title: Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos

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Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos (born February 12, 1960 in Oderzo) is an Italian executive.

Key facts
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos (born February 12, 1960 in Oderzo) is currently Chief Executive Officer at Autogrill. After schooling in Oderzo (Liceo Scientifico Brandolini) he took a degree in Business Economics at Ca' Foscari University of Venice. He started his career in 1985 with Gruppo Nordica S.p.A. (in human resources) and then joined Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. In 1986 he moved to Gruppo Edizione Holding, where he held various posts in Benetton Group, United Optical and Benetton Sportsystem, which he left in 1999. He joined Autogrill Group early in 2000 and was in charge of the re-organization and re-launching of Autogrill's American subsidiary HMSHost in the United States till 2003.
He has been Autogrill's CEO, based in Milan, since April 2003.

Background
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos was born in Oderzo on February 12, 1960.
He did his high school studies in Oderzo (Liceo Scientifico Brandolini) and took a 1st class degree in business economics at Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice.

Starting out
After graduating in business economics, Tondato Da Ruos began his career with two short spells at Nordica S.p.A. (1985)  and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore (1986).
In 1986 he joined Gruppo Benetton, where he worked till 1999 as head of Organization and Development, in which capacity he also managed restructurings of group companies (United Optical and Sportsystem).

Career in Autogrill Group
In January 2000 he joined Autogrill  – then operating exclusively in the European motorway channel – and moved to the United States to manage the re-organization and re-launching of the newly acquired American subsidiary HMSHost, a process that enabled the Group to consolidate its position in the USA and prepare the ground for further international expansion.
Back in Italy, in April 2003, he became Group CEO, a role in which he brought about a strategic refocusing on concession business and diversification across sectors, channels and geographical regions.
From 2003 to 2013, with the creation of the Travel Retail division through the acquisitions and subsequent integration of Aldeasa S.A., Alpha Group Plc. and World Duty Free Europe Ltd., Tondato Da Ruos enabled Autogrill to double its sales. The following step was to demerge the Travel Retail business and list [World Duty Free] S.p.A.(1 October 2013) on the stock market operated by Borsa Italiana, thus launching a new phase of growth for both companies. Tondato has also been chairman of World Duty Free S.p.A.

In 2022, as CEO of Autogrill, Tondato led the Group's integration with Dufry, a Swiss-based international travel retailer. The deal aims at creating a new global travel retail and restaurant group with combined revenues of more than €12 billion.

Other posts
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos is also currently chairman of HMSHost Corporation, an independent director at International Game Technology Plc (formerly GTECH S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A.).
He has been previously chairman of the board of directors of World Duty Free S.p.A., and a director of World Duty Free Group S.A.U.
He has also been a non-executive director of Autogrill Holding UK Plc, a director of Alpha Group Plc., and a director of World Duty Free Group España S.A.

Private life
Tondato Da Ruos is married and has two daughters. He is a runner  and a former rugby player, having played for years in minor division clubs like Oderzo Rugby, where he was a wing, and Silea.

Awards
In 2008 Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos received a commendation from Niaf (National Italian American Foundation) for his furthering of dialogue between the United States and Italy. He is listed in the Thomson Reuters Extel Surveys for 2009.

References

External links
Letter to the stakeholders, Autogrill CSR 2009
unTHINKables: Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos, Alumnibocconi.it
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos, Youtube UniBocconi
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos, Alixpartners.com
Autogrill: ethical eating takes off, Financial Times Video
Gianmario Tondato Da Ruos, Autogrill, Linkontro, www.video.mediaset.it

1960 births
Living people
Italian businesspeople


title: Leul Sagad

text:
Leul Sagad Atnaf Sagad (died 17 October 1916), also known by his horse name Abba Balay, was an Ethiopian courtier and army commander (Ras) under Emperor Menelik II. A key figure in late 19th and early 20th century, he was responsible for several successful military campaigns, but was killed in battle during the struggle over Menelik's succession.

Life

Background
Of Amhara nobility.  Leul Sagad was a member of the influential Addisge family clan of Shewa. His father, Atnaf Sagad held the rank of Dejazmach.

Leul Seged was closely connected to the Ethiopian court through his brother Wube Atnaf Sagad, who was the second husband of Menelik's daughter Zewditu. His cousin, Tessema Nadew was also an influential figure at Menelik's court and Enderase (regent) during Menelik's final illness.

Military and court career

Much of Lul Seged's activity was in the south of the country, particularly in Sidamo, where Menelik's regime had begun showing expansionist interest in the late 1880s. In 1891 Lul Seged, then holding the rank of Dejazmach, set up a permanent garrison at Shisha. In 1894-5, he mounted a successful conquest of the entire province: Menelik afterwards raised him to the rank of Ras. He is also thought to have been responsible for the Ethiopian annexation of Konso in 1896. After 1896, however, Lul Seged was removed from power in Sidamo in favour of Dejazmach Balcha Safo, allegedly because he had failed to appear in the Adwa campaign, although other sources claim that Lul Seged was rewarded by Menelik for bravery at Adwa.

In 1907 he was made governor of Bale province, and also governed Kaffa Province. British intelligence documents of the period described Lul Seged as "one of the ablest men in Abyssinia", but identified him as one of the main opponents of European influence on the country.

In common with others of his class Lul Seged sought to increase his influence through marriage, and late in life he married Menen Asfaw, later the wife of Tafari Makonnen (Haile Selassie), with the approval of her grandfather Negus Mikael. After two years she ran away to Addis Ababa and sought a divorce: Lul Seged was reportedly furious, and became an implacable opponent of her new husband Tafari.

After Ras Tessema's death in 1911, Lul Seged was appointed regent by Menelik's heir Iyasu, in the process making an enemy of Minister of War Habte Giyorgis. Despite this, Lul Seged was eventually persuaded to turn against Iyasu, with whom his relationship had remained rather cool following the latter's involvement in Menen Asfaw's divorce and remarriage.

Death

Iyasu was deposed on 27 September 1916 by a council of nobles and clergy, who installed Menelik's daughter Zewditu as Empress and nominated Lul Seged's rival, Tafari, as her heir apparent. Much to Tafari's reported surprise, Lul Seged brought his army to the capital and was one of the first nobles to declare his allegiance to Zewditu. Following the palace coup, Iyasu's father, Negus Mikael, assembled an army in the north to retake the capital and reinstate his son on the throne. Mikael and 80,000 men set out from Wollo on 7 October.

As the imperial army was still in preparation, Lul Seged was dispatched north to Ankober with an advance guard of a few thousand to put a stop to Mikael's advance. Lul Seged arrived south of Ankober on 16 October, and Mikael initially fell back. However, Lul Seged's vastly outnumbered army was practically wiped out a day later in a furious action at Tora Mesk after it tried to stop Fitawrari Sirah Bazu's troops,  supporting Mikael,  from taking Ankober. The 'official' imperial chronicle represented Lul Seged as resisting suggestions to retreat: "I will not be the laughing stock of Wollo. If you are afraid,  flee! I shall fight as long as I can and I shall die here". Lul Seged was amongst those killed, alongside Tessema Gazmu, commander of the palace guard,  and several other nobles. News of the disaster shocked Addis Ababa, but Negus Mikael was to be defeated several days later at the Battle of Segale.

Wilfred Thesiger, who lived in Addis Ababa in 1916, later recalled both the "wailing" at the news of Lul Seged's defeat, and seeing the victory parade after Segale: "The most moving moment of that wildly exciting day was when the drums suddenly stopped and in utter silence a few hundred men in torn, white everyday clothes came slowly down the long avenue of waiting troops led by a young boy. It was Ras Lul Seged's son bringing in the remnants of his father's army, which had gone into battle five thousand strong."

Ras Lul Seged was buried in Debre Berhan Selassie church.

Notes

References

1916 deaths
Ethiopian nobility
Ethiopian military personnel
19th-century Ethiopian people
Ethiopian military personnel killed in action
Year of birth missing


title: Pachakutiq (Cusco)

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Pachakutiq (Quechua pacha time, space, kuti return, "return of time", "change of time", pacha kuti "great change or disturbance in the social or political order", -q a suffix, Pachakutiq an Inca emperor, Hispanicized spelling Pachacútec) is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is located in the Cusco Region, Calca Province, on the border of the districts Calca and Lares. Pachakutiq is situated east of the Urupampa mountain range. It lies north-east of the mountain Q'irayuq and south-west of the mountains Yanaqaqa and Chhullunkunayuq.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: Moxie (disambiguation)

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Moxie is a regional soda in the United States, the eponym of the word "moxie".

Moxie or MOXIE or similar may also refer to:

 Boldness

People
 Moxie (DJ), a London-based DJ
 Moxiie, a Haitian-American recording artist, singer and songwriter
 Moxie Dalton (1896–1957), U.S. American football player
 Moxie Divis (1894–1955), baseball player
 Moxie Hengel (1857–1924), baseball player
 Moxie Manuel (1881–1924), baseball player
 Moxie Marlinspike, computer security expert
 Moxie Meixell (1887–1982), baseball player
 Moxie Raia (born 1993), U.S. singer

Fictional characters
 Moxie Mannheim, a DC Comics character

Places
 Moxie Mountain, a mountain in Maine, U.S.
 Moxie Falls, a nearby waterfall

Business
 Moxies (also Moxie's), Canadian restaurant chain
 The Moxie Institute, a film studio in San Francisco
 Moxie (company), an American interactive marketing agency owned by Publicis Groupe
 Moxie Media, a political consulting firm involved in the Moxie Media scandal
 Moxie Software, an American software company

Entertainment
 Moxie (novel), a 2017 young adult novel by Jennifer Mathieu
 Moxie (film), a 2021 film based on the novel
 Moxie, a 2009 album by British rapper QBoy
 The Moxie Awards, at the Santa Monica Film Festival & Moxie Awards

Other uses
 Moxie (trimaran), historic sailboat launched in 1980
 Mars Oxygen ISRU Experiment, abbreviated MOXIE, an experimental instrument on the NASA Mars 2020 rover

See also

 Moxie plum, a perennial ground vine
 Moxie Girlz, a brand of fashion dolls
 East Moxie, Maine, US; a township

 Moxey (disambiguation)
 Moxy (disambiguation)


The Journal of Advances in Information Fusion is a biannual peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering information integration. It was established in 2006 and is the official journal of the International Society of Information Fusion. The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus and in Ei Compendex.

Editors
The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief:
 William Dale Blair (2006–2013)
 Uwe D. Hanebeck (2014–present)

References

External links

Computer science journals
English-language journals
Biannual journals
Open access journals
Academic journals published by learned and professional societies
Academic journals established in 2006


title: Popham Beach State Park

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Popham Beach State Park is a public recreation area covering  on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine. It is the state's highest volume day use State Park. The state park occupies a dynamic shoreline landscape that has created a peninsula between the mouth of the Morse River and the Atkins Bay portion of the Kennebec River. The park is managed by the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.

Geology
The area is subject to significant changes in the landscape including dune destruction and rebuilding, loss of forest lands, and tombolo breaching. Efforts made to stop the erosion have included placing large boulders designed to hold off the surf.

Activities and amenities
The park is used for swimming, kayaking, fishing, picnicking, and hiking. The peninsula also is the site of historic Fort Popham, historic Fort Baldwin, and the remnants of the Popham Colony.

References

External links
Popham Beach State Park Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Beach Scraping at Popham Beach State Park Maine Geological Survey
Migration of the Morse River into Back Dunes at Popham Beach State Park Maine Geological Survey
Seawall and Popham Beach Dynamics Maine Geological Survey
Setting the Stage for a Course Change at Popham Beach Maine Geological Survey
Storm and Channel Dynamics at Popham Beach State Park Maine Geological Survey
Tombolo Breach at Popham Beach State Park Maine Geological Survey

Beaches of Maine
State parks of Maine
Protected areas of Sagadahoc County, Maine
Landforms of Sagadahoc County, Maine
Popham Colony


title: S25 (ZVV)

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The S25 is a regional railway line of the S-Bahn Zürich on the Zürcher Verkehrsverbund (ZVV), Zürich transportation network, and is one of the network's lines connecting the cantons of Zürich with Schwyz, Glarus and St. Gallen. The line was introduced in July 2014, and replaces the less frequent Glarner Sprinter train.

History
Between 1918 and 2004, there was no direct connection from the canton of Glarus to the city of Zürich. In 2004, the through Glarner Sprinter train was introduced, but financial and technical limitations meant this train only ran every two hours on weekdays, and twice a day on weekends and holidays. It also only reached Linthal, the terminus of the line in Glarus, on weekends and holidays. In July 2014, these limitations were finally overcome, and the Glarner Sprinter was replaced by the hourly S25 service to Linthal.

Route

The line links Zürich Hauptbahnhof with the canton of Glarus, terminating at the village of Linthal and the head of the valley of the Linth river. From the Hauptbahnhof, the line uses the Lake Zürich left-bank railway line to Ziegelbrücke, stopping only at a few selected stations. It then takes the Weesen-Linthal railway line to Linthal, stopping at all stations (except Nieder- und Oberurnen) including those for Glarus Town and Schwanden.

On its route, the line stops at the following stations:

 Ziegelbrücke
 Näfels-Mollis
 Netstal
 Glarus
 Ennenda
 Mitlödi
 Schwanden

 Linthal Braunwaldbahn
 Linthal

Scheduling
Trains run hourly, covering the distance from Zürich Hauptbahnhof to Ziegelbrücke in 43 minutes, to Glarus in 60 minutes, and to Linthal in 94 minutes. Despite being classified as an S-Bahn train, the S25 actually covers the distance between Zürich Hauptbahnhof and Ziegelbrücke in a shorter time than the parallel RegioExpress service to Chur. This mirrors the performance of its predecessor, the Glarner Sprinter named train, which was itself classified as a RegioExpress service.

For its journey along the Lake Zürich left-bank line, the S25 is paralleled by other Zürich S-Bahn lines that provide more frequent, but slower, service. Principally amongst these, the S2  runs every 30 minutes as far as Ziegelbrücke, whilst the S8 runs every 30 minutes as far as Pfäffikon SZ. Between Ziegelbrücke and Schwanden, the S25 is paralleled by the hourly St. Gallen S-Bahn service S6, thus providing a half-hourly service.

See also

 Rail transport in Switzerland
 Trams in Zürich

References

External links
 ZVV official website: Routes & zones

Zürich S-Bahn lines
Canton of Glarus
Canton of Schwyz
Transport in the canton of St. Gallen
Transport in the canton of Zürich


title: Grace Jelagat Kipchoim

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Grace Jelagat Kimoi Kipchoim (3 January 1962 – 20 April 2018) was a Kenyan representative in the National Assembly of Kenya for Baringo South Constituency constituency. She was a coalition member of the Jubilee Alliance and a member of the United Republican Party (URP). She won the legislative seat while ill and did very few mobile campaigns compared to her main challenger, Charles Kamuren (KANU) who garnered 8,905 votes versus her 9,299 votes. Early in 2018, rumours on social media claimed that she had died, but she came out to defend herself and said they were being peddled by her detractors to tarnish her name. However, on 20 April 2018, she died of cancer while under treatment at Nairobi Hospital.

References

1962 births
2018 deaths
21st-century Kenyan women politicians
21st-century Kenyan politicians
Members of the National Assembly (Kenya)
Members of the 11th Parliament of Kenya
People from Baringo County
Deaths from cancer in Kenya


title: Cali explosion

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The Cali Explosion occurred on August 7, 1956, in downtown Cali, Colombia. It was caused by the explosion of seven army ammunition trucks loaded with 1053 boxes of dynamite, which were parked in Cali overnight. In 1956, the city of Cali had around 400,000 inhabitants. More than 1,300 died from the explosion, and another 4,000 were wounded. Some estimate go as high as 4000 deaths and 12000 injured.

Events

Seven army trucks, loaded with 1053 boxes of dynamite, came from Buenaventura and were parked in an old railway station. The explosion occurred in the early hours of the morning - destroying 41 blocks and leaving a crater 50 meters wide and 25 meters deep. The blast destroyed buildings, homes and businesses, killing more than 1,300 people and injuring more than 4,000. Six districts were affected: San Nicolás, El Porvenir, El Hoyo, El Piloto, Fátima and Jorge Isaacs.

The blast caused an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3. The noise was heard in Buga, Palmira, Santander de Quilichao, Caloto and Jamundí.

Hypotheses at the time for the explosion include trucks overheating or a soldier accidentally firing his gun. The incident occurred while Gustavo Rojas Pinilla was president. He attributed the tragedy to the opposition, who had recently signed the Benidorm covenant.

Reactions

In the early hours following the explosion, priest Alfonso Hurtado Galvis intervened. He said of the incident: "the mushroom cloud left by the explosion resembled that formed by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but smaller in proportion ... mutilated body parts including legs, arms, torsos could be seen. The scene was horrific.. dead and wounded everywhere."

In the central cemetery 3725 skulls and body parts were buried in a mass grave. An iron cross near streets 25 and 26 was erected to commemorate the incident.

Following the tragedy, local Colombian organizations such as the Red Cross, the Sendas organization (Department of Social Welfare and Child Protection, later the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar), the Boy Scouts and the Sisters of Charity and clergy offered help. The Holy See, then headed by Pope Pius XII, the Soviet Union, the Kingdom of Afghanistan, the Pahlavi dynasty of Iran (Persia), Vietnam, the Kingdom of Laos, the Philippines, North Korea, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela,  the Mongolian People's Republic, South Korea, Japan, China and Europe sympathised with the victims.

Popular culture
 Bloody Flesh (Spanish: Carne de tu carne, "Flesh of Your Flesh") is a 1983 Colombian drama horror film written and directed by Carlos Mayolo based on the explosion.

References

Explosions in 1956
Cali
1956 in Colombia
August 1956 events in South America


title: Siegel, Minnesota

text:
Siegel is an unincorporated community in Baytown Township, Washington County, Minnesota, United States.  The community is located south of Oak Park Heights near the junction of Washington County Roads 14 and 24.

Nearby places include Oak Park Heights, Bayport, and Stillwater.

Siegel is located within section 9 of Baytown Township.

References

Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Minnesota


title: American Midwest Ballet

text:
American Midwest Ballet, is a dance company in Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 2019, American Midwest Ballet was moved to downtown Council Bluffs.

Company repertoire includes an annual production of The Nutcracker featuring local student dancers.

References

Non-profit organizations based in Nebraska


title: Nacora, Nebraska

text:
Nacora is an unincorporated community in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States.

History
Nacora is derived from a Spanish word meaning "I am born." A post office opened in Nacora in 1892, closed in 1894, reopened in 1898, and closed permanently in 1943.

References

Unincorporated communities in Dakota County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


title: Doc DelCastillo

text:
Doc DelCastillo is an American ice hockey coach. He has coached at varying levels of amateur and professional ice hockey as both an assistant and head coach, most recently for Hamline University.

Career statistics

Head coaching record

†Alaska was retroactively forced to forfeit all wins and ties due to player ineligibilities.

References

External links

1968 births
Alaska Nanooks men's ice hockey coaches
American ice hockey coaches
American men's ice hockey goaltenders
Ice hockey coaches from Minnesota
Living people
Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota
St. Cloud State Huskies men's ice hockey players
Ice hockey people from Saint Paul, Minnesota


title: Abrie Griesel

text:
Abraham Jacobus Griesel (born 15 January 1992 in Bloemfontein, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the  in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge. His regular position is scrum-half.

Career

Youth

At school level, he was included in the Free State Under-13 team that played at the 2005 Under-13 Craven Week competition and in their Under-18 side that played at the Academy Week tournament in 2010.

He made the move to Pretoria in 2011 to join the . He made seven starts and two appearances off the bench for the  during the 2011 Under-19 Provincial Championship and two appearances for the  side in 2012.

2012 IRB Junior World Championship

In 2012, Griesel was a member of the South Africa national under-20 rugby union team that participated at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship held in South Africa. He started their first match of the competition, a 23–19 defeat to Ireland. He came on as a late substitute in their next match against Italy and didn't make an appearance in their final pool match against England, where South Africa got a 28–15 victory to ensure their qualification for the semi-finals. He played off the bench in their semi-final clash with Argentina, but remained an unused substitute for the final, where the hosts triumphed 22–16 over New Zealand to win the competition for the first time.

Free State Cheetahs

His introduction to first class provincial rugby came during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition, where the played for the  after moving back to Bloemfontein. He made his debut by coming on as a second-half substitute against the  in a 52–47 win. He made a further three substitute appearances in the Cheetahs' next three matches.

Griquas

He moved to Kimberley shortly after to link up with a  side trying to qualify for the 2014 Currie Cup Premier Division. Although he was named in their squad for the 2014 Currie Cup qualification series, he failed to make an appearance, but was retained for their Premier League campaign. He was included on the bench for their season-opener against the .

Munster

Having moved to All-Ireland League side Young Munster in 2016, Griesel made his debut for Munster on 4 November 2016, coming on as a replacement for Duncan Williams in the 2016–17 Pro12 fixture against Ospreys.

Pumas

Griesel returned to South Africa for the 2018 season, joining the Nelspruit-based  prior to the 2018 Rugby Challenge.

References

South African rugby union players
Living people
1992 births
Rugby union players from Bloemfontein
Rugby union scrum-halves
Free State Cheetahs players
Griquas (rugby union) players
South Africa Under-20 international rugby union players
Munster Rugby players
Young Munster players


title: Handweavers Guild of America

text:
The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) is an association of fiber artists founded in the U.S. in 1969.
The guild provides educational programs, conferences, and scholarships for fiber arts students.
It publishes the quarterly journal Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot.

Foundation

The Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) was founded in 1969.
The well-known New York weaver Berta Frey was one of the founders and served on the guild's first board of directors.
The objective is "to inspire creativity and encourage excellence in the fiber arts."
The organization is non-profit and has an international membership.
Members include weavers, spinners, dyers, basketmakers, fiber artists and teachers.
As of 2006 the guild was based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Activities

The guild holds conferences and provides educational programs.
The guild provides Dendel Scholarships to assist undergraduate and graduate fiber arts students in the US and Canada.
Selection is based on artistic and technical merit rather than on financial need.
HGA scholarships have similar requirements.
The HGA website provides a list of spinning guilds in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, and Switzerland.
This may be useful to fiber artists looking for local sources of supply.
In 1986 the HGA held Convergence '86 in Toronto, Canada, its first biennial meeting outside the U.S.
The conference was co-hosted by the Ontario Crafts Council and the Ontario Handweavers & Spinners.
About 2,000 weavers and spinners attended the conference and more than forty galleries in Toronto and the region gave weaving exhibitions.
The HGA offers the Certificate of Excellence (COE) in Handweaving, Handspinning, Dyeing, and Basketry.

Magazine

Members receive the quarterly journal Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot.
The magazine publishes articles on fiber arts design, history, shows, education, products, books and news, and gives information on HGA programs.
The magazine had a circulation of about 6,000 in 2012, with a well-educated and knowledgeable readership in the fiber arts community.

References
Citations

Sources

1969 establishments in the United States
American weavers
Guilds in the United States
Organizations based in Georgia (U.S. state)
Organizations established in 1969
Textile arts of the United States
Textile arts organizations
Spinning


title: Moment of Impact (film)

text:
Moment of Impact is a 1998 American documentary film directed by Julia Loktev.

Premise
The film documents the struggle of Loktev's parents, particularly her mother, following a car accident in 1989 which left Julia's father severely disabled.

Production
The entire film was shot on a Hi8 camera and edited by Loktev.

Reception
For her work, Loktev won the documentary directing award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival.

References

American documentary films
1998 films
Documentary films about people with disability
1990s American films


title: Nkosiyabo Xakane

text:
Nkosiyabo Xakane is a football defender. He plays for FC Cape Town in the South African National First Division.

References

Living people
1985 births
Men's association football defenders
AmaZulu F.C. players
South African men's soccer players


title: National Wind Tunnel Facility

text:
The National Wind Tunnel Facility (NWTF), is an initiative in which 17 wind tunnels distributed across seven UK universities (host institutions) are made open access (for up to 25% of time) to external researchers in the UK and abroad, from both university and industry based.

NWTF is intended to be as inclusive as possible while still  supporting the best science. The scheme was announced on 9 January 2014 by David Willetts, Minister for Science and Universities. The total funding for the Facility is £13.3 million, £10.7 million coming from EPSRC and £2.6 million from the UK Aerospace Technology Institute.

The EPSRC and ATI decided to fund the NWTF in order to match the UK talent base to world-class wind tunnel facilities. The enhanced UK capability in experimental aerodynamics is available to all UK-based researchers.  The stated aim was to create nodes of excellence attracting young researchers. Another aim was to establish a closer tie with industry, creating a pull-through environment and an intended spill-over of the collaboration and benefits to other sectors.

The NWTF programme was to have a duration of five years. A mid-term review was to review the progress made during the first two and a half years. The current end date is December 2018,

Wind tunnels available

Governance
The NWTF has a management board (MB) that meets approximately every 3 months. This is composed of a Principal Investigator from each of the current host institutions and the NWTF Project Manager. The current MB members are Professor Holger Babinsky (University of Cambridge), Professor Chris Atkin (City University), Professor Kevin Garry (Cranfield University), Dr Richard Green (University of Glasgow), Professor Jonathan Morrison (Imperial College), Professor Peter Ireland (University of Oxford), Professor Bharathram Ganapathisubramani (University of Southampton) and Dr Kevin Gouder (NWTF Project Manager).

An advisory board (AB) oversees the broader aims of the NWTF, monitors the running of the NWTF and reviews progress versus Key Performance Indicators. The AB is composed of representatives from EPSRC, ATI, senior academics (from the UK and abroad), representatives from industry, an existing National Facility Manager and is chaired by an independent senior UK-based aerodynamicist.

Key Dates

References

Aerospace industry in the United Kingdom
College and university associations and consortia in the United Kingdom
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Engineering education in the United Kingdom
Engineering research institutes
Research institutes in the United Kingdom
Wind tunnels


title: It's Just Love

text:
It's Just Love may refer to:

 It's Just Love (Nat & Alex Wolff song), by Nat and Alex Wolff
 A single by Misia from the 2000 album Love Is the Message, 2000
 A single by Sofia Talvik
 A song by Dave Lambert on A Taste of Strawbs
 A song by Rumi Ohishi 大石ルミ from the Japanese anime series Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
 A song by Sofia Talvik from the 2007 album Street of Dreams


title: Hilda Conrady Kingslake

text:
Hilda Conrady Kingslake (born Hilda Gertrude Conrady, February 16, 1902 – February 14, 2003) was an English-American researcher in the field of optics.

Early life
Hilda Gertrude Conrady was born in London, England, on 16 February 1902.

Education & Career
Kingslake was a student in the technical optics department of the Royal College of Science, Imperial College, London and graduated in 1923 as part of the first graduating class. She continued working in the department as a research scholar publishing on topics including the Foucault knife-edge test and primary spherical aberration.  Her first paper the “Study of the significance of the foucault knife-edge test when applied to refracting systems” was published in 1924 in the Transactions of the Optical Society, London.

Kingslake made significant contributions to memorializing the history of optics with two important works. She was the author of the "History of the Optical Society of America, 1916-1966"  published in the March 1966 issue of the Journal of the Optical Society of America. She also authored "The First 50 Years- the Institute of Optics 1929-1979."

Kingslake was an OSA Fellow and long-time member of the society.

Family
Her father, A.E. Conrady, and husband, Rudolf Kingslake were also major figures in the research and instruction of optics; in fact both Hilda and Rudolf studied under Conrady at the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.

The Kingslakes moved to Rochester, New York, in 1929 (just after their marriage) when Rudolf was offered a professorship at the University of Rochester.  Both continued to live in Rochester until their deaths in February 2003—Hilda on the 14th and Rudolf on the 28th. She died just two days shy of her 101st birthday on 14 February 2003.

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title: Patrick Lawless

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Patrick Colin Lawless is an Australian diplomat and senior career officer with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Lawless served as the Australian Ambassador to Brazil, from 12 February 2014 until February 2016. Lawless previously served as Australia's Ambassador to Portugal (2009–2013) and to Poland (2002–2005).

Early life and education
Lawless can trace his family heritage to the First Fleet landing in Botany Bay in 1788.

Lawless speaks Portuguese and graduated from the University of New South Wales and London School of Economics. Prior to working for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lawless practiced law in Sydney and worked for the Aboriginal Land Commissioner in Darwin.

Career
Lawless began his career with the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1985 as held a number of positions with the Department throughout his career including three ambassadorships. Lawless worked as the speechwriter for the Foreign Minister and Trade Minister from 1992 and 1993 and then as an adviser in the Trade Minister's office in 1993. By 1998 Lawless began serving in senior Department positions beginning with the Director of the Staffing Operations Section in DFAT's Staffing Branch. His first ambassadorial appointment to Poland was announced by the Minister Alexander Downer on 30 May 2002 replacing Margaret Adamson. Lawless's replacement Ian Forsyth was announced in April 2005 and he completed his post in Poland in June 2005. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador to Poland he served as the head of the Trade Development Branch and Trade and Economic Analysis Branch, the Deputy Head of Mission in South Africa and Russia and a diplomatic posting in France

Lawless was announced as the Ambassador to Portugal with non-resident accreditation to Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau and Sao Tome and Principe on 24 August 2009 by Minister Stephen Smith, he replaced Luke Williams. He was replaced by Anne Plunkett in May 2012. After 2012 Lawless served as the head of DFAT's Resources, Competitiveness and Trade Analysis Branch.

Lawless was appointed the Ambassador to Brazil on 12 February 2014 by Minister Julie Bishop replacing Brett Hackett. While Ambassador to Brazil, Lawless, along with Austrade, was involved in organising and facilitating Australian involvement in the Brazilian Association of Water Resources Symposium which allowed for water management experts from Australia to train Brazilian stakeholders. He also met the Socceroos when they landed in Curitiba prior to their third World Cup game.

In January 2016 Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced that Lawless would be replaced by John Richardson in February.

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Living people
University of New South Wales Law School alumni
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title: Goodwin, Nebraska

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Goodwin is an unincorporated community in Dakota County, Nebraska, United States.

History
Goodwin was established in 1892. It was named for John C. Goodwin, a railroad official. A post office was established at Goodwin in 1892, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1940.

References

Unincorporated communities in Dakota County, Nebraska
Unincorporated communities in Nebraska


title: Alexander Schwolow

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Alexander Schwolow (born 2 June 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club Union Berlin.

Club career

Youth years
Schwolow began his youth career at 3. Liga side SV Wehen Wiesbaden. He left in 2008 for SC Freiburg's U17 team from where he later progressed to the U19 team.

SC Freiburg
In 2010, Schwolow was promoted to SC Freiburg's reserve team. He managed to start 51 games in the Regionalliga Südwest, conceding 77 goals while keeping 12 clean sheets.

On 1 January 2012, Schwolow was called up to SC Freiburg's first team. He made his first appearance on 10 May 2014 in a 3–2 loss to Hannover 96.

On 1 July 2015, SC Freiburg recalled Schwolow after one season on loan at Arminia Bielefeld, after selling Roman Bürki to Borussia Dortmund.

Arminia Bielefeld (loan)
On 1 July 2014, Schwolow agreed to a two-year loan to Arminia Bielefeld who aimed at gaining promotion following their relegation from the 2. Bundesliga. He made his debut on 26 July 2014 in 2–1 win over Mainz 05 II. Schwolow made his first appearance in a non-league game in a 4–1 win over SV Sandhausen in a DFB-Pokal match on 17 August 2014.

Hertha BSC
On 4 August 2020, Hertha BSC agreed on a deal with SC Freiburg to sign Schwolow, after triggering his €8 million release clause. Under head coach Bruno Labbadia, the 28-year-old replaced long-time regular starter Rune Jarstein and made 18 Bundesliga appearances. As the Berlin-based side were in danger of relegation, Labbadia was replaced by Pál Dárdai, who had already coached the team from 2015 to 2019, and he preferred Jarstein in goal from matchday 19. However, Dárdai stated: "Alex Schwolow owns the future. He's number one, even if Rune is playing at the moment." On matchday 27, Schwolow returned in Hertha's goal as Jarstein was out after becoming infected with the Alpha variant of COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Schwolow became the starting goalkeeper again during the 2021–22 season, as Hertha were once again in a relegation fight. On 2 April 2022, he suffered a thigh injury in the league match against Bayer Leverkusen, ruling him out for the remainder of the season. He was replaced in goal by backup Marcel Lotka, and afterwards by Oliver Christensen in the relegation playoffs against Hamburger SV after Lotka broke his nose.

On 26 July 2023, his contract with Hertha was terminated by mutual consent.

Schalke 04 (loan)
On  15 June 2022, Schalke 04 announced the signing of Schwolow on loan for the 2022–23 season.

International career
Schwolow has represented his country in youth levels but has not yet represented them at a senior level.

Career statistics

Honours
Arminia Bielefeld
 3. Liga: 2014–15

SC Freiburg
 2. Bundesliga: 2015–16

References

External links

Living people
1992 births
Footballers from Wiesbaden
German men's footballers
Men's association football goalkeepers
Germany men's youth international footballers
SV Wehen Wiesbaden players
SC Freiburg II players
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Arminia Bielefeld players
Hertha BSC players
FC Schalke 04 players
1. FC Union Berlin players
Bundesliga players
2. Bundesliga players
3. Liga players
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title: Randolphville Bridge

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The Randolphville Bridge, also known as the South Randolphville Road Bridge over Ambrose Brook, is a historic road bridge located on South Randolphville Road in the Randolphville section of Piscataway, New Jersey. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1999.

See also
List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Ephraim Fitz-Randolph House

References

External links

National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Bridges completed in 1937
Piscataway, New Jersey
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Bridges in Middlesex County, New Jersey


title: Warty frog (disambiguation)

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The warty frog is a frog in the family Brevicipitidae found in Tanzania and Kenya.

Warty frog may also refer to:

 Kerala warty frog, a frog found in India
 Nepal warty frog, a frog found in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan
 Pied warty frog, a frog found in India, Burma, China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia
 Warty mountain stream frog, a frog endemic to the Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca, Mexico
 Warty swamp frog, a frog native to southeastern Australia
 Warty water-holding frog, a frog native to Australia
 Warty webbed frog, a frog endemic to the Solomon Islands

See also

 Wart frog (disambiguation)

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Winnie the Pooh (franchise)

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Winnie the Pooh is a media franchise produced by The Walt Disney Company, based on A. A. Milne and E. H. Shepard's stories featuring Winnie-the-Pooh. It started in 1966 with the theatrical release of the short Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.

The tone, action, and plot of the franchise is made much softer and slower than that of any other Disney animated film, in order to appeal to a more preschool-oriented audience.

History

In 1930, producer Stephen Slesinger originally acquired sole and exclusive American and Canadian merchandising, television, recording and other trade rights to Pooh from A. A. Milne. Then as early as 1938, Walt Disney expressed interest in obtaining the film rights to the Pooh books by first corresponding with the literary agency Curtis Brown. In June 1961, Disney Productions acquired the film rights from Milne's widow Dorothy, as well as the television and merchandising rights from Slesinger's widow Shirley Slesinger Lasswell. By 1964, Disney told his animation staff that he was planning to make a full-length animated feature film based on the books. A meeting was held with senior staff members to discuss the proposed film. However, during the meeting, Disney decided not to make a feature film, but instead a featurette that could be attached to a live-action film. Disney dropped the hyphens from the name and adopted Slesinger's red-shirted version of Pooh. To Milne's set of characters, Disney added Gopher to add a more traditional and relatable American creature to the mix. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree in 1966 was the franchise's big-screen debut.

A new rights agreement was signed in 1983 between Disney and the heirs of both Milne and Slesinger. In 1991, Slesinger Lasswell began a series of lawsuits against Disney for unpaid royalties, accusing the company of misreporting Pooh revenue, and sought to terminate all future rights. Then after the Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 was passed, A. A. Milne's granddaughter Clare attempted to use the new law to terminate all future rights for the Slesingers so the Milnes could deal with Disney exclusively, but this was rejected by the US courts. In the midst of the lawsuits, analysts in 2003 believed Pooh was worth $3 billion to $6 billion of Disney's total annual sales of $25 billion. The Age thus concluded, "[l]osing control of the Winnie the Pooh franchise would be a disaster for Disney". In 2009, US District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled that the Slesingers had granted all Pooh trademarks and copyrights to Disney, but Disney must still pay royalties for all future uses of the characters. By 2022, the original Winnie-the-Pooh book entered into the public domain in the United States, since it had been 95 years since the story was first published. While Disney retains certain rights to their derivative works, the company no longer holds exclusive rights to the characters in the US. Disney still holds exclusive rights in the UK and other countries where they have different copyright expiration dates.

According to a 2013 Variety article, Winnie the Pooh is the third best-selling franchise in the world, after Disney's own Disney Princess and Star Wars. The New York Times said: "The stakes are high for Disney. Global sales of Pooh merchandise — books, plush toys, T-shirts, potty chairs — have fallen 12% over the last five years, but still account for a staggering $5.5 billion." It added that Pooh "remains Disney's second best-selling character after Mickey Mouse", and noted: "Branding experts say aging character franchises are among the most difficult to keep alive because they require continually walking a tightrope. 'With Winnie the Pooh, Disney is going to continue to struggle with the tension of remaining relevant to kids versus maintaining a love-mark brand that parents trust,' said Matt Britton, a founder of Mr. Youth, a New York marketing firm." In a 2014 overview of Disney's top franchises, CNN wrote "Pooh may have been born in the 1920s in A.A. Milne's books. But the bear is still going strong via Disney movies and DVD's. Pooh Bear sells games, stuffed animals, clothing, and even iPhone and iPad apps. Pooh is also a favorite subject in books from Disney Publishing Worldwide, the world's largest publisher of children's books and magazines with more than 700 million products sold each year".

Films

Feature films

Animated feature films

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a 1977 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution. It is the 22nd Disney animated feature film and was first released on March 11, 1977. The film consists of three previously released shorts that have been edited together. The ending scene is based on the final chapter of A. A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner.

Sebastian Cabot narrates the adventures of joyous bear Winnie the Pooh as he seeks out and deals with complications from his search for honey, weathers a terrible wind storm and subsequent flood, endures the foibles of the hyperactive tiger Tigger, and celebrates Eeyore's birthday. Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger round out the menagerie in a 1977 American comedy film.

Sterling Holloway voices the Pooh character.

The Tigger Movie (2000)
The Tigger Movie is a 2000 American animated musical comedy drama film co-written and directed by Jun Falkenstein. Part of the Winnie-the-Pooh series, this film features the rambunctious tiger Tigger in his search for his family tree and other Tiggers like himself. The film was the first feature-length theatrical Pooh film to not be a collection of previously released shorts.

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Rabbit are preparing a suitable winter home for Eeyore, the perennially dejected donkey, but Tigger's continual bouncing interrupts their efforts. Rabbit suggests Tigger go find others of his kind to bounce with, but Tigger thinks "the most wonderful thing about tiggers is" he's "the only one!" Just in case though, the joyous tiger sets out to see if he can find relatives.

Piglet's Big Movie (2003)
Piglet's Big Movie is a 2003 American animated musical adventure comedy-drama film produced by Disneytoon Studios, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on March 21, 2003. It is based upon the characters in the Winnie-the-Pooh books written by A. A. Milne. It is the second in the series of theatrically released Winnie the Pooh films which were not produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, preceded by The Tigger Movie (2000) and followed by Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005). The film features songs by Carly Simon.

Piglet becomes fed up after being excluded from a honey-thieving scheme, so strikes out on his own to do some thinking. But when the inhabitants in the Hundred Acre Wood discover he's missing, the only clue they have to go on is a scrapbook he left behind.

Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)
Pooh's Heffalump Movie is a 2005 American animated musical comedy film produced by Disneytoon Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures, featuring characters from A. A. Milne's classic stories. This film features songs by Carly Simon.

Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger and Roo search for a mysterious and fearsome creature that has entered the Hundred Acre Wood, but Roo discovers that the creature is not what it seems.

Winnie the Pooh (2011)
Winnie the Pooh is a 2011 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 51st Disney animated feature film. Inspired by A. A. Milne's stories of the same name, the film is part of Disney's Winnie the Pooh franchise, the fifth theatrical Winnie the Pooh film released, and Walt Disney Animation Studios' second adaptation of Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

Upon learning that Eeyore has lost his tail, the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood start a contest to see who can find a new one for the melancholy donkey — with a pot of honey going to the winner. Amid the goings-on, Owl mistakenly relates the news that Christopher Robin has been abducted by a monster called The Backson.

Live-action/animated feature film

Christopher Robin (2018)

A live-action movie and continuation based on A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and characters titled Christopher Robin, directed by Marc Forster and written by Alex Ross Perry, Tom McCarthy and Allison Schroeder. The film centers on an adult Christopher Robin, who returns to the Hundred Acre Wood to spend time with Pooh and the gang. Ewan McGregor stars as the title character and Hayley Atwell as Robin's wife Evelyn. Jim Cummings reprises his voice roles of Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Brad Garrett and Nick Mohammed respectively voice Eeyore and Piglet, and Sophie Okonedo, Peter Capaldi and Toby Jones respectively voice Kanga, Rabbit and Owl. The film was released on August 3, 2018.

Direct-to-video films

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (also known as Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure in some countries) is a 1997 American direct-to-video animated adventure comedy-drama film directed by Karl Geurs. The film follows Pooh and his friends on a journey to find and rescue their friend Christopher Robin from the "Skull". This was the first feature-length Winnie the Pooh film which did not contain any previously released material but was instead all new material.

It's time for Christopher Robin to go to school, which means he's unable to keep regularly visiting with Winnie the Pooh. But when the gang misreads a letter from Christopher, they think their friend has been snatched and taken to a faraway land by the mysterious "Skullasaurus". Along with Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit, Pooh journeys to the terrifying place to rescue their friend, meeting many frightening obstacles along the way as the group deals with their own insecurities in a coming of age story.

Seasons of Giving (1999)
Seasons of Giving is a 1999 direct-to-video animated musical film. The film is a compilation of material that already existed, combining the short film A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving, with two episodes from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Groundpiglet Day and Find Her, Keep Her). It features new songs by The Sherman Brothers, made specifically for this release.

A collection of several holiday stories; as Pooh Bear, Piglet, and Tigger set out to find the right ingredients for Winter, Piglet is forced to become the local Groundhog; Rabbit learns how to manage a complicated Thanksgiving dinner; and everyone celebrates Christmas together with a special visit from an old friend.

The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart (2001)
The Book of Pooh: Stories from the Heart is a 2001 direct-to-video film released on DVD and VHS on July 17, 2001. It is a compilation film composed of footage from the Disney Channel/Playhouse Disney television series The Book of Pooh. It contains six episodes; each focusing on one character; wrapped together by a loose plot in which the characters are in Christopher Robin's room waiting for his arrival. As is typical with the series, each episode features an original musical number.

A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
A Very Merry Pooh Year is a 2002 American direct-to-video Christmas animated film which featured the 1991 Christmas TV special Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too, as well as the new film, Happy Pooh Year. It serves as the series finale of The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.

After celebrating Christmas in the Hundred Acre Wood, the countdown to the New Year begins while Rabbit succumbs to a case of the winter blues. Seeing the change in their newly grumpy friend, the residents of the Hundred Acre Wood decide on some New Year's resolutions that result in drastic changes.

Springtime with Roo (2004)
Springtime with Roo is a 2004 American direct-to-video animated musical adventure comedy-drama film, featuring the characters from Disney's Winnie-the-Pooh franchise. It is a very loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic story A Christmas Carol, although Christmas has been replaced by Easter. The film consist of all new material, unlike several other Pooh productions.

Roo gets excited about Easter, however, Rabbit instead declares the day "Spring Cleaning Day", hurt over when Tigger usurped him as leader of Easter the previous year.

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie (2005)
Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie is a 2005 American direct-to-video animated mystery adventure film, featuring the characters from the Winnie the Pooh franchise. This was the last time that John Fiedler provided Piglet's voice, as he died three months before the film was released. This release incorporates the short film Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh into the storyline.

On their first Halloween together, Roo and Lumpy gather the courage to search for the Gobloon, a creature that can turn victims into Jack-O-Lanterns, but grant wishes if capture.

Super Sleuth Christmas Movie (2007)
Super Sleuth Christmas Movie is a 2007 film based on the hit Playhouse Disney series My Friends Tigger & Pooh. It was released direct-to-video. It premiered on Playhouse Disney on December 6, 2008. Darby, Pooh Bear, and their friends work together to rescue Santa's lost reindeer-trainee, Holly.

Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too (2009)
Tigger & Pooh and a Musical Too is a 2009 direct-to-video film based on the hit Playhouse Disney series My Friends Tigger & Pooh. It is the second film of the series. It was released on DVD on April 7, 2009. It premiered on Playhouse Disney less than a week later on April 11. Unlike the Super Sleuth Christmas Movie, it is treated more like a regular film than as part of the series.

Rabbit creates many new rules as the Mayor of the Hundred Acre Wood, leading Tigger to challenge him for mayorship and causing a Big White Line to be drawn, dividing the place.

Super Duper Super Sleuths (2010)
Super Duper Super Sleuths is the third Winnie the Pooh film based on the series My Friends Tigger and Pooh. This is the fifth Winnie the Pooh film to feature Lumpy the Heffalump.

Short films, specials, and featurettes

Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree is a 1966 animated featurette. It was released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution Company on February 4, 1966 with The Ugly Dachshund. Based on the first two chapters of the book Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, it is the only Winnie the Pooh production released under Walt Disney's supervision before his death in December 1966. It was later added as a segment to the March 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. Music and lyrics were written by the Sherman Brothers (Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman). Background music was provided by Buddy Baker.

Hungry for honey, Winnie-the-Pooh attempts to raid a beehive in a tall tree. After failing, he goes to Rabbit's house and eats all of his honey, making him too chubby to leave when he's stuck in Rabbit's entryway.

Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is a 1968 animated featurette based on the third, fifth, ninth and tenth chapters of the Winnie-the-Pooh book and the second, eighth and ninth chapters from The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne. The featurette was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution Company on December 20, 1968 with The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit. This was the second of the studio's Winnie the Pooh shorts. It was later added as a segment to the March 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The music was written by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. It was notable for being the last animated short produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. He posthumously won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.

Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends experience high winds, heavy rains, and a flood in Hundred Acre Wood.

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too is a 1974 animated featurette released theatrically by Buena Vista Distribution Company on December 20, 1974 with The Island at the Top of the World. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to Closed Mondays. It was later added as a segment to the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. A soundtrack album was released simultaneously and featured such songs as "The Honey Tree" and "Birthday, Birthday". The film, whose name is a play on the slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler too" made famous during the 1840 United States presidential election, is based on the fourth and seventh chapters of The House at Pooh Corner, and as well as the third chapter of the book Winnie-the-Pooh.

Rabbit is tired of Tigger always bouncing him, so he gets Pooh and Piglet together to come up with an idea to get the bounce out of Tigger. Then, Tigger and little Roo go out for a bounce and get caught in a tree.

Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons
Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons is a short film made by Walt Disney Productions' educational media division, released on September 6, 1981.

Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore
Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore is a 1983 animated featurette theatrically released by Buena Vista Distribution Company on March 11, 1983 with a reissue of The Sword in the Stone (1963). Based on the sixth chapter of Winnie-the-Pooh and the sixth chapter from The House at Pooh Corner. It is the fourth and final of Disney's original theatrical featurettes adapted from the Pooh books by A. A. Milne. Produced by Rick Reinert Productions, this was the first Disney animated film since the 1938 Silly Symphonies short Merbabies to be produced by an outside studio.

Eeyore thinks everyone in the Hundred Acre Wood has forgotten his birthday. When Winnie the Pooh and his friends realize their oversight, they prepare a huge celebration with chocolate cake and a birthday game.

Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue
Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue is an American animated drug prevention television special starring many of the popular cartoon characters from American weekday, Sunday morning, and Saturday morning television at the time of this film's release. The plot chronicles the exploits of Michael, a teenager who is using marijuana and stealing his father's beer.

Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too is a Christmas television special based on the television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, originally broadcast on Saturday, December 14, 1991 on ABC.

Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh is a Halloween television special based on the Saturday morning television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, originally broadcast on October 25, 1996.

A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving
A Winnie the Pooh Thanksgiving is a 1998 made-for-TV special featuring the voice talents of Jim Cummings, Paul Winchell, and John Fiedler. The special shows Pooh and his friends learning the true meaning of Thanksgiving.

A Valentine for You
A Valentine for You is a Valentine's Day special based on the television series The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as well as A. A. Milne's treasured stories, originally broadcast on February 13, 1999. This is the final role of Paul Winchell as Tigger before his retirement in 2000 and his death in 2005. It was released on DVD in 2004 and 2010. It features the same cast, musical themes, and some of the same themes as Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin, making it an indirect follow-up.

When Christopher Robin seems to be interested in a girl, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet and their friends fear that their friend will abandon them. Convinced that a second bite from the love bug will cure him of his lovesickness, the group sets out to explore the Hundred Acre Wood in search of the mysterious "Smitten".

TV series

Welcome to Pooh Corner
Welcome to Pooh Corner is a live-action/puppet television series that aired on The Disney Channel, featuring the characters from the Winnie the Pooh universe portrayed by actors in human-sized puppet suits, except Roo, who was originally a traditional puppet. The animatronic costumes used for the characters were created by Alchemy II, Inc., headed by Ken Forsse who later created the toy sensation Teddy Ruxpin. The show was first aired on April 18, 1983, the day The Disney Channel was launched.

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is an American Saturday morning children's animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television that ran from January 17, 1988, to October 26, 1991, inspired by A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories. It has been released on VHS and DVD.

Winnie the Pooh stars in this animated series adapted from A. A. Milne's classic children's books that depict the misadventures of Pooh and his friends. Each episode highlights the importance of cooperation and friendship as they solve the problems that come their way and embark on many epic adventures.

The Book of Pooh
The Book of Pooh is an American children's puppetry television series that aired on the Disney Channel. It is the third television series to feature the characters from the Disney franchise based on A. A. Milne's work. It premiered on January 22, 2001, and completed its run on July 8, 2003. The show is produced by Shadow Projects, and Playhouse Disney. The characters are portrayed through puppetry. Most notable is the promotion of Kessie to the main cast, after her guest role on New Adventures.

My Friends Tigger & Pooh
My Friends Tigger & Pooh is an American computer-animated television series based on the A. A. Milne children's books. The television series features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends, including two new characters: a brave 6-year-old red-headed girl named Darby and her dog Buster. Although Darby appears to be the main human friend of Pooh and the gang and the leader of the Super Sleuths, Christopher Robin still appears sporadically.

Playdate with Winnie the Pooh
On April 29, 2022 as part of the "Disney Junior Fun-Fest Showcase" presentation by Disney Branded Television at Disney's California Adventure, Disney Branded Television president Ayo Davis announced a brand new short-form musical animated series from Oddbot Inc. for Disney Junior under the title Playdate with Winnie the Pooh". The series is directed by Jojo Ramos Patrick and produced by Greg Chalekian. Chris Hamilton is the executive producer on the show, and Elise Fachon is the co-executive producer under the premise of "A young Pooh as he enjoys playdates with his friends. Set in the exciting outdoors of the Hundred Acre Wood" as opposed to previous incarnations this is the first Winnie The Pooh project to feature child voice actors.

Other appearances
In the animated series House of Mouse, the characters from The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh make several cameo appearances throughout the series.
In the animated series Doc McStuffins, Pooh, Christopher Robin, Tigger, Piglet and Eeyore make a guest appearance in the episode "Into the Hundred Acre Wood".

Video games

Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood
Winnie the Pooh in the Hundred Acre Wood was a single player adventure game created by Al Lowe for Sierra On-Line.

Tigger's Honey Hunt
Tigger's Honey Hunt is a video game that was released in 2000 for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows. The game was developed by DokiDenki Studio a third-party developer, for Disney Interactive whom published the PC version and co-released the game on home consoles through NewKidCo in North America, while the European release was published by Ubisoft. The game has a spiritual successor called "Pooh and Tigger's Hunny Safari" with much of the same story but with different mini games.

Winnie the Pooh wants to have a party but he's running low on honey. Tigger agrees to help by heading off into the forest to look for more. This adventure takes Tigger through nine different levels of friendly platform action, full of challenges like slippery ice, falling boulders, and creepy caves.

Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood
Winnie the Pooh: Adventures in the 100 Acre Wood is a video game that was released in 2000 for the Game Boy Color. The game was developed by NewKidCo and published by NewKidCo and Disney.

Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure
Pooh's Party Game: In Search of the Treasure (Party Time with Winnie the Pooh in Europe) is a video game released on the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 2001, inspired by the Mario Party series.

Piglet's Big Game
Piglet's Big Game is a 2003 action-adventure video game by Gotham Games, Disney Interactive Studios and Doki Denki Studio. The game centers around Piglet and how he tries to show how he can help. The game is based on Piglet's Big Movie.

Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure
Winnie the Pooh's Rumbly Tumbly Adventure is an action-adventure video game of the action-adventure genre released in 2005. It was published by Ubisoft and Disney Interactive and developed by Phoenix Studio.

Ready to Read with Pooh
Ready to Read with Pooh is a Disney Interactive CD-ROM game that helps youngsters ages three to six learn to read. There are nine activities in the game. When youngsters complete an activity successfully, they will receive an item for the new treehouse that the player has "moved into".

Ready for Math with Pooh
Ready for Math with Pooh is a Disney Interactive CD-ROM game that helps youngsters ages three to six learn basic mathematical concepts. There are nine activities in the game. When an activity is completed, the player receives an item for a garden that the gang is using to cheer up Eeyore.

Disney Learning: Winnie the Pooh
Disney Learning: Winnie the Pooh consists of three sister games: Winnie The Pooh Toddler (1999), Winnie the Pooh Preschool (October 1999), Winnie The Pooh Kindergarten (2000).

Pooh's Hunny Trouble
Pooh's Hunny Trouble is a puzzle mobile game developed by Disney Mobile Studios.

Winnie The Pooh's Home Run Derby
Winnie The Pooh's Home Run Derby is a 2010 Japanese Flash baseball video game published at the Walt Disney Pictures website. The player controls Pooh in order to defeat his eight friends in a baseball match. The game won cult following in early 2013 and became a viral hit due to its extreme difficulty.

Other appearances
 In the Kingdom Hearts series (2002–present) Winnie the Pooh is one of several Disney franchises to be represented as a world in the RPG franchise developed by Square Enix. "The 100 Acre Wood" has appeared in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (and its remake), Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, and Kingdom Hearts III, and the characters also make a minor appearance in the mobile and browser game Kingdom Hearts χ.
 Winnie the Pooh is one of the central characters in the video game Disney Friends, released in 2007 by Amaze Entertainment for the Nintendo DS, where the player can interact with him.
 In the world builder game Disney Magic Kingdoms, a limited time Event focused on Winnie the Pooh introduced some playable characters from the franchise, as well as some attractions based on locations of the film or real attractions from Disney Parks, with other characters being included in later updates of the game. In the game the characters are involved in new storylines.
 An alternate version of Tigger appears as a playable character in the video game Disney Mirrorverse.

Other

Comics

Return to Pooh Corner
Return to Pooh Corner is a children's music album by soft rock singer Kenny Loggins. Released in 1994, it features songs written by John Lennon, Rickie Lee Jones, Paul Simon and Jimmy Webb, along with several other traditional children's songs. It was a successful album for Loggins, selling over 500,000 copies, and was nominated for a Grammy. Loggins returned to Pooh Corner several years later with 2000's More Songs from Pooh Corner.

Theme park attractions
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a dark ride based upon the 1977 film The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh. The attraction exists in slightly different forms at the Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, and Shanghai Disneyland. Pooh's Hunny Hunt, located in Tokyo Disneyland, is an entirely different "E-ticket class" attraction, featuring full audio-animatronics and an innovative 'trackless' ride system.

More Songs from Pooh Corner
More Songs from Pooh Corner is a children's music album released in 2000 by Kenny Loggins. The follow-up to his 1994 album Return to Pooh Corner, it includes the theme song from the 2000 Disney animated film The Tigger Movie, "Your Heart Will Lead You Home", which he also performed for that film's soundtrack, as well as several classic film songs and duets with Olivia Newton-John and Alison Krauss.

Magazine
Winnie the Pooh Magazine sold 1.35 million copies in Disney's fiscal year 2008 via 35 editions.

Return to the Hundred Acre Wood
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood is a Winnie-the-Pooh novel published on 5 October 2009. Written by David Benedictus and illustrated by Mark Burgess, it was the first such book since 1928 and introduced the character Lottie the Otter.

In the mid-1990s, after completing an audio adaptation of Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories, Benedictus wrote two Pooh short stories of his own and submitted them to the trustees of the Milne estate.  The trustees replied that they were unable to publish the stories because "Walt Disney owned all the rights."  However, ten years later, Benedictus was contacted by the trustees, who explained that "the sequel rights had reverted to them" and asked Benedictus to make changes to one of the short stories and to submit some more.  This collection of stories was published as Return to the Hundred Acre Wood.

Musical adaptation

In May 2021, Disney Theatrical Productions announced that the Winnie the Pooh franchise would be adapted for a run on Broadway at the Theatre Row Building, starting October 21 of that year.

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Film series introduced in 1966
Walt Disney Studios (division) franchises
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title: Quatre Cocos

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Quatre Cocos is a village in the District of Flacq on the East of the island of Mauritius, the main island of the Republic of Mauritius. It is located at -20.2078 [latitude in decimal degrees], 57.7625 [longitude in decimal degrees] and at an average elevation/altitude of meters of 39 metres above sea level.

References

Populated places in Mauritius


title: Sanatan Dharma College

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Sanatan Dharma College commonly known as S.D. College, is a graduate and post graduate college, established in 1916 and situated in Ambala Cantonment, India on the Ambala-Jagadhri highway. Originally established in Lahore, the college was re-established in Ambala in 1948 after the partition of India in 1947.

It amongst three colleges in the state of Haryana to be granted the status of 'College with Potential for Excellence' by the University Grants Commission (UGC), Delhi for 2014 to 2019. It is accredited as a grade "A+" college by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangalore in its 3rd cycle.

History
The college was established in the year 1916 in Lahore, which was then the capital of undivided Punjab, and an education hub. During the last decade of 19th century, and early 20th century, the Sanatana Dharma Sabha had become a popular movement in the region and established a number of schools and colleges in the region. The founders of the college were great sanatanis Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and Pandit Deen Dayal Vachaspati. Pandit Rekhi Ram was most instrumental in collection of huge amount of donation for development of college. During the unfortunate partition of India in 1947, the college was uprooted from Lahore and was rehabilitated in 1948 near Ambala Cantt. The college was re-established at Ambala Cantt due to efforts of Goswami Ganesh Dutt and other members of college's management.

The foundation stone at Ambala was laid by first President of India, Rajendra Prasad. Thereafter a local Sanatana Dharma Sabha played a key role in its development. In May 1949, the convocation of the college was addressed by noted leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee.

The college is affiliated to Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra for all academic purposes. The college is now run by S.D college society, New Delhi. The parent body of which is Sanatan Dharma Pratinidni Sabha, New Delhi. The college also has a unit of National Service Scheme (NSS) unit with 123 volunteers, 50 males and 73 females.

In 2010, the college was granted the status of ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ by the University Grants Commission (UGC)., thereafter in 2014, it was regranted the status for the period for 2014-2019.

Notable alumni
Sushma Swaraj,  politician and former Minister of External Affairs of India.
Abdus Salam, Nobel Prize Winner from Pakistan when the college was in Lahore before partition in 1947.
Anilendra Ganguly, the mathematics teacher of Abdus Salam and the recipient of the Sir Devaprasad Sarbadhikari Gold Medal (1981) from the University of Calcutta.

See also
 Education Maximum School of Engineering and Applied Research
 Jind Institute of Engineering and Technology
 Goswami Ganesh Dutta Sanatan Dharma College

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Universities and colleges in Haryana
Kurukshetra University
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title: Helen Thorpe

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Helen Thorpe (born January 23, 1963) is an American author and freelance journalist who was the First Lady of Colorado following her husband's inauguration until their divorce in 2015. She has written for major American newspapers and magazines, and has authored four books.

Early life
Thorpe was born in London, England to Irish parents and was raised in Medford, New Jersey. Thorpe's father, Larry, was born in Dublin. Her mother is from Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland.

Education
Thorpe attended Princeton University, graduating magna cum laude. In 1989, she attended Columbia University as a graduate student, receiving a master's degree in English literature.

Career
Some of her first jobs following her graduation from Princeton were in Boston, working as an intern at the Atlantic Monthly. She then worked for a short time at both The New York Observer as a staff writer, and then, having caught the attention of editor Tina Brown, for New Yorker Magazine. In 1994, she was hired by Texas Monthly and moved to Austin. She left the magazine in 1999.

Her stories have also been published in George, New York, Westword, The New York Times Magazine, and 5280. She wrote Talk of the Town for The New Yorker, and has written for Slate and Harper's Bazaar.

Thorpe also published four books. Her first book, Just Like Us, follows the lives of four Denver girls of Mexican ancestry and deals with aspects of immigration into the United States. It was published by Scribner in 2009. It subsequently won the Colorado Book Award and was named one of the best books published that year by the Washington Post. Her second book, Soldier Girls, was published by Scribner in 2014. It describes the experiences of three women who enlisted in the Army National Guard before 9/11. The three women had anticipated only part-time military service but ultimately served deployments in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldier Girls was named the number one nonfiction book of that year by Time Magazine. Her third book, The Newcomers, follows 22 newly-arrived teenagers from nations racked by drought, famine, or war, recording their first year in America as they take a beginner-level English Language Acquisition class at South High School in Denver. It was published by Scribner in 2017. Thorpe explores what it means to "be American" while learning these refugee students' stories, presenting a perspective on the issues of immigration, multiculturalism, and America's role on the global stage. The Newcomers won the Colorado Book Award for narrative nonfiction, was named a finalist for the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, and was a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her fourth book, Finding Motherland, is a collection of linked essays about family, food, and migration. It was published as a digital-only offering in 2020.

Some of Thorpe's stories have also aired on the radio shows This American Life and Soundprint. In addition, Just Like Us was adapted for the stage by the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, and Soldier Girls was optioned by HBO and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a potential miniseries.

Thorpe teaches narrative nonfiction at Lighthouse Writers Workshop and Regis University. She has also taught at Colorado College as a visiting professor in the journalism program. Thorpe is a board member of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver.

Personal life
Thorpe met John Hickenlooper in 2000 at her 37th birthday party while she was living in Texas. They married in January 2002 in a Quaker wedding ceremony in Austin. In July 2012, the couple announced plans to separate amicably after 10 years of marriage, and they divorced in January 2015.

Works
 2009Just Like Us: The True Story of Four Mexican Girls Coming of Age in America
 2014Soldier Girls: The Battles of Three Women at Home and at War
 2017The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
2020Finding Motherland: Essays about Family, Food, and Migration

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1963 births
Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
First ladies and gentlemen of Colorado
First ladies of Denver
Journalists from Colorado
Living people
Princeton University alumni
Hickenlooper family
21st-century American women writers
American people of Irish descent
People from Medford, New Jersey
Journalists from New Jersey
American freelance journalists
21st-century American journalists
American women journalists


title: Top (tool)

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A top is a hand tool with an iron loop and hook used in the creation and splicing of rope. A Top is used to simultaneously hold a piece of rope while providing a hole to separate the "lays" (or strands) of synthetic or natural rope for splicing. A variation of a Top, the gripfid, is used for ply-split braiding. The gripfid has a jamming cleat to pull a cord back through the cord split by the fid's point.
A variation of a Top can also be used as a rope wrench, rope separator or rope tool can be used in the manufacture of laid rope. The top is used to prevent the strands of a rope twisting together prematurely, which would lead to the rope being loose, allowing it to untwist. The amount of pressure applied to the top determines the stiffness of the final product; more pressure forces the strands together more tightly, making a rope that is harder to bend.

Tops come in a variety of forms for use on different types of rope. The simplest is a forked stick, used to create three strand rope, however more elaborate grooved bullet-shaped and cast iron types are available. Depending on the gauge of rope being made, the top can either be handheld or mounted on a trolley that moves along the ropewalk.

Usage

A rope is pushed into the curved hook to hold the rope securely. A Fid is then pushed through the loop to create an opening to prepare for splicing.

History
Invented in 1822 in Dudley by Alexander Adams the Top was first used to braid and weave rope or twine together.

By the 1900’s the tool was refined to aid specifically with splicing large ropes over 1 inch (25.4 mm) diameter – such as those used on ships.

See also
 Marlinspike

References

External links
 ANTIQUE DORHAM BRONZE FID SAILOR'S ROPE SPLICING TOOL NAUTICAL FISHING
 How to Eye Splice in Old, Hard, Rope Using a Swedish Fid

Tools
Ropes


title: Raúl Kaplún

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Raúl Kaplún (November 11, 1910 - January 23, 1990) (born Israel Kaflún) was a well-known tango violinist, director and composer.

Biography

Raúl Kaplún was born in Balvanera, Buenos Aires to an itinerant Jewish hat salesman Leiser Finkel who had immigrated to Argentina from Bessarabia.

Kaplun was sent to the cheder of the synagogue on Paso Street, as well as to study the violin from Marcos Sadoski. He later studied with José Fraga and later with the prestigious German .

He was the author of Que solo estoy, Canción de rango, Una emoción and Solitario.

Kaplun refused to join the Peronist party, and as a result his band was barred from the radio.

He is buried in the  in Buenos Aires.

He was one of a group of prominent Jewish tango musicians, including Szymsia Bajour, Carlos Aguirre, Julio Jorge Nelson and Ismael Spitalnik.

References

 Julio Nudler,Tango judío. Del ghetto a la milonga, Editorial Sudamericana, Buenos Aires 1998.
 Ricardo Feierstein, Historia de los judíos argentinos, Editorial Galerna, Buenos Aires, 2006
 From Tejano to Tango: Essays on Latin American Popular Music edited by Walter Aaron Clark, 2002
 Biography
 Biography
 Video of Kaplun Orchestra
 Video of Kaplun Orchestra
 Video of Kaplun Orchestra playing 'Tierra Querida'

Argentine tango musicians
Jewish Argentine musicians
Argentine people of Polish-Jewish descent
1910 births
1990 deaths
20th-century violinists

Tango musicians
Argentine violinists
Jewish violinists


The 2009 Old Dominion Monarchs baseball team represents Old Dominion University in the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Monarchs play their home games at Bud Metheny Baseball Complex, which was named for former coach Bud Metheny.

The 2009 Monarchs compiled a losing record for the second year in a row but were still able to earn a berth to the CAA tournament with a 13–11 conference mark. The team played against three ranked teams during the season; #17 South Carolina, #20 ECU, and #29 George Mason losing each time.

The season started at the Wake Forest tournament where they went 2–2 with wins against Marshall and Akron. In conference play ODU won their series against James Madison, Hofstra, William & Mary, and sweeping rival VCU.

Third baseman Jake McAloose led the team in batting average hitting .413 which is the 9th highest single-season batting average in ODU history. His remarkable offensive season and fielding .965 earned him 1st team All-CAA and 2nd team ABCA All-Region. Freshman OF/RHP Brett Harris earned Freshman All-American honors as well.

Drafted Players

Joe Velleggia - Baltimore Orioles

References

Old Dominion
Old Dominion Monarchs baseball seasons
Old Dominion baseball


title: Matt Olson

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Matthew Kent Olson (born March 29, 1994) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB).  He has previously played in MLB for the Oakland Athletics.

Olson was drafted by the Athletics in the first round of the 2012 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut with them in 2016. After six seasons with the Athletics, he was traded to the Braves prior to the 2022 season and signed an eight-year contract extension. Olson has won two Gold Glove Awards, three Fielding Bible Awards, and was an All-Star in 2021 and 2023.

Early life
Olson is the second son of Scott and Lee Olson. Scott Olson served as his sons' youth baseball coach, until high school. Matt Olson's older brother, Zack, later pitched for the Harvard Crimson. Matt Olson attended Parkview High School in Lilburn, Georgia, where he played first base and pitched for the Parkview Panthers, leading them to back-to-back state championships in 2011 and 2012. Olson finished his high school career with a .431 batting average, 44 doubles, 45 home runs, 168 runs batted in (RBIs), and a fielding percentage over 0.980. He holds the Parkview High School and Gwinnett County records for wins and RBIs. His uniform number, No. 21, was retired by Parkview High School in February 2019.  After graduating from high school with honors in 2012, Olson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the first round of the 2012 Major League Baseball draft. He had committed to play college baseball at Vanderbilt University, but ultimately decided to forgo his commitment to the Commodores and signed with Oakland.

Professional career

Minor leagues
Olson made his professional debut that season with the Arizona League Athletics and also played for the Vermont Lake Monsters that first season. In total, he played in 50 games and hit .282/.352/.521 with nine home runs and 45 RBIs.

In 2013, Olson played with the Beloit Snappers. In 134 games he hit .225/.326/.435 though still hit 23 home runs while driving in 93 RBIs.

Olson played the 2014 season with the Stockton Ports. Throughout the season he was among the home run leaders in Minor League Baseball, as during the season he batted .262/.404/.543 with 37 home runs and 97 RBIs in 138 games, leading all minor leaguers with 500 or more plate appearances with a walk percentage of 18.5%. He played the 2015 season with the Midland RockHounds where he hit .249 with 17 home runs and 75 RBIs in 133 games. Olson played the entire 2016 minor league season with the Nashville Sounds. In 131 games, he batted .235 with 17 home runs and 60 RBIs.

Oakland Athletics
The Athletics purchased Olson's contract on September 12, 2016, and he was called up to the major-league club. He played in 11 games for Oakland. In 2017, Olson split time between Nashville and Oakland. In 79 games for Nashville, he batted .272 with 23 home runs and 60 RBIs, and in 59 games for Oakland, he hit .259 with 24 home runs and 45 RBIs. With Oakland, he hit 13 in the month of September (a rookie record) and one in five straight games. It was tied for third-most home runs in a player's first 65 career games in MLB history.

Olson spent all of 2018 with Oakland, playing all 162 games. On April 18, Olson hit his first career walk-off, an RBI single to secure a 12–11 comeback win over the Chicago White Sox. His first walk-off home run came in a game against the Houston Astros on August 17. On September 26, he hit his first career grand slam in a 9–3 victory over the Seattle Mariners. Olson finished his 2018 campaign batting .247 with 29 home runs and 84 RBIs. He also won his first Gold Glove Award, leading all AL first basemen with 14 defensive runs saved and an 11.6 ultimate zone rating.

Olson played in both games of the 2019 Opening Series in Tokyo, Japan. During the second game on March 21, he was removed from the game after he felt pain in his right hand. The next day, he underwent successful surgery to remove the hamate bone from the hand, returning to the lineup on May 7. He batted .267/.351/.545 for the 2019 season. On defense, he had a 13 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) rating, best among first basemen. He received his second consecutive Gold Glove Award for his defensive performance.

On July 24, 2020, Olson hit the first Opening Day walk-off grand slam since 1986. Olson struggled in the 2020 season shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic, batting .195, although he led the Oakland A's in games played (60), home runs (14), and RBIs (42).

In 2021, Olson led the team in games played (156), hits (153), home runs (39), RBIs (111), and walks (88); ranked second for batting average (.271) and on-base percentage (.371); and led the team in slugging percentage (.540). Olson was also selected for the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game to represent the American League and participated in the 2021 Major League Baseball Home Run Derby. Olson was a finalist for the Silver Slugger Award and for the Gold Glove Award.

Atlanta Braves
On March 14, 2022, the Athletics traded Olson to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for Cristian Pache, Shea Langeliers, Joey Estes, and Ryan Cusick. The next day, Olson signed an 8-year contract extension worth $168 million. At the time it was announced, the extension was the largest contract in team history, surpassing an eight-year deal worth $135 million signed by Freddie Freeman in 2014. Its length and total value were exceeded by a contract given to teammate Austin Riley later that season. Olson primarily wore the number 28 jersey with the Oakland Athletics, and used the same number upon signing with the Braves. Olson started wearing number 28 upon his 2017 major league promotion to Oakland because his preferred number (21), which he wore to honor Jeff Francoeur, was then being used by Stephen Vogt. Olson was one of two players in Major League Baseball to appear in all 162 games of the 2022 season, alongside teammate Dansby Swanson, who made 162 starts.

At the midseason of the 2023 season, Olson was again nominated as a reserve infielder for the National League in the 2023 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. In hitting his 40th home run of the 2023 season on August 10, Olson set a franchise record for the quickest 40-homer season. On September 11, he hit his fiftieth home run to become the second-ever member of the 50 home run club from the Braves, following Andruw Jones in 2005. Olson tied, then broke, Jones's franchise record for home runs in a season on September 12 and 16, respectively. On September 28, Olson hit his 54th home run of the season and set the live-ball era franchise single-season record for runs batted in, which had been held by Eddie Mathews.

Personal life
Olson and his wife Nicole married in November 2021. They reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

For his work with ReClif, a treatment and fitness center for people with autism, Olson was the Atlanta Braves' 2023 nominee for the Roberto Clemente Award.

See also

 Atlanta Braves award winners and league leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual putouts leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual home run leaders
 List of Major League Baseball annual runs batted in leaders
 List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders
 Oakland Athletics award winners and league leaders

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1994 births
Living people
American League All-Stars
Arizona League Athletics players
Atlanta Braves players
Baseball players from Gwinnett County, Georgia
Beloit Snappers players
Gold Glove Award winners
Major League Baseball first basemen
Mesa Solar Sox players
Midland RockHounds players
Nashville Sounds players
National League All-Stars
Oakland Athletics players
People from Lilburn, Georgia
Stockton Ports players
Vermont Lake Monsters players


title: Hector Benitez (disambiguation)

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Hector Benitez may refer to:

 Héctor Benítez (1918–2011), Venezuelan professional baseball player
 Héctor Darío Benítez (born 1980), Paraguayan professional footballer

See also
 Benitez


title: Southern leaf-tailed gecko

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Southern leaf-tailed gecko is a common name for several Australian lizards and may refer to:

Phyllurus platurus
Saltuarius swaini

Animal common name disambiguation pages


title: Agustín Briones

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Agustín Rodrigo Briones (born October 4, 1988) is an Argentine footballer currently playing for Deportes Concepción of the Primera División B in Chile.

Teams
  Aldosivi de Mar del Plata 2008-2014
  Deportes Concepción 2014–2015
  Mushuc Runa 2015
  San Martín 2016-2017
  Gimnasia y Esgrima 2017-2018
  Chaco For Ever 2018
  Almirante Brown 2019
  Deportivo Riestra 2020
  Talleres 2020-2021
  Deprotivo Camioneros 2021-Present

References

1988 births
Living people
Argentine men's footballers
Argentine expatriate men's footballers
Club Atlético Aldosivi footballers
Deportes Concepción (Chile) footballers
Primera B de Chile players
Expatriate men's footballers in Chile
Men's association football midfielders