John Thomson (comedian)

John Patrick Thomson (born Patrick Francis McAleer; 2 April 1969) is an English comedian and actor, best known for his roles in The Fast Show, Men Behaving Badly and Cold Feet.

Early life
Thomson was born in 1969 in Walkden, Salford, Lancashire, to Mary McAleer, who gave him up for adoption six weeks later. He was adopted from the Catholic Children's Rescue Society by Andrew and Marita Thomson, a businessman and a bookseller from Didsbury. He has one younger brother, Ben (born to his adoptive parents). He attended All Hallows Catholic High School near Preston, Lancashire, leaving with three O-levels. He then attended Runshaw College between 1985 and 1987, studying for four A-levels, including theatre studies. He was described as "clearly [having] a talent for comedy".

Following this, he turned down a scholarship in America to study drama at Manchester Polytechnic.

Career

Comedy and television
While at university, Thomson met Steve Coogan, who secured him a job on Spitting Image. They would continue to collaborate on such programmes as The Dead Good Show, a 1993 Granada TV pilot also starring Caroline Aherne, Coogan's Run, the Paul and Pauline Calf video diaries (where he played 'Fat Bob') and Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge, which he also contributed to writing. He also appeared in Coogan's live shows as compère Bernard Righton and the two would be reunited in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People. The two won the Perrier Comedy Award in 1992 for their act at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Thomson also played supporting roles in the first series of the Stewart Lee and Richard Herring vehicle, Fist of Fun.

In 1994 Thomson appeared in the BBC sketch series The Fast Show, remaining with it until it ended in 2001. Thomson played memorable characters such as Chip Cobb, the deaf stuntman, and Roger the Nouveau football fan, but it is as "Jazz Club" host Louis Balfour that he is most remembered, with the catchphrase, "Nice!" He also appeared in The Fast Show Live and the spin-off Ted & Ralph.

In 1996 he appeared opposite Maureen Lipman as Bob Acres in The Rivals at the Royal Exchange, Manchester.

He made guest appearances on various series such as Coronation Street, Soldier Soldier and Men Behaving Badly in the 1990s before being cast as Pete Gifford in the ITV comedy drama Cold Feet. Thomson was known to the producers, who had previously cast him in a one-off drama called The Perfect Match. A series was commissioned that ran until 2003 and earned him a nomination for Best TV Comedy Actor at the British Comedy Awards 2001. Granada Television filmed a comedy drama called Stan the Man in 2002 in which Thomson starred as Stanley Tully a would-be entrepreneur. Some of the filming was done in south Manchester suburbs.

After Cold Feet wrapped, Thomson appeared in the Royal Exchange's production of Hobson's Choice (helped by his acclaimed performance in The Rivals). The Independent described his performance as Willie as "an extremely well-judged performance. With the slightest physical gesture and merest facial expression he conveys disbelief, reluctance, panic and finally acceptance of his fate at the hands of manipulative Maggie". His performance led to a Manchester Evening News Award nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

That same year he participated in the BBC series Comic Relief does Fame Academy, being the fourth "student" to be "expelled". and in 2004, he appeared in the musical drama Blackpool as Tony Corlette.

He has also lent his voice to the revived BBC children's series Bill and Ben and Mr Windfall in Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Another television series, New Street Law, about a Manchester chambers, started in 2006. Thomson plays "lovable rogue" barrister Charlie Darling alongside co-star John Hannah. The second series began in January 2007.

In February 2007 he played Sir Alan Prentice, in Kombat Opera Presents... The Applicants, a spoof opera of the BBC series The Apprentice. The programme attracted 700,000 viewers according to unofficial overnights. In March 2007 he appeared as hypnotherapist Ray Bould in the three-part ITV thriller, Mobile. The producers had Thomson lined up for the role of DI Fleming, but he wanted to read for Bould because he "was up against a friend for the same part". Later that year he filmed a guest appearance as Nigel Pearson in a second series episode of Kingdom. He returned as a full-time cast member for the third series.

In October 2008, Thomson filmed a three-episode guest stint on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street, playing electrician-cum-children's entertainer Jesse, which aired in December. In January 2009, it was announced that he would reprise the role for six months. Jesse returned to Coronation Street in June, beginning a relationship with Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver). He left 2010, after his contract was not renewed. Later that same year, he portrayed H.V. Kershaw in The Road to Coronation Street, a dramatisation of Coronation Streets development in the 1960s.

In 2011, it was announced that Thomson would be joining the cast of the BBC television series Waterloo Road.

Later in 2011, it was announced that Thomson would be appearing next to the original cast (with the exception of Mark Williams) in six online-only episodes of The Fast Show sponsored by lager brand, Foster's  due to launch on 10 November 2011.

In 2011, John was a contestant on the ITV celebrity reality series 71 Degrees North.

In 2015 he joined the cast of After Hours as loveable Geoff, reuniting with his old friends Craig Cash and Caroline Aherne, who played his wife Sheila. During filming Thomson was attacked by a swan on set, footage being shown on ITV's This Morning.

Thomson was a contestant in the 2013 series of Celebrity MasterChef. Since 2015, Thomson has starred in The Keith Lemon Sketch Show, playing various characters.

He narrates the Channel 4 series Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners and in September 2015, he became the new narrator of Police Interceptors. He stars in the Sky1 comedy drama After Hours, directed by Craig Cash.

On 18 November 2017, Thomson was a contestant in the reboot of The Weakest Link for Children in Need.

In 2018, Thomson was a contestant in Dara O'Briain's 'Go 8 Bit'

In 2019, he's currently a star of the comedy clip show, Zone of Champions.

Radio
In January 2008 he played Mike (Topaz) in the BBC Radio 4 comedy drama series Pick Ups. On 12 April 2008, Thomson began hosting the Saturday lunchtime slot on BBC Radio Manchester. His stint ended on 22 November 2008.

Since 2016, Thomson has been a team captain on the BBC Radio 4 panel show Gaby's Talking Pictures, presented by Gaby Roslin.

Personal life
Thomson married longtime girlfriend Samantha Sharp in 2005 and they have two daughters; Olivia (born 2002) and Sophia Melody (born 2010). They divorced in 2015.

Filmography
Film

Television

References

External links

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Sonny Jackson (American football)

William "Sonny" Jackson (born September 24, 1938) is a former American football coach.  He served as the head football coach at Nicholls State University from 1981 to 1986 where he had a record of 39–28–1. He guided Nicholls State to its first appearance in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs. From 1987 to 1989, he was head football coach at McNeese State University with a record of 13–20. He had a career college football coaching record of 52–48–1.

Jackson is an alumnus of Nicholls State University. He was an assistant coach at Northeast Louisiana for two seasons. Prior to his college career, he was head football coach at the former Chauvin High School in Chauvin, Louisiana and Central High School in Central City, Louisiana.

Head coaching record

College

References

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Jensen's theorem

In mathematics, Jensen's theorem may refer to:
Johan Jensen's inequality for convex functions
Johan Jensen's formula in complex analysis
Ronald Jensen's covering theorem in set theory


Success!

Success! is a musical by Bernard J. Taylor that was first recorded in 1993 as a studio concept album featuring various West End performers including Lon Satton (who created the role of Poppa in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express), Claire Moore,  Kathryn Evans, Jessica Martin and Maurice Clarke.  It had its world premiere stage production in Rotherham, Yorkshire, in 1995.

Following are extracts of some of the reviews:

"Great writers of stage music have always proved themselves to be versatile. In the light of the favourable reaction it received it would have been more than easy for Taylor to follow Wuthering Heights with another show in that same grand scale, but instead he quickly showed his credentials by heading in a totally different direction and in doing so comes up with another admirable piece of work. "Success!" is full of splendid material and is loads of fun." - Mike Gibb, Masquerade, Issue 13, 1993

"An adaptation of the Faust legend, I enjoyed this one very much, and it has some bright, breezy and catchy numbers. I will be surprised if anyone who buys it is disappointed with the standard of the songs." - Terry Wardrope, Words and Music,  Issue 17, January 1994.

"Taylor's score has several attractive songs . . . They're all sung as if they are the hottest songs to come from the West End." - Show Music, USA, autumn 1993 edition.

Category:1993 musicals


List of villages in Raghopur block

This is a list of villages in Raghopur block, Vaishali district, Bihar state, India.

See also

List of villages in Vaishali district

References

Category:Villages in Vaishali district
Raghopur


Education in West Bengal

Education in West Bengal is provided by both the public sector as well as the private sector. The modern education system was developed by the British missionaries and the Indian social reformists. West Bengal has many reputed institutes of higher education like – University of Calcutta , Jadavpur University (first to introduce chemical engineering and numerous other interdisciplinary studies in India ), Presidency University, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (the first IIM), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (the first IIT), Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (2nd oldest engineering institution in India), Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, Indian Statistical Institute and Visva-Bharati University. By the learning station

History

Kolkata has played a pioneering role in the development of the modern education system in India. Western models of education came to India through Kolkata. Many of the first schools and colleges were established by the missionaries and reformists. Sir William Jones (philologist) established the Asiatic Society in 1784 for promoting oriental studies. People like Ram Mohan Roy, David Hare, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Shashi Bhusan Chatterjee, and William Carey played a leading role in the setting up of modern schools and colleges in the city. The Fort William College was established in 1800. The Hindu College was established in 1817. In 1855 the Hindu College, Calcutta was renamed as the Presidency College.

William Carey established the Serampore College in Serampore City (30 km from Calcutta), 1818. It went on to become India's first modern university in 1827 when it was incorporated by a Royal Charter as a Danish University. Although it had the charter, it was not technically a university in the modern sense of that term. The Sanskrit College was established in 1824. Reverend Alexander Duff of the Church of Scotland established the General Assembly's Institution in 1830 and later the Free Church Institution in 1844, which were later merged to form what is now known as the Scottish Church College, Calcutta. These institutions played a significant role in what came to be known as the Young Bengal Movement and the Bengal Renaissance. La Martiniere Calcutta was established in 1836. John Bethune established a school for Indian girls in 1850 at a time when women's education was frowned upon in the society. The Bethune College for girls was set up by him in 1879.

The oldest medical school in Asia, the Calcutta Medical College was set up in 1835. In 1857, the University of Calcutta was established as the first full-fledged multi-disciplinary university in south Asia. It was modelled on the lines of the University of London. Today it is amongst the largest multidisciplinary universities of India and offers some of the widest number of academic disciplines for study. In 1856 technical and engineering education came with the establishment of a civil engineering college / department. This setup went through various reorganisations to finally become the Bengal Engineering College in 1921. The Jesuit administered St Xavier's College was established in 1860. In 1906, the partition of Bengal led to widespread nationalistic and anti British feelings. This led to the setting up of the National Council of Education, Bengal. This later on became the Jadavpur University in 1955.  The nation's first homeopathy college was established in the city in 1880. In 1883 Kadambini Ganguly and Chandramukhi Basu became the first women graduates from the University of Calcutta. In the process, they became the first female graduates of the British Empire. Kadambini went on to become the first female physician trained in the Western system of medicine in South Asia. The Science College was established in 1917. The first blind school came into being in 1925.

After independence, Calcutta continued to be in the forefront of the educational scene. The Government College of Art & Craft was established in 1951. The Rabindra Bharati University was established in 1962. This university offers courses in the fine and performing arts. The Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management was set up in 1953 as the country's first management institute and is also the first in the country to offer an MBA degree of a university.  The first, Indian Institute of Technology was set up at Kharagpur about 120 km from Calcutta. In 1960 the Regional Engineering college (presently National Institute of Technology) at Durgapur was set up. It is amongst the top NITs in India and also among the oldest. Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, the first among the prestigious Indian Institutes of Management, was set up in 1961 at Joka. It was the first national institute for post-graduate studies and research in management sciences. It was established with the help of the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Ford Foundation.

Structure

West Bengal schools are run by the School Education Department, West Bengal government or by private organisations, including religious institutions. Instruction is mainly in English or Bengali, though Urdu is also used, especially in Central Kolkata. The secondary schools are affiliated with the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE), the Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE), the National Institute of Open School (NIOS) or the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education. Under the 10+2+3 plan, after completing secondary school, students typically enroll for 2 years in a junior college, also known as pre-university, or in schools with a higher secondary facility affiliated with the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any central board. Students choose from one of three streams, namely liberal arts, commerce or science. Upon completing the required coursework, students may enrol in general or professional degree programs. South Point School, St. Xaviers Collegiate School, Baranagore Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama High School etc. are some of the best schools of West Bengal.

Major universities

In West Bengal there is one central university, twenty seven state universities, eleven private universities and two deemed university. Besides, there are three Regional Centres of IGNOU at Siliguri, Kolkata and Raghunathganj and one Sub - Regional Centre of IGNOU at Darjeeling.

State universities

Central University & INIs

Deemed universities

Private universities

Research Institutes

See also
 List of universities in India#West Bengal
 Kolkata

References


Neermaathalathinte Pookkal

Neermaathalathinte Pookkal (English title: Flowers of Neermaathalam) is a 2006 Indian Malayalam-language television film directed by Sohanlal based on a story written by Madhavikutty (Kamala Das).

Team
 DIRECTED BY SOHANLAL
 PRODUCED BY AMRITA TV
 STORY: MADHAVIKUTTY (KAMALA DAS)
 SCREENPLAY: SOHANLAL & SREEVARAHAM BALAKRISHNAN
 MUSIC: PANDIT RAMESH NARAYAN
 CINEMATOGRAPHY: UDAYAN AMBADI
 EDIT : SASI MENON
 ART: RISHI
 AUDIOGRAPHY : C.R.CHANDRAN

Rain of Nostalgia

A touching story of a young girl's love for her grandmother. A nostalgic journey down memory lane in search of love-true, unconditional love. A heart's yearning for sincere and unaffected love.
Neermaathalathinte Pookkal, based on a story by Madhavikutty (Kamala Das), is a film made for those who still cherish in their hearts –memories from their childhood and also memories related to their first love in life. The film is a tribute to love-the basic instinct inherent to every man.
Dr.Kamala Das (31 March 1934 – 31 May 2009), One of the most acclaimed Indo-Anglican writers, has been internationally renowned for her imaginatively rich and strikingly brilliant poetry, She is a writer who has succeeded in weaving into her short-stories the richness of poetry and poetic images, all told with a language that exhibits liveliness and imaginative splendor.

Awards
The movie brought critical acclaim and several awards including Kerala State Awards.

References

External links
 Making of Neermaathalathinte Pookkal

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Yaw Skyface

Isaac Adu Mensah (born February 18, 1988), professionally known as Yaw Skyface, is a Ghanaian filmmaker, director and cinematographer. His debut film Door 2 Door was met with mostly positive reviews upon its release in 2017.

Early life
Yaw was born in (Kwahu  Abetifi, Eastern Region). He spent part of his childhood growing up in Takoradi, until his family moved to Accra. After graduating from Takoradi Polytechnic in 2008, he began working as a video director in 2009.

Film directions

Filmography
 Door 2 Door (2017)

Music videos

References

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Devar Dasimayya

Devar Dasimayya (), also known as Jedara Daasimayya (), was an Indian mid-11th century poet and vachanakaara in Kannada. He was one of the first propogators of devangism. He was born in Mudanuru, a village in Shorapur Taluk, Yadagiri district in Karnataka. Being a weaver by profession,  His village had a Ramanatha temple among its many temples, dedicated to Shiva as worshiped by Rama, the epic hero and incarnation of Vishnu. That is why Dasimayya's signature name (ankitanama) is Ramanatha, meaning Rama's Lord, i.e. Shiva.

Dasimayya's vachanas are dedicated to Ramanatha. He was one of the earliest propagator of the

Dasimayya was performing intense ascetic practices in a jungle, when he claimed Shiva appeared to him. He allegedly told him to work in the practical world. As a result, Dasimayya renounced his practices and took up the trade of a weaver. He is also known as Jedar Dasimayya, "Dasimayya of the weavers". Today there is a large community of weavers called Devanga spread across the southern states of India who follow Devara Dasimayya .

Today, popular tradition identifies several places where Dasimayya set up his weaver's looms in Mudanuru.

Like most  that followed him, he taught a life of complete nonviolence, even teaching local hunting tribes to renounce meat and provide for themselves through pressing and selling oil.

Dasimayya married Duggale, who grew up in Shivapura. He later became a teacher, eventually giving initiation to the wife of the local Chalukya king Jayasimha, Suggale.

References

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Eremite Records

Eremite Records is an independent American jazz record label founded in 1995 by Michael Ehlers with early involvement from music writer Byron Coley. After college, Ehlers started producing some concerts around Amherst, Massachusetts and Eremite evolved from that. The label name came from an alternate title for the Thelonious Monk tune "Reflections": "Portrait of an Eremite". The logo is an image of an unknown man playing soprano saxophone. Eremite organized a concerts series in Western Massachusetts that continued until 2008 & produced nearly 100 concerts, including five Fire in the Valley festivals.

The first four Eremite releases were diverse adventurous new music, but then Ehlers started focusing on free jazz, working with neglected and underrecorded survivors of the 1960s and 1970s free jazz scene: drummers Sunny Murray and Denis Charles, saxophonists Sabir Mateen and Jemeel Moondoc, trumpeter Raphe Malik, bassists Alan Silva and William Parker.

Releases
 MTE-01	Jemeel Moondoc - Tri-P-Let
 MTE-02 	Ellery Eskelin & Andrea Parkins - Green Bermudas
 MTE-03	Gregg Bendian - Interzone
 MTE-04 	Assif Tsahar - Shekina
 MTE-05	Raphe Malik - The Short Form
 MTE-06 	Christopher Cauley - FINland
 MTE-07	Tom Bruno & Sabir Mateen - Getting Away with Murder
 MTE-08 	Jemeel Moondoc - Fire in the Valley
 MTE-09	Denis Charles - Captain of the Deep
 MTE-10 	Trio Hurricane - Live at Fire in the Valley
 MTE-11	Sabir Mateen - Divine Mad Love
 MTE-12 	William Parker - Through Acceptance of the Mystery Peace
 MTE-13	Raphe Malik - ConSequences
 MTE-14 	Sunny Murray with Sabir Mateen - We Are Not at the Opera
 MTE-15	Glenn Spearman - First & Last
 MTE-16 	Malcolm Goldstein - Live at Fire in the Valley
 MTE-17	Alan Silva & William Parker - A Hero's Welcome: Pieces For Rare Occasions
 MTE-18 	Peter Brötzmann Die Like a Dog Quartet - From Valley to Valley
 MTE-19	Noah Howard - Patterns/Message To South Africa
 MTE-20 	Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker  - New World Pygmies
 MTE-21	Test - Live/Test
 MTE-22 	Tom Bruno - White Boy Blues
 MTE-23/24 Fred Anderson Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker - 2 Days in April
 MTE-25	Marco Eneidi, William Parker, Donald Robinson - Cherry Box
 MTE-26 	Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra - Alan Silva & The Sound Visions Orchestra
 MTE-27	Alan Silva & Oluyemi Thomas - Transmissions
 MTE-28 	Jemeel Moondoc - Revolt of the Negro Lawn Jockeys
 MTE-29	Jemeel Moondoc and the Jus Grew Orchestra - Spirit House
 MTE-30/31 Jemeel Moondoc & William Parker with Hamid Drake - New World Pygmies vol. 2
 MTE-32/33 William Parker Clarinet Trio - Bob's Pink Cadillac
 MTE-34	Raphe Malik - Companions
 MTE-35	Hamid Drake & Sabir Mateen - Brothers Together
 MTE-36 	William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra - Raincoat in the River
 MTE-37/38 Peter Brötzmann, Hamid Drake, William Parker - Never Too Late But Always Too Early
 MTE-39/40/41/42	Alan Silva - H.Con.Res.57/Treasure Box
 MTE-43 	Jemeel Moondoc with Denis Charles - We Don't
 MTE-44 Marshall Allen, Hamid Drake, Kidd Jordan, William Parker - The All-Star Game
 MTE-45	Sunny Murray - Perles Noires vol. 1
 MTE-46	Sunny Murray - Perles Noires vol. 2
 MTE-47/48 Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, William Parker - Blue Winter
 MTE-49 John Blum - John Blum Astrogeny Quartet
 MTE-50 	Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble - Drumdance to the Motherland
 MTE-61 	Joshua Abrams - Natural Information
 MTE-62 Joshua Abrams - Represencing
 MTE-63/64 Joshua Abrams - Magnetoception
MTE-65 Jeff Parker (musician) - Slight Freedom
 MTE-67 Joshua Abrams - Music for Life Itself & The Interrupters
 MTE-68 Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society - Simultonality

References

External links
 Official site

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Thora Birch

Thora Birch (born March 11, 1982) is an American actress and producer. She made her film debut in Purple People Eater (1988), for which she won a Young Artist Award for "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age", and rose to prominence as a child star with appearances in films such as All I Want for Christmas (1991), Patriot Games (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Monkey Trouble (1994), Now and Then (1995), and Alaska (1996).

Her breakthrough role came in 1999 when she played Jane Burnham in the highly acclaimed film American Beauty, for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She then starred as Enid in the cult hit Ghost World (2001), earning a nomination for the Golden Globe for Best Actress. In 2003, she received an Emmy Award nomination for playing the title role in Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story. Her other films include Dungeons & Dragons (2000), The Hole (2001), Silver City (2004), Dark Corners (2006), Winter of Frozen Dreams (2009), and Petunia (2012).

After taking a break from acting, Birch resumed her career in 2016 and has since starred in several independent films. Birch currently stars as Gamma on season 10 of The Walking Dead.

Early life
Birch was born in Los Angeles, the eldest child of Jack Birch and Carol Connors. Birch, whose family's original surname was Biersch, is of German-Jewish, Scandinavian, French-Canadian and Italian ancestry. Her name, Thora, is derived from that of Norse god of thunder and lightning, "Thor", which would have been her name, had she been a boy. She has one brother, Kian Bolt Birch.

Birch's parents have been her business managers since Birch was six years old, and are former adult film actors who both appeared in the film Deep Throat.  Because of their own experience with the entertainment industry, they were reluctant to encourage her, but were persuaded to show Thora's photograph to agents by a babysitter who noticed her imitating commercials. Birch got her first big break at the age of four, when the babysitter accompanied her to a successful audition for a Quaker Oats commercial.

Career

1980s
Birch appeared in commercials in the late 1980s for Burger King, California Raisins, Quaker Oats (alongside Wilford Brimley), and Vlasic Pickles. She made her film debut in the 1988 science-fiction comedy Purple People Eater, for which she won a Youth In Film Award and a Young Artist Award in the category of "Best Young Actress Under Nine Years of Age". Also in 1988, she guest-starred in an episode of Doogie Howser, M.D., and was cast as Molly in the NBC television series Day By Day, being credited as "Thora". The show aired for two seasons on NBC and earned her two Young Artist Award nominations.

1990s
In 1990, Birch had one of the lead roles in the sitcom Parenthood, based on the 1989 film of the same name. It aired on NBC and was cancelled after one season. In the next year, she starred in the drama Paradise, with Don Johnson, Melanie Griffith and Elijah Wood. She won her role over more than 4,000 other young hopefuls who auditioned for it. Roger Ebert felt she played her part with "strong, simple charm" and later earned another Young Artist Award nomination. For the rest of the 1990s, Birch continued to find steady recognition as a child and teen actress through leading parts in numerous comedy and family feature films.

In 1991, she starred with Ethan Embry in the comedy All I Want for Christmas, as a girl who plans to get her divorced parents back together for Christmas. The film received mediocre reviews and moderate attention from audiences upon its theatrical release, but developed a following on television and on home video in subsequent years. In 1992, she played the daughter of Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) in the spy thriller Patriot Games, which was a commercial success, grossing US$178 million at the worldwide box office.

Birch appeared in the fantasy comedy Hocus Pocus (1993) at the age of 10, opposite Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker. The film saw her play the younger sister of a teenage boy who inadvertently resurrects a villainous trio of witches. Hocus Pocus rated average with reviewers and made a modest US$39 million in the US, but became a cult film due to strong DVD sales and large television following. In the 1994 comedy Monkey Trouble, Birch portrayed a girl who adopts a Capuchin monkey trained to pick pockets and burglarize houses. The movie had a mixed reception, but Marjorie Baumgarten, for the Austin Chronicle, observed that her "nuanced performance (a rarity amongst child performers) no doubt lends Monkey Trouble its realistic touch". Also in 1994, she reprised her Patriot Games role in the sequel, Clear and Present Danger, which grossed over US$215 million globally.

In 1995, Birch was cast as the younger version of Melanie Griffith's character in the coming-of-age film Now and Then, also starring Gaby Hoffmann, Christina Ricci, Demi Moore and Rosie O'Donnell. It was released to largely mediocre reviews, but proved to be a profit. She landed a leading role in the adventure drama Alaska (1996) opposite Vincent Kartheiser, portraying two siblings who search through the Alaskan wilderness for their lost father (Dirk Benedict). For the next two years, she did not appear in a film but guest-starred in Promised Land and Touched by an Angel. She subsequently filmed the made-for-television film Night Ride Home and an uncredited role for Anywhere but Here, both released in 1999.

Also in 1999, she appeared in the Sam Mendes-directed drama American Beauty, as Jane Burnham, the insecure daughter of Kevin Spacey's character. Rolling Stone felt Birch "[glimmered] with grown-up radiance" in her role, for which she later received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. The film was the recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture and grossed over US$356 million worldwide, emerging as the biggest commercial success of Birch's career to date.

2000s
Following her success with American Beauty, she appeared in two films released in 2000. The small-scale drama The Smokers received a straight-to-DVD release in the US, going largely unnoticed, but Birch was called "a scene-stealer" in her supporting role by The Hollywood Reporter. Her other film of the year was the poorly received Dungeons & Dragons, a fantasy film based on the role-playing game of the same name. In 2001, she starred with Keira Knightley in the horror film The Hole, in which her headlining credit and highly publicized seven figure salary was attributed to her appearance in American Beauty. The film was released in theaters in the UK, and on DVD in the US, receiving mixed reviews. Writing for Variety magazine, Derek Elley stated that Birch gave "an effectively creepy lead [performance]" in the film, which he called "a clunky British attempt to merge the psychothriller and teen movie genres".

Birch headlined the 2001 black comedy Ghost World, directed by Terry Zwigoff and co-starring Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi and Brad Renfro. The film, focused on the lives of two teenage outsiders (Birch and Johansson) in an unnamed American city, was released in a specialty theatrical run, to a highly favorable critical reception. James Berardinelli found Birch's part to be her "first effectively developed role" since American Beauty and positively singled out the actress for the "quirkiness [and the] underlying sense of melancholy and ennui" in her portrayal. She earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Musical or Comedy.

Birch appeared as the title character in the biographical television film Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003), playing a young woman who, after becoming homeless at 15 amid personal tragedies, begins her work to finish her studies. She garnered acclaim for her part, receiving an Emmy nomination. After her professional achievements in the 1990s and early 2000s, Birch's profile decreased significantly in the next decade, as she had more infrequent acting appearances in much smaller-scale productions. Reflecting on her career trajectory the subsequent years during a January 2014 interview, she attributed it to not "taking" the demands the film industry had for her, opting to "maintain a strong identity and pursue things that were a little more thoughtful, and I guess nobody really wanted women to do that at that time".

Birch appeared in several music videos including Moby's We Are All Made of Stars, and Limp Bizkit's Eat You Alive, which also featured Bill Paxton.

She played a supporting role in Silver City, a political satire written and directed by John Sayles, which premiered at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, Birch had the lead role in the horror-thriller Dark Corners, portraying a troubled young woman who wakes up one day as a different person—someone who is stalked by creatures. The film did not receive a theatrical release, and instead, went straight to DVD. It rated poorly with reviewers, but Birch was considered "convincing as the two halves of this split personality". She followed with the female lead role in the 2008 slasher Train, which revolved around a group of US college athletes who get stalked and killed in an Eastern Europe train. The film received a DVD release, to a mediocre overall reception, with critics comparing it unfavorably to Hostel and Turistas.

She appeared in the 2009 psychological thriller Deadline, co-starring Brittany Murphy. Like Birch's previous few projects, the film premiered directly-to-video in the UK and the US, and went little seen by audiences. Also in 2009, she starred in the independent mystery film Winter of Frozen Dreams, as Barbara Hoffman, a Wisconsin biochemistry student and prostitute convicted of murder in the first ever televised murder trial. The film had a limited theatrical release, receiving average reviews. DVD Talk felt she was "the weakest link in the whole piece", while Bloody Disgusting found Birch to be "the gem" of the film, asserting that she was "very alluring to the eyes as the main subject of this case". During filming, a controversy arose involving Birch's father and his forced presence during Birch's taping of a sex scene.

2010s
In 2010, Birch took on the role of Sidney Bloom in the made-for-television movie The Pregnancy Pact, which was based on the 2008 media circus surrounding teenagers in Gloucester, Massachusetts, who allegedly agreed to concurrently give birth and raise their children communally. The Lifetime film  was favorably received by critics and was watched by 5.9 million viewers. Later in 2010, Birch was cast and scheduled to make her American stage debut in the off Broadway revival of Dracula, but was fired for the behavior of her father, her manager at the time, who physically threatened one of the show's cast members.

Birch starred in the 2012 independent dramedy Petunia, playing the role of Vivian Petunia. She is credited as a co-producer in the film, which depicts simultaneously the lives and romantic relationships of the Petunia family. Birch considered the film an  "intimate" and "a very modern tale",  describing it as "a little bit different from your standard summer fare". Distributed for a very limited release in the US, the film premiered at Cinema Village in New York City, garnering mixed reviews.

After devoting herself to academic pursuits, Birch returned to her acting career in 2015 with a recurring role as software engineer Morgan in the Carlton Cuse series Colony.

Following the series, Birch first starred in the independent film The Etruscan Smile with Brian Cox, which was shot in San Francisco and Scotland. She then went to Kentucky to shoot the thriller Above Suspicion, based on the book of the same name by New York Times columnist Joe Sharkey, and co-starring Jack Huston, Emilia Clarke and Johnny Knoxville. Birch starred in the political thriller Affairs of State, with Adrian Grenier. The film was shot in Norfolk, Virginia. Birch starred in the romantic comedy, The Competition, directed by Harvey Lowry, which was shot in Portland. Birch both starred in and produced the film, which was picked up for distribution by VMI Worldwide. Most recently, Birch appeared in the Plan B and A24 film The Last Black Man in San Francisco, opposite Danny Glover.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

External links

 Thora Birch at Emmys.com

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Gibberula decorfasciata

Gibberula decorfasciata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Cystiscidae.

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Hajjiabad-e Kuh Payeh

Hajjiabad-e Kuh Payeh (, also Romanized as Ḩājjīābād-e Kūh Pāyeh) is a village in Chaharkuh Rural District, in the Central District of Kordkuy County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 230, in 64 families.

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Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy

The Project on Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy (SKAPP), based at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., examines the nature of science and the ways in which it is both used and misused in government decision-making and legal proceedings. Through empirical research, conversations among scholars, and publications, SKAPP aims to enhance understanding of how knowledge is generated and interpreted. SKAPP's mission is to promote transparent decision-making based on the best available science in order to promote public safety and health.

SKAPP provides information about the impacts of existing legislation and regulation on drug safety, occupational health and safety, and environmental health. It has examined the use of science in regulation of specific hazards, including bisphenol A, beryllium, hexavalent chromium, and the butter-flavoring chemical diacetyl.

Support for SKAPP is provided by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, the Open Society Institute, and the Rockefeller Family Fund. Past support has been provided by the Common Benefit Trust, a fund established pursuant to a court order in the Silicone Gel Breast Implant Products Liability litigation; the Alice Hamilton Fund; and the Bauman Foundation.

Scientific evidence and the law
The Supreme Court of the United States has issued three rulings which greatly impact the role scientists may play in providing expert testimony. These rulings are Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, General Electric v. Joiner, and Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael. Each address the "gatekeeper" role of the judge in determining the admissibility of expert testimony, with considerable implications for tort litigation.

See also
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals

Daubert StandardKumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael External links
 SKAPP Website, www.defendingscience.org The Pump Handle Blog
 Defending Science in the Courts, from www.defendingscience.org Science in Government Decision Making, from www.defendingscience.org SKAPP Writing & Speeches, from www.defendingscience.org Case Studies, from www.defendingscience.org''

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Barron H. Lerner

Barron H. Lerner  is a member of the faculty at the New York University Langone School of Medicine. He received his M.D. from Columbia in 1986 and his Ph.D. in history from the University of Washington in 1996. In addition to his research, Lerner practices internal medicine and teaches medical ethics and the history of medicine.

Lerner was born to infectious disease doctor Phillip I. Lerner and teacher Ronnie Lerner (née Hober) in Boston, Massachusetts and was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Hawken School in 1978, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1982, and from Columbia University's medical school in 1986.

His book The Breast Cancer Wars: Hope, Fear and the Pursuit of a Cure in Twentieth-Century America, published in 2001, was cited as an American Library Association Notable Book the following year. Lerner also received the 2006 William H. Welch Medal of the American Association for the History of Medicine for the book; one such Medal is awarded each year to the author or authors of a book of "outstanding scholarly merit in the field of medical history" published during the five calendar years preceding the award.

His book One for the Road: Drunk Driving Since 1900, is the first history of drunk driving in America. It was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in October 2011.

Two of Lerner's other books are Contagion and Confinement: Controlling Tuberculosis on the Skid Road (1998) and When Illness Goes Public: Celebrity Patients and How We Look at Medicine (2006).

Lerner's fifth book, The Good Doctor: A Father, a Son, and the Evolution of Medical Ethics, was published in May 2014. It tells the true story of two doctors, a father and son, who practiced in very different times and the evolution of the ethics, paternalism, and patient autonomy that profoundly influenced health care. The son and father here are Lerner and his father, Phillip I. Lerner. The New York Times reviewed the book in July 2014, saying, "The Good Doctor is more than a son’s search to understand his father’s actions. It raises pointed questions about his own. Was his father just part of an older generation whose ideas had lost their relevance? Or did the son need to revisit ethical norms he had embraced and taught to thousands of trainees? As he asks, 'Did physicians of my father’s era actually know their patients in a different — and better — way than physicians do today?'"

Lerner writes regularly on topics in clinical medicine, bioethics and medical history for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Slate, the Huffington Post and other publications. He currently teaches courses for the Global Public Health Program at New York University. In addition, he is a physician at Bellevue Hospital.

Among Lerner's many contributions to The New York Times is an August, 2011 op-ed piece entitled, "The Annals of Extreme Surgery". It expressed concern over the increasing use of the HIPEC procedure, a controversial treatment for certain cancers.

After his 9-year-old nephew Cooper Stock was struck and killed by a taxi in New York City when he had the right of way, Lerner wrote a piece for the New York Times blog entitled "Treat Reckless Driving Like Drunk Driving." In it, he notes that reckless driving "is poorly defined in the law, sometimes poorly investigated by police and almost never results in a criminal charge," much like drunk driving was treated in the 1980s. He calls to "make destruction caused by irresponsible driving a true crime."

He is the author of several articles in the New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet:
 Lerner BH. Sins of omission: cancer research without informed consent. N Engl J Med. 2004;351:628-630.
 Lerner BH. Last-ditch medical therapy—revisiting lobotomy. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:119-121.
 Lerner BH. Remembering Berton Roueche—master of medical mysteries. N Engl J Med. 2005;353:2428-2431.
 Lerner BH. Subjects or objects? Prisoners and human experimentation. N Engl J Med. 2007;356:1806-1807.
 Lerner BH. When diseases disappear—the case of familial dysautonomia. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1622-1625.
 Lerner BH. "I was the first": revisiting a paediatric heart transplantation. Lancet. 2008;371:1158-1159.
 Lerner BH. Curing formerly fatal childhood cancers. Lancet. 2008;371:1655-1656.
 Lerner BH. Drunk driving, distracted driving, moralism and public health. N Engl J Med. 2011; 365:879-881.
 Lerner BH. Days of the giants: remembering Robert F. Loeb. Lancet. 2012;380:798-799.

References

External links
Faculty information page at New York University.

Selected interviews with Barron Lerner
 The Breast Cancer Wars, Interview with Barron Lerner on NPR's Fresh Air in 2001.
 Learning to Relate to Patients Interview with Barron Lerner on NPR's All Things Considered, 2006.
 Celebrities and Medical Treatment Interview with Barron Lerner on NPR's Talk of the Nation - Science Friday, 9 February 2007.
 The Celebrity of Disease Interview with Barron Lerner in U.S. News and World Report, 5 Nov 2006
 NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross. May 13, 2014.

Selected contributions and essays

 Lerner BH. Tough Love' Lessons From a Deadly Epidemic. The New York Times, 27 June 2006.
 Lerner BH. Hope and reality Lou Gehrig’s way. The New York Times, 19 April 2005.
 Lerner BH. Enduring and endearing, a patient moves in. The New York Times, 13 December 2005.
 Lerner BH. Young doctors learn quickly in the hot seat. The New York Times, 14 March 2006.
 Lerner BH. When the disease eludes a diagnosis. The New York Times, 25 March 2008.
 Lerner BH. At bedside, stay stoic or display emotions? The New York Times, 22 April 2008.

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Alan Davies (rugby league)

Alan Davies (4 February 1933 – 2 February 2009) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and England, and at club level for Oldham (Heritage №), Wigan (Heritage № 612), Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 705) and Salford, as a  or , i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or 6.

Background
Davies was born in Leigh, Lancashire, England, and he died aged 76 from Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (emphysema) in hospital in Blackburn, Lancashire, England.

Playing career

International honours
Alan joined Oldham from Leigh amateur club Dootsons in July 1950 and made his senior debut on 9 September in the 35 - 8 victory over Wakefield, on the left wing.

Alan Davies won caps for England while at Oldham in 1953 against Wales, in 1956 against France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Oldham in 1955 against New Zealand, in 1956 against Australia (3 matches), in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup against France, and Australia, in 1957 against France (2 matches), in 1958 against France, Australia (2 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1959 against France (2 matches), and Australia, in the 1960 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand (1-try), France (2-tries), and Australia, and in 1960 against France.

Alan Davies played left-, i.e. number 4, in all three matches for Great Britain's 1960 Rugby League World Cup winning team.

Alan Davies also represented Great Britain while at Oldham between 1952 and 1956 against France (2 non-Test matches).

County League appearances
Alan Davies played in Wigan's victory in the Lancashire County League during the 1961–62 season.

Challenge Cup Final appearances
Alan Davies played left-, i.e. number 4, in Wigan's 10–25 defeat by Wakefield Trinity in the 1962–63 Challenge Cup Final during the 1962–63 season at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 11 May 1963, in front of a crowd of 84,492.

County Cup Final appearances
About Alan Davies' time, there was Oldham's 2-12 defeat by Barrow in the 1954–55 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1954–55 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 23 October 1954, the 10-3 victory over St. Helens in the 1956–57 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1956–57 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 20 October 1956, played right-, i.e. number 3, in the 12-2 victory over St. Helens in the 1958–59 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1958–59 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 25 October 1958, and played left-, i.e. number 4, and scored a try in Oldham's 13-8 victory over Wigan in the 1957–58 Lancashire County Cup Final during the 1957–58 season at Station Road, Swinton on Saturday 19 October 1957.

Honoured at Oldham
Davies is an Oldham Hall of Fame Inductee.

Personal life
Davies married his wife, Joyce, with whom he had four children; one son, Stephen, and three daughters, Linda, Sarah and Janice. After finishing his career in rugby, Alan become a Jehovah's Witness. Alan Davies was the son of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s for Leigh; Harry "Cocky" Davies (named "Cocky" for his self-confidence), and the older brother of the rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s for Leigh and Huddersfield; Gwyn Davies.

References

External links
Oldham Hall of Fame
Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk
Death Of Oldham Legend
Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com
Photograph Of 'Great Britain v New Zealand 1960 World Cup - Alan Davies of Oldham touches down for Great Britain in their 23-8 win over the Kiwis in front of 20,577 at Odsal. - Date: 01/01/1960' at rlhp.co.uk

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LiAngelo Ball

LiAngelo Robert Ball (born November 24, 1998) is an American basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association (JBA). Ball has previously played for BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL).

A 6-foot-5, 215-pound shooting guard, he had originally signed to play with the UCLA Bruins as a three-star recruit but withdrew from the university after he was suspended for a shoplifting arrest in China in November 2017. Ball competed for Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California for four years, gaining national exposure in 2015–16 while playing with his brothers: current New Orleans Pelicans point guard Lonzo and former UCLA commit LaMelo Ball. His father LaVar grew into a media personality starting in 2016 with Lonzo's success at UCLA.

At Chino Hills, Ball led his team in scoring for multiple seasons and averaged a state-high 33.8 points per game as a senior. When he was a junior, he helped his team, which starred both of his brothers, complete an undefeated season and win the state championship. In his final season, he drew attention for high scoring outputs, including a 72-point game and several efforts of 50 or more points. Through his years with Chino Hills, Ball earned All-Area and All-State honors on multiple occasions. He finished his high school career among the top scorers in CIF Southern Section history.

Early life
Ball was born to LaVar and Tina Ball in Anaheim, California. At 6 ft 4 in (1.93), LaVar played basketball at Washington State of the NCAA Division I, as well as West Los Angeles College and Cal State Los Angeles. A former football player at high school and Long Beach City College, he later played with the London Monarchs of the World League of American Football (WLAF) on loan from the New York Jets. Tina, who stands 6 ft (1.8 m), is also a former college basketball player out of Cal State Los Angeles.

In his childhood, Ball often played basketball against older opponents, facing teams of fourth and fifth-graders while in kindergarten. He started working out and training by age four and first competed with both of his brothers, Lonzo and LaMelo, at age six. As a seven-year-old, he also began playing flag football with his brothers. While Lonzo was a quarterback, LiAngelo and LaMelo caught passes. On the basketball court, LiAngelo grew up playing with his brothers on Big Ballers VXT, an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) under-17 team created by their father and coached by both parents.

High school career

Freshman
In his freshman season in 2013–14, Ball began playing for Chino Hills High School in Chino Hills, California, where he was coached by Steve Baik and was a member of a starting lineup that featured his brother Lonzo Ball, a sophomore at the time. On December 4, 2013, he scored 13 points, with six in the second quarter, in a 72–63 win over Pasadena High School. He recorded 24 points on December 19 to defeat Rancho Cucamonga High School, as Chino Hills posted a school-record 122 points. Following the performance, the Los Angeles Times labeled the one-two punch of LiAngelo and Lonzo Ball as "quite a duo." In early March 2014, Chino Hills made its first-ever CIF Southern Section Open Division championship game appearance, with LiAngelo scoring 14 points in a 48–44 loss to Mater Dei High School. On March 22, he notched 10 points as his team fell in overtime to Centennial High School at the Southern California Regional Division I final.

Sophomore
In the summer prior to his 2014–15 sophomore campaign for Chino Hills, Ball suffered a foot injury, keeping him out of a tournament at Fairfax High School in June 2014. On September 14, 2014, he scored 30 points to beat Cathedral High School, 104–96, at the Ron Massey Memorial Fall Hoops Classic. He helped his team win the event by scoring 35 points, with seven three-pointers, in a title game victory against Maranatha High School. He averaged almost 30 points per game at the tournament and shared most valuable player (MVP) accolades with Lonzo. Entering the season, Chino Hills was ranked the 22nd best high school team in the nation by MaxPreps, and Ball, who was considered one of its key returning players with Lonzo, was joined by cousin Andre Ball. In the quarterfinals of a tournament hosted by Maranatha High School in December 2014, Ball tallied 53 points in a 111–80 win over Dorsey High School. He concluded the event with 33 points versus Maranatha as his team finished in third place. On January 31, 2015, in another win over Maranatha at the Fairfax State Preview Classic, Ball scored a game-high 36 points. Towards the end of his sophomore season, a severe ankle sprain sidelined him for four games, but he managed to return for the playoffs. On March 28, Chino Hills reached the CIF State Division I championship game, where they lost in double overtime to San Ramon Valley High School, 79–71, despite 23 points and a game-tying three-pointer in overtime from Ball. Following the season, on April 21, he verbally committed to play college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, becoming the program's first verbal commit from the class of 2017. He was rated a three-star recruit by Rivals.com.

Junior
Entering Ball's junior season in 2015–16, USA Today High School Sports ranked Chino Hills as the 8th best team in the country. In November 2015, MaxPreps named them among its early contenders for the high school basketball season. With the team's introduction of LiAngelo's younger brother and freshman LaMelo, who was expected to immediately contribute, its roster featured all three Ball brothers: LaMelo, LiAngelo, and Lonzo Ball. The roster also featured their cousin, Andre. In Chino Hills' season opener on November 30, 2015, LiAngelo Ball scored 20 points in a 131–42 victory over San Bernardino High School at the Battle Zone tournament in Centennial High School. He recorded 27 points in the event's championship, leading Chino Hills to a 106–86 win against Foothills Christian High School. Ball drew attention at the City of Palms Classic in December 2015, where he scored 32 points to upset top-ranked Montverde Academy in the quarterfinals. He followed up with a 40-point semifinals effort versus High Point Christian Academy, shooting 13-of-27 from the field, as his team eventually won the title game in overtime. Ball earned City of Palms Classic All-Tournament honors.

By 2016, Chino Hills was ranked as the number-one team in the nation and was drawing attention across the United States. In a match-up with Jonesboro High School at the MaxPreps Holiday Classic, Ball had 41 points and helped Chino Hills win the tournament with 21 points in the final game. On February 11, he led all scorers with 32 points against Etiwanda High School, as Chino Hills finished the regular season with a 27–0 record. The team was known for its fast-paced offense, scoring over 100 points in 18 games in 2015–16. In the following week, Ball and his brothers were the focus of a story by The New York Times titled "High Octane Is a Brotherly Blend." In the CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals on February 27, he chipped in a game-high 34 points to defeat Mater Dei High School, 102–54. He scored 31 points in his next game to claim the section title over Sierra Canyon School. Chino Hills built off its success in the state playoffs in March, as Ball recorded 27 points to help his team beat Bishop Montgomery High School and earn a state championship berth. On March 26, he had 18 points and seven rebounds to win the title game over De La Salle High School at Sleep Train Arena in Sacramento, California, closing out Chino Hills' 35–0 season. As a junior, Ball averaged a team-high 27.4 points per game and earned MaxPreps second-team all-state and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin first-team All-Area accolades. His team was named mythical national champion by MaxPreps, who also labeled their title run "perhaps the best brother act in high school basketball history."

Senior
For Ball's senior season in 2016–17, Chino Hills lost star point guard Lonzo Ball and head coach Steve Baik, hiring Stephan Gilling at the latter position. Regardless, the team was considered the 12th best in the nation by USA Today High School Sports. Ball quickly made headlines in his final season for his high-scoring performances at the Battle Zone tournament in November 2016. On November 29, he recorded 56 points in a 121–89 win over Lutheran High School of Orange County at the event. In his following game of the tournament, which was played on the next day, Ball scored 72 points, with 13 three-pointers, to defeat Rancho Christian School, 128–108. At the time, it was the 10th highest individual scoring total in California high school basketball history. In the Battle Zone championship game later in the week against Long Beach Polytechnic High School, Ball scored 28 points and made a game-winning three-pointer. He claimed tournament MVP honors. He had another strong showing on December 26, when he scored 65 points in a Rancho Mirage Holiday Invitational win over Foothill High School.

In January 2017, MaxPreps announced Ball as a front runner for the website's player of the year award, even though he was not a candidate for the McDonald's All-American Game. On January 20, 2017, Ball scored 60 points to lead Chino Hills to a 136–93 triumph versus Los Osos High School. Seven days later, he notched 52 points and 10 three-pointers in a victory against Damien High School. Gilling said after the game, "I've known Gelo a long time, and those shots are part of his genetic makeup." On February 4, Ball lost his first high school game since 2015, with Oak Hill Academy ending Chino Hills' 60-game winning streak, the third-longest in California history. In the first round of the CIF Southern Section Open Division Playoffs versus JSerra Catholic High School on February 17, he scored a game-high 33 points en route to a 105–74 victory. His team fell in the playoff semifinals to Bishop Montgomery High School, who overcame a 25-point performance by Ball to win, 87–80. After a 30–3 season, he was named All-Area Player of the Year by The San Bernardino Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and earned CIF Southern Section All-Open Division honors. Ball was also a first-team All-State and honorable mention All-American selection by MaxPreps. In addition, he averaged 33.8 points per game as a senior, leading the state of California in scoring. Ball's season total of 1,018 points ranked 10th all-time for CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) players. He also finished high school as the fourth-leading scorer in CIF-SS history, with 2,918 career points.

College career
Despite his success at Chino Hills, Ball remained a largely unheralded prospect and was rated a consensus three-star recruit out of high school. 247Sports.com ranked him outside of their top-200 recruits nationally and as the 50th best shooting guard in his class. Having already committed to play for the UCLA Bruins as a high school sophomore, Ball signed a letter of intent on November 2, 2016, and finally enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles on June 1, 2017. He was projected to be a reserve for during his 2017–18 freshman season for UCLA, whose backcourt was led by freshman Jaylen Hands and junior Aaron Holiday. He played his only game with the Bruins in the preseason on November 1, 2017, against NCAA Division II team Cal State Los Angeles, scoring 11 points and shooting 4-of-8 from the field.

Hangzhou shoplifting incident
On November 7, 2017, days before UCLA's regular season opener against Georgia Tech in Shanghai, China, Ball and two other freshman teammates were arrested in Hangzhou for allegedly stealing sunglasses from a Louis Vuitton store at a high-end shopping center near their team hotel. The trio potentially faced a fine and three to ten years in prison. Soon after, Ball and his teammates were released from custody and they flew back to America. White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly credited efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump and the United States Department of State for the result. Meanwhile, Trump demanded the players thank him for his efforts. In a subsequent press conference, Ball admitted to stealing and thanked Trump for helping him leave China, although he added that the university forced him to add the thanks to his speech. On March 3, 2018, ESPN reported that the three players had also stolen sunglasses and bracelets from two other stores within 90 minutes of their first theft, the players had been bailed out before the public learned of their arrests, and that the charges against the players had been dropped two days before any involvement by President Trump or Chief of Staff Kelly occurred.

As a result of his shoplifting incident, Ball was suspended indefinitely from the UCLA basketball program. On December 4, he announced that he planned to withdraw from UCLA; his father LaVar had grown frustrated over the length of the suspension. Had Ball stayed at UCLA, he would have remained suspended for the rest of the season.

Professional career

Prienai (2018)
Although Ball was not considered a prospect at the time for the National Basketball Association (NBA), he planned on preparing for the 2018 NBA draft with LaVar Ball following his departure from UCLA. On December 11, 2017, he signed with BC Prienai of the Lithuanian Basketball League (LKL), along with his younger brother LaMelo, who was also skipping college basketball after dropping out from Chino Hills before his junior year. They signed contracts for the remainder of the season, with both sides having the option to terminate the deal after one month. Ball started playing for the team in January 2018, with his debut coming on January 9 at the Big Baller Brand Challenge Games, a friendly five-game series hosted by Prienai and designed to feature LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball.

In his professional debut in the 2017–18 LKL season, Ball failed to score, shooting 0-of-3 from the field in limited playing time as his team fell to Lietkabelis Panevėžys. In his second LKL game, Ball recorded a game-high 20 points and 3 rebounds in a 116–93 loss to Pieno žvaigždės Pasvalys. On February 4, Ball scored 25 points, with 6 three-pointers, in a loss to Žalgiris Kaunas. A week later, he made his first start for Prienai, recording 13 points in a 97–95 victory over Šiaulių Šiauliai. On March 25, Ball posted a season-high 28 points, with 6 three-pointers, in a loss to Nevėžis Kėdainiai.

On March 27, 2018, Ball announced that he would enter the 2018 NBA draft, even though most analysts believed that he was a long shot to be selected. In an exhibition game later in the day, he erupted for 72 points and 11 rebounds against a youth squad for the Chinese club Guangdong Southern Tigers. Sports website SB Nation criticized the low level of competition and lack of defense in the game, viewing it as an attempt to "get LiAngelo buzz" after his draft entry. On April 19, Ball injured his ankle and left early versus Juventus Utena. On April 25, it was announced that both Ball and his brother were leaving Prienai, with their father displaying resentment towards the team's head coach Virginijus Šeškus. He finished the LKL season averaging 12.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game, shooting 41.5% from the three-point line. Ball was not selected at the 2018 NBA draft.

Los Angeles Ballers (2018)
On July 9, 2018, Ball signed with the Los Angeles Ballers of the Junior Basketball Association, a league founded by his father as an alternative to college basketball. In his season debut on July 14, he tallied 53 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists. Ball recorded a season-high 54 points, with 21-of-49 shooting, and 16 rebounds in a 130–122 win over the Chicago Ballers. Through four regular season games, he averaged a league-high 51.8 points and 12 rebounds per game. Ball was named to the West roster for the JBA All-Star Game and was named co-MVP of the game after scoring 39 points. Ball recorded 39 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists, and 3 steals in a 202–189 win to claim the All-Star Game MVP award. In his first playoff game, he led all scorers with 58 points in a 157–134 win over the Philadelphia Ballers. On August 12, Ball recorded 58 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists in a Finals victory over the Seattle Ballers and was subsequently named Finals MVP. At the end of the season, Ball was among 14 players in the league named to the JBA USA Team, which faced several European teams on an international tour.

Oklahoma City Blue (2019-present)
On December 29, 2019, Ball signed with the Oklahoma City Blue of the NBA G League as a practice player.

Career statistics

Regular season

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| style="text-align:left;"|2017–18
| style="text-align:left;"|Prienai
| style="text-align:left;"|LKL
| 14 || 21.7 || .425 || .415 || .633 || 2.9 || 0.9 || 0.6 || 0.1 || 12.64
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2018†
| style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles Ballers
| style="text-align:left;"|JBA
| 4 || 41.2 || .428 || .208 || .680 || 11.5 || 5.8 || 2.0 || 1.0 ||style="background:#cfecec;" | 51.8*
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|Career
| 18 || 31.5 || .427 || .312 || .657 || 7.2 || 3.3 || 1.3 || 0.6 || 32.2
|}

Playoffs

|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6ba;"|2018†
| style="text-align:left;"|Los Angeles Ballers
| style="text-align:left;"|JBA
| 3 || 40 || .437 || .377 || .652 || 8.7 || 3 || 2 || .3 || 47.3
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="3"|Career
| 3 || 40 || .437 || .377 || .652 || 8.7 || 3 || 2 || .3 || 47.3
|}
Updated to match(es) played on August 13, 2018.

References

External links
LiAngelo Ball at Eurobasket.com

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Chrome alum

Chrome alum or Chromium(III) potassium sulfate is the potassium double sulfate of chromium. Its chemical formula is KCr(SO4)2 and it is commonly found in its dodecahydrate form as KCr(SO4)2·12(H2O).  It is used in leather tanning.

Production and properties

Chromium alum is produced from chromate salts or from ferrochromium alloys.  Concentrated aqueous solutions of potassium dichromate can be reduced, usually with sulfur dioxide but also with alcohols or formaldehyde, in the presence of sulfuric acid at temperatures <40 °C.  Alternatively and less commonly, ferrochromium alloys can be dissolved in sulfuric acid and, after precipitation of the ferrous sulfate, the chrome alum crystallizes upon addition of potassium sulfate. Chromium alum crystallizes in regular octahedra with flattened corners and is very soluble in water. The solution reddens litmus and is an astringent. Aqueous solutions are dark violet and turns green when it is heated above 50 °C.  In addition to the dodecahydrate, the hexahydrate KCr(SO4)2·6H2O, dihydrate KCr(SO4)2·2H2O, and the monohydrate KCr(SO4)2·H2O are known.

Uses
Chromium alum is used in the tanning of leather as chromium(III) stabilizes the leather by cross linking the collagen fibers within the leather. However, this application is obsolete because the simpler chromium(III) sulfate is preferred.

It was also used in gelatine emulsions in photographic film as hardener.

References

External links
Chrome Alum: Mineral Data

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Ditton Junction rail crash

Ditton Junction is near Widnes on the Liverpool spur of the former London and North Western Railway. This complex junction had eight running lines and associated signal gantries. On 17 September 1912 the 17:30 Chester to Liverpool express was signalled to cross from the fast to the slow line, but the driver, Robert Hughes, age 41, from Llangwstenin, Conwy, who had little experience of the junction and had never been switched here before, misread the signals and thought he had a clear run through. The crossover had a speed limit of 15 mph but the train hit it at 60 mph.  The locomotive, a  of the Precedent class turned on its side and travelled some distance, striking the pier of an overbridge (partially demolishing it) and breaking in two. The six carriages following ploughed over the engine and were all destroyed - forming a heap of wreckage between the station platforms. Punctured gaslighting cylinders ignited, turning the scene into an inferno. The driver, fireman and 13 passengers were killed.

Blame was attributed to the driver for not applying for a pilot at Chester. The confusing signalling at the junction was also criticised.

Sources

External links
The Railways Archive :: Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Yorke, R.E., C.B., on the Accident that occurred on 17 September 1912, to a Passenger Train at Ditton Junction, on the London and North Western Railway
Photograph showing the site of the Ditton Junction Disaster

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List of Egyptian films of 1965

A list of films produced in Egypt in 1965. For an A-Z list of films currently on Wikipedia, see :Category:Egyptian films.

1965

External links
 Egyptian films of 1965 at the Internet Movie Database
 Egyptian films of 1965 at elCinema.com

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Mannuronate reductase

In enzymology, a mannuronate reductase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction

D-mannonate + NAD(P)+  D-mannuronate + NAD(P)H + H+

The 3 substrates of this enzyme are D-mannonate, NAD+, and NADP+, whereas its 4 products are D-mannuronate, NADH, NADPH, and H+.

This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor.  The systematic name of this enzyme class is D-mannonate:NAD(P)+ 6-oxidoreductase. Other names in common use include mannonate dehydrogenase, mannonate (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, (phosphate))dehydrogenase, mannonate dehydrogenase, mannuronate reductase, mannonate dehydrogenase (NAD(P)+), D-mannonate:nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (phosphate, and oxidoreductase (D-mannuronate-forming)).

References

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Furrina

Furrina, also spelled Furina, was an ancient Roman goddess whose function had become obscure by the 1st century BC. Her cult dated to the earliest period of Roman religious history, since she was one of the fifteen deities who had their own flamen, the Furrinalis, one of the flamines minores. There is some evidence that Furrina was associated with water.

Etymology
According to Varro and Georges Dumézil Furrina was a goddess of springs. Her name would be related to the Indo-European root *bhr-u-n, Sanskrite bhurvan, indicating the moving or bubbling of water, cognate to Gothic brunna ("spring"), Latin fervēre, from *fruur > furr by metathesis of the vowel, meaning to bubble or boil. Compare English "fervent", "effervescent" and Latin defruutum ("boiled wine").

Religious sites
The goddess had a sacred spring and a shrine in Rome, located on the southwestern slopes of Mount Janiculum, on the right bank of the Tiber. The site has survived to the present day in the form of a grove, included within the gardens of Villa Sciarra. Excavations on the site conducted in 1910 identified a well and a system of underground channels, as well as some inscriptions dedicated to Jupiter Heliopolitanus, Agatis, and the nymphae furrinae. However these findings look to be of a later date (2nd century CE) and perhaps the well is not the original spring. Gaius Gracchus was killed in the Grove of Furrina.

According to Cicero another sanctuary dedicated to the cult of Furrina was located near Satricum. This place was not the most widely known one but a hamlet near Arpinum.

Festival
Furrina's festival was the Furrinalia, held on July 25. On the Roman calendar, festivals separated by an interval of three days were interconnected and belonged to the same function. In the second half of July, the two Lucaria occur on the 19th and 17th, with the Neptunalia on the 23rd and the Furrinalia on the 25th. This grouping is devoted to woods and running waters, which are intended as a shelter and a relief from the heat of the season, the canicula.

According to Martianus Capella, Furrina is a low ranking deity who has her seat just above the mountain peaks.

References

Sources
Altheim, Franz (1938). A History of Roman Religion. Harold Mattingly, trans. London: Metheun.
Dowden, Ken (2000). European Paganism: The Realities of Cult from Antiquity to the Middle Ages. London: Routledge.

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Quad Data Rate SRAM

Quad Data Rate (QDR) SRAM is a type of static RAM computer memory that can transfer up to four words of data in each clock cycle.  Like Double Data-Rate (DDR) SDRAM, QDR SRAM transfers data on both rising and falling edges of the clock signal.  The main purpose of this capability is to enable reads and writes to occur at high clock frequencies without the loss of bandwidth due to bus-turnaround cycles incurred in DDR SRAM. QDR SRAM uses two clocks, one for read data and one for write data and has separate read and write data buses (also known as Separate I/O), whereas DDR SRAM uses a single clock and has a single common data bus used for both reads and writes (also known as Common I/O). This helps to eliminate problems caused by the propagation delay of the clock wiring, and allows the illusion of concurrent reads and writes (as seen on the bus, although internally the memory still has a conventional single port - operations are pipelined but sequential).

When all data I/O signals are accounted, QDR SRAM is not 2x faster than DDR SRAM but is 100% efficient when reads and writes are interleaved. In contrast, DDR SRAM is most efficient when only one request type is continually repeated, e.g. only read cycles. When write cycles are interleaved with read cycles, one or more cycles are lost for bus turnaround to avoid data contention, hence bus efficiency is reduced. Most SRAM manufacturers constructed QDR and DDR SRAM using the same physical silicon, differentiated by a post-manufacturing selection (e.g. blowing a fuse on chip).(citation needed)

QDR SRAM was designed for high-speed communications and networking applications, where data throughput is more important than cost, power efficiency or density.  The technology was created by Micron and Cypress, later followed by IDT, then NEC, Samsung and Renesas. Quad Data Rate II+ Memory is currently being designed by Cypress Semiconductor for Radiation Hardened Environments.

I/O

Clock inputs
4 clock lines:
 Input clock:
 K
 not-K, or /K
 Output clock:
 C
 not-C, or /C

Control inputs
Two control lines:
not-Write enable: /WPS
not-Read enable: /RPS

Buses
One address bus and two data buses:
Address bus
Data in bus
Data out bus

Clocking scheme

Addresses
Read address latched on rising edge of C
Write address latched on rising edge of K (in burst-of-4 mode, burst-of-2 uses rising edge of not-K)
Data
Write
If /WPS is low
A data word on Data In is latched on rising edge of K
The next data word on Data In is latched on rising edge of /K
Read
A read is a two-cycle process
If /RPS is low
The first rising edge of C latches the read address, A
The second rising edge of C puts the data word, from address A, on the Data Out bus
The next rising edge of /C puts the next data word, from address A+1, on the Data Out bus

External links
AN4065 QDR-II, QDR-II+, DDR-II, DDR-II+ Design GUide

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CAP Group

CAP Group was a British software house. Computer Analysts and Programmers Ltd (CAP) was founded in May 1962 and grew to be one of the foremost IT companies in the UK before merging with French company Sema-Metra in 1988 to form Sema Group.

History of CAP Group
Computer Analysts and Programmers Ltd (CAP) was founded by Alex d’Agapeyeff, Barney Gibbens, and Harry Baecker in May 1962 and chaired by d’Agapeyeff for the following 20 years.

CAP initially worked on compilers and system software. Its first job was the creation of a version of ALGOL for the English Electric KDF6 computer, and later the Elliott 503.
 During the 1960s it produced CORAL compilers and a real time operating system for the Royal Navy.

d'Agapeyeff coined the term 'middleware' to describe the interface between application and system software at a presentation to a NATO conference in 1968.

By 1974, CAP operated three divisions – commercial, financial, and industrial – which covered mainframe and minicomputer systems and industrial control systems. It had offices in London, Reading, and Alderley Edge (Cheshire).

In 1975, CAP UK split from CAP Europe, a partnership formed in 1966 with CAP France, which was a separately-founded company. The name 'CAP' in Europe remained with CAP Gemini Sogeti. CAP UK formed CAP International, which operated outside Europe and had several branches in the Middle East.

In the mid 1970s, d'Agapeyeff recognised the potential of microprocessors and the newly developed microcomputers. He created BOS (Business Operating System), a portable environment to run commercial software on the emerging microcomputers. In 1976, CAP Microsoft was formed to market services based on BOS and MicroCobol.

In 1978, CPP (Computer Program Products) was formed to sell IBM mainframe products and subsequently CAP was renamed CAP-CPP to distinguish itself from the European CAP, but later it changed to CAP Group.

CAP Scientific, which did defence-related work, was formed in 1979.

By the late 1980s, CAP Group PLC consisted of the following:
CAP Financial Services Ltd, with offices in London and Watford.
CAP Industry Ltd, with offices in Reading, London, Wilmslow, Manchester and the Netherlands.
CAP Scientific Ltd, with offices in London and Dorchester.
YARD Ltd, with offices in Charing Cross Tower in Glasgow, Chippenham, Aberdeen, Bristol, and Bath.  YARD Ltd and YARD International Ltd became part of CAP Group when CAP merged with Yarrow PLC in mid-1986.
YARD International Ltd, with offices in London, Canada and the USA.
CORDA Ltd was a business unit jointly owned by CAP Scientific and YARD.
Data Networks Ltd, with offices in Tipton and London.
Baddeley Associates Ltd, with offices in Cambridge.

In the late 1980s, 84% of CAP's turnover was in the UK, and 16% overseas.  The turnover by market was:
Science and engineering 37.7%
Industry 31.2%
Financial services 17.7%
Information services 13.4%

In 1988, CAP merged with Sema-Metra, a French company and the merged group was called Sema Group. The name 'CAP' was dropped because it could not be used in Europe.

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T.A.H.I.T.I.

"T.A.H.I.T.I." is the fourteenth episode of the first season of the American television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., based on the Marvel Comics organization S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division), revolving around the character of Phil Coulson and his team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents as they race to save Skye. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), sharing continuity with the films of the franchise. The episode was written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Bobby Roth.

Clark Gregg reprising his role as Coulson from the film series, and is joined by series regulars Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge. The characters look to save Skye (Bennet) by finding out how Coulson was resurrected by S.H.I.E.L.D. following his death in The Avengers. The episode introduces recurring guest star Bill Paxton to the series, and the alien race the Kree to the MCU.

"T.A.H.I.T.I." originally aired on ABC on March 4, 2014, and according to Nielsen Media Research, was watched by 5.46 million viewers. It was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for its visual effects.

Plot
Agent Phil Coulson’s S.H.I.E.L.D. team rush Agent Skye to a medical facility after she was shot twice at close range by Ian Quinn. They are soon told that nothing can be done and that they will have to decide whether to keep her on life support or not. Coulson is unable to reach Director Nick Fury, who previously resurrected Coulson, and so decides to go looking for the doctors that brought him back to life himself, knowing that they will be able to save her. As they travel to Bethesda to see Dr. Streiten, who oversaw Coulson's resurrection, Coulson reveals to Agents Leo Fitz and Jemma Simmons how he was brought back, despite the information being above their clearance: his injuries were healed and then his brain was stimulated until he woke up. Whatever was used to heal his injuries can be used to save Skye.

Coulson is ordered to take Quinn in by S.H.I.E.L.D., but he knows that he cannot delay, and so keeps him in custody on their plane. They are soon boarded by Agents John Garrett and Antoine Triplett. They have been hunting Quinn for some time now, and Coulson, who is old friends with Garrett, convinces them to leave Quinn on board until Skye is saved. Garrett interrogates Quinn on the plane, and Quinn reveals that he was instructed to shoot Skye by the Clairvoyant, who can see everything except for how Coulson was resurrected, and is now forcing Coulson to find out how he was brought back. Unfortunately, Coulson learns that Dr. Streiten and the facility where he was treated actually do not exist in Bethesda.

Fitz and Simmons search through S.H.I.E.L.D.’s digital archives and find evidence of an old World War II bunker known as the Guest House with Level 10 (the highest clearance) access. Not knowing the countersign, the team attack the base and take out the guards, before realizing that there is a failsafe that will shortly destroy the entire facility. They find the drug that healed Coulson's injuries, GH-325, while he also finds the room where he was resurrected, and a room labelled T.A.H.I.T.I. Just before the compound explodes, Garrett finds Coulson, who warns that the drug shouldn’t be given to Skye, but by the time they get back to the plane, Simmons has already injected her with it. It saves her life.

Garrett and Triplett leave with Quinn. Agent Melinda May later asks Coulson why he didn’t want them to use the drug on Skye, and he tells her that he didn’t want her to suffer the way he did when he was resurrected. However, the real reason is that in the room labelled T.A.H.I.T.I. he had discovered the source of GH-325: a blue, alien corpse.

In an end tag, a mysterious woman named Lorelei convinces a man to leave his new bride and drive off with her.

Production

Development
In December 2013, Marvel revealed that the fourteenth episode would be titled "T.A.H.I.T.I.", and would be written by executive producer Jeffrey Bell, with Bobby Roth directing. The episode title refers to Project T.A.H.I.T.I., which is an acronym for "Terrestrialized Alien Host Integrative Tissue I".

Casting

In December 2013, two recurring characters were set to be added to the series, starting with this episode. They were described as "an African-American agent who specializes in combat/weapons, and a high-level S.H.I.E.L.D. agent/munitions expert who has past ties to both Coulson and Ward." On January 13, 2013, Bill Paxton was cast as Agent John Garrett, "a rough-and-tumble former cohort of Agent Coulson with a little bit of attitude and cigar-smoking swagger". Executive producer Jed Whedon said that "We actually discussed Bill Paxton in the room, when we were talking about the character ... Then when he came up as an actual possibility, we couldn't believe it." In February, B.J. Britt was cast as Agent Triplett, described as being an associate of Garrett.

In February 2014, Marvel revealed that main cast members Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet, Iain De Caestecker, and Elizabeth Henstridge would star as Phil Coulson, Melinda May, Grant Ward, Skye, Leo Fitz, and Jemma Simmons, respectively. In addition to Paxton and Britt, it was revealed that the guest cast for the episode would also include Elena Satine as Lorelei, David Conrad as Ian Quinn, Rob Belushi as Jimmy, Sarayu Rao as Dr. Jazuat, Michael J. Silver as Alpha, Jake Newton as Beta, and Julie Civiello as Nicole. Silver, Newton, and Civiello did not receive guest star credit in the episode. Conrad reprises his role from earlier in the series.

Visual effects
Looking back on the season, Whedon was asked what he thought the most expensive visual effects shot was, to which he replied "The alien [in "T.A.H.I.T.I."] was generated completely digitally. That was a sneaky cost. Sometimes it's the thing you weren't prepared for, you think, Oh it'll just be a guy in a tube. But when you think about the logistics of it, you can't have water in the tube so the tube has to be empty so we have to generate the water, and then we have to distort the images through the tube. I know that was our most expensive episode."

Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-ins
As confirmed in the second season, the blue corpse that Coulson discovers in this episode is that of a Kree. Other members of this species went on to play a significant role in Guardians of the Galaxy.

Release

Broadcast
"T.A.H.I.T.I." was first aired in the United States on ABC on March 4, 2014.

Marketing
Beginning with this episode, all episodes leading up to the release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the series' crossover with that film were marketed as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Uprising.

Home media
The episode, along with the rest of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.s first season, was released on Blu-ray and DVD on September 9, 2014. Bonus features include behind-the-scenes featurettes, audio commentary, deleted scenes, and a blooper reel. On November 20, 2014, the episode became available for streaming on Netflix.

Reception

Ratings
In the United States the episode received a 1.8/6 percent share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49, meaning that it was seen by 1.8 percent of all households, and 6 percent of all of those watching television at the time of the broadcast. It was watched by 5.46 million viewers.

Critical response
The A.V. Club rated the episode a "B-" and praised it for its character development, particularly that of Skye, while stating that the show still needed to "find a way to balance plot acceleration with character development" and that "The agents talk about how they are a family and need each other, but those personal bonds aren’t fully formed yet. If S.H.I.E.L.D. is going to deliver truly powerful stories, it needs to find a way to define those relationships and deliver spectacular action." IGN reviewer Eric Goldman gave "T.A.H.I.T.I" a score of 7.7, with the verdict "SHIELD is still not the appointment television program I want it to be, even as it stumbles in the right direction. The introduction of Garrett and some more notable elements added to the Coulson mystery are nice touches. Now if they can just get us to love the core characters as much as we're told they love each other..."

Accolades
"T.A.H.I.T.I." was nominated for Outstanding Special and Visual Effects at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, losing to the Game of Thrones episode "The Children".

References

External links
"T.A.H.I.T.I." at ABC

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John Neptune

John Neptune may refer to:

 Old John Neptune (1767–1865), Native American religious and political leader
 John Kaizan Neptune (born 1951), American flautist,


Yuriy Nazarov (actor)

Yuriy Vladimirovich Nazarov (; born 5 May 1937) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor.

Biography
He was born Yuri Vladimirovich Nazarov in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. His father, Nikolai Aldomirovich Nazarov (1906–1971), was an ethnic Chechen Lieutenant of the Red Army, who served in the Eastern Front and the Crimean Offensive in 1944.

In 1989, Nazarov was nominated for a Nika Award as Best Actor in the film Little Vera playing Vera's father. Nazarov has appeared in the Cinema of Russia since 1954. His last appearance was in Apostol, a TV miniseries.

In March 2014 Nazarov signed a letter in support of the policies of Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine and Crimea. Crimea is since March 2014 under dispute by Russia and Ukraine.

Filmography
Yuriy Nazarov has starred in over 257 films and television productions.

References

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Kilo Kish

Lakisha Kimberly Robinson (born May 10, 1990), known professionally as Kilo Kish, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and visual artist.

Early life
Kilo Kish was born in Orlando, Florida, on May 10, 1990. She went to Glen Rock Elementary School in Bergen County, New Jersey, but later returned to Orlando, where she graduated from Winter Park High School.

Aged 18, she received a scholarship to attend the private art college Pratt Institute in New York. While taking a year off, she worked multiple jobs, before enrolling in the Fashion Institute of Technology for textile design, from which she graduated in 2012.

Kish began to pursue a musical career when her roommates Smash Simmons and Mell McCloud decided to set up an in-home studio, starting a project called the "Kool Kats Klub". It was through this exposure that she initially met Matt Martians of the neo-soul band The Internet and collaborated on The Jet Age of Tomorrow's "Want you Still" and The Internet's "Ode to a Dream".

Career

2012: Homeschool
Kilo Kish's debut EP Homeschool was released on April 2, 2012, and was well received by critics, being labeled as one of the best albums of 2012 by Complex. The EP was produced by past collaborators such as The Internet and Pyramid Vritra of The Jet Age of Tomorrow, who also provided guest vocals on the project.

On July 31, Kish released "Watergun", a song produced by The Internet, via SoundCloud.

On September 17, "Navy" was released on The Blue Rider record label. The release also contained a remix of "Navy" by MeLo-X. A video for "Navy", as directed by Kish with Ben Rayner, premiered on The Fader the same day.

2013: K+
Kish released the mixtape K+ for free download on February 7, 2013. It featured artists including Childish Gambino, Star Slinger, SBTRKT, A$AP Ferg of A$AP Mob, Earl Sweatshirt, and Matt Martians of OFWGKTA. In December, Kish released K+ THE BOOK, a behind-the-scenes digital art zine, in extension to the mixtape.

2014–2015: Across
Kish's second EP, Across, was released on July 8, 2014, in collaboration with the fashion and record label Maison Kitsune. The following year, Kish released Across Remixes.

2016: Reflections in Real Time
Kish's first studio album, Reflections in Real Time, was released on February 29, 2016.  The song "Taking Responsibility" from the album was featured in the third episode of the HBO teenage drama television show Euphoria.

2017
Kish features on "Out of Body" from the deluxe edition of the 2017 Gorillaz album Humanz as well as across the album Big Fish Theory by Vince Staples

2018: mothe
Kish released the single "Elegance" on August 26, 2018. Pitchfork named the song "Best New Track", with Sheldon Pearce commenting that "it is the best Kilo Kish song by a considerable margin, and it hones in on what makes her such an enchanting and elusive artist, using her wispy raps to drift through a warped pop jam." Her EP "mothe" followed with a release on September 7, 2018. On July 29, 2019, Kish released an alternative artwork for mothe which has replaced the old artwork on all digital platforms. The cover was shot by photographer Andrew Arthur, who she has worked with prior.

2019: REDUX
Kish released 3 singles over the course of 2 months beginning in October of 2019. Beginning with "BITE ME" on October 17, 2019 followed by "NICE OUT" on November 7, 2019 and concluding with "SPARK" later the same month on November 26, 2019. All 3 singles released with accompanying music videos & were all from forthcoming EP, REDUX, set for release on December 6, 2019. Kish describes this as 2018 mothe'''s "sister project," and describes it as being about perseverance. This would be Kish's fourth collaboration with recurring producer Ray Brady.

Discography
Studio albums
 Reflections in Real Time (2016)

Mixtapes
 K+ (2013)

EPs
 Homeschool (2012)
 Across (2014)
 Across Remixes (2015)
 mothe (2018)
 REDUX'' (2019)

Music Videos

Guest appearances

References

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Eucalyptus pyrocarpa

Eucalyptus pyrocarpa, commonly known as the large-fruited blackbutt, is a species of medium-sized tree that is endemic to New South Wales. It has rough bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth grey to white bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or pear-shaped fruit.

Description
Eucalyptus pyrocarpa is a tree that typically grows to a height of  but does not form a lignotuber. It has rough, short fibrous to stringy, greyish brown bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth white to grey bark above that is often shed in ribbons. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are more or less square in cross-section, glaucous, sessile and arranged in opposite pairs. The juvenile leaves are lance-shaped, a lighter shade of green on the lower side,  long and  wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved,  long and  wide on a petiole  long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of seven, nine or eleven on a flattened, unbranched peduncle  long, the individual buds on pedicels  long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped or diamond-shaped,  long and  wide with a conical to beaked operculum. Flowering has been recorded in March, February and August and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody cup-shaped, barrel-shaped or pear-shaped capsule  long and  wide with the valves near rim level or enclosed below it.

Taxonomy and naming
In 1913, Joseph Maiden described Eucalyptus pilularis var. pyriformis from a specimen collected from Bucca Creek, near Coffs Harbour. The description was published in Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales. In 1973, Lawrie Johnson and Donald Blaxell raised the variety to species status but the name Eucalyptus pyriformis was already used for a Western Australian species. Johnson and Blaxell gave it the name E. pyrocarpa.

Distribution and habitat
Large-fruited blackbutt grows in forest on sloping country in coastal and sub-coastal ranges between the Washpool National Park, Wauchope and Woodburn.

References

pyrocarpa
Category:Myrtales of Australia
Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Trees of Australia
Category:Plants described in 1973
Category:Taxa named by Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson


Waritai language

Waritai is a Lakes Plain language of Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It is spoken in Taiyeve.

References

Category:Lakes Plain languages
Category:Languages of western New Guinea