title: Road accidents in Tamil Nadu

text:
Road collisions in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India, are among the highest in India. In 2013, the state recorded 15,563 fatalities in the 14,504 recorded collisions, the highest for any state in India. The state also topped the list of most collisions in a state for all previous 18 years from 2002 to 2020. According to the report of two experts published in the International Journal of Research in Management and Technology, driving under the influence of alcohol accounts for 82 per cent of collision fatalities in India. A few political leaders have vehemently opposed the state-run TASMAC shops that sell alcohol and have called for a total prohibition of alcohol in the state, but opposing governments have maintained that prohibition would lead to illegal liquor, which in the past has claimed hundred of lives. The increase in number of vehicles from 82 lakh (8.8 million) in 2007 to 1.6 crore (16 million) in 2012 without appreciable change in the road infrastructure is also believed to the reason for most collisions.

Road collisions

According to a report released by the Tamil Nadu Police in 2013, there were a total of 15,563 fatalities in 14,504 recorded collisions. The corresponding number of people sustaining grievous injuries in 4,715 collisions was 6,513, and the number of people who sustained minor injuries was 69,168 in 44,158 collisions. A total of 2,861 people escaped injuries. The state also topped the list of most collisions among all states for all previous ten years from 2002 to 2012. It was estimated that were around eight collisions every hour and a total of 15 percent of all collisions in the country occurred in the state. The data from National Crime Record Bureau indicated that the state capital, Chennai, had 9,663 collisions, the most of any city in India in 2012. During 1990, the state stood second behind Uttar Pradesh in the country with 6,693 recorded collisions.

As per the report published by the State transport authority in 2013, out of 66,238 collisions, two-wheelers were involved in 22,496 collisions, cars, jeeps, taxis and tempos in 18,658, trucks in 9,192, government buses in 3,765, private buses in 3,564, three-wheelers in 2,983 and others in 5,580. As per the same report, 20,686 collisions occurred in national highways, 20,984 in state highways, 17,401 in district roads and remaining 7,167 in village roads.

Causes
The National Police Commission report indicates that the number of collisions is directly proportional to the population density, road length and traffic volume. A report by West Bengal National University of Juridical Science indicated in 1999 that there were not enough traffic police in the state to control and handle collisions. During 1999, the number of collisions involving two-wheelers and three-wheelers doubled in the state compared to 1998, on account of the increased number of auto rickshaws and motorised fish carts.

In 2011–2012, a total of 19,436 cases were filed in the state, while the capital, Chennai, accounted for 3,855 cases. The increase in the number of government-run TASMAC shops (which have a monopoly over wholesale and retail vending of alcoholic beverages) and a corresponding increase in the number of drunk drivers were cited as the major reasons for collisions caused by drunk drivers. According to the report of two experts published in the International Journal of Research in Management and Technology, driving under the influence of alcohol accounts for 70 percent of collision fatalities in India. The state registered the largest increase in number of vehicles from 82 lakh in 2007 to 1.6 crore in 2012 among all states in the country. The increase in the number of vehicles without appreciable change in the road infrastructure is also believed to the reason for most collisions.

According to Tamil Nadu police, the other major reason for the collisions is the increase in the number of vehicles compared to the road length. Some experts believe that the surveillance by traffic police is biased and enforcement of rules alone is not sufficient. Some non-governmental organizations have claimed that urban planning has not kept pace with the increase in number of vehicles. The state-owned buses are also cited as a major cause for the collisions, with a total of 1,300 collisions during 2012.

As per the report published by the state transport authority in 2013, 63,658 were caused by the fault of drivers, 779 by passengers other than driver, 1,007 by pedestrians, 206 by mechanical defects, 140 by road condition, 97 by bad weather and 351 by other reasons.

Legal implications

The driver involved in a collision is subject to a breathalyzer test to detect alcohol in his blood. If the driver is deemed to be drunk, the vehicle is impounded by the police and a fine is levied to reclaim the vehicle from the court under the jurisdiction of the collision spot. In case of casualties, a case is filed against the driver under Section 304(a) of Indian Penal Code IPC for "culpable homicide not amounting to murder". The driver's license is either suspended or cancelled based on the severity of the collision.

The district police were empowered to levy spot fines against drunk drivers as of February 2012, a practise that had been followed only by city police up to that time.

Some public interest groups allege that collisions causing fatalities were under-reported in Tamil Nadu to ease the processing of insurance claims. They also claim that cases are filed under Section 304(a) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and most cases are settled out of court. In 2011 the Supreme Court of India ordered cases of fatal collision caused by drunk drivers to be registered by the state police under IPC Section 304(2) of the IPC (culpable homicide, not amounting to murder), removing the possibility of bail from offenders.

Awareness
The state is the first among the states in India to introduce a road safety policy in 2007. The state also introduced a road safety action plan in 2009 that involved tracking collision records through a Technology called Geographical Information Systems (GIS). The GIS system was accessible to the police in the 1,400 police stations in the state, who entered the collision data. The trends provided by the data was used to identify 3,000 potential collision spots, number of people involved, background of the people involved, timing of the collisions and also the type of collision. The state traffic planning cell and the additional director general of police head the action plan. Placing sign boards, building barriers and improving the street lighting are some of the actions taken based on the inputs from the software.

S. Ramadoss, the leader of Pattali Makkal Katchi, and Vaiko, the leader of Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, are two prominent leaders in Tamil Nadu who have vehemently opposed the state-run TASMAC shops in various forums and have called for prohibition of alcohol in the state. Most consumer forums allege that the state government is not moving towards total prohibition as the revenue from the TASMAC shops forms a fifth of the total revenue to the government as of 2013. Both the opposing state governments under Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) are against the closing of the shops, stating prohibition would come at a big risk of illicit liquor, which in the past has claimed several hundred lives. According to the Tamil Nadu police, though consumption of alcohol results in major crimes and collisions, total prohibition may lead to other potential issues like black market trade. The police have recommended stricter traffic laws and introduction of smart cards to record the crime history of the drivers electronically. The state police stated during 2012 that public awareness was created and the officers were educated to improve reaction time to emergencies.

Notes

References

Crime in Tamil Nadu
Road incidents in India
Roads in Tamil Nadu


title: Into It. Over It.

text:
Into It. Over It. is the indie rock solo project of the Chicago, Illinois-based musician Evan Thomas Weiss. It is considered one of the top acts in the emo revival scene of the 2010s.

History
Evan Weiss grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His first exposure to emo was hearing the band Sunny Day Real Estate in the seventh grade while browsing a record shop. He continued his interest in music by buying Jade Tree and Polyvinyl recordings and going to local shows in Philadelphia. In the fourth or fifth grade, Weiss started the band J.A.R. with school friends; it eventually became The Progress and garnered modest local success. The Progress released an album and two EPs before breaking up in 2008. The Progress later reunited sporadically to perform one-off live shows. However, Weiss could not convince his bandmates to play in the band full-time.

Weiss started a solo project under the moniker Into It. Over It. He first released music through two unorthodox concept projects: 52 Weeks and Twelve Towns. 52 Weeks involved writing, recording, and releasing one song every week for a year; it was later released as a compilation). Twelve Towns was a 12-song project released over six separate splits with several different bands, each song was named after a town. In May 2011, Into It. Over It. made an appearance at Bled Fest.

The band released a split EP with Castevet titled Snack Town on Topshelf Records. The 7" vinyl version was released on July 28, 2010, while the digital edition came out on August 14, 2010. Into It. Over It. and Castevet then embarked on six-date tour together, spanning from June 29 to July 4, 2010.

In June, Weiss released Into It. Over It. first studio album, Proper on No Sleep Records, which was produced by Ed Rose. In November and December 2011, Into It. Over It. supported The Swellers on their European tour. In March and April 2012, Into It. Over It. supported The Wonder Years on the Glamour Kills Spring 2012 tour in the United States. To promote the tour, the bands released a compilation showcasing the bands covering each others' songs. Into It. Over It.'s contribution was a cover of The Wonder Years's track "Don't Let Me Cave In". This was followed up in 2013 with Intersections, released on Triple Crown Records and on Big Scary Monsters in UK/Europe.

In January 2015, Weiss and touring drummer Josh Sparks lived for a month in a secluded cabin in Craftsbury, Vermont where they wrote the third Into It. Over It. album. Built for the specific purpose of allowing musicians to work in isolation, Weiss said of the location: "We were an hour from the nearest gas station, an hour from the nearest grocery store. Isolated, 4ft of snow on the ground, and negative 20 degrees outside. The whole thing was run on solar or generator power, so no phone, no internet." He and Sparks spent thirteen hours a day writing music.

Weiss undertook a solo tour with Kevin Devine and Laura Stevenson, a stint in the UK with Modern Baseball, and several spring support dates for Minus the Bear. After more than 250 shows in fifteen counties since 2013, Weiss wrapped up touring. He began recording the band's third studio album, Intersections, with John Vanderslice. Weiss and Sparks entered Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studio in June to record. Weiss recalled: "We couldn't sweat the small stuff, you're not able to go in and tweak or micromanage little sections of the music. It helped me accept chaos in a way I couldn't before."

After Weiss completed a tour with his side project Pet Symmetry in support of Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room and Jeff Rosenstock, Into It. Over It. continued to play shows until the end of 2015. Notable dates included Riot Fest Chicago, The Promise Ring's New Year's Eve reunion show, Weiss's solo set at The Fest, a tour in support of The Get Up Kids in December.

Into It. Over It. promoted their third album Standards through an article on SPIN, a teaser on their Facebook page, and an interview with Noisey that was accompanied by a stream of the song "No EQ". Standards was released on March 11, 2016, through Triple Crown Records. March through May, the band toured the United States in support of the album alongside The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die.

Related acts
Weiss played in numerous bands from Chicago and his hometown of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He currently fronts Pet Symmetry with Erik Czaja and Marcus Nuccio of the emo band Dowsing. He also fronted Their / They're / There alongside Mike Kinsella of Owen and Matthew Frank of Loose Lips Sink Ships. He plays bass in both bands despite having gained notoriety as a guitarist in Into. It Over It. Bass was the first instrument he learned and is what he usually plays.

He was previously a member of Damiera and Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start. He also played in smaller bands during his high school years including, Labour, Map the Growth, The Funeral Bird, Hiroshima Mon'Amour, Sleeper Agents, The French Connection, Emergency, The Progress, and Forgive Her Choke Her.

In 2015, Into. It Over It.'s current drummer Josh Sparks and Evan Weiss' Their / They're / There bandmate Matthew Frank announced that they had formed a side project called Recreational Drugs, subsequently signing to Count Your Lucky Stars Records to release their debut self-titled EP. Sparks later left the band.

The original members of Into It. Over It.'s live band formed Stay Ahead of the Weather. They released an EP in 2010 and a split with The Wonder Years.

Members
Evan Thomas Weiss – vocals, guitar, bass, other instruments (2011–present)
Matt Frank – bass (2019–present)
Joe George – guitar (2019–present)
Adam Beck – drums (2017–present)

Touring members
Joshua David Sparks – drums (live, 2013–2017; session, 2015–2017)
Josh Parks – guitar (2013–2017)
Rodrigo Palma – bass (2015–2017)
Nick Wakim – drums (live, 2012–2013; session, 2011–2013)
Matt Jordan – guitar (2012–2013)
Owen Mallon – bass (2012–2013)
Tim Mortensen – bass (2013–2015)

Discography

Studio albums
 Proper (2011)
 Intersections (2013)
 Standards (2016)
 Figure (2020)

EPs
 Snug EP (2011)
 Life Is Suffering (2013)
 Home Is The Gift b/w I Want An Alien For Christmas (2020)

Compilations
 52 Weeks (2009)
 Twelve Towns (2011)

Split releases
 Diner State, Vol. 2 single (with The Prestige) (2008)
 IIOI/KOJI LP (with Koji) (2010)
 Split EP with Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate) (2010)
 Split EP with Bob Nanna and Lauren Lo (2010)
 Split EP with Everyone Everywhere (2010)
 Split EP with Pswingset (2010)
 Snack Town split EP with CSTVT (2010)
 Split EP with Such Gold (2011)
 Scott & Aubrey Wedding 7-inch EP (with The Forecast, The Swellers and Bomb the Music Industry!) (2012)
 Fest 11 Split EP (with Misser, State Lines and You Blew It!) (2012)
 Split EP with The Great Albatross (2013)
 Daytrotter Presents No. 12 LP (with Daniel Johnston) (2013)
 Split EP with Owen (2015)
 Reciprocity Split EP with Hikes (2022)
 Split EP with Malegoat (2022)

Miscellaneous
 Covers Cassette (2010)
 Tour EP (2010)
 Chicago Cassette (2011)
 Daytrotter Session (2011)
 Daytrotter Session (2012)
 Polyvinyl 4-Track Singles Series single (2014)
 Keep In Touch: June 2015 flexi-postcard 7" (2015)
 Daytrotter Session (2015)
 Session #2 on Audiotree Live (2016)
 STORM010 (2020)
 Canada Sessions (2020)
 Standards B-Sides (2020)

Compilation appearances
 Arbor Christmas: Volume 8 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "30 Ft. Spirit", "Assassination on X-Mas Eve" (Archers of Loaf cover) (2007)
 Arbor Christmas: Volume 9 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "Freezin'; Turnup Thermometerdrive" (2008)
 No Sleep 'Till Christmas (No Sleep Records), "Jingle Bell Broke" (2008)
 No Sleep 'Till Christmas 2 (No Sleep Records), "Westmont, NJ" (2009)
 Arbor Christmas: Volume 11 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "For Agnes" (2010)
 No Sleep 'Till Christmas 3 (No Sleep Records), "For Agnes" (2010)
 Xtra Mile High Club, Vol. 3 (Xtra Mile Recordings), "The Bullied Becomes the Bully (live on WKDU)" (2011)
 A Tribute to Alkaline Trio (Pacific Ridge Records), "Message to Kathlene" (Alkaline Trio cover) (2011)
 Fuck Off All Nerds: A Benefit Compilation in Memory of Mitch Dubey (Topshelf), "Bustin'", "Raw Bar OBX 2002"
 Glamour Kills Tour, "Don't Let Me Cave In"
 Arbor Christmas: Volume 13 (Arbor Christmas Collections), "A Curse Worth Believing (demo)" (2012)
 A Comp for Mom (No Sleep Records), "For Agnes" (2014)
 While No One Was Looking: Toasting 20 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot Records), "Deep Red Bells" (Neko Case cover) (2015)
 Polyvinyl 4-Track Singles Series Vol. 1 (Polyvinyl Records), "Arsenic" (2015)
 Our First 100 Days, "Bergen-Belsen, Nov 8th 2016" (2017)
 Earbudz Volume One (No Earbuds), "Get Lost (Queen of Jeans)" (2021)
 Silence Is A Dangerous Sound: A Tribute To Fugazi (Ripcord), "Instrument" (2021)

References

External links

 Evan Weiss discusses three Into It. Over It. songs that paint a picture for the listener

American emo musical groups
Emo revival groups
Indie rock musical groups from Illinois
Triple Crown Records artists
Count Your Lucky Stars Records artists
Topshelf Records artists
No Sleep Records artists
Doghouse Records artists


title: Whitney Dancin' Special

text:
Whitney Dancin' Special is the first extended play/remix album by American singer Whitney Houston and was released exclusively in Japan on November 1, 1986 by Arista Records. It was manufactured and distributed by Nippon Phonogram during its original release, and by BMG Victor during its re-issue. It includes 5 remixed and 1 instrumental versions of songs from her self-titled debut album. The album peaked at number 14 in the Japanese charts and sold 19,480 copies there.

It was later released on US for the first time as part of Houston's 35th anniversary edition of her debut album. The box set included an alternate version of “You Give Good Love (Extended Dance Version)” with previously unreleased vocalizations. The version was later added as a seventh track to the digital version of the remix album.

Track listing

References

External links
  at Discogs
  at Discogs

Whitney Houston albums
1985 EPs
1985 remix albums
Albums produced by Narada Michael Walden
Arista Records albums


title: The Sea is Rising

text:
"The Sea is Rising" is a song by Australian hip hop trio Bliss n Eso featuring John Butler Trio. It was released in 2008 as the third single from the trio's third studio album, Flying Colours. The song peaked and debuted at No. 80 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In 2013, five years after its release, it was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales/shipments of over 35,000 copies.

Music video
The song's accompanying music video runs for 6 minutes and 46 seconds. It was released 28 October 2008. In the video Bliss n Eso walk down the street rapping the song, gradually gaining a following, as well as standing on a beach while TV's show clips of pollution and its effects for the human race.

Content
The song is about global warming, where 'The Sea is Rising' because icebergs are melting from the Earth's increased air temperature from pollution. The song's composition consists of a remixed rendition of The Delfonics song "Ready Or Not."

Chart performance
The song debuted and peaked at No. 80. It stayed on the chart for four weeks. It finished at No. 61 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 2008.

Charts

Certifications

References

2008 songs
Bliss n Eso songs
Illusive Sounds singles
2008 singles


title: Armorial of Ukraine

text:
The following gallery displays the official coats of arms of the 27 oblasts, autonomous republics and cities with special status of Ukraine:

State

Regional

Historical

Coats of Arms of Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia of Kievan Rus

Coats of Arms of Voivodeships of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth

Cossack Hetmanate

Coats of Arms of Governorates of Russian Empire in Ukraine

Coats of Arms of Crownlands of Austrian Empire in Ukraine

Oblasts

Cherkasy Oblast

Chernihiv Oblast

Chernivtsi Oblast

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Donetsk Oblast

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast

Kharkiv Oblast

Kherson Oblast

Khmelnytskyi Oblast

Kyiv Oblast

Kirovohrad Oblast

Luhansk Oblast

Lviv Oblast

Mykolaiv Oblast

Odesa Oblast

Poltava Oblast

Rivne Oblast

Sumy Oblast

Ternopil Oblast

Vinnytsia Oblast

Volyn Oblast

Zakarpattia Oblast

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Zhytomyr Oblast

See also
Armorial of Little Russia
Coat of arms of Ukraine
Flags of the regions of Ukraine

National symbols of Ukraine

Ukraine


title: Domenico Santi

text:
Domenico Santi, also known as il Mengazzino, (1621-1694) was an Italian painter, active in Modena, Mirandola, and Novellara, painting quadratura.

Biography
He was a pupil of Agostino Mitelli in Bologna. He moved to Mirandola in 1654. Among the pupils of Santi was Giacomo Alboresi,

References

17th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
Quadratura painters
Painters from Bologna
1621 births
1694 deaths


title: Anfila

text:
Anfila () was a settlement and historic district on the Red Sea coast of present-day Eritrea. Along with the nearby Bay of Zula, it was claimed by Ethiopia in the 19th century. Once used as a port for caravans, the Bay of Anfila is uninhabited.

References

Populated places in Eritrea
Red Sea


title: Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station

text:
The Collinsville City Hall and Fire Station are two connected buildings located at 125 Center St. in Collinsville, Illinois. The Italianate City Hall was built in 1885. It was Collinsville's first dedicated city hall; prior to its completion, government meetings were held at the mayor's house. The new city hall, along with several other public works projects, created a large debt which contributed to mayor Charles L. Oatman's defeat in the next election. The Romanesque Revival fire station was built next to City Hall in 1910. Additions in 1972 and 1994 connected the two buildings. A Civil War monument on the southeast corner the property was dedicated in 1926; while it was originally located between the two buildings, it moved to its current location when the fire station expanded in 1956.

The buildings were added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2004.

References

Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Italianate architecture in Illinois
Romanesque Revival architecture in Illinois
Government buildings completed in 1885
Government buildings completed in 1910
National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois
Buildings and structures in Madison County, Illinois
City and town halls in Illinois
Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois


title: Sirhind railway station

text:
Sirhind Junction railway station is located in Fatehgarh Sahib district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves  Sirhind & Fatehgarh Sahib. Sirhind Junction is situated on Attari–Delhi line and connect Sirhind–Una line. Sirhind Junction comes under Northern Railway zone in Ambala railway division.

The railway station
Sirhind railway station is at an elevation of  and was assigned the code – SIR.

History
The Scinde, Punjab & Delhi Railway completed  the -long Amritsar–Ambala–Saharanpur–Ghaziabad line in 1870 connecting Multan (now in Pakistan) with Delhi.

The Sirhind–Nangal line was opened in 1927.

Electrification
The Shahbad Markanda-Mandi Gobindgarh sector was electrified in 1995–96.

References

External links
 Trains at Sirhind

Railway stations in India opened in 1870
Railway stations in Fatehgarh Sahib district
Ambala railway division


title: Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy

text:
Jephtah's Daughter: A Biblical Tragedy is a 1909 American silent short film starring Annette Kellerman. The National Film and Television Archive of the British Film Institute has a print.

See also
Judges 11

References

Silent American drama films
American silent short films
American black-and-white films
Vitagraph Studios short films
Films based on the Hebrew Bible
1909 films
Book of Judges people
1909 drama films
1900s American films
1900s English-language films


title: Milan Čeleketić

text:
Milan Čeleketić (; born 12 August 1946) is a Serbian former major general active in the Serbian Army of Krajina and in the Armed Forces of FR Yugoslavia during and after the Croatian War of Independence.

Čeleketić was Commander of the 18th Western Slavonian Corps of the Serbian Army of Krajina. He became Chief of the Main Staff of the Serbian Army of Krajina on 22 February 1994. After the fall of Western Slavonia, he resigned as Chief on 17 May 1995.

After Operation Storm, he lived in Banja Luka for a time.

References

1946 births
Living people
People from Kikinda
Military of Serbian Krajina
Serbian soldiers
Yugoslav soldiers
Officers of the Yugoslav People's Army
Military personnel of the Croatian War of Independence
Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent


title: Pietro Sorri

text:
Pietro Sorri (1558-1622) was an Italian painter active in Siena.

Biography
He first studied under Arcangelo Salimbeni (father of Ventura), and afterwards under Cavaliere Domenico Passignano, whom he accompanied to Venice. Several of his works are in Florence and other cities of Tuscany, particularly at Pisa; he painted landscapes and portraits as well as history. Among his pupils were Giovanni Stefano Rossi, Bernardo Strozzi, and Astolfo Petrozzi. He was also active in Lucca, Genoa, Milan, and Pavia.

He painted an altarpiece for the church of San Ambrogio in Massa di Carrara.

Works
Death of Saint Anthony the Abbot (around 1602), Louvrem, Paris
Trinity and Saints, altarpiece at the Sant'Agostine (St. Augustine) church, Siena
Gesù benedicente, la Vergine e i Santi Francesco e Andrea (signed and dated in 1605), Saint Francis Basilica, Siena
Frescoes at the Certosa di Pavia with Alessandro Casolani
Portrait of an Artist, Uffizi Gallery, Florence

References

1558 births
1622 deaths
16th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
17th-century Italian painters
Painters from Siena
People from Castelnuovo Berardenga


title: Christian Joppke

text:
Christian Joppke is a German political sociologist, professor and chair in general sociology at the University of Bern, Switzerland. He is the author of more than one hundred publications, monographs and manuscripts and among the most widely cited authors in the field of citizenship and immigration. Essentially a critic of multiculturalism, Joppke is self-defined "a reactionary liberal."

Biography

Joppke holds a PhD degree from the University of California at Berkeley, United States.  Previous appointments include the University of Southern California, the European University Institute, the University of British Columbia, and International University Bremen. He is married to Catherine Kratz, a French lawyer, and has two sons, Ben and Nicolas.

List of Books (Monographs)
 Neoliberal Nationalism: Immigration and the Rise of the Populist Right. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
 Is Multiculturalism Dead? Crisis and Persistence in the Constitutional State. Cambridge: Polity, 2017.
The Secular State Under Siege: Religion and Politics in Europe and America. Cambridge: Polity, 2015.
Swedish translation published by Daidalos, Göteborg, 2015; Turkish and German translations appeared in 2018.
Legal Integration of Islam: A Transatlantic Comparison (with John Torpey). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2013.
Citizenship and Immigration. Cambridge: Polity, 2010.
Japanese translation published by Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 2013.
Veil: Mirror of Identity. Cambridge: Polity, 2009.
Japanese translation published by Hosei University Press, Tokyo, 2015.
Selecting by Origin: Ethnic Migration in the Liberal State. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2005
Immigration and the Nation-State: The United States, Germany, and Great Britain. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999.
East German Dissidents and the Revolution of 1989: Social Movement in a Leninist Regime. London: Macmillan and New York: New York University Press, 1995
Mobilizing Against Nuclear Energy: A Comparison of Germany and the United States. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1993.

References

External links
 Prof. Dr. Christian Joppke
 Christian Joppke
 UC Berkeley Sociology

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Academic staff of the University of Bern
German sociologists
Works about immigration
German male writers


title: Starting Over Again (2014 film)

text:
Starting Over Again is a Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Olivia M. Lamasan, starring  Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga. It was produced and distributed by Star Cinema as part of its 20th anniversary. It officially premiered in the Philippines on February 12, 2014.

The film was an instant box-office success earning 25 million pesos on its opening day. On March 15, 2014, a month after its theatrical release, the film earned a total domestic gross of 410 million pesos.

The story revolves on two former lovers who meet again four years later through a project, and the plot goes over flashbacks - an email, a backstory, and the self esteem of moving on, letting go, and redemption - a narrative used in most Olivia Lamasan films

Cast

Main cast

 Piolo Pascual as Marco Antonio Villanueva III
 Toni Gonzaga as Genina "Ginny" Gonzales
 Iza Calzado as Patricia "Patty" de Guia

Supporting cast
 Joross Gamboa as Ali
 Edgar Allan Guzman as Babas
 Cai Cortez as Beb
 Beauty Gonzalez as Wella
 Bryan Santos as Migo Samaniego
 Lito Pimentel as Ginny's father
 Yayo Aguila as Ginny's mother
 Liza Lorena as Marco's grandmother
 Jonah Zapata-Tan as Taong Grasa

Cameos

 Vhong Navarro as Chef
 Luis Manzano as Professor
 Sam Milby as Engr. Raffy Ariza
 Paul Soriano as Engr. Martin Cojuangco

Production
Development began eight months prior the release date with a working title of "Unlove You." The film was written by Carmi Raymundo who was behind some of Star Cinema films like It Takes a Man and a Woman released in 2013, and Bride for Rent released in January 2014. According to Raymundo, her vision of the film was to stray away from traditional Filipino love stories (which are already too mainstream in the Philippine market) so the film was created with an aim to tell a love story with a twist. The film was directed and produced by Olivia Lamasan, the woman behind successful films such as Madrasta (1996), Minsan, Minahal Kita (2000), Milan (2004), In My Life (2009), In the Name of Love (2011) and The Mistress (2012). According to Lamasan, the film was about a lover wishing for a second chance. Despite being the head of ABS-CBN's creative department, Lamasan was told to do a film that would fit Pascual to make their reunion worth it since they haven't done any projects for the last decade. The film also served as a reunion not only with Pascual and Lamasan, but for the lead actor and actress as well.  Their first collaboration was 13 years ago in a soda commercial. In an article by Crispina Martinez-Belen of the Manila Bulletin, it was stated that Malou Santos personally chose Gonzaga to portray the lead role.

Music
Filipina singer Lani Misalucha covered the Natalie Cole song, "Starting Over Again" as the movie's theme song.

Marketing
The official trailer was released on YouTube on January 18, 2014, and quickly became popular.

Release
The Starting Over Again red carpet premiere in the Philippines was attended by its principal cast members at the SM Megamall on February 10, 2014. The film was then commercially screened on February 12, 2014. The film also had a North American premiere held at the Fox Theatre in Redwood City, California, United States on February 15, 2014. It was later released commercially starting February 21 to 27 in the United States, February 21 to March 6 in Canada, March 6 in Australia and the Middle East, specifically in Dubai, Qatar and Bahrain.

Critical reception
According to a review by Bubbles Salvador of the Philippine Entertainment Portal on February 15, 2014, Salvador praised the film for having all elements of a romantic movie. It was well directed by a renowned director, it had great chemistry between the lead actors, and there were funny scenes that will surely provide a few laughs. Salvador also added, "But it seems that’s all there is to it as the film clearly chose to stick to the tried and tested formula, leaving viewers with nothing new. That is, aside from the fact that the movie veers from the typical love story timeline (boy meets girl, they get together, girl leaves boy, they get back together), plus there's also an attempt to put a twist to the ending." Salvador's reviews were also similar to Rito P. Asilo's review in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Asilo wrote, "The film’s romantic three-way premise is by no means original, but Lamasan makes it work because she has no trouble making its fusion of potent drama and self-deprecating comedy (a running gag about the Virgin Mary is particularly hilarious) settle into a coherent and "relatable" story that doesn't undermine viewers' intelligence and sense of morality." Aya Tantiangco's review on Spot.PH noted the film's similarity with One More Chance in terms of story and character. Tantiangco awarded the film 3.5 out of 5 stars and said that it is a "funny" and well-written romantic-comedy flick. However, she criticizes Gonzaga's character as "shallow," but noted Pascual's character as "mature" and "outstanding."

Rappler'''s Zig Marasigan praised how the pacing of the movie went, making the audience realize that a perfect love story can also have flaws. He also called the story "realistic, satisfying, and brave". However, he criticizes the film's tone and said that it is questionable inserting comedy in a dramatic and painful scene. Florence Hibionada of The Daily Guardian said that the scenes are "memorable" and worth it. She also noted the film's unpredictability and sense of direction. Rianne Hill Soriano of Yahoo! Voices expressed dismay at most scenes that she described as "annoying." She criticizes the pre-climax scenes as "lame" and the hospital scene for the character's closure as "disappointing." Philbert Ortiz-Dy of ClickTheCity.com awarded the film 2 stars out of 5, stating that the supposedly mature film turned to a completely novice-made one. He also stressed that it "failed to take its own advice," wherein the film ended up the old way.

Box office
The film earned 25 million pesos on its opening day. After four days, the film earned 150 million pesos after being shown in over 270 cinemas nationwide. It earned another 50 million pesos on its fifth day, earning a total gross of 200 million pesos. On March 3, 2014, eighteen days after its theatrical release, the film earned a total domestic gross of 360 million pesos. According to Box Office Mojo International, the film was consistently number one in the box office since February 19 to 23. On March 15, 2014, after a month since it was released, the film had already earned 410 million pesos.

As of April 1, 2014, the film has already earned US$ 1,741,838 or PHP 78.38 million pesos in the United States after being screened in 52 cinemas and theaters, according to Los Angeles-based Hollywood news site, moviecitynews.com''.

See also
 Last Night

References

External links
 Starting Over Again Official website

2014 films
Star Cinema films
Philippine romantic comedy films
Filipino-language films
Films directed by Olivia Lamasan


title: David Reeves (composer)

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David Reeves  (born 1943) is an Australian composer, conductor and organist. He began his professional career as a concert organist in the early 1960s, turning to conducting and composition some ten years later. He is the composer of original modern music that bridges commercial and classical styles. 'An original Australian Musical Trailblazer' - Tommy Tycho OBE AM - Channel 9 - Star-Sound Recording Studios 1992 (Interview - Rod Henshaw Radio 4BC).

Education and career

Reeves was born in Sydney and educated at Shore School, where his musical promise was recognised early by George Faunce Allman who, with his wife Dora, taught him piano and organ as well as placing him in the choir of St James' Church, Sydney, as a chorister.

Reeves' first organ appointment was as organist for Sydney Hospital Chapel, followed by his first professional engagement as Director of Music at the Garrison Church, Miller's Point, both while he was still at school.

Reeves studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under Alexander Sverjensky (piano), George Faunce Allman (organ) and Norman Johnston (organ). He was awarded both of the overseas music scholarships available in the early sixties: the Alice Bryant Memorial Scholarship for Organists and the Sydney Organ Society Scholarship for Overseas Study. In 1962, Reeves was appointed accompanist to the Sydney University Graduate Choir.  During the 1960s, English organ builders J. W. Walker & Sons expanded into Australia, and in 1963 they appointed Reeves as their recitalist, leading to the opening recitals of many new and rebuilt organs throughout Australia.

Whilst at the Sydney Conservatorium, Reeves performed as jazz pianist in addition to his organ performances (including Quo Vadis in Martin Place). He taught briefly at the Presbyterian Ladies' College in Croydon before being appointed by Betty Archdale to the music staff of Abbotsleigh school, where he later became Director of Music. By the end of the decade he had left Abbotsleigh to open his own music school, Bainbridge Reeves Academy of Music, which became well known on Sydney's North Shore. During this time, he also adjudicated for Channel Nine TV in Sydney with Terry Dear's New Faces Talent Programmes.

Works as performer

Reeves has performed as an organ recitalist in all the main venues in Australia, including ABC radio broadcasts from the Sydney Town Hall. He was especially sought after for his improvisations which concluded nearly all his recitals, as well as becoming a feature of his liturgical performances, as demonstrated through his many recordings.

From 1963 to 1978, Reeves accompanied the very popular annual Combined Churches' presentations of Handel's Messiah conducted by Richard Thew. The choir grew to some eight hundred voices and these performances filled the Sydney Town Hall for three nights each year. They were a highlight of the Sydney Christmas calendar in the sixties and seventies.

Reeves became particularly identified with the famous "Hill" organ in the Sydney Town Hall, where he worked extensively from 1963 to 1976 as recitalist. He also performed at Civic Receptions, School Speech Days, presentation evenings and State occasions, including the presentation of Commercial Advertising Awards. He performed with a number of choirs and choral ensembles, including the Oriana Singers under the direction of Norman Johnston.

Always a champion for the cause of music, his "international language that crosses all divides", he is noted for taking every opportunity to pass on his excitement in making music to young people.  Reeves has given workshops and seminars, was a visiting Australian composer at Gordonstoun school in Scotland, and was the founder of the Australian "Operation Young Composer" Award programme which has provided opportunities for overseas study for several young Australian composers.

Reeves has adjudicated numerous Eisteddfods, including the City of Sydney, Parramatta, Gunnedah and Tamworth Eisteddfods. He has given of his time to a number of schools and individuals in the interests of the "musical journey" he loves, including through music camps for performance and composition. Between 1977 and 1982, his schedule included two busy contracts with TAS in country NSW, a prolific period during which he composed the scores for at least one musical each year, musically directing the performances as well as practising music teaching techniques (including choral training) developed from his own performance and composition.

Works as composer

David Reeves has composed music for theatre, stage, concert hall and church, warming particularly to vocal textures in the Cathedral and large Choral traditions, as well as theatrical/jazz styles. The musical spirit in his organ and piano (jazz) performances as a young performer infiltrated into nearly all his compositions as a mature composer.

His works includes opera, oratorio, musicals, orchestral and chamber compositions, as well as commercial music composed electronically. Reeves' work has been seen and heard on stage and in churches, concert halls and festivals. His style is theatrical and filmic, symphonic and homogenous, employing lyrical and linear melodic phrasing with a tendency towards rich orchestration.  His approach to the human voice is similar, reaching out to the full range and tones of the artists and choirs for which he writes. He leans toward the classical and romantic but writes in contemporary styles influenced by Broadway.

Reeves has been described as "one of the most brilliant and unique artistic creative forces to originate from Australia" (Meridian Television 2000), through works including the chamber opera Dorian, the Oratorio Becket – The Kiss of Peace, and the musical Seven Little Australians, the very first major home-grown musical box-office success in Australia's theatrical history.

From the early 1970s Reeves has been awarded many creative contracts, including the Hanna Barbera Christmas film Silent Night, the musical recording Pilgrimage, a commercial album celebrating the musical highlights of the first Papal Tour of Australia, a music and poetry album featuring the voice and poetry of Sydney radio personality John Laws.

In 1987 the Australian Bicentennial Authority appointed Reeves as composer for the soundtrack to the promotional film for the "Tall Ships" celebration to take place on Sydney Harbour in 1988.  Also in that year, his theatre musical Seven Little Australians, based on the classic Australian story originally created by Ethel Turner, opened at the Comedy Theatre in Melbourne. The musical was to run for more than 500 performances in the main theatres throughout the eastern states.  The Royal Queensland Theatre Company produced a sellout season in 1991.  The amateur rights are now regularly taken up and many musical societies have performed the piece in recent years. David Reeves' production quickly became the biggest box office success ever in this country for a fully homegrown original stage musical production with music, lyrics and book all created by Australians.

Reeves’ opera Cyrano de Bergerac followed in 1992.

By now completely based in London, Reeves scored Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray, which was performed on the West End.  The treatment of the text was extremely controversial, which was reflected in several negative critiques in 1997.

In 1999 Reeves returned to more conventional texts and recorded his oratorio Becket – The Kiss of Peace. A subsequent performance of this work became the highlight of the Canterbury Festival in 2000, given under the auspices of HRH Prince Charles to raise funds for the Prince's Trust. That performance featured the choristers of Canterbury Cathedral with the English Chamber Singers, the English Festival Orchestra and soloists including James Bowman, Gillian Keith and David Wilson-Johnson.

In 2002 Reeves composed his oratorio Planet Requiem, which was commissioned by Assisi's 'Festival of Peace'.

2018 saw Reeves' 'STAGE DOOR' SONGBOOK SERIES  titled 'SONGS FROM AUSTRALIAN MUSICALS' published by Origin Theatrical with international distribution through Hal Leonard Music. A work highlighting theatrical music and lyric material originating from Australia. The SYDNEY ORGAN JOURNAL interview was published in 2019 in an article titled 'EXPANDED HORIZONS'.

Reeves' new musical, 'EVER THE BEST OF FRIENDS', a cross between opera and musical completed a workshop at the SYDNEY CONSERVATORIUM OF MUSIC in February 2020.

Awards and nominations
Reeves was presented with the Variety Club Award for Service to the Arts in 1995.

In the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours Reeves was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his "service to the performing arts, particularly through music composition".

ARIA Music Awards
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.

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Major works
 'Tuba I-IV-V' (for organ) – 1966  Publisher DRM [ APRA | AMCOS ]
 'Instrumental Pops" – 1968 Publisher Anglo Continental Publishing
 Ballet – 1970 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (composed for ABC Television)
 'Silent Night'– Incidental Music 1973 Publisher Hanna-Barbera (composed for film 'Silent Night' commission Hanna-Barbera)
 'Musical Colours' 1976 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (commissioned for Crippled Children Concert Sydney Town Hall 1977)
 'The Lord's my Shepherd' 1977 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (Cantata for choir and organ)
 'Tall Ships' score 1977 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (commission Australian Bicentennial Authority)
 'A People's Mass' –  1980 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (An approachable 'Folk Mass' for general performance)
 'Piano Quintet' – 1982 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (Tone poem based on Australian outback)
 'Organ Sonata' – 1985 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (first performed 1986 by the composer 'Great Hall' – Sydney University)
 'Organ Fantasia' 1986 – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (first performed by the composer 'Sydney Opera House' – 1987)
 'This Australian Christmas' 2009 – (Works for choir and organ) Three Australian Christmas Carols – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'Seven Little Australians' – (Musical premiered 1988 – Premiered Comedy Theatre Melbourne – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'Favorite Son' – (Reeves/Stapleton 1990 – Musical premiered 1990 Melbourne Australia – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'James and Maggie' 1991 – Musical Reeves/Yeldham – based on the J C Williamson theatre years)
 'Cyrano de Bergerac' – 1991–92 – (Opera premiered Brisbane Queensland Australia1992- first recorded EMI)
 'Cyrano' – 1994 – (Musical album recorded Prestige Records – London UK)
 'Dorian' – 1997 – (Opera premiered – Arts Theatre London −1997) Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'Becket – The Kiss of Peace' – 1999 (Oratorio premiered Canterbury Festival, Canterbury 2000 – score recorded CTS London 1999 and 'live' at Canterbury Cathedral 2000) – Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'Planet Requiem' – 2002 – (Oratorio commissioned Assisi Festival for Peace, Assisi Italy 2002) Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'Grand Central' 2006 – (Musical Work in Progress- first try-out Civic Theatre Newcastle, NSW Australia)
 'Vox' – 2009 (Musical – An original story of Americans returned from combat in Iraq) Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]
 'Hey! Hey! – [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer] – 1980–2013 (Young people's musical set to Mark Twain's theatrical text) Publisher DRM [APRA/AMCOS]

Major recordings
 'Tuba I-IV-V' (for organ) – 1966 (recorded by the composer 'Organ Album – St John's Launceston 1977 and 'Peace and Love' EP – Canterbury Cathedral 2001)  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) English Gramophone International
 'Instrumental Pops" –  1968 Anglo Continental Publishing (P) Instrumental Pops Orchestra – Hamburg 1968)
 'Musical Colours' 1976 –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Bodemo Pty Ltd ('Crippled Children' Album – Sydney Town Hall)
 'The Lord's my Shepherd' (Cantata) 1977 –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Bodemo Pty Ltd
 'Tall Ships' score 1977 –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Showproms EG (commission Australian Bicentennial Authority)
 'Organ Sonata' – 1985 –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) English Gramophone Showproms (recorded 1986 by the composer 'Great Hall' – Sydney University)
 'Seven Little Australians' – 1988 – (Musical premiered 1988) (recording –  Castle Communications Pty Ltd (P) EMI) (recording –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Showproms – English Gramophone)
 'Seven Little Australians' – 1988 [EP] – Julie Anthony  Castle Communications Pty Ltd (P) EMI
 'Cyrano de Bergerac' –  1991–92 – (Opera premiered Brisbane Queensland Australia1992- first recorded EMI)  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) English Gramophone – Showproms)
 'Cyrano' – Reeves/Shaper – 1994  St James (P) Prestige London
 'Becket – The Kiss of Peace' – 1999 –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) English Gramophone [Jersey ] (recorded CTS Studios Wembley Middlesex UK
 'Becket – The Kiss of Peace' – 2000 –  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) English Gramophone Showproms – (Oratorio premiered Canterbury Festival, Canterbury 2000 – first recorded CTS London and 'live' at Canterbury Cathedral 2000)
 'Peace and Love' – from Canterbury Cathedral – 2002 [EP]  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) English Gramophone

Major Recordings by Reeves as Producer
 'Pilgrimage' – 1970  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Grenfel David Reeves Productions P/L
 'In Love is an Expensive Place to Die' – 1971  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Ultimat ULP 2002
 'Seven Little Australians Musical And Original Tour' - 1988-89

Major Recordings by Reeves as Organist
 David Reeves at the Grand Organ, Sydney Town Hall – 1971  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Unison AAVR
 David Reeves in the Church of St Gabriel, Reservoir, Victoria Australia  DRM [APRA] (P) Bodemo Records
 SING MESSIAH 800 Voices – Combined Church Choirs – Richard Thew – David Reeves 1963–1972 – Sydney Town Hall  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) EG Jersey
 David Reeves Organ Virtuoso – St John's Church, Launceston, Tasmania – 1977  DRM [APRA] (P) Bodemo Records
 David Reeves The Crippled Children's Album – Sydney Town Hall −1979  DRM [APRA/AMCOS] (P) Bodemo Records

References

1943 births
Living people
Australian male composers
Australian composers
Australian conductors (music)
Australian classical organists
Male classical organists
Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni
21st-century conductors (music)
21st-century organists
21st-century Australian male musicians
21st-century Australian musicians
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia


title: Green Township, Fremont County, Iowa

text:
Green Township is one of thirteen townships in Fremont County, Iowa, United States.  As of the 2010 census, its population was 281 and it contained 122 housing units.

Geography
As of the 2010 census, Green Township covered an area of ; of this,  (99.95 percent) was land and  (0.05 percent) was water.

Cities, towns, villages
 Tabor

Cemeteries
The township contains Dawsonburg Cemetery, Mount Zion Cemetery, Penny Cemetery, Rhodes Cemetery and Ross Cemetery.

Transportation
 U.S. Route 275

School districts
 Fremont-Mills Community School District
 Sidney Community School District

Political districts
 Iowa's 3rd congressional district
 State House District 23
 State Senate District 12

References

External links
 City-Data.com

Townships in Iowa
Townships in Fremont County, Iowa


title: Barapukuria Power Station

text:
Barapukuria Power Station is located near Durgapur, Dinajpur, Bangladesh. It consists of two 125 megawatt units and one 275 MW unit. This coal-fired power station was commissioned in 2006, and is operated by the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).

There are three units of the plant, operated by BPDB, which are jointly able to generate 525MW power. Two units are capable of generating 250MW power together and third unit can generate 275MW power which is synchronised with national from late December 2017.

The power plan was shut down after the discovery of Barapukuria coal scam on 22 July 2018, due to acute shortage of coal. Before the shut down of the plant it had been supplying around 380MW power to the national grid on an average.

When the power plant shutdown in first time, the people of eight northern districts of Rangpur and Dinajpur regions suffered most lacking of electricity. After the consideration of their suffering, BPDB decided to restart one of its units for five days from August 20 to lessen public suffering. On 28 August in 2018; the plant shut down again.

On 14 September 2018, the coal plant started to produce electricity again.

See also

Electricity sector in Bangladesh
List of power stations in Bangladesh

References

External links

Fossil fuel power stations in Bangladesh
Coal-fired power stations in Bangladesh


title: Andrew Halliday (physician) bibliography

text:
This is a list of works published by Sir Andrew Halliday, K.B.E., M.D.

Books written by Halliday

 Other ebooks available at:
 and
 and

 Republished:

Articles written by Halliday
 Reprinted:

Books edited by Halliday
 Published posthumously.

Bibliographies of Scottish writers
Scottish literature
Works by Scottish writers


title: Toronto Ribfest

text:
Toronto Ribfest is an annual ribfest held in Centennial Park in Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada during the Canada Day weekend.

Overview

The Toronto Ribfest is run by the Etobicoke Rotary Club. The festival is not for profit, volunteer run and gives all proceeds to charity. The festival takes place each year around the Canada Day weekend. The festival features rib vendors (which travel from all over North America), live music and beer for sale. The festival also includes many child friendly activities.

History

The Toronto Ribfest was inaugurated in 1999. A drive-thru only event happened in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto.

References

See also
London Ribfest
Canada's Largest Ribfest

Food and drink festivals in Canada


title: Truro Highlands Historic District

text:
The Truro Highlands Historic District encompasses an area of North Truro, Massachusetts, within the Cape Cod National Seashore, that has served as a recreational destination for more than 175 years.  The major features of the district, which is centered on Highland Road east of US Route 6, are the Highland Light Station, the Highland House (now a museum), and the Highland Golf Links, one of the oldest golf courses on Cape Cod.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape Cod National Seashore
National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

References

National Register of Historic Places in Cape Cod National Seashore
Historic districts in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Truro, Massachusetts
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts


title: Prashant Thakur

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Prashant Thakur  is an Indian politician from Maharashtra. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life
Thakur was born in Panvel on 5 August 1974, son of Ramsheth Changu Thakur and Shakuntala Thakur. Ramsheth Thakur is a former Member of Parliament (MP). Thakur started studying civil engineering but left after his second year.

He married Varsha Thakur and raised 2 children.

Political career
Thakur was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from Panvel, Maharashtra in the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election as a candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He served as Chairman of CIDCO, a politician in Panvel contested the 2014 Maharashtra Elections.

Thakur became President of the Raigad District Youth Congress Committee in 2005. He then became the President of the Panvel Municipal Corporation in 2006 and served until 2009.

Thakur is a member of the board of directors at Janardan Bhagat Shikshan Prasarak Sanstha in Panvel. He is the managing director at Shahu Institute of Information Technology Pvt. Ltd.

He serves as managing director of the Shahu Institute of Information Technology and the Director of Malhar Network - the core entity which organizes the popular Malhar Mahotsav at CKT College, Panvel.

Controversies
Thakur changed parties during his career. He first joined the PWP party. He then joined Congress party and then joined BJP. Former Uran MLA Vivek Patil warned Thakur to file PIL against him. He said "Thakur had used unfair means to acquire land for sports complex in Ulwe". The Shiv Sena-led Maharashtra government removed Thakur as chairman of CIDCO, which was building the Navi Mumbai international airport with a private player.

See also
 Panvel (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly

References

External links

People from Navi Mumbai
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Maharashtra
Living people
Maharashtra MLAs 2004–2009
1974 births
Maharashtra MLAs 2014–2019
Indian National Congress politicians
Peasants and Workers Party of India politicians


title: 2001 Davis Cup Americas Zone

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The Americas Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

In the Americas Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I

Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group II in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Group II

Winners in Group II advanced to the Americas Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Americas Zone Group III in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Group III

The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Americas Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Americas Zone Group IV in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Final standings

  and  promoted to Group II in 2002.
  and  relegated to Group IV in 2002.

Group IV

The top two teams in Group IV advanced to the Americas Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

Draw

References

External links
Davis Cup official website

Davis Cup Americas Zone
Americas Zone


title: 2014 Big 12 Conference football season

text:
The 2014 Big 12 Conference football season was the 19th season of college football player for the Big 12 Conference.  It was part of the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

Preseason

Big 12 Media Preseason Poll

() first place votes

Preseason All-Big 12
2014 Pre-season Coaches All-Big 12

Offensive Player of the Year: Bryce Petty, Baylor, QB
Defensive Player of the Year: Devonte Fields, TCU, DL
Newcomer of the Year: Tyreek Hill, Oklahoma State, WR

Rankings

Head coaches

 Art Briles, Baylor
 Paul Rhoads, Iowa State
 Clint Bowen, Kansas interim
 Bill Snyder, Kansas State
 Bob Stoops, Oklahoma

 Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State
 Gary Patterson, TCU
 Charlie Strong, Texas
 Kliff Kingsbury, Texas Tech
 Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia

Schedule

Week one

Week two

Week three

Week four

Week five

Week six

Week seven

Week eight

Week nine

Week ten

Week eleven

Week twelve

Week thirteen

Week fourteen

Week fifteen

Bowl games

Home game attendance

All-Big 12 Teams

The 2014 Coaches All-Big 12 team. Selections are made by the league's 10 head coaches, who are not permitted to vote for their own players.

Individual Honors
 Chuck Neinas coach of the Year: Gary Patterson, TCU
 Offensive Player of the Year: Trevone Boykin, TCU, QB
 Defensive Player of the Year: Paul Dawson, TCU, LB
 Offensive Newcomer of the Year: Tyreek Hill, Oklahoma State, ATH
 Defensive Newcomer of the Year: Shaq Riddick, West Virginia, DL
 Offensive Freshman of the Year: Samaje Perine, Oklahoma, RB
 Defensive Freshman of the Year: Kamari Cotton-Moya, Iowa State, DB
 Special Teams Player of the Year: Tyler Lockett, Kansas State, KR/PR
 Co-Offensive Linemen of the Year: Spencer Drango, Baylor, OL & B. J. Finney, Kansas State, OL
 Defensive Lineman of the Year: Emmanuel Ogbah, Oklahoma State, DL

First Team Offense

First Team Defense

First Team Special Teams

Second Team Offense

Second Team Defense

Second Team Special Teams

References


title: Alexandru Barbu

text:
Alexandru Barbu (born March 8, 1945 in Peleu) is an alpine skier from Romania. He competed for Romania at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics, in the slalom and giant slalom.

References

1945 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sibiu
Romanian male alpine skiers
Olympic alpine skiers for Romania
Alpine skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 2018 Winter Olympics


title: Old North Cemetery (Truro, Massachusetts)

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The Old North Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Truro, Massachusetts.  The cemetery, formerly the Old North Graveyard, was established in 1713 on the Hill of Storms where the first church in Truro was built in 1709. It remained the town's only cemetery until 1799 when the Pine Grove Cemetery was established. Old North is on US Route 6 between Aldrich Road and South Highland Road.  Many individuals associated with Truro's early development are buried here, as are ship's captains.  When originally laid out, the cemetery was about  in size; it was expanded in 1926 and again in 1974 and is now 5.8 acres.  The oldest part of the cemetery is its northernmost section, abutting Aldrich Road. As of 2022 there are approximately 1,670 burials in the cemetery. Over half of those buried in the original "Old Stone" (north) section were less than 50 years old when they died.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

History
The first church in Truro was built prior to 1709 as it was a requirement for incorporation of a town. Experts differ on the site, but the consensus is that the second building erected in 1720 was at the site of the first building. Some unmarked graves were found near the site of the present Christian Union Church. These are thought to be of people who died prior to 1713 or who were buried apart from the community due to pestilence or a family wish for separation. The replacement church building was called "The First Church of Christ in Truro" and the site was named the "Hill of Storms" being exposed to winds from all directions.

At a meeting on May 22, 1713 the town voted that the selectmen should take care to have a convenient piece of ground cleared on the north side of the meeting-house in Truro, for a burying place, and the charge be paid out of the Town Treasury. When the new church was built in Truro center a new graveyard was established in the churchyard and the old cemetery remained in the ownership of the town. The cemetery is on the Massachusetts Historical Commission record and the National Register of Historic Places.

Grave markers
As the oldest cemetery in Truro it has the largest number of 18th century grave markers in the town. There are a large number of the round shouldered slate stones dating to the 18th century. The earliest grave is 1713 where Hannah Paine aged 52 is buried. The 18th century stones have typical motifs of the period, skulls with wings, sunsets, hourglasses, etc. The next important group of markers are the marble slabs dating from the mid and late 19th century. These come in many shapes, but round topped and pointed topped are the most common. The burial ground has a large number of 20th and 21st century slabs. Residents of the town continue to be buried in the cemetery today.

Truro Cemetery Commission
The cemetery is overseen by an elected board of three town residents whose powers and duties are to care for and manage all public burial grounds in town. Caring for the cemeteries includes maintenance of grounds, trees, roads, fences, mausoleums, and burial memorials. Management includes record-keeping, selling burial plots to residents, issuing deeds, staking plots and arranging the installation of permanent plot markers, and, when there is a death, issuing burial permits which are free but required for burial in a town cemetery.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

References

External links

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Truro, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
1713 establishments in the Province of Massachusetts Bay
Cemeteries established in the 18th century


title: Stettin Bay

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The Stettin Bay, also spelled as Stetin Bay, is a bay in the Bismarck Sea, within the Pacific Ocean, on the north coast of the island of New Britain. It is located in the Kimbe Bay, between the Willaumez Peninsula to the east, and Hoskins Peninsula to the west, within the West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Name
The Stettin Bay, also spelled as Stetin Bay, is named after the German-language name of the city of Szczecin, Poland, which is Stettin. It was named as such in the late 19th century, while the island of New Britain, then known as New Pomerania (German: Neupommern), was part of the German New Guinea, a colony of the German Empire. At the time Szczecin was the capital of the Province of Pomerania in Germany. During the colonial era, the bay was known in German as Stettinerbucht (Stettin Bay).

Characteristics
The Stettin Bay is a bay in the Bismarck Sea, within the Pacific Ocean, on the north coats of the island of New Britain. It is located in the Kimbe Bay, between the Willaumez Peninsula to the east, and Hoskins Peninsula to the west, within the West New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. The bay is around 35 km wide and about 25 km deep. Upstream coral reefs block a large part of the access to the bay. Among them are Grabo Reef, Reeson Reef, Roberts Reef, Mowen Reef, and Fish Reef. Northwest of the bay are the islands of Garua Island, Schaumann Island, and Restorff Island. On the coast of the Stettin Bay is located the town of Kimbe, the capital of West New Britain Province.

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West New Britain Province
Bismarck Sea
Bays of New Britain


title: Texas caviar

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Texas caviar, also called cowboy caviar, is a bean salad consisting of black-eyed peas lightly pickled in a vinaigrette-style dressing, often eaten as a dip accompaniment to tortilla chips.

History
Texas caviar was created in the U.S. state of Texas around 1940 by Helen Corbitt, a native New Yorker who later became director of food service for the Zodiac Room at Neiman Marcus in Dallas, Texas. She first served the dish on New Year's Eve at the Houston Country Club. When she later served it at the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Texas, it was given its name, "Texas caviar," as a humorous comparison to true caviar, an expensive hors d'oeuvre of salt-cured fish roe.

Variations
In addition to black-eyed peas and a piquant dressing, the dip can be modified by adding black beans, alliums like red onion, scallions, and garlic, hot or mild peppers, tomato, cilantro, corn, and spices like cumin and coriander.

See also
 Hoppin' John, a black-eyed pea dish served for good luck on New Year's Eve, as Texas caviar originally was

References

Salads
Legume dishes
Vegetable dishes
Vegetarian cuisine
Vegan cuisine
Tex-Mex cuisine
Texan cuisine
Cuisine of the Southwestern United States
Texas culture
Dips (food)


title: Armine Pickett

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Armine Pickett (July 10, 1800April 25, 1875) was an American farmer, politician, and Wisconsin pioneer.  He was the first white settler in the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, and the namesake of Pickett, Wisconsin.  He also served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing southern Winnebago County in the 1861 session.

Biography

Armine Pickett was born in July 1800.  He resided for some time at Litchfield, Ohio, before moving west to the Wisconsin Territory in 1840.  In Wisconsin, he initially settled in Jefferson County, but went north in the fall of 1845 and eventually selected to settle in what is now the town of Utica, Winnebago County, Wisconsin.

Although his time in Jefferson County was brief, it did have a lasting impact on the economy of the state due to the actions of his wife, Anne.  While living on a farm in the vicinity of Lake Mills, Wisconsin, Anne had the idea to enlist their neighbors and the neighbors' cows in a cooperative to manufacture cheese.  The neighbors agreed and provided Anne with their milk, which Anne then manufactured into cheese.  The finished cheese was then distributed to the various cow-owners who could trade it for other goods in nearby markets.  Her venture was described as the first dairy cooperative in the United States, and the first commercial cheese factory in Wisconsin.

In late August 1860, Pickett sheltered abolitionist Sherman Booth at his farm, where an unsuccessful attempt was made to arrest Booth under the Fugitive Slave Act for helping to free escaped slave Joshua Glover. A few months later, on November 6, 1860, he was elected a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly for the Third Winnebago County Assembly district (the Towns of Black Wolf, Utica, Nepeuskin, Rushford, Omro and Nekemi).

He later ran for Wisconsin's 19th State Senate district as a candidate of the short-lived Democratic Reform or Liberal Reform Party, but was defeated in the 1874 general election.

He served as postmaster of the Welaunee or Weelaunee post office; and as chairman of the Town of Utica's board of supervisors.

The settlement of Pickett. Pickett Station or Pickett's Station, formerly named Weelaunee, was renamed in his honor.

He died April 25, 1875.

Electoral history

Wisconsin Senate (1874)

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1875 deaths
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Wisconsin Reformers (19th century)
19th-century American politicians
Wisconsin pioneers


title: Akura, Jammu and Kashmir

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Akura is a village in Anantnag sub district in Anantnag district in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located on the bank of river lidder in Anantnag  district India union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. There is a power receiving station, Anmt (nursing college) EIDGAH located on the banks of lidder. High schools of the district include Anantnag  M.I.E (Model Institute of Education) Akura

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, the village has a population of 3,048; 1,493 are male and 1,555 female.

References

Villages in Anantnag district


title: Pine Grove Cemetery (Truro, Massachusetts)

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The Pine Grove Cemetery is the second oldest cemetery in Truro, Massachusetts.  The cemetery was established in 1799; it is located on Cemetery Road in a remote area of the Cape Cod National Seashore.  Originally established by Truro's Methodists, the cemetery was located near a church which has not survived.  The cemetery is surrounded by a fence made of granite posts connected by iron rails.  Access to its interior is via a gravel roadway that roughly bisects the property from east to west; there is also a grassy path to a pedestrian gate on the south side.  Burials in the cemetery date from 1799 to the recent past.

The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

See also
 National Register of Historic Places listings in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

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External links

Cemeteries on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
Cemeteries in Barnstable County, Massachusetts
Truro, Massachusetts
National Register of Historic Places in Cape Cod National Seashore
1799 establishments in Massachusetts
Cemeteries established in the 1790s


title: 2001 Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone

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The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of the three zones of the regional Davis Cup competition in 2001.

In the Asia/Oceania Zone there were four different tiers, called groups, in which teams competed against each other to advance to the upper tier.

Group I

Winners in Group I advanced to the World Group qualifying round, along with losing teams from the World Group first round. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group I, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Group II

Winners in Group II advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group I. Teams who lost their respective ties competed in the relegation play-offs, with winning teams remaining in Group II, whereas teams who lost their play-offs were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Group III

The top two teams in Group III advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group II in 2002, whereas the bottom two teams were relegated to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group IV in 2002.

Participating nations

Draw

Final standings

  and  promoted to Group II in 2002.
  and  relegated to Group IV in 2002.

Group IV

The top two teams in Group IV advanced to the Asia/Oceania Zone Group III in 2002. All other teams remained in Group IV.

Participating nations

Draw

Final standings

  and  promoted to Group III in 2002.

References

External links
Davis Cup official website

Davis Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
Asia Oceania Zone


Chisocheton pentandrus subsp. paucijugus is a subspecies of Chisocheton pentandrus. It is a tree in the Meliaceae family. The specific epithet  is from the Latin meaning "few yokes", referring to the few leaflets.

Description
The tree grows up to  tall. The fruits taper at each end.

Distribution and habitat
Chisocheton pentandrus is found in Thailand and Malesia. Its habitat is wetter forests.

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pentandrus subsp. paucijugus
Plants described in 1979
Trees of Thailand
Trees of Malesia
Plant subspecies


title: Achuri

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Achuri is a village in the Bankura I CD block in the Bankura Sadar subdivision of the Bankura district in the state of West Bengal, India

Geography

Location
Achuri is located at .

Area overview
The map alongside shows the Bankura Sadar subdivision of Bankura district. Physiographically, this area is part of the Bankura Uplands in the west gradually merging with the Bankura-Bishnupur Rarh Plains in the north-east. The western portions are characterised by undulating terrain with many hills and ridges. The area is having a gradual descent from the Chota Nagpur Plateau. The soil is laterite red and hard beds are covered with scrub jungle and sal wood. Gradually it gives way to just uneven rolling lands but the soil continues to be lateritic. There are coal mines in the northern part, along the Damodar River. It is a predominantly rural area with 89% of the population living in rural areas and only 11% living in the urban areas.

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics
According to the 2011 Census of India, Achuri had a total population of 3,386 of which 1,728 (51%) were males and 1,658 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 406. The total number of literates in Achuri was 2,225 (74.66% of the population over 6 years).

Transport
State Highway 8 running from Santaldih (in Purulia district) to Majhdia (in Nadia district) passes through Achuri.

Anchuri railway station is on the Kharagpur-Bankura-Adra line of South Eastern Railway.

Education
NAM-Anchuri Madhyamik Vidyalaya is a Bengali-medium boys only institution established in 1959. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. The school has a library with 275 books and a playground.

NAM-Anchuri S.S. Girls High School is a Bengali-medium girls only institution established in 1968. It has facilities for teaching from class V to class X. The school has 5 computers and a library with 643 books.

Jyoti Pratibandhi Punarbasan Kendra, PO Gobinda Nagar, Kenduadihi, a specialized school for the hearing impaired, was established in 1994. It has facilities for teaching from class I to class VIII.

Healthcare
Anchuri Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Achuri, is the major government medical facility in the Bankura I CD block. There are primary health centres at Helna Susunia (with 10 beds) and Kanjakura (with 10 beds).

References

Villages in Bankura district


title: H. Lee Moffitt

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Houston Lee Moffitt (born November 10, 1941) is an American politician and attorney. He served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 1982 to 1984.

Early life and education
Moffitt was born in Tampa, Florida on November 10, 1941 to Clara and B. B. Moffitt Jr., a ship welder. He attended Henry B. Plant High School in Tampa, graduating in 1959. He later obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of South Florida in 1964 and his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law in 1967.

Career
Moffitt was elected to the Florida House in 1974, serving Tampa, Florida. He served as Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives, holding various positions throughout his ten years of service there. In 1976 he was selected as the Most Effective First-Term House member and presented with the Allen Morris Award by the Florida Times-Union. From 1978 to 1980 he chaired the Commerce Committee, and the House Reapportionment Committee from 1980 to 1982. He was again selected by St. Petersburg Times (now Tampa Bay Times) as the "most Effective Member of the House" in 1982, as Chairman of the House Reapportionment Committee.
In November 1982, he was elected Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and served in this capacity until 1984. He retired from the legislature in 1984 to return to the practice of law.

During his legislative career he passed constitutional resolutions that created a merit selection process for the Florida Appellate Judiciary and granting Floridians a right to privacy. Both constitutional amendments were approved by Florida voters. He also led the effort to pass the Water Quality and Assurance Act of 1983, and the Growth Management Act of 1985.

Moffitt serves on the board of the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute and on the Board of M2Gen, a for-profit subsidiary of the Moffitt Cancer Center. He was also the first University of South Florida alumni to be presented with the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1976.

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute

While a member of the house of representative, Moffitt spearheaded a project to build a cancer treatment center in Florida. Moffitt had been diagnosed with a malignant tumor in his left knee at age 29, for which he did a tumor resection. It was this experience, along with the death of friends, Joseph Lumia, Judy Barnett and George Edgecomb, from cancer, that motivated Moffitt to lobby for a cancer treatment center in Tampa. He secured an initial $70-million via the Legislature for the commencement of the construction.

The H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute officially opened on October 27, 1986, three years after its groundbreaking. Despite Moffitt's objection, the Florida legislature voted to name the facility in his honor. In 2006 he was honored by the Association of Community Cancer Centers' (ACCC) Annual Achievement Award for his commitment to combating cancer through the center he founded. Since its founding the center has expanded its services and was designated an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center in 2001.

Personal life
Moffitt is married to Dianne Davant Moffitt of Dianne Davant and Associates.  They make their homes in Palm City, Florida and Banner Elk, North Carolina.

Awards and recognition
 H.L. Culbreath Jr. Profile in Leadership Award - 2022
 Florida Icon - 2019
 Person of Vision Award - 2019
Lifetime Achievement Award from BioFlorida – 2017
 Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero – 2016
 Lifetime Achievement Award from Leadership Florida – 2013
 Annual Achievement Award from the Association of Community Cancer Centers – 2006.
 Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of South Florida – 1976
 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Florida Board of Regents
 National Achievement Award from Association of Community Cancer Centers

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1941 births
Politicians from Tampa, Florida
Cumberland School of Law alumni
University of South Florida alumni
Florida lawyers
Speakers of the Florida House of Representatives
Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
Living people


title: The End of the Tour

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The End of the Tour is a 2015 American drama film about writer David Foster Wallace. The film stars Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg, was written by Donald Margulies, and was directed by James Ponsoldt. Based on David Lipsky's best-selling memoir Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, screenwriter Margulies first read the book in 2011, and sent it to Ponsoldt, a former student of his, who took on the job of director. Filming took place in early 2014 in Michigan, with scenes also shot at the Mall of America. Danny Elfman provided the score, with the soundtrack featuring songs by musicians like R.E.M. and Brian Eno, whose inclusion was based on the kind of music Wallace and Lipsky listened to.

The film debuted at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, and was theatrically released on July 31, 2015, by A24 to critical acclaim, particularly for the performance of Segel. He received Best Actor nominations from various awards groups, including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead.

Plot
Writer David Lipsky is dismayed to hear about the suicide of novelist David Foster Wallace in 2008. He had interviewed the author over a period of days twelve years earlier, following the publication of Wallace's novel Infinite Jest, which received critical praise and became an international bestseller, a touchstone for numerous readers. He listens to the recordings he made during their time together.

The film returns to the period shortly after the book's release. Although initially skeptical of the high praise Wallace's book is receiving, Lipsky – a writer having only marginal success – is awestruck after reading it. He persuades his editor at Rolling Stone magazine to give him an assignment to interview Wallace during his book tour.

The journalist travels to meet Wallace at his home on the outskirts of Bloomington-Normal, Illinois (near Illinois State University where the author teaches writing). Lipsky finds the young author unassuming and amiable, but indifferent to being interviewed. Wallace permits Lipsky to tape-record their conversations, with the proviso that Lipsky won't use any direct quotes which Wallace asks to have taken "off the record" five minutes later. Wallace opens up to Lipsky on a variety of subjects, ranging from dogs to television to fame and self-identity, but remains somewhat guarded. He tacitly admits to alcoholism, but offers few details of his experience. Lipsky's mention of Wallace's brief voluntary institutionalization under a suicide watch causes some friction between them.

As their conversation continues late into the night, Wallace invites Lipsky to stay in his unused "guest room", rather than a motel. The room is dominated by stacks of his books. They resume the interview in the morning. Lipsky also accompanies Wallace for a few days to Minneapolis-Saint Paul, where Wallace has the final appearance of his book tour. There they meet two women friends of Wallace: Betsy, whom he knew in graduate school, and Julie, a literary critic; the men spend time with the women later that night and the next day at the Mall of America. Although Wallace and Lipsky generally get along well, Wallace becomes angry when he sees Lipsky flirting with Betsy.

After their return to Wallace's home, tension increases when Lipsky asks the author about rumors of past heroin abuse. Wallace denies it, accusing Lipsky of looking for a stereotypical angle from which to write his article. As their time comes to an end, the two spend a morning together, mainly as new friends rather than as journalist and subject. Lipsky summons the nerve to give Wallace a copy of his own novel, and they agree to stay in touch.

The closing passage is set fourteen years later, when Lipsky is on his own book tour. He reads from his memoir, Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself (2010), based on their 1996 encounter. He recounts the road trip he had with Wallace, reflecting on ideas the two had discussed and how their conversations made Lipsky less lonely.

Cast
 Jason Segel as David Foster Wallace
 Jesse Eisenberg as David Lipsky
 Ron Livingston as Bob Levin
 Anna Chlumsky as Sarah
 Joan Cusack as Patty Gunderson
 Mickey Sumner as Betsy
 Mamie Gummer as Julie
 Becky Ann Baker as Bookstore manager

Production

Development

Lipsky's 2010 memoir Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself was a New York Times bestseller and an NPR Best Book of the Year. Lipsky also received the National Magazine Award in 2009 for writing about David Foster Wallace. Time magazine's Lev Grossman wrote, "the transcripts of their brilliant conversations read like a two-man Tom Stoppard play," and NPR's Michael Schaub called the book "crushingly poignant ... startlingly sad yet deeply funny."

In 2011, Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Donald Margulies read the memoir. "Here was a story of two men circling each other," Margulies told the Los Angeles Times. "It was all there." He wrote a screenplay based on Lipsky's book. A few lines were additionally inspired by Wallace's posthumous novel The Pale King.
Margulies included material that Lipsky shared with him about time with Wallace off-tape and which he had not included in his memoir. Margulies pointed out,
"What Lipsky shared with me is that moment that some people have accused me of creating. As being too Hollywood. [Laughs]. When in fact it was something that Lipsky didn't include in his book because he felt that it got in the way of Wallace's voice. Because that was really what he was trying to convey in that book... That moment that occurs between the two guys in Julie's kitchen, I wouldn't have known if David Lipsky hadn't shared that with me. Not to sound too coarse about it, but it provided me with my third act. Because it's a turn that occurs. A schism that occurs that changes the tenor of what follows. Dramatically speaking, I felt that that was absolutely necessary. And serendipitous that such a thing actually occurred, and that David Lipsky was generous enough to share it with me, and gave me permission to include it in the film. So there were things that I pulled to it that were not in the book. But certainly not anything that didn't happen."

Margulies sent the completed script to James Ponsoldt, his former student at Yale University and a Sundance Award-winning director. The New York Times has described him as "A devoted David Foster Wallace fan himself." Ponsoldt had excerpts read at his wedding from Wallace's memorable commencement speech "This is Water", at Kenyon College. (Ponsoldt told The Wall Street Journal he had read Wallace since high school, and that Infinite Jest "was the most substantive relationship of my freshman year.") Ponsoldt later told The A.V. Club about his response to being offered the script by Margulies: "I was flattered. I was excited. I was very nervous. I was hyper-aware of Lipsky's book. Wallace is a hero to me." He continued, "When I read it, I was deeply, deeply moved and blown away by what Donald had pulled off."

Ponsoldt discussed the project's history with an interviewer, "[Lipsky's] book came out in 2010. It was a 'New York Times' bestseller. He wrote it with the support of some of David Foster Wallace's family. They're thanked prominently in the acknowledgements. The article that Lipsky had written for 'Rolling Stone' when Wallace died won a National Magazine Award. Our film was made with the support of people who knew Wallace, who aided in the making of the film." Margulies explained, "We've approached this with such, we think, humanity." Speaking with Time magazine, David Lipsky related that before sending the memoir to publishers, he asked for the Wallace family's approval. Jason Segel told the Los Angeles Times, "My personal feeling in taking on the movie and especially in seeing it is that it's a real extension of David Foster Wallace's themes and writing." Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson reported, "His estate does not endorse this movie. But Segel, and Ponsoldt, and everyone else involved do him wonderful justice anyway. By the end of the tour, we truly feel the weight and impact of what a loss for our culture Wallace's death was."

Casting
Eisenberg was cast as David Lipsky in December 2013. Eisenberg told the Orange County Register he had been a fan of Wallace's work since college. "I just thought it was phenomenal." An admirer of Margulies' plays, it took him "no time at all to accept the part," Eisenberg said. With a screenplay, "You only really have the story and the characters to judge, and this had a wonderful story, wonderful characters." Eisenberg spent time with Lipsky learning how to accurately portray a journalist. Wired, after observing that "there has been enough conversation over the meaning and implications of director James Ponsoldt's fourth feature The End Of The Tour to rival the page count of Infinite Jest," praised Eisenberg's performance as "the best part of the film," deserving of "awards attention."

According to The New York Times, Segel was nervous about taking the part as David Foster Wallace. But "paging through the screenplay, Mr. Segel felt a rush of recognition." Preparing for the role, Segel listened exhaustively to Lipsky's recordings, watched online clips of David Foster Wallace, and assembled a small book club to read Infinite Jest. He told The New York Times that when he bought the novel, the saleswoman rolled her eyes. "She said, 'Infinite Jest. Every guy I've ever dated has an unread copy on his bookshelf.'" Segel's performance as David Foster Wallace was called "a revelation" by Entertainment Weekly, "stunning" by Vanity Fair and "infinitely impressive" by the Chicago Sun-Times. The Huffington Post wrote, "It's early, but let's prep Jason Segel's Oscar campaign just to be safe."

Mickey Sumner was cast as Wallace's classmate Betsy. "It was a movie about David Foster Wallace," she explained, "whom I adored and loved." Anna Chlumsky—playing Sarah, Lipsky's girlfriend—told Variety she was attracted by the depth of Margulies' screenplay. By March 18, 2014, Academy Award-nominated actor Joan Cusack had joined the cast as Wallace's Minneapolis–Saint Paul escort, Patty Gunderson. On March 19, 2014, Ron Livingston joined the cast as Rolling Stone editor Bob Levin.

Filming
Principal photography began on February 19, 2014, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Hudsonville, Michigan, and continued for five weeks. On March 19, 2014, it was announced that filming was taking place at JW Marriott Grand Rapids and shooting was said to wrap soon. Around March 20, 2014, Muskegon County Airport was used for scenes representing Chicago O'Hare Airport and a fuselage of an Embraer 145 in Muskegon hangar was used for aircraft interior scenes. Around March 21, some scenes were filmed at the Mall of America and near the Third Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis.

Music
The film's soundtrack, written by Danny Elfman, was released by Lakeshore Records on July 24, 2015. Supervised by Tiffany Anders, the soundtrack features songs by Alanis Morissette, R.E.M., Brian Eno, and Felt. There is also a cover by Tindersticks of Pavement's ballad "Here". Director James Ponsoldt told ComingSoon.net, "From early on, R.E.M. and Brian Eno were a band and a musician that sort of factored into the time that David Lipsky and David Foster Wallace spent together. And they had conversations about what they listened to. So I knew that R.E.M. and Eno would feature in the movie." Reviewing Elfman's score at Soundtrack Dreams, Minhea Manduteanu wrote, "From 'Walking the dog' on, everything fell into place. It's not by accident that this final section includes a cue by Brian Eno. Elfman channeled his inner Eno in those cues and it worked magic."

Release
On December 9, 2014, it was announced the film would receive its premiere at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. On January 23, 2015, A24 acquired distribution rights to the film. The film debuted at the Sundance Festival's Eccles Theater on January 24, 2015. The premiere earned what New York and USA Today called "rave" and "glowing reviews". The New York Times reported, "Mr. Segel's performance – empathetic, nuanced, whip smart – left the packed theater breathless."

The End of the Tour began a limited theatrical release on July 31, 2015, distributed by A24 Films.

Reception

Critical response

The film received a 92% "Certified Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 161 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Brilliantly performed and smartly unconventional, The End of the Tour pays fitting tribute to a singular talent while offering profoundly poignant observations on the human condition." The film also holds a score of 82 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 35 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

At RogerEbert.com, critic Brian Tallerico called the film a "joy," and "stunning ... a gift of highly intellectual discussion between two brilliant people at turning points in their lives," while also praising Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg.

In his review for The New York Times, A.O. Scott wrote, "I love it ... You hang on its every word and revel in its rough, vernacular beauty ... This one is just about as good as it gets." Entertainment Weekly gave the film an "A−" rating and Chris Nashawaty wrote it was "thoughtful and deeply affecting ... The real revelation (an overused word, but it truly applies here) is Jason Segel... It's a profoundly moving story." Matthew Jacobs of HuffPost cited Jason Segel's portrayal of Wallace as one of the 23 best performances of 2015.

The Washington Posts Ann Hornaday gave the film four out of four stars and called it, "A five-day conversation you won't want to end... Part love story, part road trip, part elegy to a bygone, pre-9/11 age, 'The End of the Tour' brims with compassion and sharply honed insight" about "what it means to be human." In his review for Vanity Fair, Richard Lawson called it a "wise, humbly sublime film... a profound, and profoundly affecting, movie, one that had me blubbering with happy-sad tears[.] What a pleasure to spend two hours in its company." Lawson especially praised Segel's performance as "a stunning, career-defining performance."

In his review for the New York Daily News, Joe Neumaier awarded the film five out of five stars, calling it "one of the best movies of the year ... Director James Ponsoldt's smart, incisive and extraordinary drama is the kind of film that burrows into your head and leaves you illuminated about life and how to live it." Neumaier called Segel's work "an award-worthy performance". In her review for the Los Angeles Times, Sheri Linden wrote "James Ponsoldt's magnificent The End of the Tour gives us two guys talking, and the effect is breathtaking ... They're played with a wrought and wary chemistry, synapses blazing, by Jason Segel and Jesse Eisenberg."

In his review for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers called the film "riveting" and "mesmerizing", writing "As the details accumulate, so does the power of the film, an illuminating meditation on art and life ... That's what makes the movie, elevated by two extraordinary actors, an exhilarating gift." In her review for Slate, Dana Stevens called the film, "A movie of ideas that contains actual ideas," writing "I greatly enjoyed it."
In his review for Cut Print Film, Josh Oakley awarded the film a perfect "10/10", calling it "one of the best films of the year", and stating "The End of the Tour presents, with ample evidence, Wallace as a figure who could never fill the holes of loneliness with the spackle of acclaim." In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Richard Roeper awarded the film four out of four stars, calling it "brilliant ... this is one of the best movies of the year."

In his review for the Minnesota Star Tribune, Colin Covert gave the film four out of four stars, writing, "Simply put, it is a masterwork."

Wallace's literary estate was not approached to participate in the film: it did not give permission — and ultimately opposed — the film.

Year-end lists

The film appeared on many critics' lists of the best films of 2015.

Accolades

References

External links

 Official screenplay

2010s English-language films
2010s American films
2015 films
2015 biographical drama films
2015 drama films
2015 independent films
2010s buddy drama films
American biographical drama films
American buddy drama films
Biographical films about writers
Films scored by Danny Elfman
Films directed by James Ponsoldt
Films shot in Michigan
Films shot in Minnesota
A24 (company) films
Films set in 1996
Films about conversations
Films about journalists