title: Tiago Lima Pereira

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Tiago Miguel Silva Vilela Lima Pereira (born 3 June 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Pevidém S.C. as a central defender.

Club career
Born in Póvoa de Varzim, Lima Pereira's final youth club was FC Porto, and he was an unused substitute for the reserves in Segunda Liga for two matches in the middle of the 2012–13 season. He then joined another second team, Vitória S.C. B in the third division, winning promotion in his first year.

Lima Pereira made his division two debut on 9 August 2014, scoring the first goal in a 3–0 home win against C.D. Feirense. He added a further two during the campaign, in a ninth-place finish.

For 2016–17, Lima Pereira signed a one-year contract with Varzim S.C. in the same league. His uncle António had previously played for his hometown side.

Lima Pereira left his native Norte region for the first time on 23 June 2017, agreeing to a three-year deal at second-tier C.D. Cova da Piedade. He went further afield in January 2019, when he joined Eastern Sports Club of the Hong Kong Premier League on a six-month loan.

After leaving Cova da Piedade in 2020, Lima Pereira played at a lower level for AD Fafe, F.C. Felgueiras 1932 and S.C. Espinho.

Personal life
Lima Pereira's uncle, António, also played for Varzim and was a mainstay at Porto in the 1980s.

References

External links

Portuguese League profile

1994 births
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Footballers from Póvoa de Varzim
Men's association football defenders
Liga Portugal 2 players
Campeonato de Portugal (league) players
F.C. Felgueiras players
Padroense F.C. players
FC Porto B players
Vitória S.C. B players
Varzim S.C. players
C.D. Cova da Piedade players
AD Fafe players
F.C. Felgueiras 1932 players
S.C. Espinho players
Pevidém S.C. players
Hong Kong Premier League players
Eastern Sports Club footballers
Portugal men's youth international footballers
Portuguese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Hong Kong
Portuguese expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong


title: Valentín Pimstein

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Valentín Pimstein Weiner (August 9, 1925 – June 27, 2017) was a Chilean producer of telenovelas.

Biography
Pimstein was the seventh child of nine in a Belarusian Jewish family (from Minsk), which owns a glass shop in Barrio Brasil in Santiago. His fondness for the romantic and melodramatic stories born under the eaves of his mother, a frequent consumer of Mexican films and soap operas, and developed in parallel with his interest in theater.

After fulfilling adulthood, Pimstein decided to leave his native country in search of adventure. He came to Mexico, where he became assistant director of a film studio assistant by day and a nightclub. There, he met Emilio Azcárraga Milmo, at that time owner of Telesistema Mexicano.

Pimstein died in Chile on June 27, 2017.

Filmography

Selected filmography

Film
 Napoleoncito (1964)
 Bala perdida (1960)
 Vivir del cuento (1960)
 Las tres pelonas (1958)
 The Living Idol (1957)

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1925 births
2017 deaths
Chilean film producers
Chilean Jews
Chilean people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
People from Santiago
Chilean emigrants to Mexico


title: Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site

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The Golden Eagle-Toppmeyer Site is a pre-Columbian archaeological site located near the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers in Calhoun County, Illinois. The site is associated with the Havana Hopewell culture and has two main components: the Golden Eagle earthwork and the Toppmeyer habitation site. The earthwork, which dates from the Middle Woodland period (150 BC - 450 AD), is the only geometric earthwork from the period in the central Mississippi River valley. Two mounds are incorporated in the rounded earthwork; one is located at the center, and one is located at a gap which has been called the "entrance" to the earthwork. The Toppmeyer habitation site, which overlaps the western edge of the earthwork, dates from the Late Woodland period (750 AD). The overall site was likely a regional transaction center at which extensive trade and cultural exchange among Hopewell people in the Illinois River valley took place.

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1979.

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Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Geography of Calhoun County, Illinois
Havana Hopewell culture
Woodland period
Mounds in Illinois
National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Illinois


title: Katō Sadakichi

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Baron  was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War I. His brother, Katō Yasuhisa, was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, and his adoptive son was the biological son of Admiral Dewa Shigetō.

Biography
Katō was born in Tokyo, as the third son of Katō Yasukichi, a hatamoto retainer of the Tokugawa shogunate. He attended the Numazu Military Academy, and in October 1883 graduated at the top of his class from the 10th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy. One of his classmates was Yamashita Gentarō. He served as a torpedo officer on the Jingei,  and . With the opening of the Sasebo Naval District, he was appointed secretary to Admiral Akamatsu Noriyoshi.

From July 1891 to March 1893, Katō served as chief weapons officer on the cruiser . He was then sent to Germany as part of the entourage of Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. He remained with the prince in Germany through the duration of the First Sino-Japanese War. After his return to Japan, he served as weapons officer on the cruiser  and on the staff of the Readiness Fleet.

In August 1897, Katō was assigned as secretary to Navy Minister Saigō Tsugumichi, who was soon promoted to fleet admiral. Katō was promoted to commander.

Katō returned to sea duty from December 1898 to April 1901, serving as executive officer on the cruisers  and . He then returned to Germany to oversee the completion of the cruiser , and was executive officer on her voyage to Japan.  From April 1901, he served with the Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff, where he enjoyed the confidence of Admiral Itō Sukeyuki. Katō met with business and political leaders, reviewed the designs of new warships, and was consulted on political developments and naval strategy.  In October 1902, he was promoted to captain and returned to sea in April 1903 as captain of Akitsushima.

At the start of the Russo-Japanese War, Katō was captain of the cruiser , an obsolete vessel not regarded as capable for front-line combat duties. However, in January 1905 he was transferred to command the cruiser  and was thus able to participate in the crucial Battle of Tsushima.

After the end of the war, Katō served for ten months in the Naval Personnel Department before returning to sea to captain the cruiser , followed by the battleships  and . In May 1908, he became chief-of-staff of the Maizuru Naval District. He was then promoted to rear admiral, and spent the next three years as commandant of the Maizuru Naval Arsenal
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In May 1911, Katō became commander of the Training Fleet and in April 1912 became commander of the Sasebo Naval Arsenal, followed in December 1912 by promotion to vice admiral and the post of commander of the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal.

In December 1913, Katō returned to sea as commander-in-chief of the Second Fleet. With the start of World War I, the IJN 2nd Fleet was deployed to the Siege of Tsingtao. At Tsingtao, Katō commanded a fleet of four battleships, two cruisers, 15 destroyers along with submarines, torpedo boats and other auxiliary vessels.

In July 1916, Katō was elevated to the kazoku peerage with the title of baron (danshaku). He was also awarded the Order of the Golden Kite, 2nd class and the Order of the Rising Sun. That December, he was appointed commander of the Kure Naval District and in July 1918 was promoted to full admiral. In December 1919, he was appointed a naval councilor and entered the reserves from January 1923.

As a naval councilor, Katō spoke out frequently in politics, and was a strong advocate of the “big guns and big battleships” clique within the Navy. Despite his experiences at Tsingtao, he derided the development of naval aviation as of only minor importance. Katō was especially vehement in his opposition to the Washington Naval Treaty and was thus a prominent member of the Fleet Faction within the Imperial Japanese Navy.

Katō collapsed while in a meeting with Prince Fushimi in September 1927 and died shortly afterwards.

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Japanese military personnel of the Boxer Rebellion


title: Bell-Booth Group Ltd v Attorney-General

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Bell-Booth Group Ltd v Attorney-General [1989] 3 NZLR 148 is a leading New Zealand case regarding the legal concept of owing a duty of care in tort for negligence, which in this case was for defamation.

Background
The Bell-Booth Group marketed in New Zealand a fertiliser called "Maxicrop". Unfortunately, this fertiliser did not materially improve the growth of plants.

The Ministry of Agriculture conducted a trial on this fertiliser, which was partially funded by Bell-Booth, although it was agreed that this funding gave them no legal benefits.

Ultimately, the MAF trials found no material benefit to plant growth, and they released this information via the consumer affairs TV show Fair Go, which finally aired after several episodes were prevented from screening due to a court injunction.

As a result, sales of Maxicrop plummeted, and Bell-Booth sued both MAF and the New Zealand Broadcasting Commission for defamation, where the High Court awarded general damages of $25,000 against MAF.

Bell-Booth's contention is even though the 135-day trial revealed that Maxicrop "didn't work", that MAF owed them a duty of care for the trial research results to be released to them first, in order to take steps to mitigate any financial losses, rather than being released immediately to the public, via Fair Go, as they did.

MAF appealed.

Decision
The Court of Appeal reversed the High Court's earlier award of $25,000 in general damages, as MAF owed a duty of care to the agriculture industry, and the public in general and not to Bell-Booth.

Court of Appeal of New Zealand cases
New Zealand tort case law
1989 in case law
1989 in New Zealand law


title: Hans Lindberg (ice hockey)

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Hans Lennart Brorsson Lindberg (born 16 January 1945) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player and manager. He was nicknamed "Virus".

As a player, he played all six matches for the Sweden men's national ice hockey team at the 1972 Winter Olympics held in Japan. As a coach, he coached Team Sweden during the seasons of 1976–1977 and 1977–1978.

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1945 births
Living people
AIK IF players
Brynäs IF players
IF Björklöven players
Ice hockey people from Gävle
Swedish ice hockey forwards
Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden


title: Domenico Maggiotto

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Domenico Maggiotto or Domenico Fedeli (1713–1794) was an Italian painter and engraver of the late-Baroque period. He was one of the main pupils of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta. His son Francesco Maggiotto was also a painter.

He lived and worked mainly in Venice.

References

External links
Italian Paintings, Venetian School, a collection catalog containing information about Maggiotto and his works (see index; plate 46).

1713 births
1794 deaths
18th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Italian Baroque painters
Painters from Venice
18th-century Italian male artists


title: Helinho (footballer, born 1995)

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Hélder Fernando Cardoso da Costa (born 6 July 1995 in Selho - Guimarães) aka Helinho, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vizela, as a midfielder.

Football career
On 9 August 2014, Helinho made his professional debut with Vitória Guimarães B in a 2014–15 Segunda Liga match against Feirense, when he started and played the full game.

References

External links

Stats at LPFP

1995 births
Living people
Portuguese men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Liga Portugal 2 players
Vitória S.C. B players
Footballers from Guimarães


title: Brayton, Nebraska

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Brayton is an unincorporated community in Greeley County, Nebraska, in the United States.

History
Brayton had its start in about 1887 when the Burlington railroad was extended to that point. Brayton was likely named for a settler.

A post office was established in Brayton in 1888, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1945.

Today, not much is left of the village. Its main street is a country road, but unless you are looking it's difficult to see the remnants. Several buildings still exist on the site, but the area is hard to reach and overgrown.

Cultural References
Brayton, Nebraska, is the fictional hometown of heroine Heather Montgomery in the 2015 novel "The Long Road to Heaven" by Kathryn Harris. Although the geographic description of the town's location is the same as the actual town that once existed, the characters and businesses mentioned are fictional.

References

Unincorporated communities in Greeley County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


title: Kate Duncan Smith DAR School

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The Kate Duncan Smith DAR School is a K-12 public school in Grant, Alabama.

History
The school was established in 1924 and operates under a public-private partnership between the Marshall County School System and the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The historic core of campus covers 15 acres (6 ha) and contains 12 buildings, constructed between 1924 and 1957. Buildings are constructed in Craftsman style of local stone or logs. It is one of only two schools in the country (the other being the Tamassee DAR School in South Carolina) that is owned by the DAR. The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

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Public K-12 schools in Alabama
National Register of Historic Places in Marshall County, Alabama
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
1924 establishments in Alabama


title: Paul R. Norby

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Paul R. Norby (May 16, 1913 – October 3, 2015) was a rear admiral in the United States Naval Reserve. He entered service in 1939 and retired in 1973. He later served as a postmaster of Mabel, Minnesota.

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2015 deaths
American centenarians
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United States Navy admirals
Minnesota postmasters
People from Madison, Minnesota
People from Mabel, Minnesota
People from Wayzata, Minnesota
Military personnel from Minnesota
United States Navy personnel of World War II


title: Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco

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The Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco was a former  Mexican football team who played in the Primera Division Mexicana and Second Division Mexicana. The team played its games in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco.

History
The team is founded in 1970, after Oro had economic problems, at the end of the season Mexico 70. Sugar entrepreneurs decided to buy the franchise and turned it into Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco.

The club played since its inception in Primera Division Mexicana for 10 years, since the 1970-71 season until its descent to Segunda Division Mexicana in the 1979-80 season.

In their debut season in 1970-71 they ended second place just 5 points below Toluca, who impeded them to reach the  final against América. In 1971-72 season they ended 9 points away from qualifying to the playoffs, and in 1972-73 a 6th place in their group began to reflect a sluggish performance of the players. From the 1973-74 season to 1975-76 season they were unable to pass mid-table and occupied the last positions on several occasions.

For the 1976-77 season they came up short by 7 points from reaching the playoffs. Similarly in the 1977-78 season they were short by 4 points of Tigres UANL who eventually become champions. In 1978-79 and 1979–80, their last two seasons, they ranked last in their group, which made them have to contest a relegation playoffs with the Unión de Curtidores. They lost by an aggregate score of 4-3 and the team was relegated to Segunda Division Mexicana.

In 1984 Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco made it to the final for promotion to the Primera Division Mexicana against Zacatepec, however lost 3-1 on aggregate. They would never reach another final in order to return to first division.

In 2008, the team resurges with the original name in order to participate in Liga de Talentos de la Segunda División.

Stadium
Club Social y Deportivo Jalisco always played in Estadio Jalisco, which belongs to the civil Clubs States of Jalisco with 25% of the shares, which were inherited with the purchase of the Oro , act that made them legal partner and part owner of the Estadio Jalisco.

References

Football clubs in Guadalajara, Jalisco


title: Ercan Yıldız

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Ercan Yıldız (born May 29, 1974, in Kırıkkale) is a retired amateur Turkish Greco-Roman wrestler, who competed in the men's featherweight category. Considered one of Turkey's most prominent wrestlers of his decade, Yildiz has produced a full set of three career medals in different color, including his prestigious gold from the 1997 World Wrestling Championships, and later represented as part of the Turkish team in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). Before his sporting career ended shortly after the 2004 Summer Olympics, Yildiz trained as a member of the wrestling squad for the Istanbul Metropolitan Sports Club (), under his longtime coach Gazi Özbilgin.

Yildiz emerged himself into a sporting fame at the 1997 Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy, where he ousted his former Yugoslav rival Senad Rizvanović for the bronze medal in the 54-kg division. Two months later, Yildiz celebrated his first victory for the Turks with a prestigious gold medal over Armenia's Vahan Juharyan on his final match 1–0 at the World Championships in Wrocław, Poland.

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Yildiz qualified for the Turkish squad in the men's bantamweight division (54 kg). In the prelim pool, he lost his opening match 10–0 to eventual Olympic silver medalist Lázaro Rivas of Cuba on technical superiority, but picked up a tremendous victory over New Zealand's Jotham Pellew by a rare 16–0 thrashing. Facing against Azerbaijan's Natig Eyvazov to close the pool, Yildiz could not turn down his opponent on the ring, and lost the match by a comfortable 3–0 decision. Placing third in the pool and eleventh overall, Yildiz failed to advance to the medal rounds.

Determined to return to the Olympic scene and medal, Yildiz entered the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens on his second debut, as a 30-year-old veteran, in the men's 55 kg class. Earlier in the process, he placed second behind U.S. wrestler and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Brandon Paulson from the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro to guarantee his spot on the Turkish wrestling team to the Games. Yildiz started the prelim pool with a 4–1 defeat to Georgian neophyte Irakli Chochua. He bounced back to dismantle Lithuanian teen Svajūnas Adomaitis with a 3–1 verdict, but his performance was not enough to put him again into the medal rounds, leaving the Games empty-handed in twelfth position.

Since his sporting career shortly ended after the 2004 Summer Olympics, Yildiz has served as one of the assistant coaches for the national team, and later became the vice-president of the Turkish Wrestling Federation (). Since 2007, Yildiz is also married to fellow 2004 Olympian and race walker Yeliz Ay.

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1974 births
Living people
Olympic wrestlers for Turkey
Wrestlers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Wrestlers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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World Wrestling Championships medalists
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Turkey
Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
European Wrestling Championships medalists
20th-century Turkish people
21st-century Turkish people


title: Seraphim Papakostas

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Archimandrite Seraphim (Papakostas) (1892 – 1954) was the  Superior of the Zoe Brotherhood movement in Greece from 1927-1954. Zoe was founded in 1907 by Archimandrite Eusebius Matthopoulos (1849-1929), an earlier follower and collaborator of Apostolos Makrakis, as an extra-ecclesiastical, semi-monastic organization patterned on religious orders in the West.

Life and authorship
Archimandrite Seraphim (Papakostas) was born in a mountain village of central Greece in 1892, and died in Athens in 1954. He studied theology at the University of Athens, thereafter serving as a high school teacher for two years, and later as a preacher at the Cathedral of Athens.

Father Seraphim passed the last twenty-five years of his life in the capacity of Superior of the "ZOE" Brotherhood of Theologians, which was established by his predecessor, Archimandrite Eusebius Matthopoulos.

As Superior of "ZOE", Father Seraphim Papacostas developed all of the groups under the Brotherhood, contributing to the establishment of associations for parents, the educated, the young working class, students and educators.

Father Seraphim was distinguished as an author. Three of his books, The Parables of Christ, The Miracles of Christ and The Sermon on the Mount, became classics for the Orthodox in Greece. His liturgical works, Baptism, and A Handbook of the Divine Liturgy, were also of great significance.

In his writings he also dealt with modern social problems. In The Problem of Parenthood and Birth Control, Morality and Health, Between the Two Wars, Postwar Problems and For the Hours of Pain, he attempted to provide counsels for the difficulties of our times. All of these books had a widespread circulation in Greece, with successive editions being published and warmly received.

However, of all of his books, Repentance had the most extensive circulation, having been published repeatedly.

Criticism
Professor Christos Yannaras has remarked that: "like Matthopoulos he wrote like a Protestant pietist. In his book The Question of Conception, Papakostas faithfully follows Anglican and Roman Catholic opinion about contraception, presented as a quintessentially Orthodox view."

Notes

Citations

Sources
 Archimandrite Seraphim Papacostas. REPENTANCE. 3rd Edition; Transl. from the 12th Greek edition. Athens: "ZOE" Brotherhood of Theologians, 1987. pp. 5–7.

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1892 births
1954 deaths
20th-century Eastern Orthodox priests
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title: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000

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The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 is a digital superzoom bridge camera by Panasonic. It went on sale in June 2014. It has a 20 megapixel 3:2 BSI-CMOS sensor and Leica-branded 25–400 mm equivalent focal length lens with a maximum aperture of 2.8 to 4 (4 at about 170 mm and higher). It has a 1-inch CMOS sensor and supports ISO film speeds from 80 to 25600, shutter speeds from 1/16000 s (electronic shutter) to 60 s and RAW capture, while the lowest physical shutter speed is 1/4000 s. The unit is equipped with five "Fn" function buttons which can be allocated to custom shortcuts.

It is considered the world's first bridge camera that can record in 4K (2160p) video resolution, compared to other compact cameras as of 2014 filming at full HD (1080p) resolution.  What sets it apart the most is the introduction of 4K Ultra HD video with a price lower than $900. The frame rate at that resolution is 25p on units sold in PAL regions and 30p in NTSC regions, and can not be changed. 8 megapixel still photographs in the JPEG format can be extracted from any video frame from 4K videos in playback mode. However, the 4K (2160p) video resolution is only accessible in the manual camera mode, is not optically stabilized, and the field of view is restricted because only a cropped area of 3840 by 2160 pixels is read out from the image sensor instead of downsampled from a wider area of the image sensor..

Along with its main competitor, the 2013 Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10, it is part of a new class of superzoom cameras that use larger sensors, better displays and electronic viewfinders. They easily provide much narrower depth of field when desired, compared to previous more compact superzoom/ultrazoom cameras. Out of the two, the FZ1000 has a much larger zoom range (16×); the exact video mode and whether OIS is used determines the crop factor, here expressed as 35 mm equivalent focal length for the inbuilt lens:

While the RX10 has a macro focus spot of 5 cm, the FZ1000 is able to record clear-focused photos and videos. The optical zoom is also usable while recording videos in any video recording mode, including the highest resolution with 3840 × 2160 pixels. It is possible to record HDR photos, but not HDR videoclips.

In their review of the FZ1000, DPReview wrote "the FZ1000 has an advantage over ILCs, as any lens you add to one of those cameras will be larger, heavier and pricier" and gave it a Gold Award. While cameras.reviewed.com wrote "it is better than 100% of the point & shoot cameras we have tested under $900".

Leica V-Lux (Typ 114)
The Leica V-Lux (Typ 114) is based on and nearly identical to the FZ1000 with differences only in exterior design elements, warranty, bundled software, and price.

Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II
The Lumix DMC-FZ1000 was first succeeded by the Lumix DMC-FZ2500 in November 2016. Afterwards, Panasonic also released the Lumix DC-FZ1000 II in March 2019. The original Lumix DMC-FZ1000 was discontinued in the spring of 2021.

Leica V-Lux 5

The Leica V-Lux 5 is based on and nearly identical to the FZ1000 II with differences only in exterior design elements, warranty, bundled software, and price.

Focal Length
 25 – 400 mm in 35 mm equiv. in 3:2 for stills (Full Sensor and Full Zooming Range)
 26 – 416 mm in 35 mm equiv. in 16:9 for stills
 26 – 416 mm in 35 mm equiv. in 16:9 video recording, O.I.S. Off
 28 – 448 mm in 35 mm equiv. in 16:9 video recording, O.I.S. On
 37 – 592 mm in 35 mm equiv. in 4K video recording (using the center of the sensor with 3840 × 2160 pixels.)

Optical image stabilization
The FZ1000 is equipped with a 5-axis optical image stabilization. However, it is deactivated while recording in the highest available resolution, 2160p 4K.

Burst Shot

The FZ1000's burstshot mode can record up to 12 JPEG pictures per second with full resolution at highest selected burst speed. There are four different burst speeds to choose from. The second-highest speed can capture photos continuously, but if the burst memory is full and the memory card cannot keep up, it will slow down automatically.

High-speed video

Prior to official release, the Lumix FZ1000 was originally announced as being able to record slow-motion in the following resolutions and framerates:
 Full HD 1920×1080: 100 or 120 fps
 HD 720p 1280×720: 200 or 240 fps
 640×360: 300 or 360 fps

But the firmware currently only allows to record FullHD at 120 fps.

Another caveat to be aware of is that the device records slow motion (“high speed”) videos using the menial method, i.e. the output of Slow-Motion recording is not saved as being the original duration but is instead "stretched": for example, a one-second recording at 120 fps will be saved as being 4 seconds at 30 fps. While this is easily corrected for the video track without the need for reencoding, one consequence is that audio is not recorded.

Zoom Levels

 25 mm – 2.8
 200 mm – 4.0
 400 mm  – 4.0

The FZ1000 also has a feature for Lossless Digital Zooming, which is interpreted as iƵoom, and will be used, if the highest image resolution is not selected. This is also available for Videos up to FullHD-Resolution.

Light sensitivity
According to test images from a Polish review, the level of detail remains high until ISO 6400 and acceptable at ISO 12800. The level of detail plunges at peak ISO 25600.

See also
 List of large sensor fixed-lens cameras
 List of bridge cameras

References

External links

FZ1000
Bridge digital cameras
Superzoom cameras
Audiovisual introductions in 2014
Digital cameras with CMOS image sensor


title: Michael Klunk Farmstead

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The Michael Klunk Farmstead is a historic farm located on Crater Creek Road south of Kampsville in Calhoun County, Illinois. The farm consists of a well-preserved house and barn. Michael Klunk, an immigrant from Alsace-Lorraine, established the farm and built the barn in 1830; the north crib of the barn served as a farmhouse until the present house was completed in 1875. The barn is a log double crib barn, while the house has a central hall plan; both designs were common vernacular building types in central and southern Illinois.

The farm was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1982.

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Farms on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Houses completed in 1875
Buildings and structures in Calhoun County, Illinois
National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Illinois


title: Ford 3000

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The Ford 3000 is a tractor that was introduced by Ford in the spring of 1965. It was part of Ford's Thousand Series of tractors.
This was a "ground up" new platform designed to replace the "Prior" or "Hundred Series" Fords built from 1955 through 1964. It has a 3-cylinder OHV, water-cooled engine.

It could be ordered with a Ford-built 158-cubic-inch gas or 175-cubic-inch diesel engine. It was rated at 35 horsepower at the PTO.
Optional transmissions were a 4-speed, 6-speed (3-speed with high and low), 8-speed (4-speed with high and low) and a 10-speed 'Select O Speed' power shift transmission.

Some of the available options were differential lock, power steering, Live PTO and hydraulic remote valves. Standard front wheels were 5.5X16 and two options were available for the rear wheels - either 13.6X28 or 14.9X24.

References

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Ford tractors


title: Antonio Alamo Jr.

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Anthony Alamo Jr. is an American physician and politician who served as the chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 2014 to 2020. He is also the founder of the Alamo Medical Clinic in Henderson, Nevada and was previously chairman of the Nevada State Athletic Commission's Medical Advisory Board.

Early life and education
Alamo was born in Reno, Nevada and raised in Las Vegas. His father was an immigrant from Cuba and worked his way up from a janitor in Reno to president of the Mandalay Bay Resorts Group before it was sold to MGM Resorts International. Alamo attended Bishop Gorman High School then graduating with a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1987. Alamo earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California School of Medicine in 1991. Alamo completed his residency at the Los Angeles County-USC General Hospital and Huntington Hospitals.

Career
Alamo founded the Alamo Medical Clinic in 1994 in Henderson, Nevada and remains Medical Director. He was previously Chief of Staff at Sunrise Hospital and Children's Medical Center (2002-2004) and St. Rose San Martin Hospital (2006-2009).

Between 2001 and 2007, Alamo was a member of the Nevada State Athletic Commission. While there, he sanctioned the Oscar De La Hoya vs. Floyd Mayweather fight and sat on the board that denied Mike Tyson his boxing license in 2002. He also served as chairman to the Medical Advisory Board and helped pass the requirement for athletes to be tested for hepatitis. In 2008, Governor Jim Gibbons appointed him to the Nevada Gaming Commission and, in 2014, Governor Brian Sandoval appointed him chairman. He was the first non-attorney to hold this position. In 2020, he resigned before his third term ended so he could focus on the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the first person in Nevada history to have served on both the gaming and athletic commissions. In November 2022, he was chosen by incoming Governor Joe Lombardo as part of his transition team.

Alamo previously sat on the board for the community bank, Bank of George, and has volunteered with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department as a tactical physician. He has undergone specialized tactical and trauma medical training and has collaborated with the SWAT team since the late 1990s. He was given a Medal of Unit Valor for Valorous Conduct, the first time this award had been given to a civilian.

Personal life
Alamo has been a licensed pilot since the age of 19. He is married and has one son.

Notes

Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American sports physicians
American hospital administrators
Politicians from Reno, Nevada
Members of American gaming commissions
Politicians from Las Vegas
American internists
American politicians of Cuban descent
Bishop Gorman High School alumni
University of Nevada, Las Vegas alumni
Keck School of Medicine of USC alumni
Nevada State Athletic Commissioners


title: Halcones de Querétaro

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Club de Fútbol Halcones de Querétaro was a Mexican football team that played in Primera División A and Segunda División de México and currently plays in Segunda División de Balompié Mexicano. They plays their home games in the city of Cadereyta de Montes, México.

History
The club was founded in 1997 as a subsidiary team of Club América, whose objective was to train youth players for that squad and give space to players who had no place in the main team. The team competed in Primera División 'A' until 2001, to later be disbanded.

In 2021, the Limsoccer F.C. board began procedures to join the Liga de Balompié Mexicano after having problems participating in the Liga TDP and USPL MX leagues. In July 2021 the team was accepted as a new member of the LBM, in August the club was renamed Halcones de Quéretaro and was moved to Cadereyta de Montes.

Players

First-team squad

Honours
Segunda División de Balompié Mexicano:
2023

References

External links

Football clubs in Querétaro
Ascenso MX teams


title: Thornewood Open Space Preserve

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Thornewood Open Space Preserve is a small regional park located in the  Santa Cruz Mountains in San Mateo County. The park lies in the San Francisco Bay Area and is operated by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District. It offers approximately  of hiking and equestrian trails and is dog-friendly. The Schilling Lake Trail leads to Schilling Lake, a protected wildlife habitat. This trail offers brief views of the southern San Francisco Bay, Palo Alto (including Stanford University's Hoover Tower) and surrounding cities, and the Diablo Range. From Schilling Lake, the Bridle Trail leads to Old La Honda Road.

The name Thornewood comes from Julian and Edna Bloss Thorne, who developed the land in the 1920s. The Thornes built a house designed by Gardner Daily and surrounded it with extensive gardens. Those gardens included Schilling Lake, named after the nearby August Schilling land. The Thorne and Schilling estates were both part of Rancho Cañada de Raymundo in old California.

When Edna Bloss Thorne died in June 1970, she bequeathed the land to the Sierra Club Foundation, with the requirement that the land surrounding her 86-acre summer home be kept as a nature preserve and not developed. The foundation donated the acreage to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in September 1978.

Second-growth redwood trees grow in portions of Thornewood Open Space Preserve, especially by the lake. There are false brome grasses throughout the area.

Bibliography

References

Protected areas of San Mateo County, California
Regional parks in California
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Nature reserves in California


title: Precious Death

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Precious Death was a Southern California heavy metal band from the 1990s. The group was known for intense live shows that won over the local scene in L.A. before broadening their audience the rest of the country. They were a regular favorite at KNAC nights, on the Hollywood strip, and at summer music festivals. The group wrote songs with a Christian message. Singer Christopher Scott and guitarist David Bishop went on to form Blackball as a side project. Precious Death won album of the year and rock song of the year at the LA Music Awards and was nominated for Dove awards. The band's album, Southpaw, was ranked in one of the Top 10 essential Christian metal albums by Loudersound.

Members
 Christopher Scott - vocals (Blackball) (1990–present)
 David Bishop - guitars (Blackball) (1990–present)
 Roger Sampson - drums (Once Dead) (1990–present)
Andy Koehler - bass (1990-present)
Jerry Metalone - guitars (1990)

Discography
Studio albums
Our Stinkin Demo (1992)
Southpaw (1993)
If You Must (1994)
Precious Death (New Music For The Quiet Revolution) (1996)
The Greatest Hits: Volume One (2021)
The Greatest Hits: Volume Two (2021)
Oddballs and Endings: Things left unsaid (2021)

References

American Christian metal musical groups
Musical groups established in 1992

External links
 Precious Death


title: Preservation (film)

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Preservation is a 2014 horror thriller film that was directed by Christopher Denham. It had its world premiere on April 17, 2014 at the Tribeca Film Festival and stars Wrenn Schmidt as a woman trapped in a forest preserve, stalked by maniacs.

Plot summary
Hoping to escape their own troubles, Wit (Wrenn Schmidt), her husband Mike (Aaron Staton), and his brother Sean (Pablo Schreiber) decide to head out into a secluded forest preserve on a hunting trip. Mike is hoping that this will help Sean deal with his PTSD while Wit is hoping that she can rekindle her sagging relationship with Mike, who seems to be more interested in spending time on his cellphone than with her. Once they reach their destination the trio is undeterred by signs proclaiming that the preserve is closed and they continue on with their vacation unabated. The already strained atmosphere is made even worse when they wake up the next morning to discover that someone has stolen all of their belongings and marked each person's forehead with a big black "X". As the trio tries to deal with their existing stresses and the new fear of being hunted, they begin to turn on one another.

Cast
Wrenn Schmidt as Wit Neary
Aaron Staton as Mike Neary
Pablo Schreiber as Sean Neary
Cody Saintgnue as Jack
Nick Saso as Ben
Michael Chacon as Will

Reception
Critical reception for Preservation has been mixed to positive and holds a 58% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Dread Central and Fangoria both praised the movie, and Fangoria commented that it "largely succeeds as a swift and scary survival thriller." In contrast, Slant Magazine and Film School Rejects both panned the movie overall, with Film School Rejects writing "The cast does good work, the cinematography is attractive and even the score delivers, but while the direction is (mostly) fine Denham’s script throws it all away through a non-stop assault of horror movie 101 cliches and inanity."

Filming
Preservation was shot in three locations in Southern California. Originally, director Christoper Denham and crew planned to shoot in New York. However, because of the actors availability, the production moved to Southern California. Director Christopher Denham knew that shooting in Southern California would be tricky because it would be hard to find good woods and forest. In result, Preservation was shot in three locations to create one large woods location that the movie takes place in. These shooting locations were in Santa Clarita and Agua Dulce, California.

The movie was shot rather quickly in 23 days because of a tight budget and actor availability. Director Christopher Denham knew that shooting in 23 days would be a challenge. However, he was boldly faithful in his cast. Wrenn Schmidt, Aaron Staton and Pablo Schreiber all had theatre experience and were used to timely schedules and remembering lines. With a limited budget and a fast schedule, only 3 or 4 takes was allowed per shot while filming, which was a challenge for the director. However, Director Christopher Denham said in regards to the quick work flow, "It actually became a blessing in disguise. The frantic nature of our schedule served our story well. It put the actors in a manic mindset that translates on screen."

Cinematography and directing

The director of photography for Preservation is cinematographer Nicola Marsh. The movie was shot on the Red Epic with anamorphic lenses. Director Christoper Denham and cinematographer Nicola Marsh were inspired to create a look based on the depth of field and empty frame space of movies such as Halloween and Southern Comfort. Components to cinematography such as these create a feeling of isolation around the characters. Empty frame space creates a feeling of unease, not knowing what is going to pop into the frame next, when, and if anything will at all. Cinematographer Nicola Marsh worked with diligently with Director Christopher Denham to create this feel of a "Jack In the Box", leaving the audience on a cliff hanger scene to scene. The director stating in his own words "What you don’t see, in my opinion, is always scarier than what you do. It’s really about ratcheting up the suspense.”

Camera: Red Epic

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1

Anamorphic Lenses

Writing
Preservation was written by Director Christopher Denham. From writing to editing, the film took about 2 years to create and finish. Before and during writing Preservation, director Christopher Denham studied and analyzed John Carpenter's film Halloween. What caught his attention was the patience in the filmmaking, revealing information to the audience slowly, and leaving the audience wanting to see more. Director Christopher Denham challenged himself by writing a script with not so much blood and gore, but rather with psychological suspense that is "truly" what is scary in reality. The film was partly inspired by a hunting and camping trip that the director took in Texas with his friends. During that trip, he and his friends heard odd things in the woods such as a bike chain spinning. They did not know who was watching them, they just knew they were being watched. Director Christopher Denham was inspired by words from writer Jack London in regards to a man's survival in the woods: "A dog can be domesticated. So can a man. In the woods both remember what they are." During his hunting trip Denham wondered to himself in his situation, what would it take to push him to the bring of taking someone else's life (in the woods). All of this thought inspired his psychological thriller movie script Preservation.

Awards and festivals
-Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection

-International Premiere at the Fantasia International Film Festival

-Sitges Film Festival Official Selection

References

External list

Preservation on Amazon
Preservation on iTunes
Preservation on Google Play
Preservation on Vudu

2014 films
2014 horror films
2014 horror thriller films
American horror thriller films
2010s English-language films
2010s American films


title: Lily (Japanese singer)

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, most known as , was a Japanese singer-songwriter and actress.

Born in Tenjin, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture. She grew up in Tojinmachi and grew up in Tokyo from the third grade. Her mother runs a bar called Hisui in Nakasu, her father is an officer in the US Air Force, and her Lily is half American. Her father was reportedly killed in the Korean War before Lily was born.

At the age of 10, she moved to Tokyo with her family. She belonged to Toei's children's theater company for a year and a half. In 1966, while she was enrolled in Toei, she played a small role in "Yoko, the delinquent girl" starring Mako Midori. She didn't go to high school, her mother died when she was 17, and she plays and sings at bars to make ends meet. She said that her stage name, "Lily," was based on the nickname her peers gave her when she was hanging out, and that "i" was changed to katakana by herself.

In 1971, she participated in Itsuroh Shimoda's album "I'll have to disappear without anyone knowing". She is in charge of the lead vocal of the song "Hitori Hitori" under the name of Rainier. The name "Rainier" is taken from the British folk singer Donovan's song "Lalena".

Her office is Moss Family (Ozawa Music Office). She started writing songs in earnest at the recommendation of Michio Yamagami. She is noted for her unique husky voice. Originally, she had a beautiful voice with a range of three octaves, but she drank nearly 2 sho of sake on the day she caught a cold, and continued singing until morning.

On February 5, 1972, at the age of 19, she made her debut as a singer with the album "Onion" from Toshiba Music Industry. 1972 was the year when many female singer-songwriters debuted, but Lily's debut was February 5, 1972, Hiroko Taniyama (April 25, 1972), Yumi Arai (July 5, 1972), Mayumi Itsuwa (October 21, 1972) made her debut a little earlier.

In 1972, immediately after her debut, she appeared in "" directed by Nagisa Ōshima. Since then, she has been working as an actress in parallel with her music activities.

The 1974 single "I am crying" was a huge hit, selling over 1 million copies. This song is a blues song I'm Crying on the Bed with English lyrics that I made for fun, and I added the Japanese lyrics myself. When she brought it, she said, If you don't sing it yourself, it will be a problem, so she had no choice but to sing it. Ryotaro Konishi said.

At the age of 24, she married drummer Tetsuya Nishi (ex -Funny Company, who also participated in the Bye Bye Session Band at the time), but they separated after a year and divorced in 1981, seven years later.

During the Toshiba EMI era, she was accompanied by the "Bye Bye Session Band" as a backing band. Ryuichi Sakamoto recalls in his book, At the time, the most popular session bands for musicians living in Tokyo were the Sadistic Mika Band and the Bye Bye Session Band, and many musicians took turns participating. are doing. In addition to Sakamoto, the main members include Kosuke Kida, Masami Tsuchiya, Ginji Ito, Ken Yoshida, Nobu Saito, Akira Inoue, and Ryoichi Kuniyoshi. I was going around the house and so on.

In 1982, she moved to Victor Music Industry. After that, she married a second time and went on hiatus. In 1985 she had her only son, JUON. While she was raising her children, she moved to Sayama City, Saitama Prefecture, refrained from media exposure, and devoted herself to being a housewife for several years and resumed her acting career. She would continue with her acting career until a 2000s revival in her music brought her back and she began touring with her husband under the Lily & Koji band. They usually play most of her songs in a more acoustic setting including some of her biggest hits. Lily died of cancer on November 11, 2016.

Discography
Albums
1972:
1973:
1974:
1974:
1975:
1976: Auroila
1977:
1978:
1980:
1982:
1983: Say
1989: Rescue You
1995:
1995:

Singles

1972:
1972:
1973:
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1977:
1978:
1978: "E・S・P"
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1982:
1982:
1983: "Wooman"
1983:
1986:
1988:
1989: "Rescue You"
1995:

Compilations

1986: I Want You – Scene 1974–1986
1996: Twin Best Lily
2004:

Selected filmography
 Kinpachi-sensei (2001–2002)
 Kakashi (2001)
 Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (2002)
 Vital (2004)
 Linda Linda Linda (2005)
 Shinobi: Heart Under Blade (2005)
 Mushishi (2006)
 Gu-Gu Datte Neko de Aru (2008)
 Ikigami (2008)
 I Wish (2011)
 Moteki (2011)
 April Fools (2015)
 Gonin Saga (2015)
 A Bride for Rip Van Winkle (2016)
 Tsuioku (2017)
 Close-Knit (2017)

References

External links

1952 births
2016 deaths
Japanese women singer-songwriters
Japanese singer-songwriters
Singers from Fukuoka Prefecture
20th-century Japanese actresses
21st-century Japanese actresses
20th-century Japanese women singers
20th-century Japanese singers


title: Francis Watson (theologian)

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Francis Watson (born 1956) is an English theologian and New Testament scholar. He commenced his career at King's College London before being appointed to the Kirby Laing Chair of New Testament Exegesis at the University of Aberdeen in 1999. In 2007 he took up his current position as Professor in the Department of Theology and Religion at the Durham University.

Watson is well known as a critic of the so-called New Perspective on Paul (NPP). His criticisms of the NPP are all the more significant as he received a positive endorsement of James D.G. Dunn (a NPP proponent) for his doctoral study. After the latter endorsement, Watson explored in particular the social-scientific work of Klaus Berger which contributed to Watson changing his mind dramatically about some results of his unpublished thesis. The result was Paul, Judaism, and the Gentiles: A Sociological Approach, which chronicles Watson's change of mind.

Watson's 2013 volume, Gospel Writing. A Canonical Approach, is his most voluminous study to date. Extensive critical review articles include those by Markus Bockmuehl and Richard Bauckham.

Ted Dorman suggests that for Watson, "hermeneutical sovereignty resides not in the text but in the subject matter to which it points" – namely, Jesus Christ.

Watson is the editor of New Testament Studies.

Works

Thesis

Books
 - published form of his thesis

As editor

Articles and chapters

References

1956 births
Living people
English theologians
British biblical scholars
New Testament scholars
Academic journal editors
Academics of King's College London
Academics of the University of Aberdeen
Academics of Durham University


title: The Uranium Conspiracy

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The Uranium Conspiracy (,  or Restrisiko 100%, ) is a 1978 Israeli-German-Italian action-thriller film directed by Gianfranco Baldanello (here credited as Frank G. Carroll) and Menahem Golan.

Plot

Cast

 Fabio Testi as Renzo
 Janet Agren as Helga
 Assi Dayan as Dan
 Siegfried Rauch as The Baron
 Oded Kotler as Meyer
 Gianni Rizzo as The Captain
 Herbert Fux as Ulrich

References

External links

1978 films
1970s action thriller films
1970s buddy films
1970s spy thriller films
Films about the Mossad
Films about nuclear war and weapons
Films directed by Gianfranco Baldanello
Films directed by Menahem Golan
Films set in Amsterdam
Films set in Italy
Films set in the Mediterranean Sea
German spy thriller films
German action thriller films
Israeli action thriller films
Italian buddy films
Italian spy thriller films
Italian action thriller films
West German films
Films scored by Lallo Gori
Constantin Film films
Films produced by Menahem Golan
1970s German-language films
1970s Italian films
1970s German films


title: Gladiator (Dami Im song)

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"Gladiator" is a song by Australian singer Dami Im. It was written by Im, Johan Gustafson, Fredrik Häggstam and Sebastian Lundberg, and produced by the latter three under their production name Trinity. The song was released on 8 August 2014, as the second single from Im's third studio album Heart Beats. "Gladiator" is a mid-tempo pop ballad that explores the theme of female empowerment. According to its lyrics, Im sings about the need to make a man fall in love with her by fighting for his love "like a gladiator".

"Gladiator" received positive reviews from critics, who complimented the catchy production and Im's vocal delivery. They also predicted the song to be a commercial success and compared it to the work of Katy Perry. Upon its release, "Gladiator" debuted at number 11 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for sales exceeding 35,000 copies. The accompanying music video was directed by Young Black Youth and features Im's character growing up and training to become a powerful evil-fighting gladiator. The video was well received by critics for its presentation. Im promoted "Gladiator" with performances on television and radio programs and at instore appearances.

Production and release
"Gladiator" was written by Dami Im, Johan Gustafson, Fredrik Häggstam and Sebastian Lundberg. Production of the song was helmed by the latter three under their production name Trinity, who were also behind Im's previous single "Super Love". On 27 July 2014, Im announced that "Gladiator" would be released as her next single. An audio teaser of "Gladiator" was then uploaded to Im's Vevo account on 30 July 2014. The song impacted Australian radio stations on 31 July 2014 and was released both digitally and physically on 8 August 2014, as the second single from Im's third studio album Heart Beats. The physical edition features a karaoke version of "Gladiator" alongside the original version. Two remixes by 7th Heaven were released digitally on 5 September 2014.

The cover art for "Gladiator" was photographed by Peter Brew-Beven. It involved the layering of metallic jewellery that looked like chains and Im wore a pink wig. However, this art work was not approved by Sony and instead, they label opted for a photo used in the same shoot from "Super Love", changing the colour from red to blue, much to the disappointment of Im and the creative team.

Composition

"Gladiator" is a mid-tempo pop ballad with a length of three minutes and forty-one seconds. It consists of "airy, tribal beats", which Andrew Le from Renowned for Sound noted resembles Katy Perry's single "Roar" (2013). Similarly, Mike Wass of Idolator wrote that the song "wouldn't sound out of place on a Katy Perry album", while David Lim of Maximum Pop added that it "sounds like something you would expect Sia to write for Katy Perry". Im's vocals incorporate harmonies, ad-libs, and double tracking "with a bit of vibrato". Le compared her double-tracked vocals to Pink's songs. Kevin of the website Direct Lyrics wrote that "Gladiator" sounds like a song "Ryan Tedder would do circa the Jordin Sparks 'Battlefield' days".

Lyrically, "Gladiator" explores the theme of female empowerment. Im sings about the need to make a man fall in love with her by fighting for his love "like a gladiator", as shown in the lyrics: "Not in it for the glory, I just hope you're waiting for me. Never gonna give up, I won't let nobody harm ya. I will fight for your love like a gladiator". In an interview with Pop Sugar, Im revealed that there is another meaning behind the song "about fighting for yourself, for your confidence, loving yourself, and fighting to achieve that".

Reception
A writer for Take 40 Australia described "Gladiator" as "incredible" and viewed it as "a powerful love song that encapsulates you instantly". The writer also noted that "Gladiator" sees Im's "soaring vocals take off and fly" and predicted that the track will "rise to the top of the charts". Mike Wass of Idolator described "Gladiator" as a "soaring pop anthem" and "pure-pop delight", further complimenting it as "easily one of the catchiest pop songs of 2014". Kevin of Direct Lyrics found the song to be "easy on the ear, radio-friendly" and noted that Im "sings it flawlessly". Nathan Pike of Project U noted that the track "showcases the vocal power" that made Im the winner of The X Factor Australia. Writers for The Hot Hits called "Gladiator" a "killer track" and "soon-to-be smash hit", further adding that "we can't help but feel we can take over the world when we listen to this song".

Phillip Kuoch of the website Hellokpop described the song as "an infectious pop anthem" and praised "Im's big vocal range". Jordan Hirst of Q News wrote that "Gladiator" is "another slice of pure pop that features the incredible pipes Dami put to good use on previous singles 'Alive' and 'Super Love'". David Lim of So So Gay called it a "radio-ready" single that is "armed with a titan chorus you can't imagine lip-synching to without a wind machine present". Andrew Le of Renowned for Sound awarded "Gladiator" three stars out of five and labeled it "another generic song about empowerment". However, he praised Im's "powerhouse vocals" and the song's "uncontainable joy" in "the choruses' sweet yet memorable melody and the vocal harmonies". Le concluded that "Gladiator" could be "another hit single" for Im "that goes hand in hand with her message and image". For the issue dated 18 August 2014, "Gladiator" debuted at number 11 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and became Im's fifteenth entry on that chart. The song was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association for selling over 35,000 copies.

Music video

The music video was directed by Young Black Youth and filmed in Sydney in July 2014. A 16-second teaser of the video was uploaded to Im's Vevo account on 4 August 2014. The official video clip was originally scheduled to premiere on 7 August 2014, however it was released the following day. In an interview with Girl.com.au, Im revealed that she intended for the video to be "a lot more stripped back" than her previous music videos because she "wanted people to focus on the message of the song rather than the outfits".

The video begins with the caption: "The ancient scrolls tell of a legend. That the one who is pure heart would some day reunite the piece of the sacred medallion, rescue the princess and vanquish evil from the kingdom. A true warrior, a gladiator". It then shows Im growing up and training with her master to become a powerful evil-fighting gladiator and fulfill the prophecy of the ancient scrolls. In between these scenes, Im is shown singing the song's lyrics in a room filled with cherry blossoms, orchids and South Korean historic paintings.

Spotlight Report called the video "beautiful", while The Hot Hits described it as "spectacular" and noted that Im looks "stunning" as "she embraces her inner Avatar with scenes involving fire ninjas and water benders". Phillip Kuoch of Hellokpop noted that the clip "is themed around historical Korea" and felt that it reminded him "of Mulan and Avatar combined". Project U's Nathan Pike wrote that the video features "some pretty cool special effects, including water bending, fire bending, an upside-down pyramid and a hologram". Writers for Take 40 Australia thought it was "one of the most beautiful video clips we've seen in a long time".

Promotion
Im promoted "Gladiator" with radio interviews on Smallzy's Surgery (7 August 2014) and The Bump Show (8 August 2014), and television interviews on The Riff (21 August 2014). On 11 August 2014, she performed the song during the first live decider show of the sixth season of The X Factor Australia. For the performance, Im wore a pink latex chiffon dress and performed in a neon-lit carriage surrounded by male backup dancers dressed as samurais. Take 40 Australia wrote that Im made a "triumphant return" to The X Factor and looked like "an international star". Idolator's Mike Wass wrote that Im "put on a dazzling show" and noted that she looked incredible.

Im performed "Gladiator" on Sunrise (13 August 2014) and during instore appearances at Robina Town Centre (3 August 2014) and Westfield Penrith (14 August 2014). She also performed the song on radio shows Fifi & Dave (28 August 2014), Ash, Kip and Luttsy (29 August 2014), The Dan & Maz Show (29 August 2014) and Take 40 Australia (30 August 2014). Im performed "Gladiator" again at the Cabramatta Moon Festival on 7 September 2014.

Track listing

Digital download
"Gladiator" – 3:41

Digital download
"Gladiator" (7th Heaven Pop Mix) – 3:46
"Gladiator" (7th Heaven Extended Pop Mix) – 7:58

CD single
"Gladiator" – 3:41
"Gladiator" (Karaoke) – 3:41

Charts

Weekly chart

Year-end chart

Certifications

Release history

References

2014 songs
2014 singles
Dami Im songs
Songs written by Dami Im
Sony Music Australia singles
Songs written by Sebastian Lundberg
Songs written by Johan Gustafson (record producer)
Songs written by Fredrik Häggstam


title: Francis Watson

text:
Francis Watson may refer to:

 Francis Watson (art historian) (1907–1992), British art historian
 Francis Watson (cricketer) (1860–1930), New Zealand cricketer and schoolteacher
 Francis Watson (footballer) (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
 Francis Watson (politician) (1864–1947), British politician
 Francis Watson (priest) (died 1876), Dean of Leighlin
 Francis Watson (theologian) (born 1956), English theologian
 Francis Harold Watson (1854–1905), Southern African traveller, hunter and trader
 Buzz Watson (Francis Watson), fictional television character

See also
Frank Watson (disambiguation)


title: Libby Hill, Richmond

text:
Libby Hill is a small neighborhood in Richmond, Virginia. Libby Hill is located on the southeastern spur of Church Hill, overlooking the James River and the Lucky Strike building.  It is known for Libby Hill Park and "The View that Named Richmond".  The Libby Hill neighborhood is entirely within the St. John's Church Historic District.

History
Homes have existed on Libby Hill since at least 1796.  Prominent early residents include Governor George W. Smith and Colonel George Mayo Carrington.  Both the Smith and Carrington houses are no longer standing.  The oldest building in Libby Hill is the Gentry-Strokes-Crew house at 2718 North 27th St.  Built in 1839 by John Gentry, this house has undergone many changes since its construction.

The neighborhood is named for Luther Libby, who built his home on the corner of Main St. and 29th St. in 1851. Luther Libby is also the namesake of the notorious Libby Prison, even though he had no influence in the operations of the prison.

Another older house in Libby Hill is the Saunders House, built the same year as the Libby House on the corner of Main St. and 29th St.  The house at 11 1/2 North 29th St. is remarkable in that Mary Wingfield Scott, renowned Richmond historian, wrote that it is "adorned with one of the most beautiful iron verandahs in Richmond".

The View That Named Richmond

Looking from Libby Hill down towards the James River is said to be "The View That Named Richmond".  William Byrd II is said to have thought that this view resembled the view of Richmond upon Thames in England.

There is a plaque on Libby Hill that states the following:

As of 2014, there is a proposed condominium project that could threaten this view.

Other landmarks visible from the hill include the Lucky Strike building, the Armitage Manufacturing Company building, Rockett's Landing, and Manchester, Virginia.

Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Given the expansive view and the fact that the hill overlooked the site where the Confederate Navy Yard had operated, it was once planned to erect a memorial to Robert E. Lee on Libby Hill.  When it was decided that the Lee Memorial would be built on the other side of Richmond, on Monument Avenue, plans for a monument to all Confederate Soldiers and Sailors on Libby Hill were formed.

The Confederate Soldiers' & Sailors' Monument Association was formed in 1889, with future Richmond mayor David C. Richardson as its chair.  They decided that the monument was should be modeled after "Pompey's Pillar" in Alexandria, Egypt.  It depicts a bronze Confederate private standing on top of the pillar, which is composed of 13 granite blocks to symbolize each of the Confederate states.  The monument was completed at the south end of 29th St. on May 30, 1894, at a total cost of over $30,000. Future Richmond mayor Carlton McCarthy was the orator at its unveiling.

The monument was finally removed by the city on July 8, 2020 after public demand.

An inscription on the statue read the following:

Libby Hill Park
Libby Hill Park was created in 1851 and is at the heart of Libby Hill neighborhood. It has been known by a variety of names in the past, including "the Eastern Square", Jefferson Park, Marshall Park, and Marshall Square.

It covers the slopes of the hill between E. Franklin St and Main St. and includes fountains, paths, a small park house, the plaque describing the view that named Richmond, and the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument.

It also includes monuments to Sergeant John Henry Taylor and Officer Thomas "Mongo" McMahon.  Sergeant Taylor served in the Richmond City Police Department for over 25 years, before retiring in 2009. "Sergeant John Henry Taylor's Bench" was erected by the Church Hill Crime Watch in honor of his "above and beyond care and concern for the safety of every person living on Church Hill and the surrounding areas".  Officer McMahon served in the Richmond City Police Department for over 20 years and was killed in the line of duty when, following a car chase, a suspect shot McMahon multiple times.

The steep, winding cobblestone path through the park served as one of the signature sections of the road race course used during the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.

Gallery

See also
Libby Prison
Richmond, Virginia
Armitage Manufacturing Company
Neighborhoods of Richmond, Virginia

References

Neighborhoods in Richmond, Virginia
History of Richmond, Virginia


title: Georg Schambach

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Georg Schambach (9 January 1811 in Göttingen – 15 April 1879 in Einbeck) was a German educator and folklorist.

After finishing his studies, he worked as a schoolteacher in his hometown of Göttingen, later being appointed rector at the Progymnasiums in Einbeck.

With Germanist Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller, he was co-author of a book on Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales, titled "Niedersächsische Sagen und Märchen" (1855). The book contained 261 folk tales and 34 fairy tales, which, for the most part, were collected by Schambach on interviews taken while travelling through the former principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen.

Published works
 Die plattdeutschen Sprichwörter der fürstenthümer Göttingen und Grubenhagen, 1851 – Low German proverbs of the principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen.
 Niedersächsische Sagen und Märchen, (with Wilhelm Konrad Hermann Müller), 1855 – Lower Saxon legends and fairy tales.
 Wörterbuch der niederdeutschen Mundart der fürstenthümer Göttingen und Grubenhagen, oder, Göttingisch-Grubenhagen'sches Idiotikon, 1858 – Dictionary of the Low German dialect of the principalities of Grubenhagen and Göttingen.
 Niederdeutsche Sprichwörter der Fürstenthümer Göttingen und Grubenhagen, 1863 – Low German proverbs of the principalities of Göttingen and Grubenhagen, (Second collection).

References

1811 births
1879 deaths
Writers from Göttingen
German folklorists
German male non-fiction writers


title: Bloody Payroll

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Bloody Payroll () is a 1976 Italian noir-poliziotteschi crime film  written and directed by Mario Caiano. Author Roberto Curti described the film as more of a film noir than a poliziottesco.

Cast
Claudio Cassinelli as Raul Montalbani, aka "The Cat"
Silvia Dionisio as Layla
John Steiner as Fausto
Vittorio Mezzogiorno as  Walter
Elio Zamuto as  Police Commissioner Foschi
Biagio Pelligra as  Tropea
Salvatore Puntillo as  Inspector Tucci

Release
Bloody Payroll was shown in Italy on March 5, 1976. It grossed a total of 1,015,886,510 Italian lire.

The score of the film is credited to Pulsar Music Ltd. It is a funk styled score performed by pianist Enrico Pieranunzi and guitarist Silvano Chimenti.

See also

 List of Italian films of 1976

Notes

References

External links

1976 films
1970s Italian-language films
Films directed by Mario Caiano
Italian crime films
1976 crime films
1970s Italian films


title: C.D. Caimanes de Tabasco

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Club Deportivo Caimanes de Tabasco is a former Mexican football team that played in Primera División 'A' and in Segunda División de México.

History
The team was founded in 1994 when Primera División 'A' began, when the club Sindicato Único de Obreros Organizados (SUOO) moved to Villahermosa, Tabasco. After the 1994–1995 season the club was relegated to Segunda División de México after losing to Cruz Azul Hidalgo in the relegation playoff. This caused the team a year later to dissolve.

Caimanes suffered the biggest loss in the history of Ascenso. 9-0 to Pachuca.

After there was a team named Lagartos de Tabasco who then changed their name to Guerreros de Tabasco, and presently there exists a team in Segunda División de México named Jaguares de Tabasco.

References

Ascenso MX teams
Defunct football clubs in Mexico
Football clubs in Tabasco
Association football clubs established in 1994
1994 establishments in Mexico


title: Bahrain–Qatar relations

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Bilateral relations exist between the State of Qatar and the Kingdom of Bahrain. They first began in 1971.

On 5 June 2017, Bahrain officially cut diplomatic ties with Qatar, giving the country's diplomats 48 hours to leave.

On 13 April 2023,  Bahrain and Qatar officially resumed their diplomatic relations, two years after the Arab blockade on the latter was resolved.

History
Bahrain and Qatar shared a similar history for belonging to the Gulf region and speak Arabic language as the first language, as well as having Islam as the state religion.

Territorial disputes
Starting in 1936, Qatar and Bahrain were involved in territorial disputes over the Hawar Islands, Fasht Al Azm, Fasht Dibal, Qit'at Jaradah, and Zubarah. In 1996, Bahrain boycotted the GCC summit hosted in Qatar, claiming that the last summit held in Qatar in 1990 was used as a platform to reiterate their territorial claims to the other GCC states. They also cited the 1986 Qatari incursion in Fasht Dibal as a reason for not attending. In December 1996, two Qatari citizens, Salwa Fakhri and Fahad Al Baker, were arrested on charges of espionage in Bahrain. During the trial, it was purported that Qatar had been involved in a prior spying mission which was uncovered by Bahraini authorities in 1987. In January 1997, a member of Bahrain's ruling family, Nasser Al Khalifa, defected to Qatar in a highly publicized instance in which he flew a Bahraini military helicopter to the Qatari capital.

The disputes were resolved by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 16 March 2001, giving Bahrain the Hawar Islands (excluding the Janan Island), Qit'at Jaradah, and Fasht Al Azm, with Qatar receiving Zubarah, Fasht Dibal, and the Janan Island.

Zubarah
From the 19th century onward, the two countries periodically disputed the ownership of Zubarah, a town on the north-west coast of Qatar. Tensions were heightened in 1939 after Qatar constructed a fort in the town; an act which was deemed illegal by Bahrain. A settlement was reached in 1944 during a meeting mediated by the Saudis, in which Qatar recognized Bahrain's customary rights, such as grazing, and visiting with no formalities necessary. However, this accord was broken shortly after, following the construction of another fort by Qatar.

In 1953, Bahrain reiterated its claims over Zubarah when it sent a party of students and teachers to Zubarah who proceeded to write 'Bahrain' on the walls of Zubarah Fort. Furthermore, the Bahrain Education Department published maps which alleged Bahraini sovereignty over the entire north-west coast of the peninsula. Qatar responded by stationing troops in the fort in 1954. The case was resolved in Qatar's favor by the ICJ in 2001.

Fasht Dibal
A dispute arose over Fasht Dibal in 1985 after Bahrain began constructing fortifications on the island. Qatar considered the construction to be a violation of an existing agreement made in 1978. In April 1986, Qatari troops arrived on the island via helicopter and declared it a 'restricted zone'. They seized several Bahraini officials and 29 construction workers hired by the Dutch contracting company Ballast Nedam. On 12 May 1986, following protests by the Netherlands and mediation by several GCC member states, Bahrain and Qatar reached a settlement, after which the foreign workers were released. Qatari troops evacuated the island on 15 June. The island was later awarded to Qatar in the aftermath of the 2001 ICJ case.

Nationality controversy
In 2014, Bahrain accused Qatar of offering certain Bahraini families Qatari citizenship in exchange for dropping their Bahraini citizenship. It was reported that Qatar was targeting Sunni citizens, a threat to Bahrain's demographics as the majority of the population is Shia while the ruling family is Sunni.  Undersecretary of Nationality, Passport and Residence Affairs of Bahrain, Sheikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, was quoted as saying,“We are confident that Qatar, a brotherly neighbour with Bahrain, will reconsider its position on this matter because naturalising Bahrainis negatively affects the security situation and the high national interests of Bahrain.” He also claimed that being a citizen of a country part of the GCC gave citizens of one country the right to work, own property and move between the other member countries thus changing nationalities wouldn't be necessary. Bahrain also claimed that it was a violation of an agreement of non-interference, signed on 17 April 2014, in the internal affairs of GCC member states. On 13 August 2014, Qatar pledged to stop offering GCC nationals Qatari citizenship during a meeting of GCC foreign ministers in Jeddah. Despite this, Bahrain's interior minister threatened action against Qatar and claimed that they were still engaging in these activities. It was claimed that Qatar had naturalised hundreds of Bahrainis and as a result, Bahrain imposed fines on any Bahraini that accepted citizenship. Qatar's Director General of Public Security of Interior Ministry Major General called the quote "inaccurate" and argued that Qatar was only attempting to naturalise citizens of Qatari origin.

Ambassador controversy
On 5 March 2014, Bahrain, along with  Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, recalled its ambassador from Qatar since Qatar failed to abide by an agreement signed by the GCC states to not support groups that posed a threat to fellow GCC members. On 16 November, it was reported that Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE were returning their ambassadors to Qatar following an emergency meeting in Riyadh, stating that they had reached an understanding.

Embassies
Bahrain had an embassy in Doha until 2017. Qatar also had an embassy in Manama until June 2017. The Qatari ambassador in Bahrain until October 2016 was Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed bin Saud Al Abdulrahman Al-Thani. The head of mission at the Bahraini embassy in Qatar is currently Nasser Faris al-Qatami, who is the charge d'affaires.

Cyber attack and termination
On 3 June 2017, the Twitter account of Bahraini foreign minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa was hacked in a Qatari cyberattack.  Two days later, on 5 June 2017, Bahrain has announced that it will cut ties with Qatar as well. Yet, Islam Hassan argues that "Insofar as Bahrain is concerned, the small Kingdom has been toeing the Saudi foreign policy for the past couple of years. It seems that their severing of ties with Qatar was mainly an answer to a Saudi call." In April 2023, Bahrain had restored diplomatic ties with Qatar.

See also
 Foreign relations of Bahrain
 Foreign relations of Qatar
 Qatar diplomatic crisis

References

Bilateral relations of Qatar
Qatar


title: List of Hindi films of 1934

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A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1934:

A

B-C

D-G

H-K

M-N

P-R

S

T-Z

References

External links
 Bollywood films of 1934 at the IMDb

1934
Bollywood
Films, Bollywood


title: The Secret Life of Us (season 1)

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The first season of the television drama series The Secret Life of Us aired from 16 July to 26 November 2001 on Network Ten in Australia. The series traces the often tumultuous life of a group of friends in their mid-twenties who live in a St Kilda apartment building.

Production
After airing the telemovie and subsequently receiving a great reception, Ten took a multimillion-dollar gamble and commissioned The Secret Life of Us to a series. Another gamble the network took was airing the series at 9:30pm, due partly to stop the breaching of censorship laws. Of the timeslot, Herald Sun journalist, Robert Fidgeon wrote, "Not that The Secret Life of Us is a tits-and-bums, obscenity-filled raunchfest. It is a quality series about the relationships of a group of twentysomethings. As such, it deserves to succeed. It is far and away the most accurate, honest and intelligent Australian drama series ever pitched at younger viewers."

Plot
The series traces the often tumultuous life of a group of friends in their mid-twenties who live in a St Kilda apartment building and are all looking for the same thing – love, sex, romance and success. The problem is they haven't worked out how to get it yet – so they make it up as they go along. Exploring sympathetic themes and establishing a recognised trifecta of homelife, lovelife and worklife, their experiences become a salient reminder that despite the struggle, juggle and balance of these things – friendship is what matters. Alex Christensen is an ambitious doctor who is riddled with insecurities and shares a flat with would-be-writer Evan Wylde who is in need of motivation and Kelly Lewis, a vivacious real estate agent who quits her job because of the affair she was having with her boss. Miranda Lang has her sighs set on stardom and together with her actor boyfriend Richie Blake, they share a flat with the no-nonsense Will McGill. Simon Trader works as a bartender at the local pub and is a source of wisdom and love. Jason Kennedy and Gabrielle Kovitch are about to get married for the wrong reasons – who will be the first to realise their mistake?

Cast

Main
 Claudia Karvan as Alex Christensen
 Deborah Mailman as Kelly Lewis
 Samuel Johnson as Evan Wylde
 Abi Tucker as Miranda Lang
 Joel Edgerton as Will McGill
 Spencer McLaren as Richie Blake
 Sibylla Budd as Gabrielle Kovitch
 Damian De Montemas as Jason Kennedy
 David Tredinnick as Simon Trader

Recurring
 Jessica Gower as Sam (15 episodes)
 Benjamin McNair as Joseph (5 episodes)
 Tasma Walton as Leah (5 episodes)
 Oscar Redding as Eric (8 episodes)
 Catherine McClements as Carmen (9 episodes)

Guest
 Leverne McDonnell as Kelly's Boss (6 episodes)
 Todd MacDonald as Nathan Leiberman (4 episodes)
 Damian Walshe-Howling as Mac (7 episodes)
 Steve Mouzakis as Paolo (5 episodes)
 Kenneth Ransom as Brad (6 episodes)

Episodes

DVD release

References

External links

2001 Australian television seasons


title: Vukašin Jovanović

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Vukašin Jovanović (, ; born 17 May 1996) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FK Čukarički.

Club career

Red Star Belgrade
Jovanović first began playing competitive football in Red Star's youth system. He joined the first team under coach Slaviša Stojanovič in March 2014. He made his professional debut for Red Star Belgrade on 9 August 2014, under coach Nenad Lalatović, when he came on the field as a substitute for Darko Lazić in a match against Radnički Niš. He signed his first professional contract on 12 August 2014, a couple of days after his official debut.

Zenit
On 20 February 2016, Jovanović signed with Russian club Zenit Saint Petersburg, reportedly on a 4.5-year contract. Although he trained with Zenit's first team, Jovanović played only for Zenit's reserves.

Bordeaux
On 31 January 2017, he joined the French club Bordeaux on loan until the end of the 2016–17 season. He played nine games during the loan, and at the end of the season Bordeaux decided to purchase him for approximately €3 million.

International career
Jovanović began playing for the national selections at the U-17 and U-18 categories. He was called up by Serbia youth coach Veljko Paunović for the 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. In the tournament, he first played in Srđan Babić's place due to his card suspension, but later he played all four matches. Subsequently, Jovanović played for Serbia's U20 squad which won the 2015 FIFA U20 World Cup in New Zealand.

Career statistics

Honours
Serbia
 FIFA U-20 World Cup: 2015

References

External links

 Vukašin Jovanović profile at Fudbalski savez Srbije

 Vukašin Jovanović stats at utakmica.rs

1996 births
Living people
Footballers from Belgrade
Men's association football defenders
Serbian men's footballers
Serbia men's youth international footballers
Serbia men's under-21 international footballers
Red Star Belgrade footballers
FC Zenit Saint Petersburg players
FC Zenit-2 Saint Petersburg players
Serbian SuperLiga players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Ligue 1 players
Apollon Limassol FC players
Cypriot First Division players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus


title: Empress Dowager Wang (Southern Ming)

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Empress Dowager Wang (c. 1594? – 1651), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Dowager Xiaozheng (), was an empress dowager of the Southern Ming dynasty of China. She was the main consort of Zhu Changying, Prince of Gui, the father of the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Roman Catholicism and adopted the name Helena.

She was the principal consort of Zhu Changying, and as such, she became the adoptive mother of his children with his other consorts.  After the fall of the Ming dynasty, she was asked to approve of the installation of her stepson Yongli Emperor as Ming emperor.  She gave her approval in November 1646, after which the Emperor could be enthroned. The Yongli Emperor showed his stepmother more influence than was considered necessary, and she acted as one of his principal advisers. It was said that she was:
"...versed in letters, aware of current events, analytical about tasks and clear in her reasoning. After the Emperor assumed the throne there was nothing in which he did not follow her wishes."

She, along with the Emperor's biological mother and his consort, was converted to Catholicism by the Jesuit Andreas Xavier Koffler in April 1648.

Letters to the Pope
By November 1650, the Yongli Emperor's family had fled the Manchus and were staying at Nanning (see Southern Ming#The Nanning court (1646–1662) and Transition from Ming to Qing). As Empress Dowager Wang and several others had converted to Christianity, she wrote to Pope Innocent X, requesting aid. She gave the letters to Jesuit missionary Michał Piotr Boym, who, accompanied by two Chinese, set sail from Macao by the end of the year. The journey to Rome and back would end up taking eight and a half years. They arrived in Rome in November 1652 via Goa, Golconda, Ispahan, Tauris, Smyrna, Venice, and Lorette. By then, the pope had died and his successor Pope Alexander VII finally responded to the letters in December 1655. The new pope's banal reply expressed the hope that her empire would recover its former integrity. Boym set sail from Lisbon in 1656, and reached China once again in 1658/59. The Manchu Qing Dynasty denied him entry, and Boym soon fell ill died, his letters undelivered.

References

Ming dynasty empresses dowager
Southern Ming empresses
1594 births
1651 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
People from Zhenjiang
Chinese Roman Catholics
Converts to Roman Catholicism
17th-century Chinese women
17th-century Chinese people


title: Jerusalem riots of 66

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Jerusalem riots of 66 refer to the massive unrest in the center of Roman Judea, which became the catalyst of the First Jewish–Roman War.

Timeline
According to Josephus, the violence of the year 66 initially began at Caesarea, provoked by Greeks of a certain merchant house sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue. The Roman garrison did not intervene there and thus the long-standing Hellenistic and Jewish religious tensions took a downward spiral. In reaction, one of the Jewish Temple clerks Eleazar ben Hanania ceased prayers and sacrifices for the Roman emperor at the Temple.

Protests over taxation joined the list of grievances and random attacks on Roman citizens and perceived 'traitors' occurred in Jerusalem. Tension reached a breaking point when Roman governor Gessius Florus sent Roman troops to remove seventeen talents from the Temple treasury, claiming the money was for unpaid taxes.

In response to this action, the city of Jerusalem fell into unrest and some of the Jewish population began to openly mock Florus by passing a basket around to collect money as if Florus was poor. Rioters even attacked a garrison, killing the soldiers. When a Syrian governor tried to intervene, he failed to improve the situation. Florus reacted to the unrest by sending soldiers into Jerusalem the next day to raid the city and arrest a number of the city leaders, who were later whipped and crucified, despite many of them being Roman citizens.

Aftermath
Shortly, outraged Judean nationalist factions took up arms and the Roman military garrison of Jerusalem was quickly overrun by rebels. In September 66, the Romans in Jerusalem surrendered and were lynched. Meanwhile, the Greek inhabitants of the capital of Judaea, Caesarea, attacked their Jewish neighbors; the Jews replied in kind, expelling many Greeks from Judaea, Galilee and the Golan heights. Fearing the worst, the pro-Roman king Agrippa II and his sister Berenice fled Jerusalem to Galilee. Judean militias later moved upon Roman citizens of Judaea and pro-Roman officials, cleansing the country of any Roman symbols.

See also
 List of massacres in Jerusalem
 Zealots

References

Ancient history of Jerusalem
66
60s in the Roman Empire
Massacres in Asia
60s conflicts
First Jewish–Roman War
Massacres in Israel
Anti-Jewish pogroms


title: Night Lights (Nat King Cole song)

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"Night Lights" is a 1956 song by written by Sammy Gallop and Chester Conn, recorded by Nat King Cole, and released as a single on the Capitol Records label. The song reached number 17 on the Best Sellers in Stores chart in Billboard Magazine. It was ranked as one of the top songs of the year by Billboard in 1956. The B-side, "To the Ends of the Earth", was written by the Sherman Brothers.

Charts

References

Nat King Cole songs
1956 songs
1956 singles
Songs with lyrics by Sammy Gallop
Songs written by Chester Conn
Capitol Records singles


title: Reflections in a Dark Sky

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Reflections in a Dark Sky (Italian: Riflessi in un cielo scuro) is a 1991 Italian drama film written and directed by Salvatore Maira.

Cast

 Françoise Fabian as Valeria
 Anna Kanakis as Chim
 Valerie Perrine  as Caterina
 Peter Stormare  as  Carlo
 Maurizio Donadoni	 as  Mario
 Brigitte Christensen  as Sister Angela
 Stefano Madia as  Friend of Chim
 Bettina Giovannini  as Alice
 Vittorio Mezzogiorno

References

External links

1991 films
Italian drama films
1991 drama films
1990s Italian films


title: Empress Dowager Ma (Southern Ming)

text:
Empress Dowager Ma (1578–1669), personal name unknown, formally known as Empress Dowager Zhaosheng (), was an empress dowager of the Chinese Southern Ming dynasty. She was a Sichuanese native and the birth mother of the Yongli Emperor. She converted to Roman Catholicism and adopted the name Maria.

See also
 Catholic Church in China
 Catholic Church in Sichuan

References

Ming dynasty empresses dowager
Southern Ming empresses
1578 births
1669 deaths
Converts to Roman Catholicism
17th-century Chinese women
17th-century Chinese people
Sichuanese Roman Catholics


title: 2014 Baden Masters

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The 2014 Baden Masters were held from August 29 to 31 at the Curling Center Baden Regio in Baden, Switzerland as part of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour and the European Curling Champions Tour. The event was the first tournament of the season for both tours. The event was held in a round robin format, and the purse for the event was CHF 32,500, of which the winner, Thomas Ulsrud, received CHF 13,030. Ulsrud and his team from Norway defeated the Peter de Cruz rink from Geneva in the final with a score of 6–5. It was the second time the Ulrsud rink won the event (they had previously won in 2008).

Teams
The teams are listed as follows:

Round robin standings
After Draw 10

Playoffs

References

External links

Baden Masters
Baden Masters
Baden Masters
Baden Masters


title: Malaysia at the 1986 Asian Games

text:
Malaysia competed in the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, South Korea from 20 September to 5 October 1986. Malaysia ended the games at 10 overall medals. Abdul Hamid Omar was the head of the delegation.

Medal summary

Medals by sport

Medallists

Athletics

Women
Track event

Badminton

Men's team
Quarterfinal

Basketball

Men's tournament

Ranked 5th in final standings

Women's tournament

Ranked 4th in final standings

Bowling

Men

Field hockey

Men's tournament
Group B

Semifinal

Bronze medal match

Ranked 4th in final standings

Women's tournament

Ranked 4th in final standings

Football

Men's tournament
Group C

Ranked 15th in final standings

Shooting

Mixed

Swimming

Women

Taekwondo

Men

References

Nations at the 1986 Asian Games
1986
Asian Games


title: First Tikal–Calakmul War

text:
The Tikal–Calakmul wars were a series of wars between Tikal and Calakmul. The First Tikal–Calakmul War was the  first of these wars. During this and following conflicts in Petén vassal states like Naranjo and Dos Pilas were often used. Though Yaxchilan was in the war it only had a minor presence at the beginning.

Yaxchilan and Calakmul

In 537 the Ajaws of Bonampak, Lakamtuun, and Calakmul (Calakmul) were captured by Yaxchilan. Bonampak and Lakamtuun remained under the control of Yaxchilan but in retaliation Calakmul conquered the latter. This gave the polity a strategic position with territory in both the east and the west of Tikal.

Calakmul was the largest Classic Maya city ever, containing around 6,500 buildings in the initial 30 square kilometre area. The population density in the urban core may have been 1,000/km2. Greater Calakmul, consisting of around 122 km2, probably had a density of around 420/km2. Together this would count for a total urban population of 50,000 inhabitants. Twenty secondary sites were found within the Calakmul kingdom, raising the population to around 200,000. There appear to have been smaller third- and fourth-level sites. When all populations are summed up, the total population of the Calakmul Kingdom may have been between 1.5 and 1.75 million people. This appears to be a larger population than the kingdom of Tikal.

All-out war
By 546 (9.5.11.11.18 on the Maya calendar) Naranjo had been conquered by Calakmul; during this time  Aj Wosal was appointed ruler of Naranjo.

In 561 (9.6.6.15.17) the ruler known as Sky Witness was crowned at Los Alcranes. His reign began the Kaan dynasty in Calakmul.

Sky Witness played a major role in the politics of the Maya. He forged an alliance with Caracol, which had previously been a major ally of Tikal.

In 562 (9.6.7.16.2) Wak Chan K’awiil, Ajaw of Tikal, was captured and sacrificed by soldiers from Caracol during a raid directly into the city of Tikal. His death ended the reign of his dynasty in Tikal.

In 564 (9.6.9.16.12) troops from Tikal had a victory in Caracol, but it was short lived.

In 572 (9.6.18.0.14) the year Sky Witness died Tikal was defeated.

Aftermath

The political and economic implications of defeat by Calakmul had a major impact on Tikal. South of Tikal city but still in the kingdom was Mutul, Mutul actually prospered slightly from the war. Tikal remained one of the most powerful cities in Peten, even in the world, but having lost much of its importance power partially transferred to Mutul.

In 695 (9.13.2.14.19) 123 years later Tikal would turn the tables in Calakmul.

References

6th-century conflicts
Tikal-Calakmul Wars
6th century in the Maya civilization