal Society and chairman of its offshoot, the Field Naturalists Society for several years. In 1961 he was awarded an OBE for services to horticulture, and in 1975 the Veitch Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society. In 1988 Noel was installed as the President of the Kew Guild in London which brings together past and present workers at the Kew Gardens.

Another of Lothian's achievements was the expansion of the National Parks system in South Australia. He was appointed a member of the National Parks Commission and then became chairman during the late 1960s, a period of unparalleled growth in the number and area of parks. Key members of the commission were the previous chair, Professor Sir John Cleland, Warren Bonython, Vern McLaren, Basil Newland, Dr Peter Crowcroft, director of the South Australian Museum and Cecil Rix, Chairman of the Land Board in the Lands Department which was responsible for Crown Land. Together Noel and Cecil appraised unallocated Crown Lands to determine their significance for indigenous flora and fauna. Many of these areas were then placed under the reserve system. From 1962 to 1972 the number of parks grew fivefold from 19 to 99, and the area grew 15-fold from 230,000 hectares to over 3.5 million hectares. They laid the basis for today's extensive park system.
Lothian was a councilor and member of the executive of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society since 1948. The RAHS organised the Royal Adelaide Show at Wayville every spring and Lothian was a frequent exhibitor along with the Botanic Garden. He was also member of the Council of the University of Adelaide for  some years. He was a long-standing member of the International Dendrology Society, Australian Vice-president and a very active member.

Botanical collections
Specimens collected by Lothian are held by many herbaria in Australasia, including the State Herbarium of South Australia, the Australian Tropical Herbarium at James Cook University, the National Herbarium of Victoria – Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, the Australian National Herbarium, and the Auckland War Memorial Museum Herbarium.

Legacy
He is the namesake of the Noel Lothian Hall, a function space in the western end of the State Herbarium of South Australia, Adelaide Botanic Garden that opened on 16 June 2005. The function space and herbarium themselves are located in a refurbished tram barn.

Personal
Lothian was born Thomas Robert Noel Lothian, and because he was born on Christmas Day in 1915, he was known as Noel. He was the eldest of 3 brothers and two sisters. His father, Thomas Lothian, established Lothian Publishing in Melbourne, which probably instilled in Noel his love of books. The father of his first wife, Ngaio, was also in the book trade, working at Whitcombe and Tombs in Christchurch.

Lothian married Ngaio Chaffey from Christchurch, New Zealand in 1940. They had three children, Tony (1942) and twins Andrew and Janet (1947). Lothian and Ngaio separated and subsequently divorced in 1970 and in 1973  he married Vivian Mack.

Over his long life Lothian displayed many of the characteristics of his Scottish ancestry –  tenacity, bluntness, perseverance and almost a delight in being  politically incorrect. And although being a somewhat dour soul, he had a great sense of humour and enjoyed a good laugh. He was committed to the long haul, not for him the fly-by-nighters: when he set his sights on something he didn't give up or get distracted, witness the 25 years developing the Mt Lofty Botanic Garden from 1952 to its opening in 1977.

Wayne Thomas wrote: "Few people are intelligent enough, or hard-working enough, to leave this world in a better place than they found it. Noel was very special – his dedication to this state will ensure he is always remembered"

His friend, Ed McAllister AO, said in his eulogy: Noel was straightforward, uncomplicated, told it like it was, single-minded at times, gregarious, a loyal friend, supportive of his staff and had a great zest for life.  He also had a great sense of time and place.  He was aware and proud of his achievements, but never arrogant about them.  He was also a man of great vision and able to take the long view.  This garden in which we stand today attests to that...Noel had an encyclopaedic knowledge of plants, particularly his favourite bulbous plants.  He had a wide knowledge of Australian plants as well as a vast knowledge of plants from temperate parts of the world.  Some of this knowledge was gained from his experiences in Botanic Gardens, but a lot was gained from his extensive travels...He once told me that when he came to Adelaide, there were two kinds of people in Adelaide, those who knew we had a Botanic Garden and those who did not.  By the time he retired, there were still two kinds of people in Adelaide, those who visited the Gardens and those who did not, but everyone knew there was a Botanic Garden...Noel loved his work and dedicated himself to it.  I remember on one occasion when he came striding into work one morning, shortly after I was appointed to the Gardens in 1979.  He said "are you enjoying yourself, Ed?", to which I, of course replied, "Yes Mr Lothian".  His response was "Good, otherwise, you shouldn't be here".  A simple philosophy, but one which he believed in and which is very true.

Lothian died on 24 September 2004 in Townsville, Queensland. On 8 October 2004 his ashes were scattered at the cool temperate botanical gardens at Mount Lofty that he had been integral in establishing.

References

1915 births
2004 deaths
20th-century Australian botanists
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
Lincoln University (New Zealand) alumni
Academic staff of Lincoln University (New Zealand)
Australian Army personnel of World War II
Veitch Memorial Medal recipients
Australian Army officers
People from Mont Albert, Victoria
Scientists from Melbourne
Military personnel from Melbourne


title: 2014–15 Liga Națională (men's basketball)

text:
The 2014–15 Liga Națională season was the 65th season of the Liga Națională, the highest professional basketball league in Romania.

The first half of the season consisted of 13 teams and 156-game regular season games (24 games for each of the 13 teams) beginning on 1 October 2014 and ended on 28 March 2015, just before the play-offs.

Teams for 2014–15 season

Personnel and sponsorship

Regular season

Play-offs

Awards
Finals MVP
 Vladimir Tica – CSU Asesoft Ploiești

References

External links
Official site of the Romanian basketball federation
Halfcourt.info (Romanian and English)
Numaibaschet.ro (Romanian)
Baschetromania.ro (Romanian)

2016-17
Romanian
Lea


title: World of Miracles

text:
World of Miracles () is a 1959 Italian melodrama film directed by Luigi Capuano.

Plot
Laura and Marco are two young lovers who act for a theater company. But one day Marco, having come into conflict with her father, who is an old actor, leaves the company to seek greater fortune in Rome, in the world of cinema.

Laura, after some time, is moved by a letter full of affection that Marco sent her, so she joins him in Rome, where he has rented a room from Franca, a good woman who tries to advise him well and who feels happy to welcome Laura in their own home. But the couple is put in crisis by the presence - unexpected for Laura - of another woman, a snobbish actress who seeks Marco's company and often calls him to invite him to her hotel room.

Laura, saddened, then returns to her father, who, due to too many emotions, dies during a performance on the stage of the theater. Meanwhile, Marco understands more and more that he does not want to give up on Laura's love.

Cast
 Virna Lisi: Laura Damiani
 Jacques Sernas: Marco Valenti
 Marisa Merlini: Franca
 Aldo Silvani: Alessandro Damiani
 Elli Parvo: Magda Damiani
 Kerima: Carmen Herrera
 Yvonne Sanson: Sarah
 Vittorio De Sica: Director Pietro Giordani
 Amedeo Nazzari: Presenter at the press conference
 Andrea Checchi: Cinematographer
 Silvio Bagolini:  Stationmaster
 Ignazio Leone: Il capo comparse
 Virgilio Riento: Oscaretto
 Marco Tulli: Adriano
 Leopoldo Valentini: Casimirio
 Ciccio Barbi: Commendatore Berbloni
 Bruno Corelli: Max
 Mario Brega: Man with a black eye
 Fanfulla
 Pietro Tordi

References

External links

1959 films
1959 romantic drama films
Films directed by Luigi Capuano
Italian romantic drama films
1950s Italian films


title: Hopkins Family Cemetery

text:
Hopkins Family Cemetery is a historic family cemetery located near Hopkins, Richland County, South Carolina. It was established about 1775, on the Back Swamp Plantation. A wall and stile were built about 1835–1837. It contains 69 marked graves of the Hopkins and related families.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.

References

External links

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
1775 establishments in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Richland County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Richland County, South Carolina


title: Effie, Louisiana

text:
Effie is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 71331.

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana


title: Sultanah Bahiyah Highway

text:
The Sultanah Bahiyah Highway (Malay: Lebuhraya Sultanah Bahiyah), Federal Route 255 (formerly Alor Setar Bypass and Jalan Sultanah, both Kedah State Route K139) is a major highway bypass in Alor Star, Kedah, Malaysia. It was named after the late Sultanah Bahiyah, a first consort of Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah. The Kilometre Zero is located at Alor Setar North.

History
In November 2003, after a first consort of Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah, Sultanah Bahiyah, died on 26 August 2003, the Kedah state government renamed the highway Sultanah Bahiyah Highway in her honour.

In 2013, the highway was gazetted as Federal Route 255.

Features
At most sections, the Federal Route 255 was built under the JKR R5 road standard, with a speed limit of 90 km/h.

List of junctions

References

Highways in Malaysia
Alor Setar Ring Road
Malaysian Federal Roads


title: Huilacollo (Tacna)

text:
Huilacollo (possibly from Aymara wila blood, blood-red, qullu mountain, "red mountain") is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru which reaches a height of approximately . It is located in the Tacna Region, Candarave Province, on the border of the districts of Camilaca and Candarave. Huilacollo lies southwest of the Tutupaca volcano and east of Sallajaque.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Tacna Region


title: Vick, Louisiana

text:
Vick is an unincorporated community in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, United States. Its ZIP code is 71331.

Notes

Unincorporated communities in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana


title: English cricket team in Pakistan in 1977–78

text:
The England national cricket team toured Pakistan from November 1977 to January 1978 and played a three-match Test series against the Pakistan national cricket team. The Test series was drawn 0–0. England were captained by Mike Brearley and Pakistan by Wasim Bari. Geoffrey Boycott captained England in the third test after Brearley returned home with a broken arm. In addition, the teams played a three-match Limited Overs International (LOI) series which England won 2–1.

Test series summary

First Test

Second Test

Third Test

One Day Internationals (ODIs)

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

References

External links

1977 in English cricket
1977 in Pakistani cricket
1978 in English cricket
1978 in Pakistani cricket
1977-78
International cricket competitions from 1975–76 to 1980
Pakistani cricket seasons from 1970–71 to 1999–2000


title: Mitternacht

text:
Mitternacht (German "midnight") may refer to:

Television
"Mitternacht, Switzerland", fictional town in an episode of U.S. television series "Perry Mason" titled "The Case of a Place Called Midnight", originally aired on 11/12/1964.

Music
"Mitternacht", song by E Nomine
Mitternacht (La Fee song)
"Mitternacht", song by Kraftwerk from Autobahn (album)

See also
Mitternacht - The Dark Night of the Soul, 2014 album by German darkwave-neofolk project Sopor Aeternus.
Mitternacht, album by punk band Dödelhaie :de:Dödelhaie


title: Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque

text:
The Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque () is a mosque located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The mosque is named after Umar bin Al Khattab, a companion of the Prophet Mohammed who became the second Caliph after Abu Bakr and was given the title Al Farooq, meaning someone who distinguished truth from falsehood. The original Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque was established on the same site in 1986.

The building was renovated twice, in 2003 and later in 2011 by the order of Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, the chairman of the business empire that bears his family name and whose interests stretch from vehicle sales, schools and hotels to engineering and publishing. It was opened to the public on July 29, 2011.

The Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque can accommodate 2,000 worshipers and is considered one of the UAE’s largest mosques and the third of its kind to open its doors to non-Muslims after the Mosque of late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi and the Grand Mosque in Jumeirah.

The Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque & Centre has welcomed Islamic religious figure Sheikh Ahmad Ali Al Nahas, Muazin of Haram Al Maki.

Design
The inscriptions in the mosque are Ottoman inscriptions inspired by the Blue Mosque in Istanbul and had an Andalusian touch. Andalusian art is an Islamic school, dating back to the year 711 when the Moors first landed in the South of Spain. Its influence is obvious throughout both the exterior and the interior – from the colourful tiles in the front entrance, which surround a traditional-style fountain, to the shapes used in the interior design. These inscriptions were sculpted by hand by 60 Moroccan craftsmen from the city of Fez, the stronghold of this authentic Andalusian heritage.

The interior of the mosque has many features. The carpets were specially manufactured in Germany; a new method of air conditioning was adopted. The main dome rises to approximately 30 metres in height. There are also 15 smaller domes with four additional half domes surrounding the main one.

Al Farooq Mosque
Total area of 93,400 square feet
Area of the mosque complex spans 8,700 metres. The mosque itself is 4,200 square metres
Capable of accommodating 2,000 worshipers
Library holds a collection of 4000 Islamic and other religious titles
Youth club
Lecture Hall
Classroom
Administration
Housing for Imam and Mu’azin

Architecture
The external architecture is based on the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, known as the Blue Mosque for the thousands of Iznek tiles that colour its interior walls and arches.
21 domes and 124 stained glass windows
Four pencil-shaped minarets rise high, measuring 65 meters each
60 expert artists and craftsmen from Morocco decorated the interior
Red and gold colored carpet was commissioned in Germany
The mosque was modeled using plaster of Paris and fusaifisa tiles, originating from Fez, Morocco

References

External links
Gulf News
Dubai Biggest Mosque
In Pictures
Al Farooq Mosque during Eid
The National- Al Farooq Omar Bin Al Khattab Mosque

2011 establishments in the United Arab Emirates
Mosques in Dubai
Mosques completed in 2011


title: Webb-Coleman House

text:
Webb-Coleman House, also known as Christian's Post Office, is a historic home located near Chappells, Saluda County, South Carolina.  It was built between 1800 and 1825, and is a -story, five-bay, Federal style farmhouse. It has a gable roof and is sheathed in weatherboard. A one-story, frame wing was added in the mid-19th century and in 1915, a one-story, gable-roofed, frame ell and shed-roofed porch.  Also on the property are the contributing mid-to late-19th century cotton house, an early-20th century garage, an early 1930s dollhouse, and an early-20th century tenant house. The house operated as a post office from 1833 to 1844.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Federal architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1825
Houses in Saluda County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Saluda County, South Carolina


title: Cornelis Jacobsz Schout

text:
Cornelis Jacobsz Schout (c.1570 – after 1621), was a Dutch Golden Age member of the Haarlem schutterij.

He was the brother of the judge Jan Jacobsz Schout and the notary Pieter Jacobsz Schout and became the father of the ensign Jacob Cornelisz Schout. He was a lieutenant of the St. George militia in Haarlem from 1612-1615 and was captain 1618-1621. He was portrayed by Frans Hals along with his son in The Banquet of the Officers of the St George Militia Company in 1616.

References

Cornelis Jacobsz Schout in De Haarlemse Schuttersstukken, by Jhr. Mr. C.C. van Valkenburg, pp. 67, Haerlem : jaarboek 1958, ISSN 0927-0728, on the website of the North Holland Archives

1570s births
1620s deaths
Frans Hals
People from Haarlem


title: Samson and the Sea Beast

text:
Samson and the Sea Beast (, also known as Samson Against the Pirates) is a 1963 Italian peplum film directed by Tanio Boccia.

The plot centres around a pirate terrorising the Antilles. He plunders ships, slaughtering their crews and selling women as slaves. One of the women asks a man named Sansone for help battling the pirates.

Cast

 Kirk Morris: Samson
 Margaret Lee: Amanda
 Daniele Vargas: Murad
 Aldo Bufi Landi: Manuel
 Tullio Altamura: Mobed
 Adriana Ambesi: Sarah
 Attilio Dottesio: Alvarez
 Calisto Calisti: Ibrahim
 Nello Pazzafini: Sandor

Release
Samson Against the Pirates was released in Italy on 29 July 1963. It was also released as Samson and the Sea Beasts.

References

Bibliography

External links

1963 films
1963 adventure films
Films directed by Tanio Boccia
Peplum films
Pirate films
Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Sword and sandal films
1960s Italian films


title: Jonathan Kiplimo Maiyo

text:
Jonathan Kiplimo Maiyo (born 5 May 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon events. His personal bests of 59:02 minutes and 2:04:56 hours, respectively, ranks him in the top twenty all-time in both events. He was also the silver medallist over 5000 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics.

Originally a pacemaker, he helped Haile Gebrselassie to a marathon world record in 2008. He entered marathons competitively from 2009 onwards and placed in the top ten at the 2012 Berlin Marathon and 2013 Tokyo Marathon. Despite his fast personal best, his best finish for the distance is fourth, achieved at the 2012 Dubai Marathon. He has won half marathons in Breda and Zwolle.

Career
Maiyo made his debut on the European road running circuit in 2007. He opened with a half marathon debut of 61:38 minutes for second place at the Paderborn Easter Run and followed this with an improvement to 60:10 minutes, set during a fifth-place finish at the Rotterdam Half Marathon. That October he won the Bredase Singelloop, was runner-up at the 20K de Paris and came third at the Great South Run 10-miler. He showed a talent for pacmaking that year: he helped pace Haile Gebrselassie to a marathon world record at the Berlin Marathon and also served that capacity at the top level Fukuoka Marathon.

The following year he repeated as second-placer in Paderborn, but was only eleventh at the higher calibre Berlin Half Marathon. He came close to a personal best on his return to Rotterdam, running 60:12 minutes, but this race proved to be among the fastest ever – six runners went faster than an hour and Maiyo's time was the fastest ever recorded for a tenth-place finisher. He again acted as pacer at the Fukuoka Marathon in December, where he led the pack to the halfway point.

In 2009 Maiyo attempted his first ever competitive marathon at the Vienna City Marathon in April, but he dropped out at the 27 km mark. However, he established himself as a world class runner at the Rotterdam Half Marathon – he placed second with a time of 59:08 minutes. This ranked him fourth globally in the event that year, and moving him up to eighth on the all-time lists at that point. He performed poorly at the 2010 Zayed International Half Marathon, finishing outside the top twenty, but managed to complete the full distance at the Rotterdam Marathon with an eleventh-place finish in 2:12:45 hours. His 2011 season was relatively low key, with just two major outings: fourth at the Yangzhou Jianzhen International Half Marathon and runner-up at the Great North Run.

A change of coach towards the end of 2011 coincided with a return to form for Maiyo. He moved in with fellow runner Abel Kirui (a marathon world champion) and training with Italian coach Renato Canova's group. The 2012 season saw several significant breakthroughs for Maiyo. At the Dubai Marathon he ran a time of 2:04:56 hours to enter at tenth on the all-time lists for the event, but such was the strength in depth this only brought him fourth place at the high-prize money race. That March he moved up to ninth on the all-time lists for the half marathon, running a time of 59:02 minutes as runner-up at the CPC Loop. His first international medal came not on the road, but in track running. He was 5000 metres runner-up at the Kenyan Athletics Championships and chosen to run for Kenya at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics. There he ran a personal best of 13:22.89 minutes to take the silver medal in a Kenyan medal sweep with Mark Kiptoo and Timothy Kosgei Kiptoo.

He was one of the fastest entrants at the 2012 Berlin Marathon in September, but fell away from the lead pack and ended in seventh place (2:09:19 hours). A similar fate befell him at the 2013 Tokyo Marathon in February, at which he faded to finish in 2:10:18 hours for tenth overall. He skipped the rest of the season and on his return won the 2014 Zwolle Half Marathon.

Personal bests
5000 metres – 13:22.89 min (2012)
10K run – 29:20 min (2008)
10 miles – 45:33 min (2010)
20K run – 58:08 min (2007)
Half marathon – 59:02 min (2012)
Marathon – 2:04:56 hrs (2012)

International competition record

References

External links

Living people
1988 births
Kenyan male long-distance runners
Kenyan male marathon runners


title: Bonham House

text:
Bonham House, also known as Flat Grove, is a historic home located near Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina. It was built about 1780, and is a two-story, log "dogtrot house." The house sits on fieldstone pillars.  It was the boyhood home of Battle of the Alamo soldier James Bonham and his brother politician Milledge Luke Bonham, who served as governor of South Carolina during the American Civil War.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

The Bonham House is under restoration by the Saluda County Historical Society, which provides tours.

References

External links
 Bonham House – Saluda County Historical Society

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1780
Houses in Saluda County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Saluda County, South Carolina
Museums in Saluda County, South Carolina
Historic house museums in South Carolina


title: Heilig

text:
Heilig may refer to:

Heilig-Geist-Gymnasium, several schools
Heilig (surname)
Morton Heilig (1926–1997), American cinematographer and innovator of Virtual Reality (VR) cinematography
 "Heilig" (E Nomine song), 2007
"Heilig" (Tokio Hotel song), 2008


title: Marsh-Johnson House

text:
Marsh-Johnson House, also known as Robert Johnson House, is a historic home located near Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1817, and is a two-story, log farmhouse sheathed in weatherboard.  The house sits on a brick foundation and has a one-story, shed-roofed porch.  It is considered one of the earliest and intact log residences in South Carolina. The house rests on massive brick piers, which are laid in Flemish bond. A one-story, shed-roofed porch with wooden foundation piers and four rough hewn tree trunks supporting the roof spans the façade. Many of the windows retain their batten shutters.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

The Saluda County Historical Society owns the house and is working to restore it for future use as a historic house museum.

References

External links
 Marsh-Johnson House - Saluda County Historical Society

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1817
Houses in Saluda County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Saluda County, South Carolina


title: Corsican donkey

text:
The Corsican Donkey, , , is a breed of domestic donkey from the Mediterranean island of Corsica, a région and territorial collectivity of France. It is not recognised by the Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt, the French ministry of agriculture, or by the Haras Nationaux, the French national stud; nor is it reported to the DAD-IS database of the FAO. Its numbers have fallen alarmingly; two associations are seeking its official recognition as a breed.

History

The indigenous Corsican donkey is small and usually grey, and it is thought to have been present on the island since Roman times. In modern times attempts have been made to increase its size by cross-breeding with imported stock including the Catalan donkey from Spain, donkeys from the French mainland, and the Martina Franca donkey from Puglia in Italy. A larger black type of donkey, standing  has developed.

Before the mechanisation of transport and agriculture in the 1930s there were more than 20,000 donkeys in Corsica. Until the 1960s large numbers were sold at miserable prices to the meat markets of Italy and mainland France; there is no tradition of eating donkey meat in Corsica, and the recent appearance of donkey salami in shops there is a consequence of tourist demand.

The current population of the Corsican Donkey is estimated at about 1000; its conservation status was listed as "critical" by the SAVE Foundation in 2008. Two associations, A Runcata ("the bray") and Isul'âne, have been formed for its protection, and the first steps towards seeking official recognition for the breed were taken in 2010.

References

Donkey breeds
Donkey breeds originating in France
Fauna of Corsica


title: Heilig (surname)

text:
Heilig is a German family name.

Those with the name include:
  (1902–1943), German economist
  (1914–1978), Nazi politician
  (1888–1968), Austrian journalist
  (1892–1975), photographer, father of Walter Heilig
  (1925–2006), East-German photographer (see c:Category:Walter Heilig)
  (1826–1888), businessman, mayor and member of Reichstag
  (1817–1849), revolutionary in 1848
 Morton Heilig (1926–1997), American cinematographer
  (born 1956), German Green politician

German-language surnames


title: Stevens–Dorn Farmstead

text:
Stevens–Dorn Farmstead, also known as the Peter M. Dorn Homeplace, is a historic home and farmstead located near Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina.  The house was built in three phases between 1880 and 1900, and is a one-story, rectangular, frame dwelling. The house consists of 1 1/2 rooms, with three major front doors and one minor front door.  Also on the property are a contributing woodshed/buggy house, smokehouse, corn crib, and barn, all built about 1880; and three brooder houses dated to about 1945.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1900
Houses in Saluda County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Saluda County, South Carolina


title: Ralph II (archdeacon of Barnstaple)

text:
Ralph was  an Archdeacon of Barnstaple during the early part of the Thirteenth century.

References

Archdeacons of Barnstaple


title: Al-Rawda, Hama

text:
Rawda () is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rawda had a population of 479 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Sumaah

text:
Al-Suma'ah () is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Suma'ah had a population of 222 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Zara'a, Hama

text:
Zara'a ( also spelled Zara or Zarah) is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. It is situated along the banks of the Orontes River. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Zara'a had a population of 929 in the 2004 census. The village is mainly inhabited by Alawites. Al-Nusra Front took control of the village on 12 May 2016. There were reports that Alawite families either fled or were killed.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Al-Tulaysiyah al-Janubiyah

text:
Al-Tulaysiyah al-Janubiyah () is a Syrian village located in the Hirbnafsah Subdistrict in Hama District. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Tulaysiyah al-Janubiyah had a population of 563 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Whitehall (Saluda, South Carolina)

text:
Whitehall is a historic home located at Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina.  It was built in about 1893, and is a Classical Revival style frame dwelling with a two-story, rectangular main block with additions.  Two façades feature tetrastyle, two-story porticos with Corinthian order columns.  Also on the property are 11 outbuildings. It has two sunken rice patties. It was the home of the locally prominent Etheredge family.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Neoclassical architecture in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1893
Houses in Saluda County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Saluda County, South Carolina


title: Abu Ajwa

text:
Abu Ajwa ()  is a Syrian village located in Al-Hamraa Nahiyah in Hama District, Hama.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Abu Ajwa had a population of 693 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Al-Ala, Syria

text:
Alala, Hama ()  is a Syrian village located in Al-Hamraa Nahiyah in Hama District, Hama.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Alala, Hama had a population of 571 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Al-Anz

text:
Al-Anz ()  is a Syrian hamlet located in al-Hamraa Subdistrict in Hama District.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), al-Anz had a population of 146 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Gordon Macpherson

text:
Gordon Macpherson (born 9 October 1962) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A lock, Macpherson represented Poverty Bay and Otago at a provincial level. He played a single match for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, a test against France in 1986.

He moved from Otago in 1993 to Scotland where he was player-coach for West of Scotland. West of Scotland is an amateur rugby club based in Milngavie, near Glasgow. He was to marry a Scot and settle in Scotland.

He became a forwards coach in Scotland. He became involved in coaching the Scotland 'A' side and also became forwards coach of the Glasgow Warriors, then Glasgow Rugby under Kevin Greene in 1996 (part-time), then full-time professionally under Keith Robertson in November 1997. He stayed an assistant coach under subsequent Glasgow Head Coaches Richie Dixon and Kiwi Searancke.

Macpherson left Glasgow Warriors after Kiwi Searancke was sacked in April 2003. It was felt that the abrasive style that Searancke developed at the professional provincial club caused a rift between players and management.

On leaving the Glasgow club he was appointed as the West of Scotland Head coach in June 2003.

Macpherson then moved to the USA coaching an exile team in Sarasota, Florida in 2004. He was to become the assistant coach to the USA Hawks. The North America 4 rugby union league was replaced in 2009 by the Americas Rugby Championship and the USA Hawks folded.

Macpherson received his All Blacks cap at a ceremony in Gisborne, New Zealand in 2009.

He returned to Scotland and became the new head coach for Glasgow Hutchesons Aloysians RFC, another amateur club, for the 2011-12 season. He stepped down from this role in 2014 when GHA announced a younger coaching team headed by former Glasgow Warriors player Peter Jericevich who, at 24, will take on the role as player-coach.

On 7 August 2015 it was announced that Macpherson would be the head coach of Atlanta Renegades in the USA.

References

1962 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Gisborne, New Zealand
People educated at Gisborne Boys' High School
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Otago rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Glasgow Warriors coaches
West of Scotland FC players
Expatriate rugby union players in Scotland
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Scotland


title: Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

text:
The men's marathon event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held on 20 September in Kuala Lumpur.

Results

References

Marathon
1998
Comm
1998 Commonwealth Games


title: Arfa

text:
Arfa () is a Syrian village located in Al-Hamraa Nahiyah in Hama District, Hama.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Arfa had a population of 590 in the 2004 census.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Lirularia redimita

text:
Lirularia redimita is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.

Description
The height of the shell attains 3⅔ mm, its diameter 4 mm. The depressed, orbicular shell is narrowly perforated. It is greenish-pearly and iridescent. The lirae are ornamented with black. The apex is white. The 4½ whorls are rather convex. They are encircled by 3 or 4 lirae or carinae (on the body whorl about 12, slenderer below). The white umbilicus is small. The large, pearly aperture is circular. The columella is white, somewhat reflexed above, joining the outer lip with a thin callus.

The green pearly surface with the black-dotted spiral keels make the shell of this species immediately recognizable.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.

References

 Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.

External links
 To World Register of Marine Species

redimita
Gastropods described in 1861


title: Aziziyah, Hama

text:
Al-Aziziyah ()  is a Syrian village located in Al-Hamraa Nahiyah in Hama District, Hama.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Aziziyeh, Hama had a population of 533 in the 2004 census. During Syria Civil War, Al-Aziziyah was captured by ISIS from Opposition, then on 6 February 2018, Al-Aziziyah was liberated by SAA.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: Richard Blund (archdeacon of Barnstaple)

text:
Richard Blund  was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1264 to 1265.

Notes

Archdeacons of Barnstaple

13th-century English clergy


title: Samoa, Queen of the Jungle

text:
Samoa, Queen of the Jungle () is a 1968 Italian adventure film directed by Guido Malatesta.

Cast

 Roger Browne as Clint Lomas
 Edwige Fenech as Samoa
 Ivy Holzer as Nancy White
 Ivano Staccioli as Moreau
 Andrea Aureli as Stark
 Umberto Ceriani as Alain
 Tullio Altamura as Professor Dawson
 Wilbert Bradley as Campu
 Femi Benussi as Yasmin

References

External links

1968 films
1968 adventure films
Italian adventure films
Films directed by Guido Malatesta
Films set in Africa
Jungle girls
Films scored by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
1960s Italian-language films
1960s Italian films


title: Baroudiyah

text:
Baroudiyeh ()  is a Syrian village located in Al-Hamraa Nahiyah in Hama District, Hama.  According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Baroudiyeh had a population of 210 in the 2004 census. During Syria civil war, Baroudiyeh was captured by ISIS, then SAA captured this town on 6 February 2018.

References

Populated places in Hama District


title: ASP.NET Core

text:
ASP.NET Core was a brand briefly used by Microsoft for the rewrite of ASP.NET. It was initially a modular framework that runs on both the full .NET Framework, on Windows, and the cross-platform .NET. However, ASP.NET Core version 3 only worked on .NET Core, dropping support of the .NET Framework.

This complete rewrite of ASP.NET unites the previously separate ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API into a single programming model.

Despite being a new framework, built on a new web stack, it did have a high degree of concept compatibility with ASP.NET. The ASP.NET Core framework supported side-by-side versioning so that different applications being developed on a single machine can target different versions of ASP.NET Core. This was not possible with previous versions of ASP.NET.

Blazor is a recent (optional) component to support WebAssembly and since version 5.0, it has dropped support for some old web browsers. While current Microsoft Edge worked, the legacy version of it, i.e. "Microsoft Edge Legacy" and Internet Explorer 11 was dropped when you use Blazor.

Beginning August 2022 Microsoft reverted back to the ASP.NET branding.

Release history

Naming
Originally deemed ASP.NET vNext, the framework was going to be called ASP.NET 5 when ready. However, in order to avoid implying it is an update to the existing ASP.NET framework, Microsoft later changed the name to ASP.NET Core at the 1.0 release.

Features
 No-compile developer experience (i.e. compilation is continuous, so that the developer does not have to invoke the compilation command)
 Modular framework distributed as NuGet packages
 Cloud-optimized runtime (optimized for the internet)
 Host-agnostic via Open Web Interface for .NET (OWIN) support – runs in IIS or standalone
 A unified story for building web UI and web APIs (i.e. both the same)
 A cloud-ready environment-based configuration system
 A light-weight and modular HTTP request pipeline
 Build and run cross-platform ASP.NET Core apps on Windows, Mac, and Linux
 Open-source and community-focused
 Side-by-side app versioning when targeting .NET
 In-built support for dependency injection

Components
 Entity Framework (EF) Core
 Identity Core
 MVC Core
 Razor Core
 SignalR
 Blazor
 Kestrel web server

See also

 .NET Compiler Platform
 Mono
 Visual Studio Code

References

External links

 ASP.NET on GitHub
 Announcing ASP.NET Core 2.1 RC

VNext
Web frameworks
Microsoft free software
Software using the Apache license


title: 2010 Nigeria Entertainment Awards

text:
The 2010 Nigeria Entertainment Awards was the 5th edition of the ceremony and was held on 18 September 2010. The event took place at BMCC Tribeca Performing Art Center, New York City. Omawumi and Dagrin led the nomination list with 5 and 4 awards respectively.

Awards
 Best Album of the Year
Mushin 2 Mohits - Wande Coal
CEO- Da Grin
Wonder Woman - Omawumi
Unstoppable - Tuface

 Hottest Single of the Year
"Kondo" - Da Grin
"Kokoroko" - Kefee ft. timaya
"Omoba" - D Prince
"Free Madness" - Terry G
"Bad" - Wande Coal

 Best New Act of the Year
Jaywon
D'Prince
Jesse Jagz
Lami
Omawumi

 Gospel Artist of the Year
Kenny Saint Brown
Kefee
Bouqui
Lara George
Kore

 Indigenous Artist of the Year
Asa
Nneka
9ice
Pasuma
Jesse King

 Best Pop/R&B Artist of the Year
Banky W
Wande Coal
Chuddy K
Omawumi
P-Square

 Best Rap Act of the Year
Jesse Jagz
Modenine
M.I.
Da’Grin
Naeto C

 Best Soul/Neo Soul Act of the Year
Tuface
Lami
Eva Alordiah
Nneka
Toba Gold

 Best Collaboration with Vocals
"Born Champion" - Pype ft. Dagrin, Vector, Naeto C, Sasha & GT
"Kokoroko" - Kefee ft Timaya
"E No Easy" - P-Square ft J Martins
"Nobody" - Tuface ft M.I.
"Thank God" - DaGrin ft Omawumi

 Best International Artist
Wale
Keno
JJC
Kas
Moeazy

 Music Producer of the Year
Don Jazzy
So Sick
J. Sleek
Dokta Frabz
Cobhams

 Best International Producer of the Year
Kid Konnect
Dogmites
JJC
Mictunes

 Best Male Music Video of the Year (Artist & Director)
"One day" - eLDee (eLDee)
"Fall in Love" - Dbanj (Sesan)
"Implication" - Tuface (unknown)
"Lagos Party" - Banky W (Kemi Adetiba)
"E no easy" - P Square ft. J. Martins (Jude Okoye)

 Best Female Music Video of the Year (Artist & Director)
"You know it" - Goldie (Clarence Peters)
"Today na Today"- Omawumi (Kemi Adetiba)
"If u want Me" - Mocheddah (Clarence Peters)
"Know- Lami (Brandon)
"Kokoroko" - Kefee ft. Timaya (Wudland)

 Best Actor in a Film/Short Story
Ramsey Noauh - Guilty Pleasures (2009 film)
Jim Iyke - The Shepherd / Dream Maker
Femi Adebayo - Ifederu
Desmond Elliot - Before the Light
Kayode Akinbayo - Bi a ti ko

 Best Actress in a Film/Short Story
Nse Ikpe Etim – Reloaded (2009 film)
Ini Edo - Native Son
Genevieve Nnaji- Silent Scandals
Stephanie Okereke -Nnenda
Omotola Jalade - Deepest of Dreams

 Best Film (Director)
The Figurine - Kunle Afolayan
Guilty Pleasures (2009 film) - Daniel Adenimokan and Desmond Elliot
Nnenda - Izu Ojukwu
Silent Scandals - T.K. Falope
Behind a Smile - Frank Rajah Arase

 Best Actress in TV Series/Reality/Game Show
 Genevieve Nnaji - Guinness Ultimate Survivor (Celebrity edition)
 Bimbo Akintola - Circle of 3
 Kate Henshaw-Nuttal - Circle of 3
 Damilola Adegbite - Tinsel
 Funlola Aofiyebi-Raimi - Tinsel

 Best Actor in TV Series/Reality/Game Show
 Frank Edohor - Who wants to be a Millionaire
 Kayode Peters - Flat Mates
 Gideon Okeke - Tinsel

 Best On-Screen Personality (People's Choice Awards)
Denrele
Ill
Andre blaze
Dorisha brick George
Adaure Achumba

 Best TV Series/Reality Show/ Game Show
Half Sisters
Circle 3
Tinsel
Star QuestGulder Ultimate Search''

International Event of the Year (Promoter)
 Thisday Music Festival
 UK Naija Carnival
 Arise Fashion Week New York
 Ovation Red Carol
 Miss Nigeria in America

 Best World DJ
DJ DeeMoney
DJ MightyMike
DJ Vinny
DJ Stramborrella
DJ Ike
DJ Xclusive

 Best Radio Personality
Rhythm 93.7 FM - Ik (Wild Child)
The Beat 99.9 FM - Toolz
Top Radio - Tosyn Buknor
The Beat 99.9 FM - Olisa Adibua
Inspiration fm - Dan Foster

 Best Comedian
Seyi Law
Wale Gate
Jedi
AY
I Go Die

 Fashion Designer of the Year
Deola Sagoe
Alvins
Momo couture
Adebayo jones
Ouch!

 Entertainment Personality of the Year
Nduka Obiagbena
Cecil Hammond
Keke and D1
Dele Momodu
Obi Asika

 Most Promising Act to Watch
Chuddy K
D'Prince
Eva Alordiah
Femi Adeyinka
Mo'Cheddah

References

Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Ent
Ent
Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Nigeria Entertainment Awards


title: 2009 Nigeria Entertainment Awards

text:
The 2009 Nigeria Entertainment Awards was held at Howard University Cramton Auditorium on June 9, 2009. It was hosted by Omoni Oboli and Ebbe Bassey

Awards

 Best Album of the Year
 Entertainer (D'Banj)
 My P (Naeto C)
 Unstoppable (Tuface)
 Undareyted (Dare)
 Talk About It (MI)

 Hottest Single of the Year
 "Big Boy" (Eldee)
 "Good or Bad" (J Martins)
 "Shayo" (Durella)
 "Bumper to Bumper" (Wande Coal)
 "Efi Mile" (YQ Ft Dagrin)

 Best New Act of the Year
 MI
 Durella
 YQ
 J Martins
 Bigiano

 Gospel Artist of the Year
 Midnight Crew
 Nikki Laoye
 Roof Top Mcs
 Lara George
 Yinka Aiyefele

 Music Producer of the Year
 Eldee
 ID Cabasa
 Jay Slick
 Cohbams Asuquo
 Don Jazzy

 Best Rapper
 Mode 9
 MI
 Naeto C
 Ikechukwu
 Sauce Kid

 Best Music Video of the Year
 "Kini Big Deal" (Neato C)
 "Suddenly" (D’Banj)
 "Not the Girl" (Dare)
 "Good or Bad" (J Martins)
 "Bosi Gbangba" (Eldee)

 Best International Artist
 Banky W
 Naira
 Iceberg Slim
 Asa
 Kelly Handsome

 Best International Promoter of the Year
 Dapo Kush
 Tunes
 Kid Konnect
 Keno
 Dognomite

 Event of the Year
 Sisi Ologe (Lagos)
 Nigerian Reunion (US)
 Rhythm Unplugged
 This Day/Arise NY Fash Week (US)
 Miss Nigeria USA

 Best World DJ
 DJ X Chris
 DJ Snoop Da Damaga
 DJ Sose
 DJ Mighty Mike
 DJ Neptune

 Best Comedian
 I Go Dye
 Klint De Drunk
 Tee A
 Ayo Makun
 Jedi

 Best Actor
 Desmond Elliot
 Jim Iyke
 Saheed Balogun
 Ramsey Nouah
 Mike Ezuronye

 Best Actress
 Mercy Johnson
 Omotola Jalade
 Rita Dominic
 Genevieve Nnaji
 Funke Akindele

 Indigenous Artist of the Year
 Yinka Ayifele
 Pasuma
 Toba Gold
 Dagrin
 9ice

References

Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Entertainment Awards
Nigeria Entertainment Awards
Entertainment Awards
Nigeria Entertainment Awards


title: Xavier & Ophelia

text:
Xavier and Ophelia is an American indie rock and electropop music duo based in Nashville, Tennessee. Formed in 2009, members include DeAnna Moore (vocals) and Dave Tough (keyboards, guitar, bass). The band has released two albums including their debut Xavier & Ophelia, which had songs win industry awards. "Falling Down," a track from their 2012 sophomore album I Hate Birds, won Grand Prize at the 2013 John Lennon Songwriting Contest. Their songs have been placed in movies, television and commercials, and in 2013 their song "Heartbeat" was featured on Twisted.

According to Raw Ramp, "their sounds combine easy-listening melodies with electronic pop elements...[and] the angelic voice of DeAnna Moore is always centre-stage." Much of their music utilizes both live instruments and electronic production. The duo often performs live with a backing band, with regular venues including The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

History

2009-10: Founding
Before co-founding the band Xavier and Ophelia with DeAnna Moore, American producer and musician Dave Tough had been writing music for television, film, and other artists for over a decade. Having studied under music engineers such as Bruce Swedien and Neil Citron, he had also been a voting member of The Recording Academy.

Members Tough and Moore first met in 2009 over Myspace, when Tough was searching for vocalists for a demo. At the time Tough was still working as a producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, and just earlier that year had won his first Grand Prize at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the country category. After meeting up in person, they discovered a shared fascination with older jazz standards and artists such as Fiona Apple, Goldfrapp and Edie Brickell. Stated Music and Musicians Magazine, "It was a lucky break when Dave Tough found DeAnna Moore on MySpace...in Moore he found a musical chameleon keen on jazz, New Wave and Kings of Leon."

They soon formed the musical duo Xavier & Ophelia, with the band name originating from a pair of toy dolls. Also going by the moniker X&O, Moore contributes vocals while Tough handles production and instrumentals. Both members contribute to the songwriting process, and they began writing songs that variously integrated the genres of synthpop, electronica, pop, alternative rock, and indie rock. Early on the band was based in Cane Ridge, Tennessee and Antioch, Tennessee.

2011: X&O

The duo released their first album, Xavier & Ophelia, on April 1, 2011, on Real Life Music and Blue Pie Distribution. For a time the album's track "Six Billion Lonely People" was in rotation on the BBS Radio 24-hour music station,  and in 2011 the band was an SGX Radio featured artist. At the 2011 International Songwriting Competition the band was a semi-finalist with "Six Billion Lonely People,"  and the song was a finalist in the 2012 Songdoor Songwriting Competition as well. The song had been written with the assistance of John Foster, also known for playing with the Beach Boys in the early 2000s. "Last Recorded Summer," a pop song on the album written by Moore, Tough, and Neil Barber, was nominated in the  Indie International Songwriting Contest, and was also a finalist in the UK Songwriting Competition.

Critical reception

The album met with a largely positive reception among critics. According to Anna Maria Stjärnell of Luna Kafé e-zine, "Their debut is mellow and mostly very touching pop." Music News Nashville called the album an "unlikely blend of electronica, classic pop melodies and delicate vocal deliveries." It also praised the production, stating "techno beats, computerized sounds, live instruments and lovely, layered vocals mixed together put a unique stamp on their clean productions."

Seven of the nine songs on the album are original, excluding covers of Kings of Leon's song "Use Somebody" and Jackson C. Frank's folk song "Milk & Honey." About the latter, Music News Nashville stated "Moore and Tough give a haunting, cinematic feel to their version."

Music Think Tank described the song "Six Billion Lonely People" as "Electronic pop with acoustic elements and classic melodies reminiscent of Imogen Heap and Goldfrapp, featuring the breathy and angelic voice of DeAnna Moore." According to Luna Kafé e-zine,  the song "uses Moore's vocals well, recalling Edie Brickell at her best." About other tracks, "'Chateau Marmont' is a catchy number that recalls Saint Etienne in its summery haze. 'Passing Train' is equally lovely, a folksy melody setting the scene for a lullaby in blue." Also, "Use Somebody" is "presented here as a neon-bright dance track."

2012: I Hate Birds

After touring in support of their first album the band continued to write and produce new music. As of July 2012 Tough was finishing the tracking and overdubs on eight songs for their upcoming EP. The album was then mixed by Reid Shippen, Keller Jahner, Drew Adams (Dave Pensado), Ryan States and Brent Paschke.  John Foster and Cameron Morgan contributed to the songwriting of certain tracks, and the band has also worked with guitarist Reeves Gabrels.

Their sophomore album, I Hate Birds, was self-released on December 18, 2012. Several songs from the album went on to win or be nominated for awards.  "Falling Down," co-written by Moore, Tough, and John Foster, won the Grand Prize at the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the electronic category.  Two more songs placed in the Indie International Songwriting Contest in spring 2013; "I Hate Birds," co-written with Sarah Majors, won second in the rock category, while "Made of Stars," co-written with A. Krause, came in second in the pop category.

About the track "I Need Money" from I Hate Birds, Raw Ramp stated "Along with chippa acoustic strums and plucks, and a chirping rhythm that rattles along briskly, Deanna's voice – rich in cocoa butter oil – oozes from the cracks to melt into the fabric of the song." About the musical style, the review further stated, "The tune seems cheerful and full of hope ... ironically it's all about a relationship going sour and the clinging, carping attitude that occurs before an inevitable closure."

2013-14: Recent years

The band's music has been placed in movies, television and commercials. "Passing Train" was featured in multiple episodes of Alaska Gold Diggers, and in late 2013 their song "Heartbeat" was featured on the television show Twisted. The band has also released several official music videos. A video for their song "Stop The Traffic" was released in spring 2014, and according to a review, "The clip features...stunning imagery in a busy metropolitan nighttime setting." The music video for "Six Billion Lonely People," performed by the band, came out in July 2014.

As of May 2014 the band is based in Nashville, Tennessee, where they continue to work on new music in their Nashville studio. Tough simultaneously is a music industry educator at Belmont University, and continues to produce/write other projects as well. For example, in 2012-2013 he wrote and produced nine songs for the television show Hart of Dixie. Xavier and Ophelia band periodically performs live as a duo or with a backing band, with Tough switching between instruments such as guitar and keyboards. They regularly perform at The Bluebird Cafe in Nashville.

Style

Xavier and Ophelia is often categorized as an indie rock and electropop band, and much of their music mixes live instruments such as acoustic guitar and drums with electronic production. According to Raw Ramp, "their sounds combine easy-listening melodies with electronic pop elements...[and] the angelic voice of DeAnna Moore is always centre-stage." The band has cited artists such as Goldfrapp as musical influences.

Members
Dave Tough – guitars, bass guitar, percussion, various instruments
DeAnna Moore – lead vocals

Discography

Albums

Singles

Awards and nominations

Further reading
Xavier and Ophelia at Allmusic

References

External links
XandOMusic.com

2009 establishments in Tennessee
Alternative rock groups from Tennessee
Musical groups from Nashville, Tennessee
Musical groups established in 2009
Musical duos from Tennessee
Electronic music duos
Rock music duos
Male–female musical duos


title: Old Strother Place

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Old Strother Place, also known as Fruit Hill, is a historic plantation home and national historic district located near Saluda, Saluda County, South Carolina.  It was built about 1856, and is a two-story, frame vernacular Greek Revival style farmhouse. Also on the property are a contributing barn and kitchen building (c. 1856), garage (c. 1930), and water tower (c. 1936).

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Greek Revival houses in South Carolina
Houses completed in 1856
Houses in Saluda County, South Carolina
National Register of Historic Places in Saluda County, South Carolina