Veye Tatah

Veye Wirngo Tatah (born c.1971) is a Cameroon computer scientist and journalist who lives in Germany. She is an advocate for Africa who has received an Order of Merit from the German state..

Life
Tatah was born in about 1971 and she arrived in Germany in 1991. She was born in Cameroon but became a German citizen in 2002. She worked for over six years as a computer science research assistant with the Technical University of Dortmund. She then became an IT consultant managing projects and particularly those concerned with inter-cultural communication. Tatah owns a catering company called Kilimanjaro Food.

Tatah has two children. She has also set a number of initiatives including the Learning and integration mobile app African-LIM, the "African Women's Network" and Africa Positive.

Tatah endeavours to increase international understanding. On 25 February 2010 Tatah received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her special social engagement.

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Web Therapy (season 3)

The third season of the American Improvisational comedy television series Web Therapy premiered on July 23, 2013, and concluded on September 24, 2014, on Showtime. The series stars Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice, a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy: the titular "web therapy". This season contains the webisodes from season five of the web series.

Plot

Fiona takes some time off and relaxes at a beach resort in California where she meets Jackson Pickett. After having a romantic night with him, she tries to push him away but he imagines a future between the two of them. Jackson reveals that he is part of a company who wishes to invest in the musical and successfully convinces Jerome. Fiona finally shows him her true colors and he backs away for good. Fiona gets to meet the songwriter for the musical, Franny Marshall whose songs are threatening to Fiona's appearance. In an attempt to save her image, Fiona gets Franny drunk and replaces the original songs with more enlightening ones. Thinking that there is hope in these songs, Franny submits the songs but ends up with the musical losing its investors and Franny getting jobs with famous pop stars.

Net Therapy, a cheaper replica of Web Therapy, turns out to be a major success. Jerome continues work for Fiona's mother and reveals to Fiona that Google wants to buy Net Therapy for a price in the million's. Austen helps Fiona out and swoops in, buying Net Therapy and decides to shelf it. Jerome feels insulted by Putsy and wants to work at Web Therapy again. Fiona agrees to this with the plus-side of paying him much less.

After the disastrous campaign, Fiona is investigated for the misuse of campaign finances and suspects that Ben, who is living with Kip in New Mexico, is behind this. Fiona needs to find out if her theories are true and goes to Robin who illegally documented the campaign. Fiona goes through the video footage and needs passwords that are located in Kip's briefcase which was sold on eBay by Karen Sharpe. Fiona successfully scams the briefcase out of her and is able to exonerate herself and send Ben to prison.

Fiona continues her branch of therapy by treating her ex-husband who went through a sex-change, an online gambler, a couple who has never met in person, and a woman who has trouble with an office romance. Meanwhile, Fiona goes to Richard for help controlling Robin when she obtains information about Austen cell-phone hacking civilians and discovers that Richard married Robin a while ago. Richard's new job, working for drug lords, puts him in danger and he and Robin eventually get sent into the witness protection program.

Austen and Gina are anxiously waiting for the baby to be born with Gina taking advantage of the money and jets. Jerome finds several clues and one big one that leads him to the conclusion that the baby is his own. After the baby is born, Austen is shaken to discover the baby is not his. He has a revelation and proposes to Fiona. When she accepts, he reveals that he gave away all his money and his castle. Fiona is even more horrified to hear that the two of them will be living in a mud hut deep in Africa. Fiona breaks up with him. Later, she learns that when Austen was giving away his money, he gave a million dollar check to the baby, and Jerome, raising the child, was able to keep the check and raise the baby with Gina, buying the house next door.

Kip and Fiona are near the end of their divorce, but when they discover that the problems they had increased when they were apart, decide to call off the divorce. Putsy is writing a book on senior abuse with Fiona as the bad guy. She also reveals that she will be moving in with Fiona, having been given approval by Kip. The book turns out to be a success. Fiona contacts the publicist of the book, Gareth Pink. Gareth tells Fiona that he and Putsy will be getting married soon and the two will bring down Web Therapy together.

Cast

Regular cast
 Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice (10 episodes)
 Dan Bucatinsky as Jerome Sokoloff (8 episodes)
 Jennifer Elise Cox as Gina Spinks (5 episodes)
 Alan Cumming as Austen Clarke (4 episodes)
 Julie Claire as Robin Griner (4 episodes)
 Victor Garber as Kip Wallice (4 episodes)
 Michael McDonald as Ben Tomlund (3 episodes)
 Tim Bagley as Richard Pratt (3 episodes)
 Lily Tomlin as Putsy Hodge (3 episodes)

Guest cast
 Steve Carell as Jackson Pickett (3 episodes)
 Megan Mullally as Franny Marshall (3 episodes)
 Chelsea Handler as Chris Endicott (Christopher Palmer) (3 episodes)
 Meg Ryan as Karen Sharpe (2 episodes)
 Darren Criss as Augie Sayles (2 episodes)
 Mae Whitman as Blair Yellin (2 episodes)
 Matt LeBlanc as Nick Jericho (2 episodes)
 Sara Gilbert as Sylvie Frank (2 episodes)
 Billy Crystal as Garreth Pink (1 episode)

The actors are not distinguished between regular and guest cast in the show. Regular cast here refers to the actors who appear throughout the series while guest cast appear only in one or a few episodes.

Production
On November 16, 2012, Showtime renewed Web Therapy for a third season to consist of 10 episodes, which premiered on July 23, 2013. Guest stars for this season included, Matt LeBlanc as Nick Jericho, an online gambling addict; Meg Ryan as Karen Sharpe, a hoarder who has an unhealthy obsession with Kip; and Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Steve Olson, a paranoid lottery winner. Other guests stars this season include: Steve Carell as Jackson Pickett, a quasi-religious cult leader who takes an interest in Fiona; Megan Mullally as Franny Marshall, the composer/lyricist of the planned Broadway musical of Fiona's book; Billy Crystal as Garreth Pink, the publicist of the book that Fiona co-wrote with her mother; Chelsea Handler as Chris Endicott, Fiona's ex-husband who is now a woman after gender reassignment surgery; Sara Gilbert as Sylvie Frank, a distraught marketing specialist; Nina García as herself, Mae Whitman as Blair Yellin, and Darren Criss as Augie Sayles. Dan Bucatinsky, Victor Garber, Alan Cumming, Jennifer Elise Cox, Lily Tomlin, Julie Claire, Michael McDonald and Tim Bagley are also set to reprise their roles this season. Rashida Jones, who made one appearance for each of the previous two seasons as Hayley, did not reprise her role for this season.

Unlike the previous two seasons, where each season contained both the original sessions from the web series and new scenes shot afterwards specifically to link the sessions together and introduce new storylines for the TV series, this season was filmed as one season specifically for television broadcast and is being broadcast in two forms: a series of webisodes and a series of television episodes. However, the wrap-around scenes and the sessions featuring Steve Carell, Billy Crystal, Lily Tomlin and Nina García are exclusive to the TV series.

Episodes

References

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William and Victoria Pulver House

William and Victoria Pulver House is a historic home located at Snyderville in Columbia County, New York.  It was built about 1875 and is a two-story, square plan wood frame building with a hipped roof topped by a square cupola.  It has two, one story hipped roof wings. Also on the property is a shed and garage.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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Văduva

Văduva is a Romanian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Ilie Văduva (born 1934), Romanian politician
Leontina Vaduva (born 1960), Romanian opera singer
Robert Văduva (born 1992), Romanian footballer

Category:Romanian-language surnames


Fields Institute

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, commonly known simply as Fields Institute, is an international centre for scientific research in mathematical sciences at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The institute is named for University of Toronto mathematician John Charles Fields, after whom the Fields Medal is also named. It was established in 1992, and was briefly based at the University of Waterloo before relocating to Toronto in 1995.

As a centre for mathematical activity, the institute brings together mathematicians from Canada and abroad. It also supports the collaboration between professional mathematicians and researchers in other domains, such as statistics, computer science, engineering, physical and biological sciences, medicine, economics and finance, telecommunications and information systems. It also holds monthly meetings on mathematics education, attended by participants from secondary school boards, university mathematics departments and the private sector.

Building
The institute occupies a building at the university that was specially conceived and constructed for its activities, designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects. It accommodates up to 66 visitors and their support staff, providing office spaces and full access to the mathematics collection of the University of Toronto Libraries.

Publications
The Fields Institute Monographs (FIM) features the research work of the institute, and is jointly published with the American Mathematical Society.

Fellows

In 2002, the Fields Institute initiated the Fields Institute Fellows program to recognize outstanding contributions to activities at the Fields Institute and within the Canadian mathematical community. The Fellowship is a lifetime appointment. Winners of the CRM-Fields-PIMS prize are automatically recommended for fellowship.

See also

 CRM-Fields-PIMS prize

References

External links
 Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences

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Category:Mathematical institutes
Category:Research institutes in Canada


John Williams (New South Wales colonial politician)

John Williams (1821 – 20 October 1891) was an Australian politician.

He was a member of Sydney City Council from 1849 to 1853 and from 1857 to 1861, and served as mayor in 1858. In May 1861 he was one of Charles Cowper's 21 appointments to the New South Wales Legislative Council, but he never took his seat. He was Crown Solicitor from 1859 to 1891, when he died in Sydney.

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Girl's Talk

is the Japanese debut album by South Korean girl group Kara. It was released on November 24, 2010 in four editions: CD+DVD, CD+Photobook (28-pages), CD-Only First Press coming with Korean versions of the songs "Sweet Days", "Love Is", and "Binks" and a CD-Only Normal Press coming with no bonus tracks. The album has topped the Oricon Weekly Album Charts several times and was eventually certified as Double Platinum by the RIAJ.

Composition
The album contains two original Japanese songs. There are five songs that were included on the group's fourth Korean mini-album Jumping (2010) including "Sweet Days" which was titled "With" on the mini-album and the second single Jumping. There are two songs which was previously released in Korean on their third mini-album Lupin (2010) and these are "Lupin" and "Umbrella". The debut single, Mister was previously released in Korean on their second studio album Revolution (2009).

Chart performance

Girl's Talk had sold over 107,000 copies which placed on number 2 at the Oricon Weekly Album charts, behind Hikaru Utada's Utada Hikaru Single Collection Vol. 2, which sold over 231,000 copies in the same week. This is the first time in 6 years and 9 months for a foreign Asian girl group to sell over 100,000 copies on its first week in Japan since Twelve Girls Band did back in March 2004 with the release of their album Kikō: Shining Energy. The album's first week sales doubles that of Kara Best 2007–2010 first week sales (51,000 copies) which was released back in September.

The album spent 14 weeks in the Top 10 spot of the Oricon Weekly Album charts. It was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAJ. On February 12, 2011, the album eventually peaked at number one after spending over 12 weeks in the charts, making it their first number-one album. The album managed to sell over 300,000 copies making them the first foreign female group to sell over 300,000 copies since Destiny's Child's #1's (2005). On November 18, 2011, it was announced that the album had already sold over 500,000 copies.

Track listings

Charts

Oricon

Singles and other songs charted

Sales and certifications

Sources

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Military Intelligence Agency

The Military Intelligence Agency (, abbr. VOA) is the military intelligence agency of the Ministry of Defence of Serbia. The Military Intelligence Agency is an expert and governing body of the intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Serbia and makes an integral part of the security system of the Republic of Serbia. It is tasked with and responsible for providing information, as well as representing and protecting the interests of the Republic of Serbia abroad. It carries out its tasks through activities pertaining to military intelligence and military diplomacy.

Its role is similar to that of the U.S. DIA or the UK DIS but its Director reports directly to the Minister of Defence.

Mission and objectives
The main mission is to provide intelligence support to the state government of the Republic of Serbia and Serbian Armed Forces as well as to their members home and abroad. The competences, the jurisdiction of work, responsibilities, tasks, relations, cooperation, are regulated by the Book of Regulations on Internal Organization and Work Position Systematization.

Agency motto is "Faster, better and wiser", and its staff and officers in their duties tend to be the first line of defence.

Basic objectives are preventing surprises and providing data on security situation in close and wider surroundings, with focus on detecting and monitoring forces and the intentions of a possible enemy, terrorist and extremist forces, as well as on collecting other data on activities in the army, economy and politics which could greatly influence the safety of the country.

Organisation
Operations: Operations Department is an organizational part of the Military Intelligence Agency competent for operations, planning, organization, coordination and management of the work of intelligence - reconnaissance organs on collecting information.
Centers of MIA: Centres of the Military Intelligence Agency perform the tasks from the field of intelligence and reconnaissance activity by providing continuous, timely and safe data gathering and by monitoring military and security situation in immediate and wide surroundings.

Analysis: The organizational unit of the MIA in charge of processing collected information, including the production of informative and analytical materials on:
-global and regional occurrences and processes,
-intentions and activities of performers of military and non-military jeopardizing the security of the country from abroad and
-the situation in areas of multinational operations in which members of the MoD and the SAF are engaged.
Situation center

Support: Support Department is tasked with personnel, financial, technical and logistics support necessary for the effective execution of all the functions and tasks of the Military Intelligence Agency. The Department plans, organizes and coordinates the activities from the field of human, material and financial resources management. It is also tasked with planning the intelligence education and training of MIA's members for the needs of the Military Intelligence Agency and defense system.
Intelligence training center (ITC)
Technical support center (TSC)

Cooperation: Cooperation section is tasked with planning, organization and realization of cooperation with foreign intelligence and security services, international organizations, related services and state institutions of the Republic of Serbia. The group organizes and realizes protocol obligations for director of the MIA.

Planning: Planning Section, an organizational part within MIA, is responsible for drawing up annual, monthly and periodic work schedules, extraordinary and regular reports as well as the other documents in this field. It also coordinates the work of organizational parts of MIA with the aim of dividing and grouping their tasks according to the principle of similarity and functional connections.

Internal control: This Section is an organizational part of the MIA competent for the internal control and performs duties related to: control of the legality of work and application of the powers of the agency's members, oversight of the objectives of work, control of the realization of planned activities, examination of origin, causes and consequences of some extraordinary events and cooperation with the government authorities on the matters from the scope of work.

Security: Security is an organizational section of MIA competent for the security protection of the Agency’s personnel, facilities and documents.

Defence attache offices: Defense Attache Offices carry out the diplomatic function in the field of defense and are responsible for representing and protecting the interests of the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia and Serbian Armed Forces abroad.

Defense Attache Offices perform their tasks in accordance with laws and Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations..

Currently, there are 21 Defense Attache Offices. In four countries, DAO is composed of a Defense Attache and a Defense Attache Assistant(The United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Russia). The other DAOs are represented by a Defense Attache (neighbours - Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, FYR Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina; European countries - France, Italy, Austria, Greece, Belgium, Turkey and Spain; Asia - China and Israel; Аfrica - Egypt and Algeria). Another four countries are covered on the principle of non-residential accreditation. (Canada, Norway, Slovakia and Slovenia).

In the forthcoming period a few more DAOs of the Republic of Serbia are planned to be opened in accordance with the needs and financial possibilities of our country.

History
By establishing General Staff, established by the General Staff Organization in 1876, the bearer of the military intelligence activities was the First, that is, the Operation Section. By the Order of the General Staff in 1884, the act defines that the External Sub Section of the Operation Section be the executive organ of the military intelligence service.

Later on, the competences of External Section were then extended and in 1900 it was also called Sub Section for Reporting, while in 1902 it was named Sub Section for Reporting of the Operation Section.

During World War I, when the General Staff was transformed into the Serbian Supreme Command HQ, the Sub Section for Reporting of the Operation Section became the Intelligence Subsection of the Supreme Command Operation Section, and it was usually treated as the Intelligence Sub Section of the Supreme Command.

On 10 April 1920, by the Order on General Staff and General Staff Profession (Official Gazette, no. 2411920) the General Staff was made up of: Operation Section, Intelligence Section, Traffic Section, History Section and Geographical Institute. Intelligence Section started to operate on 6 May 1920

Intelligence Section of the General Staff of Kingdom of Yugoslavia Armed Forces developed both in structure and function, while still performing two basic functions: intelligence and counterintelligence while at the same time underlining the necessity of intensifying the psychological propaganda function. The number of sections and sub sections increased over time, so this subsection became General Staff Second Directorate with two intelligence sections and a number of intelligence centers.

By the order to form the Section for People’s Protection as of 13 May 1944 the security functions were definitively and officially separated from intelligence functions. The General Staff of the Yugoslav Army (JNA) had an Intelligence Section which in 1947 became into JNA GS Second Department, that is, the Department of Intelligence of JNA GS.

2002–present
After the dissolution of Security Administration, military counterintelligence agency of FR Yugoslavia, two separate agencies were established based on the decision on organizational and mobilization change. These two are: Military Intelligence Agency (VOA) and Military Security Agency (VBA). Military Intelligence Agency was officially established on 14 September 2004.

See also
 Military Security Agency (VBA)
 Security Intelligence Agency (BIA)
 Intelligence and Reconnaissance Directorate

External links
 Official website

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Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset

Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset   (c. 150022 January 1552), was Lord Protector of England during part of the Tudor period from 1547 until 1549 during the minority of his nephew, King Edward VI (1547–1553).  Despite his popularity with the common people, his policies often angered the gentry and he was overthrown.  He was the eldest brother of Queen Jane (d. 1537), the third wife of King Henry VIII.

Origins and early career

Edward Seymour was born c. 1500, the son of  Sir John Seymour (1474–1536) by his wife Margery Wentworth, eldest daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth of Nettlestead, Suffolk, and descended from Edward III. In 1514, aged about 14, he received an appointment in the household of Mary Tudor, Queen of France, and was enfant d’honneur at her marriage with Louis XII.

Seymour served in the Duke of Suffolk's campaign in France in 1523, being knighted by the duke on the 1st of November, and accompanied Cardinal Wolsey on his embassy to France in 1527. Appointed Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII in 1529, he grew in favour with the king, who visited his manor at Elvetham in Hampshire in October 1535.

Rise under Henry
When Seymour's sister, Jane, married King Henry VIII in 1536, Edward was created Viscount Beauchamp on 5 June 1536, and Earl of Hertford on 15 October 1537. He became Warden of the Scottish Marches and continued in royal favour after his sister's death on 24 October 1537.

In 1541, during Henry's absence in the north, Hertford, Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Audley had the chief management of affairs in London. In September 1542 he was appointed Warden of the Scottish Marches, and a few months later Lord High Admiral, a post which he almost immediately relinquished in favour of John Dudley, the future duke of Northumberland. In March 1544 he was made lieutenant-general of the north and instructed to punish the Scots for their repudiation of the treaty of marriage between Prince Edward and the infant Mary, Queen of Scots. He landed at Leith in May, captured and pillaged Edinburgh, and returned a month later.

In July 1544 he was appointed lieutenant of the realm under the queen regent during Henry's absence at Boulogne, but in August he joined the king and was present at the surrender of the town. In the autumn he was one of the commissioners sent to Flanders to keep Charles V to the terms of his treaty with England, and in January 1545 he was placed in command at Boulogne, where on the 26th he repelled an attempt of Marshal de Biez to recapture the town. In May he was once more appointed lieutenant-general in the north to avenge the Scottish victory at the Battle of Ancrum Moor; this he did by a savage foray into Scotland in September. In March 1546 he was sent back to Boulogne to supersede the Earl of Surrey, whose command had not been a success; and in June he was engaged in negotiations for peace with France and for the delimitation of the English conquests.

From October to the end of Henry's reign he was in attendance on the king, engaged in the struggle for predominance which was to determine the complexion of the government during the coming minority. Personal, political and religious rivalry separated him and Baron Lisle from the Howards, and Surrey's hasty temper precipitated his own ruin and that of and his father, the duke of Norfolk. They could not acquiesce in the Imperial ambassador's verdict that Hertford and Lisle were the only noblemen of fit age and capacity to carry on the government; and Surrey's attempt to secure the predominance of his family led to his own execution and to his father's imprisonment in the Tower of London.

Seymour's Protectorate

Council of Regency
Upon the death of Henry VIII (28 January 1547), Seymour's nephew became king as Edward VI. Henry VIII's will named sixteen executors, who were to act as Edward's Council until he reached the age of 18. These executors were supplemented by twelve men "of counsail" who would assist the executors when called on. The final state of Henry VIII's will has occasioned controversy. Some historians suggest that those close to the king manipulated either him or the will itself to ensure a shareout of power to their benefit, both material and religious. In this reading, the composition of the Privy Chamber shifted towards the end of 1546 in favour of the Protestant faction. In addition, two leading conservative Privy Councillors were removed from the centre of power. Stephen Gardiner was refused access to Henry during his last months. Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, found himself accused of treason; on 24–25 December, he offered his vast estates to the Crown making them available for redistribution, and he spent the whole of Edward's reign in the Tower of London.

Other historians have argued that Gardiner's exclusion had non-religious causes, that Norfolk was not noticeably conservative in religion, that conservatives remained on the Council, and that the radicalism of men such as Sir Anthony Denny, who controlled the dry stamp that replicated the king's signature, is debatable.<ref>. In addressing these views, Loach cites, among others: G. Redworth, In Defence of the Church Catholic: the Life of Stephen Gardiner (Oxford, 1990), 231–37; Susan Brigden, "Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and the Conjoured League", Historical Journal, xxxvii (1994), 507–37; and Eric Ives, "Henry VIII's Will: A Forensic Conundrum", Historical Journal (1992), 792–99.</ref> Whatever the case, Henry's death was followed by a lavish hand-out of lands and honours to the new power group. The will contained an "unfulfilled gifts" clause, added at the last minute, which allowed Henry's executors to freely distribute lands and honours to themselves and the court, particularly to Seymour (then known as Earl of Hertford), who became the Lord Protector of the Realm and Governor of the King's Person, and who created himself Duke of Somerset.
Henry VIII's will did not provide for the appointment of a Protector. It entrusted the government of the realm during his son's minority to a Regency Council that would rule collectively, by majority decision, with "like and equal charge". Nevertheless, a few days after Henry's death, on 4 February, the executors chose to invest almost regal power in Edward Seymour. Thirteen out of the sixteen (the others being absent) agreed to his appointment as Protector, which they justified as their joint decision "by virtue of the authority" of Henry's will. Seymour may have done a deal with some of the executors, who almost all received hand-outs. He is known to have done so with William Paget, private secretary to Henry VIII, and to have secured the support of Sir Anthony Browne of the Privy Chamber.

Seymour's appointment was in keeping with historical precedent, and his eligibility for the role was reinforced by his military successes in Scotland and France. He was senior to his ally Lisle in the peerage, and was the new king's closest relative. In March 1547, he secured letters patent from King Edward granting him the almost monarchical right to appoint members to the Privy Council himself and to consult them only when he wished. In the words of historian G. R. Elton, "from that moment his autocratic system was complete". He proceeded to rule largely by proclamation, calling on the Privy Council to do little more than rubber-stamp his decisions.

Seymour's takeover of power was smooth and efficient. The imperial ambassador, Francis Van der Delft, reported that he "governs everything absolutely", with Paget operating as his secretary, though he predicted trouble from John Dudley, Viscount Lisle, who had recently been raised to Earl of Warwick in the share-out of honours. In fact, in the early weeks of his Protectorate, Seymour met opposition only from the Chancellor, Thomas Wriothesley, whom the Earldom of Southampton had evidently failed to buy off, and from his own brother. Wriothesley, a religious conservative, objected to Seymour's assumption of monarchical power over the Council. He then found himself abruptly dismissed from the chancellorship on charges of selling off some of his offices to delegates. In his first parliament, which met in November 1547, he procured the repeal of all the heresy laws and nearly all the treason laws passed since Edward III. He sought to win over the Scots by those promises of autonomy, free trade, and equal privileges with England. But the Scots were not to be won over yet, and would not be persuaded; the protector led another army into Scotland in September 1547, and won the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh on 10 September. He trusted to the garrisons he established throughout the Lowlands to wear down Scottish opposition; but their pressure was soon weakened by troubles in England and abroad, and Mary was transported to France to marry Francis II in 1557.

Seymour also attempted to bring uniformity to forms of worship, and in 1549 the first Act of Uniformity introduced a Book of Common Prayer that attempted to compromise between different forms of learning; it was replaced by a more severe form in 1552 after his fall.

Thomas Seymour

Edward Seymour faced less manageable opposition from his younger brother Thomas, who has been described as a "worm in the bud". As King Edward's uncle, Thomas Seymour demanded the governorship of the king's person and a greater share of power. Seymour tried to buy his brother off with a barony, an appointment to the Lord Admiralship, and a seat on the Privy Council—but Thomas was bent on scheming for power. He began smuggling pocket money to King Edward, telling him that the Duke of Somerset held the purse strings too tight, making him a "beggarly king". He also urged him to throw off the Protector within two years and "bear rule as other kings do"; but Edward, schooled to defer to the Council, failed to co-operate.

In April 1547, using King Edward's support to circumvent his brother's opposition, Thomas Seymour secretly married Henry VIII's widow Catherine Parr, whose Protestant household included the 11-year-old Lady Jane Grey and the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth.

In summer 1548, a pregnant Catherine Parr discovered Thomas Seymour embracing Princess Elizabeth. As a result, Elizabeth was removed from Catherine Parr's household and transferred to Sir Anthony Denny's. That September, Catherine Parr died in childbirth, and Thomas Seymour promptly resumed his attentions to Elizabeth by letter, planning to marry her. Elizabeth was receptive, but, like Edward, unready to agree to anything unless permitted by the Council. In January 1549, the Council had Thomas Seymour arrested on various charges, including embezzlement at the Bristol mint. King Edward himself testified about the pocket money. Most importantly, Thomas Seymour had sought to officially receive the governorship of King Edward, as no earlier Lord Protectors, unlike Edward Seymour, had ever held both functions. Lack of clear evidence for treason ruled out a trial, so Thomas was condemned instead by an Act of Attainder and beheaded on 20 March 1549.

War
Edward Seymour's only undoubted skill was as a soldier, which he had proved on his expeditions to Scotland and in the defence of Boulogne in 1546.  From the first, his main interest as Protector was the war against Scotland.  After a crushing victory at the Battle of Pinkie Cleugh in September 1547, he set up a network of garrisons in Scotland, stretching as far north as Dundee.  His initial successes, however, were followed by a loss of direction, as his aim of uniting the realms through conquest became increasingly unrealistic.  The Scots allied with France, who sent reinforcements for the defence of Edinburgh in 1548, while Mary, Queen of Scots, was removed to France, where she was betrothed to the dauphin.  The cost of maintaining the Protector's massive armies and his permanent garrisons in Scotland also placed an unsustainable burden on the royal finances.  A French attack on Boulogne in August 1549 at last forced Seymour to begin a withdrawal from Scotland.

Rebellion
During 1548, England was subject to social unrest. After April 1549, a series of armed revolts broke out, fuelled by various religious and agrarian grievances. The two most serious rebellions, which required major military intervention to put down, were in Devon and Cornwall and in Norfolk. The first, sometimes called the Prayer Book Rebellion, arose mainly from the imposition of church services in English, and the second, led by a tradesman called Robert Kett, mainly from the encroachment of landlords on common grazing ground. A complex aspect of the social unrest was that the protestors believed they were acting legitimately against enclosing landlords with the Protector's support, convinced that the landlords were the lawbreakers.

The same justification for outbreaks of unrest was voiced throughout the country, not only in Norfolk and the west. The origin of the popular view of Edward Seymour as sympathetic to the rebel cause lies partly in his series of sometimes liberal, often contradictory, proclamations. and partly in the uncoordinated activities of the commissions he sent out in 1548 and 1549 to investigate grievances about loss of tillage, encroachment of large sheep flocks on common land, and similar issues. Seymour's commissions were led by the evangelical M.P. John Hales, whose socially liberal rhetoric linked the issue of enclosure with Reformation theology and the notion of a godly commonwealth. Local groups often assumed that the findings of these commissions entitled them to act against offending landlords themselves. King Edward wrote in his Chronicle that the 1549 risings began "because certain commissions were sent down to pluck down enclosures".

Whatever the popular view of the Duke of Somerset, the disastrous events of 1549 were taken as evidence of a colossal failure of government, and the Council laid the responsibility at the Protector's door. In July 1549, Paget wrote to Seymour: "Every man of the council have misliked your proceedings ... would to God, that, at the first stir you had followed the matter hotly, and caused justice to be ministered in solemn fashion to the terror of others ...".

Fall from power
The sequence of events that led to Seymour's removal from power has often been called a coup d'état. By 1 October 1549, Seymour had been alerted that his rule faced a serious threat. He issued a proclamation calling for assistance, took possession of the king's person, and withdrew for safety to the fortified Windsor Castle, where Edward wrote, "Me thinks I am in prison".

Meanwhile, a united Council published details of Seymour's government mismanagement. They made clear that the Protector's power came from them, not from Henry VIII's will. On 11 October, the Council had Seymour arrested and brought the king to Richmond. Edward summarised the charges against Somerset in his Chronicle: "ambition, vainglory, entering into rash wars in mine youth, negligent looking on Newhaven, enriching himself of my treasure, following his own opinion, and doing all by his own authority, etc."

In February 1550, John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, emerged as the leader of the Council and, in effect, as Seymour's successor. Although Seymour was released from the Tower and restored to the Council in early 1550, in October 1551 he was sent to the Tower on an exaggerated charge of treason. Instead, he was executed for felony (that of seeking a change of government) in January 1552 after scheming to overthrow Dudley's regime. Edward noted his uncle's death in his Chronicle: "the duke of Somerset had his head cut off upon Tower Hill between eight and nine o'clock in the morning". Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset was interred at St. Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London.

Historiography
Historians have contrasted the efficiency of Edward Seymour's takeover of power in 1547 with the subsequent ineptitude of his rule. By autumn 1549, his costly wars had lost momentum, the crown faced financial ruin, and riots and rebellions had broken out around the country. Until recent decades, Seymour's reputation with historians was high, in view of his many proclamations that appeared to back the common people against a rapacious landowning class. In the early 20th century this line was taken by the influential A. F. Pollard, to be echoed by Edward VI's 1960s biographer W. K. Jordan. A more critical approach was initiated by M. L. Bush and Dale Hoak in the mid-1970s. Since then, the first Duke of Somerset has often been portrayed as an arrogant ruler, devoid of the political and administrative skills necessary for governing the Tudor state.David Loades,  "The reign of Edward VI: An historiographical survey"  Historian 67#1 (2000): 22+ online

Marriages and progeny

Edward Seymour married twice:
Firstly in about 1527, to Catherine Fillol (or Filliol) (c. 1507–1535), a daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Fillol (1453–1527), of  Fillol's Hall, Essex and Woodlands, Horton, Dorset. Catherine bore two sons, whose paternity however was questioned by her husband after it was alleged that she had had an affair (possibly with her father-in-law, Sir John Seymour), which resulted in both being excluded in 1540 from their paternal and maternal inheritances and all their claims to their father's dignities being postponed to his children by his second wife. Ironically these two sons remained faithful to their father during his misfortunes and both were imprisoned with him in the Tower of London:
 John Seymour (1527 – 19 December 1552), sent to the  Tower of London where he died in December 1552, having survived his father by 11 months. He successfully petitioned Parliament for the restoration of his maternal inheritance, but as her lands had been sold, he was awarded compensation in the form of the estate of Maiden Bradley, an Augustinian Priory in Wiltshire granted to his father at the Dissolution of the Monasteries by  King Henry VIII, which had descended to his half-siblings. However, he did not live to enjoy the grant and bequeathed it with all his other lands and goods to his younger brother Lord Edward Seymour.
 Lord Edward Seymour (1529–1593) of Berry Pomeroy, Devon, Sheriff of Devon. He was sent to the Tower of London in 1551 but was later released, and became heir to his elder brother, from whom he inherited Maiden Bradley, today the seat of his  descendant, the present Duke of Somerset.

Secondly, before 9 March 1535, to Anne Stanhope (c. 1510–1587), only child and sole heiress of Sir Edward Stanhope (1462–1511) by his wife Elizabeth Bourchier (c. 1473–1557), daughter of Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin (1445–1479). Seymour's suspicions about the fathering of Catherine Fillol's sons led him to pass an Act of Parliament in 1540, entailing his estates away from the children of his first wife in favour of the children of Anne Stanhope. By Anne, he had ten children:
Edward Seymour, Viscount Beauchamp of Hache (12 October 15371539), known by the courtesy title of one of his father's subsidiary titles. He died as a two-year old infant and predeceased his father.
Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (22 May 15391621), in 1559 created Earl of Hertford and Baron Beauchamp of Hatch by Queen Elizabeth I, the half-sister of King Edward VI. He married thrice: firstly in November 1560, Lady Catherine Grey, by whom he had two sons; secondly in 1582 to Frances Howard, daughter of Baron Howard of Effingham; thirdly in 1601 to Frances Prannell.
Lady Anne Seymour (1538–1588), who married twice: firstly to John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick;  secondly to Sir Edward Unton, MP, by whom she had issue.
Lord Henry Seymour (1540–?) married Lady Joan Percy, daughter of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland
Lady Margaret Seymour (born 1540) a noted Elizabethan author
Lady Jane Seymour (1541–1561) Maid of Honour to Queen Elizabeth I, also a noted Elizabethan author
Lady Catherine Seymour
Lord Edward Seymour (1548–1574), died unmarried and without issue
Lady Mary Seymour (born 1552) married twice:
Firstly (as his second wife) to Andrew Rogers (died c. 1599), MP, of Bryanstone, Dorset; without progeny. Her nephew Edward Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (1561–1612) later married Andrew's "notorious" sister Honora Rogers, despite the strong opposition of his father Edward Seymour, 1st Earl of Hertford (1539–1621). Honora was referred to as "a baggage", and Lord Beauchamp had originally intended to have "but a night’s lodging with her". Honora's son was William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588–1660)
Secondly she married Sir Henry Peyton.
Lady Elizabeth Seymour (1552 – 3 June 1602), who married Sir Richard Knightley, of Fawsley, Northamptonshire

The male line of Edward Seymour and Anne Stanhope died out with the seventh Duke of Somerset in 1750, when the descendants of Edward Seymour by his first wife, Catherine Fillol, inherited the Somerset dukedom in accordance with the Private Act of 1541. However, the female line continued, and Queen Elizabeth II is descended from Somerset through his grandchild by Catherine Grey.

 In popular culture

 In books

 Edward Seymour is the main character in The Path To Somerset by Janet Wertman, which depicts Edward's rise to power and rivalry with Stephen Gardiner.

 In television

 British actor Max Brown played Edward Seymour in Showtime's original historical fiction television series The Tudors, which portrayed him as a shrewd and ambitious political player.
 Daniel Moynihan portrayed Edward Seymour in the 1970 BBC series The Six Wives of Henry VIII.

 Film

 The 2003 film The Other Boleyn Girl featured Thomas Lockyer as Edward Seymour.
 Michael Byrne portrayed Edward Seymour in the 1972 film Henry VIII and His Six Wives.

 Edward Seymour was portrayed by Felix Aylmer in 1936 film Tudor Rose.

See also
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Kindertransport (play)

Kindertransport is a play by Diane Samuels, which examines the life, during World War II and afterwards, of a Kindertransport child. Though fictitious, it is based upon many real kindertransport  stories. The play is published by Nick Hern Books.

Synopsis

In November 1938, after nights of violence against Jews across Germany and Austria, the British government introduced a programme called the Kindertransport (children's transport), which gave Jewish children—and only children—safe passage to the UK.  Spared the horrors of the death camps, the Jewish "Kinder" were uprooted, separated from their parents and transported to a different culture where they faced, not the unmitigated horror of the death camps, but a very human mixture of kindness, indifference, occasional exploitation, and the selflessness of ordinary people faced with needy children. Eva Schlesinger, daughter of Helga and Werner, is sent away to live with a foster carer in Manchester, England, temporarily until her parents find work and move to England too. She lives with Lil, a woman who has two other children (Nora and Margaret) and is married to Jack.  Lil allows Eva to smoke when she meets her which shows how Lil is not a proper guardian for Eva at first. Eva and Lil fall out as Eva skips her English lessons to go and ask round rich houses if they will give her parents jobs, Lil thinks this makes her seem desperate. She is unhappy and misses her mother. Eva and Lil both eventually become at peace with one another and get on well, Eva is shown as gradually losing her Jewish roots. One day Helga arrives when Eva is in her late teens and Eva tells Helga that Lil and Jack have adopted her and she has been naturalised as English, and her name is now Evelyn. Helga is offended and upset that Evelyn will not travel to New York with her to stay with family. Helga tells Evelyn her father is dead. They have an argument and Helga leaves, which is then followed by an imaginary vicious, angry argument between Helga and Evelyn in which Evelyn gets out all of her hatred for Helga, and she proclaims that Helga IS the Ratcatcher, a character constantly present in the play. At the same time in the present, Evelyn's daughter Faith is uncovering her Mum's secret past and they have an argument, which eventually comes to rest. All of this takes place in the attic of Evelyn's house, which supposedly represents Evelyn's psyche.

Noteworthy productions
Kindertransport was first performed in the UK by the Soho Theatre Company at the Cockpit Theatre in London on 13 April 1993 and in the US at the Manhattan Theatre Club in New York on 26 April 1994. Subsequently the play has been produced in Sweden, Japan, Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa. It was adapted by the author for a BBC Radio 4 production in 1995.
It has also been performed in Manchester in 2014, where the play is set, at the Opera House.

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 Samuels, D. (2009) Kindertransport, Nick Hern Books, London,

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Lalit Bhandari

Lalit Bhandari (born 22 July 1996) is a Nepalese cricketer. He made his List A debut for Nepal against the United Arab Emirates in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship on 6 December 2017. In January 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.

In July 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for their One Day International (ODI) series against the Netherlands. These were Nepal's first ODI matches since gaining ODI status during the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. He made his Twenty20 debut for Nepal in the 2018 MCC Tri-Nation Series against the Marylebone Cricket Club on 29 July 2018. He made his ODI debut for Nepal against the Netherlands on 3 August 2018.

In August 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad for the 2018 Asia Cup Qualifier tournament. In October 2018, he was named in Nepal's squad in the Eastern sub-region group for the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament.

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Michael H. Sexton

Michael H. Sexton (1862–1937) was an American baseball executive, whose most significant role was as president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues from 1910 through 1932.

Born in Rock Island, Illinois, Sexton served as police chief in his hometown from 1893 to 1895. Sexton later became a partner in the Rock Island Steam Laundry and Towel Supply Company located downtown, where he was known affectionately as "Mr. Baseball" for his passion for the sport and his efforts to establish organized local baseball clubs.

At the Winter Meetings in 1909, Sexton was chosen to replace Patrick T. Powers as president of the NAPBL, a position Sexton held for 24 years, while collaborating to establish the system during his lengthy term.

Previously, Sexton served as president of the Three-I League from 1901 to 1904, and returned in 1909. Sexton also was the president of the Western League from 1902 to 1904, and later became the founder of a restarted Mississippi Valley League in 1922, serving as its president from 1922 to 1924, and again in 1927.

Back to 1901, the recent formed American League signed contracts with players who were dissatisfied with the pay and terms of their deals with the National League. This led to a conflict that increased enough to concern Powers, by then president of the Eastern League. As a result, the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues was formed on September 5, 1901, from a meeting held by Minor League executives at the Leland Hotel in Chicago. Powers was elected as the first president of the NAPBL, whose offices were established in Auburn, New York. Overall, fourteen leagues and 96 clubs were members during the first season in 1902. The purpose of the organization at the time was to maintain the independence of the leagues involved. Several executives did not sign the agreement and continued to work independently.

Consequently, Powers and his successor Sexton have been considered the fathers of Minor League Baseball, as they thought alike and acted alike, and were in agreement on the path that the NAPBL should take. Powers remained as president of the Eastern League, which would become the International League.

But there were more conflicts ahead for Sexton to confront. The first occurred in 1914, when the outlaw Federal League challenged the established National and American Leagues by raiding their rosters and territories in an effort to become a third Major League circuit. As expected, the incursion took their toll on the top Minor Leagues, as the Federal League also raided top NAPBL teams. Then some radical delegates at the Winter Meetings in 1914 tried to push the NAPBL to desert organized baseball and align with the Federal League. In a clever tactical move, Sexton led the group to take a stand, and passed a strong resolution backing the existing NAPBL agreements with the National and American Leagues. It was a critical time in his presidency, and established his firm command of the organization, leading to an unprecedented five-year contract a year later. The Federal League folded in 1916, but by then there was another conflict facing Sexton and the organization.

In 1917, ballplayers along with other large segments of the population went marching off to the World War I. It put a tremendous strain on Sexton and the NAPBL, as the season of this year opened with 21 leagues, but 10 of them were no longer active by the month of  July. Things got worse in 1918, when just 10 leagues opened the season and the International League was the only one to finish. The others NAPBL members closed down early.

When peace returned after the war, many leagues began to re-emerge, but Sexton and the NAPBL had yet another battle to fight. At the Winter Meetings in 1919, members voted to abort the National Agreement subscribed with Major League Baseball over issues related to territorial rights, player limits and salary structure, among others.

By then, Major League Baseball had been governed by a three-man National Commission, consisting of American League President Ban Johnson, National League President John Heydler and Cincinnati Reds owner Garry Herrmann. In January 1920, Herrmann left office at the request of other club owners, leaving the Commission effectively deadlocked between Johnson and Heydler. A number of club owners, disliking one or both league presidents, preferred a single commissioner to rule over the game. The appointment in 1920 of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as baseball's first commissioner has been described as the turning point for Major League Baseball, but it had a profound impact on the NAPBL, as well. By January 1921, Judge Landis had the two sides back together with a new National Agreement, and the  NAPBL were on their way to a period of peace, growth and prosperity throughout the 1920s. The organization completed its 25th season in 1926 as a sound, stable, well-organized group with 28 leagues and nearly 200 clubs.

But the peace remained until the historical Wall Street Crash of 1929, because only 25 NAPBL circuits were able to finish the regular season that year. That number dwindled to 21 in 1930 and 16 in 1932. From there, the administrative duties were put in the hands of an Executive Committee for a period of one year, with orders to survey conditions and report back with recommendations and specific requests for changes. The committee established a promotional department to organize new leagues and new business, including the advocacy of night baseball, and it created a press bureau to organize records and promote the game. Sexton then realized that he had served his time, and agreed to retire at the Winter Meetings in 1932. Sexton resigned to a position that he held for 24 years, the longest tenure of any Minor League president to this day. Judge William G. Bramham was elected as his replacement.

Michael Sexton died in 1937 at his home in Rock Island, Illinois at the age of 73. His death was caused by a myocardial infarction while he was recovering from influenza.

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St. Mary & St. George Anglican Church

St. Mary & St. George Parish is a heritage church that reflects the English Gothic revival in Canada. It is located in the town of Jasper, in the heart of Jasper National Park, on the Rocky Mountains in the Canadian province of Alberta. The parish church is within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Anglican Diocese of Edmonton, Anglican Church of Canada.

History

Anglican ministry in the area began in 1909 with travelling missionaries. In 1914, after having been organized as a formal mission with permanent regular worship, a log church was constructed. It was consecrated by the first Bishop of Edmonton on August 2, of that same year. The Women’s Auxiliary of the Missionary Society of Church of England, along with two main donors, provided the bulk of the finances needed. A wooden tower was added in 1915 to provide living quarters for the rector. The present church of St. Mary and St. George was designed by Mr. A.M. Calderon of Edmonton and built of local materials in 1928. To complete the church the Edith Cavell Memorial Tower was added in 1932.

Double name church

The two main donors for the first church building had each requested a different name for the church. To please both, the church was named St. Mary and St. George. In 1923 the mission of St. Mary and St. George became a parish.

Fourteenth-century Gothic church

The design and concept of the present church is based on a blueprint for a 14th-century English Gothic church. The corner stone was laid by the Governor General of Canada, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, Viscount Willingdon, on July 29, 1928.

The consecration of the church took place on July 28, 1929. The modification of the original design for the tower caused a delay in its construction and it was not completed until 1932. The tower is named in honour of British nurse Edith Cavell (1865-1915), executed by the German military during the First World War.

Designation as a historical resource

In 1985, the Alberta Ministry of Culture declared St. Mary and St. George a Historic Resource on the grounds that it reflects the 14th century English Gothic revival in Canada and is the only remaining ecclesiastic structure designed by A.M. Calderon, one of the early architects to work in Edmonton.
 Currently the church is one of the most popular ecclesiastical venues for weddings in the Rocky Mountains and a main point of interest for tourists who each year visit Jasper from all over the world.

Queen's visit

In 2005, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visited the church and attended Morning Prayer in a service led by the then-Bishop of Edmonton Victoria Matthews. Previously on Victory in Europe Day May 8, 1945, the Earl of Athlone (governor general) and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, were present at the Thanksgiving Service.

Architecture

The church of St. Mary and St. George was designed following the patterns of the Gothic style prevalent in 14th century rural England. It's a good example of the Gothic revival style that has been present in Canada since the second quarter of the 19th century.

At the time of the building's construction, the Anglican Church (Church of England) was undergoing a revival of Anglo-Catholic ritualism, suggesting that Gothic was the appropriate style for a parish church in order to cultivate spirituality; believing that there is a direct link between the spiritual and the physical, between the architectural setting of worship and the spiritual experience of worship.

In Canada, this trend became so prevalent that one could refer to it as Canadian Gothic Revival.

However, the attempt to associate the style not only with spirituality but also with Anglo-Catholic theology was not so generalized. In the case of St. Mary and St. George Parish, the style was adopted solely for its aesthetic romantic and spiritual qualities.

Built in 1928, the church is primarily Decorated Gothic with Perpendicular Gothic details, while its tower finished in 1932 follows the Norman Gothic style. The church is one of the few remaining examples of mid-eighteenth century ecclesiastical architecture in Western Canada. As a building significant in the human history of Jasper, Alberta, as well as of the utmost importance for the architectural history of Canada, it was declared a provincial historic resource in 1985.

General description

The church is basilican in plan with a central nave leading to the chancel, which contains the sanctuary and the choir. The baptistery (or baptistry) is at the entrance end of the church.  The church, in keeping with the ancient ecclesiastical tradition, is oriented towards the liturgical East, with its main apse at the East (the altar placed there), and the baptistery at the West apse.

The church presents different types of the architecture typical of Gothic revival: the double pointed arch on the windows along the nave and sanctuary and baptistery  (most of them with colourful stained glass and most of them dating from the first half of the 20th century) featuring figures and scenes from the New Testament Two of the stained glass windows (dating from 1992) are a fine blend of contemporary art and Christian imagery (the New Heaven window and the New Earth window. One exception to the New Testament thematic is "The Galahad window" based on Alfred, Lord Tennyson's version of the Arthurian legend and the quest for the Holy Grail (Le Morte d'Arthur) - in the Gothic style.

There is a three-partitioned Tudor arch on the window at the southeast elevation in the chancel; a four-centred Tudor arch at the baptistery below three narrow pointed arch  windows or clerestory windows; and two other four-centred Tudor arches for each entrance door.

The exterior walls are covered with white stucco. The facades on the southwest end over the baptistery are partitioned by exposed wooden trim (trim and mouldings typical of 14th century Rural Gothic). This theme is also retained over the southwest entrance and within the chancel gable.  Exposed timber structure is generalized along with asymmetrical massing and contrasting roof-levels.

High peaked gables, exposed roof beams and barge boards at the edges of the roof can be seen in the outside; all elements of the rural Gothic Tudor style.

The basement along with the buttresses (two of which are topped with pinnacles) on both sides of the nave and the lower section of the tower are constructed with boulders which are exposed adding to the general contrasting of textures (stucco, stone, half-timber exterior work)

The exterior of the roof is composed of flat, rectangular shingles laid in rows from the bottom edge of the roof up, with each successive higher row overlapping the joints in the row below. A small campanile is attached to the apex of the roof not only as an ornamental detail (as it does not have any bell) but as a significant symbolism for the mission of this parish, as this type of small roof campanile was particularly a characteristic element of missional church architecture.

The Edith Cavell Memorial Tower is Norman Gothic style (first intended to have double window system later during construction changed to a single window) crowned with battlements, and with sloping diagonal or "French" buttresses (at 45 degrees to the walls).

The church measures 26 m. long  and 15 m. width; the tower 14 m. in height; the seating capacity is 150.

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Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy

Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is a 2004 documentary film directed by Steven Grandison and Greg Palast. The film, which examines various aspects of the Presidency of George W. Bush, including the 2000 US Presidential election and the Iraq War, is adapted from the 2003 BBC production Bush Family Fortunes and based on the 2002 book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by investigative journalist Palast, who had spent years tracking the Bush family for the BBC and The Guardian newspaper. The research for the original BBC film, which claims to have exposed the George W. Bush military service controversy, was also drawn upon by Michael Moore for Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) and footage was used by Robert Greenwald in Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election (2002).

Synopsis
The film starts with a brief pre-title clip from presenter Greg Palast’s aborted interview with Florida Director of Elections Clayton Roberts, who walks out.

The War Hero
Palast introduces George W. Bush with particular reference to his popular image as a war hero cemented in the public mind by his landing on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln for the 2003 Mission Accomplished Speech. He introduces authentic former Navy fighter pilot [[Charles W. ["Bill"] White]] who exposes W. Bush's attempted reenactment of Tom Cruise's Top Gun carrier landing following a heroic Mig shootdown as the pathetic publicity stunt that it was.  Palast goes on to allege that Bush used his father’s influence to gain a draft-dodging placement with the Texas Air National Guard which he subsequently failed to serve.

The Candidate
Palast picks up the story with Bush’s 2000 US Presidential Election campaign where he claims Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris used their influence to purge and discount the ballots of predominantly Gore-supporting black voters through the “fake felons list” compiled by private company DBT/ChoicePoint for US$4 million.

The Money
Palast goes on to examine the corporate donors to Bush’s election campaign, such as Enron CEO Ken Lay, who as members of Bush’s pioneer network contributed huge sums through family and friends, and who he claims subsequently profited from the Bush presidency with senior government appointments, no-bid contracts, executive orders and deregulation.

The Oil
Palast outlines what he refers to as the Bush-cycle, where Bush family members use money to gain political office and then use the office to gain even more money, dating back to Senator Prescott Bush who funded the family’s entry into the oil business, citing the example of Bush’s Harken Energy winning a contract to drill in the Persian Gulf thanks he alleges to Bush Snr’s presidency.

The Connection
Palast alleges that both prior to and since the September 11 attacks Bush has blocked investigations into members of the Bin Laden family and other rich Saudis, who are alleged to have provided funding to Al Qaeda and which have long been funnelling money into Bush family business ventures via businessman James R. Bath, who was a part owner of Bush’s failed Arbusto Energy.  Navy fighter pilot [[Charles W. ["Bill"] White]], who was Bath's business partner and close confidant during the decade of the 1980s, is revealed to be the source who first disclosed Bath's tax returns and personal financial statements showing that Bath was awarded a 5% ownership interest in W. Bush's Arbusto in lieu of a cash commission for having funneled BinLaden money to Bush.

The Plan: Iraq
Palast concludes with Bush’s declaration of the Iraq War, which he claims was made to fulfil a long planned strategy, drawn up at the beginning of Bush’s presidency, to divide and sell up all of Iraq’s assets, especially the oil, to the Bush family’s corporate donors against the interests of the Iraqi people and their democratic ambitions.

Errors
At 10:57 mention is made of picking up records at Camp Mabry in Houston.  Camp Mabry is actually located in Austin.

Participants
 Clayton Roberts – Director of Elections, Florida
 Jim Hightower – Former Texas Agriculture Commissioner
 Charles W. ["Bill"] White – Former Navy Fighter Pilot and Bath's longtime business partner
 Terry Johnson – Bush’s College Roommate
 Robert Dieter – Bush’s College Roommate
 Bill Burkett – Retired Lt. Col., Texas Air Guard
 Willie Steen – Florida Voter
 Pam Iorio – Election Supervisor, Tampa, Florida
 Craig McDonald – Texans for Public Justice
 Andrea & Dean McWilliams – Bush/Enron Lobbyists
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 Wayne Madsen – Former Intelligence Analyst
 Pete Brewton - investigative journalist
 David Rosen – Oilman
 Stephen Push – Families of September 11
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 General Jay Garner
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See also
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 Big Easy to Big Empty (2007)

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Anton van Niekerk

Anton Albert van Niekerk (born 4 December 1953) is a South African bioethicist and academic based at Stellenbosch University.

Biography
Van Niekerk was born in Brits, in what was then known as Transvaal, South Africa.  After matriculating in 1971 from the Paul Roos Gymnasium School in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Van Niekerk obtained a BA degree (1974), BA Honours in Philosophy (1976), MA in Philosophy (1980), BTh (1978) and a Licentiate in Theology (1979), all cum laude, from Stellenbosch University.  He also obtained his DPhil in 1983.  The title of his MA thesis was, The Limits of Critical Reason: a Critical Inquiry of the Rationality Model of Critical Rationalism.  His doctoral dissertation was entitled: Analogy and Theology: A Critical-Philosophical Investigation of Analogy Theories about the Meaning of Theological Language. Both dissertations were supervised by Prof Hennie Rossouw.

Van Niekerk was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for the best final year student from Stellenbosch University in 1980 for his MA.  In 1980, he was appointed as lecturer in Philosophy at the Stellenbosch University.  He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1985 and then awarded a professorship in 1989.  He created the Centre for Applied Ethics, and the Unit for Bioethics within this centre, at the same university and has served as director of both since their inception in 1990.  Van Niekerk served as chair of the Department of Philosophy at Stellenbosch University from 1990–2001 and again from 2006-2013.  In 2014 he was appointed as one of a select group of distinguished professors at Stellenbosch University.  In total, he has written 18 books, 140 journal articles and book chapters, and approximately 180 popular articles.  He has also supervised 21 completed doctoral dissertations and 72 Master's theses.

Work

His research fields include bioethics, philosophy of religion and philosophy of the social sciences (with an emphasis upon hermeneutic approaches).  Van Niekerk is one of the pioneers of the establishment of bioethics as an academic discipline in South Africa.  In 1996 he was largely responsible for the introduction of the MPhil degree in Applied Ethics at Stellenbosch University, a program which was the first and still is the best known of its kind in South Africa.  As a young lecturer, Van Niekerk was at the forefront of political and intellectual debate and a vehement critic of the apartheid regime in South Africa.  In 2011 he was assaulted in his office at the university by a member of a reactionary right wing movement as a result of an article of his that was published in a national newspaper.  The individual in question had, by his own admission, never read the article and thus applied a sensationalised misinformed interpretation of van Niekerk's argument.  The attacker was found guilty of assault and the sentencing, provoked widespread national and international media interest.

In 1995, van Niekerk was awarded the Stals Prize for Philosophy by the South African Academy for Science and Art. From 1989 to 2000 he was editor of the internationally accredited South African Journal of Philosophy. He served from 2003 to 2007 as Senate Representative on the Council of Stellenbosch University. During that time, he also served as chairperson of the Language Committee - a position which brought about the necessity of him playing a prominent role in the Stellenbosch language debate which has raged since about 2004.  From 2007 to 2012 he was a director of the International Association of Bioethics.  He was also one of the founding members of the Ethics Institute of South Africa (EthicsSA), initially serving on its board from 2000 and as its chairman since 2003.  From 2001 to 2013, van Niekerk served as a member of the Ethics Committee of the South African Medical Research Council, and as the chairperson of the Stellenbosch University's Senate's Ethics Committee since 2009. In 2013, he was appointed by the South African Minister of Health as a member of the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC), the highest policy making body for research ethics in South Africa.  He has a B2 rating (undisputed international recognition) as a researcher with the National Research Foundation of South Africa, and in 2011 and 2012 was also convener of the NRF panel research ratings in Philosophy and Political Science.

Selected works

1987. Moderne Politieke Ideologieë. (Editor with Willie Esterhuyse en Pierre du Toit). Johannesburg, Southern Books. [Modern Political Ideologies]

1987. Staatsgesag en Burgerlike Ongehoorsaamheid (Co-author with Danie du Toit e.a.) Cape Town: Lux Verbi. [State Authority and Civil Disobedience]

1988. Wat kom na apartheid? (Co-editor and –author with PR Nel en JP Landman). Johannesburg: Southern Books. [What comes after apartheid?]

1991. The Status of Prenatal Life. (Editor and co-author). Cape Town: Lux Verbi.

1991. Aids in Context: a South African Perspective. (Editor and co-author) Cape Town: Lux Verbi.

1992. Rasionaliteit en Relativisme. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. [Rationality and Relativism]

1993. Health Care as Human Right. (Editor and co-author). Stellenbosch: Unit for Bioethics.

1993. HW Rossouw: Universiteit, Wetenskap en Kultuur (Editor). Kaapstad: Tafelberg. [University, Science and Culture]

1993. Intellektueel in Konteks: Opstelle vir Hennie Rossouw. (Editor and co-author) Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. [Intellectual in Context: Essays for Hennie Rossouw]

1994. Tussen Wanhoop en Vreugde. Cape Town: Lux Verbi. [Between Despair and Joy]

1994. Wysgerige Perspektiewe op die 20ste eeu. (Co-author with DFM Strauss e.a.). Bloemfontein: Tekskor. [Philosophical Perspectives on the 20th Century]

1996. Filosoof op die Markplein: Opstelle deur en vir Willie Esterhuyse. (Editor) Cape Town: Tafelberg. [Philosopher on the Market Place: Essays by and for Willie Esterhuyse]

2005. Ethics and Aids in Africa: the Challenge to our Thinking. (With Loretta Kopelman) Cape Town, David Philip; in 2006 re-published by Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, California).

2005. Geloof sonder Sekerhede. Wellington: Lux Verbi.BM. [Faith without Certainties]

2014. Geloof sonder Sekerhede. Cape Town: Lux Verbi, 2nd, revised edition. [Faith without Certainties]

References

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Wollstonecraft, New South Wales

Wollstonecraft (, ) is a harbourside suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of North Sydney Council.

History
Wollstonecraft was named after Edward Wollstonecraft, the first settler to receive a land grant of  in the area, in 1821.
Wollstonecraft left England to seek fortune for himself and his sister Elizabeth and to escape the notoriety of his aunt, Mary Wollstonecraft, author of the book A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.

Edward Wollstonecraft’s business associate, Alexander Berry, was another prominent resident in the area, and namesake of Berry Island, a harbour-side location in Wollstonecraft.

Prior to the arrival of European settlers, the area was part of the traditional lands of the Cammeraygal people of the Eora nation.

Population
In the 2016 Census, there were 8,323 people in Wollstonecraft.  55.7% of people were born in Australia. The next most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, China 3.9%, New Zealand 2.7%, Hong Kong 2.0% and India 1.9%. 69.3% of people spoke only English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.1%, Cantonese 3.9%, Spanish 1.7% and Japanese 1.5%. The most common responses for religion were No Religion 39.2%, Catholic 21.3%, and Anglican 11.3%.

Transport
Wollstonecraft railway station is on the North Shore & Western Line of the Sydney Trains network.

Notable residents
 John Howard, former Prime Minister of Australia.

References

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Bandar Baharu District

The Bandar Baharu District (Chinese: 万拉峇鲁县, once proposed to be renamed as Bandar Crustacea) is a town, district and state assembly constituency at the southernmost end of Kedah, Malaysia. Bandar Baharu is located along the Kedah-Penang–Perak border tripoint,  southeast of George Town, Penang's capital city.

Due to its closer proximity to Penang, Bandar Baharu is also part of Greater Penang, Malaysia's second largest conurbation, with the town's logistical needs being met by Penang's well-developed transportation infrastructure.

The Bandar Baharu District Council (Majlis Daerah Bandar Baharu, MDBB) administers the whole Bandar Baharu district. It covers an area as wide as 169.3 km2 and consists of seven sub-districts which are Serdang, Kuala Selama, Sungai Batu, Bagan Samak, Permatang Pasir, Sungai Kecil Ilir and Relau. Serdang, a 20 km drive away from the actual Bandar Baharu town, is the administrative town of Bandar Baharu district. It is the southernmost and second smallest local government area in Kedah.

Administrative divisions
Bandar Baharu District is divided into 6 mukims, which are:
 Bagan Samak
 Relau
 Selama
 Serdang
 Sungai Batu
 Sungai Kechil Hlir

Sub-districts

Serdang
Serdang
Taman Serdang
Taman Aked
Taman Cempaka
Taman Kenanga
Taman Melur
Perumahan Awam 1
Perumahan Awam 2
Kampung Sungai Punti
Kampung Ayer Itam
Kampung Badlisha
Kampung Bangol Durian
Kampung Bangol Limau
Kampung Baru Serdang
Kampung Batu 8
Kampung Batu 10
Kampung Batu 12
Kampung Batu 16
Kampung Batu 18
Kampung Batu Ayer Putih
Kampung Batu Hampar
Kampung Batu Lintang
Kampung Bendang Sera
Kampung Bukit Aping
Kampung Bulikt Buluh
Kampung Cina
Kampung Chelong
Kampung Durian Burung
Kampung Ee Guan
Kampung Jalan Selama
Kampung Jermai
Kampung Kuala Air Puteh
Kampung Kuala Dingin
Kampung Leret
Kampung Medan
Kampung Paya Salak
Kampung Pekan Lama
Kampung Setali
Kampung Sungai Buluh
Kampung Sungai Kasai
Kampung Sungai Saleh
Kampung Sungai Setol
Kampung Sungai Taka
Kampung Sungai Tegas
Kampung Sungai Tegas Terap
Kampung Telok Kelian
Kampung Telok Sera
Kampung Tengah
Kampung Terap
Kampung Titi Akar
Ladang Chim Khoon
Ladang Somme
Ulu Riau

Bagan Samak
Bandar Baharu
Kampong Permatang Kerat Telunjuk
Kampong Baru Bagan Samak
Kampung Kubu, Parit Nibong
Kampung Sg. Tepus/Pasir Debu
Kampung Bukit Aping
Kampung Parit Teropong
Kampung Sg. Kechil Ulu
Kampung Parit Nibong/Asam Kumbang
Kampung Bagan Samak
Kampung Rumah Murah/Tebuk Mat Rashid
Kampung Lubok Buntar
Kampung Berjaya Batu 26
Kampung Permatang Simpor
Kampung Permatang Pasir
Taman Berlian Indah
Taman Cahaya Nilam
Taman Cahaya Intan
Taman Kelisa Emas
Taman Impian Casa Mutiara
Taman Cahaya Kristal
Taman Sejahtera
Taman Sentosa

Sungai Batu
Kampung Kuala Dingin
Kampung Sg. Itam Dalam
Kampung Sg. Tengas
Kampung Terap Dalam
Kampung Seribu Relong
Kampung Baru Selama
Kampung Selama Luar
Kampung Sungai Tengas Ilir
Kampung Chong Meng

Relau
Kampong Tengah Relau
Kampong Ulu/Relau
Kampong Padang
Kampong Sungai Rambai
Kampong 300 Kaki Relau
Kampong Kilang Batu
Kampong Paya Semambu
Taman Relau Indah

Sungai Kechil Ilir
Kampung Belakang Pekan (Kampung Masjid)
Kampung Keda
Kampung Balai Lama
Kampung Padang

Banks
Hong Leong BanK

Tourism And Recreation

Seri Tasik Park
This park was originally an inactive mine. Council's party has found its potential to be developed as a recreation garden since it is situated in the midst of Serdang town. Currently, this area already has children playground and exercise equipment. The budget was allocated from National Landscaping Department. District council has also received budget from Ministry of Culture, Art and Tourism of Malaysia this year to upgrade present components. This includes building new wakaf, providing picnic tables and chairs, building concrete bridges to link two lakes, pedestrian pathway and decorative lights around the park.
Council's party also planned to build rest house and floating restaurant to attract tourist to visit Seri Tasik Park.
With all the implemented plans and ideas, Council party hopes that Seri Tasik Park will attract tourist attention to this district in the future.
Batu Hampar Recreation Jungle Air Puteh, Serdang
Kerian River Bank
Sawah Padi
Bagan Samak

Federal Parliament and State Assembly Seats

List of Bandar Baharu district representatives in the Federal Parliament (Dewan Rakyat)

List of Bandar Baharu district representatives in the State Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)

Transportation

Car
PLUS  exit 153 serves Bandar Baharu.

Public transportation
KTM Intercity does not serve Bandar Baharu. The closest station is in Parit Buntar, Perak.

References

External links
 MDBB
 District Map
 Map
 Bandar Baharu District
 Serdang Fire Station

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John Delaney (lawyer)

John Delaney (born 19 April 1964) is a Bahamian lawyer.

John Delaney graduated with an LLB in law from Birmingham University in 1986, studied for the Bar at Lincoln's Inn, and graduated with an LLM in law from the London School of Economics in 1988. He was called to the Bahamas Bar in 1987.

Delaney was sworn in as Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs of The Bahamas in 2009. He has already been appointed to the Senator of the Bahamian Parliament by the Governor-General. He held the office of Attorney General until 2012, when he returned to private legal practice.

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Mu chord

A mu major chord or mu chord (signified by μ) is a particular voicing of an add 2 or "add 9" chord. It is formed by adding a 2nd to a major triad. The voicing is associated with jazz-rock band Steely Dan.

The mu major chord differs from a sus2 chord, as a sus2 chord does not contain a 3rd.

"Inversions of the µ major may be formed in the usual manner with one caveat: the voicing of the second and third scale tones, which is the essence of the chord's appeal, should always occur as a whole tone dissonance." When the chord is voiced with the 3rd in the bass, the presence of two stacked fourths in the upper register, between the second and the fifth, and the fifth and the root, gives the chord a quartal harmony flavour. The chord can also be voiced with the 9th (2nd) in the bass, although such voicings are generally known as slash chords. It is suggested that the chord was conceived on or for use on keyboards.

Mu chords, or portions thereof, may be used in chord substitution by replacing the major triad found in voicings of other chords. For example, an Am7 chord can be voiced as a C major triad (CEG) with an A in the bass. A C mu major chord can be voiced as a DEG triad with a C in the bass. Taking the upper portion (DEG) of the C mu chord and substituting this in place of the C triad in the original Am7 chord would give an A7sus4 chord: DEG with A in the bass.

Origin of the name, and separately, the chord itself

The reference to this chord as "mu major" has been popularized by fans of the jazz-influenced rock group Steely Dan, as well as by the band members themselves. This chord is used extensively in their work, often arpeggiated at the end of musical phrases. The "mu major sound" is a distinctive idiom of Steely Dan's style. In a 1989 interview with Paul Zollo, Walter Becker explained that the use of the chord developed from trying to enrich the sound of a major chord without making it into a "jazz chord".

Usage of the chord itself had been present for decades in jazz music from bebop to free jazz, and was especially present in the jazz-funk era from the late '60s to the early '80s. Notable users are vibes player/composer Roy Ayers, pianist/composer Herbie Hancock and composer Yoko Kanno. The chord/voicing technique was the same, just not named as such.

Legacy
Progressive alternative rock band from the 2010s Caligula's Horse's lead guitarist and composer Sam Vallen frequently uses mu chords in his compositions, having studied Steely Dan's harmonic vocabulary for his honours thesis.

Sources

Further reading
Zollo, Paul (2003). Songwriters on songwriting, p. 432. Da Capo Press. .
(2006). Keyboard, Volume 32, Issues 1-6, p. 37. GPI Publications.

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Clay County Courthouse (Clay Center, Kansas)

The Clay County Courthouse in Clay Center, Kansas was built during 1900-01.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

It was designed by Topeka, Kansas architect J.C. Holland.

It is a two-story Romanesque Revival building upon a full basement.  It is about  in plan and its main tower achieves a height of about .

References

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George Knobel

George Knobel (10 December 1922 – 5 May 2012) was a Dutch football manager.

Knobel was born and died in Roosendaal.  He was the coach of the Netherlands national football team for 15 matches (9 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses) from 1974 to 1976. During his period the Dutch finished third at the European Championship of 1976. He also coached Dutch clubs AFC Ajax and MVV, including a temporary spell from march to April 1982.  He had a brief stint with Seiko SA in Hong Kong.

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The Golden Christ

The Golden Christ (Spanish:El Cristo de oro) is a 1926 silent Mexican film directed by Manuel R. Ojeda. It stars Otilia Zambrano, Fanny Schiller, Mary Barquin, Lucila de Alva and Silvia Loya.

References

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Speiredonia levis

Speiredonia levis is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alberto Zilli and Jeremy Daniel Holloway in 2005. It is found on Timor in Maritime Southeast Asia.

The length of the forewings is 27.5 mm for males and 26 mm for females.

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Plug Research

Plug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Created by Allen Avanessian in 1994, the label specialized in IDM, folktronica and experimental music.

The label began with young artists that have made its reputation, such as Exile, Bilal, Flying Lotus, Daedelus, and Dntel. Today he continues his new selection of quality artists like Tensei, Shortcircles or Astrobal.
Andrew Lojero was Senior A&R Director and Executive Producer for Plug Research from 2008 to 2012.

Artists
Adult Karate
Adventure Time
Amp Live
Anthony Valadez
Astrobal
Bilal
Daedelus
Damon Aaron
Dntel
Jeremy Dower
Flying Lotus
Headset
John Tejada
Shafiq Husayn
Meanest Man Contest
Mia Doi Todd
Milosh
Nobody
Naytronix
Om'Mas Keith
Roommate
SONNYMOON
Sene
Soulo
Thomas Fehlmann
The Woods

See also
 List of record labels
 List of electronic music record labels

References

External links
 Official site

Category:American independent record labels
Category:Electronic music record labels
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Herman Paus

Herman Christopher Paus (4 May 1897 – 11 March 1983) was a Norwegian competitive skiier, who was among the pioneers of Nordic combined and ski jumping in the 1910s and 1920s. He later moved to Sweden where he bought the major estate Herresta near Stockholm from a relative. A relative of playwright Henrik Ibsen, Herman Paus was married to Leo Tolstoy's granddaughter Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus; as such he was the son-in-law of Count Lev Lvovich Tolstoy.

Career

He grew up at Bygdøy near Oslo; his father Karl L. Paus was an engineer and steel industrialist, and a first cousin of playwright Henrik Ibsen. Since the late 1910s Herman Paus was active in competitive skiing in Norway as a member of SFK Lyn; he participated in numerous national and international competitions. He received the Lyn honorary award in 1926, along with then-Crown Prince Olav. In the 1920s he was active in Swedish competitive skiing as a member of Djurgårdens IF. Norwegian newspapers mentioned his skiing career over 400 times between 1916 and the late 1920s.

Herman Paus was educated as an agronomist at Vinterlandbruksskolen in Christiania, then at Pederstrup in Denmark and Valinge manor in Sweden. In 1923 he became manager of the Herresta estate, owned by his relative, papal chamberlain and count Christopher Tostrup Paus, who spent most of his time in Rome. They were paternal second cousins, but Christopher Tostrup Paus was also his mother's first cousin; both were descended from wealthy timber merchant Christopher Tostrup. In 1938 Christopher Tostrup Paus sold Herresta to Herman Paus. Herman and Christopher Tostrup Paus donated various portraits to the Ibsen Museum, including a portrait of Ibsen's sister Hedvig Ibsen.

In early 1940 the engagement between Herman Paus and Countess Tatiana Tolstoy was announced; a member of the Tolstoy family, Tatiana was the last surviving grandchild of Leo Tolstoy. She was born on her grandfather's estate Yasnaya Polyana—where he wrote both War and Peace and Anna Karenina—but moved to Sweden in 1917. Herman and Tatiana Paus had four children, and their descendants own the Herresta and Näsbyholm estates in Södermanland; their daughter Tatiana Paus is known as one of the personal friends of the King and Queen of Sweden. Herman Paus' brother Karl Paus owned Närsjö manor in nearby Eskilstuna.

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Tri-City Railroad

The Tri-City Railroad (TCRY) is a privately owned Class III railroad established in 1999. It was founded by Randolph Peterson and is still owned by the Peterson family today.

The rail line Tri-City Railroad operates on is located in Richland, Washington and owned by the Port of Benton. Called the Southern Connection, it was constructed between 1949 and 1950 as a link to the rail lines inside the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Tri-City Railroad contracted with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2005 to assist in its development of the Radiation Portal Monitoring System technology for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's use at railroad border crossings nationwide.  In 2014 it contracted with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to assist in testing for shock and vibration in the movement of spent nuclear fuel by rail.

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