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A Man Alone is a 1955 American Western film directed by Ray Milland (credited as R. Milland) starring Ray Milland, Mary Murphy and Ward Bond. The story involves a man (Milland) who stumbles onto the aftermath of a stagecoach robbery in the Arizona desert in which there were no survivors.

Plot
On foot after the mercy killing of his horse, Wes Steele finds a stagecoach and a number of dead passengers. He takes a horse and rides to Mesa.

A corrupt banker, Stanley, and partner Joiner discuss their stagecoach holdup with Clanton, their hired gun. Joiner, upset over the deaths, begins to leave, but Clanton shoots him in the back.

Stanley tells townspeople the stranger Steele is responsible for the robbery and murder. Steele hides in the cellar of a house. It turns out to belong to the sheriff, Gil Gorrigan, who has yellow fever. His daughter Nadine is caring for Gil and the home is quarantined.

Steele nurses the sheriff back to health after Nadine collapses from fatigue. A grateful Nadine says her dad worries about her but has left her well-provided for the future. She and Steele kiss.

He ventures outside, where he confronts and coldcocks Stanley, causing a lynch mob to form. Gil gives the wanted Steele a chance to escape. It turns out the sheriff has been on the take from Stanley, so now a noose is tossed around a tree for him. Steele returns to rescue him. He kills Clanton, and then Stanley is placed under arrest. Told he should leave this town, Steele decides to stick around.

Cast
 Ray Milland as Wes Steele
 Mary Murphy as Nadine Corrigan
 Ward Bond as Sheriff Gil Corrigan
 Raymond Burr as Stanley
 Arthur Space as Doctor Mason
 Lee Van Cleef as Clanton
 Alan Hale as Acting Sheriff Jim Anderson
 Douglas Spencer as Henry Slocum
 Thomas B. Henry as Maybanks
 Grandon Rhodes as Luke Joiner
 Martin Garralaga as Ortega
 Kim Spalding as Sam Hall
 Howard J. Negley as Wilson

Production
In August 1954 it was announced Milland would star in and direct a Western, The Gunman for Republic. It was based on an original script by John Tucker Battle and Talbot Jennings.  Milland directed episodes of his 1953–55 sitcom Meet Mr. McNutley/The Ray Milland Show to prepare. He was on a percentage of the profits.

Filming started March 1955. Parts of the film were shot in the sand dunes outside St. George, Utah. In April the unit returned to Los Angeles.

Reception
After A Man Alone Yates hired Milland to direct one film a year for four years.

See also
 List of American films of 1955

References

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1955 Western (genre) films
American Western (genre) films
Films scored by Victor Young
Films directed by Ray Milland
Films set in Arizona
Republic Pictures films
Films shot in Utah
Trucolor films
1955 directorial debut films
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1950s English-language films
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Among the highlights that Dawn showcased is a down-pressure system for John Deere 60 and 90 Series drills, a floating row cleaner that uses air down pressure, and a fluid coupling down-pressure sensor for John Deere planters.
The X-Sense Fluid Coupling Down Pressure Sensor is a direct replacement for the standard depth-adjustment mechanism on late model John Deere planters.
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The sensor works by isolating the down-pressure sensor from mechanical vibration and noise, which are byproducts of the gauge wheel arm mechanism. When the vibration and noise are eliminated, the computer control system can make more accurate adjustments directly connected to field conditions.
The sensor also detects the true gauge-wheel load — even if the gauge wheels are oscillating up and down. The goal of automatic down pressure, says Dawn Equipment Co. president Joe Bassett, is to run the lowest possible gauge wheel load while, at the same, never planting shallow. Bassett says that as gauge-wheel loads become lower, there's more up-and-down oscillation present in the gauge wheel equalizer mechanism.
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This new sensor — to be available in limited release for spring 2015 — can be retrofitted to existing Dawn RFX down pressure systems at a later date.
Using the same RFX+ modular hydraulic actuator used on planters, Dawn has launched the RFX-D for Deere 60 and 90 Series drills.
Bassett says the system can help growers looking to advance the uniformity of stands. Because drills are used to plant shallower crops — often in no-till conditions — automatic depth control can have a high return on investment because the margin for error is smaller.
Growers tend to over-apply down pressure because if they're planting an inch deep, and the seed could easily end up on top of the ground, he says. But too much down pressure can inhibit plant growth.
The RFX-D can be used for individual row control or in sections up to four rows to reduce costs on larger drills. It uses the same controller and Deere load sensor used on planters, and the system will maintain the same down force, whether the opener is at the top or bottom of its range of motion, Bassett says.
An integrated accumulator allows rows to float independently and reduce hydraulic power consumption at the same time. RFX-D also integrates a limit switch to turn pressure off when the drill is out of the ground, he says.
A manual override fail-safe system is also integrated and the Dawn MiFX iPad app allows for control and ground hardness mapping. RFX-D will be available in limited quantities for spring 2015.
A pneumatic alternative to the GFX Hydraulic row cleaner, the GFX-P Air Down Pressure controller is a simple low-cost air pressure controller that generates the same down force and uses the same frame-mounted trailing arm geometry as the Dawn Hydraulic GFX row cleaner.
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Report: U.S. Turned Down Offer To Control Kabul During Evacuation, Gave City To Taliban
By Tim Pearce
Aug 31, 2021 DailyWire.com
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The United States reportedly turned down an offer from the Taliban to take over control of Kabul while evacuating thousands of personnel, citizens, and green card-holders, and others.
The Taliban offered to let the United States take over control of Kabul while the terror group would remain outside waiting on President Joe Biden's self-imposed withdrawal deadline of August 31 for the U.S. The United States turned down the offer, giving Kabul over to the Taliban while retaining control of Hamid Karzai International Airport, according to The Washington Post.
As the Taliban surrounded the city in mid-August, then-Afghan President Ashraf Ghani secretly fled the city, leaving behind members of his cabinet and government and surprising Afghan and American officials alike. In the president's absence, the city's governance collapsed, and the U.S. and Taliban entered unusual, face-to-face negotiations about the city's future.
As the Post reported:
In a hastily arranged in-person meeting, senior U.S. military leaders in Doha — including McKenzie, the commander of U.S. Central Command — spoke with Abdul Ghani Baradar, head of the Taliban's political wing.
"We have a problem," Baradar said, according to the U.S. official. "We have two options to deal with it: You [the United States military] take responsibility for securing Kabul or you have to allow us to do it."
Throughout the day, Biden had remained resolute in his decision to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan. The collapse of the Afghan government hadn't changed his mind.
McKenzie, aware of those orders, told Baradar that the U.S. mission was only to evacuate American citizens, Afghan allies and others at risk. The United States, he told Baradar, needed the airport to do that.
On the spot, an understanding was reached, according to two other U.S. officials: The United States could have the airport until Aug. 31. But the Taliban would control the city.
The Taliban were left in charge of policing the city. Last week, another terror group, the Islamic State affiliate ISIS-K, launched an attack on one of the airport's main gates, the Abbey Gate. A suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a crowd of people attempting to access the gate. Other militants engaged in a gun battle with troops.
Thirteen U.S. service members were killed in the attack along with dozens of Afghan civilians. In response, the U.S. conducted two strikes against purported ISIS-K targets. The first strike took out a planner for the group. The second strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including children, all from one family, according to a relative.
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The dead were all from a single extended family who were exiting a car in their modest driveway when the strike hit a nearby vehicle, said Abdul Matin Azizi, a neighbor who saw the attack. Azizi, 20, said the explosion occurred as the family returned home Sunday afternoon around 4:30 p.m.
Azizi said he ran next door to help and found a gruesome scene, the air thick with smoke. "The bodies were covered in blood and shrapnel, and some of the dead children were still inside the car," he said.
U.S. Central Command said the strike Sunday destroyed an Islamic State car bomb that posed an "imminent" threat to Kabul's airport. It acknowledged reports of civilian casualties but did not release specifics. The attack is the second U.S. drone strike on Afghanistan in response to a suicide bombing and gunfire attack outside Kabul's airport on Thursday.
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2019 FIFA Women's World Cup : Spain Vs United State
By GirishPosted on June 24, 2019 0
The group stage match of the tournament has recently completed. After qualifying for the knockout stages of the Women's World Cup, top 16 teams are playing a round of 16 in the tournament. The Third Knockout stage match of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup will be playing between France Vs Brazil on Monday, 24 June. Germany, Nigeria, Sweden, Italy, China, Netherland, Japan Norway, Australia, USA, Canada, England, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, and France had reached are enjoying their taste of the 2019 world cup knockout phase in France. United State is a more strong team in the group stage with 3 wins. There will be 552 players and 24 coaches representing 24 countries at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France.
This is just the second meeting all-time between the two countries. It is the first time when the USA and Spain women's teams meet in the world cup. United state have won each of their last 8 matches at World's Cup tournament. Spain are appearing first time in the knockout stage for the first time. USA team in one of the most goal score against the team in the world cup group stage with 18 goals where Spain have failed to score in each of their last 2 football matches.
US current FIFA World Cup ranking is the 1st place, with 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup trophy champion. Spain current World ranking is 13th but the team has been qualified only 2 times in FIFA world cup. We are sharing the squad list and Prediction of Spain Vs United State soccer match.
Women's World Cup 2019 Knockout Stage Prediction: Spain vs United State Squad
Spain star Jennifer Hermoso, Marta Torrejón & Marta Corredera big star player of the team where 29-year-old Jennifer Hermoso has experience of more than 70 appearances with the more than 30 goals for her country. United state team are one of the strongest teams in Women's football. The team is the current champion.
We are sharing the squad player list of both Women's football teams. In the 2019 World Cup, Spain enters this competition with the aim of progressing qualified for the quarterfinal round and US eyes to win the 4th-time world cup trophy.
The full squad lists for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2019 of both teams can be accessed below:
Prediction: United state 3-0 Spain
Date: Monday, June 24, 2019, 12 P.M. ET
Place: Stade Auguste-Delaune II
TV Info: Telemundo, Fox, Fox Sports 1 and NBCSN
Live Stream: fuboTV (Try for free), Fox, Fox Sports 1 and NBC Universo
Group Stage:
United State: Beat Thailand (13-0), Chile (3-0) and Sweden (2-0)
Spain: Beat South Africa (3-1), lost to Germany (1-0) and drew China (0-0)
United State Final 23-Woman Squad
Coach: Jillian Anne Ellis
Star player: Carli Lloyd, Alex Morga, Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, Julie Ertz, Becky Sauerbrunn
World Cup best: Champions: 1991, 1999, and 2015
FIFA Rank: 1st
Captain: Carli Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe
Top scorer: Carli Lloyd 277(113)
Goalkeepers: Alyssa Naeher (Atlético Madrid), Ashlyn Harris (Barcelona), Adrianna Franch Quiñones (Real Sociedad)
Defenders: Becky Sauerbrunn (Utah Royals), Kelley O'Hara (Utah Royals), Abby Dahlkemper (North Carolina Courage), Ali Krieger (Orlando Pride), Tierna Davidson (Chicago Red Stars), Emily Sonnett (Portland Thorns) & Crystal Dunn (North Carolina Courage)
Midfielders: Sam Mewis (North Carolina Courage), Morgan Brian ( Chicago Red Stars), Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars), Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns), Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit), Allie Long (Reign FC)
Forwards: Carli Lloyd (co-captain) (Sky Blue FC), Alex Morgan (co-captain) (Orlando Pride), Megan Rapinoe (co-captain) ( Reign FC), Jessica McDonald (North Carolina Courage), Christen Press (Utah Royals) & Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns)
Spain Final 23-Woman Squad
Coach: Jorge Vilda
Star player: Marta Torrejón, Jennifer Hermoso, Victoria Losada
World Cup best: Runners-up (2003)
FIFA Rank: 13
Captain: Marta Torrejón
Top scorer: Jennifer Hermoso (30)
Goalkeepers: Dolores Gallardo (Atlético Madrid), Sandra Paños (Barcelona), María Asunción Quiñones (Real Sociedad)
Defenders: Celia Jiménez (Reign FC), Leila Ouahabi (Barcelona), Irene Paredes (Paris Saint-Germain), Ivana Andrés (Levante), Marta Torrejón (c) (Barcelona), María Pilar León (Barcelona) & Andrea Pereira (Barcelona)
Midfielders: Victoria Losada (Barcelona), Marta Corredera (Levante), Alexia Putellas (Barcelona), Patricia Guijarro (captain) ( Barcelona), Virginia Torrecilla (Montpellier), Silvia Meseguer (Atlético Madrid), Aitana Bonmatí (Barcelona), Amanda Sampedro (Atlético Madrid), & Andrea Falcón (Atlético Madrid)
Forwards: Mariona Caldentey (Barcelona), Jennifer Hermoso (Atlético Madrid), Lucía García ( Athletic Bilbao), & Nahikari García (Real Sociedad)
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(AP) The Kiss Army fan club has an enthusiastic new recruit: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. In a departure from her normally staid diplomatic duties, Rice met the legendary glam rock quartet when they happened to share a hotel in the Swedish capital. Rice was in Stockholm on Thursday for an international conference on Iraq. Kiss had a sold-out gig to play on Friday.
"I was thrilled," Rice said of her late-night encounter with frontman Gene Simmons and bandmates Paul Stanley, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer in the executive lounge of the Sheraton Hotel where they signed autographs and handed out backstage passes and T-shirts to her staff.
"It was really fun to meet Kiss and Gene Simmons," she told reporters, noting they seemed well informed about current events. The band had asked if she could stop by after she finished dinner with the Swedish foreign minister and Rice readily agreed, she said.
Simmons and his crew, who are on a European tour, weren't wearing their trademark stage makeup, but were recognizable as rock stars to even non-fans by their hair, according to State Department officials who were with Rice.
Rice, a classically trained pianist, said she has eclectic musical tastes ranging from Beethoven to Bruce Springsteen. Hard stadium rockers like Kiss are included in the mix and Rice said her favorite tune of theirs is "Rock and Roll All Nite."
But, she conceded she had never seen the group in concert.
In fact, although she frequently attends classical music performances, Rice claims to have been to only four rock concerts in her life. The first was in the early 1960s when she went as a 10-year-old to see Paul Revere and the Raiders in her home state of Alabama.
After her family moved to Colorado, Rice went at the age of 16 went on her first date with an Air Force cadet to see Smokey Robinson and the Miracles. She later saw Earth, Wind and Fire in Denver and her last rock and roll show was a U2 concert in Washington, she said.
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If you've heard the term 4x LitRPG and have been curious, you're not alone. This is a question I hear often in several LitRPG communities I run online. Below, I'll give a basic answer to the question "What is 4x LitRPG?" and also delve into why it's becoming such a popular sub-genre of LitRPG books. Basically, 4x LitRPG refers to LitRPG books where the main character is playing a virtual reality game. The term 4x is short for the popular strategy computer game Civilization, where your goal is to "eXpand, eXplore, eXploit and eXterminate." There's many other great games in this genre, of course, but Civilization is the one most people know about.
A 4x LitRPG book is basically a story about a person who is playing a 4x style video game. They might be trapped in the world. Or the world might be an actual place and not a video game but still have game mechanics. Yes, the LitRPG book genre can be confusing at times. Don't worry, I will break down what make a book 4x LitRPG below.
LitRPG 4x Characteristics
So, what are the main characteristics of a 4x LitRPG book?
The main character is playing a video game or progression / stats are involved.
This is the main identifying characteristic of a LitRPG. They are playing a video game, whether it's an MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online) or a single player game, for the duration of the book. The main character is interacting in a game world. As mentioned, it doesn't necessarily have to be an actual video game. The character could be in a real world that has game mechanics. (Hey, it's fiction!)
The LitRPG 4x book deals with city or empire building as primary game mechanics.
What this means is that the character doesn't just level up to the cap in an instant. Instead, they focus on building things, fortifying things, and maintaining a base of operations. The character doesn't necessarily have to be on the path of being a hero or villain. They can be neutral or join a faction. The big thing is that there's 4x game mechanics involved – i.e. similar to Civilization, Total War, or other strategy war games.
That's about it. Simple, right? A 4x LitRPG is just a LitRPG book that deals with city or empire building games. For example, the main character in the book may start with a single plot of land and have to construct buildings, attract villagers, assign them tasks, and so on. Or, they may have control over an entire kingdom and have to deal with large scale problems like feeding citizens and warring against others.
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At the end of the day, a good 4x LitRPG book is more about the 4x game-mechanics. The characters and settings can change, but at their core, these books will be based around city or empire building. Though I don't want to say that one style of LitRPG book is better than the other. Some people prefer fast-paced action and some enjoy building their world and characters.
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Recent titles like Civ CEO really capture the feel of a 4x LitRPG. Others, like my own Snow Punk, take a slightly different approach to a LitRPG with 4x game mechanics.
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Dost Mohammad Khan
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This article is about founder of the Barakzai dynasty. For the city in Iran, see Dust Mohammad. For other similar names, see Dost Mohammad (disambiguation).
Dost Mohammad Khan (Pashto: دوست محمد خان, December 23, 1793 – June 9, 1863) was the founder of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of Afghanistan during the First Anglo-Afghan War.[4] With the decline of the Durrani dynasty, he became Emir of Afghanistan from 1823 to 1839 and then from 1843[5] to 1863. An ethnic Pashtun, he was the 11th son of Sardar Payendah Khan (chief of the Barakzai tribe) who was killed in 1799 by Zaman Shah Durrani.[2] At the start of his rule in March 1823, the Afghans lost their former stronghold of Peshawar Valley to the Sikh Khalsa Army of Ranjit Singh at the Battle of Nowshera. The Afghan forces in the battle were supported by Azim Khan, half-brother of Dost Mohammad Khan.[6]
دوست محمد خان
Emir of Afghanistan
Amir al-Mu'minin
1823 – 2 August 1839
1845 – 9 June 1863
Ayub Shah Durrani
Wazir Akbar Khan
Kandahar, Durrani Empire (present-day Afghanistan
9 June 1863 (aged 69)
Herat, Emirate of Afghanistan
Shrine of Khwaja Abd Allah (Gazur Gah), Herat, Afghanistan[1]
25 wives[citation needed]
27 sons and 25 daughters at the time of his death[2]
Amir Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai
Barakzai dynasty
Sardar Payinda Khan Muhammadzai (Sarfraz Khan)
Zainab Begum[3]
The Musahiban family started with his older brother, Sultan Mohammad Khan, nicknamed "Telai", meaning "golden", a nickname he was given because of his love of fine clothing.[7]
1 Background and rise to power
2 European influence in Afghanistan
3 Captivity
4 Second reign
7.1 Sources
Background and rise to powerEdit
Dost Mohammad Khan was born to an influential family on 23 December 1793 in Kandahar, Durrani Empire.[8] His father, Payinda Khan, was chief of the Barakzai Tribe and a civil servant in the Durrani dynasty. Their family can be traced back to Abdal (the first and founder of the Abdali tribe), through Hajji Jamal Khan, Yousef, Yaru, Mohammad, Omar Khan, Khisar Khan, Ismail, Nek, Daru, Saifal, and Barak. Abdal had Four sons, Popal, Barak, Achak, and Alako.[9] Dost Mohmmad Khan's mother is believed to have been from the Qizilbash group.[10][11][12]
His elder brother, the chief of the Barakzai, Fateh Khan, took an important part in raising Mahmud Shah Durrani to the sovereignty of Afghanistan in 1800 and in restoring him to the throne in 1809. Dost Mohammad accompanied his elder brother and then Prime Minister of Kabul Wazir Fateh Khan to the Battle of Attock against the invading Sikhs. Mahmud Shah repaid Fateh Khan's services by having him assassinated in 1818, thus incurring the enmity of his tribe. After a bloody conflict, Mahmud Shah was deprived of all his possessions but Herat, the rest of his dominions being divided among Fateh Khan's brothers. Of these, Dost Mohammad received Ghazni, to which in 1826 he added Kabul, the richest of the Afghan provinces.[13]
From the commencement of his reign he found himself involved in disputes with Ranjit Singh, the Sikh ruler of the Punjab region, who used the dethroned Sadozai prince, Shah Shujah Durrani, as his instrument. In 1834 Shah Shujah made a last attempt to recover his kingdom. He was defeated by Dost Mohammad Khan under the walls of Kandahar, but Ranjit Singh seized the opportunity to annex Peshawar. Dost Mohammad sent his son Akbar Khan to defeat the Sikhs at the Battle of Jamrud in 1837.[8] The non- recovery of the Jamrud Fort became the Afghan Amir's worst concern.[14]
European influence in AfghanistanEdit
Main article: European influence in Afghanistan
At the intersection of British, Russian and, to a lesser degree, French imperial interests, political maneuvering was necessary. Rejecting overtures from Russia, he endeavoured to form an alliance with Great Britain, and welcomed Alexander Burnes to Kabul in 1837. Burnes, however, was unable to prevail on the governor-general, Lord Auckland, to respond to the emir's advances. Dost Mohammad was enjoined to abandon the attempt to recover Peshawar, and to place his foreign policy under British guidance. He replied by renewing his relations with Russia, and in 1838 Lord Auckland set the British troops in motion against him.[14] To enable such an action, the British manufactured the evidence needed to justify the overthrow of the Afghan ruler.[15]
CaptivityEdit
In 1835, Dost Mohammad Khan, the youngest and the most energetic of the Barakzai brothers, who had supplanted the Durrani dynasty and become Emir (lord, chief or king) of Kabul in 1825, advanced up to Khaibar Pass threatening to recover Peshawar. In 1836 Hari Singh Nalva, the Sikh general who along with Prince Nau Nihal Singh was guarding that frontier, built a chain of forts, including one at Jamrud at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass to defend the pass. Dost Muhammad erected a fort at `Ali Masjid at the other end. In the beginning of 1837, as Prince Nau Nihal Singh returned to Lahore to get married and the Maharaja and his court got busy with preparations for the wedding.[16]
Dost Muhammad Khan sent a 25,000 strong force, including a large number of local irregulars and equipped with 18 heavy guns, to invest Jam rud. The Sikh garrison there had only 600 men and a few light artillery pieces. The Afghans besieged the fort and cut off its water supply, while a detachment was sent to the neighbouring Sikh fort of Shabqadar to prevent any help from that direction. Mahan Singh Mirpuri, the garrison commander of Jamrud, kept the invaders at bay for four days and managed meanwhile to send a desperate appeal for help to Hari Singh Nalva at Peshawar. Nalva rose from his sick bed and rushed to Jamrud.[17]
In the final battle fought on 30 April 1837, the Afghans were driven off, but Hari Singh Nalva was mortally wounded. In 1838, with the help and agreement of the Sikh monarch who joined the Tripartite Treaty with British viceroy Lord Auckland, restored Shah Shojāʿ to the Afghan throne in Kabul on August 1839.[18][19] Dost Muhammad Khan was exiled to Mussoorie in November 1839, but was restored to his former position after the murder of Shah Shuja` in April 1842. He thereafter maintained cordial relations with the Lahore Darbar.
Second reignEdit
He was then set at liberty, in consequence of the resolve of the British government to abandon the attempt to intervene in the internal politics of Afghanistan. On his return from British India, Dost Mohammad was received in triumph at Kabul, and set himself to re-establish his authority on a firm basis. From 1846 he renewed his policy of hostility to the British and allied himself with the Sikhs. However, after the defeat of his allies at Gujrat on 21 February 1849, he abandoned his designs and led his troops back into Afghanistan. In 1850 he conquered Balkh,[20] and in 1854 he acquired control over the southern Afghan tribes by the capture of Kandahar.
On 30 March 1855, Dost Mohammad reversed his former policy by concluding an offensive and defensive alliance with the British government, signed by Sir Henry Lawrence, Chief Commissioner of the Punjab, first proposed by Herbert Edwardes.[21] In 1857 he declared war on Persia in conjunction with the British, and in July a treaty was concluded by which the province of Herat was placed under a Barakzai prince. During the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Dost Mohammad refrained from assisting the insurgents. His later years were disturbed by troubles at Herat and in Bukhara. These he composed for a time, but in 1862 a Persian army, acting in concert with Ahmad Khan, advanced against Herat. The old amir called the British to his aid, and, putting himself at the head of his warriors, drove the enemy from his frontiers. On 26 May 1863 he re-captured Herat, but on the 9th of June he died suddenly in the midst of victory, after playing a great role in the history of South and Central Asia for forty years. He named as his successor his son, Sher Ali Khan.
GalleryEdit
Khan with his one son.
Khan with his 3 sons.
Khan as Emir of Afghanistan.
Dōst Moḥammad Khan seated slightly to the right of center in this photograph. To Dōst Moḥammad's right, the first figure in a white chapan (overcoat) is his son and successor Sher ʻAlī Khān (1825–1879), who ruled Afghanistan from 1863 to 1879. Abd al-Raḥmān Khān (c. 1844 – 1901), the grandson of Dōst Mohammad and future "Iron Amir" of Afghanistan, is on Dōst Moḥammad's far left.
List of leaders of Afghanistan
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^ a b Tarzi, Amin H. "DŌSTMOḤAMMAD KHAN". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University.
^ "DŌST MOḤAMMAD KHAN". Iranonline. 15 December 1995. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
^ Encyclopædia Britannica – Dost Mohammad Khan, "ruler of Afghanistan (1823–63) and founder of the Barakzay dynasty, who maintained Afghan independence during a time when the nation was a focus of political struggles between Great Britain and Russia..."
^ "Anglo-afghan wars", Encyclopaedia Iranica
^ Munshi.
^ Noelle, Christine (1997). State and Tribe in Nineteenth-Century Afghanistan: The Reign of Amir Dost Muhammad Khan (1826–1863). Routldege. p. 19. ISBN 978-0700706297. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
^ a b Adamec, Ludwig W. (2010). The A to Z of Afghan Wars, Revolutions and Insurgencies. Scarecrow Press. p. 105. ISBN 978-0-8108-7624-8. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
^ Life of the Amîr Dost Mohammed Khan, of Kabul: with his political ..., by Mohan Lal, Volume 1. pp. 1–3.
^ Tarzi, Amin H. "DŌSTMOḤAMMAD KHAN". Encyclopædia Iranica (Online ed.). United States: Columbia University.
^ The Rise of Afghanistan, p. 124 // Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban. Author: Stephen Tanner. First published in 2002 by Da Capo Press; (revised edition) reprinted in 2009. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2009, 375 pages. ISBN 9780306818264
^ 5. The Rise of Afghanistan, page 126 // Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War Against the Taliban. Author: Stephen Tanner. First published in 2002 by Da Capo Press; (revised edition) reprinted in 2009. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press, 2009, 375 pages. ISBN 9780306818264
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Afghan – Sikh Relations
Anglo-Afghan Wars
Political offices
Ayub Shah Durrani Barakzai dynasty
1823 – 2 August 1839 Succeeded by
Shah Shujah Durrani
Akbar Khan Barakzai dynasty
1845 – 9 June 1863 Succeeded by
Sher Ali Khan
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The 2012 vintage started off warm and dry, with little to no frost. By mid-summer people were beginning to whisper about how perfect the growing season was going. Rain-free warm days and cool nights were the rule, with no storms or heat spikes. Situated at the top of a low knoll, the 15 acres of block 1 at Alexander's Crown face in all different directions. However the favored part of the vineyard is the west face, which catches the late afternoon sun. This 5.7 acre "sun trap" block was picked on October 5th and made up 86% of the finished blend. The remaining 14% of the blend came from cabernet picked almost two weeks later from the east-facing block, which needed the extra time to ripen, though it's only a stone's throw away from the west block. Whereas fruit from the western side of block 1 added delicious layers of deep fruit and soft texture to the wine the eastern part of block 1 added structure and acidity to balance.
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Q: NOTEPAD++ adding folder name using FIND & REPLACE feature This is a follow-up question for my previous question that can be found in the url below:
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If I have the following tags below and I want to add a folder name images/ before the image file, how can i program NOTEPAD++ to add a FOLDER NAME for those A HREF tags with a JPG value. So in short I want to exclude A HREF tags with the HTM value when using the FIND & REPLACE function.
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Here is the Regex Pattern using lookahead to find the <a href=" before a JPG file.
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In 2013, Paul celebrated his widely acclaimed debut album "Without a Song," a carefully crafted concept album stemming from and inspired by his father's unfulfilled dream to have been a professional singer. For this album, Paul incorporated the beginnings of his love affair with music. At the age of five, he found his father's homemade 78rpm acetate discs in the attic. He heard him singing "That Old Black Magic," and was mesmerized. This scratchy recording of his father's voice was Paul's first musical inspiration. It was restored and used to open his debut album 66 years later. "Without a Song" has gone on to receive widespread acclaim and national airplay was named among the "Best of 2013" in the Chicago Tribune. It has also been prominently featured on NYC DJ Jonathan Schwartz's "The Jonathan Channel."
Now in its third pressing, the album was re-issued in late 2015 as a deluxe, limited-edition, audiophile 2 LP Vinyl set. The album and its story went on to inspire acclaimed choreographer, Ron De Jesus. Jesus premiered his original dance suite "Without a Song: Mic Check 1, 2" in April 2014, with Paul and his quartet performing the music live. Released in October 2015, his first live album, "One Night in Chicago", has also been critically acclaimed, being called "…a shining example of male jazz vocal at the top of its game." (Midwest Record).
Since 2016, Paul has grown in national visibility and acclaim. He has enjoyed many highly regarded debuts across the US and Canada. This included regular appearances at Toronto's Jazz Bistro, and most notably at the world-famous Birdland Jazz Club in NYC, where Paul performed to sold out and enthusiastic crowds. In Chicago, at the stunning Auditorium Theatre, Paul appeared in an all-star celebration of Cole Porter in 2016, and of Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne in 2017, and an upcoming Stephen Sondheim program in 2019. Paul is also a featured vocalist with The Chicago Jazz Orchestra, appearing in many festivals and concerts. This included a re-creation of the live album "Sinatra at the Sands" at the historic Studebaker Theater in May 2018. He received rave reviews, again earning the "Best of the Year" distinction in the Chicago Tribune.
For his July 2018 birthday concert, Paul returned to Birdland Jazz Club featuring special guest Sheila Jordan. The duo immediately demonstrated an uncanny and effortless rapport with one another and have several concerts scheduled together in 2019. Paul has also been chosen to be the sole vocalist in "The Oscar Peterson Story" at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Feb 2019. He will also be actively touring throughout 2019 for various Nat King Cole Centennial concerts.
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Today's blog post is an A to Z. I haven't done an A to Z for a while, and they're a lot of fun to create, especially when combined with my love of reading books and watching movies 😊. This particular list is made up from character-related quotes.
The season changed yesterday, so we can look forward to cooler temperatures, beautiful trees 🍁🍂, and perhaps a few ghosts and pumpkins toward the end of next month 👻🎃. I'm hoping to have the first Light Mage book finished around Hallowe'en, so the rain that's falling right now is probably a good thing in terms of making sure I stay indoors to write! Anyway, onto the A to Z. I hope you enjoy it, and thank you for visiting my blog today!
A is for Adventurous
"Everything's a risk. Not doing anything is a risk. It's up to you."
B is for Brother
"If we're not careful, we'll have another Head Boy in the family. I don't think I could stand the shame."
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling
C is for Cat 😸
"I am not crazy, my reality is just different than yours."
D is for Dog 🐶
"He was beaten (he knew that); but he was not broken."
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
E is for Empathy
"Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have."
Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix by J K Rowling
F is for Friendship
"Because I know you, Percy Jackson. In many ways, you are impulsive, but when it comes to your friends, you are as constant as a compass needle. You are unswervingly loyal, and you inspire loyalty. You are the glue that will unite the seven."
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
G is for Goodbye
"The people who deserved to die took forever to do so. Those who deserved to live always went too soon."
The Burning Maze by Rick Riordan
H is for Hero
"I can do this all day."
Captain America, the hero who never gives up
I is for Intelligent
"Just because something works doesn't mean it can't be improved."
Shuri, Black Panther
J is for Joy
"And then she smiled a smile so dazzling, Rishi tripped over his own feet."
K is for King
"But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers."
T'Challa, Black Panther
L is for Love
"I want love to conquer all. But love can't conquer anything. It can't do anything on its own. It relies on us to do the conquering on its behalf."
M is for Magician
"My word, Severus, that I shall never reveal the best of you?" Dumbledore sighed, looking down into Snape's ferocious, anguished face. "If you insist …"
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J K Rowling
N is for Neverland
"The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it."
Peter Pan by J M Barrie
O is for Object
One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
The Lord of the Rings by J R R Tolkien
P is for Princess
"I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren't pretty, or smart, or young. They're still princesses."
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Q is for Queen
"If you know someone's fear, you know them."
R is for Robot
"Happiness is the most natural thing in the world when you have it, and the slowest, strangest, most impossible thing when you don't."
Partials by Dan Wells
S is for Shadowhunter
"I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire." His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. "Okay, so maybe our problems aren't like other couples."
Mortal Instruments-City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare
T is for Troublemaker
"Longbottom, if brains were gold you'd be poorer than Weasley, and that's saying something."
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J K Rowling
U is for Unpalatable Truth
"I've spent years living safely to secure a longer life, and look where that's gotten me. I'm at the finish line but I never ran the race."
V is for Villain
This GIF is just an example because I can't choose a single quote for Loki. What can I say? He's an extremely quotable villain 😆
W is for Witch
"But length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery and already she begins to know it. All get what they want; they do not always like it."
The Magician's Nephew by C S Lewis
X is for Exasperated
"'What's a dementor?'
I mean, I can't even. 'Nora, you are no longer my sister.'
'So it's some Harry Potter thing,' she says."
Y is for Yourself
"There's something really badass about truly, honestly not caring what people think about you. A lot of people say they don't care. Or they act like they don't care. But I think most people care a lot. I know I do."
Z is for Zombie
"I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses."
I like the "V"... how surprising *lol* Wanna do an A to Z using Loki quotes only?
Alex C Vick said...
An A to Z of Loki quotes is a great idea :-)
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Where is Ted Levine from 'The Silence of the Lambs' now? Wiki
1 Who is Ted Levine?
2 Where is Ted Levine from 'The Silence of the Lambs' now?
3 Ted Levine Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
4 Career Beginnings
5 On-Screen Beginnings
6 The '90s and Success in "Silence of the Lambs"
7 The 2000s and Continued Success
8 The 2010s and Recent Projects
9 Net Worth
10 Personal Life, Dating, Married, Wife, Children
11 Appearance and Vital Statistics
Who is Ted Levine?
Levine is an American actor, perhaps best remembered as Buffalo Bill in the film "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991), and as Leland Stottlemeyer in the TV series "Monk" (2002-2009), among many other roles that he has had in his career.
Where is Ted Levine from 'The Silence of the Lambs' now?
Ted Levine's last on-screen appearance was in the TV mystery crime-drama series "Big Sky" in 2021. He portrayed Horst Kleinsasser, the patriarch of the family in the first season of the award-winning series, and didn't return for its second season as his character died in the last episode of season one.
Since then, Ted hasn't appeared in any new projects, while the film "Starbright", in which he starred, is completed but hasn't been released yet; his co-stars are John Rhys-Davies and Elisabeth Rohm.
Ted Levine Wiki: Age, Childhood, and Education
Frank Theodore Levine was born on 29 May 1957, in Bellaire, Ohio, USA, the son of Milton Dimitri Levine and Charlotte Virginia, both doctors and proud members of Physicians for Social Responsibility. Of Russian-Jewish ancestry from his father's side, and Welsh and Native American through his mother, he attended Windsor Mountain School in Lenox, Massachusetts.
After high school, Ted enrolled at Marlboro College in Vermont, and during this time, Ted performed in summer stock and regional theaters in areas around Vermont, West Virginia, and Michigan before he settled in Chicago and joined The Remains ensemble.
Career Beginnings
Before making his on-screen debut, Ted featured in several plays with the Remains Theatre, which was co-founded by Gary Cole and William Petersen. Moreover, in the '80s he appeared in plays performed at The Goodman and Steppenwolf theaters.
On-Screen Beginnings
Ted's on-screen career began in 1983, with a minor role in the television movie "Through Naked Eyes". After a couple of minor roles, Ted was chosen for the role of Frank Holman in the Primetime Emmy Award-nominated mystery series "Crime Story", starring Dennis Farina, Bill Smitrovich and Tony Denison, which follows a Chicago police detective as he tries to stop a young hood's rise in the ranks of organized crime.
Before the decade ended, Ted appeared in several other projects, including the action crime film "Next of Kin", with Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson and Adam Baldwin as the main stars.
The '90s and Success in "Silence of the Lambs"
He began the '90s with the role of Frederick King in the comedy mystery-drama film "Love at Large", written and directed by Alan Rudolph, and starring Tom Berenger, Elizabeth Perkins and Anne Archer. The same year, he had a one-time appearance in the Primetime Emmy Award-winning TV drama series "Midnight Caller", with Gary Cole as an ex-cop turned late-night talk radio host.
In 1991, Ted was cast as deranged serial killer Buffalo Bill, the main antagonist in the multiple Academy Award-winning thriller crime-drama film "The Silence of the Lambs", starring Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, and Lawrence A. Bonney, which launched him to stardom, but also limited his opus to villainous roles.
In the subsequent few roles, Ted portrayed several villains, but eventually managed to break the connection with the role of Bosko, one of the police officers in Michael Mann's action crime-drama film "Heat". In contrast, in 1998, he portrayed astronaut Alan Shepard in the TV mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon".
He finished the decade with the role of General McGrath in the award-winning sci-fi action-comedy film "Wild Wild West", starring Will Smith, Kevin Kline, and Kenneth Branagh.
The 2000s and Continued Success
Ted started the new millennium with the lead role in the short-lived TV drama series "Wonderland", which tells a story of a mental institution from the points of view of both doctors and patients. In 2001, he portrayed Sgt. Tanner, police superior to Paul Walker's character in "The Fast and the Furious". The same year he portrayed Joe Smiley in the Academy Award-nominated biopic "Ali", with Will Smith in the lead role.
"There's all kinds of family, Brian."
Ted Levine, perhaps inadvertently summing up the entire "Fast and Furious" series.
Perhaps the feature of the Fast and Furious films that marks them as one of the core twenty-first century franchises. pic.twitter.com/JVIO8ygZ9l
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The following year, he was selected for the role of Captain Leland Stottlemeyer in the Primetime Emmy Award-winning comedy crime series "Monk", about an ex-detective turned private consultant, Adrian Monk, who battles an obsessive-compulsive disorder, with Tony Shalhoub in the lead role. Ted starred in all 125 episodes of the critically-acclaimed series, and though he didn't win any awards, he was widely praised for his performance.
During his time in "Monk" his popularity increased to a large degree, and he featured in several successful projects.
In 2005, he was Colonel Derricks in the Oscar-winning romantic drama film "Memories of a Geisha", while in 2006, he starred as Big Bob in the horror-thriller film "The Hills Have Eyes". The next year, he portrayed Lou Toback in the biopic on Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
The 2010s and Recent Projects
He started the 2010s rather successfully; his first role was as Warden in the award-winning thriller-mystery film "Shutter Island", based on the novel by Dennis Lehane, with Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role, while in 2012, he played Isadore Cohen in the award-winning TV sports-drama series "Luck", which starred Dustin Hoffman.
He was pretty busy in the following year, as he starred in Mark Freiburger's family fantasy film "Jimmy", based on the novel by Robert Whitlow about a mentally challenged teenager who communicates with supernatural beings known as Watchers, co-starring Katia Winter in the sci-fi horror mystery film "Banshee Chapter".
Moreover, he played Lieutenant Hank Wade in the award-winning TV mystery crime-drama series "The Bridge" in 2013 and '14, about two detectives who try to stop a serial killer operating on both sides of the Texas-Chihuahua border.
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Official trailer for #ChildOfGrace. Watch the full movie on iTunes, Amazon or Google Play!Written & Directed By Ian McCruddenStarring Ted Levine (The Bridge, Silence Of The Lambs), Emma Myles (Orange Is The New Black), James Parks (The Son, The Hateful Eight), Thomas Hildreth (Islander), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (We Bought A Zoo) Produced By Thomas Hildreth, Sternman Productions, Athena Lobit Hofmann, Margie Templo Parks, Ian McCruddenCasting By Pat McCorkle (Mccorkle Casting Ltd)Cinematography By Ryo RexEdited By Kristofer Frans NilssonMusic By Henrik ÅströmDistributed worldwide by Mission Pictures International#SternmanProductions
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In 2014, he starred as Chief Edwards in the mystery drama film "Child of Grace", about nine-year-old Katie who is traveling the country in an RV with her alleged father, who might instead be her kidnapper, with Maggie Elizabeth Jones in the lead role.
The same year, Ted also starred as Sheriff Waterhouse in the award-winning horror mystery film "Dig Two Graves", co-starring Samantha Isler and Danny Goldring.
After a few quiet years, Ted returned in the role of Chief Thomas Byrnes in the Primetime Emmy Award-winning mystery crime-drama series "The Alienist", from 2018 to 2020, which follows criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler investigating serial killings in New York during the late 19th century, starring Daniel Bruhl alongside Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans.
According to sources, Ted Levine's wealth is estimated at over $6 million, as of early 2023.
Personal Life, Dating, Married, Wife, Children
Ted Levine is married to Kim Phillips – he hasn't revealed when they married, but the couple has a son named Mac, born in 1988.
He also has a daughter Melissa, born in 1976, but he hasn't revealed the name of his daughter's mother.
Appearance and Vital Statistics
Ted Levine has black and grey hair, and his eyes are blue. He stands at a height of 5ft 11ins (1.8m), while he weighs approximately 165lbs (75kgs). His vital statistics are unknown, though he has an average figure.
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Crossing the Line to work with World Tour Cycling Team
June 30, 2016 Gearoid Towey
We are delighted that the newest partnership in World Tour Cycling, Cannondale-Drapac have announced that they will be working with us at Crossing the Line Sport to deliver a comprehensive rider wellbeing and welfare programme. It is the first World Tour cycling set up to make a determined and deliberate effort to ensure their riders excel both on and off the bike.
For us at CTL, it is an exciting prospect and we wish the team all the very best at the Tour de France, starting on Saturday. Full press release from the team below:
Drapac Capital Partners named as co-title sponsor of Cannondale Pro Cycling Team and major shareholder of Slipstream Sports LLC
Today, June 30, Drapac Capital Partners becomes the co-title sponsor of the Cannondale Pro Cycling team, managed by Slipstream Sports. The Drapac name and signature red hue will adorn the team's jerseys immediately. The new team name is the Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team.
The sponsorship is a five-year deal that brings shared vision to the Cannondale Pro Cycling Team and marks an agreement between Drapac Capital Partners and Slipstream that goes well beyond pen and paper, as Drapac's philosophy of preparing riders for lives after cycling is one Slipstream wholly supports and will enact at the WorldTour level.
"Michael Drapac and I have been friends for some time. I have always been impressed with his entrepreneurial vision and understanding of markets. However, what piqued my interest in partnering with Michael is his passion for helping athletes find their way through life in a healthier way," Slipstream CEO Jonathan Vaughters said. "Although it's seldom acknowledged, most professional cyclists have given up everything in order to pursue excellence in their sport. While commendable, this leaves them very vulnerable to an ever more complex world."
Drapac is the chairman and founder of Drapac Capital Partners and now part owner of Slipstream Sports, in addition to serving as a board member. What began as a small investment in residential real estate while in university is now Drapac Capital Partners, a property funds management business. Drapac's business efforts have garnered various sustainability awards — his company was the first property group to be a member of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment — and that mindset has transcended business.
"I've always been interested in sustainability, particularly cultural sustainability," Drapac said. "Sustainability is being aware, responsible, and accountable for the full costs of what we do, and trying to minimize the impact of those costs. So a sustainable initiative, in business, cycling, anything, really, is about making an intention to be aware, accountable, and responsible. And making an intention to minimize the impact of what we do.
"We want to win bike races, but not at the expense of broader values. Sustainability in this sense is about 'what are the broader values in the cycling team?' We need to look at that. We want to win the Tour de France. We want to win Paris-Roubaix. But we also have other metrics by which we measure our success."
One of those metrics will now be how riders fare after their racing careers are finished.
The partnership is a natural extension of both organizations' ideals. The first team Vaughters managed and financially backed was 5280-Subaru, a junior development team. The founding of the Drapac program came from the idea that developing complete athletes as opposed to one-dimensional racers was a better way to run a cycling operation.
As part of its steadfast commitment to athlete well-being, the Cannondale-Drapac Professional Cycling Team will offer a service to its riders next season that encourages growth beyond the sport of cycling. Together with Crossing the Line Sport, an organization designed to assist athlete transitions out of professional competition, the pro team will offer workshops, individual counseling services, mentoring, and robust educational support to its riders
"It is our shared goal to be pioneers in the welfare of athletes in cycling. Having dealt with this personally, I know how hard it is and how close to the edge many riders feel," Vaughters said. "Our joint venture will seek to help these highly talented individuals find their footing in all phases of their careers. This philosophy will not only help them later in life, but will enhance their performance here and now."
The professional team will also offer a bridge to younger athletes on Drapac's development team, Drapac-Pat's Veg.
While little will change for the existing Drapac team in 2016, the partnering of the two teams in 2017 will see the bulk of the resources from the current Drapac Professional Cycling Team transitioned to Drapac-Pat's Veg, the Continental-level development team announced earlier this year, while also providing the opportunity for a number of riders and staff to move to the WorldTour at Cannondale-Drapac.
Drapac-Pat's Veg requires riders to either attend university courses or pursue professional-level certifications or apprenticeships. The team is structured to provide favorable racing schedules that allow racers to attend classes or pursue professions. Riders on the development team will be given every opportunity to make the WorldTour team. The development team will be a UCI Continental registered squad based in Australia that competes in Europe for part of the season. The program also stresses that riders take time to be involved in their communities.
"We need to teach our athletes to be whole. When the door of being an athlete closes, you would hope that they have the resources — financial and emotional — to transition to another phase of their lives. We need to understand that the human cost of professional sport is just horrific," Drapac said. "That's why I created the holistic development team."
For Vaughters, the measures are a way to illustrate that success on the bike and off shouldn't be mutually exclusive.
"Racing is a risky proposition, but knowing you have the knowledge and skills to find your way, no matter what, lets you embrace the bold decisions needed to win," Vaughters said. "Taking the pressure off athletes all too accustomed to living contract to contract also encourages ethical decision making. And that has been the goal of Slipstream Sports, from its very inception. Welcome aboard, Drapac!"
For more on the development team, visit www.drapacpatsveg.com
About Drapac Capital Partners: FEARLESS. DISCIPLINED. EXPECT OUTPERFORMANCE.
Drapac Capital Partners is a property funds management business that identifies value through unorthodox means.
With Australian origins and an established track record, we set up operations in the US in 2011 to capitalize on the unprecedented investment opportunities following the financial crisis. Our core investment is land, and we never take a short-term view allowing us to do what others cannot – make logical and rational investment decisions.
We pay attention. We are obsessed with outperformance. We always co-invest and have skin in the game. For us it's not business, it's personal.
www.drapaccapital.com
About Cannondale:
Cannondale is a premium brand of Cycling Sports Group, a division of Dorel Industries' (TSX: DII.B, DII.A) Dorel Sports segment, encompassing several powerhouse cycling brands, including GT, Schwinn, Charge, SUGOI and Fabric. Dorel Industries Inc. has annual sales of US$2.7 billion and employs approximately 10,450 people in facilities located in twenty-five countries worldwide. With a reputation for continuous innovation and quality, Cannondale is a global industry leader with a strong heritage in design, development and manufacturing of high performance bicycles, apparel and accessories. For more information, visit Cannondale.com.
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Krispy Kreme apologizes for KKK Wednesday promotion
FOXNEWS.com -- A UK Krispy Kreme branch apologized for a promotion created to draw more kids into its store during Britain's half-term, a short holiday for students in the middle of each three periods into which the school year is divided.
The branch created a series of promotion events that included "KKK Wednesday," which was planned on running at the Hull branch in Britain from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. However, the branch apparently did not realize what the acronym is synonymous with.
Facebook followers quickly pointed out that KKK stands for the Ku Klux Klan, a racially-charged American hate group that has committed unspeakable crimes against African-Americans, among others.
The company originally planned to use KKK as the "Krispy Kreme Klub." Other activities during the county's half-term, which runs from Feb. 16 to Feb. 22nd, included Funday Monday, Coloring Tuesday, Face Painting Thursday, Balloon Madness and Board Games Galore.
A company spokeswoman told The Daily Mirror the company apologizes for "unreservedly for the inappropriate name of a customer promotion at one of our stores."
The spokeswoman also said the material for the promotion was withdrawn and "an internal investigation is currently underway."
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CFP: Disabling Domesticity
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Domesticity – "The quality or condition of being domestic;" "Home life or devotion to it;" "Household affairs." Vital work has been done within disability studies to reimagine sex, sexuality, and disabled bodies and scholars in a number of fields, including for example, feminist and queer theorists and women's historians, have worked to deconstruct dominant heteronormative notions of domesticity and show the broad force with which domesticity and domestic life get deployed in various cultural and political settings. In this edited collection of new and original scholarship, contributors will focus on the varied "domestic" sites where intimate human relations are formed and maintained. Sites that are at once private and racially, economically, and politically inflected and make up the social, cultural, ideological, and physical spaces where families, friends, workers, and lovers come together and form the bonds that ultimately sustain and in some cases destroy our variegated existence. When we analyze "domesticity" through the lens of disability, it forces us to think in new ways about family and household forms, care work, an ethics of care, reproductive labor, gendered and generational conflicts and cooperation, local and global economies and political systems. Disabling Domesticity will appeal to undergraduate and graduate students, specialists, and general academic readers in a broad range of fields. It seeks to model the interdisciplinary strengths of disability studies. Potential contributors may propose work that focuses on any temporal or geographic location. Proposals from all (disability studies) fields of study, as well as the work of activists and artists are welcome.
Some chapter details:
Chapter length – 5,000-7,000 words (20-25 pages – excluding footnotes/endnotes)
Essays may have more than one author
Disability and Domesticity may be broadly defined
All temporal and geographic contexts are welcome.
Essays must be new and original scholarship (no reprints will be accepted)
Prospective Authors:
Please send CV or Resume and a brief (300-500 word) abstract of your project by Friday, 3 January 2014. Full chapter drafts of the project will be due by February 2015. You can reach me at [email protected]
Michael Rembis
Michael Rembis, Ph.D. Director,
Center for Disability Studies Assistant Professor,
552 Park Hall
NY 14260-4130
UBCDS Website: http://disabilitystudies.buffalo.edu/index.php
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