George Costanza

George Louis Costanza is a character in the American television sitcom Seinfeld (1989–1998), played by Jason Alexander. He has variously been described as a "short, stocky, slow-witted, bald man" (by Elaine Benes and Costanza himself), "weak, spineless, man of temptations" (by Cosmo Kramer), and "Lord of the Idiots" (by Costanza himself). George and Jerry were junior high school friends (although in "The Betrayal", Season 9, Episode 8, George says the two have been friends since fourth grade) and remained friends afterwards. He is friends with Jerry Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer, and Elaine Benes. George appears in every episode except "The Pen" (third season).

The character was originally based on Seinfeld co-creator Larry David but is surnamed after Jerry Seinfeld's real-life New York friend, Michael Costanza. Alexander reprised his role in an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, reuniting with Jerry Seinfeld and Wayne Knight (also reprising their roles as Jerry and Newman, respectively).

Early life and family

George is the son of Frank (Jerry Stiller), an Italian-American and Estelle Costanza (Estelle Harris). George twice mentions that he has a brother (although never again after season 3). Lloyd Braun is his childhood nemesis whom George feels was the son his parents always wanted. George's best friend Jerry Seinfeld described Frank and Estelle as "psychopaths", and said in "The Chinese Woman" that, if they had divorced when George was young, he "could have been normal".

In "The Junior Mint", he states he grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he went to a public school. In a previous episode he mentions he went to high school on Long Island. He met Jerry during his youth, and they remained friends from that point on. George and Jerry both attended John F. Kennedy High School, class of 1971. During their high school years, George and Jerry frequently hung out at a pizzeria called Mario's Pizzas, where the former, having the highest score "GLC", would play Frogger (although, since Frogger debuted in 1981, this would have been well after the pair's high school graduation in 1971). George was picked on by his gym teacher Mr. Heyman (Biff Yeager), who deliberately mispronounced his name as "Can't stand ya" and gave him wedgies.

Two of George's cousins appear on the show: Shelly, who briefly appears in "The Contest", and Rhisa, whom George plans to date in order to shock his parents in "The Junk Mail". George talks to his parents about his family in "The Money", during which it is revealed that he had an "Uncle Moe", who "died a young man" and an "Aunt Baby", who died at the age seven of internal problems. It is also revealed that his mother has a "Cousin Henny". In "The Doll", it is revealed that Frank Costanza was born in Italy and has a cousin, Carlo, who still lives there. As of "The Robbery", George had living grandparents whom he had recently visited, although it is never made clear whether these were his mom's or dad's parents.

Personality
George is neurotic, self-loathing and dominated by his parents, yet also prone to occasional periods of overconfidence that invariably arise at the worst possible time.  Throughout Seinfelds first season, George is depicted as moderately intelligent – at one point, he mentions an intellectual interest in the Civil War and, in some early episodes, appears almost as a mentor to Jerry – but becomes less sophisticated, to the point of being too lazy even to read a ninety-page book (Breakfast at Tiffany's), preferring to watch the movie adaptation at a stranger's house instead. However, one Chicago Tribune reviewer noted that, despite all his shortcomings, George is "pretty content with himself".

George exhibits a number of negative character traits, among them dishonesty, insecurity and neurosis, many of which seem to stem from a dysfunctional childhood with his squabbling parents Frank and Estelle, and often form the basis of his involvement in various plots, schemes and awkward social encounters. George's relationship with Frank is estranged. Episode plots frequently feature George manufacturing elaborate deceptions at work or in his relationships in order to gain or maintain some small or imagined advantage or (pretend) image of success. He had success in "The Opposite", where he starts (with Jerry's encouragement) to do the complete opposite of what his instincts tell him to do, which results in him getting a girlfriend and a job with the New York Yankees. His neurosis is also evident in "The Note", where he begins doubting his sexuality after receiving a massage from a male masseuse.

George sometimes refers to himself in the third person (for example, "George is getting UPSET!”), after befriending a person with a similar trait in "The Jimmy".

George's occasional impulsiveness often gets him into trouble, like when he flees a burning kitchen during his girlfriend's son's birthday party, knocking over several children and an old woman in the process, so he can escape first in "The Fire". However, there are moments where George exhibits remarkable courage, but usually accidentally and often in support of inane lies he would rather not confess to. For instance, in "The Marine Biologist", he goes into the sea alone to save a beached whale because his date, a woman on whom he had a crush in college, thinks he is a marine biologist and even tells her the truth about his occupation after he saves the day. However, this causes her to reject him immediately, and he is forced to take the bus home.

George often goes to impressive measures to build and maintain his relationships with women. In "The Conversion", he goes through the process of converting to the Latvian Orthodox religion as his girlfriend's conservative parents would not let her date somebody outside their religion. In "The Susie", he deems it so important that he make a grand entrance at his work's ball with his attractive girlfriend Allison that, upon finding out that she plans to break up with him, George goes to great lengths to avoid her before the ball, stating "If she can't find me, she can't break up with me." Ultimately though, the one relationship he holds long-term, with his fiancée Susan, is the one about which he is seemingly least enthusiastic, as shown by his ongoing attempts to first postpone, and later cancel, their wedding and his rather nonchalant reaction when she suddenly dies.  In fact, in "The Foundation", George shows greater emotion while discussing the death of the Star Trek character Spock in the movie, The Wrath of Khan than after Susan's death.

In some episodes, George aligns with both Kramer and Elaine, each of whom he is also frequently pitted against. While he gets into arguments with Elaine, they also work together, most notably in "The Cadillac", although George states in "The Dinner Party" that he is frightened of her. George and Kramer usually feel awkward around one another but find themselves working together (and against one another) in "The Busboy", "The Stall" and "The Slicer". "The Susie" is the only episode where their relationship is as prominent as the relationships between the other characters. Some episodes, like "The Raincoats", "The Money", "The Doorman" and "The Fusilli Jerry", would suggest that Kramer has a more comfortable rapport with George's parents than George.

He has an interest in nice restrooms and his personal bathroom habits border on obsession. In "The Revenge", he quits his real estate job solely because he is forbidden to use his boss' private bathroom. In "The Voice", he admits that one of the reasons he is staying at a job his boss has asked that he resign from (for feigning a disability) is that it gives him "private access to one of the great handicapped toilets in the city". In "The Busboy", he claims to have an encyclopedic knowledge of the locations of the best public bathrooms in the city. He proves this in "The Bizarro Jerry" when he directs Kramer to "the best bathroom in midtown" at the offices of Brand/Leland, even describing the layout, marble, high ceiling and toilets that flush "like a jet engine".  In "The Gymnast", he told Jerry that he always removes his shirt when using the bathroom because "it frees me up... no encumbrances". It is unclear if he dropped this habit after an embarrassing incident where he walked out of a bathroom shirtless at a lunch party attended by his girlfriend, her mom and other female members of her family. When working for the Yankees, he suggested having the bathroom stall doors stretched all the way to the ground (letting people's legs not be seen while in the stalls), and, in many episodes, he shows a fascination with toilet paper and its history. He also displays a fear of diseases, like lupus and cancer. In "The Wife", George gets into trouble for peeing in the shower at a gym but defends his action with, "It's all pipes! What's the difference?" even threatening to call a plumber to back him up.

Although occasionally referred to as dumb by his friends, many signs point to the fact that George is actually quite intelligent despite his neurotic behavior. George's foolishness is displayed in "The Cafe", where he has Elaine take an IQ test for him. Apparently, George's neurotic stupidity would progress until it became one of his primary characteristics. By "The Couch", he could not even concentrate enough to read a ninety-page book (Breakfast at Tiffany's). In "The Abstinence", it is discovered that George actually has what would appear to be genius-level intelligence but can never access it because his mind is always so completely focused on sex. When circumstances let him temporarily remove sex from his mind, he is able to reach his true intellectual potential, solving a Rubik's Cube, answering a string of questions on Jeopardy! and giving Derek Jeter and Bernie Williams pointers on hitting based on Newtonian physics.

George and Jerry have been best friends since meeting in high school gym class. The extreme closeness of their friendship is occasionally mistaken for gayness. "The Outing" deals with a reporter from a New York University college paper mistaking George and Jerry for a gay couple, and, in "The Cartoon", George dates somebody who Kramer insists is merely a "female Jerry". When George is forced to note to himself that the idea of a female Jerry who he can have a close personal and also sexual relationship with would be everything he has ever wanted, George, in horror, breaks off his relationship with the woman. When something goes wrong, George has been known to hold his head.

Development

Seinfeld co-creator Larry David based George largely on himself. Seinfeld and David created the character as a counterpoint to Seinfeld's character. In the first draft of the show's pilot script, called "Stand-Up" at the time, George's name was Bennett and he, like Jerry, was a comedian. In that same draft, the scene in the pilot in which George and Jerry discuss a woman Jerry met earlier saw George and Jerry instead discussing their stand-up act. This idea however, was quickly abandoned; his name was changed to George, and he became a real estate broker instead. George's last name comes from Michael Costanza, a college classmate of Seinfeld. "Louis", George's middle name is a homage to Lou Costello, whose 1950s television series The Abbott and Costello Show, inspired Seinfelds writing style. Although he is often asked whether he wanted to play the character, Larry David has said that he was only interested in writing the show, that not only did he not want to act on the show, but it had never occurred to him and, even if it had, he highly doubted that NBC would have approved of his being cast.

Casting director Marc Herschfield stated that, during casting for the character, "we saw every actor we could possibly see in Los Angeles", but they could not find the right actor for the part. Among the auditionees were Nathan Lane, David Alan Grier, Brad Hall and Larry Miller.  The Trivia page for the Seinfeld show on IMDb incorrectly states that  George Schimmel auditioned for the Costanza role.  A 2011 article by Bradford Evans in Splitsider claims those considered for Costanza include Danny DeVito and Nathan Lane, while Jason Alexander himself has noted that Chris Rock was also considered for the role.

On April 3, 1989, Herschfield sent a partial script to Jason Alexander, who was in New York City at the time. Herschfield had met Alexander when he was working on the CBS sitcom E/R. Alexander enjoyed the script and felt it read like a Woody Allen film; therefore, he did a Woody Allen impression on his audition tape, and bought a pair of glasses to better resemble the character. Though Alexander thought his audition was "a complete waste of time", both David and Seinfeld were impressed; Seinfeld stated "the second we saw him, like two lines out of his mouth, we went 'That's the guy'". On April 10, 1989 at 9:00 A.M. Alexander did his first official audition and met David and Seinfeld. While in the waiting room for his final audition, Alexander saw that Larry Miller was also auditioning. Alexander was aware that Miller and Seinfeld were very good friends, and so figured that he would not get the part. After his final audition he returned to New York City, and when he landed he received a phone call informing him that he was hired.

Many of George's predicaments were based on David's past real-life experiences. In "The Revenge", for example, when George quits his job in a fury only to realize he has made a mistake, he goes back the next day as if nothing happened; this mirrors David's actions while working as a writer for Saturday Night Live, when he quit and then returned to his job in the same manner.  As the show progressed, Alexander discovered that the character was based on David. As Alexander explains in an interview for the Seinfeld DVD, during an early conversation with David, Alexander questioned a script, saying, "This could never happen to anyone, and even if it did, no human being would react like this." David replied, "What do you mean? This happened to me once, and this is exactly how I reacted." After that, Alexander changed his performance from an imitation of Woody Allen to what he has called a "shameless imitation of Larry David."

In 1998, Michael Costanza sued the show for US$100,000,000, claiming that he never gave permission for his name to be used and that, because of the character's appearance and behavior, he was not treated with respect. Costanza lost the suit, as the New York Supreme Court (the trial court in the State of New York court system) decided that Seinfeld and David "did not violate Michael Costanza's privacy rights when they created the character".

Family and background

Susan

George becomes engaged to Susan Biddle Ross, a wealthy executive at NBC who approved his and Jerry's show-within-a-show sitcom pilot. George and Susan date for a year, during which time commitment-phobic George is constantly trying to find ways to end their relationship without actually having to initiate the breakup with her. In "The Engagement", he proposes to her in a short-lived bout of midlife crisis, after he and Jerry make a pact to move forward with their lives. When Jerry breaks up with his girlfriend almost immediately thereafter for eating "her peas one at a time" and declares the deal over, George panics and again tries repeatedly to weasel out of his engagement. He gets his wish about 2 weeks before the wedding in "The Invitations", when he inadvertently kills her by selecting cheap envelopes for their wedding invitations, not knowing they contained toxic glue. When notified of her death at the hospital, George displays a combination of shock, apathy and relief (later described by the doctor in Part 2 of The Finale as "restrained jubilation"). A few moments after being notified of Susan's death, he says to Jerry, Kramer and Elaine, "Well, let's go get some coffee." Susan's parents, recent divorcees, never knowing the specifics behind her poisoning but suspecting that George was somehow involved, never forgive him for this, and appoint him to the board of directors of the Susan Ross Foundation to keep him trapped under their influence and ensure that he would never get any of Susan's inheritance.

Relationships

George is very bad at meeting women and even worse at maintaining his romantic relationships and, as a result, his relationships usually end badly. George also dated other women throughout the series:

 His two dates, Maura (who refuses to break up) and Loretta (who will not make love in "The Strongbox"), make it hard for George to break up.
 In "The Cadillac", George goes on a date with actress Marisa Tomei (who loves "quirky, funny, bald men"), in the park for a short time but gets punched after revealing that he is engaged.
 In "The Cafe", George dates Monica, who tests George in an IQ test. Apparently, after letting Elaine help him cheat, the end result is the test being spilled with food, and he is left to explain about the mess on the IQ test.
 In "The Nose Job", George dates Audrey, who has a big nose, until he, Jerry and Elaine are shocked when Kramer suggests that she get a nose job.
 In "The Red Dot", by accident, George dates Evie, a cleaning woman who works at Pendant Publishing by sharing Hennigans.
 In "The Conversion", George willingly converts to the Latvian Orthodox faith for his girlfriend, Sasha, after Elaine mentions that it would be romantic, only to learn after completing the conversion that Sasha is going to Latvia.
 In "The Boyfriend", George dates Carrie, the daughter of his unemployment-office rep, Mrs. Sokol, in order to get an extension on his unemployment.
 In "The Good Samaritan", George commits adultery with a married woman, Robin, after he says "God bless you" to her.
 In "The Outing", George dates Allison, who is having a breakdown. He tries to get out of the relationship by saying he is homosexual, without success.
 In "The Cartoon", George dates Janet, who Kramer openly says looks like Jerry.
 In "The Blood", George dates Tara and tries to add food as a part of their sex life.
 In "The Pez Dispenser" George dates a pianist, Noelle who wishes to break up with George after Elaine laughs during a recital. George has a phone communication with Noelle and feels like she wishes to break up, so he breaks up with her first. Later at an intervention for an old friend of Jerry and Elaine's, Elaine laughs the laugh that Noelle will never forget and it is revealed she is the one that shattered Noelle's confidence during the recital.
 In "The Fix-Up" George refuses a blind date with Cynthia until assured she meets his intellect (low) and attractiveness (high) standards
 George's childhood friend Deena repeatedly catches George acting strangely, first in "The Gum", then "The Doll" and in "The Bottle Deposit", where she finds him in a mental institution, where she thinks he is finally getting the help he needs.

In the season 7 Curb Your Enthusiasm episode "Seinfeld", George has married (and divorced) a woman named Amanda in the time since the finale. It is unclear, however, whether these events are considered canon in the Seinfeld series.

Professional life

George's professional life is unstable. He is unable to remain in any job for any great length of time before making an embarrassing blunder and getting fired, and he is unemployed for a large amount of time throughout the series. Very often, the blunder is lying and trying to cover it up, only to have it all fall apart. Most of the many short-lived jobs George holds throughout the series are in sales.

Over the course of the series, he most notably works for a real estate transaction services firm (Rick Bahr Properties), a rest stop supply company (Sanalac), a publishing company Elaine also works at (Pendant Publishing), the New York Yankees (his longest running job), a playground-equipment company (Play Now) and an industrial smoothing company (Kruger Industrial Smoothing). He is fired from his job at Pendant Publishing for having sex with the cleaning woman on his desk in "The Red Dot" (he professes he has always been attracted to cleaning women).

George works briefly for his father selling computers, although he is always outshone by co-worker Lloyd Braun.

His original job when the series starts is as a real estate agent; he ends up quitting and getting re-hired, but fired immediately afterward for drugging his boss. He always wanted to be an architect or least "pretend to be an architect".  He first mentions this desire in "The Stake Out", and claims in "The Race" that he had designed "the new addition to the Guggenheim". In "The Van Buren Boys", he denies his young protégé a scholarship from the Susan Ross Foundation when the young man decides he no longer wants to be an architect and wants to become a city planner instead. In "The Marine Biologist", Jerry tells a woman who George wanted to impress that George is a marine biologist. The plan backfires when George is called on to save a beached whale with a Titleist golf ball in its blowhole. He saves the whale, but the woman tells him off when he confesses that he is not, in fact, a marine biologist: "She told me to go to hell, and I took the bus home." He then gets a job working for the Yankees, where he frequently encounters a fictionalized version of Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (the voice of Steinbrenner is made by Larry David).

During Season 4, George gains experience as a sitcom writer as he helps Jerry to write the pilot for the fictitious show Jerry. While pitching the concept of a "show about nothing" to NBC executives, George dates executive Susan until "The Virgin", when she is fired. Following the only episode ("The Pilot"), executive Russell's obsession with Elaine has cost George and Jerry a shot at getting a television series.

Fashion and hairstyle

George is known for his balding hair, which is less noticeable in "The Seinfeld Chronicles" or a flashback in "The Slicer", but gets thinner as the series progresses. In "The Beard", he starts to wear a wig, until Elaine throws it out the window in disgust. He also tries to restore his hair in "The Tape", when he starts using a Chinese cream that is said to be such a great cure for baldness that it will make him "look like Stalin". His hair is rarely seen styled. His clothing is usually very plain. He frequently wears jeans and Nike Cortez sneakers. In "The Pilot", George wears sweatpants; Jerry says that this makes George look like he has given up on life. In "The Subway", when his clothing is taken, he goes to the coffee shop with a sheet, causing a bystander to mistake him for a Hare Krishna. In "The Muffin Tops", he steals clothing from a tourist who asks him to watch his suitcase. "The Gum" has him dressed as Henry VIII. George has, however, mentioned that his clothes are color-coded based on his mood. In "The Trip", Jerry asks him what mood he is in, and George replies, "Morning mist". Several times throughout the show, George mentions a desire to "drape" himself in velvet (if only it were socially acceptable), which he does in "The Doodle". In "The Bizarro Jerry", George can be seen styling his hair based on an Andy Sipowicz (Dennis Franz) poster.

Art Vandelay

Art Vandelay is a fictional person first used in "The Stake Out". To explain their presence in the lobby of an office building, Jerry and George come up with a story that they are meeting Art Vandelay, an importer-exporter who works in the building. George frequently reuses the invented name in one of the show's running jokes. In "The Boyfriend", George tells the unemployment office he is close to getting a job at "Vandelay Industries". He later tells Susan that Art is Elaine's boyfriend as part of a cover story to hide from Susan that he is dating Marisa Tomei ("The Cadillac"). He uses the name when asked which authors he reads during an interview with Elaine's publishing house in "The Red Dot". In "The Bizarro Jerry", George asks the receptionist at Brandt/Leland for a Mr. Art Vandelay. In "The Serenity Now", George invents fake customers, one of whom is "Mr. Vandelay", to hide his lack of sales success. In "The Puerto Rican Day", George pretends to be Vandelay (Jerry pretends to be "Kal Varnsen", and Kramer is "H.E. Pennypacker") to take advantage of an open house to watch a Mets game on television. In "The Finale", the name of the presiding judge is Arthur Vandelay, much to George's amazement.

Reception

In a list of the "50 Greatest Sidekicks" compiled by Entertainment Weekly, George was placed third behind Robin from the Batman franchise and Ed McMahon, who co-hosted The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from 1962 to 1992. On a The Times-Union list of the 50 greatest sitcom characters of all time, George was ranked third, behind Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) from I Love Lucy and Barney Fife (Don Knotts) from The Andy Griffith Show. In 1999, TV Guide published a list of the 50 best characters in television history, on which George was ranked 10th. The People called George the greatest television character on a list of the 100 best television characters. British comedian Ricky Gervais and Guardian columnist Marina Hyde have both called George "arguably the greatest sitcom character of all time".

For his performance as George, Alexander was nominated for various awards. In 1992, he received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the category Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series; however, he lost the award to Michael Jeter for Evening Shade. He received nominations in the same category the following six years, but failed to win each year. In addition, Alexander was nominated for four Golden Globe Awards—in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1998—in the Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television category, but never won the award. In 1995, Alexander received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series, he also shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with Seinfeld, Louis-Dreyfus, and Richards. From 1996 through 1998, Alexander was nominated in the same two categories, co-winning the ensemble award in 1997 and 1998. In 1999, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series for the last time, but lost to Michael J. Fox for his portrayal of Michael Flaherty on Spin City. In 1992 and 1993, Alexander won the American Comedy Award for Funniest Supporting Male Performer in a TV Series. He was also nominated for the award in 1996 (with Richards) and 1999, but did not win again.

References
 Explanatory notes

From "The Puffy Shirt" to "The Opposite" George lives with his parents at 1344 Queens Boulevard (his parents' address is revealed in "The Cigar Store Indian").

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I'm All Yours

"I'm All Yours" is an R&B-hip-hop song by British artist Jay Sean. The song was released in North America as the first single from his second album there, Neon. In other markets, including the UK, the song serves as Jay Sean's lead single from his fourth studio album. The single features American rapper Pitbull and is produced by Orange Factory Music.

"I'm All Yours" had its radio premiere on 18 April 2012. The track was officially released to US radio on 22 May 2012 and digital retailers on 29 May 2012.

Background
In February 2012, Jay Sean revealed at the Cash Money’s pre-Grammy party in Hollywood that a brand new single, I'm All Yours featuring Pitbull, is coming. He told Rap-Up, "It’s gonna be a smash and I’m saying it right now because the video is insane". He further added "We shot it in Miami—yachts, helicopters, speed boats, all of that good stuff".

Speaking in May 2012 to MTV News Jocelyn Vena, Jay explained the background to the track, "Well, you know, people who know my music, especially when I first came over to America, one of the first things that people noticed with my songs is I like to do feel-good songs. And when it comes to the singles, that's what I like to give them. And 'I'm All Yours' is really the epitome of all that". He further added, "So it's still got that element of romance, which is what I like to bring to music. So it's high-energy and romantic. And the Pitbull collaboration actually happened in Australia, where we were on tour together, and you know, we're all fans of each other. We got talking, like, 'Man, we should do something.' So we laid it out right there and then". Further he said "I think the thing is, you got someone like Pit and myself, we share similar fanbases, but also, as I said, it's that high-energy music that really blends well together," he said. "And I think sometimes certain voices and certain vibes and certain styles just work together on a record, so it was just nice the way it came out"

Leak
The song along with the artwork was leaked on 20 April, but it was soon taken down by IFPI. However, Jay uploaded the artwork on his Facebook account later that day.

Composition

"I'm All Yours" is a Dance-pop influenced track that lasts for three minutes and thirty eight seconds. It includes the elements of club beats. The song starts with Jay Sean singing "I'm all yours tonight, got a feeling that I can't deny, everything about you gets me high, girl I want this for the rest of my life, I'm all yours".  When this ends, Pitbull starts his rap. The song continues with Jay Sean singing "I'm all yours tonight, got a feeling that I can't deny, everything about you gets me high, girl I want this for the rest of my life, I'm all yours". When this ends, Pitbull starts his rap again. The song continues with Jay Sean singing "I'm all yours tonight, got a feeling that I can't deny, everything about you gets me high, girl I want this for the rest of my life, I'm all yours". When this ends, Pitbull starts his rap again. The song finishes with Jay Sean singing "I'm all yours tonight, got a feeling that I can't deny, everything about you gets me high, girl I want this for the rest of my life, I'm all yours".

Music video
The music video for "I'm All Yours" was shot with Pitbull in Miami in February 2012 as a high budget video. Jay Sean tweeted about the video shoot and gave a sneak peek photograph as well. The video features Colombian model Nawal Ayoub, five exotic cars (worth almost a half a million dollars each), a yacht party and cameo from American rapper and co-founder of Cash Money Records, Birdman. The video was directed by Gil Green, who had previously directed the video for Jay Sean's 2009 hit single, "Do You Remember".

The video was premiered on 21 May 2012, during BET's 106 & Park, and had its online premiere on Vevo two days later.

Promotion
Jay Sean gave numerous Stage performances in Countries like US, Lebanon, Indonesia, Japan etc. for the promotion of the song and the album. He even appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno telecasted on 24 July 2012 and performed the solo version of the track.

Later Jay Sean announced "I'm All Yours Tour" for Australia and New Zealand. The Tour included 6 shows in Australia and 1 show in New Zealand.

Confirmed track listing
Digital download
 "I'm All Yours" (featuring Pitbull) – 3:38

Credits and personnel
Lead vocals – Jay Sean, Pitbull
Producers – OFM
Lyrics – Jay Sean, Hookman Marlin Bonds, Atozzio Towns, Ryan Taylor, Armando Perez
Label: Cash Money Records, Universal Republic

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Certifications

Release history

References

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Christopher Elliott

Christopher or Chris Elliott may refer to:
Christopher Haslett Elliott (born 1947), British Army officer
Christopher Leslie Elliott (born 1947), British Army officer
Chris Elliott (born 1960), American comedian and actor
Chris Elliott (footballer) (born 1953), Australian rules footballer

See also
Christy Elliot, Scottish rugby player
Christy Elliott, Irish boxer
Chris Elliot (disambiguation)


Tschudi Group

The Tschudi Group is a private shipping and logistics company, established in 1883. The company is now owned and run by the fourth and fifth generations of the Tschudi family. The head office is located in Lysaker, Norway.

The Group’s main commercial competences are shipping and maritime services, logistics and offshore. The Group is active in ship management, offering commercial, technical management and crewing services primarily to third party clients. The Tschudi Group has offices in Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Estonia, Ukraine, Switzerland, Angola, Mozambique and China.

The Group has significant activities in Northern Norway and the Arctic, including the Sydvaranger group of mining-related companies, companies owning ports/terminals, real estate and aggregates businesses in Kirkenes (the Tschudi Kirkenes group), and transshipment and other logistics operations related to the Northern Sea Route.

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Vitacea polistiformis

Vitacea polistiformis, the grape root borer, is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found throughout the midwest of the United States, south to Florida and Texas. It is the most serious threat to grapes in Florida.

Adults are brown with thin yellow bands on the abdomen and resemble paper wasps. The front wings are brown while hind wings are transparent.

The larvae feed on grape species. The eggs hatch on the soil surface and the larvae tunnels into the root system of their host plant. The damage causes reduces vine growth, smaller leaves and reduced berry size.

Gallery

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Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez

Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Márquez,  is a boxing welterweight championship fight. The bout was held on October 12, 2013, at the Thomas & Mack Center in  Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on HBO Pay-Per-View.

Bradley won via a split decision.
The judges scored the fight 116-112, 115-113, 113-115.

Fight Card

International broadcasting

1The GMA News TV version ceased airing due to high airtime cost with live coverage via satellite feed of Timothy Bradley vs. Juan Manuel Marquez boxing fight.

References

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Heaven (Kane Brown song)

"Heaven" is a song recorded by American country music singer Kane Brown for the re-release of his self-titled debut album on October 6, 2017. It was released as the fourth single from the album on November 13, 2017.

Background
The song was written by Blake Anthony Carter, Matt McGinn, and Lindsay Rimes. Billboard described it as a "romantic slow jam." Kane Brown first discovered the song at a writer's retreat where he heard it from through the floor while he was working on another song ("What's Mine Is Yours") upstairs. He decided to cut it because it instantly reminded him of his fiancée.

Composition
The song is in the key of A major with a moderately slow tempo of approximately 80 beats per minute. It follows the chord progression D-A-Fm-E. Brown's vocals range from F-F.

Commercial performance
The song reached No. 1 on the Country Airplay chart dated May 19, 2018, becoming Brown's second No. 1 on the chart.  It also reached No. 2 on the Hot Country Songs chart. It has sold 722,000 copies in the United States as of April 2019. It was certified 5× Platinum on January 27, 2020 by the RIAA for 5 million units in sales and streams in the United States.

Music video
The music video for "Heaven" was directed by Alex Alvga and released on October 6, 2017. In it, Brown performs the song in a white T-shirt and jeans alone at a microphone stand in a room lit with an assortment of candles.

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Callimetopus bilineatus

Callimetopus bilineatus is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Vives in 2015.

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Tangaleh, Yazd

Tangaleh () is a village in Pishkuh Rural District, in the Central District of Taft County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.

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Church of St John the Baptist, Pilton

The Church of St John the Baptist in Pilton, Somerset, England, dates from the 11th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

The present Norman and Medieval structure, may stand on the site of an earlier wattle and daub church built by the early missionaries.

In 2011 a new lighting system was installed at a cost of £17,000 with financial support from Glastonbury Festival and Viridor Landfill Communities Fund.

The Anglican parish is part of the benefice of Pilton with Croscombe, North Wootton and Dinder within the archdeaconry of Wells.

See also

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 List of towers in Somerset
 List of ecclesiastical parishes in the Diocese of Bath and Wells

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Bob McManama

Robert Spang McManama (born October 7, 1951 in Belmont, Massachusetts) is an American retired professional ice hockey player.

He played 99 games in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins and 37 games in the World Hockey Association for the New England Whalers in 1973–76. He was also a member of the United States national team at the 1972 and 1973 Ice Hockey World Championship tournaments.

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Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet

Sir Edward Hales, 3rd Baronet (28 September 1645 – October 1695) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1679 to 1681. He became a Catholic and supported King James II at the time of the Glorious Revolution.

Background and early life
Hales was the only son of Sir Edward Hales, 2nd Baronet, of Tunstall, Kent, a Royalist, by his wife Anne Wotton, the youngest of the four daughters and coheirs of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton. He was a descendant of John Hales, baron of the exchequer. He was educated at University College, and  his tutor Obadiah Walker influenced him in the direction of Roman Catholicism.

Career under Charles II
On 28 November 1673 Hales was admitted to the rank of colonel of a foot regiment at Hackington, Kent.  He purchased the mansion and estate of St. Stephen's, near Canterbury, where his descendants afterwards resided. He was elected Member of Parliament for Canterbury in 1679 and held the seat until 1681. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1684.

Catholicism
Hales declared himself a Catholic on the accession of James II and was formally reconciled to the Catholic Church on 11 November 1685. He had not received the sacrament  according to the rites of the Church of England within three months of his commission in 1673, contrary to the statute 25 Charles II and had not taken the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. James II now gave him a dispensation from these obligations by letters patent under the Great Seal. In order to determine the legality of the exercise of his dispensing power in such cases, a test action was arranged. Arthur Godden, Sir Edward's coachman, was instructed to bring a qui tam action against his master for the penalty of £500, due to the informer under the act of Charles II. Hales was indicted and convicted at the assizes held at Rochester 28 March 1686. He pleaded the king's dispensation, and on appeal the question was argued at length in the court of king's bench before Sir Edward Herbert, Lord Chief Justice of England. On 21 June 1686, Herbert, after consulting his colleagues on the bench, delivered judgment in favour of Hales, and asserted the dispensing power to be part of the king's prerogative. The dispensing power was effectively outlawed by the Bill of Rights in 1689.

Career under James II
Hales was sworn into the privy council, and appointed one of the lords of the admiralty, deputy-warden of the Cinque ports, and lieutenant of Dover Castle, and in June 1687 Lieutenant of the Tower of London. Narcissus Luttrell mentions, in June 1688, a rumour that he was about to have a Catholic chapel in the Tower. When the seven bishops were discharged from his custody he demanded fees of them; but they refused, on the ground that their detention and Hales's commission were both illegal. The lieutenant hinted that if they came into his hands again they should feel his power.

Flight and exile
Hales was dismissed from his post at the Tower in November 1688. James II, with Hales as one of his three companions, and disguised as Hales's servant, left Whitehall on 11 December, in the hope of escaping to France. The boat carrying them was discovered the next day as it lay in the river off Faversham, and the king and his three attendants were brought on shore. Hales was recognised, and kept prisoner at the courthouse at Faversham. Immediately after the king's departure for London he was conveyed to Maidstone gaol, and afterwards to the Tower, where he remained for a year and a half. On 26 October 1689 he was brought up to the bar of the House of Commons, and ordered to be charged with high treason in being reconciled to the church of Rome. On 31 January 1690 he and Obadiah Walker were brought by habeas corpus from the Tower to the bar of the king's bench, and were bailed on good security; but both were excepted out of the act of pardon dated 23 May following. Eventually Hales obtained his discharge on 2 June 1690.

Hales went in October 1690 to St. Germain-en-Laye, but he was little employed by James II other than as friend. James rewarded his services by creating him Earl of Tenterden in Kent, Viscount Tunstall, and Baron Hales of Emley, by patent 3 May 1692. Edward Hasted wrote that Hales's son and successor in the baronetcy, Sir John Hales, was offered a peerage by George I, but the matter dropped, because Sir John insisted on his right to his father's titles, and to precedence according to that creation.

Final years
In 1694, Hales applied to the Earl of Shrewsbury for a licence to return to England, but he died, without obtaining it, in 1695, and was buried in the Église Saint-Sulpice, Paris. By the schedule to his will, dated July 1695, he bequeathed £5,000, to be disposed of according to his instructions by Bonaventure Giffard and Dr. Thomas Witham. Hales left in manuscript a journal of his life, which Charles Dodd used in his Church History.

Family
Hales married Frances Windebank, daughter of Sir Francis Windebank of Oxfordshire and had five sons and seven daughters. Edward, his eldest son, was killed in the service of James II at the Battle of the Boyne, and John, the second son (died 1744), accordingly succeeded to the baronetcy, which became extinct on the death of the sixth baronet, Sir Edward Hales, without issue, on 15 March 1829.

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Greenside Tunnel

Greenside Tunnel is a former railway tunnel in Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England.

History

Greenside Tunnel was built when the branch line from Stanningley to Pudsey Greenside was extended towards Laisterdyke, resulting in the line known as Pudsey Loop. The tunnel was opened in 1893. Since the railway line closed on 15 July 1964, it has been out of use and has been fenced off. Around 2006, planning permission had been granted to fill in the tunnel and the adjoining cuttings, but work has not started yet.
Partial landfill has begun as of spring 2018. An application has been made to Leeds city council for complete full landfill as of October 2018

Description

The tunnel is located west of the site of Pudsey Greenside railway station and of the bridge leading Carlisle Road across the former line, and east of a bridge of Smalewell Quarry track, beneath the Fox and Grapes public house. It is  long, according to some sources , and led a double-tracked railway beneath a hill on the western side of Pudsey town. The tunnel has not been built in a straight line, but with a slight S-shaped curvature that nevertheless allows to keep at least one entrance in sight at any point of its route. A ventilation shaft had been built about  from its western portal. Its opening was located near today's junction of Westroyd, Windmill Hill, and Smalewell Road, beneath an access road to some garages, but is now capped off.

The eastern portal is located below steep retaining walls on the south side of the approach cutting. Since closure of the line, it has been partly blocked by tipped spoil. The lining consists of masonry side walls with a height of about , the roof arch has been constructed from engineering brick. Throughout the tunnel, amply-sized refuges in brick have been provided at regular intervals. The western portal is built from stone with buttresses and wing walls to each side.

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Salve Regina University

Salve Regina University (Salve) is a private university in Newport, Rhode Island founded by the Sisters of Mercy in 1934. Salve is a doctorate-level granting university fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The university enrolls more than 2,600 undergraduate and graduate students from across the U.S. and around the world.

Salve's 80-acre historical campus, bordering Newport Cliff Walk in the state of Rhode Island, is set on seven contiguous Gilded Age estates with 21 structures of historic significance. In 2002, Salve Regina became the first New England institution to receive a Getty Grant Program award to develop a campus heritage preservation plan.

Salve is a member of the NCAA Division III and in 2018 more than 460 of its students participate in intercollegiate athletics, representing a participation rate of approximately 17% of the total student body.

An extensive number of notable senior U.S. and foreign military leaders are alumni of Salve, primarily due its close proximity to the U.S. Naval War College and special matriculation agreements that exist between the two institutions.

History
On March 6, 1934, the state of Rhode Island granted a charter to the Sisters of Mercy of Providence for a corporation to be named Salve Regina College (translated in Latin to mean "Hail Queen" or "Hello Queen"). The charter specified that the college would exist "to promote virtue, and piety and learning". In 1947 the corporation received the gift of Ochre Court, a 50-room Newport mansion, and admitted its first class of 58 students in the autumn of that year.  The college's first president was Mother Mary Matthew Doyle (1870–1960), who was also the first Mother Provincial of the Sisters of Mercy of Providence.

During the 1950s Salve Regina added two more buildings to its campus. Moore Hall, originally built in 1890, was donated to the college in 1955 by Cornelius Moore, a former Newport mayor and chairman of Salve Regina's original Board of Trustees. McCauley Hall, originally the Vinland Estate, was donated to the college in 1955 by the daughter of Florence Adele Vanderbilt Twombly.

Originally a women's college, Salve Regina became coeducational in 1973, added graduate programs in 1975 and achieved university status in 1991. The changes came about during the tenure of its longest-serving president, Sister Lucille McKillop, who headed the institution from 1973 until 1994. During that time Salve Regina went from 1000 students studying nine majors to over 2300 students studying 25 majors. The Ph.D. program was accredited in 1995 and the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy was established in 1996.

By 2000, Salve Regina's campus had expanded to 60 acres and included 18 buildings of historical significance. The university received an Historic Preservation Award from the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission in 2000 for its work in the preservation and "sensitive adaptation" of the buildings and the 1999 National Preservation Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

In December 2015 the University applied for, and was subsequently awarded, a Tree Campus USA designation, a program of the Arbor Day Foundation. A Tree Campus USA designation recognizes and encourages the best practices of planting and caring for campus trees and the engagement of students in environmental stewardship. The University was also accredited by the Morton Arboretum as a Level II arboretum for its historic trees and landscapes in 2016.

Rankings
Salve Regina University is ranked annually by several national and international publications. For 2020, Salve was ranked 23rd in the Regional Universities (North) category by U.S. News and World Report magazine. In 2018, Salve Regina University was ranked as being one of the Top 50 Most Beautiful Colleges in America by Architectural Digest magazine. Salve was ranked in 2018, by the career portal Zippia, as one of the Top 10  colleges in the U.S. for career placement. For the 2018-19 year, Money magazine ranked Salve as one of the Most Transformative Colleges in the U.S.

Academics
Salve Regina University offers associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in a wide variety of majors. The university has two PhD programs focusing on international relations and the humanities; the university also offers the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Salve Regina is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges with additional accreditation from other bodies for its professional programs such as business studies, visual arts, counseling, education, nursing, and social work.

According to the university, in the three years prior to 2016, it received an average of 5,000 yearly applications, of which 3,000 students were admitted from 35 US states and 20 other countries. Admission to the nursing program is more selective, with 40 percent of nursing applications typically accepted. There are also a number of study abroad programs.

Financial aid is offered through a variety of grants, scholarships, loans and part-time work-study employment. Some of the programs are funded by outside bodies and others funded by the university itself. The university also participates in the Post-9/11 GI Bill Yellow Ribbon Program to provide educational funding for veterans and their families.

Salve Regina University offers a number of public lectures, presentations and conferences throughout the academic year, including the annual John Edward McGinty Lecture in History, the Atwood Lecture Series, the Cultural and Historic Preservation Conference and the Blue Innovation Symposium. In addition, the university is home to the Pell Center which focuses on international relations and national public policy issues.

Buildings

Antone Academic Center
Named for Sister Therese Antone, president of Salve Regina from 1994-2009, the Antone Academic Center for Culture and the Arts houses facilities for several academic departments and programs, including art, cultural and historic preservation and music, theatre and dance. It was completed in 2008 and involved combining and restoring the carriage house and stable complexes of two historic buildings—Wetmore Hall, belonging to Chateau-sur-Mer, and Mercy Hall belonging to Ochre Court.

McAuley Hall
McAuley Hall, named after Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, was originally the main building of the Vinland Estate built in 1882 for the tobacco heiress Catharine Lorillard Wolfe. It was acquired by the university in 1955 and initially served as a residence hall and library. It now houses classrooms and academic department offices.

McKillop Library
Named for Sister Lucille McKillop, president of Salve Regina from 1973 to 1994, the McKillop Library is the university's main library. It was built in 1991 and holds approximately 150,000 volumes.

Miley Hall
Named for Sister M. Hilda Miley, Salve Regina's second president, Miley Hall was built in 1964 on the former site of Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs' Whiteholme estate. It serves as a residence hall for first-year students and also houses the cafeteria, bookstore, and offices for student services.

Ochre Court
Ochre Court, built between 1890-1895, and once the summer residence of Ogden Goelet, is now the university's central administration building. Concerts, lectures, and special functions are periodically held in the ballrooms located on the ground floor. The Goelet family gave Ochre Court to the Sisters of Mercy in 1947 enabling the establishment of the college. In the early years of the college, the 50-room mansion was its sole building and housed the dormitories for the original 58 students, classrooms, a library, and the dining hall. At the time, the faculty consisted of eight Sisters of Mercy who lived in the mansion's former servant quarters.

O'Hare Academic Center
Named for Sister Mary James O'Hare, the university's first academic dean, the O'Hare Academic Center houses classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices, the Bazarsky Lecture Hall and the Jazzman's Cafe. It was built in 1968, and in 2015 underwent a major renovation and expansion project scheduled to conclude in June 2017.

Our Lady of Mercy Chapel
The chapel and interfaith prayer room are situated on the main floor of the building which was completed in September 2010. It was built, in part, to house three large figurative stained glass windows and ten smaller ones by John La Farge. They were originally created in 1890–1891 for the private chapel of the Caldwell sisters in Newport. When the Caldwell house was demolished in 1931, the windows went to the Sisters of Mercy convent chapel in Fall River Massachusetts and were subsequently acquired by Salve Regina when the convent was torn down 2004. Wood salvaged from the Fall River convent has been incorporated into the chapel's altar base and celebrant's chair. The steeple contains three bells made by the Meneely Bell Foundry in 1910 and formerly hanging in a church in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Mercy Center for Spiritual Life is located on the lower level of the building and provides space for student activities and offices for campus ministers.

Rodgers Recreation Center
Named for Thomas Rodgers Jr., a trustee and benefactor of the university, the center was completed in 2000. It houses the university's athletic and recreational facilities.

Wakehurst
Wakehurst, a mansion built in 1887 for James J. Van Alen, was acquired by the university from the Van Alen family in 1972. A replica of Wakehurst Place in England, Wakehurst houses classrooms and faculty offices and serves as a hub for student recreational activities and campus events.

Young Building
Named for the university benefactors Anita O'Keeffe and Robert R. Young, the Young Building is the home of the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy and also serves as a residence for sophomore students in the Pell Honors Program. It was originally Fairlawn, a mansion built in the 1850s for the Boston lawyer Andrew Ritchie and later owned by Levi P. Morton. It was acquired by the university in 1997.

Athletics

Salve Regina competes on the NCAA Division III level. The university is a member of the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) and the CCC's quasi-independent football arm, Commonwealth Coast Football. The university offers 10 varsity sports for women (soccer, field hockey, tennis, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, softball, track and field, and lacrosse), eight for men (football, cross country, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, tennis, baseball, and lacrosse), and one co-ed sport (sailing). The university also has a club sports program. The men's rugby club competes in the Colonial Coast Rugby Conference (CCRC).

Notable alumni

Arts

 Betty Hutton, actress
 Mike Lombardi, actor, Rescue Me
 Kristin Hersh, musician, solo artist and member of Throwing Muses
 Jean-Baptiste, American songwriter and record publisher.

Business

 Janet L. Robinson, former President & CEO, The New York Times Company

Military
 Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG, Commandant
 General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC, Commander, United States Central Command
 General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA, Commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan, Commander, ISAF
 General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of Staff
 Vice Admiral Joseph D. Stewart, USMS Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy
 Lt. General George J. Trautman, III, USMC, Deputy Comandant for Aviation, United States Marine Corps
 Lt. General James J. Lovelace, USA, Commander, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central Command
 Lt. General Martin R. Steele, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies, and Operations, United States Marine Corps
 Lt. General Frances C. Wilson, USMC, President, National Defense University
 Major General Antonio M. Taguba, USA, Deputy Commander, Coalition Forces Land Component Command, Central Command
 Major General James W. Nuttall, ARNG, Deputy Director, Army National Guard
 Major General Ronald G. Richard, USMC, Commander, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
 Rear Admiral Stephen A. Turcotte, USN, Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
 Rear Admiral Louis Iasiello, CHC, USN, Chief of Chaplains, United States Navy Chaplain Corps
 Arnold Resnicoff, Special Assistant (Values and Vision) to the Secretary and Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
 Rear Admiral Barry C. Black, USN, 22nd Chief of Chaplains, United States Navy Chaplain Corps, 62nd Chaplain United States Senate

Politics and Law
 Karen Carroll, Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court

See also

Story in the Public Square, an initiative to study, celebrate and tell stories of interest to the public discourse based at Salve Regina University
List of current and historical women's universities and colleges in the United States
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities
List of Roman Catholic universities and colleges in the United States
Seaview Terrace (aka Carey Mansion)

References

Further reading
McKillop, Lucille (Summer 1986). "Salve Regina—The Newport College". New Directions for Higher Education, Vol. 1986, Issue 54, pp 77–85
Our Lady of Mercy Chapel, catalogue for the exhibition John La Farge and the Recovery of the Sacred, McMullen Museum of Art, September 1-December 13, 2015. (Illustrated article on the three large stained glass windows by La Farge in Salve Regina's chapel)

External links

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Hervé Paillet

Hervé Paillet (born 1968) is a French actor and painter born with atrophied legs. He is the fifth child of his family. His legs were amputated when he was three years old, and he uses a wheelchair. Eventually he learned to run with his arms and became a weightlifter. As a teenager he won a silver medal in weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Paralympics. He participated in two more Paralympic Games in 1992 and 1996 as a powerlifter. In both 1994 and 1995 he won a French weightlifting championship.

Paillet is married and he has two daughters.

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My Home

My Home may refer to:

Films
 Mera Pind, a 2008 Punjabi romantic musical comedy film

Music
 "Kde domov můj?", My Home overture
 My Home (traditional pipe tune)

Songs
 "My Home" (song), Japanese song by Kanjani Eight
 "My Home", 1962 song by Christine Campbell; written by Ruvin, Ladbrooke, James
 "My Home", 1974 song by The Sensational Nightingales, written by Charles Johnson
 "My Home", 1988 song by Kamahl; written by Jackie Trent, Tony Hatch
 "My Home", 2012 song by Nneka

See also
 "My Hometown", a 1984 single by Bruce Springsteen from the Born in the U.S.A. album


Rafael Obligado Castle

The Rafael Obligado Castle is an architecturally significant private residence located between Ramallo and San Pedro, Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.

Overview
Set along the banks of the Paraná River, the residence was commissioned by Argentine poet Rafael Obligado in 1896. The estate itself had belonged to the Obligado family since the land's 1789 purchase by Antonio Obligado, a Castillian merchant who had relocated from Andalucia, Spain, and was located within sight of the historic, 1845 Battle of Vuelta de Obligado. The design for the home, commissioned to German Argentine architect Adolfo Büttner, was based on Neo-gothic architecture by request of the client. Obligado wished to evoke the settings described in the works of Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott (a favorite of his wife, Isabel Gómez Langenheim).

Completed in 1898, the three story residence includes 37 rooms and nine baths. The floors are connected via three distinct staircases accessed from a grand reception hall, and the house possesses numerous secret passageways. Known as the Estancia El Castillo, the property remains in the Obligado family and is one of a number of distinguished estancias located in the surrounding Pampas; the estate remains an agricultural holding.

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Fred E. Miller

Fred E. Miller (1868 – 1936) was an American photographer, who worked at Crow Agency. He photographed mostly Crow Indians.

Miller's works, collected by his daughter, were published as Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows in 1985.

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Moravian Falls

Moravian Falls is a waterfall in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Geology
The waterfall is located on Moravian Creek, where it flows over a large bedrock to a lower plunge pool.

Natural history
The falls is privately owned by a campground who has built a reproduction of an old mill next to the falls.

Visiting the falls
From US Highway 421, exit onto NC Highway 18 and NC Highway 16.  Follow NC 18/16 south to the town of Moravian Falls, bearing right to stay on NC 18.  After 0.4 miles, turn left onto Falls Rd. and go 0.5 miles to a view of the falls on the left.

The falls is located on the grounds of the Moravian Falls Campground, whose owners have allowed the public to access the falls (so long as they ask permission at the inside the camp store before walking to the falls, which are viewable from the road (please do not slow down or block traffic to view them).

Visitors are required to obey all rules at the campground concerning the Falls, and are not allowed to swim near or above the falls.

Nearby falls
Boone Falls
Crystal Falls
Wingler Creek Falls
Gilbreath Falls
Carter Falls
North Deep Creek Falls

References

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List of Michigan state symbols

The following is a list of symbols of the U.S. state of Michigan. Bills to designated state symbols in Michigan are referred to the Government Operations Committee in either chamber.

State symbols

Other symbols
United States quarter dollar - Michigan 2004

Proposed
 Butterfly - The Michigan Garden Clubs approach Sate Senator Curtis Hertel (D, East Lansing) about making the butterfly the state insect. Thus in March 2019, Hertel and state Rep. Julie Brixie (D, Meridian Twp.) introduced bills to name the black swallowtail butterfly the state butterfly. The prior year saw the Karner blue butterfly .
 Insect - In 2018, the monarch butterfly was submitted as the official insect by then Senator Jim Marleau. The lady bug was nominated in 2015.
 Wildflower - the Michigan Wildflower Association put forth the trillium in 1998 as an alternative to the Dwarf Lake Iris as trillium is rare and primarily grows in Michigan.
 Song - With the lack of knowledge about "My Michigan" being an official song, "Michigan, My Michigan" of the Civil War-era is often believe to be the official tune for which it was proposed in 2003 to become but failed. "Michigan Man" was proposed in 2014 by Rep. Frank Foster but did not get out of committee.

See also
List of U.S. state, district, and territorial insignia
Outline of Michigan

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Babette Goes to War

Babette Goes to War () is a 1959 French film starring Brigitte Bardot. It was Bardot's first movie since becoming a star where she did not take off her clothes.

Plot
In 1940, during the German invasion of France, a young woman called Babette flees on a boat to England. She is desperate to help the Free French, who end up parachuting her back into the country on a mission to thwart the German invasion of England.

Cast

 Brigitte Bardot as Babette
 Jacques Charrier as Lt. Gérard de Crécy-Lozère
 Francis Blanche as Commander Obersturmführer aka "Papa Schulz"
 Hannes Messemer as General Franz von Arenberg
 Ronald Howard as Colonel Fitzpatrick
 Yves Vincent as Cpt. Darcy
 Pierre Bertin as Duke Edmond de Crécy-Lozère
 Viviane Gosset as Duchess Hélène de Crécy-Lozère
 Mona Goya as Madame Fernande
 Noël Roquevertas Cpt. Gustave Brémont
 Michael Cramer as Heinrich
 Jean Carmetas Antoine
 René Havard as Louis
 Günter Meisner as the first Gestapo officer
 Jacques Hilling as the French captain
 Charles Bouillaud as Pierrot
 Alain Bouvette as Emile
 Max Elloy as Firmin
 Robert Berri as Sgt. Hill
 Jenny Orléans as a girl
 Philippe Clair as Un résistant

Production
Bardot had meant to make a film in Hollywood called Paris by Night with Frank Sinatra and Roger Vadim but did not want to go to America. Producer Raoul Levy came up with another idea, a film about a young girl who becomes involved with the Resistance called Babette Goes to War. Levy assigned Vadim to work on the script with an American writer. Vadim's film The Night Heaven Fell was released and performed poorly, so Levy replaced Vadim as director with Christian Jacques.

In September 1958 it was announced Peter Viertel was working on the script. By October Christian Jacque was attached as director. David Niven was mentioned as a possible co star.

The film was the first in a three-picture deal Levy had with Columbia, two of which were to star Bardot. The studio would invest $2.5 million. (Columbia helped finance the hugely successful Bardot-Levy movie And God Created Woman.) Gerard Philippe was the original co star announced. This deal later expanded to cover three years.

Levy said he came up with the idea of Bardot keeping on her clothes because it was unexpected. "Everything there is to show has been shown," said the producer.

Filming took place in February and March 1959. Bardot and Jacques Charrier had an affair during filming that led to Bardot falling pregnant and them getting married. Bardot was briefly ill during filming.

Reception
The film had its world premiere at the Moscow Film Festival. It was a big hit with admissions in France of 4,657,610. It was the fourth most popular film at the French box office in 1959, after The Cow and I, Sleeping Beauty and The Green Mare. (It was followed by Some Like It Hot, The Four Hundred Blows, The Magnificent Tramp, North by Northwest, Solomon and Sheba and Black Orpheus.

References

External links

Babette Goes to War at TCMDB

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Little Shemogue, New Brunswick

Little Shemogue is a Canadian rural community in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.

History

Notable people

See also
List of communities in New Brunswick

References

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Ždrimci

Ždrimci (Cyrillic: Ждримци) is a village in the municipality of Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Magic Theatre (Omaha)

The Magic Theatre is located at 325 South 16th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Founded in 1968 by Jo Ann Schmidman, the theatre is designed to be an experimental theatre by and for people in the Midwest. The Magic Theatre has toured around the world, including the Suwon Castle International Theater Festival in South Korea. The theatre itself was closed and sold by the city of Omaha in 2007.

About
Today Schmidman is the Theatre's Director, with Megan Terry serving as the playwright-in-residence and as Magic Theatre's "literary manager" Among their best known productions are Approaching Simone, Viet Rock, Calm Down, Mother, and Hot House. The archives of the Omaha Magic Theatre have been placed in the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley.

Publications
In addition to performing work by playwrights from across the country, Schmidman and Megan Terry have published several of the Magic Theatre's original productions.
 (1990) Breakfast Serial. Omaha Magic Theatre.
 (1990) Body Leaks. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1988) Amtrak. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1988) Headlights. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1988) Retro. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1987) Dinner's in the Blender. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1986) Family Talk. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1981) The Trees Blew Down. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1981) Flat in Afghanistan. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1981) Katmandu. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1981) Performance Piece. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1981) Winners: The Lives of a Traveling Family Circus and Mother Jones. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1980) Advances, Omaha Magic Theatre Press. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1979) Babes in the Bighouse: A Documentary Fantasy Musical about Life inside a Women's Prison. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1979) Brazil Fado: You're Always with Me. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1979) Women's Prison. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1979) Attempted Rescue on Avenue B: A Beat Fifties Comic Opera. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1978) American King's English for Queens. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1978) 100,001 Horror Stories of the Plains. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1977) Sleazing toward Athens. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1974) Fifteen Million Fifteen Year Olds (musical). Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1974) Henna for Endurance. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.
 (1974) Hospital Play. Omaha Magic Theatre Press.

Earlier, unpublished productions include the musicals "Choose A Spot On The Floor" (1971) and "Stranger Than Spending A Night In A Fort Dodge Truck Stop" (1972).

Publications about the Omaha Magic Theatre
 Klein, Jeanne (1988) Megan Terry's Plays for Youth at the Omaha Magic Theatre. Paper presented at the Joint Annual Meeting of the American Alliance for Theatre and Education and the Association for Theatre and Disability (Portland, OR, August 2–6, 1988). ERIC # ED301902.

See also
 Theatre in Omaha

References

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Aidan Coffey

Aidan Coffey is an Irish traditional accordionist from Co. Waterford (Ireland). He recorded with Irish traditional fiddle players Seamus Creagh and Frankie Gavin and with accompanists Mick Daly, Seán Ó Loingsigh, Alec Finn and Arty McGlynn and he was a member of the traditional band De Dannan from 1988 to 1995.

Discography

Albums
The Corner House Set" Dublin to DonegalIsland to Island with Seamus CreaghHow the West was Won (De Dannan)Seamus Creagh and Aidan CoffeyThe Irish Drum (Colm Murphy)Ireland Treasures of Irish Music (Various)Irlande with Frankie Gavin and Arty McGlynnHalf Set in Harlem with De DannanJacket of Batteries with De DannanFolkworldThe SessionContributing artistThe Rough Guide to Irish Music'' (1996)

References

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Dairy Show

The Dairy Show is an annual British agricultural show, organised by the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. It was founded in 1876 and was first held at the Agricultural Hall in Islington, London; it was later held at Olympia, London, and then moved to the National Agricultural Exhibition Centre at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire. It is now held as part of the annual Livestock Event at the National Exhibition Centre, in Birmingham in the Midlands.

The show was originally known as the Metropolitan Dairy Show. Goats, pigs and poultry were included in the show from its earliest years. The introduction of milking trials and tests of butterfat and protein content of milk at the show in 1879 was both a response to, and a contributory factor in, the progressive trend towards selection of stock for productive traits rather than purely for physical appearance.

The first Dairy Show

The first Dairy Show was held from 24 – 27 October 1876. Some 150 milch cows were shown; there were prizes of 100 guineas each for the best Channel Islands cow and for the best other-breed cow, which went to a Shorthorn. The total prize-money for cattle was 500 guineas, about half the total for the show. Butter and cheeses were exhibited, and there were demonstrations of cheese-making and butter-churning. One exhibitor entered more than 1000 Stilton cheeses in the show. Dairy equipment and machinery was exhibited and judged.

Other livestock, including goats and poultry, was also shown. There were about 500 entries in the poultry section, which included chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys. Hops, grains and roots were also exhibited.

The attendance at the exhibition was much greater than had been anticipated by the organisers. Special trains were laid on by the major railway companies, including the Great Northern, the Great Western, the London and South-Western, the London and North-Western and the Midland Railway.

The British Dairy Farmers' Association was formed at a meeting during the exhibition, at the instigation of J. Prince Sheldon.

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Chuck Bloedorn

Charles Ervin Bloedorn Jr. (May 28, 1912 – May 20, 1998) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Akron Goodyear Wingfoots in the National Basketball League from 1937 to 1940.

Bloedorn also played one season of minor league baseball, for the Louisville Colonels in 1934.

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The Prophecy (reggae band)

The Prophecy is a Mauritian seggae music band created in 2015 by Murvin Clélie (voice) and Olivier Dauphine (guitar).

References

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List of American films of 2008

A list of American films released in 2008.

WALL-E won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, the BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, and the Satellite Award for Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature.

Man on Wire won the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Feature), the BAFTA Award for Best British Film and the Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film.

Vicky Cristina Barcelona won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. The Wrestler won the Golden Lion. Trouble the Water won the Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. Frozen River won the Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic.

The Love Guru won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture.

See also
 2008 in American television
 2008 in the United States

External links

 List of 2008 box office number-one films in the United States

Films
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Vinni, Estonia

Vinni is a small borough () in Vinni Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia. It's located about  southeast of the town of Rakvere, and just a kilometer northeast of Pajusti, the administrative centre of the municipality. Vinni had a population of 955 on 1 January 2012.

The last battle on the Estonian soil during the Great Northern War took place on the field of Vinni on 15 August 1708. This resulted in the withdrawal of the remaining Swedish forces to Reval (Tallinn) and Pernau (Pärnu).

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Lhendup Dorji

Dasho Lhendup Dorji (6 October 1935 – 15 April 2007) was a member of the Dorji family of Bhutan. He was also the brother of the Queen of Bhutan, Ashi Kesang choden and uncle to the fourth king of Bhutan, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck. He served as acting Lyonchen (Prime Minister) following the assassination of his brother, Lyonchen Jigme Palden Dorji, on April 5, 1964.

Lhendup Dorji was born to Gongzim Raja Sonam Topgay Dorji and Princess Rani Chuni Wangmo of Sikkim on October 6, 1935 at Bhutan House, Kalimpong, India. He became the first Bhutanese to study in the United States attending Cornell University, which he graduated from in 1959. Dorji was an avid hunter and excelled in athletics, such as boxing, golf, and tennis. He returned to Bhutan from the United States and started out measuring land. He spent months traveling around Bhutan calculating the terrain by hand using the most readily available measuring systems. He later served as Postmaster General, Paro Thrimpon, Deputy and later Secretary General of the country's Development Wing.

He is referenced by Shirley MacLaine in her book, "Don't Fall Off the Mountain", which documents a visit she made to Bhutan during which she met him. Lhendup also sometimes made his own approximation of Bhutanese curry.

Dorji's nephew, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, went on to become the fourth Dragon King of Bhutan. On April 15, 2007 he died of cancer in Lungtenphu, Thimphu.

Honours
  :
  The Royal Red Scarf (1958).
  King Jigme Singye Investiture Medal (2 June 1974).
  Commemorative Silver Jubilee Medal of King Jigme Singye (2 June 1999).

Ancestry

See also
List of Prime Ministers of Bhutan
House of Wangchuck

References

External links
Bhutan Political System
The Royal Family of Bhutan

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Giulio Cowley Smith

Giulio Cowley Tyler Smith (2 May 1849 – 22 July 1909) (also known as J. C. Smith and Giulio Tyler-Smith) was an amateur athlete who played for England in the first unofficial football match against Scotland in March 1870.

Early life and education
Smith was born in Piccadilly, London, on 2 May 1849, the son of Dr William Tyler Smith (1815–1873) who was an eminent obstetrician and his wife, Tryphena Yearsley.

Smith attended Westminster School between 1863 and 1868 and represented the school at football in 1866–67 and 1867–68. He also won the school 100 yards and mile races. At Westminster, he was enrolled as "Julio" and is listed in the school match reports as "J.C. Smith".

Football career
He played football for Middlesex in 1867, while still at school. After leaving school, he played for Old Westminsters, Crusaders, the Flying Dutchmen and the N.N. Club.

In March 1870, Smith was selected to represent England in the first pseudo-international against Scotland organised by C. W. Alcock and Arthur F. Kinnaird. The first "international" was played at Kennington Oval on 5 March 1870, and ended in a 1–1 draw.

Later life
After leaving school, Smith became a tea and coffee merchant with Cassell & Co., who later became better known as publishers, based in Fenchurch Street, London. Smith served in the Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps between 1868 and 1872.

He married Florence Gadesden in 1878; the couple had no children. Late in life, he change his surname to "Tyler-Smith". He died on 22 July 1909 at Seaford in East Sussex.

References

External links
Giulio Cowley Tyler-Smith (1849–1909) genealogy

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Amar Goswami

Amar Goswami (; 28 November 1945 – 26 June 2012) was a senior journalist and one of the prominent fiction writers of Hindi literature. His work includes satires, short stories, poems, novels, novelettes and translations from Bengali to Hindi. He was associated with Kathantar, Vikalp, Aagamikal, Sampa, Manorama, Ganga, Sunday Observer (Hindi), Bharti Features, Uxhur Bharat, Bharatiya Jnanpith, Remadhav Publications. His stories have been aired on All India Radio and short films have been made on his stories.

Biography

Early life
He was born in Multan (undivided India) in one of the affluent Brahmin families. At the age of 2, his family moved from Multan (now in Pakistan) to Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. He graduated with an MA (Hindi), Shahitya Shiromani (Gold Medallist) and Shahitya Ratna from Allahabad University.

Early influences
He used to live in his ancestral house in Mirzapur, and he found a Pandora's Box of Hindi literature in the collection of "Saraswati" editions. As a child he was influenced by the literally articles published in the Saraswati magazine, and started writing in the very early age. He was one of the regular members of the school debate team and won several debate and writing competitions. In his adolescent, he started writing poems and started reciting poems in literally group and meeting conducted by Rotary Club, Mirzapur. He has also written a book on history of Mirzapur.

Allahabad and inclination towards prose
He moved to Allahabad to study. commerce, at Allahabad University. Allahabad was considered at that time the literary capital of India. He became associated with stalwarts of Hindi literature like Sumitranandan Pant, Shailesh Matiyani, Naresh Mehta, Mahadevi Verma, Ilaychand Joshi and many more. He became one of the regular features of literally meetings (Sahitic Ghosthi). During that time he wrote many stories, which were broadcast on All India Radio and published in Hindi dailies like Aaj, Dainik Bhaskar, and various other magazines. He also published a literally magazine "Kathantar" and associated with Vikalp (a magazine of Late Shri. Shailesh Matiyani), Aagamikaal (a magazine of Late Shri Naresh Mehta) and Manorama (Mitra Prakashan) and Sampa (Children Magazine)

Vaichariki days

Amar Goswami formed a group to organise literary meetings named "Vaichariki" in Allahabad. The literally meeting (sahitic ghosti) was an open forum where all the participants used to discuss and share their views about the most recent works of the Hindi writers of the time. It used to happen once in a month where the guest speaker used to preside in the meeting and start the discussion about the recent works of participants. The meetings featured most of the prominent Hindi writers like Sumitranandan Pant, Illaichand Joshi, Naresh Mehta, Shailesh Matiyani and many more

Delhi and focus on cosmopolitan life
After coming to Delhi, he changed his style of writing, which included the life, problems and the struggle of common man and middle class society in the metropolitan city. He used his wit to highlight the struggle of the common man and he wrote some of the masterpieces like Kalakar, Harap Ram Gadap, Buzo Bahadur, Juta, Apna Utsav, Govind Gatha etc.

His first collection of short stories "Himayati" was published in 1986, since then more than 25 books, which includes collection of short stories, novel, children books and books especially written for National Book Trust campaign on Adult Education were published. Also, he translated more than 70 books from Bengali to Hindi. He was also a part of expert panel of NCERT workshops conducted on syllabus design and selection of stories for Hindi subject.

Style of Writing
He is the master of writing satire and brings light to some of the common events happening around us. And his writing focuses only towards the common man's problems like super fast life of metropolitans, human relation, corruption, social discrimination, poverty and government policies and he also focused on different aspect of nature of the human being (preachers don't follow what they preach). He was able to connect people with his writing.

Is Daur Mein Hamsafar
This is the only published of the two novels that have been written by him. This novel casts multiple characters and has beautifully developed all the characters. The most important and powerful character of this novel is Ananya who epitomises the empowerment of women in the shining India.

Translation
He has devoted equal time in translating masterpieces of Bengali writers from Bengali to Hindi. He always wanted to make people aware of the great books written in Bengali language. He used to say that "readers should not be deprived of reading the great works due to the language constraints; and he is contributing his share by translating some works of the Bengali writers in Hindi."

He has translated more than 70 books of the prominent writers including Rabindranath Tagore, Taslima Nasrin, Tarashankar Bandhopadyay, Ramanath Ray, Bibhutibhusan Bandopadyay, Nazrul Islam, Satyajit Ray and many more

Literary works

Himayati

Mahuye Ka Ped

Dhartiputra,

Udhas Raghodas

Aranya Mein Hum

Buzo Bahadur

Bhool Bulayya

Apni Apni Duniya

Kal Ka Bharosa

Mahabali

Ikkis Kahaniya

Is Daur Mein Humsafar

Sudama Ki Mukti (Book written for Adult Education Campaign by National Book Trust)

Children books

Amar Goswami ki Chuninda Bal kahaniya ( Published by National Book trust- year 2016 )

Tunni Machli

Tinku Ki Chattri

Jiddi Patang

Sher Singh Ka Chasma

Sabash Munnu

Cloud Ice-Cream

Drip-Drop-Drip

References

External links
Amar Goswami Books on KOOLSKOOL
Amar Goswami at Pratham Books
Amar Goswami Speech at Sahitya Academy Meeting
Amar Goswami at Aparajita
Hindi Newspaper Jansatta covers Amar Goswami
Amar Goswami Books on Pustak Publications
Amar Goswami Books on Friendsofbooks
Amar Goswami Biography on Remadhav Publications
Story written by Amar Goswami in Chakmak (Children's Magazine)
Story written by Amar Goswami in Chakmak (Children's Magazine)
Story written by Amar Goswami in Chakmak (Children's Magazine)

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