Patricia Stephens Due

Patricia Stephens Due ( December 9 , 1939 – February 7 , 2012 ) was one of the leading African - American civil rights activists in the United States , especially in her home state of Florida .

Along with her sister Priscilla and others trained in nonviolent protest by CORE , Due spent 49 days in one of the nation 's first jail - ins , refusing to pay a fine for sitting in a Woolworth 's " White only " lunch counter in Tallahassee , Florida in 1960 .

Her eyes were damaged by tear gas used by police on students marching to protest such arrests , and she wore dark glasses for the rest of her life .

She served in many leadership roles in CORE and the NAACP , fighting against segregated stores , buses , theaters , schools , restaurants , and hotels , protesting unjust laws , and leading one of the most dangerous voter registration efforts in the country in northern Florida in the 1960s .

With her daughter , Tananarive , Due wrote Freedom in the Family : a Mother - Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights , documenting the struggle she participated in , initially as a student at Florida A&M ; University , and later working for civil rights organizations and Florida communities , sometimes in partnership with her husband , civil rights attorney John D. Due , Jr.


Angélica Vale

Angélica Vale ( born Angélica María Vale Hartman ; November 11 , 1975 ) is a Mexican - American actress , singer , and comedian known also as the daughter of Angélica María , " La Novia de Mexico " ( Mexico 's Sweetheart ) , and as the daughter of comedian Raúl Vale .

She has been working as an actress for almost 30 years , but achieved fame in 2006 when she became the protagonist of La Fea Más Bella ( The Prettiest Ugly Girl ) , a Mexican telenovela , with her real - life mother .

She starred in the webnovela No me hallo as Luchita Guerra a young woman with a big dream of becoming a singer .

Early in 2012 , Vale was a team captain on the Mexican TV Show Parodiando , of Televisa network .

Vale became a U.S. citizen in 2016 , while retaining her Mexican citizenship .


Eijsden railway station

Eijsden railway station ( Edn ) is the railway station of Eijsden , Limburg , the Netherlands .

The station , which is the southernmost railway station in the Netherlands , opened on November 24 , 1861 , and was closed between December 10 , 2006 and December 11 , 2011 .

The railway station is located on the railway line between Liège - Guillemins ( Belgium ) and Maastricht ( Netherlands ) .

Only trains of the National Railway Company of Belgium between the two stations call in Eijsden ; Nederlandse Spoorwegen trains do n't serve the station .

When the National Railway Company of Belgium extended the InterCity line between Brussels - South and Liège - Guillemins to Maastricht , the regular local service between Liège - Guillemins and Maastricht was halted .

The InterCity trains were too long to halt in Eijsden , so the railway station was closed .

A new busline was opened between Maastricht and the railway station in Visé ( Belgium ) to serve Eijsden .

After the closure of the railway station , citizens of Eijsden formed the committee " Trein Terug In Eijsden " ( Return the Train To Eijsden ) , which aims to reopen the railway station .

The fact that overhead lines at the railway station carry 3kV direct current , like the Belgian railway network , whereas the Dutch railway network carries 1.5kV.

Regular Dutch electric trains are not able to reach Eijsden , unless they are multi - system units .

As of December 11 , 2011 Eijsden is again been serviced by Belgian trains thus reopening the station after a 5-year closure .


Joseph Contreras

Joseph Contreras was born in about 1710 , n Granada , Spain , hence his commonly used nickname ' el Granadino ' .

He probably lived in Italy during his early life , his style being Italian .

He worked in Madrid from about 1745 , as violin maker and repairer to the Spanish Court .

This brought him into contact with some of the best violins of his day , including examples by Stradivarius and Guarnerius .

He is famous for the copies of these instruments which he made , using fine materials and exceptional skill .

Only a few of his instruments have survived today , and are highly prized .

Famous players of Contreras violins have included Shlomo Mintz , Nigel Kennedy and members of the Endellion Quartet .

He died in approximately 1780 , leaving a son ( also called Joseph ) to continue the family business .

His violins contain the label ' Matriti per Granadensem Josephum Contreras , anno ... '


Rambler Classic

The Rambler Classic is an intermediate sized automobile that was built and sold by American Motors Corporation ( AMC ) from the 1961 to 1966 model years .

The Classic took the place of the Rambler Six and Rambler Rebel V-8 names , which were retired at the end of the 1960 model year .

Introduced at first as only a six - passenger four - door sedan and station wagon versions , additional body styles were added with two - door models available as a " post " sedan and in 1964 as a sporty pillar - less hardtop , as well as a convertible for 1965 and 1966 .

Motor Trend magazine selected AMC 's Classic line as Car of the Year award for 1963 .

The Rambler Rebel name replaced Classic on AMC 's completely redesigned large - line of cars in 1967 , and for 1968 the Rebel was renamed the AMC Rebel as AMC began the process of phasing out the Rambler marque .

Throughout its life in the AMC model line - up , the Classic was the high - volume seller for the independent automaker .


Russian battleship Slava

Slava ( " Glory " ) was a pre - dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy , the last of the five s. Commissioned too late to participate in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo - Japanese War , she survived while all of her sister ships were either sunk during the battle or surrendered to the Imperial Japanese Navy .

Serving in the Baltic Sea during World War I , Slava was the largest ship of the Russian Gulf of Riga Squadron that fought the German High Seas Fleet in the Battle of the Gulf of Riga in August 1915 .

She repeatedly bombarded German positions and troops for the rest of 1915 and during 1916 .

During the Battle of Moon Sound in 1917 , Slava was badly damaged by the German dreadnought , significantly increasing her draft .

The shallow channel made it impossible to escape and she was scuttled in the Moon Sound Strait between the island of Muhu ( Moon ) and the mainland .

The Estonians scrapped her during the 1930s .


Ellei Johndro

Danielle " Ellei " Johndro ( Shadowscene ) was born June 24 , 1979 .

She is primarily a nightclub / event photographer .

Raised in Maine and establishing herself in Los Angeles , she considers herself one of the first women to document the Los Angeles party scene following the likes of The Cobrasnake and Merlin Bronques .

In 2007 the Los Angeles Times referenced her as the " new breed of club chronicler " , comparing her to the New York nightlife photographers of the 1960s .

She embarked on multiple US photographic tours illustrating parties , concerts , and other young nightlife from 2007 to 2009 .

She was featured as one of the Top People in Los Angeles in a 2009 LA Weekly article .

Her photographs have been featured in films and TV series including , Punks Not Dead and VH1 's Remaking Vanilla Ice .

She has also worked as a photographer / blogger for Urban Outfitters .

Featured on the cover of Forth Magazine in 2009 , she was introduced as forefronting the " new weird " and maintains a relationship with The Standard hotels doing installations for their various establishments .

In 2010 , Johndro began releasing songs under the name Biker Daughter while working with Jon Siebels of Eve 6 .

The first self - titled EP was released in 2010 along with a video for " Carnivore " which debuted on MTV 's The Seven for upcoming artists to watch .

As of 2017 there is another EP expected .


Roland Harvey

Roland Bruce Harvey ( 11 December 1945 ) is an Australian children 's illustrator , and author .

He is best known as an illustrator of children 's books using pen , ink and watercolour .

His works have been described as ' witty slapstick style ' and ' characteristic humorous and detailed illustrations ' .

Roland Harvey is a former architect who established Roland Harvey Studios , an illustration and design firm in 1978 , which produces greeting cards , posters and stationery with a distinctive Australian flavour .

In 1981 he expanded his business by establishing his own book publishing company Five Mile Press .

His children 's book division , Roland Harvey Books , aims to publish books that raise awareness of issues , concepts and ideas as well as entertain readers .

Harvey has written picture books and humorous historical works for young children .

Roland Harvey was born in Melbourne , Victoria and continues to live there .


BPF Party

The BPF Party ( or PBNF ) , is a political party in Belarus .

It was de - facto established after the split of the social movement Belarusian Popular Front or BPF ( or БНФ ( ) in 1999 .

The Belarusian Popular Front was founded during the Perestroika era by members of the Belarusian intelligentsia , including Vasil Bykaŭ .

Its first and most charismatic leader was Zianon Pazniak .

After a 2005 decree by president Alexander Lukashenko on the restriction of the usage of the words Беларускі ( " Belarusian " ) and " Народны " ( " National " , " Popular " , " People 's " ) in the names of political parties and movements , the party had to change its official name to " BPF Party " .


Manitoba (AG) v Manitoba Egg and Poultry Association

Manitoba ( AG ) v Manitoba Egg and Poultry Association ( the Manitoba Egg Reference ) [ 1971 ] S.C.R.

689 is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision on the Trade and Commerce power under section 91(2 ) of the Constitution Act , 1867 .

The decision was the result of a growing political debate known as the " chicken and egg war " where Quebec and Ontario enacted protectionist legislation for the egg and poultry industry preventing Manitoba from selling their eggs and poultry products in those provinces .

To much of the public 's surprise the Court struck down a provincial statute regulating the marketing of eggs .

The case somewhat contradicted the precedent case of Carnation Co. v. Quebec Agricultural Marketing Board , [ 1968 ] S.C.R.

238 which held that provincial law that has an incidental effect on other provinces is still valid .

The Court held that even though there was no direct evidence showing that there was extraprovincial effect of the provincial law , the potential effect was sufficient to find the law ultra vires .

The Court found that control of imports was essential to the provincial legislative scheme even though the law made no distinction between eggs produced inside or outside of the province .

The Court distinguished the case from the Carnation decision by the fact that the Manitoba regulations intended to provide regulation of inter - provincial trade while in Carnation the law only has the effect of regulating inter - provincial trade .

In the aftermath of the decision , all 11 governments , the 10 governments of the provinces and the federal government , entered an agreement with the federal government which arranged a federal egg marketing scheme which created quotas for each of the provinces , and charged tariffs for eggs sold outside of the province .


Cardinal virtues

Four cardinal virtues were recognized in classical antiquity and in traditional Christian theology :

Prudence ( , phronēsis ; ; also Wisdom , Sophia , sapientia ) , the ability to discern the appropriate course of action to be taken in a given situation at the appropriate time .

Courage ( , andreia ; ): also termed fortitude , forbearance , strength , endurance , and the ability to confront fear , uncertainty , and intimidation

Temperance ( , sōphrosynē ; ): also known as restraint , the practice of self - control , abstention , discretion , and moderation tempering the appetition .

Sōphrosynē can also be translated as sound - mindedness .

Justice ( , dikaiosynē ; ): also considered as fairness , the most extensive and most important virtue ; the Greek word also having the meaning righteousness

These virtues derive initially from Plato 's scheme , discussed in Republic Book IV , 426 – 435 ( and see Protagoras 330b , which also includes piety ( hosiotes ) ) .

Cicero expanded on them , and Ambrose , Augustine of Hippo , and Thomas Aquinas adapted them while adding a set of theological virtues .

The term cardinal comes from the Latin ( hinge ) ; virtues are so called because they are regarded as the basic virtues required for a virtuous life .


Soldiers of Egypt

Soldiers of Egypt ( Ajnad Misr in Arabic ) is an active Salafist Islamist militant group that has been operating near Cairo , Egypt .

The groups was founded by Humam Muhammed in 2013 , after he split away from the Ansar Bait al - Maqdis militant group .

The group claims that its attacks are " retribution " for the August 2013 Rabaa Massacre ; notably , the group targets only security forces .

It has warned civilians of the presence of bombs that it has placed .

The Cairo Court for Urgent Matters declared the group a terrorist group on 22 May 2014 .

It has been a Proscribed Organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000 since 28 November 2014 .

The United States Department of State designated it a terrorist organization on 18 December 2014 .


Richard Einhorn

Richard Einhorn ( born 1952 ) is an American composer of contemporary classical music .

Einhorn graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Columbia University in 1975 , and studied composition and electronic music with Jack Beeson , Vladimir Ussachevsky , and Mario Davidovsky .

His best - known work , Voices of Light ( 1994 ) is an oratorio scored for soloists , chorus , orchestra and a bell .

It was inspired by Carl Theodor Dreyer 's silent film The Passion of Joan of Arc ( 1928 ) .

He has also composed many horror and thriller film scores , including Shock Waves ( 1977 ) , Do n't Go in the House ( 1980 ) , Eyes of a Stranger ( 1981 ) , The Prowler ( 1981 ) , Dead of Winter ( 1987 ) , Blood Rage ( 1987 ) , Sister , Sister ( 1987 ) and Dark Tower ( 1989 ) .

He also contributed to the soundtrack of Liberty !

In a 2011 New York Times article , Einhorn discussed his use of hearing loops to enjoy concerts with his hearing aid .


Roger Hetherington

Roger Le Geyt Hetherington ( 1908 – 1990 ) was a British civil engineer .

Hetherington was born in London on 20 December 1908 , the eldest son of Sir Roger Gaskell Hetherington and his wife Honoria Ford .

In 1921 Hetherington entered Highgate School .

Hetherington held a Master of Arts degree and was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 22 July 1940 .

His professional career as a consulting civil engineer was with Binnie and Partners .

He was elected a first class member of the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers in 1960 and later became a member emeritus .

He was asked to become the president of the Society in 1979 but declined on the grounds of poor health .

Hetherington served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 1972 to November 1973 .

He married Katharine Elise Dawson in 1945 and had a single daughter .


Roberto F. Canuto

Roberto Fernandez Canuto ( born April 13 , 1973 in Gijon ) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter .

He belongs to a new generation of filmmakers from Spain with learning or working experiences internationally and with multicultural influences .

Roberto F. Canuto is one of the first European directors to establish stable collaborations within the Chinese industry .

Since 2010 he co - directs all his films with the Chinese director Xu Xiaoxi and together open a film production company in China , Almost Red Productions .

Even still at an early stage of his career , Roberto obtains international recognition as all his films have been selected and awarded in many international film festivals .

Due to the themes treated and the distinct style of his films , Roberto F. Canuto is considered in some circles as a promise and a director to follow .


Freaky Styley

Freaky Styley is the second studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers , released on August 16 , 1985 on EMI Records .

The album name holds its origins in a commonly used phrase in the ' 80s to describe anything as being " freaky styley " .

Freaky Styley marks founding guitarist Hillel Slovak 's studio album debut , following his return to the band earlier in the year .

The album is also the last to feature drummer Cliff Martinez .

Freaky Styley was produced by George Clinton , of Parliament - Funkadelic .

" Jungle Man " and " Hollywood ( Africa ) " were released as the album 's two singles while " Catholic School Girls Rule " and " Jungle Man " both had music videos made for the songs .


René Frémin

René Frémin ( 1 October 1672 - 17 February 1744 ) was a French sculptor .

Frémin studied at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture ( Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture ) , where he was a pupil of François Girardon and Antoine Coysevox .

In 1694 he won the Prix de Rome for sculpture .

Returning to France , he produced sculptures for the park of Rambouillet and the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles .

He was also responsible for the decoration of the facade of the building housing La Samaritaine department store on the Pont Neuf in Paris .

From 1721 to 1738 , Frémin worked in Madrid , where King Philip V of Spain commissioned the decoration of the Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso .


Sunday Best (TV series)

Sunday Best was a reality television Gospel music singing competition series which aired on BET .

Each season , the show and its judges had set out to find the best undiscovered gospel talent in America .

Finalists competed each week until a winner was crowned .

The judges of the competition were Gospel singers Yolanda Adams , Kierra Sheard , Donnie McClurkin , Mary Mary , Bebe Winans & Cece Winans .

Gospel singer Kim Burrell served as the on - screen mentor , and the program was hosted by Kirk Franklin .

The Sunday Best winner receives a national recording contract , a new automobile , and an undisclosed cash prize benefiting his or her community as well as the title of ' Sunday Best ' .

Season one runner up Shari Addison also scored a recording contract , as well as season two runner up Jessica Reedy although her contract was not rewarded from the show .

On the season 4 finale , host Kirk Franklin announced that the series would be returning for a 5th season next year .

The 5th season premiered Sunday , July 8 , 2012 .

Season 5 ended with a 2 hour special on September 2 , 2012 .

The winner of the 5th season was Joshua Rogers from Greeleyville , South Carolina .

He made history as the first male contestant to win the Sunday Best title .

The last Sunday Best champion was Dathan Thigpen , who won on August 30 , 2015 .


Newmarket, Suffolk

Newmarket is a market town in the English county of Suffolk , approximately 65 miles ( 105 kilometres ) north of London .

It is generally considered the birthplace and global centre of thoroughbred horse racing and a potential World Heritage Site .

It is a major local business cluster , with annual investment rivalling that of the Cambridge Science Park , the other major cluster in the region .

It is the largest racehorse training centre in Britain , the largest racehorse breeding centre in the country , home to most major British horseracing institutions , and a key global centre for horse health .

Two Classic races , and an additional three British Champions Series races are held at Newmarket every year .

The town has had close royal connections since the time of James I , who built a palace there , and was also a base for Charles I , Charles II , and most monarchs since .

The current monarch , Queen Elizabeth II , visits the town often to see her horses in training .

Newmarket has over fifty horse training stables , two large racetracks , the Rowley Mile and the July Course , and one of the most extensive and prestigious horse training grounds in the world .

The town is home to over 3,500 racehorses , and it is estimated that one in every three local jobs is related to horse racing .

Palace House , the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art , the National Horseracing Museum , Tattersalls racehorse auctioneers , and two of the world 's foremost equine hospitals for horse health , are in the town , which is surrounded by over sixty horse breeding studs .

On account of its leading position in the multibillion - pound horse racing and breeding industry , it is also a major export centre .


The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame , released in the United States as PT Raiders , is a black - and - white 1955 Ealing Studios crime film directed by Basil Dearden and starring George Baker , Richard Attenborough and Bill Owen .

The film is based on a story written by Nicholas Monsarrat ( better known as the author of The Cruel Sea ) , which originally appeared in Lilliput magazine in 1952 .

It was later published in a collection of short stories , The Ship That Died of Shame and other stories , in 1959 .

Though made by Ealing Studios , the film was shot at the film studios at Wembley Park in north - west London .

It was the last feature film to be made there .


Culture of Sweden

The Culture of Sweden has long been known for the accomplishments of a wide variety of artists .

Prehistoric Sweden was the source of Viking culture , dominant in all of Scandinavia for hundreds of years , and the Temple at Uppsala in Sweden was a site of pilgrimage for Scandinavian peoples worshipping the Aesir .

Western culture mostly recalls Vikings of Norway and Denmark for invading France , England , Scotland and Ireland , but Swedish Vikings influenced Byzantine culture , where they were known as Varangians , and are also known for founding the Kievan state .

Of the country 's many monarchs , a few of the more powerful ones , such as King Gustav III and Queen Christina , have been exceptionally important to its cultural development .

In modern times many Swedes have been internationally celebrated for their cultural work , among them Jenny Lind , Anders Zorn , August Strindberg , Ingrid Bergman , Ingmar Bergman and ABBA .

Automotive designs such as those of Volvo and Saab have also been widely known .


Andrea Reinkemeyer

Andrea Reinkemeyer ( born 1976 ) is an American composer .

She was born in Portland , Oregon , and graduated with a bachelor 's degree from the University of Oregon .

She continued her studies in composition at the University of Michigan , graduating with a doctorate degree .

As an undergraduate , she won the Outstanding Creativity in Composition Award .

Her music has been performed internationally .

Her music has been described as " haunting " , " clever , funky , jazzy and virtuosic " .

While at the University of Michigan , Reinkemeyer taught as a graduate student instructor in electronic composition .

After completing her education , she took a position teaching composition , theory and technology at Bowling Green State University in Ohio .

She is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition and Theory at Linfield College in McMinnville , Oregon .

She married Brian Amer and has one daughter .

Reinkemeyer has also worked teaching music in Detroit community outreach programs .


Tajik language

Tajik or Tajiki ( Tajik : забо́ни тоҷикӣ́ , zaboni tojikī ) , also called Tajiki Persian ( Tajik : форси́и тоҷикӣ́ , forsii tojikī , ) , is the variety of Persian spoken in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan .

Since the beginning of the twentieth century and collapse of the Soviet Union , Tajik has been considered by a number of writers and researchers to be a variety of Persian ( Halimov 1974 : 30–31 , Oafforov 1979 : 33 ) .

The popularity of this conception of Tajik as a variety of Persian was such that , during the period in which Tajik intellectuals were trying to establish Tajik as a language separate from Persian , Sadriddin Ayni , who was a prominent intellectual and educator , had to make a statement that Tajik was not a bastardized dialect of Persian .

The issue of whether Tajik and Persian are to be considered two dialects of a single language or two discrete languages has political sides to it ( see Perry 1996 ) .

Today Tajik is recognized as a dialect of the Persian language .

Tajik is the official language of Tajikistan .

In Afghanistan ( where Tajik people make up a large part of the population ) , this language is less influenced by Turkic languages , is called Dari , and has co - official language status .

Tajik has diverged from Persian as spoken in Afghanistan and Iran due to political borders , geographical isolation , the standardization process , and the influence of Russian and neighboring Turkic languages .

The standard language is based on the northwestern dialects of Tajik ( region of old major city of Samarqand ) , which have been somewhat influenced by the neighboring Uzbek language as a result of geographical proximity .

Tajik also retains numerous archaic elements in its vocabulary , pronunciation , and grammar that have been lost elsewhere in the Persophone world , in part due to its relative isolation in the mountains of Central Asia .


Carolina Thunderbirds

The Carolina Thunderbirds were a professional ice hockey team located in Winston - Salem , North Carolina , United States .

The Thunderbirds played their home games at the old Winston - Salem Memorial Coliseum before the arena was demolished in 1989 .

The team played in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League from 1981 to 1987 , the All - American Hockey League during 1987–88 and finally moved into the newly created East Coast Hockey League in 1988 .

The Carolina Thunderbirds were one of five teams that played during the inaugural season of East Coast Hockey League ( ECHL ) .

The Thunderbirds won the first ever ECHL championship and were awarded the Riley Cup for the 1988–89 ECHL season .

The team changed its name to the Winston - Salem Thunderbirds before the start of 1989–90 season and the team remained in the ECHL until the end of the 1991–92 season when it was announced by co - owner Ed Broyhill that Winston - Salem would move to West Virginia to play as the Wheeling Thunderbirds .


Seven ill years

The seven ill years was a period of national famine in Scotland in the 1690s .

It resulted from an economic slump created by French protectionism and changes in the Scottish cattle trade , followed by four years of failed harvests ( 1695 , 1696 and 1698 – 99 ) .

The result was severe famine and depopulation , particularly in the north .

The famines of the 1690s were seen as particularly severe , partly because famine had become relatively rare in the second half of the seventeenth century , with only one year of dearth ( in 1674 ) .

The shortages of the 1690s would be the last of their kind .

During this period , starvation probably killed 5–15 per cent of the Scottish population , but in areas like Aberdeenshire death rates reached 25 per cent .

The system of the Old Scottish Poor Law was overwhelmed by the scale of the crisis , although provision in the urban centres of the burghs was probably better than in the countryside .

It led to migration between parishes and emigration to England , Europe , the Americas and particularly Ireland .

The crisis resulted in the setting up of the Bank of Scotland and the Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies .

The eventual failure of the Company in the Darién scheme increased the pressure for political union with England , which occurred in 1707 .


Keewaydin Farm

Located Ellicott City in Howard County , Maryland , United States , Keewaydin Farm .

The Keewaydin Farm house is a wooden structure forming an off - center T arrangement built in 1912 on a ten - acre farm .

The name came from The Song of Hiawatha .

The home was built for Judge James Clark and his wife Alda Tyson Hopkins .

The house became the first meeting site for the Ellicott City PTA , Howard County Health Department .

The farm raised colts used in local shows and Doughoregan Manor .

Groceries for the site were delivered onsite by horse and cart from the former Mayor of Ellicott City , Samuel J. Yates .

Children raised at the site included Orphans court Judge John Clark , and Senator James Clark , Jr ..

The farm was expanded to 30 acres and later subdivided and reduced to 10 acres In 1998 owner Edward J. Brush attempted to convert the property to a 87-room group care facility .

10 remaining acres of the property and the house was transferred to the Howard County Conservancy .


Tatiana S. Riegel

Tatiana S. Riegel A.C.E. , is an American film editor known for independent films such as Lars and the Real Girl , The Way Way Back and I , Tonya .

She received an ACE Eddie award for " Best Edited Miniseries or Motion Picture for Non - Commercial Television " .

Riegel was a long - time assistant to the late editor Sally Menke , editor of seven films by Quentin Tarantino .

Riegel is older half - sibling to actress Eden Riegel and screenwriter / voice - actor Sam Riegel .

Together , the Riegel family has produced more than a dozen webisodes for the popular 2008 Internet series Imaginary Bitches .

Riegel became a member of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2014 .


Shimon Sofer

Rabbi Shimon Sofer ( 1820 – 1883 ) ( ) was a prominent Austrian Orthodox Jewish rabbi in the 19th century .

He was Chief Rabbi of Kraków , Poland after serving as Chief Rabbi of Mattersdorf .

He was the second son of Rabbi Moshe Sofer ( Chassam Sofer ) of Pressburg .

As president of the Orthodox Jewish party Machzikei HaDas , Sofer was a member of the Polenklub at the Reichsrat under the Austria - Hungary monarch Franz Joseph I.

He was elected as Deputy of the Kolomyia 's elektion district of Galicia .

He became the foremost leader of the Orthodox Jews of Galicia in religious as well as in worldly matters .

As a Halakhist and Talmudist he authored commentary and responsa in a work known today as Michtav Sofer .


Gideon Koren

Gideon Koren M.D. , FACMT , FRCP(C ) (; born 1947 in Tel Aviv , Mandatory Palestine ( now in Israel ) is an Israeli - Canadian pediatrician , clinical pharmacologist , toxicologist , and a composer of Israeli popular music .

He is perhaps best known for being at the centre of the Motherisk scandal which has thrown into doubt the findings of 16,000 child protection cases and six criminal cases .

An independent review found that neither the lab 's director , clinical toxicologist Gideon Koren , nor his staff , had the qualifications or expertise to do that kind of forensic work .

Prior to this Dr. Koren was officially reprimanded by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons for writing harassing anonymous letters to Dr. Nancy Olivieri and three other colleagues , about which he then lied repeatedly to conceal his responsibility .

The Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons also cited him for additional misconduct in research .


Green Party of Quebec

The Green Party of Quebec (; PVQ ) is a Quebec political party whose platform is the promotion of green values .

It has not won any seats in the National Assembly of Quebec .

Its platform is orientated towards promotion of green values , sustainable development , and participatory democracy .

The Party wants to differentiate itself from other political parties in Quebec by representing the left federalists of the province .

The Green Party of Quebec is a coalition of activists and citizens for whom environmental questions are a priority .

They believe that the government should help in creating a green , just , democratic and equal society .

Their main principles are inspired from the Global Greens Charter which revolves around six main ideas : ecological wisdom , social justice , participatory democracy , nonviolence , sustainability and respect for diversity .

It received 1.69 % of the popular vote in the 2018 Quebec election .

Nominated as party leader on September 21 , 2013 and then aged 25 , he became the youngest party leader of Quebec and Canada .


William Dodd (ambassador)

William Edward Dodd ( October 21 , 1869 – February 9 , 1940 ) was an American historian , author and diplomat .

A liberal Democrat , he served as the United States Ambassador to Germany from 1933 to 1937 during the Nazi era .

Initially a holder of the slightly Antisemitic notions of his times , he went to Germany with instructions from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to do what he could to protest Nazi treatment of Jews in Germany " unofficially , " while also attempting to follow official State Department instructions to maintain cordial official diplomatic relations .

Convinced from first hand observation that the Nazis were an increasing threat , he resigned over his inability to mobilize the Roosevelt administration , particularly the State Department , to counter the Nazis prior to the start of World War II .


Stuttgart Congress

The Stuttgart Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany ( SPD ) was held between October 3–October 8 , 1898 , in Stuttgart , Kingdom of Württemberg ( now Germany ) .

The Stuttgart Congress was the first congress to discuss the question of revisionism in the SPD .

A statement sent by Eduard Bernstein , who was exiled , was read to the Congress .

In it he exposed and defended his revisionist views , previously exhibited in the series of articles Problems of Socialism published in the magazine Die Neue Zeit ( " The New Times " ) .

In the Congress , Karl Kautsky and August Bebel made an initial critique of Bernsteinism .

Rosa Luxemburg maintained a more intransigent position against Bernstein 's revisionism .

The Congress did not adopt a resolution on this matter , but , despite the division in how to treat the question of Bernsteinism , the majority of the party showed its opposition to it .

In the Hanover Congress of 1899 , the party approved a resolution that formally condemned Bernsteinist attacks on the party 's policy and tactics .


Packer Park, Philadelphia

Packer Park is a neighborhood in the South Philadelphia section of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States that originally included 1,000 homes built in two unique builder developments of Packer Park 1950s and Brinton Estates 1990s .

It is now one of four residential communities to be designated as Packer Park .

The original footprint community is also one of four adjacent communities that form Philadelphia 's Sports Complex Special Services District .

The approximate boundaries are Packer Avenue to the north , Hartranft Street to the south including FDR Park farther south , Broad Street to the east known as the Southern Parkway and I-76 to the far west .

Packer Park has been considered home to one of the most organized community groups in the South Philadelphia region .


EBA Clearing

EBA Clearing is a provider of pan - European payment infrastructure wholly owned by shareholders that consist of major European banks .

It owns and operates major payment infrastructure in Europe for Euro payments between banks .

This includes EURO1 for high value payments system , STEP1 , a payment system for single euro payments for small and medium - sized banks , and STEP2 , a Pan - European Automated Clearing House ( PE - ACH ) .

It also operates the RT1 system for instant payments due to launch in November 2017 .

Both EURO1 and STEP2 have been identified as Systemically Important Payment Systems ( SIPS ) by the European Central Bank .

The organisation is based in Paris and has representative offices in Brussels , Frankfurt and Milan .


South Point Local School District

The South Point Local School District is a local school district serving the village of South Point and nearby areas at the southern point of Lawrence County , the most southerly county in the U.S. state of Ohio .

Four schools are operated by the district : the South Point High School , the South Point Middle School , the South Point Elementary School , and the Burlington Elementary School .

Beginning in March 2004 , the district embarked on a project to construct all new school buildings , including demolishing certain buildings : the location of the old middle and high schools is the location of the new South Point Elementary School , while the location of the new Burlington Elementary School is the same as that of the old .


Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow is a 1937 American drama film directed by Leo McCarey .

The plot concerns an elderly couple ( Victor Moore and Beulah Bondi ) who are forced to separate when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents .

The film was written by Viña Delmar , from a play by Helen and Noah Leary , which was in turn based on the novel The Years Are So Long by advice columnist Josephine Lawrence .

McCarey believed that it was his finest film .

When he accepted his Academy Award for Best Director for The Awful Truth which was released the same year , he said " Thanks , but you gave it to me for the wrong picture . "

In 2010 , it was selected for preservation by the United States Library of Congress 's National Film Registry .


Haps Magazine

Haps Magazine , also known as " HAPS " , is an English online magazine located in Busan , South Korea that focuses on lifestyle , entertainment and expat life on the Korean peninsula .

It was founded in 2009 and has become one of Korea 's most popular English resources for news and information .

While the focus of the magazine is mostly on events and happenings around the Busan and southeastern areas of Korea , the magazine has claimed some international fame for some of its articles .

Editor - in - Chief Bobby McGill 's report on K - pop singer Psy 's past anti - American actions saw numerous international media outlets including TIME , The Washington Post and the New York Post help break the story which made the " Gangnam Style " legend apologize for his actions .

HAPS also received more international attention when a report about South Korean baseball player Kim Tae - kyun made insensitive remarks towards African - American pitcher Shane Youman .

The report helped contribute to the National Human Rights Commission of Korea demanding sensitivity training education to prevent similar racial discrimination remarks among sports professionals in Korea .


KMEX-DT

KMEX - DT , virtual and UHF digital channel 34 , is a Univision owned - and - operated television station licensed to Los Angeles , California , United States , serving as the West Coast flagship station of the Spanish - language network .

The station is owned by the Univision Local Media subsidiary of Univision Communications , as part of a duopoly with Ontario - licensed UniMás West Coast flagship KFTR - DT ( channel 46 ) .

The two stations share studios on Center Drive ( near I-405 ) in West Los Angeles ; KMEX 's transmitter is located atop Mount Wilson .

Since its debut in 1962 , the station has been a pioneering Spanish - language station , paving the way for other such stations and networks in the United States .


Lily of the Valley (song)

" Lily of the Valley " is a song by British rock band Queen .

Lead singer Freddie Mercury plays the piano and provides all the vocals on the track .

It was originally featured on Queen 's third album , Sheer Heart Attack , released in 1974 , and is one of the album 's few ballads .

In 1975 , " Lily of the Valley " was released as the B - side of different singles in the U.K. and the United States .

The U.K. single was " Now I 'm Here " , and the U.S. single was a reissue of " Keep Yourself Alive " .

The lyrics refer back to a song from a previous album , " Seven Seas of Rhye " from Queen II , with the line " messenger from Seven Seas has flown , to tell the King of Rhye he 's lost his throne . "

In a 1999 interview , Brian May told the British music magazine Mojo , " Freddie 's stuff was so heavily cloaked , lyrically ...

But you could find out , just from little insights , that a lot of his private thoughts were in there , although a lot of the more meaningful stuff was not very accessible .

Lily of the Valley was utterly heartfelt .

It 's about looking at his girlfriend and realising that his body needed to be somewhere else .

It 's a great piece of art , but it 's the last song that would ever be a hit . "

Actor Rami Malek ( who is portraying Freddie Mercury in the upcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody ) revealed on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that " Lily of the Valley " is his favorite Queen song .


El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico , commonly known as El Gran Combo , is a Puerto Rican salsa orchestra based in San Juan , Puerto Rico .

Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2012 , it is Puerto Rico 's most successful musical group , and is considered " the most popular Salsa group that has ever existed " .

The group received the moniker La Universidad de la Salsa ( The University of Salsa ) in Colombia , due to the sheer number of famous salsa musicians and singers who developed their careers with it , who started with the group ( particularly Andy Montañez ) , or who were occasionally backed up by the band ( including Celia Cruz , Héctor Lavoe and La India ) .

The salsa orchestra was founded in May 1962 , by Rafael Ithier .

Ithier is still nominally its musical director , and is the only remaining members from the band 's original lineup .

As of 2010 , Willie Sotelo , who joined the group in 2006 as pianist , has become the band 's de facto musical director on tours , with Ithier conducting the group and playing occasionally in select live performances .

They are still actively performing after 50 years together .

The group was scheduled to celebrate its 50th anniversary on 11 November 2012 at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico .

The group started its celebration with a grand world tour that took them to five continents .


Shibuya Hikarie

The is a Tokyu skyscraper and retail complex completed in 2012 and located in the Shibuya shopping district of Tokyo , Japan .

As of November 2013 , it was tied for being the 52nd tallest skyscraper in Japan and 40th tallest building in Tokyo .

The Hikarie features extensive use of LED lighting and displays and combines shopping / dining / entertainment in similar ways to the Roppongi Hills project .

Its profile and significance are partially due to being immediately proximate to Shibuya Station , to which it is connected by both a 2nd - floor sky - walk and underground walkway .

Although it does not yet have the same cultural significance as the 109 Building , it is a prime retail and office destination .

The public access floors ( floors 1 - 11 ) are marked by glass - walling , allowing for views across Shibuya and Tokyo .

Shibuya Hikarie features retail sales and event space up to floor 11 , at which point access is controlled to the theatre ( 11 - 16 ) and private office space ( 17 - 34 ) .

Clients include KDDI and a number of headquarters for media companies .


Slow Life

Slow Life is an EP by the Welsh alternative rock band Super Furry Animals , released in 2004 .

The EP was made available as a free download and also saw a limited CD release , bundled with remix album Phantom Phorce .

Lead track " Slow Life " appeared on the 2003 album Phantom Power and was originally composed as a purely electronic song by keyboardist Cian Ciaran several years earlier .

The band were keen to finish the track and Ciaran encouraged them to jam over his original version — this jam was then edited and made into the finished song .

The track " Motherfokker " is a collaboration between the Super Furry Animals and rap group Goldie Lookin Chain .

The EP received mixed reviews although " Slow Life " itself was singled out for praise by many critics .

A music video was made to accompany the track directed by Dylan Jones and Paps O'Maoileoain .

The Super Furries appeared in the 2004 film 9 Songs playing " Slow Life " live during a scene in which one of the characters attends a gig by the band at the Brixton Academy .


Michelle LaVallee

Michelle LaVallee is a Canadian curator , artist , and educator of Ojibway ancestry and a member of the Nawash Band in Cape Croker , Ontario .

She has BFA ( 2000 ) and BEd ( 2004 ) degrees from York University in Toronto , Ontario .

Her most recent degree is an MA in Art History and Curatorial Studies from the University of Regina in Regina , Saskatchewan , with a special focus on the complex , contextual , and interactive nature of Aboriginal curatorial practices in the development of curatorial and art historical research models .

She has been working as a curator at the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina , Saskatchewan since 2007 .

Lavallee won the award for Excellence in Arts Related Service at the Mayors ' Arts and Business Awards in Regina , Saskatchewan in 2013 .

Activating and developing greater understanding of misrepresented or marginalized histories is of personal and political import for LaVallee whose critical thought is influenced from her experience working with Indigenous peoples in Canada , El Salvador , Australia and Aotearoa ( New Zealand )


Emanoil Bacaloglu

Emanoil Bacaloglu (; 11 April 1830 – 30 August 1891 ) was a Wallachian and Romanian mathematician , physicist and chemist and a scubadiver , medic , shoe salesman , a vegetarian , policeman and fireman .

Born in Bucharest and of Greek origin , he studied physics and mathematics in Paris and Leipzig , later becoming a professor at the University of Bucharest and , in 1879 , a member of the Romanian Academy .

Considered to be the founder of many scientific and technological fields in Romania ( and aiding in the creation of the Romanian Athenaeum ) , Bacaloglu was also an accomplished scientist .

He helped create Romanian - language terminology in his fields and was one of the principal founders of the Society of Physical Sciences in 1890 .

He was also a participant in the 1848 Wallachian revolution .

He is known for the " Bacaloglu pseudosphere " .

This is a surface of revolution for which the " Bacaloglu curvature " is constant .


Bradley B. Meeker

Bradley B. Meeker ( March 13 , 1813 – February 20 , 1873 ) was an American jurist , lawyer , and businessman .

Born in Fairfield , Connecticut , Meeker went to Weston Academy and Yale University .

Meeker practiced law in Richmond , Kentucky from 1838 to 1845 and in Flemingsburg , Kentucky .

Meeker served on the Minnesota Territorial Supreme Court from 1849 to 1853 .

Meeker was a charter member of the Minnesota Historical Society and also served on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents .

Meeker served on the Minnesota Constitutional Convention of 1857 .

Meeker owned land on the Mississippi River including Meeker Island .

Meeker died suddenly in Milwaukee , Wisconsin while on a trip .

Meeker County , Minnesota was named after Meeker .


Kusići, Zenica

Kusići ( Cyrillic : Кусићи ) was formerly a subvillage ( ) of the village Jezera , Teslić , Bosnia and Herzegovina .

After the collapse and dissolution of Yugoslavia and during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995 , reportedly all its inhabitants left their homes and moved mostly to Vojvodina , Serbia .

Among the reasons for this exodus was the newly established geopolitical order in Bosnia a Herzegovina .

The border between the two Bosnian " entities , " i.e.

the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska , runs through the village Jezera .

Jezera 's Orthodox Christian Kusići population left their homes ; the area 's borders have been redrawn and the village is now under the jurisdiction of the Zenica municipality , Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina .


List of countries with their first Major League Baseball player

The globalization of baseball has been occurring since its inception .

The early years saw an influx of players from western Europe .

Major League Baseball eventually saw fewer European players , but more players from Latin America .

Today Major League Baseball has players from five continents .

The following is a list of countries and the first person born there that played Major League Baseball .

These players are not necessarily the first citizen of each respective country to play in Major League Baseball as nationality is determined under a nation 's nationality law and may differ .

Also , these players are classified strictly by the countries of their birth ; this does not reflect the following issues :

Political change : A number of the countries listed here no longer exist , such as South Vietnam and West Germany ( respectively absorbed into Vietnam and reunified Germany ) .

By contrast , the convention of the Hockey Hall of Fame , which is generally followed for purposes of nationality classification in ice hockey , is to classify players by the currently existing countries in which their birthplaces are located .

Where players were trained in baseball :

Some players on this list , despite their birth location , are or were Americans or Canadians who returned to their parents ' home country as children and were raised there .

Most of the European - born players on this list moved to North America as children .

For example , the first Netherlands - born player in MLB was John Houseman , who made his debut in 1894 , but it was not until 1979 that Win Remmerswaal became the first player born and raised in the European portion of the Netherlands to make his MLB debut .

The case with Italy is similar ; the first player born and raised in the country to play in MLB was Alex Liddi in 2011—almost 80 years after the first Italian - born Major Leaguer made his debut .


World Wide Live

World Wide Live is a live album by German rock band Scorpions released in 1985 .

The original audio recording was produced by Dieter Dierks .

A VHS was released at the same time with footage of Scorpions ' world tour .

The live album was originally released as a 2LP vinyl set , in a gatefold - sleeve , and a cassette .

The liner notes contain a crew member list , tour date information and when the shows were recorded :

Sports Arena , San Diego , CA , USA ( 4/26/84 )

The Forum , Los Angeles , CA , USA ( 4/24/84 & 4/25/84 )

Pacific Amphitheatre , Costa Mesa , CA , USA ( 4/28/84 )

Sporthalle , Cologne , West Germany ( 11/17/84 )

The initial CD release featured 15 tracks ( dropping " Another Piece of Meat " , " Six - String Sting " and " Ca n't Get Enough " , parts 1 & 2 , due to time constraints ) , but the remastered edition of 1997 features the original album in full .


Willamette Falls Locks

The Willamette Falls Locks are a lock system on the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon .

Opened in 1873 and closed since 2011 , they allowed boat traffic on the Willamette to navigate beyond Willamette Falls .

Since their closure in 2011 the locks are classified to be in a " non - operational status " and are expected to remain permanently closed .

Located in the Portland metropolitan area , the four inter - connected locks are 25 miles upriver from the Columbia River at West Linn , just across the Willamette River from Oregon City .

The locks were operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers and served primarily pleasure boats .

Passage through the locks was free for both commercial and recreational vessels .

The locks were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 .

The locks comprise seven gates in four chambers which lift up to elevation change ( depending on tides and river flow ) with a usable width of .

The system is long , and can accommodate vessels up to long .

Each of the four concrete constructed chambers are .


Germanía

Germanía is the Spanish term for the argot used by criminals or in jails in Spain during 15th and 16th centuries .

Its purpose is to keep outsiders out of the conversation .

The ultimate origin of the word is the Latin word germanus , through Catalan germà ( brother ) .

Some documentation for it occurs in picaresque works as early as the Spanish Golden Century , such as in Quevedo 's El Buscón .

Some writers used it in poetry for comical effect .

After the arrival of the Romani people and their frequent imprisonment , germanía incorporated much vocabulary from Romany and its descendant , the caló jargon .

As time passed , several words entered popular use and even standard Spanish , losing their value for secrecy .

Germanía survives today in the cheli jargon .


Canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II

Pope John XXIII ( 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963 ) and Pope John Paul II ( 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005 ) reigned as popes of the Roman Catholic Church and the sovereigns of Vatican City ( respectively from 1958 to 1963 and 1978 to 2005 ) .

Their canonizations were held on 27 April 2014 .

The decision to canonize was made official by Pope Francis on 5 July 2013 following the recognition of a miracle attributed to the intercession of John Paul II , while John XXIII was canonized for his merits of opening the Second Vatican Council .

The date of the canonization was assigned on 30 September 2013 .

The Canonization Mass was celebrated by Pope Francis ( with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI concelebrating ) , on 27 April 2014 ( Divine Mercy Sunday ) , in St. Peter 's Square ( Pope John Paul had died on the vigil of Divine Mercy Sunday in 2005 ) .

About 150 Cardinals and 700 bishops concelebrated the Mass , and at least 500,000 people attended the Mass with an estimated 300,000 others watching from video screens placed around Rome .


Monte San Martino

Monte San Martino is a comune ( municipality ) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche , located about south of Ancona and about south of Macerata .

The economy is mostly based on agriculture .

The city houses artworks by Vittore and Carlo Crivelli , Girolamo di Giovanni da Camerino and Vincenzo Pagani .

The Monte San Martino Trust was founded in 1989 by J. Keith Killby , a former prisoner of war at Servigliano nearby , together with other veterans of the Second World War .

The Trust awards English - language study bursaries to Italians , aged 18 to 25 , in recognition of the courage and sacrifice of the Italian country people who rescued thousands of escaping Allied PoWs after the Armistice in 1943 .


Khirbet Khizeh

Khirbet Khizeh ( or Hirbet Hizeh or Hirbet Hizah , Hebrew : חִרְבֶּת חִזְעָה ) is a historical fiction novel by Israeli writer S. Yizhar which was published in 1949 , and deals with the expulsion of the fictional village of Khirbet Hiz'ah , practically representing a depiction of all Arab villages whose inhabitants were expelled during the Israeli war of independence in 1948 , events which are known as the " Nakba " .

From 1964 onwards , the book was part of the Israeli high school curriculum .

The book was also a best - seller in Israel .

The story was later made into a 1978 TV drama on Israeli Channel 1 produced by Ram Loevy , and sparked a public debate in Israel on whether it should be broadcast or not .


Asahel Grant

Asahel Grant ( August 17 , 1807 – April 24 , 1844 ) was one of the first American missionaries to Iran .

Asahel Grant was born at Marshall , New York , studied medicine at Pittsfield , Massachusetts , and practiced in Utica , New York .

In 1835 he went as a missionary with the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to Iran .

He settled at Urmia and worked among the Nestorians there and elsewhere in western Asia .

He died in Mosul in the Ottoman Empire .

He was a daring adventurer throughout the Middle East , but had little success in converting the fierce Nestorians , whom he considered among the " ten lost tribes " of Israel .

He wrote The Nestorians and an appeal for Christian doctors to engage in missionary work .

Like David Livingstone before him ( although not as famous ) , Grant thrilled western audiences with his adventures , inspiring a number of biographies , including those cited on this page .

His success as a physician not only saved his life on several occasions , but opened the way for missionary successors .


Hue de la Ferté

1220 – 35 ) was a French trouvère who wrote three serventois attacking the regency of Blanche of Castile during the minority of Louis IX .

He maligns Blanche 's partiality to foreigners and singles out Theobald I of Navarre , another trouvère , as unworthy of her support .

Hue was a supporter of Pierre de Dreux , Duke of Brittany .

His poem En talent ai que je die is modelled after En chantant m'estuet complaindré ( 1228 – 30 ) by Gace Brulé .

Its simple melody is of the form ABABCDD¹D² .

He modelled Je chantasse volentiers liement after Je chantasse volentiers liement ( 1228 – 30 ) by Chastelain de Couci and Or somes a ce venu after the anonymous Quant li oisellon menu .


Seed (The Walking Dead)

" Seed " is the third season premiere of the post - apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead , which aired on AMC in the United States and in Canada on October 14 , 2012 .

The episode was written by showrunner Glen Mazzara and directed by Ernest Dickerson .

It is set eight months after the second season finale and focuses on Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln ) and his group of survivors ' discovering and entering the prison complex shown on the previous episode .

Meanwhile , Michonne ( Danai Gurira ) cares for an ailing Andrea ( Laurie Holden ) .

" Seed " is the first non extended - length premiere of The Walking Dead .

The episode received general critical acclaim , with many critics praising its return to form in levels of gore , tension and urgency .

Many also noted it as an example of showrunner Glen Mazzara 's promise for a " higher level of action " , as seen in the earlier episodes of the series .

The episode also featured the promotion of Michonne to a series regular from featured stand in .

Upon airing the episode garnered 10.9 million viewers , breaking several records not only for the series , but television history as well .


Hopetoun Blunder

The Hopetoun Blunder was a political event immediately prior to the Federation of the British colonies in Australia .

Federation was scheduled to occur on 1 January 1901 , but since the general election for the first Parliament of Australia was not to be held until March , it was not possible to follow the conventions of the Westminster system and appoint the leader of the majority in the House of Representatives as Prime Minister .

Instead , an interim government would be appointed , holding office from 1 January until the result of the election was known .

The first Governor - General of Australia was John Hope , 7th Earl of Hopetoun ( who later became the 1st Marquess of Linlithgow ) .

His initial task on arriving in Australia on 15 December 1900 was to appoint a Prime Minister to lead the interim government .

Hopetoun had little knowledge of the Australian political scene and had no formal instructions from the Colonial Office .

On 19 December , following the precedent of the Canadian Confederation , Hopetoun commissioned the Premier of the most populous colony to form a government .

That state was New South Wales , and its premier was Sir William Lyne .

This was a controversial choice as Lyne had become premier in September 1899 only after the government of the more popular and experienced George Reid had lost its majority in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly .

Lyne supported federation only at the last minute after long being a strong opponent and , as a result , he was unpopular with other leading colonial , pro - federation politicians including Edmund Barton and Alfred Deakin .

The Bulletin summed up many people 's view when it editorialised , " Among the men who can claim by merit or accident , to be front - rank politicians of Australia , Lyne stands out conspicuously as almost the dullest and most ordinary " .

Despite significant efforts , Lyne was unable to persuade other colonial politicians to join his government and was forced to return his commission to Hopetoun .

Alfred Deakin , among others , then persuaded Hopetoun to appoint Edmund Barton as Prime Minister .

Barton was successful in forming a government , which took office on 1 January 1901 .

He appointed Lyne as his Minister for Home Affairs in what many saw as a gesture of reconciliation .

Hopetoun 's error in calling on Lyne to form a government became known as the " Hopetoun Blunder " , and it marked the beginning of what many historians consider to be his unsuccessful term as Governor - General .


Al Anbar Governorate

Al Anbar Governorate (; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār ) , or Anbar Province , is the largest governorate in Iraq by area .

Encompassing much of the country 's western territory , it shares borders with Syria , Jordan , and Saudi Arabia .

The provincial capital is Ramadi ; other important cities include Fallujah and Haditha .

The governorate was known as Ramadi up to 1976 , when it was renamed Al Anbar Province , and it was known as Dulaim before 1962 .

A large majority of the inhabitants of the province are Sunni Muslims and most belong to the Dulaim tribe , all of which speak Arabic .

In early 2014 , the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant , with the assistance of local Sunni militia , launched a successful campaign to seize control of the province from the Iraqi government .

Numerous offensive actions were undertaken by the Iraqi government to remove ISIL 's occupation of the province – the Anbar campaign ( 2015 – 16 ) , the Western Anbar offensive ( September 2017 ) and the 2017 Western Iraq campaign .

The area was effectively recaptured by the end of 2017 .


Panic Spring

Panic Spring is a novel by Lawrence Durrell , published in 1937 by Faber and Faber in Britain and Covici - Friede in the United States under the pseudonym Charles Norden .

It is set on a fictional Greek Island , Mavrodaphne , in the Ionian Sea somewhere between Patras , Kephalonia , and Ithaca .

The island , however , resembles Corfu strongly , and in at least one inscribed copy of the novel , Durrell includes a map of Corfu identified as Mavrodaphne .

The novel progresses through multiple perspectives in the successive chapters , each focusing on a different character .

As a whole , the novel shows Durrell 's myriad influences of this period , ranging from Remy de Gourmont to Richard Aldington , D. H. Lawrence , and several Elizabethan writers .


Templestowe Lower, Victoria

Lower Templestowe has been renamed Templestowe Lower for some reason .

It is a suburb of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia , 14 km north - east of Melbourne 's Central Business District .

Its local government area is the City of Manningham .

At the , Templestowe Lower had a population of 13,152 .

Lower Templestowe is bounded in the west by Rose Avenue , Russell Street and Sheahans Road , in the north by the Yarra River , in the east by Ruffey Creek and Williamsons Road and in the south generally by Manningham Road .

It is home to primary schools and a secondary school ; Templestowe Secondary College .

Like neighbouring Templestowe , it is poorly serviced by public transportation , lying geographically between three existing rail lines ( Hurstbridge and Lilydale / Belgrave ) .

An excellent and frequent bus service exists , running from Lower Templestowe into the city or to the nearest train lines .


Sergey Kamenev

Sergey Sergeyevich Kamenev (; April 4 ( 16 ) , 1881 – August 25 , 1936 ) was a Soviet military leader with the Komandarm 1st rank .

In World War I he commanded a regiment .

He became a member of the All - Union Communist Party ( Bolsheviks ) in 1918 .

In July 1919 , Kamenev replaced Jukums Vācietis as Commander - in - chief of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War .

Kamenev was a member of the Revolutionary Military Council of the USSR from April 1924 to May 1927 .

He died of a heart attack on 25 August 1936 following the Trial of the Sixteen , incidentally on the same day that Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev were executed .

He was not related to Lev Kamenev , who was born Jewish ( Rozenfeld ) .


Drusus Claudius Nero I

Drusus Claudius Nero I ( 105 BC - unknown date in 1st century BC ) was a member of the Roman Republican Claudian Family of Rome .

He was a descendant of the first named Tiberius Claudius Nero , one of the sons of Appius Claudius Caecus the censor .

He served under Pompey in 67 BC battling the pirate menace .

Drusus was famous for recommending that the members of the Catiline Conspiracy be confined .

His wife was a descendant of the Claudian family .

Drusus with his wife had a son called Tiberius Claudius Nero ( c. 85 - 33 BC ) and a daughter called Claudia who married the prefect , Quintus Volusius .

When his grandson the future Roman emperor Tiberius celebrated his coming of age , Tiberius staged two gladiatorial contests .

One was held at the Forum in memory of his father and the other held at the amphitheatre in memory of his grandfather Drusus .


Evelyn Lett

Evelyn Lett , ( Oct. 17 , 1896 – March 26 , 1999 ) was a Canadian women 's rights pioneer .

Born Evelyn Story in Wawanesa , Manitoba , she moved with her family to Vancouver , British Columbia in 1910 .

She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917 from the University of British Columbia ( UBC ) , one of the first female graduates .

She was also a founding member of the Alma Mater Society and helped give the UBC women the right to vote in 1914 before women could vote in Canada .

She received her master 's degree from UBC in 1926 in history and sociology .

In 1997 , she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for her " immense impact on the Vancouver community by raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for a seniors facility and a much - needed daycare centre for the University " .

She was married to Sherwood Lett , a Canadian soldier , lawyer , diplomat , and jurist .


The Light in Our Soul

" The Light In Our Soul " , an up - tempo ballad , was the second single from the album My Number One by 2005 Eurovision winner Helena Paparizou .

The song was written by Costas Bigalis and was chosen for the Eurovision Greek National Final , along with " O.K. "

and " Let 's Get Wild , " but it was " My Number One " that was chosen .

The song was disqualified because it was revealed that a CD demo version of the song sung by another artist had been leaked on the internet and oddly made available for sale on the site of a popular e - tailer .

Paparizou herself stated during a concert in Chicago Illinois that " The Light in Our Soul " was leaked on the internet , and the song was therefore disqualified from the Eurovision preselection .

She then made a very jovial comment regarding internet file - sharing in general saying : " No no , I do not use the internet .

This is why we do n't like the internet . "


Fan Chun Yip

Fàn Chun Yip ( born 1 May 1976 in Hong Kong ) , with the nickname " Piggy"(豬仔 ; ) , is a retired goalkeeper and goalkeeping coach for Hong Kong Pegasus FC , was in the squad of the Hong Kong national football team as a captain , and now has been promoted to become a goalkeeping coach of the national team .

Widely considered one of the best goalkeepers in Asia , he was voted the Hong Kong Footballer of the Year in the 2003/2004 season .

He has also twice consecutively been voted Goalkeeper of the Tournament in the two recent editions of the East Asian Cup .

The Hong Kong team 's first choice goalkeeper , Fan is currently playing for Shatin Sports Association in the Hong Kong First Division League .

Before joining Shatin Sports Association , he played for Instant - Dict , Yee Hope , Hong Kong Rangers and Happy Valley .

This is Fan 's second spell with Happy Valley , having joined on loan some years previously .

He made his international debut on 19 November 1998 against the Vietnam .

Fan Chun Yip made it into the Hong Kong league 's Team of the Season four times consecutively between 2001 and 2005 , and has been awarded the ' Hong Kong First Division League Most Popular Player ' twice consecutively ( 2004–06 ) .

In 2005 , when Fan Chun Yip took his second participation in the East Asian Cup , his excellent performance again impressed foreign presses and football fans .

Indeed , he was eventually awarded the Best Goalkeeper of the tournament .

Since then , Fan Chun Yip made himself in fame and is recognised as one of the best goalkeepers in Asia ( along with the Japan National Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi and the R.O.


USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War

The Korean War ( June 25 , 1950 – July 27 , 1953 ) was significant in the fact that it was the first war in which the newly independent United States Air Force was involved .

It was the first time U.S. jet aircraft entered into battle .

Air Force F-86 Sabre jets took control of the skies , as American fighter pilots bested Soviet - built MiG-15 fighters in combat against aircraft , Soviet tactics , and , on some occasions , Soviet pilots of the Soviet 64th Fighter Aviation Corps .

World War II - era prop - driven P-51D Mustangs were pressed into the ground - air support role , and large formations of B-29 Superfortresses flew for the last time on strategic bombardment missions .

The Korean War also saw the first large - scale use of rotary - wing helicopters .

The USAF suffered 1,841 battle casualties , of which 1,180 were killed in action .

It lost 1,747 aircraft to all causes including 1,466 to operational causes .


Diogo de Gouveia

Diogo de Gouveia ( c. 1471 , Beja - 8 December 1557 , Lisbon ) , known as Diogo de Gouveia , the Elder to distinguish him from contemporary homonyms such as his nephew , was a leading Portuguese teacher , theologian , diplomat and humanist during the Renaissance .

With an extensive academic curriculum as rector at the University of Paris , he served King Manuel I and king John III of Portugal , whom he advised on the creation of captaincies in Brazil and the coming of the first Jesuit missionaries and notably Francis Xavier .

First of a lineage of distinguished humanists and educators , he was the uncle of André de Gouveia , António de Gouveia , Diogo de Gouveia " the younger " , and Marcial de Gouveia .

During the Counter - Reformation he was a strong supporter of scholastic and Catholic orthodoxy , clashing with the liberal views of his nephew André de Gouveia .


Gabrielle Colonna-Romano

Gabrielle Colonna - Romano ( 1888 – 1981 ) or Colanna Romano ( name as a cinema actress ) , born Gabrielle Dreyfus , was a French actress , famous as a tragedian , sociétaire of the Comédie - Française from 1913 to 1936 , and as a student of Sarah Bernhardt .

She appeared in several plays and poetry readings ( notably of works by the Symbolist poet Saint - Pol - Roux ) .

She had an affair with Pierre Renoir , and modelled for several paintings by his father Auguste Renoir , notably Jeune femme à la rose ( 1913 ) .

In England , she met and became friends with Marie Bell , on whose advice she decided to present herself to the Conservatoire .

She was the sixth and final wife of the millionaire press - magnate Alfred Edwards , and after his death married the actor Pierre Alcover .

She and Alcover are buried together in the Rueil - Malmaison cemetery .

She gives her name to the " Prix Colonna - Romano de tragédie classique " at the Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique in Paris .


Dawuntna Delant

Dawuntna Delant ( " Dewunt and Delant " ) was one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia .

Part of the Semien Wollo Zone , Dawuntna Delant was bordered on the south by the Checheho River which separated it from the Debub Wollo Zone , on the west by the Debub Gondar Zone , on the north by Wadla , and on the east by Guba Lafto .

The deep valley of the Zhit'a river , which runs through Wadla and along part of the northern border , effectively isolates much of Dawuntna Delant from the rest of Semien Wollo .

This woreda was named after two historical districts , Dawunt to the east and Delanta to the west .

The major town in Dawuntna Delant was Wegeltena .

This woreda was separated for Dawunt and Delanta woredas .


Athetis hospes

Athetis hospes , or Porter 's rustic , is a moth of the family Noctuidae which was described by Christian Friedrich Freyer in 1835 .

It is found in Spain , southern France , Italy , on the Balkan Peninsula , Crete , Turkey and northern Iran .

The species seems to be expanding its range in north - western Europe with records from Great Britain and the Netherlands .

Adults are on wing from May to June and again from August to September .

The larvae feed on various low - growing plants , including tobacco .

The species overwinters as full - grown larvae in the soil .

They are gregarious in the first instar .

Later instars make galleries in the stalks and holes in the leaves .

Pupation takes place below ground near the host plant


AccorHotels

Accor S.A. , using the brand name AccorHotels , is a French multinational hospitality company that owns , manages and franchises hotels , resorts , and vacation properties .

It is a constituent part of the CAC 40 index on the Paris Bourse .

Accor is the largest hotel group in the world outside of the United States .

The group is headquartered in Paris , Issy - les - Moulineaux , Évry and Courcouronnes .

It operates in 100 countries , with more than 4,200 hotels and 250,000 employees worldwide .

Its total capacity is approximately 570,000 rooms , with about 25 % in France .

AccorHotels has a wide portfolio of 26 marques covering different segments of the hotel market .

It includes luxury brands such as Raffles , Fairmont , Sofitel , Novotel and Pullman .

In the budget range , Ibis and Formule 1 are its major subsidiaries , while its midrange offer includes Swissôtel , Mercure and Adagio .


John K. Griffith

John Keller Griffith ( October 16 , 1882 – September 25 , 1942 ) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana 's 6th congressional district .

Born in Baton Rouge , he earned a college degree from Louisiana State University and then his Doctor of Medicine degree from Tulane University in New Orleans .

He served in the United States Army Medical Corps during World War I.

He worked for a physician at the insane asylum in Jackson , Louisiana .

In 1936 , Griffith was elected as a Democrat to the first of two terms in Congress , having unseated Jared Y. Sanders , Jr. , of Baton Rouge in the primary .

However , he was defeated by Sanders in 1940 in a renomination bid for a third term .

He died shortly after Sanders himself was unseated in District 6 by the long - term Representative James H. Morrison of Hammond , Louisiana .


Westminster Bubble

The Westminster Bubble ( also called the Westminster village ) is a characterization of members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom as being isolated from life outside Parliament .

This includes Members of Parliament , Peers , lobbyists , researchers , secretaries , civil servants , lobby correspondents and leader writers for newspapers and is so named because Parliament is located in Westminster , London .

A similar situation occurs in the United States , where the governmental culture in and around Washington DC is sometimes known as the Washington Bubble or more often Inside the Beltway .

More recently , in Scotland , there has been a development of a " Holyrood bubble " , as the Scottish Parliament is in the Holyrood district of Edinburgh .

A recent example of the characterization includes Peter Hain speaking in the House on 29 January 2004 :

" All broadcasters , the whole coverage of politics , the Westminster bubble that we as politicians of the Government and Opposition occupy together with the Westminster lobby ; together we are all conducting politics in a way that is turning off voters , listeners , readers and watchers by the million . "

In July the previous year he had described it in a newspaper article as :

In November 2003 Conservative Party Leader Michael Howard indicated on the day of his appointment that he wished to be a " leader outside the Westminster Bubble . "


Mogens Fog

Mogens Ludolf Fog ( 9 June 1904 – 16 July 1990 ) was a Danish physician , politician ( Danish Communist Party ) and resistance fighter .

In the 1930s , he headed the Socialistiske Læger ( Social Physicians ) who opposed Fascism .

During the Second World War and the German occupation of Denmark , he played a strategic role in the Danish resistance movement .

In 1942 , he helped to set up the Frit Danmark , the illegal non - partisan resistance newspaper , and became an active member of the Danish Freedom Council ( Frihedsrådet ) in 1943 .

He was arrested by the Gestapo in October 1944 but escaped in March 1945 after their headquarters in the Shell building were bombed by the Royal Air Force .

After the war , he continued his political career , first as a Communist but in 1958 he left the Communist Party of Denmark and founded the Socialist People 's Party together with Aksel Larsen .

From 1966 to 1972 , he was rector of the University of Copenhagen .

He was rector during the protests of 1968 and in cooperation with the students he made democratic reforms of university governance .


Someday (Mariah Carey song)

" Someday " is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her self - titled debut studio album ( 1990 ) .

It is a dance - pop song with new jack swing influences .

Prior to Carey signing a record contract , she and producer Ben Margulies had written and produced a four - track demo which included " Someday " .

After signing a contract with Columbia Records , Carey began work on her debut album and she reached out to Ric Wake to ask if he would produce the song , to which he agreed .

The composition of the demo recording was changed during the recording process , most notably replacing the horns with a guitar , which Carey disapproved of .

" Someday " was released as the album 's third single on November 15 , 1990 , in the United Kingdom and was released the following month in the United States with multiple remixes .

The song was a critical and commercial success , being described as an album highlight and becoming Carey 's third consecutive number - one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 .

" Someday " was subsequently included on many of Carey 's compilation albums and greatest hits releases , including # 1 's ( 1998 ) , Greatest Hits ( 2001 ) , The Essential Mariah Carey ( 2011 ) and # 1 to Infinity ( 2015 ) .


Elizabeth Edwards

Mary Elizabeth Anania Edwards ( July 3 , 1949 – December 7 , 2010 ) was an American attorney , a best - selling author and a health care activist .

She was married to John Edwards , the former U.S.

Senator from North Carolina who was the 2004 United States Democratic vice - presidential nominee .

Edwards lived a private life until her husband 's rise as senator and ultimately unsuccessful vice presidential and presidential campaigns .

She was his chief policy advisor during his presidential bid , and was instrumental in pushing him towards more liberal stances on subjects such as universal health care .

She was also an advocate of gay marriage and was against the war in Iraq , both topics about which she and her husband disagreed .

In the final years of her life , Edwards publicly dealt with her husband 's admission of an extramarital affair and her breast cancer , writing two books and making numerous media appearances .

She separated from John Edwards in early 2010 .

On December 6 , 2010 , her family announced that her cancer had spread and her doctors had recommended that further treatment would be unproductive .


Latin Grammy Trustees Award

The Latin Grammy Trustees Award is an award presented annually by the Latin Recording Academy , the same organization that distributes the Latin Grammy Awards , to individuals " who have made significant contributions , other than performance , to Latin music during their careers " .

Recipients can include producers , songwriters , composers , record label executives , and journalists .

Award recipients are honored during " Latin Grammy Week " , a string of galas prior to the annual Latin Grammy Awards ceremony .

Since its inception , the award has been presented to recipients originating from Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Cuba , the Dominican Republic , Mexico , Puerto Rico , Spain , the United States , Uruguay , and Venezuela .

The award was first presented to Mexican composer and musician Manuel Esperón .

Since 2005 , the Trustees Awards has been presented to more than one recipient .

Pierre Cossette is the only recipient of the Latin Grammy Trustees Award to also receive the Grammy Trustees Award in 1995 .


David Hollister

David Hollister ( born April 3 , 1942 ) served as the mayor of Lansing , Michigan from 1993 to 2003 , until he resigned to be the director of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth under Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm 's administration .

During his tenure as mayor , he was instrumental in convincing General Motors Corporation to build the Grand River Assembly Plant downtown , and to build a new plant in the region to replace the Lansing Car Assembly Plant which dated back to 1903 .

Also under his tenure came the completion of Cooley Law School Stadium , the stadium for the Lansing Lugnuts , a Class A minor league baseball team .

Mayor Hollister made central city ( including downtown and Old Town ) revitalization a top priority of his administration .

Hollister was born In Kalamazoo and raised in Battle Creek , Michigan , where he graduated from Battle Creek Central High School .

He earned bachelor 's and master 's degrees from Michigan State University .

From 1967 to 1970 he was a social studies teacher at Lansing Eastern High School .

Prior to becoming mayor , he served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 1973 - 1993 representing the City of Lansing .

In 2005 he was recruited to run Prima Civitas , an economic development organization funded by Michigan State University and the city governments of Lansing and East Lansing , Michigan .


Canada–Central American Free Trade Agreement

The Canada – Central American Free Trade Agreement was a proposed free trade agreement between Canada and the Central American states of Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , and Nicaragua , collectively referred to as the CA4 ( Canada already has a bilateral FTA with another Central American country , Costa Rica ) .

Negotiations were undertaken between 2001 and 2010 and included twelves rounds of negotiations , after which time Canada and Honduras instead decided to pursue a bilateral agreement between themselves .

Those negotiations concluded successfully in August 2011 .

The U.S. has negotiated and ratified a similar treaty with these countries , called the Central American Free Trade Agreement .

In a referendum on October 7 , 2007 , the voters of Costa Rica narrowly backed the free trade agreement with the U.S. , with about 52 percent of " Yes " votes .


Bolgatty Palace

Bolgatty Palace is a former palace built by the Dutch in India on Bolgatty Island in Kochi , Kerala .

One of the oldest existing Dutch palaces outside Holland , this quaint mansion was built in 1744 by Dutch traders and later extended and gardens were landscaped around it .

The building was then the Governor 's palace for the commander of Dutch Malabar , and in 1909 was leased to the British .

It served as the home of the British governors , being the seat of the British Resident of Cochin during the British Raj .

In 1947 , when India attained independence , the palace became the property of the state and was converted into a heritage hotel resort .

Bolgatty Palace has a swimming pool , 9-hole golf course , ayurvedic centre , and daily Kathakali performances and is a holiday destination for tourists .

There is in a temple dedicated to Shiva that is the first of its kind in Kerala .

The best time to visit the Bolgatty Palace would be from October to April since Kochi would have wonderful weather during this time .


John Cunningham Knowles

John Cunningham Knowles ( October 15 , 1894 – August 31 , 1977 ) was a political figure in Saskatchewan .

He represented Wilkie in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1938 to 1944 as a Liberal .

He was born in Severn Bridge , Ontario , the son of Robert Knowles and Mary Elizabeth Cunningham , and educated in Ufford and at Northern Business College in Owen Sound .

Knowles served overseas in France and Flanders during World War I.

After the war , he came west and settled on a farm in Unity .

Knowles was on the municipal council for Unity and served on the board of directors of the Saskatchewan School Trustees Association and of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities .

He also served in the Canadian Army during World War II .

In 1946 , Knowles was appointed as a Member of the Order of the British Empire for his military service .

After he returned from the Second World War , he managed a real estate company in Regina , retiring in 1965 .


Ernie Copland

Ernie Copland ( 15 April 1927 ) was a Scottish footballer who played for Arbroath , Dundee and Raith Rovers .

He was selected for Scotland 's 1954 FIFA World Cup squad , but did not travel to the finals and never actually played for the national side .

Although selected for the 22 man squad for the 1954 FIFA World Cup , the Scottish Football Association only budgeted to take 13 players ( including only one goalkeeper ) to the finals in Switzerland .

Copland was one of the players who stayed at home on reserve , with the likes of Bobby Combe and Jimmy Binning .

Ernie was chosen as reserve in the Scottish team for the World Cup qualifiers in 1957 , and travelled to Basle ( Switzerland ) , Stuttgart ( Germany ) , and Madrid ( Spain ) , but did not play .


Atlantic Marine

Atlantic Marine was an American shipbuilding and construction company .

It operated two shipyards , one in Mobile , Alabama and the original corporate location , a smaller one in Jacksonville , Florida where its headquarters was located .

It was acquired by BAE Systems in May 2010 for $ 352 million .

BAE Systems renamed the former company BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards , a division of BAE Systems Inc.

As Atlantic Marine Holdings , the company took over the former shipyard of the Alabama Drydock and Shipbuilding Company in 1992 .

In 2006 , the company was itself taken over by an investment firm run by former U.S. Navy Secretary John F. Lehman and became known simply as Atlantic Marine .

The company offered a variety of services , including shipbuilding , ship repairs , maintenance and conversion , and also steel fabrication for industrial uses .

The Alabama drydock facility was capable of servicing vessels of up to 46,400 tons , including cargo and cruise ships , and also offered repair and conversion facilities for " drilling rigs and semi - submersibles that served the offshore oil industry . "

The Jacksonville drydock serviced vessels of up to 14,600 tons , and specialized in " mega - yacht repairs and refits , as well as commercial and U.S. Navy ship repairs and conversions , marine fabrication , and industrial fabrication and machining . "

The company employed 600 full - time workers in 2005 .


Valdivia Expedition

The Valdivia Expedition , or Deutschen Tiefsee - Expedition ( German Deep Sea Expedition ) , was a scientific expedition organised and funded by the German Empire under Kaiser Wilhelm II and was named after the ship which was bought and outfitted for the expedition , the SS Valdivia .

It was led by the marine biologist Carl Chun and the expedition ran from 1898 - 1899 with the purpose of exploring the depths of the oceans below 500 fathoms , which had not been explored by the earlier Challenger Expedition .

The Challenger Expedition was the expedition that established modern Oceanography , prompting many other expeditions which were either nationally and privately funded which would dredge the deep - sea in search of new and exotic species .

This late 19th Century fascination with organisms found at great depths was unsurprising , because in the mid-19th century most scientists followed Abyssal Theory which stated that it was not possible for life to exist below 300 fathoms depth .

Carl Chun , a famed teuthologist , held had a deep conviction that there must be life , in abundance , which existed in the unknown abyssal regions of the oceans , a belief he shared with an increasingly large number of marine scientists .

This conviction along with his desire to further explore the areas of the oceans which were not covered by the Challenger Expedition that led him to propose that the German Empire organise its own expedition which was to be nationally funded with the approval of the Kaiser .


Arnau Alemany

Arnau Alemany ( Catalan pronunciation : Əřn'àu Ələm'àŋ , Barcelona , 1948 ) is a Catalan painter .

His style is magical realism or surrealism .

He studied at Conservatori d’arts sumptuàries and later he graduated in Massana Art School in Barcelona .

His influences are : René Magritte , Balthus and Pierre Roy .

In 1991 he won the Biennal d’Art of Montecarlo second prize .

His first exhibitions were in Catalonia ( Galeria Serrallonga , Sala Parés , galleries of Girona , etc . )

and later he presented his paintings in València , London , Paris , Lyon , Madrid , San Francisco , New York , Miami , Los Angeles , Chicago , Japan ( Marugame Hirai Museum ) .

His original works are painted in panel painting , though he has also produced an extensive collection of hand - signed and numbered lithographs .

He paints social buildings from Paris , Barcelona or New York in desert landscapes and desolate abandonment , ghost towns , industrialised cities , where nature eat the streets and buildings .


Environmental issues in Colombia

Environmentally , Colombia is a mega - diverse country from its natural land terrain to its biological wildlife .

Its biodiversity is a result of its geographical location and elevation .

It is the fourth largest South American country and only country in South America to have coasts in the Pacific and Caribbean ocean .

Colombia ’s terrain can be divided into six main natural zones : The Caribbean , the Pacific ( including Choco ’s Biogeographic rainforest ) , The Orinoco region , The Amazonia region , the Andean region , and the Insular region .

52.2 % of the environment is predominately the Andes , Amazon , and Pacific Basins , followed by the Orinoco basin 13.9 % , the Andes and the Caribbean .

The Tropical Andes , Choco , and the Caribbean are considered biodiversity hotspots which puts these areas at high risk of concentration of colonizing activities .

Colombia hosts over 1800 species and at least one new species is detected every year .

Decades of civil war and political unrest has impeded biological and environmental research in Colombia .

The political unrest in Colombia catalyzes the alteration of land patterns through the cultivation of coca and opium crops , the redirection of extractive activities , and land abandonment in some areas .

There are many environmental issues in Colombia .

Issues include deforestation , soil erosion , illicit drug crops grown in national natural reserves by mafias ( not peasants ) , pollution on mayor bodies of water by corporations ( backed up by unregulated / unsupervised policies and by the corruption of local and federal authorities ) among others .

There is soil and water quality damage from contamination by the use of chemicals in the coca - refining process , spillage of crude oil into the local rivers as a result of guerrilla sabotage of pipelines , and overuse of pesticides , air pollution ( especially in Bogotá ) from vehicle emissions , and the preservation of wildlife .

Natural hazards include highlands subject to volcanic eruptions , occasional earthquakes , and periodic droughts .


Imam Bukhari Jamaat

The Imam Bukhari Jamaat ( , also Katibat Imam al Bukhari ) is an Islamist Salafi group fighting in the Syrian Civil War and the War in Afghanistan , composed of primarily Uzbeks , and expressing loyalty to the Taliban movement .

The group originally operated only in Syria , where it is allied with other jihadist organisations such as al - Nusra Front and Ahrar ash - Sham , and alongside these other groups it makes up the Army of Conquest , which overran much of Idlib province in north Syria in 2015 .

Since late 2016 , the group has also began to fight against Afghan National Security Forces , and has claimed to have set up training camps in northern Afghanistan .

The group is named after Imam Bukhari , a 9th - century Islamic scholar who was from Bukhara in modern - day Uzbekistan .


Magic Carpet Ride (Steppenwolf song)

" Magic Carpet Ride " is a rock song written by John Kay and Rushton Moreve from the Canadian - American hard rock band Steppenwolf .

The song was initially released in 1968 on the album The Second .

It was the lead single from that album , peaking at number three in the US , and staying in the charts for 16 weeks , longer than any other Steppenwolf song .

The single version differs noticeably from the album version with a different vocal take by Kay used for the first verse of the song and differing instrumental balances , most notably the introduction feedback .

The single version is also much shorter than the album version , with a running time of 2 minutes and 55 seconds .

( The album version is 4 minutes and 25 seconds long . )

In 1988 , the band rerecorded the song with the hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five .

The track appeared on their reunion album On the Strength .


Görece

Görece is a village in the Menderes district of Izmir Province , Turkey .

It is known for its production of eye beads .

Today , the real eye beads are produced only in Görece and Kurudere ( Kemalpaşa ) villages near Izmir by a handful of craftsmen , who have devoted their lives to this art .

The 3000-year - old antique Mediterranean glass art lives in these eye bead furnaces with its every detail .

The roots of the very few glass masters who still practise this age - old tradition goes back to the Arab artisans , who have settled in Izmir and its towns during the decline of the Ottoman Empire by the end of 19th century .

The glass art that has lost its glamour in Anatolia , combining with the eye sign , was relived .

The masters who practised their arts at Araphan and Kemeraltı , districts of İzmir , were exiled due to the smoke emissions from their furnaces and fire risks to the neighbourhood .


Craig A. Franklin

Major General Craig A. Franklin is a retired United States Air Force general officer .

He was last the commander of 3rd Air Force , based at Ramstein Air Base in Germany .

A 1981 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy , Franklin served in flying assignments , instructor pilot assignments , as well as multiple staff assignments .

Franklin has commanded a test and evaluation group and three wings , including the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing based at Balad Air Base , Iraq .

Franklin submitted his retirement to be effective 31 January 2014 .

His early retirement resulted in a reduction in retirement rank to the two - star rank of major general .

This is as a direct result of Franklin 's dismissal of a sexual assault case in February 2013 after the officer in question , a lieutenant colonel , had been found guilty at a court martial in November 2012 .

The officer was subsequently released from prison and restored to his rank , only to be forced into retirement at a lower rank after the discovery of further sexual misconduct .

In a statement Franklin said , " he was retiring ' for the good of this command and the Air Force ' because of persistent doubts about his impartiality in overseeing sex - abuse investigations . "


Blagoje Vidinić

Blagoje Vidinić (; 11 June 1934 – 29 December 2006 ) was a Macedonian football coach , former player , and former Olympic participant of Serbian origin .

Born in Skopje , he played his club football for FK Vardar , Radnički Beograd and OFK Beograd in Yugoslavia , and then with FC Sion of Switzerland .

In 1967 , he moved to the USA to join the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League , making 20 appearances that season .

He started the 1968 season with the relocated successor team San Diego Toros in the newly formed NASL , before moving to St. Louis Stars .

He played for Yugoslavia as a goalkeeper in the 1956 and 1960 Olympics , winning silver in the former and gold in the latter .

He also played in the 1960 UEFA European Football Championship when Yugoslavia finished second .

After retiring from playing , he became a coach , and managed two African teams in the FIFA World Cup : Morocco in 1970 and Zaire in 1974 .


Bemidji, Minnesota

Bemidji ( ) is a city in Beltrami County ( and county seat ) , in north west Minnesota , United States .

According to the 2012 – 2016 American Community Survey 5-year estimates , the United States Census Bureau estimates the total population of Bemidji as of 2016 to be 14,664 , making it the largest commercial center between Grand Forks , North Dakota and Duluth , Minnesota .

Bemidji houses many Native American services , including the Indian Health Service .

The city is the central hub of the Red Lake Indian Reservation , White Earth Indian Reservation and the Leech Lake Indian Reservation .

Bemidji lies on the south west shore of Lake Bemidji , the northernmost lake feeding the Mississippi River and as such is deemed " The First City On The Mississippi . "

Bemidji is also the self - proclaimed " curling capital " of the U.S. and alleged birthplace of Paul Bunyan .


My Favourite Game

" My Favourite Game " is an alternative rock song written by Peter Svensson and Nina Persson for The Cardigans ' 1998 album Gran Turismo .

The song is the album 's eighth track , and was released as its first single .

Lyrically , its about a failing relationship and the attempt made to better the significant other or save people from themselves .

" My Favorite Game " found minor international success , reaching number three in Sweden and number 14 in the UK .

It also charted within the top 40 in European countries like Ireland , France , the Netherlands and New Zealand .

While it failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and its radio counterpart , it peaked at number 16 on the Alternative Songs chart .

The accompanying music video was directed by Jonas Åkerlund and features Persson joydriving on a desert road .

It caused controversy due to its imagery of car crashes and reckless driving , and resulted it being recut to tone down the violence and appear on music channels .