V/Line

V/Line is a government-owned corporation that operates regional passenger train and coach services in Victoria, Australia. It provides passenger train services on five commuter lines and eight long-distance routes from its major hub at Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne, as well as bus services across Victoria and into New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. In addition, V/Line is responsible for the maintenance of much of the Victorian freight and passenger rail network outside of the areas managed by Metro Trains Melbourne and Australian Rail Track Corporation.

The V/Line brand was introduced after the split-up of VicRail in 1983, and has been used by all successive government and private operators of the state's regional public transport. Until 1999, when its freight operations were privatised, V/Line Freight was also a monopoly government provider of the state's rail freight services. Since 2004, V/Line Pty Ltd, the main operating rail company, has been owned by the V/Line Corporation, a Victorian state government statutory authority. In 2016, V/Line Corporation became a subsidiary agency of Transport for Victoria.

In the 2018–19 financial year, V/Line carried 22.4 million passengers, mostly on its commuter rail lines, which have experienced considerable patronage growth since 2005 due to improved services and population increases. V/Line's operations, particularly those on long-distance routes, remain heavily subsidised by the Victorian Government.

History

As a government authority
On 1 July 1983, the State Transport Authority and a range of other transport bodies were created, when the Transport Act 1983 came into effect. The new authority replaced VicRail, and established the V/Line operating brand for both country passenger and freight. The VicRail orange and silver "teacup' livery used on passenger rolling stock was replaced in August 1983 by an orange and grey livery. The white and green V/Line logo was launched on 14 August 1983 by the transport minister, Steve Crabb, at Spencer Street station, with special trains running to Essendon to mark the occasion. This was altered when on 1 July 1989 the Transport (Amendment) Act took effect, merging the State Transport Authority with the Metropolitan Transit Authority to form the Public Transport Corporation (PTC). The relationship between the country V/Line and suburban "The Met" brands was blurred, with the Sprinter trains delivered in the 1993-1995 period appearing in PTC colours but with both PTC and V/Line logos.

On 1 July 1994, the operation of some of V/Line's regional passenger services was contracted out to the private sector. Hoys Roadlines took over the Melbourne to Cobram service with trains operated under contract by V/Line to Shepparton with Hoys operating a road coach service beyond. The service from Melbourne to Warrnambool was operated by West Coast Railway who operated their own trains throughout. Both of these returned to being operated by V/Line in 2004.

Rail services to Leongatha ceased on 24 July 1993, Bairnsdale, Cobram and Dimboola on 21 August 1993, Ararat on 27 May 1994 and Mildura on 13 September 1994.

In 1995, the freight and passenger rail divisions of V/Line were divided, with a new red, blue and white V/Line Passenger livery unveiled. This split was finalised on 1 July 1997 when separate management was brought in. On 1 July 1998, operation of the Stony Point line passed to Bayside Trains. V/Line continues to hire rolling stock to Metro Trains Melbourne to operate the service.

Privatisation

Freight Victoria
V/Line Freight was sold to a consortium of RailAmerica, Fluor Daniel, Macquarie Bank and A Goninan & Co and rebranded as Freight Victoria effective from 1 May 1999. The sale included a 45-year lease of most regional track (passenger and freight), with responsibilities for track, signalling and level crossings, with access to passenger sections of track granted to V/Line Passenger. The state government had not wanted to sell rights to the track infrastructure, but was persuaded by bids by three primarily American consortia which argued greater efficiencies could be accomplished by vertical integration.

After being renamed Freight Australia in March 2000, it was sold to Pacific National in August 2004. In May 2007 Pacific National sold the rail lease of the network back to VicTrack.

National Express
On 29 August 1999, National Express took control of V/Line Passenger, having won a 10-year concession in competition with FirstGroup, Freight Victoria, GB Railways, Prism Rail and Stagecoach. National Express also operated the M>Tram and M>Train franchises in Melbourne. It included all country rail operations in Victoria, with the exception of the Shepparton and Warrnambool services previously franchised in 1993.

National Express inherited a fleet of A, N, P and Y class locomotives, H, N, S and Z type carriages and Sprinter diesel multiple units. As a franchise commitment, 29 two-car VLocitys were ordered from Bombardier Transportation.

In December 2002, National Express handed in its Victorian rail and tram franchises having been unable to renegotiate financial terms with the State Government. KPMG were appointed to operate the business on behalf of the State Government.

As a statutory corporation

Full control of V/Line was taken on 1 October 2003 by changing the shareholding of V/Line, making the government the sole shareholder via a recently created statutory corporation, V/Line Passenger Corporation. V/Line operates under a franchise agreement entered into with the Director of Public Transport. The Director also sub leases tracks and other infrastructure which the Director holds under lease from VicTrack, the agency which owns Victoria's rail-related land and infrastructure.

In 2000, the Regional Fast Rail project was launched to upgrade the tracks linking Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong and the Latrobe Valley to Melbourne. The project, which also included an extra 10 Vlocitys and an expanded timetable of rail services, commenced full operations from December 2005.

The services to Bairnsdale and Ararat were restored in May and July 2004 respectively. In December 2008, as part of the Victorian Transport Plan, the state government announced that V/Line rail passenger services would be extended from Ballarat to Maryborough at a cost of $50 million, commencing in July 2010. The first passenger train in 15 years arrived at Maryborough on 24 July 2010. V/Line also resumed operating the Shepparton and Warrnambool services in 2004 when contacts with Hoys Roadliners and West Coast Railway expired.

In November 2006 Pacific National, which had purchased Freight Australia, entered into an agreement to sell the remainder of its Victorian rail lease of the network back to VicTrack. The sale was completed on 7 May 2007, with V/Line becoming the track manager of the Victorian intrastate network.

In May 2008 it was announced that part of the V/Line fleet would be converted to standard gauge to operate an upgraded Albury line service. In December 2008 V/Line ended the sale of alcoholic beverages aboard long-distance trains, after almost a century of the practice.

In 2015/16, the subsidy per passenger trip was $22.12.

The Transport Integration Act 2010 renamed the V/Line Passenger Corporation as V/Line Corporation. The Act also gave V/Line a new statutory charter. As part of these changes, the corporation's responsibilities were explicitly expanded to cover both rail passenger and rail freight services. The Act received the Royal assent on 2 March 2010 and came into effect on 1 July 2010.

In January 2016, V/Line's VLocity rolling stock was identified as suffering from abnormal wheel wear. The fleet was also banned from the metropolitan track lease by the suburban rail operator, Metro Trains Melbourne, after a V/Line train failed to activate a level crossing in Dandenong. The two problems caused as many as 70 services a day to be cancelled. They also led to the resignation of then CEO Theo Taifalos, 16 days free travel being provided to passengers, and an independent inquiry being ordered by the public transport minister, Jacinta Allan, into the operational capacity of V/Line.

Services

V/Line operates rail services to the regional cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Seymour and Traralgon as well as Ararat, Maryborough, Echuca, Swan Hill, Albury, Bairnsdale, Warrnambool and Shepparton. In addition, V/Line road coaches connect with many rail services at major stations to serve towns away from the main rail network operating as far as Adelaide and Canberra.

Rail services are grouped into two types. As part of the introduction of the Myki smartcard in 2013, and to provide consistent communication to both staff and customers, what were formerly called "interurban" services became "commuter" services, and what were formerly called "intercity" services became "long distance" services. Commuter services operate over shorter distances and more frequently than long Distance services, and the latter usually provide some first-class accommodation, as well as snack bar facilities.

All rail services depart from Southern Cross station in Melbourne on the following lines with the exception of one Traralgon service which departs/ terminates at Flinders Street.
South West Region or Geelong Line which continues as the Warrnambool Line
Western Region or Ballarat Line which continues as the Ararat Line and the Maryborough Line
Northern Region or Bendigo Line which extends as the Swan Hill Line and the Echuca Line
North East Region or Seymour Line which extends as the Shepparton Line and the Albury Line
Eastern Region or Traralgon Line which continues as the Bairnsdale Line

V/Line also runs numerous intrastate and interstate road coach services that may run wholly as a coach service or operate as a coach connecting with a rail service.

Interstate road coach service operated by V/Line are:
Canberra Link - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Canberra via Wodonga, runs as a train to Albury and then a coach to Canberra
Capital Link - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Canberra via Bairnsdale, runs as a train to Bairnsdale and then a coach to Canberra
Daylink - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Adelaide via Bendigo, runs as a train to Bendigo and then a coach to Adelaide
Sapphire Coast Link - Melbourne (Southern Cross) - Batemans Bay via Bairnsdale, runs as a train to Bairnsdale and then a coach to Batemans Bay
Speedlink - Sydney - Adelaide via Albury.  This operates as the NSW TrainLink XPT train from Sydney to Albury with a V/Line coach operating from Albury to Adelaide.
Murraylink - Mildura - Albury, does not travel to Melbourne and operates entirely as a coach.

Ticketing

V/Line currently uses the myki ticketing system on short-distance train services, in addition to machine printed paper tickets, issued from staffed V/Line stations, selected Metro suburban premium stations, V/Line ticket agents, online or by phone. Passengers boarding services at unmanned stations or roadside coach stops can purchase tickets from the train conductor or coach driver.

Tickets have the origin and destination printed upon them, making them point to point, but the fare itself is based on charging zones. Changes were made to the fare system, to integrate it with the suburban Metcard system in preparation for the introduction of the Myki smartcard system to cover the entire state.

Ticket types available include single, return and a range of periodical tickets. Services are classified as peak and off-peak, with discounts available for tickets valid in off-peak times only. V/Line operates a limited number of trains with first class seating which requires the payment of an upgrade fee on top of the standard economy fare. From June 2013 the Myki smartcard system began to be rolled out on the V/Line network.

Most V/Line services operate on a non-allocated seating basis, but all intercity (long-distance) rail services, and some coach services, require seat reservations.

Fleet

Trains

Former fleet
C Class

Network access
V/Line also manages and maintains all non-interstate rural rail track in Victoria, including lines that do not see passenger services. The lease was previously held by Pacific National, which agreed to sell it back to the Victorian Government in November 2006. The sale was completed in May 2007, and V/Line was appointed to manage it.

Branding

The initial V/Line visual identity was unveiled in August 1983, with an orange and grey livery for locomotives and passenger rolling stock, along with a white and green V/Line logo with a "stylised capital lettered logo with the V and the L split by a deep slashing stroke". Work on the initial V/Line identity started in May 1983, with freight wagons being released without logos pending the launch. Before that time, a stylised VR logo was carried by rolling stock that had been received the orange and silver VicRail "teacup" livery since 1981. Carriages in the 'teacup' livery later had the logos removed and replaced by V/Line ones.

This remained until 1993 when the Sprinter trains were delivered in the teal and yellow suburban 'The Met' brand colours, but with both The Met and V/Line logos. In 1995, the freight and passenger rail divisions of V/Line were divided, with locomotives in the freight fleet retaining the orange and grey livery with 'V/Line Freight' logos, while passenger carriages and locomotive received the red blue and white 'V/Line Passenger' livery which remains on some of the fleet today. It was also at that time that the V/Line logo was altered, with serifs added to the lettering, and the "deep slashing stroke" was altered to a curved blue line. After National Express took over V/Line, the logo was again altered in 2000, with mixed-case lettering and a curving blue line underneath. In 2006, it was again altered, with the removal of the blue line underneath and addition of a purple line.

The VLocity railcars were delivered from 2005 in a new livery of stainless steel with purple and green highlights. In 2007, a new livery was unveiled, consisting of a grey carbody with red, white and purple stripes. Rolling stock in different variants of the livery was released throughout that year, with a consistent version not appearing until 2008, along with a number of repainted locomotives.

In 2013, a Public Transport Victoria (PTV) livery of purple and white diamonds was adopted, and was progressively applied to V/Locitys and road coaches. This livery matches the geometric designs seen on other PTV services, and uses purple in keeping with the designation of regional services with purple branding. In early 2017, locomotive N457 was re-painted with a version of the PTV livery, and Set SN 8 was re-painted to match the new livery of the V/Locity fleet.

Sponsorships
Since 2004, V/Line has been the naming rights sponsor of the Australian Football League's Victorian country competition for junior players. The V/Line Cup is played over several days in September and includes two boys' divisions and one girls' division.

See also
Commuter rail in Australia

References

External links

V/Line
V/LineCars.com - Comprehensive V/Line Carriages Information & Enthusiast website
Vicsig.net - Victorian passenger rolling stock
 – Agency record at Public Records Office Victoria

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Cory Sarich

Cory Sarich (born August 16, 1978) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He last played for the Colorado Avalanche in the National Hockey League (NHL).  Sarich was a second round selection, 27th overall, of the Buffalo Sabres at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft and has also played for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Calgary Flames and the Colorado Avalanche during a 15-year professional career that has spanned nearly 1,000 NHL games. He was a member of Tampa Bay's 2004 Stanley Cup championship team.

Playing career
Cory Sarich was originally selected in the 2nd round, 27th overall, in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft by the Buffalo Sabres. After first playing midget hockey with the Saskatoon Contacts, he played the majority of his major junior hockey career in his native Saskatoon with the Blades of the Western Hockey League.

Sarich was traded along with Wayne Primeau and Brian Holzinger from Buffalo, to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Chris Gratton on March 9, 2000, and played with the Stanley Cup-winning team of 2003–04.

After seven seasons within the Lightning organization, Sarich returned to Canada and signed a five-year contract as a free agent with the Calgary Flames on July 1, 2007.

During the 2007–08 season, on December 12, 2007, Sarich became the NHL's reigning iron man when Brendan Morrison was forced to miss a game with wrist complications. He played his 419th consecutive game the day before in a game against Tampa Bay, where Sarich had played four full seasons and 388 games. Sarich's streak came to an end on March 1, 2008 when he missed the game at Phoenix, giving ironman status to Andrew Brunette.

Upon the completion of his initial contract with the Flames, Sarich signed a new two-year contract to remain in Calgary on June 29, 2012. During the lockout-shortened 2012–13 season, Sarich was reduced to a reserve defenseman role, featuring often as a healthy scratch. On March 26, 2013, Sarich appeared in his 900th career game in a 2-0 defeat to the Chicago Blackhawks.

In the off-season, on June 27, 2013, Sarich waived his no-trade clause with the Flames and was traded, along with Alex Tanguay, to the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for David Jones and Shane O'Brien. He appeared in 54 games with the Avalanche during the 2013–14 season, scored one goal and added nine assists. While cycling during off-season training near Invermere, British Columbia, Sarich was struck and seriously injured by a car and ultimately transported by air ambulance to hospital in Calgary. He stated that he suffered "five broken vertebrate and some serious road rash", but expected to make a complete recovery.

Personal life
Sarich grew up in Bladworth, Saskatchewan. He now makes his home in Calgary, Alberta with his wife, Reagan, and their three children. Sarich's brother in-law is former NHL  defenseman Nick Schultz, and his brother Rod is a defenseman for the Sheffield Steelers of the British Elite Ice Hockey League.

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International

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Miloš Zukanović

Miloš Zukanović (; born 8 February 1996) is a Serbian football forward who plays for FK Napredak Kruševac.

Career
Zukanović passed the youth categories of Red Star Belgrade. After he terminated the contract with club, he joined the NAC Breda, and made his professional debut in 19th fixture Eredivisie season 2014–15, against Willem II on 25 January 2015.

In August 2015, he signed with French side Lens to play with the club's reserves.

After one year with Red Star, another French club, he returned to Serbia and signed a two-year contract with FK Napredak Kruševac in January 2019.

He holds Serbian and Croatian passports.

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References

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Paul Uellendahl

Paul Uellendahl (born 17 November 1919) was a German water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Truworths

Truworths is a Cape Town-based, South African clothing retailer, with 728 stores in South Africa, and 49 elsewhere in Africa.

Founded as The Alliance Trading Company in 1917, Truworths sells clothing under a number of different brands, including Truworths Man, UZZI, and LTD, employs over 11,000 people, and generates over R18 billion in annual revenue.

In December 2015, Truworths acquired the UK shoe chain Office Holdings for £256 million.

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Palang Dar

Palang Dar (; also known as Palankdar) is a village in Astaneh Rural District, in the Central District of Shazand County, Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 172, in 33 families.

References

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Arturo Vázquez Ayala

Arturo "Gonini" Vázquez Ayala (born 26 June 1949 in Mexico City) is a retired Mexican footballer.

Career
Vázquez had an 18-year club football career, playing as a defender for UNAM Pumas, C.D. Guadalajara and Atlante F.C.. He won the Primera five times.

Vázquez made several appearances for the Mexico national football team, and captained the side in the 1978 FIFA World Cup finals in Argentina. He scored a goal, but the team failed to advance from the group stage.

Vázquez was nicknamed "Gonini" after a Renault model popular at the time.

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External links

 Pumas UNAM Ciudad de Mexico

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Mulk Raj Saraf

Lala Mulk Raj Saraf was an Indian journalist and writer, known for his pioneering efforts in Urdu journalism. He was born on 8 April 1894 in Samba district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir to Dayanand Saraf and Jamuna Devi and graduated from the Government Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu. He started his career as a sub editor at the nationalist daily, Bande Matharam based in Punjab, worked there for a while and returned to Jammu in 1924 to start his own daily in Urdu language, Ranvir and Rattan, an Urdu Journal.

Saraf wrote several articles and was the author of books such as Meri Pakistan Yatra, Insaniyat Abhi Zinda Hai and Nagooh-e-Ranvir. Meri Pakistan Yatra, which detailed his reminiscences of his trip to Pakistan was selected as the Book of the Year by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages in 1980. His autobiographical work was published in 1967 under the title, Fifty years as a journalist. Saraf was the author of the first biography published in Dogri language, Sher-e-Duggar Lala Hans Raj Mahajan Jeevan Katha which was released in 1968. He was awarded the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1976.

Mulk Raj Saraf died on 21 February 1989, at the age of 94, in Mumbai at the residence of his son, Ved Rahi, a known Bollywood film personality and the director of the film, Veer Savarkar.

See also

 Ved Rahi

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Bavarian D X

The Bavarian Class D X engines were saturated steam locomotives of the Royal Bavarian State Railways (Königlich Bayerische Staatsbahn).

The locomotives, which were built by Krauss were similar to the Class D VIII, but were smaller and lighter. Like the D VIII they had a trailing axle, that was connected to the final coupled axle by a Krauss-Helmholtz bogie.

In 1890 the first six were built, followed in 1893 by three more with somewhat larger wheels. The first engine was only 8,880 mm long due to the lack of a coal bunker on the driver's cab.

All the vehicles were taken over by the Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft in 1925 as DRG Class 98.77 and remained in service until 1931. Only numbers 98 7706 and 98 7707 were retired shortly after the renumbering.

See also
 Royal Bavarian State Railways
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Jeppo (village)

Jeppo () is a former municipality of Finland, now a village of Nykarleby. The population is about 1,100; 82% of whom are Swedish-speaking.

KWH Mirka has a factory here that produces coated and non-woven abrasives.

The village is twinned with the Emmaboda Municipality, Sweden.

History
The original settlement was known as Epu. In 1548 there were 189 inhabitants including 26 farmers. The church was opened in 1861. In 1970, 84.5% of inhabitants were Swedish-speaking and 15.4% Finnish-speaking, thus the former municipality was bilingual. That municipality merged into Nykarleby in 1975.

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Altona (CDP), New York

Altona is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Altona, Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 730 at the 2010 census, out of a total town population of 2,887.

Geography
The hamlet of Altona is located in the northern part of the town of Altona at  (44.890096, -73.65272). The Great Chazy River flows along the southeast edge of the hamlet, dropping  in elevation in . The Ganienkeh Community of the Mohawk people is southwest of the hamlet.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Altona CDP has a total area of , all land.

Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,056 people, 140 households, and 89 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 628.6 per square mile (242.7/km²). There were 157 housing units at an average density of 93.5/sq mi (36.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 49.43% White, 35.42% Black or African American, 0.76% Native American, 0.19% Asian, 13.83% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 23.58% of the population.

There were 140 households out of which 27.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 30.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 19.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.78.

In the CDP, the population was spread out with 7.0% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 56.0% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 6.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 532.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 611.6 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $44,688, and the median income for a family was $51,528. Males had a median income of $24,628 versus $23,864 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $17,535. About 6.8% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.8% of those under age 18 and 10.9% of those age 65 or over.

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Cot-1

Cot-1, COT-1, cot-1, or cot−1 may refer to:

 Cot-1 DNA, used in comparative genomic hybridization
 cot−1y = cot−1(y), sometimes interpreted as arccot(y) or arccotangent of y, the compositional inverse of the trigonometric function cotangent (see below for ambiguity)
 cot−1x = cot−1(x), sometimes interpreted as (cot(x))−1 =  = tan(x) or tangent of x, the multiplicative inverse (or reciprocal) of the trigonometric function cotangent (see above for ambiguity)
 cot x−1, sometimes interpreted as cot(x−1) = cot(), the cotangent of the multiplicative inverse (or reciprocal) of x (see below for ambiguity)
 cot x−1, sometimes interpreted as (cot(x))−1 =  = tan(x) or tangent of x, the multiplicative inverse (or reciprocal) of the trigonometric function cotangent (see above for ambiguity)

See also
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North Marden

North Marden is a tiny village on the spur of the South Downs in the Chichester district of West Sussex, England. It is within the civil parish of Marden, West Sussex, 7.5 miles (12 km) northwest of Chichester on the B2141 road.

North Marden is one of the smallest, out-of-the-way parishes in Sussex. At the end of the 19th century the population was between 20 and 30 inhabitants. The parish is mentioned in the Taxatio records of Pope Nicholas IV (1291) and in the Novae return (1341).

The plan of the Church of St Mary, approached through a farmyard, is simple but unusual in the chancel having an apsidal, or semi-circular termination. The elaborate Norman south doorway in Caen stone suggests a date of the middle of the 12th century. The three Norman windows in the apse have been restored, but the jambs and rere-arches are ancient along with the small Norman window at the west end. The Norman sandstone font was provided an octagonal stem base in the 14th century, and parts of the ancient flint walls were repaired in places with 18th-century brickwork. The single bell dates from 1829.

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World Piece Tour

The World Piece Tour was a concert tour by the heavy metal band Iron Maiden from 2 May 1983 to 18 December 1983. The tour was in support of the band's fourth album Piece of Mind.

Tour dates

Reference

Rescheduled dates

 9 June 1983: Kerkrade, Netherlands, Rodahal (Rescheduled to 11 November.)
 11 June 1983: Brussels, Belgium, Forest National (Rescheduled to 14 November.)
 25 September 1983: Lincoln, United States, Pershing Center (Bruce Dickinson contracts bacterial bronchitis; Rescheduled to 22 October.)
 26 September 1983: Kansas City, United States, Memorial Auditorium (Bruce Dickinson contracts bacterial bronchitis; Rescheduled to 23 October.)
 27 September 1983: Saint Louis, United States, Kiel Auditorium (Bruce Dickinson contracts bacterial bronchitis; Rescheduled to 24 October.)

Setlist
 Intro – theme from Where Eagles Dare
 "Where Eagles Dare" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
 "Wrathchild" (from Killers, 1981)
 "The Trooper" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
 "Revelations" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
 "Flight of Icarus" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
 "Die with Your Boots On" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
 "22 Acacia Avenue" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
 "The Number of the Beast" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
 "Still Life" (from Piece of Mind, 1983) (Dropped after 12 June 1983)
 "To Tame a Land" (from Piece of Mind, 1983)
 "Phantom of the Opera" (from Iron Maiden, 1980) (Dropped after 12 June 1983)
 "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
 "Iron Maiden" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
 "Run to the Hills" (from The Number of the Beast, 1982)
 "Sanctuary" (from Iron Maiden, 1980)
 "Drifter" (from Killers, 1981)
 "Prowler" (from Iron Maiden, 1980) (Dropped after 12 June 1983)
Notes:
 The North American leg of the tour saw "Sanctuary" moved up to second on the setlist followed by "Wrathchild", with every other song in the same order.
 Dave Murray would have a guitar solo after "To Tame a Land", followed by a drum solo from Nicko McBrain, segueing into "Phantom of the Opera" (later "Hallowed Be Thy Name").
 "I've Got the Fire" (Montrose-cover, b-side of Flight Of Icarus single) was performed on 16 and 17 May 1983. "Tush" (ZZ Top cover) was performed on 21 October and 17 November 1983.
 At the 7 August show in Indianapolis, a model who had recently been voted "Miss Metal" as part of a radio promotion was invited on-stage during "22 Acacia Avenue". She danced around vocalist Bruce Dickinson in a bikini, knee-high boots, long PVC gloves, holding a whip and had handcuffs hanging from her belt. After she'd finished dancing, Dickinson went up to her and ripped her top off, leaving her topless in front of the crowd. Dickinson was arrested after the show and was eventually sued by the young woman; the lawsuit was later settled out of court. A picture of Dickinson and the (fully clothed) young woman can be seen in the CD booklet for the 1998 re-release of Piece of Mind.
 "Mission from 'Arry" was recorded at the 18 August Allentown show.
 Final tour to feature a drum solo.
 The final night of the tour in Dortmund saw the band "kill" their mascot Eddie after the song "Iron Maiden". Bruce Dickinson took the brain out of Eddie's head while the rest of the band kicked and pummelled the mascot, while guitarist Dave Murray smashed his Fender Stratocaster on Eddie's neck and a nearby amplifier.

References

External links

 Official website
 World Piece Tour Dates

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Snowy Mountain (New York)

Snowy Mountain is a mountain located in Hamilton County, New York. Initially known as 'Squaw Bonnet', its summit is the highest point in the county.  While most maps show the elevation as 3899 feet, some suggest that more recent surveys have it as 3904 feet or even 3908 feet.

The mountain is the highest in the Adirondack Mountains south of the  High Peaks region. It is one of thirteen mountains in New York with more than  of topographic prominence. Snowy Mountain is flanked to the northeast by Squaw Mountain (3239 feet), and to the southwest by Lewey Mountain (3742 feet).  A subsidiary ridge comes off the summit to the east ending at unnamed 'Peak 3149' (3149 feet) which forms the head of a large bowl overlooking the Griffin Brook drainage.

Snowy Mountain stands within the watershed of the Hudson River, which drains into New York Bay. The south end of the northwest side of Snowy Mountain drains into Little Squaw Brook, thence into the Cedar River, and the Hudson River. The north side of Snowy Mountain drains into Squaw Brook, thence into Indian Lake, Lake Abanakee, the Indian River, and the Hudson River. The northeast end of Snowy Mountain drains into Beaver Brook, thence into Indian Lake. The southeast slopes of Snowy Mountain drain into Indian Lake via Griffin Brook, Forks Brook, Willow Brook, and Falls Brook.

It is the location of the recently restored Snowy Mountain Fire Observation Station, i.e. 'fire tower', listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. In 1909, after the disastrous forest fires of 1903 and 1908, New York State began erecting observation towers on strategically located peaks, such as Snowy Mountain, as part of a comprehensive forest fire suppression program for the Adirondack Mountains.  That year a fifteen foot high log tower and a small log cabin were erected on the summit of Snowy Mountain.  A telephone line was strung from the tower to Indian Lake village, a distance of 11 1/2 miles.  Upon sighting smoke, the observer would call in the location of a suspected forest fire.  With reports from observers on other nearby mountains, the exact location of the fire could be calculated by triangulation and fire suppression crews dispatched most expeditiously.  In 1917, a steel tower 22 feet high replaced the log tower.  In 1933, the steel tower was raised 33 feet so observers could see over the surrounding trees (one must assume that Verplanck Colvin and his men cleared the summit of most, if not all, trees in 1872 for triangulation sightings to distant peaks during the Adirondack Survey).  In 1971, the Snowy Mountain fire tower was closed when NYS decided that it was unnecessary for protecting the Adirondack Park from forest fires (airplanes could do the job equally well).  Several years later (it was there in 1986, but gone in 2006), the observer's cabin was removed.

Due to its high elevation and the restored fire tower, Snowy Mountain is a popular hiking destination.  While the trip is nearly an eight-mile walk involving more than 2000 feet of elevation gain, many find its views well worth the effort.

While the history of ascending this peak is surely incomplete, this much is known: The earliest known ascent is said to have been in 1771 by Archibald Campbell, a surveyor from Albany, NY.  In that year, Joseph Totten and Stephen Crossfield were negotiating the purchase of a huge land tract from the Mohawk Nation (Six Nation Confederacy) for Edward and Ebenezer Jessup who had great influence with Sir William Johnson, NY Governor Dunmore and General Tryon.  One can imagine that Campbell was dispatched to the area to find out something about what was being purchased.  Verplanck Colvin and his crew climbed it on 4 August 1872 for the Adirondack Survey.  Mills Blake, Colvin's assistant, and his crew climbed it again ten years later on 7 November 1882 to complete some triangulations, again for the Adirondack Survey.  One might wonder about their itinerary for they were again on the summit on 9 and 10 November.  Due to the four mile approach, it seems likely that the survey crew bivouacked on the summit at least for the last two days.  There is some speculation that Colvin may have been among the group on the 9th.  While technically not 'winter', some consider this to be the earliest known 'winter' ascent. Colvin made his second (perhaps 3rd) ascent of this peak on 22 June 1885 when he certainly bivouacked on the summit.

It is not known when the hiking trail was built, but one can imagine that it may have existed before the fire tower in 1909.

Rockclimbing at Snowy Mountain:  In the mid-1990s, the peak was visited by Neal Knitel and Jonas Morelli who attempted a route on the left side of the summit cliff.  They never returned to complete their route because "it was too far and there was other stuff to do."  In 2002, unbeknownst to each other, two parties began working climbing routes at Snowy Mountain:  Karl Swisher and Sid Perkins, and Ed Palen and Bob Starinsky.  By 2008, seven high quality routes had been put up.  All are bolt-protected face climbing on highly featured rock.

Part-way up the Griffin Brook drainage toward Peak 3149, lie the Snowy Mountain Boulders, a unique collection of boulders featuring the largest collection of huecos in the Adirondack Park.  This unique bouldering area was initially noticed by Dave Buzzelli in 2003 while on the approach to the slides on Peak 3149 for skiing.  Over 40 bouldering problems have been put up here since 2006.

See also
 List of mountains in New York

References

External links

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Category:Mountains of New York (state)


The Alchemist (novel)

The Alchemist () is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho that was first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. An allegorical novel, The Alchemist follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there.

Plot
The Alchemist follows the journey of an Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago. Believing a recurring dream to be prophetic, he asks a Gypsy fortune teller in the  nearby town about its meaning. The woman interprets the dream as a prophecy telling the boy that he will discover a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids.

Early into his journey, he meets an old king named Melchizedek, or the king of Salem, who tells him to sell his sheep, so as to travel to Egypt, and introduces the idea of a Personal Legend. Your Personal Legend "is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is."

Early in his arrival to Africa, a man who claims to be able to take Santiago to the pyramids instead robs him of what money he had made from selling his sheep. Santiago then embarks on a long path of working for a crystal merchant so as to make enough money to fulfill his personal legend and go to the pyramids.

Along the way, the boy meets an Englishman who has come in search of an alchemist and continues his travels in his new companion's company. When they reach an oasis, Santiago meets and falls in love with an Arabian girl named Fatima, to whom he proposes marriage. She promises to do so only after he completes his journey. Frustrated at first, he later learns that true love will not stop nor must one sacrifice to it one's personal destiny, since to do so robs it of truth.

The boy then encounters a wise alchemist who also teaches him to realize his true self. Together, they risk a journey through the territory of warring tribes, where the boy is forced to demonstrate his oneness with "the soul of the world" by turning himself into a simoom before he is allowed to proceed. When he begins digging within sight of the pyramids, he is robbed yet again, but accidentally learns from the leader of the thieves that the treasure he sought all along was in the ruined church where he had his original dream.

Background
Coelho wrote The Alchemist in only two weeks in 1987. He explained that he was able to write at this pace because the story was "already written in [his] soul."

The book's main theme is about finding one's destiny, although according to The New York Times, The Alchemist is "more self-help than literature". The advice given Santiago that "when you really want something to happen, the whole universe will conspire so that your wish comes true" is the core of the novel's philosophy and a motif that plays throughout it.

The Alchemist was first released by Rocco, an obscure Brazilian publishing house. Albeit having sold "well", the publisher after a year decided to give Coelho back the rights. Needing to "heal" himself from this setback, Coelho set out to leave Rio de Janeiro with his wife and spent 40 days in the Mojave Desert. Returning from the excursion, Coelho decided he had to keep on struggling and was "so convinced it was a great book that [he] started knocking on doors".

Adaptations

In 1994, a comic adaptation was published by Alexandre Jubran. HarperOne, a HarperCollins imprint, produced an illustrated version of the novel, with paintings by the French artist Mœbius, but failed to convince Coelho "to consent to the full graphic-novel treatment." The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel was published in 2010, adapted by Derek Ruiz and with artwork by Daniel Sampere.

In 2002, a theatrical adaptation of The Alchemist was produced and performed in London. Since then there have been several productions by the Cornish Collective. In 2009 an Indian adaptation of the novel was staged by Ashvin Gidwani Productions.

In music, The Alchemist has inspired numerous bands of the same name. In 1997 RCA Red Seal released The Alchemist's Symphony by composer and conductor Walter Taieb with the support of Paulo Coelho, who wrote an original text for the CD booklet. In September 2009, an orchestral performance was conducted at the Ansche Chesed Synagogue in New York. Inspired by The Alchemist, "an orchestral performance" was composed by One World Symphony for composer and conductor Sung Jin Hong's wedding.

References

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2015 Portland State Vikings football team

The 2015 Portland State Vikings football team represented Portland State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Bruce Barnum and played their home games at Providence Park, with one home game at Hillsboro Stadium. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Northern Iowa.

On October 10, 2015, the Vikings beat North Texas, 66–7. The 59 point margin was the largest margin of victory by an FCS team over an FBS team since the split of NCAA Division I football in 1978 into the groupings now known as FBS and FCS. Portland State also became the first FCS team to defeat two FBS teams in the same season since North Dakota State in 2007.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Washington State

at Idaho State

Western Oregon

North Dakota

at North Texas

Montana State

at Cal Poly

Montana

at Northern Colorado

Southern Utah

at Eastern Washington

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Northern Iowa

Ranking movements

References

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Black Butte Crater Lava Field

The Black Butte Crater Lava Field, formerly known as Shoshone Lava Field is a lava plain in the U.S. state of Idaho, located  in Lincoln County north of the city of Shoshone.

It is the westernmost of the young lava fields occupying the Snake River Plain. The latest volcanic activity occurred during the Holocene period.

References

External links
 Black Butte Crater Lava Field. In: volcanoes.usgs.gov, United States Geological Survey

Category:Volcanic fields of Idaho
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Category:Yellowstone hotspot
Category:Landforms of Lincoln County, Idaho


Conceited

Conceited is having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.

Conceited may also refer to:

 Conceited (rapper)
 "Conceited (There's Something About Remy)"
 Conceited (album), a 1987 album by Kyper
 Soubrette, a conceited female stock character in opera and theatre

See also

 Conceit (disambiguation)


Public adjuster

A public adjuster is a professional claims handler/ claims adjuster who advocates for the policyholder in appraising and negotiating a claimant's insurance claim.  Aside from attorneys and the broker of record, state licensed public adjusters can legally represent the rights of an insured during an insurance claim process. Their technical expertise and ability to interpret sometimes ambiguous insurance policies allow property owners to receive the maximum amount of indemnification for their claims.  Although seen many times as adversarial by the Carriers, public adjusters do (almost always) substantially increase the settlement value of the loss. Many professionals, and persons who are either incapable due to education, age, or physical impairment, choose public adjuster representation to guide them through the process and minimize the time which must be spent to perfect their claim. Most public adjusters charge a percentage of the settlement like general contractors who add (10/10) to the total repair cost to cover overhead and reasonable profit. Primarily public adjusters prepare detailed scope and cost estimates many times using experts in the fields of remediation, toxicology, and construction engineers to prove their loss. Public adjusters also provide insurance policy interpretation to determine covered and uncovered items and to negotiate with the insurance Carrier to a final and fair settlement.

A public adjuster is a representative of the policyholder who advises, manages, and submits a claim to the policyholder's insurance company.

There are three classes of insurance claims adjusters: staff adjusters (employed by an insurance company or self-insured entity), independent adjusters (independent contractors hired by the insurance company) and public adjusters (employed by the policyholder). "Company" or "independent" adjusters can only legally represent the rights of an insurance company.

Outside the United States adjusters are commonly called (or translated into English as) "insurance loss assessors" (or simply "loss assessors") and staff adjusters or independent adjusters are called or translated as "insurance loss adjusters" (or simply "loss adjusters"). However, there is a clear distinction between a loss adjuster, who works on behalf of an insurance company, and a loss assessor who works on behalf of a policyholder.

Licensing and regulation

Currently, 44 states (and the District of Columbia) have in place some form of statutory and/or regulatory scheme which licenses public adjusters. The states that do not are: Alaska, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition, it is important to note that on October 14, 2005, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Public Adjuster Licensing Model Act (MDL-228), which governs the qualifications and procedures for the licensing of public adjusters. It defines a public adjuster as "any person who, for compensation or any other thing of value, acts on behalf of an insured", specifies the duties of and restrictions on public adjusters, including regulations for the following: examination, bond or letter of credit, continuing education, public adjuster fees, contracts, record retention, and standards of conduct.  In addition, the model act states that public adjusters may only act or aid on the benefit of the insured in first-party claims.

Holding a license in one state only permits the licensed to practice in that state. Although the regulations vary from state to state, the model act states that a non-resident can obtain a license in another state if their home state allows non-residents to apply for a license on the same basis. This reciprocity agreement means that in many cases one can apply for a license in another state without having to pass that state's examination or pre-licensing education requirements. Generally, public adjusters only work with insurance claims related to  property damages and the business losses that they trigger such as business income, builders' risk, mechanical and electrical breakdown, extra expense and expediting expense, and leasehold interest. Although it is uncommon for public adjusters to handle health insurance claims, in some states such as Florida they are legally authorized to handle claims in all lines of insurance except life and annuities.

Duties

The public adjuster's main responsibilities are to:
Evaluate existing insurance policies in order to determine what coverage may be applicable to a claim
Research, detail, and substantiate damage to buildings and contents and any additional expenses
Evaluate business interruption losses and extra expense claims for businesses
Determine values for settling covered damages
Prepare, document and support the claim on behalf of the insured
Negotiate a settlement with the insurance company on behalf of an insured
Re-open a claim and negotiate for more money if a discrepancy is found after the claim has been settled

Typically a policyholder hires a public adjuster to document and expedite their claims, obtain a more satisfactory claim recovery, more quickly, and completely restore their residence or business operations, and insulate themselves from the stress of engaging in an adversarial role with a large corporation. However, the cost of hiring outside experts, no matter how well-earned, can be an added burden when they are borne entirely by the policyholder. The added burden can be alleviated by the work of a public adjuster. However, policy holders who are not properly indemnified by their insurance carriers may be left with little choice but to hire professional assistance to recover the claim payment to which they are entitled.

Public adjusters must be able to recognize claims that may be insubstantial and disputable and explain such problems to the client. The everyday meanings of terms like "collapse",  "partial collapse" and "extent of physical damage" might be entirely different from their legal interpretations, requiring the adjuster to clarify such terms for the client. Regulations regarding the uses of these terms are constantly in a state of flux so it is important for public adjusters to have a firm grasp of the law including the division of legal responsibilities between insurance companies and policyholders.

Fees

Most public adjusters are paid based on a percentage of the total settlement. For example, multiple Georgia companies states their average fee is 20% based on the type and amount of the insurance claim.  However, lower percentages are used for larger losses being claimed under a policy of insurance.  Higher percentages are needed for smaller claimed losses.  Smaller insurance claims can have similar costs as larger claims, but because the recovery is less on smaller claims the fee range must be adjusted to compensate for the operating costs.  All public adjusters are not equal in their abilities to secure policy benefits.  Skills of performance can vary significantly between public adjusters ranging from basic to elite expert.  Fees of 15% to 20% are ordinary and typical for claimed losses of $100,000 or greater when handled by standard-rated public adjusters.  Expert-rated public adjusters get a higher fee than standard-rated adjusters.  For example, an expert public adjuster can charge 18% to 20%+ on a loss that exceeds $100,000.  However, superior experts possess capabilities to obtain the most effective results.  Therefore, highly qualified adjusters can be expected to be better skilled at achieving a greater increased benefits settlement amount than an adjuster who is not an actual expert.  Adjusters who are experts must be classified and registered as an expert by the judicial system.  Public adjusters declaring themselves to be experts should be verified, because such notice is not always factual.  For those public adjusters who proclaim to be actual experts, it's highly recommended that their credentials be validated to prove such qualifications.

Some public adjusters charge a flat percentage or a flat fee set price, while others use a regressive scale. It depends, in part, on the State Law where the loss occurred.  For example, a regressive scale can be 25% of the first $100,000, 20% between $100,001 and $200,000, and 15% of any amount beyond that. Claims that are less than $50,000 are considered small claim losses.  There are Public Adjusters who will not service smaller claims at all, while other public adjusters charge a normal range of a 30% to 35% fee rate for insurance claims with a settlement value that is less than $50,000. Public adjusters can charge a lower fee on the total settlement value of the claim, or they can charge a higher fee on an improved settlement amount that is beyond the initial settlement originally offered by the insuring organization.  For example, for a $100,000 loss, a fee can be 20% on the whole claim value, where the cost risk can be a shared expense with the client, but for a lower fee which is a benefit for the client; or alternatively, if the initial settlement was $50,000, then a public adjuster might accept a 25% fee —not on the initial $50,000― but on any additional recovery settlement referred to as "new money", being a partial claim value of an amount which exceeds the initial $50,000 settlement, where fees apply exclusively to only the additional amount recovered.  However, this additional recovery method of "new money only" means that the public adjuster assumes all of the cost risk and expense, with no cost risk shared by the client, hence the higher fee.  (For a claim not covered by the Policy, the public adjuster could experience a business loss from operating expenses spent on "new money only" claims that are limited to only improved settlement recovery services).  There are public adjusters who contract for "new money only" services but charge fees of 40% and 50% to accept that high risk, where any improved settlement benefit, or the new money recovered, is essentially split about evenly between the public adjuster and the client.  It's important to note that some states cap public adjuster fees at levels such as 10% or 20%, and some consumers opine that normal public adjuster fees are standardized, citing 10% on any claim regardless of its value.  This is not accurate and cannot work.  Such limitations can cause public adjusters to avoid helping consumers with smaller claims altogether when the services' costs can actually become a financial loss if not providing a fair, reasonable and necessary business earnings' margin needed by public adjuster firms in order to operate, just as with any business.  Most states do not cap fees for this reason, while nearly all states welcome public adjuster services for their insuring public. Professional fees must be adequate for public adjusters to cover operating and business costs while still providing sufficient business income returns on those costs. Higher fees on smaller claims having low recovery values are necessary to provide the adequate compensation that a public adjuster needs to accept the costs of providing full services.

Regardless of the fee structure, the public adjuster professional fee will more likely be offset by an increase in the settlement amount on a covered claim.   In many jurisdictions, the fee structure must be disclosed up front. It is important to note that a public adjuster cannot obtain more than the policyholder is legitimately entitled to, but public adjusters ―especially experts― generally recover a better financial settlement benefit than the fees charged to their clients, thereby leaving their clients with a net financial improvement of benefits recovery after fees are paid.  The indemnity promised and provided for by an insurance policy, or the full potential financial recovery value of an insurance claim, is often not obtainable without professional assistance like that which comes from a very capable public adjuster.

Loss recovery insurance
Loss Recovery Insurance is an insurance policy devised by Lorega Ltd - which covers the cost of an independent Chartered Loss Adjuster, who acts solely on behalf of the behalf of the policyholder, in preparing, negotiating and settling an insurance claim. Insurers always have the benefit of staff or independent adjusters to act on their behalf, reducing the claim wherever possible.  Loss recovery insurance helps level the playing field by providing the policyholder with independent expert advice. Lorega Limited is an Independent Underwriting Agency, based in London, with capacity from Lloyd's and the London Insurance Market, and distributes a number of assistance insurance products which provide expert help, when it is needed, to policyholders in the UK.

When to contact

While it is not always clear when a policyholder may benefit from hiring a public adjuster, the most benefit is likely to be realized if they are engaged immediately in case of a loss. Shortly after the insurance company receives notice of a loss, an adjuster representing the insurance company will visit the policyholder to gather facts about how the loss occurred, the magnitude of the loss, and the possibility of subrogation. Incorrect, incomplete or inadequately expressed answers to the adjuster's questions may reduce the amount that can be claimed. A public adjuster engaged early in the process, before the fact-finding stage, will have more opportunity to help the policyholder receive a fair settlement for all losses legitimately covered under the insurance policy. However, any time during negotiations with the insurance company and even after a settlement has been received by an insured, a public adjuster may be able to negotiate for a higher amount.

References

Further reading

External links
 Metropolitan's VP Radio Interview with Access radio. Glenn Nahmias' Q&A session on public adjusters (1 hour)

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Confucius (disambiguation)

Confucius (551– 479 BCE) was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher.

Confucius may also refer to:

Confucius (2010 film), a Chinese film directed by Hu Mei
Confucius (1940 film), a Chinese film directed by Fei Mu
Statue of Confucius (Houston), a 2009 bronze by Willy Wang in Houston, Texas, US
7853 Confucius, a main-belt asteroid
Confucius Institute, a non-profit public institute which aims at promoting Chinese language and culture
Confucius Peace Prize, a peace prize in China since 2010
Confuciusornis, a genus of primitive crow-sized birds from the early Cretaceous Period
Confuciusornithidae, a family of primitive birds from the early Cretaceous Period
Confucius (leafhopper), a genus of leafhoppers in the order Hemiptera
Mirina confucius, a moth of the family Endromidae
Potanthus confucius, a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae
 Chinese steamer Confucius, early gunboat of the Qing Dynasty


1984 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1984 Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was played in Tulsa, Oklahoma after the conclusion of the 1983–1984 regular season. The  won their 2nd MVC Tournament title to earn an automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Tournament.

Bracket

References

Category:1983–84 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
Category:Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament


James Scott (1671–1732)

James Scott (1671 – October 1732) of Logie and Castlested, Forfar was a Scottish politician who sat in the Parliament of Scotland from 1702 to 1707 and in the British House of Commons between 1707 and 1732.

Scott was the eldest son of James Scott, of Logie and his wife Agnes Falconer, daughter of Sir Alexander Falconer, 1st Baronet, of Glenfarquhar, Kincardine. His father was Shire Commissioner for Forfarshire in the Parliament of Scotland from 1693. Scott made a marriage contract with Isabella Bannerman, daughter of Sir Alexander Bannerman, 2nd Baronet, of Elsick, Kincardine, on 3 November 1692.

Scott was a Shire Commissioner for Forfarshire from 1698 to 1702. He was appointed Joint Master of works for Scotland in 1700 and Commissioner Justiciary for the Highlands in 1701 and 1702. He was then  a Burgh Commissioner for Montrose from 1702 to 1707. After the Union in 1707, he sat as a Member of Parliament, representing  Scotland in the first Parliament of Great Britain. At the 1708 general election he stood for Aberdeen Burghs but was unsuccessful. He became Provost of Montrose in 1710 and was elected MP for Aberdeen Burghs at the 1710 general election but was unseated on petition on 8 February 1711. In July 1712 he took part in a violent protest against the provincial synod, and publicly burnt the act of proclamation at the market cross in Montrose. However he did not stand at the next two general elections.

Following the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion, several Forfarshire families who took part lost their estates and political influence, and the sitting MP for the county was expelled from parliament. Scott, who was a government supporter,  was returned unopposed as MP for Forfarshire at the resulting by-election on 30 July 1716. He was provost of Montrose again in 1722 and was returned unopposed at the 1722 general election. In 1725, he was attacked by the mob at Dundee who accused him of being party to the malt tax bill and was only rescued by soldiers who happened to be at hand. He was elected for Forfarshire again at the 1727 general election but the only time he was present to vote was with the Government on the Hessians in 1730.

Scott died in October 1732, aged 61. He and his wife had three sons James, Alexander and John, and six daughters Margaret, Katherine, Isabella, Helen, Mary and Elizabeth. His sons had no children and the estate of Logie passed to his daughter Margaret who married Alexander Mill.

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Querejeta

Querejeta may refer to:

Elías Querejeta (born 1930), Spanish film producer
Gracia Querejeta (born 1962), Spanish film director
Jorge Querejeta (born 1968), former field hockey player from Argentina
José Antonio Querejeta (born 1957), former basketball player for Spain


Odostomia lorellae

Odostomia lorellae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

Description
The shell grows to a length of 2 mm.

Distribution
This species occurs in the following locations:
 European waters (ERMS scope): Mediterranean Sea

References

External links

 To CLEMAM
 To Encyclopedia of Life
 To World Register of Marine Species

Category:Pyramidellidae
Category:Gastropods described in 1987


Super Duper Super Sleuths

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super-Duper Super Sleuths is one of three Winnie the Pooh films based on the hit Playhouse Disney series My Friends Tigger & Pooh. This is the fifth Winnie the Pooh film to feature Lumpy the Heffalump, and was released Straight-to-DVD on April 6, 2010. It aired on Playhouse Disney four days after on April 10, 2010. The film was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Walt Disney Video Premiere, with animation production by Polygon Pictures in Japan. This is also the last film in which Ken Sansom voiced Rabbit, dying two years later from a stroke on October 8, 2012.

Plot
A shooting star falls towards the Hundred Acre Wood. Winnie the Pooh, Darby, and Tigger are out in the Hundred Acre Wood one night, stargazing. They see the shooting star fall to the wood, but are too sleepy to go look for it. The shooting star (or space rock) lands in Rabbit's garden and begins to put its effect on it. The next day, they get a call from Rabbit who claims his vegetables are giant. They discover the space rock and eat these giant vegetables and get super powers. Tigger becomes super strong after eating spinach, Pooh can see very far after eating a carrot, Buster can dig at super speed after eating a potato, and Darby can fly after eating a celery. They make new costumes and continue to help others around the wood with their new superpowers. Lumpy and Roo are soon trapped on an island after their boat floats away and a large rock is blocking the way out. Their mothers call the super sleuths (who now call themselves the Super Duper Super Sleuths) to help find them. Meanwhile, Rabbit hosts a festival to show everyone what the space rock can do. While searching for Lumpy and Roo, the super sleuths come across a cliff that's too high to jump down, but they come up with a way to get down to the bottom by making a slide out of a log. While Rabbit prepares to make another vegetable grow, the rock suddenly stops glowing which also drains its powers. Also, the giant vegetables began shrinking back to their normal sizes which makes Rabbit realize that no more giant vegetables could also mean no more superpowers, so he goes to find the super sleuths. Rabbit shows up to deliver the news just as Tigger tries to remove the rock but fails when his powers wear off. After Darby realizes that she can no longer fly, Pooh can no longer see very far, and Buster can't dig really fast anymore, they realize that their superpowers were all but gone but despite this, they come up with an idea of making a pulley system out of the wheels of their scooters and the vines that Darby saw earlier to lift up the rock long enough for Lumpy and Roo to get across. After rescuing them, all is well as they go back to being normal super sleuths.

Cast
 Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
 Chloë Grace Moretz as Darby
 Dee Bradley Baker as Buster
 Travis Oates as Piglet
 Peter Cullen as Eeyore
 Ken Sansom as Rabbit
 Kath Soucie as Kanga
 Max Burkholder as Roo
 Oliver Dillon as Lumpy (Heffridge Trumpler Brompet Heffalump, IV)

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Maiztegui

Maiztegui is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Isidro B. Maiztegui (1905–1996), Argentine composer
Jon Santacana Maiztegui (born 1980), Spanish alpine skier
Julio Isidro Maiztegui (1931–1993), Argentine physician and epidemiologist
Laura Maiztegui (born 1978), Argentine field hockey player

See also
6307 Maiztegui, a main-belt asteroid


Cacahuatique Mountains

The Cacahuatique Mountains are a mountain range and hilly area of eastern El Salvador. Coffee production plays an important role in the economy, particularly by the Ciudad Barrios Cooperative which, as of 2003, was producing approximately 3800 tonnes (8.5 million pounds) of coffee annually in Cacahuatique.

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Saturday Night Footy

In Australia, Saturday Night Footy (formerly as Saturday Night Football) is the broadcasting of Australian Football League (AFL) Saturday night matches on television. Saturday Night Footy is generally considered to be one of the biggest stages and generates publicity for the clubs involved. It is for this reason that clubs involved generally want to perform at their best to avoid large-scale criticism from the media. The Seven Network have the broadcast rights for the AFL starting from the 2012 season.

The commentary team is led by Basil Zempilas, Cameron Ling, Luke Darcy and Matthew Richardson. Samantha Lane provides reports during the match and also features as a reporter during the pre-match segment, which runs for 45 minutes (or one hour for matches played in Adelaide or Perth) before the match is played. Dr. Peter Larkins provides injury updates during and after the feature match. The show begins at 6:30pm every Saturday night, immediately following Seven News in most markets.

The pre-match show, titled The Kick, is anchored by Darcy and runs for one hour in the lead-up to the feature match. This portion of the telecast includes, among others, segments such as: interviews with players and the coaches involved in the feature match, going behind-the-scenes of a team's training session, and featuring various celebrity guests. Rachael Finch, Lleyton Hewitt and Redfoo, among others, have featured as guests on Saturday Night Footy.

The post-match show, anchored by Darcy, reviews the match in detail, and includes interviews with the players and coaches from both sides. The team also crosses to Sam McClure, at Footy Central, to recap the rest of the day's matches, and also to provide injury and player updates from those matches.

The original Saturday Night Footy telecast may not air into some states, as the current broadcasting contract requires the local teams to be televised into their respective states (for example, Saturday night matches involving the Brisbane Lions must be televised into Queensland). The pre-match show may also be omitted from the schedule if a local team's match being played in the twilight timeslot (i.e. 4:35 pm) is televised and overlaps into the 6:30pm timeslot.

During Seven's exclusively live broadcast of the AFL Grand Final as part of the 2012-2016 Broadcast Deal, the Saturday Night Footy team host both the pre-match show and the post-match show.

In 2018, James Brayshaw will join the Saturday Night Footy team.

See also
Friday Night Football (AFL)

References

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Yawan

Yawan may refer to:

 Yawan District, Afghanistan
 Javan, the fourth son of Noah's third son Japheth
 Peba–Yaguan languages, a language family in the northwestern Amazon


Xiphotheata

Xiphotheata is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:

 Xiphotheata luctifera Fairmaire, 1881
 Xiphotheata moellendorfi (Flach, 1890)
 Xiphotheata saundersii Pascoe, 1864

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Coty Sensabaugh

Coty Sensabaugh (born November 15, 1988) is an American football cornerback for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Clemson and was drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL Draft.

College career
He played college football at Clemson University.

Professional career
Coming out of Clemson, Sensabaugh received an invitation to the annual NFL Combine in Indianapolis. He attended the combine, completed all of the required combine drills, and finished third among all defensive backs in the 40-yard dash. On March 8, 2012, he opted to participate at Clemson's pro day, along with Brandon Thompson, Dwayne Allen, Andre Branch, Antoine McClain, Kourtnei Brown, and others. Sensabaugh chose to stand on his combine numbers and only perform positional drills for the team representatives and scouts in attendance. After his pre-draft process was complete, he received a sixth round draft projection from NFL draft experts and analysts. He was ranked the 26th best cornerback prospect in the draft by NFLDraftScout.com.

Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans selected Sensabaugh in the fourth round (115th overall) in the 2012 NFL Draft.

2012
On May 11, 2012, the Tennessee Titans signed Sensabaugh to a four-year, $2.5 million contract.

Sensabaugh entered training camp his rookie year competing with Tommie Campbell, Chris Hawkins, Ryan Mouton, and Terrence Wheatley to be the Tennessee Titans' third cornerback on their depth chart. Head coach Mike Munchak named Sensabaugh the fifth cornerback on the depth chart to begin the season, behind Jason McCourty, Alterraun Verner, Tommie Campbell, and Ryan Mouton. His defensive backs coach with the Titans was Brett Maxie, who was also his cousin Gerald's coach with the New York Jets.

He made his professional regular-season debut in the Tennessee Titans' season-opening 13–34 loss to the New England Patriots. The following week, Sensabaugh recorded two combined tackles during a 10–38 loss at the San Diego Chargers in Week 2. On November 4, 2012, Sensabaugh received his first career start and collected four combined tackle as the Titans lost to the Chicago Bears, 20–51. He finished his rookie season with a total of 31 combined tackles (22 solo) and three pass deflections in three starts and 16 games.

2013
Sensabaugh competed with Blidi Wreh-Wilson and Tommie Campbell for the Tennessee Titans' position as the third cornerback. After showing promise throughout training camp, he was named the third cornerback on the depth chart to begin the regular season. During the Titans' 16–9 season-opening victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sensabaugh recorded a season-high five solo tackles and deflected a pass. The next week, he earned his first start of the season and recorded two combined tackles as the Titans lost, 24–30, to the Houston Texans.

On December 18, 2013, the Titans placed Sensabaugh on injured reserve due to a foot injury. He finished the  season with a total of 32 combined tackles (26 solo) and six pass deflections while starting three games and appearing in 14.

2014
Sensabaugh entered training camp in  competing to be the starting cornerback opposite Jason McCourty after Alterraun Verner left via free agency. He lost the job to Blidi Wreh-Wilson and was named the third corner on the depth chart ahead of Brandon Harris and Marqueston Huff.

During the Tennessee Titans' season-opening 26–10 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs, he recorded a solo tackle and made his first career sack on Chiefs' quarterback Alex Smith. The following game, he earned his first start of the season and collected four solo tackles during a 10–26 loss to the Dallas Cowboys. On September 28, 2014, Sensabaugh recorded a season-high six solo tackles and a pass deflection as the Titans lost 17–41 to the Indianapolis Colts. He suffered a knee injury and was inactive for three games (Weeks 6-8) of the season. He finished the  season with a total of 47 combined tackles (39 solo), a pass defection, and one sack in 13 games and six starts.

2015
Head coach Ken Whisenhunt held an open competition to name a new starting cornerback to start alongside Jason McCourty. The competition was between newcomer Perrish Cox, Blidi Wreh-Wilson, Jemea Thomas, and Sensabaugh. Although Perrish Cox was named the starting cornerback alongside Jason McCourty, Sensabaugh was able to win the starting nickel back job over Blidi Wreh-Wilson.

Sensabaugh started the Tennessee Titans season-opening 42–14 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and finished with a pass deflection and intercepted Jameis Winston's first career pass attempt, returning it for a 26-yard touchdown. This marked Sensabaugh's first career interception and first career touchdown. On October 18, 2015, he recorded three combined tackles and picked off Dolphin's quarterback Ryan Tannehill for his second interception of the season, as the Titans defeated the Dolphins 38–10. With the expanded playing time as a starter,  marked Sensabaugh's best year as a pro, finishing the season with a career-high 60 combined tackles (44 solo), a career-high eight pass deflections, and a career-high two interceptions in 15 starts and 16 games.

Los Angeles Rams
On March 14, 2016, the Los Angeles Rams signed him to a three-year, $15 million contract with $6.5 million guaranteed.

Sensabaugh was brought into the Rams organization to compete for the vacant starting cornerback position left by the departure of Janoris Jenkins. He competed with E. J. Gaines, Lamarcus Joyner, and Marcus Roberson for the starting position. Head coach Jeff Fisher named Sensabaugh the starting corner, opposite Trumaine Johnson to begin the regular season. He made his Los Angeles Ram's debut in their season-opening 0–28 loss at the San Francisco 49ers and accumulated a career-high nine solo tackles and forced the first fumble of his career. The following week, Sensabaugh was benched in favor of Troy Hill during a 9–3 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. With Trumaine Johnson solidified as the top cornerback, the return of E.J. Gaines, and Lamarcus Joyner playing as their starting nickel back, Sensabaugh was inactive for a Week 4 victory over the Arizona Cardinals.

On October 8, 2016, he was cut by the Rams. During his short stint with the Rams, Sensabaugh earned $4.5 million for playing in three games. The Rams decided to cut him after it became apparent that there was no longer a role for him in their secondary.

New York Giants
On October 11, 2016, Sensabaugh was signed by the New York Giants.

Sensabaugh joined a deep position group on the New York Giants and was initially sixth on the depth chart, behind Janoris Jenkins, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, Eli Apple, Trevin Wade, and Leon Hall. On October 16, 2016, he made his New York Giants debut and made one tackle during a 27–23 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. He finished the  with 25 combined tackles (22 solo) in 13 games and two starts.

The New York Giants finished with an 11-5 record and received a playoff berth. On January 8, 2017, Sensabaugh played in his first career playoff game and recorded six combined tackles, a pass deflection, and sacked Aaron Rodgers as the Giants were defeated by the Green Bay Packers 38–13 in the NFC Wildcard game.

Pittsburgh Steelers
On March 20, 2017, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed Sensabaugh to a two-year, $2.6 million contract with a $425,000 signing bonus. He reunited with his former head coach at Tennessee, Mike Munchak, who was the Pittsburgh Steelers' offensive line coach.

Sensabaugh was impressive throughout training camp and was named the fifth cornerback on the depth chart, behind Joe Haden, Artie Burns, Mike Hilton, and William Gay. He made his Steelers debut in their 21–18 season-opening victory over the Cleveland Browns. During a Week 3 overtime loss to the Chicago Bears, Sensabaugh recorded his first tackle as a member of the Steelers.

During a Week 11 matchup against Indianapolis Colts, Sensabaugh recorded three solo tackles after replacing Haden, who had left the Steelers' 20–17 victory with an apparent leg injury. It was later discovered that Haden had suffered a fractured fibula and would miss several games.

On November 16, 2017, Sensabaugh earned his first start as a member of the Steelers and made three combined tackles, deflected a pass, and intercepted a pass by Marcus Mariota, returning it for 32 yards. The Steelers went on to defeat Sensabaugh's former team, the Titans, 40–17 on Thursday Night Football. He finished the season playing in 14 games with four starts, recording 22 tackles, three passes defensed and one interception.

Denver Broncos
On October 8, 2019, Sensabaugh signed with the Denver Broncos. On November 13, 2019, Sensabaugh was waived by the Broncos.

Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins signed Sensabaugh on December 17, 2019.

Personal life
Sensabaugh was born and raised in Kingsport, Tennessee by his parents, Becky and Kim Sensabaugh. He has two older brothers named Jamaar and Travis. In 2000, Jamaar, who was 16 at the time, was hospitalized after complaining about feeling lethargic. He was diagnosed with leukemia and died a few days later. His cousin, Gerald Sensabaugh, is a retired NFL safety, who played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Dallas Cowboys from 2005 to 2012.

In July 2016, Sensabaugh married his longtime girlfriend Dominique, whom he had met at Clemson. They had their ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia and decided to forgo their honeymoon and instead go to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and hand out shoes to people in need. In lieu of an wedding gifts, the couple instead asked for donations. They worked with Soles4Souls a charity that works in getting shoes for the less fortunate.

Every summer, the couple also sponsors a youth football camp, headed by Coty, named the Sensabaugh Camp Classic. The camp is free of charge and is for youths from 6-17 and is held at J. Fred Johnson stadium in Sensabaugh's hometown of Kingsport. The camp has held its fifth season as of June 2017 and volunteers that attend include his cousin Gerald Sensabaugh and Lions safety Marcus Gilchrist, who Sensabaugh was teammates with at Clemson.

References

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John Gordon (soldier)

John Gordon (1776 – 16 July 1858) was a Scottish soldier and Tory politician.

Gordon was the son of Charles Gordon of Braid and Cluny, Aberdeenshire, and his wife Johanna Trotter. Gordon became 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Aberdeenshire Light Infantry on 2 December 1800. He was then lieutenant in the 7th Company of the 55th Aberdeenshire Militia on 25 April 1804. In 1804 Gordon made a grand tour of Egypt, carving his name on many ancient monuments. He returned home via Gibraltar where he boarded HMS Victory, which also brought home the mortal remains of Admiral Horatio Nelson. He arrived back in England in December 1805.

Gordon became major on 11 August 1808 and  lieutenant-colonel on 6 June 1820.

On the death of his father in 1814, Gordon inherited his estates including Cluny Castle; he was already a wealthy man as he also succeeded to his uncle's estate, who had been a merchant in West India. He purchased further properties, including North and South Uist, Benbecula and Barra. He was described by architectural historian H. Gordon Slade as a "model landlord" to tenants on his Aberdeenshire properties, although he was responsible for the expelling of tenants in the Highland Clearances from the islands. Tenants from his estates on the Outer Hebrides (around 3000 people) were made to emigrate to Canada in 1851. After the British government introduced the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 Gordon received a compensation payment from it of £24,964. His six plantations in the Caribbean island of Tobago had 1383 slaves.

Gordon was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis from 1826 to 1832.

He became an Honorary Colonel in 1836.

Gordon died a bachelor without legal issue in 1858; of his illegitimate children, John, his eldest son, was the only one to outlive him.

References

GORDON, John (c.1776-1858), of Cluny, Aberdeen, History of Parliament Online

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Public Schools in Dubai

This is the list of the schools in Dubai owned by the Dubai Government - Public Schools.

KHDA ratings of Public Dubai schools are listed below. The list is arranged by ratings for the year 2010-2011; within each rating level schools are listed alphabetically.

Data collected from KHDA News report.

Official Reports can be found at KHDA site.

References

External links
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Claremont High School (Tasmania)

Claremont High School was a public high school for grades 7 to 10 located in Claremont in the northern suburbs of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.  Built in 1961 on the site of Windemere house, Claremont High School was the main high school for the Claremont area.
Claremont High School merged with Rosetta High School to become Montrose Bay High School in 2011.

See also
 List of schools in Tasmania
 Education in Tasmania

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Archives and Collections Society

The Archives and Collections Society is a non-profit foundation, incorporated in 1999, dedicated to maritime history and conservation, marine research and nautical education, based on the shores of the Great Lakes, in Picton, Ontario. In December 2011, the Society changed its name to Naval Marine Archive: The Canadian Collection by supplementary letters patent.

The society specializes in maritime heritage and history - steam and sail, naval, merchant and yachting, mostly Canada/US and Europe, mostly 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The collections range from about 11,000 books in the reference library, to paintings and engravings, other artwork and photographs, a very extensive collection of magazines, journals and periodicals, manuscripts, log books, charts, video, film and sound tapes.

The society also took over the Canadian Society of Marine Artists in 2003; this has expanded the art holdings quite considerably.

References

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Rawal Express

Rawal Express () is a passenger train operated daily by Pakistan Railways between Lahore and Rawalpindi. The trip takes approximately 4 hours and 15 minutes to cover a published distance of , traveling along a stretch of the Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line.

Route
 Lahore Junction–Rawalpindi via Karachi–Peshawar Railway Line

Station stops
 Lahore Junction
 Rawalpindi

Equipment
The train offers AC Parlour, AC Lower and Economy class.

Incidents
On 23 November 2016, the locomotive and two carriages of the Rawal Express derailed upon approaching Rawalpindi. No passengers were seriously hurt.

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Felicia Hardison Londré

Felicia Hardison Londré (born April 1, 1941) is Curators’ Professor of Theatre at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). She specializes in 19th and 20th-century American, French, and Russian theatre history, as well as in Shakespearean dramaturgy.

Early life
Londré was born in Fort Lewis, Washington, to Col. Felix M. Hardison and his wife Priscilla Mae (Graham) Hardison in 1941. She attended the University of Montana, where she earned a B.A. in French with a minor in drama, following which she received a Fulbright grant to study for one year at the University of Caen in Normandy. She completed her M.A. at the University of Washington in Romance Languages (also with a minor in drama) and her Ph.D. in Speech at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Career
After serving as an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin–Rock County and briefly as Head of Theatre at the University of Texas at Dallas, Londré became an associate professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1975, a full professor at the university in 1978, and was named a Curators’ Professor for the University of Missouri System in 1987. In 2001, she won the Association for Theatre in Higher Education’s national award for Outstanding Teacher of Theatre in Higher Education. She was elected to serve a two-year term as Dean of the College of Fellows of the American Theatre (for 2012–2014) in 2011.

From 1978 to 2000, Londré was dramaturg and literary manager for the Missouri Repertory Theatre (now the Kansas City Repertory Theatre) and served as dramaturg for the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival from 1990 to 2009. She is the Honorary Co-Founder of the Heart of America Shakespeare Festival, was Founding Secretary of the Shakespeare Theatre Association of America, and is a recognized Oxfordian scholar in the field of Shakespearean authorship. Londré is also an expert on Kansas City theatre history, and has been involved in various attempts to preserve historic performing arts buildings throughout the city.

Works
Londré’s published work includes over 60 scholarly articles, 25 journalistic publications, 100 book and theatre reviews, and 14 books. Her book The Enchanted Years of the Stage: Kansas City at the Crossroads of American Theater, 1870-1930 won the Theatre Library Association’s George Freedley Memorial Book Award in 2008. In addition to her print publications, Londré has given numerous lectures over theatre and drama to audiences in cities across the world, including in Beijing, Venice, Nanjing, Tokyo, Osaka, Moscow, Rouen, Caen, Paris, Brussels, and Budapest.

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Sejo of Joseon

Sejo of Joseon (, 2 November 1417 – 23 September 1468, r. 1455–1468) was the seventh king of the Joseon Dynasty of Korea. He was the son of King Sejong and brother of Munjong of Joseon and uncle of Danjong of Joseon, against whom he led a coup d'état to become king himself in 1455.

Biography

Early life
Born in 1417 as Yi Yu, King  Sejong the Great's second son, he showed great ability at archery, horse riding and martial arts. He was also a brilliant military commander, though he never went to the battlefront himself. He became Grand Prince Suyang () in 1428, the name by which he was better known.

Following King Sejong's death, Suyang's ill brother, Munjong, took the throne but soon died. The crown passed to his 12-year-old son, Danjong. The new emperor  was too young to rule the nation, and all political processes were controlled by then-premier Hwangbo In and General Kim Jongseo, who was vice-premier. As Kim Jongseo and his faction used the chance to extend the power of court officials against many royal family members, the tension between Kim and Suyang greatly increased; not only Suyang himself, but his younger brother, Grand Prince Anpyeong, also sought an opportunity to take control of the kingdom.

Suyang surrounded himself with trusted allies, including his famous adviser, Han Myung-hoi. Han advised Suyang to take over the government in a coup, and on 10 November (10th day of the 10th lunar month) 1453, he killed Kim Jongseo and his faction, thereby taking the reins of power into his own hands. After the coup he arrested his own brother, Anpyeong, first sending him into exile, then sentencing him to death.

Reign
Finally in 1455 he forced his powerless young nephew, Danjong, to abdicate, declaring himself seventh king of the Joseon dynasty. Later he demoted Danjong to prince and ordered him to be poisoned after his younger brother, Grand Prince Geumsung, and later six scholars including Seong Sam-mun, Pak Paeng-nyeon, and Yi Gae plotted to remove Suyang from power in an attempt to put Danjong back on the throne.

Despite having snatched the throne from his young nephew and killing many people in the process, he proved himself one of the most able rulers and administrators in Korean history. First, he strengthened the monarchy established by King Taejong by weakening the power of the prime minister and bringing staff directly under the king's control. He also strengthened the administrative system, which had also been introduced by Taejong, enabling the government to determine exact population numbers and to mobilize troops effectively. Just like Taejong, he was a hardliner with regards to foreign policy and attacked the Jurchens on the northern front in 1460 (오랑캐/兀良哈) and 1467 (호리개/胡里改). He also revised the land ordinance to improve the national economy. He executed scholars from King Sejong's era for plotting against him, but encouraged publication of history, economics, agricultural, and religious books.

Last years
Most importantly, he compiled the Grand Code for State Administration, which became the cornerstone of dynastic administration and provided the first form of constitutional law in a written form in Korea. He died in 1468, and the throne passed to his weak son, Yejong.

Family

Father: King Sejong of Joseon (15 May 1397 – 8 April 1450) (세종)
Grandfather: King Taejong of Joseon (13 June 1367 – 30 May 1422) (조선 태종)
Grandmother: Queen Wongyeong of the Yeoheung Min clan (29 July 1365 – 18 August 1420) (원경왕후 민씨)
Mother: Queen Soheon of the Cheongsong Shim clan (12 October 1395 – 19 April 1446) (소헌왕후 심씨)
Grandfather: Shim On (1375 – 18 January 1419) (심온)
Grandmother: Lady Ahn of the Sunheung Ahn clan (? – 1444) (순흥 안씨)
Consorts and their Respective Issue(s):
 Queen Jeonghui of the Papyeong Yun clan (8 December 1418 – 6 May 1483) (정희왕후 윤씨)
 Yi Jang, Crown Prince Uigyeong (1438 – 2 September 1457) (이장 의경세자)
 Princess Uisuk (1442 – 3 December 1477) (의숙공주)
 Yi Hwang, Grand Prince Haeyang (14 January 1450 – 31 December 1469) (이황 해양대군)
 Yi Se-Hui (이세희) or Princess Uiryeong (의령공주) or Princess Uihwa (의화공주)
 Royal Noble Consort Geun of the Seonsan Park clan (1425 – ?) (근빈 박씨)
 Yi Seo, Prince Deokwon (6 March 1449 – 22 July 1498) (이서 덕원군)
 Yi Seong, Prince Changwon (1458 – 1484) (이성 창원군)
 Deposed Consort So-yong of the Park clan (폐 소용 박씨)
 Unnamed son (Died in childhood)
 Consort Suk-won of the Goryeong Shin clan (숙원 신씨)

Books compiled by Sejo
Sejo of Joseon compiled a number of books based on his interests. One includes Seokbosangjeol, a biography of Gautama Buddha. He also created two other books:

 Wolin sukbo (월인석보, 月印釋譜)
 Yukdae byungyo (역대병요, 歷代兵要)

His full posthumous name
 King Sejo Hyejang Sungcheon Chedo Yeolmun Yeongmu Jideok Yunggong Seongsin Myeongye Heumsuk Inhyo the Great of Korea
 세조혜장승천체도열문영무지덕융공성신명예흠숙인효대왕
 世祖惠莊承天體道烈文英武至德隆功聖神明睿欽肅仁孝大王

Depiction in arts and media
 Portrayed by Kim Al-eum in the 1983 MBC TV series The King of Chudong Palace.
 Portrayed by Nam Sung-woo in the 1984-1985 MBC TV series 500 Years of Joseon: The Ume Tree in the Midst of the Snow.
 Portrayed by Seo In-seok in the 1994 KBS2 TV series Han Myung-hoi.
 Portrayed by Im Dong-jin in the 1998-2000 KBS1 TV series The King and the Queen.
 Portrayed by Choi Bong-sik in the 2007 KBS2 TV series Sayuksin.
 Portrayed by Kim Byung-se in the 2007-2008 SBS TV series The King and I.
 Portrayed by Kim Yeong-cheol in the 2011 KBS2 TV series The Princess' Man
 Portrayed by Kim Young-ho in the 2011 JTBC TV series Insu, The Queen Mother.
 Portrayed by Lee Jung-jae in the 2013 film The Face Reader.
 Portrayed by Go Young-bin in the 2016 KBS1 TV series Jang Yeong-sil.

See also
 List of Korean monarchs#Joseon
 Korean-Jurchen border conflicts

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