title: Dichromanthus cinnabarinus

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Dichromanthus cinnabarinus, commonly known as scarlet ladies' tresses, is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is common across much of Mexico, south to Guatemala, and north into Texas.

References

Spiranthinae
Orchids of North America
Flora of Mexico
Flora of Guatemala
Flora of Texas
Plants described in 1825


title: Elefthero, Grevena

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Elefthero () is a village and a community of the Grevena municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Grevena, of which it was a municipal district. The 2011 census recorded 57 residents in the village and 229 residents in the community. The community of Elefthero covers an area of 11.177 km2.

Administrative division
The community of Elefthero consists of two separate settlements:
Elefthero (population 57)
Elefthero Prosfygon (population 172)
The aforementioned population figures are as of 2011.

Population
According to the 2011 census, the population of the settlement of Elefthero was 57 people, an decrease of almost 31% compared to the previous census of 2001. The respective community had a small population decrease of 2%.

See also
 List of settlements in the Grevena regional unit

References

Populated places in Grevena (regional unit)
Grevena
Villages in Greece


title: Jon Levy (behaviorist)

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Jonathan Levy is an American author known for his work in the fields of influence and adventure. With the intention of bringing together exceptional people, Levy used his understanding of social interaction to create the Influencers Dinner, a secret dining experience for taste makers, thought leaders, and influencers from different industries. Levy's work in human behavior has garnered him a reputation as one of the leading super connectors in America.

Career
Levy's research mostly focuses on what affects decision making. He works out of C Lab collaborating with neuroscientist Moran Cerf, of the Kellogg School of Management. Levy spent years modeling the behavior of people at every level of influence, in order to better understand what causes them to engage and connect. His models for engagement are what led to the creation of the Influencers Dinner. and Inspired Culture: The Salon. Levy's most recent research relates to the dating statistics. His team anonymized over a billion data points, from the dating app Hinge, to discover what leads people to take their online connections and move them into in person relationships.  Levy has spoken at many conferences including TED and Fortune's Brainstorm Health.

The 2AM Principle
On November 8, 2016, Levy's first book, The 2 AM Principle: Discover the Science of Adventure was published by Regan Arts and distributed by Simon & Schuster. The book explores research on what causes people to live exciting lives and how this could be used to let people enjoy their lives more. The book was received positively by media being featured in many major outlets. In the book Levy combines personal stories with research and what he calls the EPIC Model of Adventure, a four-stage process that every adventure goes through. Research ranges from work by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman exploring the Peak–end rule and how it relates to the memory of enjoyment, to risky behavior and its relationship to speed of thinning.

Levy asserts that for an experience to be considered an adventure, it must meet three criteria:
 It is exciting and remarkable;
 Possesses adversity and/or risk;
 Brings about growth;

His book breaks down an adventure into the following 4 stages:

Personal life
Between 2014 and 2015, Levy was recognized as both one of "New York City's Most Successful Bachelors" by Gotham Magazine and one of the "41 Most Eligible Bachelors" in America by Elle Magazine.

References

External links
Official Website

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American consultants
American male writers
American media personalities


title: John McClure (producer)

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John Taylor McClure (June 28, 1929 – June 17, 2014) was an American recording engineer and record producer, who worked in the fields of classical music, jazz, and popular music.

Biography
McClure was born on June 28, 1929, in Rahway, New Jersey, United States. He had one brother. He grew up in nearby Colonia, New Jersey and learned to play the piano by ear.  He later claimed that he never was very good at reading musical scores. He studied at Oberlin College and at New York University, but did not graduate. After working in a number of other jobs, he obtained a junior position with the Carnegie Hall Recording Company in 1950. He was soon employed as a recording engineer for Columbia Records and by the late 1950s became a producer. From the early 1970s, he operated in a freelance capacity.

He engineered Bruno Walter's cycle of the nine Beethoven symphonies with the Columbia Symphony Orchestra. He also worked on over thirty recordings with Igor Stravinsky, and around 200 with Leonard Bernstein. He oversaw recordings by the Boston Pops Orchestra under John Williams, as well as those of Aaron Copland, Isaac Stern, André Previn, and Rudolf Serkin.

Away from orchestral music, he also worked with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Dave Brubeck, Joe Williams, and Peter, Paul and Mary. In the late 1970s, he helped to record the strings on Pink Floyd's 1979 concept album, The Wall.

He was married four times. His married his fourth wife, Susan Presson, in 1991, and she outlived him.  He had three sons and a daughter, and at the time of his death, three grandchildren.  McClure died on June 17, 2014, at his home in Belmont, Vermont, where he kept his Grammy Awards in a box in his barn.

Awards
His first Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was in 1962 for Stravinsky Conducts.  An album he produced, Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 ‘Kaddish’, won the same award in 1965,  and he won his third Grammy for a classical music album in 1968 for Mahler: Symphony No. 8: Symphony of a Thousand with Leonard Bernstein conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. He also won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album in 1986 for the revival of West Side Story, written and conducted by Leonard Bernstein with José Carreras and Kiri Te Kanawa. In 2014, he was awarded the New York Choral Society's Robert De Cormier Lifetime Achievement Award.

References

External links
 Interview with McClure

1929 births
2014 deaths
Record producers from New Jersey
Grammy Award winners
People from Rahway, New Jersey
People from Mount Holly, Vermont
Classical music producers
Oberlin College alumni
New York University alumni


The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 () is a bill that proposed making permanent the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) authority to regulate security at certain chemical facilities in the United States. Under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, DHS collects and reviews information from chemical facilities in the United States to determine which facilities present security risks and then requires them to write and enact security plans.

The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress, and passed on July 8, 2014. An amended version of the bill passed the Senate on December 10 and was sent back to the House, which voted to pass on December 11. The bill was signed into law on December 18, 2014 as the Protecting and Securing Chemicals Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 by President Barack Obama.

Background

The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS), also known as 6 CFR, Part 27, are a set of US government security regulations for high-risk chemical facilities such as chemical plants, electrical generating facilities, refineries, and universities.  The US Department of Homeland Security promulgated the Final Rule on April 9, 2007.  The regulations came into effect on June 8, 2007, apart from material covered in Appendix A, which took effect upon its publication in the Federal Register on November 20, 2007.

The response from the US chemical community to the initial legislation was rather critical, but the revisions introduced in November appear to have addressed many of the concerns of both industry and academia.  For example, certain routine chemicals of low toxicity, such as acetone or urea, have been removed from the list, since record-keeping for such common compounds was considered an excessive burden.

Provisions of the bill
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 would reestablish the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program, under which the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) is required to: (1) establish risk-based performance standards designed to protect covered chemical facilities from acts of terrorism; (2) require such facilities to submit security vulnerability assessments and develop and implement site security plans; (3) review and approve or disapprove each such assessment and plan; (4) arrange for the audit and inspection of covered chemical facilities to determine compliance with this Act; and (5) notify, and issue an order to comply to, the owner or operator of a facility not in compliance.

The bill would authorize the Secretary to: (1) issue an order assessing a civil penalty or to cease operations if an owner or operator fails to comply; and (2) approve an alternative security program established by a private sector entity or a federal, state, or local authority that meets the requirements of this Act.

The bill would authorize a covered chemical facility, in order to satisfy the requirements of a risk-based performance standard that addresses personnel surety by identifying individuals with terrorist ties, to utilize any federal screening program that periodically vets individuals against the Terrorist Screening Database.

The bill would require the Secretary to: (1) consult with the heads of other federal agencies, states and political subdivisions, and relevant business associations to identify all chemical facilities of interest; and (2) develop a risk assessment approach and corresponding tiering methodology that incorporates all relevant elements of risk, including threat, vulnerability, and consequence. Defines "covered chemical facility" to mean a chemical facility that the Secretary designates as a facility of interest and determines presents a high level of security risk, with specified exceptions.

The bill would require: (1) information developed pursuant to this Act to be protected from public disclosure, but permits the sharing of such information with state and local government officials possessing the necessary security clearances; and (2) information submitted to or obtained by the Secretary under this Act to be treated as classified material.

The bill would set forth civil penalties for violations of orders issued under this Act.

The bill would terminate this Act two years after its enactment.

Congressional Budget Office report
This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on April 30, 2014. This is a public domain source.

H.R. 4007 would make permanent the United States Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) authority to regulate security at certain chemical facilities in the United States. Under the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program, DHS collects and reviews information from chemical facilities in the United States to determine which facilities present security risks. Facilities determined to present a high level of security risk are then required to develop a Site Security Plan (SSP). DHS in turn conducts inspections to validate the adequacy of a facility’s SSP and their compliance with it. The program is set to end on October 4, 2014.

Procedural history
The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014 was introduced into the United States House of Representatives on February 6, 2014 by Rep. Patrick Meehan (R, PA-7). It was referred to the United States House Committee on Homeland Security, the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, and the United States House Energy Subcommittee on Environment and Economy. The DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate's Office of Infrastructure Protection Assistant Secretary Caitlin Durkovich testified in favor of the bill before the United States House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies. On June 23, 2014, it was reported (amended) alongside House Report 113-491 part 1. On July 8, 2014, the House voted in a voice vote to pass the bill.

Debate and discussion
Rep. Meehan, who introduced the bill, argued that "the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas less than a year ago tragically demonstrated the potential for catastrophe at one of our country's thousands of chemical facilities. The Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program is an important part of ensuring these facilities take reasonable precautions to protect against terrorist attack."

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) supported the bill, arguing that "CFATS is making the Nation more secure by reducing the risks associated with our Nation’s chemical infrastructure." The DHS also argued that the reauthorization was necessary because "uncertainty about the future of CFATS also has provided an incentive for potentially regulated facilities storing large quantities of dangerous chemicals to ignore their obligations under CFATS in hopes that the program will be allowed to sunset."

The Fertilizer Institute supported the bill, arguing that it would allow the DHS to "effectively establish programs and make necessary changes to existing ones without worrying about whether or not the resources to administer them will be available in the future. The legislation would allow industry to be able to plan for investments with the certainty of knowing the program will be in place."

The National Association of Chemical Distributors supported the bill, arguing that it was important to reauthorize the program for two years to avoid situations like the one resulting from the United States federal government shutdown of 2013, when the law lapsed.

See also
List of bills in the 113th United States Congress
chemical plant

References

External links

Library of Congress - Thomas H.R. 4007
beta.congress.gov H.R. 4007
GovTrack.us H.R. 4007
OpenCongress.org H.R. 4007
WashingtonWatch.com H.R. 4007
Congressional Budget Office's report on H.R. 4007
House Report 113-491 part 1 on H.R. 4007

Acts of the 113th United States Congress
Chemical safety


Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of mathematics education. The Journal was established in 1982 and is published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. The editors-in-chief are Duncan Lawson (Newman University, Birmingham), Chris Sangwin (University of Edinburgh), and Anne Watson (University of Oxford).

The journal is abstracted and indexed in the British Education Index, Education Research Abstracts, Educational Management Abstracts, Educational Technology Abstracts, MathEduc Database, and ProQuest databases.

See also
 List of mathematics education journals

References

External links

 Submission website
 Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

English-language journals
Mathematics education in the United Kingdom
Mathematics education journals
Oxford University Press academic journals
Academic journals established in 1982
Triannual journals
1982 establishments in England


title: 2004 Currie Cup First Division

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The 2004 Absa Currie Cup First Division season was the second tier competition in the 66th Currie Cup season since it started in 1889. It was won by the , who defeated the  23–22 in the final at the  on 22 October 2004.

Competition

There were six participating teams in the 2004 Currie Cup First Division. These teams played each other twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.

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

The top four teams qualified for the title play-offs. In the semi-finals, the team that finished first had home advantage against the team that finished fourth, while the team that finished second had home advantage against the team that finished third. The winners of these semi-finals played each other in the final, at the home venue of the higher-placed team.

Teams

Log

Fixtures and results

Regular season

Round one

Round two

Round three

Round four

Round Five

Round Six

Round Seven

Round Eight

Round Nine

Round Ten

Round Eleven

Round Twelve

Title Play-Off Games

Semi-finals

Final

Points scorers

The following table contain points which have been scored in competitive games in the 2004 Currie Cup First Division.

Cards

The following table contains all the cards handed out during the tournament:

Squad lists

See also
 2004 Currie Cup Premier Division
 2004 Vodacom Cup

References

External links

2004
2004 Currie Cup


title: Hugh McLaughlin Jr.

text:
Hugh McLaughlin (13 October 1935 – 21 May 2004) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1950s and 1960s.

McLaughlin was a back pocket player who made his debut for South Melbourne in 1955.  The previous year, he had trained with Footscray. He came second in South Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1962. His father, also named Hugh, also played football for South Melbourne and Footscray, and was a member of South Melbourne's 1933 Premiership team.

After retiring as a player, McLaughlin stayed at South Melbourne as a committeeman and recruiter, including being involved in the recruiting of Terry Daniher to the club in 1975.

References

External links

1935 births
2004 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Sydney Swans players
Australian people of Scottish descent


title: Chief of Navy (New Zealand)

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Chief of Navy (CN) commands the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) and is responsible to the Chief of Defence Force (CDF) for raising, training and sustaining those forces necessary to meet agreed government outputs. The CN acts as principal advisor to the CDF on Navy matters, and is the most senior appointment in the RNZN. The rank associated with the position is rear admiral, and CNs are generally appointed on a three-year term.

The position was originally created as Chief of Naval Staff and First Naval Member upon the formation of the RNZN on 1 October 1941. A number of the officers who became CNS served as Commodore, Auckland (later named Maritime Component Commander) before taking the helm of the Navy. The title changed to Chief of Naval Staff in 1970, and CN in 2003. Rear Admiral David Proctor, the incumbent CN, assumed the post on 29 November 2018.

Appointees
The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Chief of Navy or its preceding positions, with rank and honours as at the completion of the individual's term.

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| colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="white" | Chief of Naval Staff

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| colspan="6" align="center" bgcolor="white" | Chief of Navy

Notes

References

New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Navy


title: Dichromanthus yucundaa

text:
Dichromanthus yucundaa is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is endemic to the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

References

External links
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Biología, Especies nuevas para la Ciencia, Dichromanthus yucundaa

Spiranthinae
Orchids of Mexico
Flora of Oaxaca
Plants described in 2009


title: Kuntur Sinqa (Paruro)

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Kuntur Sinqa (Quechua kuntur condor, sinqa, nose, "condor nose", also spelled Condorsenja) is a mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru, about  high. It lies in the Paruro Province, Pillpinto District. Kuntur Sinqa is situated west of the Apurímac River.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: Daniel Novegil

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Daniel Agustín Novegil is an Argentine business executive. He is currently the chief executive officer of Ternium, main company in the steelmaking industry of Latin America. Novegil leads this firm since 2005, after working as Executive Director of Siderar (Argentina), Sidor (Venezuela), Hylsa and IMSA (México).

Professional career

In 1978, Daniel Novegil entered Techint in the planning and new business area. In 1993, he became General Director of Siderar, the main steelmaking company in Argentina.  He was Sidor’s Executive Director from 1997 to 2003, until President Hugo Chávez nationalized the Venezuelan firm in 2008. In 2005, Novegil led the purchase of Hylsa, based in Monterrey, Mexico, giving birth to Ternium. Two years later, he negotiated the acquisition of IMSA, creating the largest steelmaking company in Latin America.  From that moment onwards, Daniel Novegil is the company’s CEO.

In 2012, Ternium became part of Usiminas’ control group, after the acquisition of 27,7% of the Brazilian Steelmaking Company. Daniel Novegil is a member of its board of directors, an active member of the board of directors of the World Steel Association, the international trade body that gathers 170 steel producers worldwide and an ALACERO Director (Latin American Steel Association).

Education

Daniel Novegil studied Industrial Engineering in Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) from 1970 to 1975. In 1984 he obtained a Masters of Science in Management from Stanford University, and has been a member of the advisory board of the Sloan Masters Program from the same university since 1999. In the 90s he carried out strategic planning studies in the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), a seminar of management in Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an executive program in the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (A.O.T.S.) in Japan.

References

External links
 Ternium

Argentine businesspeople
Argentine chief executives
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)


title: Kento Yamazaki

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is a Japanese actor and model. He is best known for his roles in the films L DK (2014), No Longer Heroine (2015), Orange (2015), and Kingdom (2019), as well as the TV shows Death Note (2015), Kiss That Kills (2018), Good Doctor (2018), and the Netflix series Alice in Borderland (2020–present). He is under the Japanese talent agency Stardust Promotion.

Early life
Kento Yamazaki was born in Tokyo to a middle-class family. He lives with his father, mother and older brother. As an avid fan of football, he played the sport from 2nd grade until his 3rd year in middle school. He also had dreams of becoming a soccer player or a coach of the national team. His first modelling offer came during his third year of junior high school when he was scouted by his current agency at Takeshita Dori (Harajuku) while on his way home after a soccer match. He worked as a model for the magazine Pichi Lemon from 2009 to 2011, before making his debut in acting.

Career
Yamazaki made his acting debut in 2010 when he was cast in the TV series Atami no Sousakan as a mysterious high school student. That was followed by a supporting role in TV series Clone Baby, where he played a hacker.

Yamazaki's first movie was Control Tower which was released in April 2011. He sang and played the guitar in the movie, and his acting was well received.
The next year, he appeared in The Wings of the Kirin (2012) and as the lead in the horror thriller film Another, working with Control Tower co-star Ai Hashimoto for the second time. He was later cast in the following films: The Chasing World 3 and Live action of Love for Beginners. In 2013, he led a film with an LGBT theme, Sato Family Breakfast,  which aired on television. He also participated in the 2nd Taiwan International Queer Film Festival in 2015. Besides that, he took on a supporting role in the film JINX!!! and the TV series 35-sai no Koukousei. In 2014, he starred in a film based on the highly successful manga of the same name, L DK alongside Ayame Goriki. The film was a breakthrough in his career which garnered him greater public attention. In the same year, he acted in three drama series, including Baseball Brainiacs, where he was cast with actors Sota Fukushi and Yuto Nakajima. He also made his stage debut as main lead Inuzuka Shino in Satomi Hakkenden.

In 2015, he was again cast in a film adaptation of a popular manga titled Heroine Shikkaku alongside Mirei Kiritani. He also played the lead role in Orange alongside Tao Tsuchiya. The film was a great success, grossing almost US$28 million and becoming the 9th-highest-grossing Japanese films of 2016.
From those two films, he won the 39th Japan Academy Prize for Newcomers of the Year and was also nominated at the 2016 Hochi Film Awards. That same year, he appeared in the television adaptation of the famous manga Death Note as L, and the NHK Asadora Mare, which was led by the aforementioned Tsuchiya Tao.

In 2016, Yamazaki was cast in Your Lie in April where he played the role of Kosei Arima, a gifted pianist, alongside Suzu Hirose, who portrayed Kaori Miyazono. For this role, Yamazaki had to learn the piano and practiced for six months before the filming started. Thereafter, he was cast in the live action adaptation of Wolf Girl and Black Prince and the TV series A Girl & Three Sweethearts.
Yamazaki was also chosen to star in a special short film to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Yasuhisa Hara's historical manga Kingdom as the main character, Shin. He reprised his role in the live action feature film that was released on April 19, 2019.
In 2017, he co-starred with Haruna Kawaguchi in One Week Friends. The film received positive ratings from critics, which mostly praised Yamazaki for successfully portraying the cheerful and friendly Yuki Hase. Afterwards, he appeared in a few more live action movies: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable Chapter I, Psychic Kusuo: The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. and Hyouka: Forbidden Secrets. Towards the end of 2017, he starred in the TV series Rikuoh.

In January 2018, Yamazaki played the lead role of a top nightclub host for the NTV winter drama Kiss that Kills, his first lead role in a drama, which also starred Mugi Kadowaki, Mackenyu and Masaki Suda. His film A Forest of Wool and Steel was released too, where he portrayed a piano tuner. For preparation, Yamazaki lived in Hokkaido to learn and practice piano tuning. The Emperor and Empress of Japan attended a special screening of the film and met with the cast.
In the summer of 2018, Yamazaki was cast in the TV series Good Doctor. Based on the 2013 Korean drama of the same name, it tells the story of a young autistic man who becomes a pediatric surgeon. The drama received a positive response from viewers, and it was the first time he acted as a doctor and took on a more unconventional role. It earned him the Television Drama Academy Award for Best Actor.

In 2020, Yamazaki went on to star in the live action film of Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku. The film was released in February 2020. He played the lead role of Hirotaka Nifuji, an aloof working adult who is a huge fan of video games and the love interest of Narumi Momose, who was played by Mitsuki Takahata. He also starred in Theater: a Love Story as a struggling theater director.

In 2021, he starred in the sci-fi drama film The Door into Summer, loosely based on the novel of the same name. The following year of 2021 found him reprising his role as Li Xin in Kingdom 2: Far and Away. His latest work is the lead role of the drama TV series Atom’s Last Shot as an indie game developer.

He is currently well known for his leading role as Ryohei Arisu in Netflix's adaptation of Alice in Borderland.

Kingdom 3: Flame of Destiny was set to released on July 28.

Filmography

Television

Film

Music videos appearances

Stage performances
 2014 里見八犬伝 / Satomi Hakkenden role: Inuzuka Shino (Lead)
 2017 里見八犬伝 / Satomi Hakkenden (2017) role: Inuzuka Shino (Lead)

Bibliography

Photobooks
 Yamazaki Kento "You Are Here"(Genzaichi) (Wani Books, March 27, 2014)
 The Kentos (Tokyo News Service, December 17, 2014)
 Scene #20 (KADOKAWA, September 26, 2015)
 山﨑賢人写真集「KENTO YAMAZAKI」 (KADOKAWA, April 24, 2019)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

1994 births
Japanese male film actors
Japanese male stage actors
Japanese male television actors
Living people
Male actors from Tokyo
People from Itabashi
Stardust Promotion artists
21st-century Japanese male actors


title: Chantal Demming

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Chantal Demming (born February 5, 1978 in Baarn, Utrecht, Netherlands) is a Dutch actress.

Biography
Chantal Demming was the youngest of three children and started at an early age to sing and act. During her high school years in Hilversum she joined the theater group Ons Genoegen, although she was at 16 actually too young. After having followed studies in psychology she auditioned at the Lucas Borkel Acteursschool (formerly Het Collectief) in Amsterdam, where she was accepted. In 2009 she graduated with the play Driesprong, written and directed by Helmert Woudenberg.

She played leading roles in Two hearts, one pulse, Vals alarm, and had a major role in Lilith and a few other short films. In 2010 she starred in the play Fallen Angels by Noël Coward with the theater company Sloof & Co. After her role in Lilith, Stephan Brenninkmeijer selected her for the lead role of Stella in his feature film Caged, which was released in 2011.

Filmography
 2011 Caged - Stella
 2010 Wij willen meer - afl. 1, Jacqueline
 2009 Helder - huiselijk geweld (Teleac) - lead
 2008 Two Hearts One Pulse - lead
 2008 Het leven uit een dag - Eva
 2006 Dennis P. - colleague

References

External links

1978 births
Living people
21st-century Dutch actresses
People from Baarn


title: Mononoke

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are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause disease, or even cause death. It is also a word sometimes used to refer to yōkai or henge ("changed beings").

Summary

Mononoke can be often seen in literature of the Heian period. As a famous example, in the 9th volume of the Genji Monogatari, "Aoi" is the ikiryō of Lady Rokujo, who possessed Aoi no Ue. Other than that, there are also statements about mononoke in publications like Ōkagami and Masukagami.

In those times, when medical knowledge has not been fully developed, people like monks and shugensha would perform incantations and prayers against diseases caused by mononoke, and by temporarily moving the mononoke into a different person called the "yorimashi" (usually servants, apprentices, etc.) they would perform exorcism on the mononoke to heal the illness. Statements on this practice can be found in detail in works like The Pillow Book and The Diary of Lady Murasaki. Also, according to the Shoku Nihon Kōki, it told of once when a monk chanted a sutra to 60 people within the imperial residence.

History

The first appearance of the term in Japanese literature is seen to be in the Nihon Kōki, and according to a quotation of this book from the Nihon Kiryaku of the same time period, in the article of Uruu 12th month of the year Tenchō 7 (830), there is the statement: "Five monks were invited to recite the Diamond Sutra. With some difficulty, the Jingi-kan relieved it. It was the work of a ," and there are also statements about mononoke in the articles in the 8th month Jinshin of the same year, and of year 10 in the 5th month. In the old language of those times, the word "mono" was used to refer to oni, spirits, or Ara-mitama among other things, or things that were not felt to be clearly real, and in the Taihō Code, epidemic diseases were written about as , using the word "ke" to refer to "diseases", and so it is seen that a "mono no ke" (a "ke" of a "mono") was used to refer to diseases caused by these "mono". "The Pillow Book" as well, there are names for diseases such as "mune no ke" ("ke" of the chest), "ashi no ke" ("ke" of the feet), and "mono no ke" ("ke" of "mono").

As groundwork for how mononoke were thought of as, in Japan from the beginning of the Heian Period, various societal malaises and illnesses were thought to be due to curses ("tatari") of vengeful spirits (onryō). Starting with how the succession of emperors dying to diseases and the spread of epidemics in the Enryaku years was said to be the curse of Prince Sawara, there is a tale in the Nihonkoku Genpō Zen'aku Ryōiki in which the grudge of Prince Nagaya is said to have led many people to their deaths. In the Shoku Nihongi, there is a statement about Fujiwara no Hirotsugu's vengeful spirit (onryō). However, this kind of thought still wasn't very influential at that time, and even Emperor Saga stated in a caution, "in this society, some would attribute any and all mononoke to a spirit's curse. These are very baseless assertions," thus strongly denying the relation between mononoke and vengeful spirits.

Afterwards, in the Shoku Nihon Kōki, the author, Harusumi no Yoshitada, reflecting knowledge of onmyōdō, strongly adopted the concept of mononoke. In the Jōwa years, the aristocratic society received strong influence from onmyōdō, and the spread of onmyōdō planted in many people the general concept of vengeful spirits. Just at that time, after Sugawara no Michizane died in Engi 3 (903), the deaths one after another that followed of members of the imperial and noble families, as well as the spread of epidemic diseases, were feared as the work of a curse of Michizane, and thus the belief that mononoke were caused by vengeful spirits' curses grew even stronger.

Afterwards, in the era of the Fujiwara sekke, as opposed to how noble families at that time boasted of glory, they had delicate personalities, and so due to fear of the grudges and revenges of the era's defeated ones, and due to misgivings about the future, fear of mononoke became more aroused. The locked-in lifestyle of the imperial society at that time also fostered in the nobles' minds fear of mononoke. In this way, mononoke themselves were thought to be vengeful spirits, and eventually in addition to epidemic diseases, individual deaths, illnesses, and pain were all seen to be due to mononoke, and the illnesses itself also became called mononoke. Furthermore, due to the concept of the fear of "mono", the things that were said to be the origin of the illnesses, the ikiryō and shiryō themselves, were also thought to have been called mononoke.

Notes

References

Japanese folklore
Japanese ghosts
Yōkai


title: Gerald Cohen (composer)

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Gerald Cohen (born 1960 in New York, NY) is an American composer and cantor. He is currently the cantor at Shaarei Tikvah in Scarsdale, New York and is based in Yonkers. Cohen serves on the faculties of Jewish Theological Seminary and Hebrew Union College. Cohen's compositions are published by Oxford University Press, G. Schirmer/AMP, and Transcontinental Music Publications.

Biography

Cohen earned a B.A. in music from Yale University in 1982. Shortly afterwards, he began working as a cantor while attending Columbia University where he received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree (D.M.A.) in composition, with distinction, in 1993. His principal composition teachers were Jack Beeson, Mario Davidovsky, George Edwards, and Andrew Thomas. Jacob Mendelson was Cohen's primary cantorial studies teacher.
Cohen's music has been commissioned by chamber ensembles including: the Cassatt String Quartet, Verdehr Trio, Franciscan String Quartet, Chesapeake Chamber Music, Grneta Ensemble, Wave Hill Trio, Bronx Arts Ensemble, and Brooklyn Philharmonic Brass Quintet; by choruses including the New York Virtuoso Singers, Canticum Novum Singers, Syracuse Children's Chorus, St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City, Zamir Chorale of Boston, Usdan Center Chorus, the Cantors Assembly of America, HaZamir: The International Jewish High School Choir, and the Westchester Youth Symphony.  Battery Dance Company commissioned his Songs of Tagore which accompanied dance performances on tours throughout India and Eastern Europe.

Cohen's music has been performed by the Borromeo String Quartet, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Westchester Philharmonic, Riverside Symphony, Plymouth Music Series Orchestra, New York Concert Singers, Princeton Pro Musica, and many other ensembles and soloists.

Music and style

Cohen's music reflects his embracing of both Western classical traditions and his Jewish roots. Ken Smith, writing for Gramaphone, says of Cohen's style:

Cohen cites both his experience as a cantor and the western classical tradition (Beethoven, Mahler, and Copland) as equal influences. In a 2002 interview for New Music Box, he said, "in a way what I'm trying to do is have that all come together, perhaps not completely consciously, but just that those are also different sides of me which I want to project into whatever I'm writing."

Cohen's best known work is a "shimmering setting" of Psalm 43.

He is the composer of three operatic works: the 2013 opera Steal a Pencil for Me,  based on a true story of love in a WWII concentration camp, which Lucid culture described as "…mesmerizingly hypnotic, intricately contrapuntal" music, with moments of "…Bernard Herrmann-esque, shivery terror…".  His opera Sarah and Hagar (2008), based on the story from the book of Genesis, and Seed (2011), a one-act opera about love and choices for a post-apocalyptic couple, have been performed in concert form.

Recordings

List of works
Opera
 2008 Sarah and Hagar, Opera in two acts, libretto by Charles Kondek - 135’
 2011 Seed, Opera in one act, libretto by David Simpatico - 40’
 2013 Steal a Pencil for Me, Opera in two acts, libretto by Deborah Brevoort - 140’

Instrumental Chamber Music
 1988 Trio for violin, cello and piano - 16’
 1991 String Quartet #2 – 25′
 1994 Aria and Scherzo for violin and viola - 12′
 1995 Songs of Tagore, for chamber ensemble(music for choreography) – 22′
 1995 Quintet for Brass - 16′
 1999 Trio for viola, cello and piano - 20’
 2001 Preludes and Debka, for trombone and string quartet - 13’
 2007 Yedid Nefesh: Trio for clarinet, viola and piano - 26’
 2009  Variously Blue: Trio for clarinet, violin and piano - 14’
 2009 Sea of Reeds: Five Hebrew songs for two clarinets and piano - 15′
 2009 Preludes and Debka, for clarinet and string quartet - 13’
 2010 Grneta Variations, for two clarinets and piano- 14’
 2010 Three Hebrew Songs, for violin and piano – 12′
 2012 Playing for our lives, for string quartet - 23’

Orchestral Music (including works with voice)
 1994 Elegy for String Orchestra - 8’
 1997 O you who linger in the gardens…, for symphony orchestra - 10′
 Y’varech’cha (Blessing for children)
2000 Arrangement for treble voices and orchestra
2006 Arrangement for voice and string orchestra
 Adonai Ro’i Lo Echsar (Psalm 23)
2000 Arrangement for voice and orchestra
2002 Arrangement for chorus and orchestra
2006 Arrangement for voice and string orchestra
 2009 Preludes and Debka, for trombone and orchestra - 13′

Choral Music
 1983 Libavtini Achoti Chala, for solo voice, SATB chorus and piano - 3’
 1987 Lo Lanu (Psalm 115), for SATB chorus and piano - 8’
 1996 Hinei Ma Tov/Shaalu Sh’lom Y’rushalayim, for solo voice and SATB chorus - 3’
 1996 V’higad’ta L’vincha (And You Shall Tell Your Child),for children's chorus (SSA), clarinet, cello and piano - 16′
1999 Arrangement for SATB chorus, clarinet, cello and piano
 1998 Y’varech’cha (Blessing for children) For treble voices (2 part) and piano
2000 Arrangement for treble voices (2 part) and orchestra
 1999 Adonai Ro’i Lo Echsar (Psalm 23) for SATB chorus and piano - 3'
2013 Version for SSA chorus and piano
2002 Version for SATB chorus and orchestra
1992 Version for unison chorus and piano
 2001 Ki Heim Chayeinu (a setting of the weekday evening service, for cantor, chorus, clarinet and piano) - 20’
 2001 Sim Shalom, for SATB Chorus and piano - 5’
 2002 Sing Our Song, for SATB chorus and piano (text by Elie Wiesel) — 5’
 2002 Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting, for children's and SATB chorus, and organ — 5’
 2003 L’chu N’ran’na (Psalm 95), for SATB chorus and organ - 4’
 2003 All of God’s creations recite melody, for SATB chorus and organ - 5’
 2003 An Undaunted Heart: Songs of Elders, for SATB chorus and piano - 17’
 2003 Adon Olam (Eternal Lord), for SATB chorus and organ -
 2004 Lakol z’man/To everything a season, for SATB chorus and piano - 5’
 2005 Meditation and Celebration (Psalms 33 and 100), for SATB chorus and piano - 6’
 2006 Lo, body and soul—this land, for SSA chorus and piano (poem by Walt Whitman) - 5’
 2007 Lakol z’man #2, for soprano + baritone solo, unison chorus and piano - 5’
 2008 Yihyu l’ratson (May the words), for solo voice, SATB chorus, viola and piano - 4’
 2008 Dodi li vaani lo (My beloved is mine, and I am his), for SATB chorus, clarinet and piano - 3’
 2011 We are loved by an unending love, for mezzo solo, SATB chorus and piano - 4’
 2013 Uvtuvo m’chadesh (In Your goodness, You renew), for SATB chorus, viola and piano – 6′
 2015 "L'dor Vador" (From generation to generation), for SATB chorus and piano

Solo Vocal Music 1984 Five Songs of Stevie Smith, for mezzo-soprano and piano - 17’
 1992 Adonai Ro’i Lo Echsar (Psalm 23) for solo voice or unison chorus and piano – 3′
 1994 Grandparents, song cycle for medium voice and piano (poems by Marc Kaminsky) - 17′
 1999 Come Before God with Joyous Song  (Bo’u L’fanav Birnana) – 20’
 2001 The Dogwoods (Four songs on Poems of Linda Pastan), for soprano and piano - 13’
 2001 Ki Heim Chayeinu (a setting of the weekday evening service, for cantor, chorus, clarinet and piano) – 20’
 2004 Kaddish, for voice, clarinet and piano - 5’
 2007 Lakol z’man #2, for soprano + baritone solo, unison chorus and piano - 5’

Works for Synagogue
LIFE CYCLE
 1983 Libavtini Achoti Chala, for solo voice, SATB chorus and piano
 1992 Adonai Ro’i Lo Echsar (Psalm 23) for solo voice or unison chorus and piano - 3′
2000 Arrangement for voice and orchestra (2000)
 1998 Y’varech’cha (Blessing for children), for treble voices (2 part) and piano
2000 Arrangement for treble voices (2 part) and orchestra
2010 Arrangement for solo voice and string quartet
 1999 Adonai Ro’i Lo Echsar (Psalm 23) for SATB chorus and piano - 3′
1992 Version for unison chorus and piano
2002 Version for SATB chorus and orchestra
2013 Version for SSA chorus and piano
 2004 Kaddish, for voice, clarinet and piano (poem by Marge Piercy) - 5’

COMPLETE SERVICES
 2001 Ki Heim Chayeinu (a setting of the weekday evening service, for cantor, chorus, clarinet and piano) - 20’

HOLIDAYS
 1996 V’higad’ta L’vincha (And You Shall Tell Your Child),for children’s chorus (SSA), clarinet, cello and piano - 16′
1999 Arrangement for SATB chorus, clarinet, cello and piano

SETTINGS OF HEBREW/LITURGICAL TEXTS:
 1987 Lo Lanu (Psalm 115), for SATB chorus and piano - 8’
 1996 Hinei Ma Tov/Shaalu Sh’lom Y’rushalayim, for solo voice and SATB chorus - 3’
 1999 Come Before God with Joyous Song - 20’
 2001 Sim Shalom, for SATB Chorus and piano - 5’
 2003 L’chu N’ran’na (Psalm 95), for SATB chorus and organ — 4’
 2003 Adon Olam (Eternal Lord), for SATB chorus and organ - 5’
 2004 Lakol z’man/To everything a season, for SATB chorus and piano - 5’
 2005 Meditation and Celebration, (Psalms 33 and 100), for SATB chorus and piano - 6’
 2007 Lakol z’man #2, for soprano + baritone solo, unison chorus and piano - 5’
 2008 Yihyu l’ratson'' (May the words), for solo voice, SATB chorus, viola and piano - 4’

 Selected awards and commissions AwardsCopland House Borromeo String Quartet Award (2008)
Aaron Copland Award (2007)
Westchester Prize for New Work (2001)
American Composers Forum Faith Partners residency (2001-2002)
Cantors Assembly's Max Wohlberg Award for distinguished achievement in the field of Jewish composition (2003)
Yale University's Sudler Prize for outstanding achievement in the creative artsCommissioning grants received Meet the Composer/ National Endowment for the Arts
 New York State Council on the Arts
 Westchester Arts CouncilResidencies'''
 The MacDowell Colony
 Yaddo
 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
 American Lyric Theater

References

External links

 Gerald Cohen at G. Schirmer

1960 births
Living people
Composers from New York City
American male composers
21st-century American composers
Yale School of Music alumni
Columbia University School of the Arts alumni
21st-century American male musicians


title: Blind Loves

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Blind Loves () is a 2008 Slovak film directed by Juraj Lehotský.  It was Slovakia's official submission for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Reception
CineMagazine rated the documentary 4 stars.

References

External links

2008 films
Slovak documentary films
Films about disability


title: William Dade

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William Dade (c.1740–1790) was an English cleric and antiquary.

Life
Born at Burton Agnes in the East Riding of Yorkshire about 1740, he was son of Thomas Dade, vicar of the parish, by his wife Mary Norton. He was educated under Mr. Cotes of Shipton, Mr. Bowness in Holderness, and at Newcome's School in Hackney. He went on to St John's College, Cambridge, where he was admitted in 1759.

In 1763 Dade received holy orders from Archbishop Robert Hay Drummond, and he became successively rector of St. Mary's, Castlegate in York, curate of the perpetual curacy of St. Olave's, Marygate without Bootham Bar, also in the city; and rector of Barmston, near Bridlington. He was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1783.

Dade died at Barmston on 2 August 1790.

Dade registers
Dade championed parish registers that included extra personal details. His ideas on registration forms were taken up by Archbishop William Markham, who required them in the diocese of York from his visitation of 1777. These and related registers are now known as "Dade registers".

Works
Dade published Proposals for the History and Antiquities of Holderness (1783) with a number of copper-plates, to go to press as soon as he had obtained 240 subscribers. Portions of the work were printed at York in 1784, with engravings, and the proof-sheets of these fragments, with the author's manuscript notes and corrections, are in the British Library. Ill-health and other circumstances prevented the completion of the work.

Some time after Dade's death, his manuscripts were given to George Poulson, the historian of Beverley, who rearranged and expanded them, publishing The History and Antiquities of the Seignory of Holderness. There was also published A Series of seventeen Views of Churches, Monuments, and other Antiquities, originally engraved for Dade's "History of Holderness", Hull, 1835. Those plates were originally published in Poulson's Holderness when it was in part publication, but were later replaced for the complete work; the old engravings were sold separately as the Views.

Dade also compiled an Alphabetical Register of Marriages, Births, and Burials of considerable Persons in the county of York, in manuscript.

Notes

Attribution

1740 births
1790 deaths
18th-century English Anglican priests
English antiquarians
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge


title: Nicolae Simionescu

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Nicolae Simionescu (27 June 1926 – 6 February 1995) was a Romanian physician.

Born in Bucharest, he attended Dimitrie Cantemir and then Saint Andrew High School, graduating in 1944. He then enrolled in the medical faculty of the University of Bucharest, which he completed in 1950, earning his doctorate in 1966. From 1946 to 1970, he was on the staff of the same institution, rising from junior teaching assistant to teaching assistant to associate professor and department chairman. Meanwhile, he improved his skills as a surgeon until 1957, when he transferred to the Bucharest Endocrinology Institute. Working there until 1970, he conducted experimental and clinical research, functioning as head researcher in the morphology section. Relocating to the United States in 1970 with permission from the communist party, he worked under George Emil Palade, first at The Rockefeller University (1970–73) and then at Yale University (1973–74).

While abroad and following his return, he focused on the cellular and molecular biopathology of the cardiovascular system, with a focus on endothelin and atherosclerosis. In 1979, he founded, with the help of the communist party and the security services in which he was an active member, the Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, which bears his name since his death. His output includes over 600 articles, monographs, chapters and lectures delivered at international congresses. Although an active communist and member of the communist national security, two years after the revolution and fall of the communist regime, he became a titular member of the Romanian Academy in 1991, and died from an unknown cause in 1995.

His wife Maya Simionescu was a close scientific collaborator, and continues to dictate the institute being involved in the inside policies at some degree.

Notes

References
 Dr. Victor V. Jinga, , in Ileana Mânduțeanu, Loredan Ștefan Niculescu, Maya Simionescu (eds.), Memento Nicolae Simionescu, p. 73–76. Bucharest, Institutul de Biologie și Patologie Celulară, 2009,

1926 births
1995 deaths
Academic staff of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Romanian pathologists
Romanian surgeons
University of Bucharest alumni
Titular members of the Romanian Academy
20th-century surgeons


title: Engestofte

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Engestofte is a Neoclassical manor house located 6 km (4 mi) east of Maribo, Lolland Municipality,  on the island of Lolland in southeastern Denmark.

History and architecture

Early history
The estate was first mentioned in the 13th century. For a period it belonged to the Crown until it came into the hands of changing noble families.

Wichfeld family

Bertel Wichmand (1677–1732), a wealthy merchant from Nykøbing Falster, acquired Engestofte in 1727. His widow kept the estate after her husband's death.  Upo her death in 1751, it passed to their eldest son, Jørgen Wichmand. He and his brother Thomas Frederik Wichmand were ennobled by letters patent with the name Wichfeld on 23 July 1777.

Jørgen Wichfeld never married and had no children, He therefore left Engestofte and Ulriksdal to his nephew Henning Wichfeld with an obligation to turn them into a stamhus (family foundation). This happened on 8 November 1799.

The two-storey Neoclassical building was built in 1807 and expanded in 1889. The facade of the simply-designed residence is adorned with four iconic pilasters and a triangular pediment.

The Englishwomen, Monica Emily Wichfeld (née Massey-Beresford), who married Jørgen Adalbert Wichfeld in 1916, was impressed with the forty-roomed mansion, the surrounding buildings, the long driveway lined with limes and elms, and the terraces leading from the house down to the lake below.

The estate cottage and grounds was used in co-operation with Monica Wichfeld during the Danish Resistance in the Second World War to harbour fugitives, to shelter Jewish Families hiding from the Gestapo, to train saboteurs and hide weapons, ammunition and explosives and organize the movement. It was also used as a covert landing ground for British Special Operations Executive deliveries of paratroopers, information, weapons and explosives.

Later history
Jørgen Adalbert Wichfeld died in 1965 and the estate was inherited by his son Viggo Dimitri who renovated it completely. Sadly, Viggo ran into financial difficulties and was forced to sell the estate to William Erik Berntsen, owner of Frederikssund Iron Foundry and Machine Factory. His son William OleBerntsen inherited the estate in 1995 and one year later purchased the neighboring estate Søholt. He left both estates to a foundation but the relevant authorities turned down the foundation's application for a dispensation from the Agriculture Act and demanded a sale of the estates. rederik von Lüttichau bought both estates in 2003 but sold Engestofte to Hans Peter Egeskov in 2011.

Access
The property is not open to the public but can be seen from the churchyard.

List of owners
 (1457-1496) Kronen
 (1496-1527) Jørgen Olsen Baad
 (1527-1529) Elsebe Albrechtsdatter Grubendal, gift Baad
 (1529-1537)Johan Jørgensen Urne
 (1537-1558) Jørgen Urne
 (1558-1584) Peder Ottesen Huitfeldt
 (1584-1598) Barbara Huitfeldt, gift Grabow
 (1598- ) Hans Grabow
 (1584-1599) Hans Wittrup
 (1599- ) Anne Huitfeldt, gift Wittrup
 (1599-1639) Christian Friis
 (1639-1653) Barbara Wittrup, gift Friis
 (1653- ) Anne Friis, gift Juul
 ( -1684) Tønne Juul
 (1684-1695) Anne Friis, gift Juul
 (1695-1720) Christian Lerche
 (1720- ) Sophie Ulrikke von Reichau, gift 1) Lerche, 2) Hausmann
 ( -1727) Christian Ulrich von Hausmann
 (1727-1732) Bertel Wichmand
 (1732-1751) Bodil Cathrine From, gift 1) Wichmand, 2) Rasmussen
 (1751-1797)Jørgen Wichmand Wichfeld
 (1797-1799) Boet efter Jørgen Jørgen Wichfeld
 (1799-1846) Henning Wichfeld
 (1846-1888)Jørgen Wichfeld
 (1888-1907) Henning Wichfeld
 (1907-1965) Jørgen Adalbert Wichfeld
 (1965-1967) Viggo Dimitri Wichfeld
 (1967-1994) William Erik Berntsen
 (1994-1995) William Odd Berntsen
 (1995-2003) William O. Berntsens Fond
 (2003-2011) Frederik von Lüttichau
 (2011-present) Hans Peter Egeskov

References

Literature

Listed buildings and structures in Guldborgsund Municipality
Manor houses in Guldborgsund Municipality
Houses completed in 1807
Neoclassical architecture in Denmark
Historic houses
Buildings and structures of the Wichfeld family


title: Listed buildings in Smallwood, Cheshire

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Smallwood is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England.  It contains nine buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II.  This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".  Apart from the village of Smallwood, the parish is rural.  The listed buildings consist of farmhouses, farm buildings, a house, a school, a former Women's Land Army hostel, and a church.

References

Citations

Sources

Listed buildings in the Borough of Cheshire East
Lists of listed buildings in Cheshire


title: Korea Muslim Federation

text:
Korea Muslim Federation (KMF) is a Muslim organization established in 1967 in South Korea. The KMF oversees the Korean Muslim Students Association and the Korea Institute for Islamic Culture. The federation also supports a madrasa for Qur'anic education.

History
The organization was formed in 1966 and became registered as a judicial person in 1967 through the Korean Ministry of Culture and Information.

Activities and functions
The focus of the organization is to manage the religious and community affairs of Korean Muslims, and to engage in charity and missionary work. The organization works on setting up missionary centers in major cities, developing existing mosques, and training imams. Information on Islam, local affairs and other relevant materials for Korean Muslims or the public are also made available.

See also
 Islam in Korea
 Christian Liberal Party

References

External links

1967 establishments in South Korea
Islam in South Korea
Islamic organizations established in 1967
Religious organizations based in South Korea


title: Pinnaroo railway line

text:
The Pinnaroo railway line may refer to:

the Pinnaroo railway line, South Australia from Tailem Bend
the Pinnaroo railway line, Victoria from Ouyen
the entire line from Tailem Bend to Ouyen across the state border


title: Cloyd Conglomerate

text:
The Cloyd Conglomerate is a geologic group in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Geologic formations of Virginia
Devonian System of North America
Famennian Stage
Conglomerate formations


title: Titan (album)

text:
Titan is the ninth studio album by Greek death metal band Septicflesh, released on June 20, 2014 through Season of Mist. At its release, the album was met with generally positive reviews by critics and fans, even if less favourable than the band's two previous albums.

Track listing
All lyrics written by Sotiris V., all music composed by Septicflesh.

Personnel

Charts

Release history

References

2011 albums
Septicflesh albums
Season of Mist albums
Prosthetic Records albums
Albums with cover art by Spiros Antoniou
Albums produced by Logan Mader
Albums by Greek artists


title: Torch Technologies

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Torch Technologies is a 100% employee-owned system engineering, applied science, modeling & simulation and information technology business. Its primary customers are the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) and the Missile Defense Agency, although it has contracts with other DoD agencies including the Navy and the Air Force. Torch has over 1100 employee-owners and is headquartered in Huntsville, AL, with technical offices located in Aberdeen, MD, Albuquerque, NM, Boston, MA, Colorado Springs, CO, Detroit, MI, Honolulu, HI, Patuxent River, MD, and Shalimar, FL.

History
Torch Technologies was co-founded in 2002 in Huntsville, AL by Bill Roark and Don Holder. Roark and Holder respectively had 30 and 40 years of experience in the Department of Defense research and development programs and other contracts. The company's location was chosen due to its proximity to Redstone Arsenal, which serves as headquarters of several large Army organizations such as AMCOM and offices belonging to US Army Aviation. Upon the company's formation, the co-founders began to aggressively recruit a team of senior engineers, and set out to build a reputation for good service and competitive pricing. In 2005, Roark began to take steps that allowed Torch to become employee-owned (via an ESOP), and the company attained 100% employee ownership in 2010. Roark desired employee-ownership and profit sharing because such management styles have been proven to reduce employee attrition rates and increase job satisfaction. In 2008, Torch began bidding as a prime government contractor. With the receipt of four direct award prime task orders on AMCOM Express, the company won more contracts in two weeks in late 2008 than the previous six years of combined government work. In late 2016, Torch completed a $12 million renovation of the two existing buildings it owns in South Huntsville.  Torch received economic incentives from the city of Huntsville, the Tennessee Valley Authority and the state of Alabama to keep its headquarters in south Huntsville as opposed to moving to Cummings Research Park in hopes of growing economic activity in the immediate area. Torch has since had two more major expansions in south Huntsville, with the (2017) completion of a conference center called the Freedom Center and the (2019) completion of the Technology Integration & Prototyping Center. While Torch is headquartered in Huntsville, with eight technical offices located throughout the United States, they have employee-owners located in several additional markets, including California; Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Kwajalein, and Egypt.

Areas of Expertise
Weapon System Performance Analysis to include sensors/seekers, aerodynamics, guidance and control, target discrimination, endgame performance, and command and control; Modeling and Simulation with emphasis primarily on high-fidelity level simulations including all digital simulations, Software-in-the-Loop (SWIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HWIL) simulations; Information Technology such as distributed simulations/data management, visualization techniques, high performance computers, and network integration; Manned and Unmanned Aviation; Test & Evaluation (T&E); and Advanced Technology Research and Development including development, testing, and implementation of innovative algorithms and software.

Awards
2016-2021 Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by Great Place to Work
 2021 and 2018 ESOP Company of the Year by the New South Chapter of The ESOP Association
2006-2020 Inc 5000 List by Inc. magazine
2020 Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work
2020 and 2018 Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Place to Work
2015-2020 Washington Technology "Top 100 Government Contractors" List
2017-2020 Bloomberg Government "Top 200" List List
2017-2019 Entrepreneur 360 List by Entrepreneur magazine "Entrepreneur 360 List"
2016-2018 Best Small and Medium Workplaces by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE
2018 2018 Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE
Outstanding Mechanical Engineering Firm by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, North Alabama Section
2016 Torch was one of 25 companies included in the Forbes list of "The Best Small Companies in America"
 2015-2018 "Top Tiger" Award of the fastest-growing companies founded, owned, or led by Auburn University alumni
 2013 Partners in Philanthropy Award by the Community foundation of Huntsville/Madison County
 2012, 2013 Inc. Magazine's Hire Power Award, given to private firms that create the most jobs nationally
 2012 Innovations in Employee Ownership Award given by the National Center for Employee-Ownership (NCEO)
 Winner of the 2012 Best Places to Work by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce
2011 U.S. SBA Region IV Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year
 2011 Top Small Company Workplace by Inc. Magazine
 2009 Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Bill Roark (Torch CEO) selected as Southeast region finalist for the Ernst & Young award
2008 Ten Best Companies for Employee Financial Security by The Principal Financial Group
2008, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2018 “Best Places to Work in Huntsville/Madison County"
2008 IT/Technology Business of the Year by the Alabama Information Technology Association
2007 Small Business of the Year by the Huntsville Chamber of Commerce(Technology Category)
 2006 AITA Technology Company of the Year by the Alabama Information Technology Association (AITA) (Small Business category finalist)
2006 #54 in Entrepreneur Magazine's Hot 100 Fastest Growing New Companies in the United States
2005, 2009, and 2015 Award for Marketplace Ethics by the North Alabama Better Business Bureau

References

Bibliography
http://www.inc.com/profile/torch-technologies
http://www.bbb.org/northern-alabama/business-reviews/technology-services-defense-industry/torch-technologies-in-huntsville-al-900006303
http://www.al.com/business/index.ssf/2014/03/torch_technologies_in_huntsvil.html

http://eastsidepartners.com/entrepreneurs/bill-roark/
 The Bible on Leadership: From Moses to Matthew, Management Lessons by Lorin Woolfe
http://whnt.com/2015/03/19/torch-technologies-to-expand-south-huntsville-campus-bring-more-jobs-to-tennessee-valley/

2002 establishments in Alabama
Companies based in Huntsville, Alabama
Technology companies established in 2002


title: Simionescu

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Simionescu is a Romanian-language surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Adrian Simionescu, Romanian vocalist
Grigore Simionescu, Romanian general
Ion Th. Simionescu, Romanian geologist
Mariana Simionescu, Romanian tennis player
Nicolae Simionescu, Romanian physician
Vlăduț Simionescu, Romanian judoka

See also
 Dan Simonescu, also known as Simionescu
 Simionești (disambiguation)

Romanian-language surnames


title: Sailor hat

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A sailor hat is a brimmed straw hat similar to those historically worn by nineteenth century sailors before the sailor cap became standard. It is very close in appearance to the masculine boater, although "sailors" as worn by women and children have their own distinct design, typically flat-crowned, wide-brimmed and with a dark ribbon band extending into streamers hanging off the brim. Such hats could also be made in felt as an alternative to straw.

Origins
The sennit or straw hat formed part of the British naval uniform from 1857 up until March 16 1921 when it was formally discontinued by order. Sometimes worn with a black cover in bad weather or a khaki cover on active service ashore, the sennet hat usually included the ship's name on a tally band  around the crown.

Fashion

The "sailor" was a standard form of fashionable headgear for women and children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Children often wore it with sailor suits. For women, the sailor became fashionable from the 1870s onwards, in a rather smaller form than its inspiration. One 1870s variation on the style was the Marin anglais bonnet, which added extra trimmings of flowers and ribbons to the sailor hat form. In most decades since the 1870s the sailor, or variations thereof, has been in fashion, or a staple form of headgear. One popular variation was the "short-back sailor", distinguished by its large broad flat brim, narrowing sharply (sometimes to nothing) in the back, and frequently worn at an upwards tilt.

The sailor hat was a key part of Chanel's trademark 'little boy' look that she popularised in the 1920s and revived in 1954 for her comeback collection.

References

Hats
19th-century fashion
20th-century fashion
Maritime culture


title: Pinnaroo railway line, South Australia

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The Pinnaroo railway line ran east from the Adelaide to Melbourne line at Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo near the South Australia / Victoria state border. The route continues into Victoria via the Victorian Railways line to Ouyen where it joined the Mildura line.

History
The line opened from  Tailem Bend to Pinnaroo on 14 September 1906, being extended to the state border on 29 July 1915.

When the Adelaide to Wolseley line was closed east of Tailem Bend for gauge conversion, the Pinnaroo line became part of the main line between Adelaide and Melbourne for two weeks in April 1995. Journey times increased by 10 to 12 hours.

In May 1995, it was announced that the line west of Pinnaroo would be gauge converted from broad gauge to standard gauge. Work on the conversion of the line was delayed until 1996, due to a large grain crop and increased traffic by trains destined for Tocumwal and Yarrawonga in regional Victoria that were on the broad gauge network.

A small part of the line converted in 1996, was converted back for the 1997 grain harvest. To continue the journey to Adelaide, the grain was transhipped at Tailem Bend. The last broad gauge train operated on 2 July 1998 with the line reopening on 25 November 1998. As the Victorian line remained broad gauge, trains could no longer operate over the entire length with Pinnaroo becoming a break of gauge point.

The line closed in July 2015. Viterra announced that no more grain would be carried by rail after 31 July 2015, with the 2015 harvest to be entirely transported by road. As the South Australian line closed, the Victorian government was upgrading part of its end of the line for regional freight.

References

Closed railway lines in South Australia
Railway lines closed in 2015
Standard gauge railways in Australia


title: Bait (1954 film)

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Bait is a 1954 American drama film, written, directed and produced by Hugo Haas. Haas himself, Cleo Moore and John Agar star in the film.

Plot

Middle-aged Marko (Haas) is searching for his gold mine, the entrance to which has been lost for nearly 20 years, at which time his partner died, a death for which some locals think he is to blame.
To share expenses for a prospecting expedition he teams up with bright young Ray Brighton (Agar). When they find the mine, Marko decides he doesn't want to share with his partner and plans to murder him. He proposes to Peggy, a young widow with a baby to whom he knows Ray is attracted, and who Marko and the local people prefer to label as a 'fallen woman'.  Marko tells her he is sorry he misjudged her, and she eventually accepts his proposal in order to obtain security for her child.

It beings to look as though Markco only wanted Peggy as an unpaid worker, but he also encourages her and Ray to be friendly, even to dance together, and some months later, at Christmas, Ray suggests that they split the gold three ways, since Peggy works just as hard as he and Marko do. Later, Marko says he forgot to get salt on the last trip into town, and that he will go for it the next day, returning the day after. While he is away, Ray and Peggy keep working, but also enjoy their evening together playing cards and talking. Ray tells Peggy he loves her but she says although she feels the same, she cannot betray Marko, to which Ray agrees. He goes to get some more tobacco, and finds a bag of salt where Marko hid it.  He then spots a slightly melted spot in the ice on the windows, and realises Marko had been spying on them. Marko then bursts into the cabin, but Ray has hidden behind the door and knocks a weapon from Marko's hand. Ray says he now understands that Marko had deliberately pushed them together, then pretended to go into town so that he could come back unexpectedly, hoping to catch them in adultery, so he can use the "unwritten law" to kill Brighton and thus escape punishment from the law.  Ray and Peggy pack up their things, and, leaving Marko his share of the gold, start off to walk to the highway and safety. As they leave, Marko lunges at Ray with a knife, but Ray pushes him away; Marko tries to get up, but realises he has broken his leg and that he will not survive the winter in the cabin on his own, an echo of the death of his previous partner.

Cast
 Cleo Moore as Peggy
 Hugo Haas as Marko
 John Agar as Ray Brighton
 Emmett Lynn as Foley
 Bruno VeSota as Webb
 Jan Englund as Waitress
 George Keymas as Chuck
 Cedric Hardwicke as Prologue Speaker

References

External links

1954 films
1954 crime drama films
American crime drama films
American black-and-white films
Columbia Pictures films
Films directed by Hugo Haas
Films about treasure hunting
Films about mining
1950s English-language films
1950s American films


title: NGC 2441

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NGC 2441 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. A Type Ia supernova, SN1995E, occurred in NGC 2441, and observations suggest it may display a light echo, where light from the supernova is reflected from matter along our line of sight, making it appear to "echo" outwards from the source. The diameter of the galaxy is about 130,000 light-years.

References

External links

Camelopardalis
Barred spiral galaxies
2441
04036
022031
+12-08-015


title: VG Entertainment

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VG Entertainment Ltd (formerly Vostok Games) is a Ukrainian video game developer based in Kyiv. The company was founded in March 2012 by former employees of GSC Game World, including Oleg Yavorsky, after GSC had been shut down. The company developed the battle royale game Fear the Wolves (2019) and is working on Survarium, a free-to-play shooter game in early access since 2015.

History
On 9 December 2011, Sergiy Grygorovych shut down his video game development company, GSC Game World. Following the closure, Oleg Yavorsky, who had been GSC's public relations manager, and several other former GSC employees set out to create a game on their own. They contacted several investors in Ukraine and Russia, but none had a large enough budget to fund the development of a game on the same scale as S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, which had been cancelled with GSC's demise. Consequently, the development team lowered their ambition for the game to a free-to-play multiplayer shooter game for personal computers. This led several investors to step forward and, in March 2012, the team came in contact with Vostok Ventures, which was looking for a game development team. An agreement between the two parties was reached within two weeks, and Vostok Games was founded that same month, shortly after which the company settled in offices in an industrial park in Kyiv. In September 2013, Vostok Games employed 40 former GSC employees in these offices. Yavorsky acts as the studio's marketing manager. Vostok Games' first project became Survarium, which it released into early access in 2015. It also created Fear the Wolves, a battle royale game set in Chernobyl, in 2019. In March 2022, shortly after the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Vostok Games put the development of Survarium on hold to ensure that its developers were safe. In July 2023, the company rebranded as VG Entertainment and announced that it was working on a new game.

Games developed

References

External links

2012 establishments in Ukraine
Companies based in Kyiv
Video game companies established in 2012
Video game companies of Ukraine
Video game development companies


title: Potomac Group

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The Potomac Group is a geologic group in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cretaceous period. An indeterminate tyrannosauroid and Priconodon crassus, a nodosaurid, are known from indeterminate sediments belonging to the Potomac Group. The Potomac Group was initially believed to have been Late Jurassic in age by Othniel Charles Marsh but later studies, such as Clark (1897), have found that the Potomac Group is in fact Early-Late Cretaceous (Aptian-Turonian) in age.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Geologic groups of Virginia


title: Conneaut Group

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The Conneaut Group is a geologic group in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Geologic groups of Virginia


title: List of New Zealand Test wicket-keepers

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This is a chronological list of New Zealand Test wicket-keepers.

References
 New Zealand wicket-keepers

Wicket-keepers, Test
New Zealand
New Zealand, Test
Wicket-keepers


title: Witches of East End (season 2)

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The second and final season of Witches of East End premiered on July 6, 2014, and concluded on October 5, 2014. It consisted of 13 episodes, each running 40–45 minutes approx. The series is based loosely on the book of the same by Melissa de la Cruz. The story takes place in East End focusing on a family of witches, led by Joanna Beauchamp (Julia Ormond). This season aired on Sundays at 9pm, followed by the new series The Lottery, and averaged 1.13 million viewers. On November 4, 2014, Lifetime cancelled Witches of East End due to low ratings in the second season.

Cast and characters

Main cast
Julia Ormond as Joanna Beauchamp
Mädchen Amick as Wendy Beauchamp
Jenna Dewan Tatum as Freya Beauchamp
Rachel Boston as Ingrid Beauchamp
Daniel Di Tomasso as Killian Gardiner/Edgar Allan Poe
Christian Cooke as Frederick Beauchamp
Eric Winter as Dash Gardiner

Recurring cast
Ignacio Serricchio as Tommy Cole/Rey Nikolaus (11 episodes)
Bianca Lawson as Eva/Selina (10 episodes)
James Marsters as Mason Tarkoff (7 episodes)
Anthony Konechny as the Mandragora (5 episodes)
Steven Berkoff as Rey Nikolaus (5 episodes)
Sarah Lancaster as Raven Moreau (4 episodes)
Joel Gretsch as Victor (3 episodes)
Shaun Smyth as Dr. Frank Foster (3 episodes)
Michelle Hurd as Alex (2 episodes)
Tom Lenk as Hudson Rafferty (2 episodes)

Guest cast
Rachel Nichols as Isis Zurka (1 episode)
Eddie McClintock as Ronan (1 episode)
Callard Harris as Ivar Zurka (1 episode)

Production
On November 22, 2013, Witches of East End was renewed by Lifetime for a 13-episode second season, which premiered on July 6, 2014. Christian Cooke joined this season as a series regular. James Marsters and Bianca Lawson guest starred this season, (Marsters guest starred as Tarkoff, an old friend of Joanna's; while Lawson played Eva, a mysterious woman who has a connection to Killian).

Episodes
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Ratings

U.S. ratings

References

Fiction set in 1848
2014 American television seasons
Witches of East End


title: Reedsville Group

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The Reedsville Group is a geologic group in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Ordovician period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Geologic groups of Virginia


title: Education Facilities Clearinghouse

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The Education Facilities Clearinghouse (EFC) is a program of the United States Department of Education (DoED) which provides support to educational facilities "on issues related to planning, design, financing, construction, improvement, operation, and maintenance" through technical assistance and training as well as dissemination of research on these issues. The program was established in 1998 and in the past has been implemented as the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (1998–2010) and the American Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities (2010–2013).  As of 2014 it is administered by the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development and is funded through a competitive grant sponsored by the DoED.

Program services
Under the administration of the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, the EFC's scope is to identify and disseminate best practices in all areas related to education facilities, including identifying hazards and conducting vulnerability assessments. It maintains a website with resources for education facilities and the general public on planning, design, financing, construction, contract management, operations, maintenance, school safety, and environmental issues. It also provides both onsite and remote technical assistance and professional development without cost to public educational institutions from pre-kindergarten through higher education as well as to local education authorities and other state entities.

History
The Education Facilities Clearinghouse initiative was established in 1998, with its continuation authorized in the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002. In recommending authorization for its continuation and that of the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions noted that both programs "provide an important service to schools and the committee encourages efforts to improve their quality and expand their use."

The program was initially implemented as the National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) and was administered by the National Institute of Building Sciences, a non-governmental, non-profit organization authorized by the U.S. Congress to serve as an authoritative source on building science and technology. The NCEF's mission, funded by the US Department of Education, was to conduct and disseminate research on best practices for educational facilities. Its primary users were school administrators, facility managers, designers, and researchers. Over the years the NCEF built up a website containing a large number of resources and articles including many published by the NCEF itself.

In 2010 the DoED put further funding of the EFC to a competitive bidding process with revised priorities for the program to include the provision of onsite technical assistance to institutions, training, and distance-learning events. Although the NCEF was one of the bidders, the funds were awarded to Tarleton State University as a three-year grant to administer the program under the name American Clearinghouse on Educational Facilities (ACEF). Following the withdrawal of DoED funding, the NCEF website and its online resources have been maintained as an archive by the National Institute of Building Sciences.

Funding for implementing the EFC program was again put to a competitive bid by the DoED in July 2013, and in October of that year George Washington University's Graduate School of Education and Human Development was awarded a $2.99 million three-year grant to administer the program under the name Education Facilities Clearinghouse.

See also
Environmental groups and resources serving K–12 schools
Massachusetts School Building Authority

References

External links
 at George Washington University

United States Department of Education


title: Veľké Hincovo pleso

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Veľké Hincovo pleso is the biggest and deepest mountain lake of glacial origin in the High Tatras, Slovakia. The maximum depth is . Its surface remains frozen for around 270 days per year.

References

Lakes of Slovakia
Lakes of the High Tatras
Spiš
Glacial lakes
Geography of Prešov Region


title: Pamunkey Group

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The Pamunkey Group is a geologic group in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Geologic groups of Virginia


title: Brown's Island Dam Walk

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The Brown's Island Dam Walk, also known as the VEPCO Levee Dam is a structure across the James River in Richmond, Virginia that connects Brown's Island to the James River Parks System on the Manchester side of the river. It was originally constructed as a dam in 1901 by the Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) (now known as Dominion Power). The original purpose for the  tall structure was to divert water into the Haxall Canal where it was received by the 12th Street Power Station until its decommissioning in 1968. The bridge has been renamed the T. Tyler Potterfield Memorial bridge after a senior planner in the Richmond Department of Planning and Development Review who was the project manager for the bridge's redevelopment into a pedestrian bridge.

History of dam redevelopment
There have been advocates for the creation of a dam walkway since before 2008, when city officials began to promote development initiatives along the river as part of their master planning process. In 2008, Richmond Planning Commission released a Downtown plan discussing development initiatives along the river. Ralph White, Richmond's naturalist (widely credited with the success of the James River Park system)  was quoted as saying  and said "The highest single priority is the completion of the VEPCO levee,"

By 2011, other public advocates were meeting with City of Richmond Department of Planning and Development and the consultant team from the architecture firm Hargreaves Associates (the firm hired to execute downtown plans) to make the pedestrian walkway a reality.

In November 2012, The City adopted the final version of the Richmond Riverfront Plan  that showed several renderings and maps of a redeveloped Dam Walk using a pedestrian bridge feature.

In January 2014, the city released additional detailed plans for the walk, which includes the fact that it will be 10 feet wide and have at least four overlooks. Additional plans released in June 2014 were described by the Richmond Times Dispatch as: "The guardrails are expected to be 48 inches high -- six more than required to accommodate the expected bicycle traffic on the bridge. The deck would be placed over the existing piers and structures, but would require new augmented metal framework. The walkway would have lower, dim lights so as to not overpower the view of the river. Plans are underway for unified wayfinding markers and interpretive signage."

In June 2014, the Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board allocated $2.5 million to the Dam project, supplementing the $9 million the city has dedicated, to ensure the Dam Walk is fully funded.  The Richmond times Dispatch quoted city Planning Director Mark Olinger as saying “This money gives us clear sailing on getting all the Brown’s Island [dam walk] stuff done, which we think will be an outstanding addition to the city.” In May 2014, the Richmond Planning Commission requested that the bridge be named in honor of the late T. Tyler Potterfield, a senior planner with the city who was leading the dam walk project before his sudden death in late April. A resolution passed by the Planning Commission called the project one of the crowning achievements of Potterfield’s career.

The bridge was reopened on December 2, 2016 after a $11.3 million renovation that began in October 2015. The wheelchair accessible bridge is open to pedestrians and cyclists 24 hours a day.

References

Geography of Richmond, Virginia
Dams completed in 1901
Dams on the James River


title: Chatham Group

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The Chatham Group is a Triassic-age geologic group in the eastern United States. It is one of the most fossiliferous sections of the Newark Supergroup, preserving much of the Late Triassic up until the Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction. The group was originally named to refer to Triassic rocks (the Pekin, Cumnock, and Sanford formations) specifically within the Deep River Basin of North Carolina. Later studies have utilized it to encompass Late Triassic strata in most other sedimentary basins in the Newark Supergroup.

References

External links

Triassic System of North America


title: Tuckahoe Group

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The Tuckahoe Group is a geologic group in Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Geologic groups of Virginia


title: Eltroplectris calcarata

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Eltroplectris calcarata, the longclaw orchid, is a terrestrial species of orchid. It is native to Florida, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Windward Islands, Trinidad, Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and Paraguay.

References

External links

IOSPE orchid photos, Eltroplectris calcarata (Sw.) Garay & H.R. Sweet 1972 Photo by © Padre Pedro Ortiz Valdivieso
Swiss Orchid Foundation at Herbarium Jany Renz, Eltroplectris calcarata
Calphotos, University of California, Eltroplectris calcarata; Spurred Neottia

Spiranthinae
Orchids of North America
Orchids of South America
Flora of Southern America
Plants described in 1806
Flora of Florida
Flora of the Caribbean
Flora without expected TNC conservation status


title: Kiel-Hassee CITTI-PARK station

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Kiel-Hassee CITTI PARK station is a station in the Kiel district Hassee in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is on the Kiel–Flensburg and the Husum–Kiel railways. It is classified by Deutsche Bahn as a category 6 station. The station was reactivated in 2007 under a so-called public-private partnership project in passenger transport. The cost was contributed in one-third shares by the state of Schleswig-Holstein, the city of Kiel and the CITTI PARK shopping centre.

History

The Kiel–Flensburg railway was opened in 1881. A station was built at the then still independent village of Hassee. The importance of the station grew with the construction of the line to Rendsburg, which was opened on 15 October 1904. A freight line to the Kiel West freight yard, which linked to factories in the west of the city, was connected here in 1924. Originally, the line ran to Holtenau. Passenger services to the station were abandoned in 1981. The route to Kiel West was closed in 1993 and the points at the junction were removed in 2008.

In 2007, passenger services were resumed to Kiel-Hassee, although the new platforms lies about 250 metres north of the old platform. Some railway tracks have been dismantled and only two continuous tracks are now available. In the south, all the points have been removed as far as the crossover at the station entrance, a storage siding and a factory siding still exist. South of the station separate tracks now run to Kiel Hauptbahnhof and to Kiel-Meimersdorf marshalling yard, but run parallel for some distance.

The former station building still exists and is used as a youth club operated by the city of Kiel.

Maschinenfabrik August G. Koch, a manufacturer of tank wagons was located at Kiel-Hassee station. It had its own locomotives work. The heritage-listed workshop of the machinery factory, built in 1939/40, was demolished for the construction of the shopping centre.

Rail services

The station is served hourly on weekdays by Regionalbahn services running between Kiel and Eckernförde, but there are no services during the day on Sunday. As of December 2014, an additional Regionalbahn services will be introduced between Kiel and Rendsburg and will stop here. At the beginning or end of the day trains between Kiel and Flensburg stop at the station.

The new station has two 160 metre-long side platforms, which can be reached via a pedestrian overpass connected by stairs and lifts. The overpass leads directly to the shopping centre.

References

Railway stations in Schleswig-Holstein
Hassee
Hassee
Railway stations in Germany opened in 1881


title: 2015 UCI World Championships

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There are several 2015 UCI World Championships. The International Cycling Union (UCI) holds World Championships every year. For 2015, these include:

 2015 UCI Road World Championships in Richmond, Virginia in September 2015.
 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in February 2015
 2015 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
 2015 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
 2015 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships
 2015 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
 2015 UCI BMX World Championships
 2015 UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships

UCI World Championships
UCI World Championships


title: Novus Leisure

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Novus Leisure (also A3D2 Ltd) is a British company which operates 41 bars and nightclubs in the United Kingdom. Toby Smith has been in charge of the company since 2015. Their operations include two Tiger Tiger nightclubs, and several venues in the City and West End areas of London.

Ownership history
Having been listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2005 under the name Urbium, the company was taken private in a £115 million buyout. Four years later, Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland took control from Cognetas (now Motion Equity Partners) in a debt-for-equity deal, followed by LGV Capital and Hutton Collins' £100m purchase in 2012. Presently, the company is owned by HayFin Capital Management, who had provided the debt in 2012 and seized control in 2015. Novus purchased three Rocket Restaurants sites for an undisclosed sum in 2017.

HayFin put Novus up for sale in 2018, and over the next year Stonegate Pub Company acquired Be At One, Fever Bars and 21 London sites.

References

External links
 Novus Leisure

Companies based in the City of Westminster
Drinking establishment chains


title: Back 2 Love (album)

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Back 2 Love is an album by Pakistani Qawwali singer Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan. The album was released globally on 9 June 2014. Back 2 Love is a collection of 10 songs including collaborations with Indian musicians and singers like Salim–Sulaiman and Shreya Ghoshal.

Music video(s)
The lyrics for the song "Zaroori Tha" are written by Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar and it is composed by Sahir Ali Bagga. Its music video has been directed by Rahul Sud, and it features the Bigg Boss 7 couple Gauahar Khan and Kushal Tandon. It was released on 8 June 2014. It became the first Pakistani origin non-film YouTube India/Vevo music video to cross 100 million views after two years, 200 million views within three years of its release, 300 million views on 12 December 2017, 400 million views on 2 June 2018, 500 million views on 11 October 2018, and then a billion views on 3 January 2021.

The song was also featured in Mohit Suri's 2015 film Hamari Adhuri Kahani, starring Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan.

Track listing
The full track list was announced at iTunes on 7 May 2014. The song Rab Jaane was awarded as the "Indi Pop Song of the Year" at 7th Mirchi Music Awards.

See also
 Sahir Ali Bagga
 Rahat Fateh Ali Khan

References

External links

2014 albums
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan albums


title: Bengal studies

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Bengal studies (; Bangabidya) is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the Bengali people, culture, language, literature, and history. The focus of this field, which qualifies as area studies and cultural studies, is on Indic Bengalis who follow an indigenous system of faith and refer to themselves as Bengalis. It is a subset of South Asian studies or Indology.

A study of the history and culture of the Bengali people have been undertaken by the Bengalis themselves and others like Muhammadal-Biruni travelling to Bengal since medieval times. The work of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay is often considered to be a forerunner of Bengali studies after the Mughal period, while Ishwar Chandra Gupta pioneered the study of Bengali poets through a critically annotated collection of the diverse oral poetic traditions of Bengal. Twentieth-century Bengali historians like Ramesh Chandra Majumdar and Niharranjan Ray were among the prominent researchers of the history and culture of the Bengali people.

International Congress of Bengal Studies
 2010: 1st International Congress; University of Delhi, India
 2011: 2nd International Congress; University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
 2013: 3rd International Congress; University of Calcutta, India
 2015: 4th International Congress; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan
 2018: 5th International Congress; Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

References

Studies
Bengali language
Bengali culture
Asian studies
Area studies
Indology


title: Kodjovi Koussou

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Kodjovi Albano "Nono" Koussou (born 22 June 1992) is a Togolese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder..

Career
Kousso is a youth exponent from 1860 Munich, who mainly played for the second team. After his contract was not extended in 2014 he signed with city rival Bayern Munich II. Only after a year, he left Bayern Munich II again. After one year without a club, he returned to 1860 Munich II again in 2016.

Personal life
He also holds German citizenship.

References

External links

1992 births
Living people
Footballers from Lomé
Men's association football midfielders
Togolese men's footballers
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
Regionalliga players
TSV 1860 Munich players
TSV 1860 Munich II players
FC Bayern Munich II players
SpVgg Bayreuth players
Togolese emigrants to Germany
Naturalized citizens of Germany
German people of Togolese descent


title: Woama, Kono District

text:
Woama is a village in  Tankoro Chiefdom, Kono District in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, close to the border with Kailahun District. The major industry in the village is petty trading and farming.

External links
http://politicosl.com/2014/06/ebola-kills-57-in-sierra-leone-as-kono-bans-trade-fair/

Villages in Sierra Leone
Eastern Province, Sierra Leone


title: Fritz Hamer

text:
Fritz Hamer (22 November 1912, Hamburg - 13 January 2004, Sarasota, Florida) was an outstanding German botanist who worked in Central America, specializing in orchids.

Biography
Hamer received a business education and was employed by a Dutch export company. In 1937 the company sent him to Venezuela; and in 1938 to Guatemala, where he joined World War II. In 1942 he returned to Germany and served in the army during the Russian campaign.  In 1948, at the end of the war, he returned to Guatemala and established himself in El Salvador, where he created a company to import and distribute machinery and equipment.

His interest in families of orchids began in 1960 when he saw a specimen of Miltonia, of which he made a beautiful illustration. He then took to the road and began to take photographs, make illustrations, and write descriptions. But he noticed the lack of literature on orchids. In 1925 there were 63 species in 28 genera, described by Standley and S. Calderón, and nothing more. So Hamer, who had already published a number of articles about orchids in his country, prepared The Orchids of El Salvador, which was published in two volumes in 1974 by the Ministry of Education of El Salvador; 279 descriptions and illustrations spp. in 67 genera. Hamer, with no scientific training in natural sciences, received invaluable help from Leslie A. Garay, his mentor and friend. At the beginning the Salvadoran Civil War, Hamer left El Salvador and moved to Florida, where he worked as a scientist at the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens. In 1981 he published the third volume of The Orchids of El Salvador, with 362 spp. 93 Gros. Salvadoran orchids.

The Missouri Botanical Garden planned to publish the Flora of Nicaragua, with the University of Managua. Hamer asked to be responsible for the study of the family Orchidaceae. Hamer visited the herbaria of Kew and the Field Museum of Chicago by Pan-American Agricultural School of Honduras, Managua, the University of Michigan. In 1982 he published the 7th installment of the 1st series of Icones Plantarum Tropicarum, edited by Dodson, with the first 100 descriptions and illustrations of the orchids of Nicaragua. Hamer published 500 additional plates for Icones. Between 1988 and 1990 they were published in Selbyana Hamer (Vols. 10 and 11) the Orchids of Central America - an Illustrated Field Guide, with all its illustrations of the spp. region, but no descriptions. Then the Flora of Nicaragua was published by the Missouri Botanical Garden in 2001, and Hamer, 89 years old, was the author of Chapter Orchidaceae, describing 587 species in 144 genera.

He was married to Hedwig Pfister for 42 years, to whom he dedicated one of the species he discovered: Maxillaria hedwigae (Hamer & Dodson).  He had three children, one of whom died in El Salvador in 2003. That tragedy clouded the last months of his life, and he died in Sarasota, Florida, on 13 January 2004.

Honours

Eponymy
Beloglottis hameri (Garay)
Pelexia hameri (Garay)
Ponthieva hameri (Dressler)

See also
 List of orchidologists

References

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1912 births
2004 deaths
20th-century German botanists
Costa Rican botanists
Orchidologists
Scientists from Hamburg


title: Frederick Limestone

text:
The Frederick Limestone is a geologic formation in Maryland and Virginia. It preserves fossils dating back to the Cambrian period.

See also

 List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Virginia
 Paleontology in Virginia

References

Cambrian geology of Virginia
Cambrian southern paleotemperate deposits