Blade of the Phantom Master

{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type  = manga
| author = Youn In-wan
| illustrator = Yang Kyung-il
| publisher =  Daewon C.I. (South Korea) Shogakukan (Japan)
| demographic = Seinen
| magazine = Young Champ  (South Korea), Monthly Sunday Gene-X (Japan)
| first = 2001
| last = 2007
| volumes = 17 + 1 Shin Angyo Onshi Gaiden
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, translated as "New Secret Royal Agent", is a serial South Korean-Japanese manhwa and anime film created by Youn In-wan and illustrated by Yang Kyung-il. The series takes place in a world reminiscent of ancient Korea, and follows the Korean-folktale-inspired adventures of Munsu, one of the few remaining guardians against corruption and tyranny, as he seeks to find those responsible for the destruction of his country.  It was serialized from 2001 to 2007 in South Korea (as Shin amhaengosa) and in Japan (as Shin Angyō Onshi), and was adapted into an animated theatrical-release film in 2004 in a first-of-its-kind collaboration between Japan and South Korea.  In 2007, an English-language version of the film was released in the United States by ADV Films (licensed for $130,000) under the title Blade of the Phantom Master. In 2008, the anime became one of over 30 ADV titles transferred to Funimation.

PlotBlade of the Phantom Master takes place in the fictional land of Jushin, modeled after feudal Korea. In Jushin, there once lived secret government agents called the amheng osa (or angyō onshi in the Japanese version), who traveled the countryside in disguise. They were charged by the king with finding and punishing corrupt government officials, and bringing justice to the country's citizens.

At the start of the series, Jushin has been destroyed, fractured into numerous fiefdoms and kingdoms, many of which are ruled by corrupt and tyrannical warlords. Blade of the Phantom Master follows the adventures of one of the remaining amheng osa, Munsu, as he continues to wander the countryside and deals with the chaos caused by Jushin's fall.

Though initially episodic in nature, it becomes apparent as the series progresses that Munsu's travels are not random.  In truth, Munsu is searching for the man responsible for assassinating his best friend, the king of Jushin, an act that led to the fall of the country.

But as Munsu grows closer to reaching his goal, he encounters old friends and comrades from his past, some who have since switched their allegiance to his enemy.  Through them, it is revealed that Munsu was not always an amheng osa and is himself partly responsible for the king's death and subsequent fall of Jushin.

In addition to the overarching plotline, the series also uses the exploits of Munsu and his companions to retell various Korean folk stories.

Amheng Osa
In Blade of the Phantom Master, amheng osa bear bronze medallions, given to them by the king and emblazoned with between one and three horses.  The greater the number of horses, the higher the rank of the amheng osa.  Amheng osa of first mahai rank have one horse emblazoned onto their medallions, which allows them to wield basic magic to fight ordinary soldiers. The most powerful medallions feature three horses, and allow the bearers, third mahai (, 三馬牌), to perform summonings and regenerate injuries.

Despite being made for use by amheng osa, the mahai medallions will also work for normal people, so long as their convictions and willpower in executing justice are sufficiently strong. Hong Gildong, for example, successfully wielded a fourth mahai medallion. After the fall of Jushin, both first and second mahai medallions were rendered useless; only third and fourth mahai medallions still functioned.

Amheng osa are also prohibited from having families, but they are allowed a single travel partner called a 'Sando', who doubles as a bodyguard. Sando tend to be individuals of great fighting prowess or intelligent beasts.

Characters

Munsu (文秀/문수)
The anti-heroic protagonist of the series, former military general, and a third mahai amen osa from the fallen kingdom of Jushin. Despite the common perception held by Jushin's former citizens that amen osa are virtuous and bearers of justice, Munsu usually comes across as somewhat amoral and does not believe in helping people who refuse to help themselves. When he does help others, his methods almost always involve excessive bloodshed, lying, torture, and other questionable acts.
Munsu suffers from a curse that resembles asthma, which can only be alleviated by the inhaler-like charm he wears around his neck. This curse originates from during the Jushin period, where he convinced Aji Tae to switch the curse which was originally suffered by his lover Kye Wol Hyang unto him in hopes of relieving her pain. However, this was ineffective; not only did she die in the end while he retained the curse, Munsu actually fell directly into Aji Tae's scheme. In volume 11, Munsu confessed to Wonsul that despite claims that he was her killer, the truth was that Kye Wol Hyang killed herself by running into his sword while he was holding it right into her heart. He blames himself for her death and believes that he is her killer. When asked by Hong Gildong, he refused to deny that he was her sister's killer although his life was at stake. He went against the entire Hwalbindang after consuming a special drug that removed his asthma for a period of time, and managed to kill most of them. However, the drug had negative side effects when it wore off, and conveniently Aji Tae appeared while Munsu was at his most weak and wounded moment. Seeing his sworn enemy, his condition worsened and he started vomiting more blood, falling into a more critical state. Munsu swears that he will not die despite reality and that he will find Aji Tae in the end.
Before passing out, he asks Bang Ja to use an acupuncture needle from his pocket in order to prevent his death, but as soon as Bang Ja did it, Munsu's heart stopped beating. Everyone lost hope and believed that he was dead; however, after a few days despite the humid weather, Munsu's body did not decay. Later it was discovered that the needle contained mandrake extract and Munsu was affected with the infamous hallucinogen, allowing him to escape death. But being affected by the mandrake's poison means he will forever live in a fake world of his most desired dreams where he happily living with his loved one. Volume 11 shows the most treasured moments in Munsu's life and more about his past, including his relationship with Kye Wol Hyang.
After waking up from his dream-world, Munsu realizes that the mandrake extract has cancelled out his curse and he realizes that he only has a few more days to live. Munsu calls in favors from his allies and launches a massive attack on Aji Tae's castle. Although Munsu is victorious in killing his nemesis, he succumbs to his ailments and dies. In the last chapter, Munsu is reunited with his lover and friends in the afterlife.

Sando/Chun Hyang (山道/春香/산도/춘향)
A beautiful girl with prodigious fighting skill. She acts as Munsu's 'Sando', or bodyguard. When she was kidnapped by a corrupt lord who wanted to make her his personal bodyguard, her lover embarked on a futile quest to become an amen osa. He died in the process, but not before making Munsu aware of her plight. After Munsu frees her, she decides to become his bodyguard in memory of her dead lover, and takes the title "Sando" as her new name.
Despite her fearsome natural fighting ability, Sando is quiet and shy, with a high moral stance. As a result, she is often in conflict with the amoral Munsu over his questionable methods. She has made it clear that if he ever becomes truly evil, she will no longer protect him. She also has a great fear of heights, and will refuse to cross bridges set over deep mountain gorges or valleys. Munsu finds this extremely peculiar, seeing as to how she often leaps several stories into the air during combat.
Together with Munsu and Bang Ja, Sando helps fight corruption. Although she is still hesitant about Munsu's methods, she learns to trust him, and Munsu in turn relies on her more than ever.
Later in the series, she is defeated in combat and leaves Munsu in shame to pursue greater strength. She learns the power of using her 'ki' from a friend of Aji Tae, attaining the strength she desires. She becomes devastated after she hears about the "death" of Munsu from Aji Tae and he manipulates her into becoming his latest bodyguard.
When Munsu storms the castle to kill Aji Tae, she originally fights him, chopping off one of his arms. However, Munsu is able to help her remember their memories and friendship. Together, they fight Aji Tae, and Sando is the one who kills him. When Munsu dies in the castle, Sando grieves.
After the two-month time-skip, it is revealed from Bang Ja's letters that Sando has parted ways and is still using her fighting skills to extinguish evil.

Bang Ja (房子/방자)
Munsu's unwanted but good-intentioned servant. Once the servant and apprentice of a first mahai onshi, his former master released him from service after Jushin's destruction. When his master and his sando were later killed in a rebel uprising against a corrupt lord, Bang Ja began roaming the country as a thief. He believes that amen osa should be virtuous and heroic, which is why Munsu's behavior often shocks him.
He is a third-rate Magician who summons animals to do his bidding, and he deeply takes his role as a Bang Ja seriously. This often leads to his being manipulated and bullied by Munsu, who often beats him or sends him on inane/impossible errands.
He was responsible for the main death of Won Hyo. After Sando left the group and Munsu almost died, Bang Ja used Yuui Tae's acupuncture needle on Munsu so that he lives. Bang Ja finds it difficult that Munsu is in a coma state situation that he is a lifeless body. After Yeongsil received the false information about the Mandrake cure, Bang Ja and Yeongsil traveled together to an icy mountain encountering Sando. Having joined Aji Tae, Sando attacked Bang Ja and Yeongsil. In order to save his life, Yeongsil injects Bang Ja with a drug that makes Bang Ja appear dead. Fortunately, Bang Ja recovers when he hears Munsu's voice.
In the battle at Aji Tae's castle, Bang Ja helps Munsu create a diversion. After Aji Tae's defeat and Munsu's death, Bang Ja writes a letter to Munsu, recommitting himself to fight for the ideal world that Munsu had talked about.

Kye Wol Hyang (桂月香/계월향)
Is Munsu's deceased lover and sister of Hong Gildong. She is Munsu and Hae Mo Su's childhood friend. She has an illness that resembles asthma, which can only be alleviated by the inhaler-like charm he wears around his neck. Munsu couldn't stand and watch Kye Wol Hyang suffer so he asked Aji Tae to perform a ritual to pass Kye Wol Hyang's illness to Munsu. Later it is known that Kye Wol Hyang committed suicide but Munsu still blames himself for her death even when Hong Gildong asks for the truth.

Won Sul (元述/원술)
A master swordsman from Jushin, who was once a subordinate of Munsu. However, when Jushin fell he began serving Aji Tae, growing Yang Gwi Bi, a plant with narcotic properties, to ship to the west in exchange for weaponry. His weapon, Saruhyondo, is a sword with a blade forged from his killing 'ki', or killing intent. Aside from being impossibly sharp and hard, the blade is also extremely malleable, re-shaping itself into any killing form Wonsul can imagine. As it is made of pure killing ki, the blade is also invisible to the naked eye. Wonsul can manifest the blade so long as he has something to act as a hilt, such as a stick or his signature dragon's head sword hilt.
While working for Aji Tae, Wonsul was defeated and killed by Sando, while temporarily confused by her possession of Aji Tae's lucky charm. His death, however, proved temporary, as he was later resurrected by Aji Tae. Now effectively a zombie of sorts, Wonsul retained his mind and skill, but his body was like a living corpse, continuing to decay. Furthermore, his re-animated form proved extremely hard to kill, since it was already technically dead - even when decapitated, he still remained conscious and fully aware. He went on to serve as Munsu's sando in Chun Hyang's stead. When Munsu went against the Hwalbindang, Wonsul remained by his side. As their battle with the Hwalbindang comes, Aji Tae made his appearance, upon which Wonsul requested that the former end his state of living death. At first Aji Tae appears to oblige, disintegrating Wonsul's body. However, Aji Tae then states that so long as even part of his body remains intact, he wants Wonsul to remain alive, and "see everything through to the end". At this, Wonsul's head, the only remaining part of his body, begins to cry.
Later, when Munsu recovers from his mandrake-induced coma and prepares for a final battle with Aji Tae, Wonsul is dispatched to attack. Despite having been turned into an immense, grotesque mass of flesh (he is initially mistaken for one of Kaidaiten's demons), Munsu recognises his old friend and grants Wonsul his wish, exploding a nearby ammunition dump and engulfing the monstrosity in the blast. Back in his fortress, Aji Tae comments that Wonsul is finally dead.
After Munsu's death, Won Sul jokes with Munsu in the afterlife.

Aji Tae (阿志泰/아지태)
A former scholar from Jushin and the man Munsu holds responsible for the destruction of the country. Many of Munsu's former allies and comrades have since switched their loyalties to Aji Tae, having been coerced by his power or duped by his charisma. His motives and purpose remain unknown. He possesses a large range of magical abilities, among them the ability to resurrect the dead, explode people with a mere glance, shapeshifting, and teleportation.
During the Junshin period, Aji Tae was General Munsu's second-in-command. At that time, he was smaller in size and sported short black hair and glasses. Despite his innocent exterior, however, the Jushin Aji Tae was already convinced of the inferiority and unworthiness of mankind, and was already plotting his conquest of Jushin.
As of volume 15, he has succeeded in conquering most of the former Jushin territories, having gathered together a formidable force of supernatural allies. This includes the resurrected Kaidaiten and its demon brood, an army of undead, black magic practitioners from the West, and Munsu's former bodyguard Sando.

Series origins
Much of the premise for and characters of Blade of the Phantom Master were drawn from the classic Korean tale, The Legend of Chun Hyang.  Youn said many Korean readers of the comic did not like his dark portrayal of the light-hearted classic tale, and he was sometimes told he had "bad taste."  He explained that Blade of the Phantom Mask used the original, lesser-known version of The Legend of Chun Hyang, which is far more tragic, as its basis.  He sought to not only draw on the beauty of the original novel, but also to arrange its message to fit modern times. Youn also drew upon other classic Korean stories, such as Amhaengeosa (Secret royal inspector), and historical figures like Heo Jun for inspiration.

The model for Munsu was the historical figure Park Mun-su, from Korea's Joseon Dynasty period.  According to Youn, he was originally a military officer in charge of training the army, and was active as an amen osa for only one year.  However, his legacy was considerable, including not only seeking and punishing corrupt officials, but also stopping the invasion of the Korean peninsula by foreigners and saving the king from a coup d'état.  Sando is based largely on Ju Non-gae, a figure from the Japanese-Korean Seven-Year War.  Following the capture of Hanyang (now Seoul) by Toyotomi Hideyoshi's troops in 1592, Non-gae avenged the death of her lover, a soldier, by willingly giving up her life to cause the death of a Japanese general.  The holiday Uiambeolje commemorates her spirit of patriotic self-sacrifice.

When developing the idea of using a story about amen osa, Youn said he worried that Japanese readers might find the idea too foreign.  He later learned that Japan had similar people, called mito koumon, in its history, and eventually found that many places around the world had individuals of similar positions in their own histories.  He felt this universality of such heroes who seek out and report corrupt government officials showed that good and evil don't differentiate between countries, races, or cultures.  Youn admits to being influenced his portrayal of amen osa by Richō Angyōki (李朝暗行記), a Japanese manga by Natsuki Sumeragi.  While a bit embarrassed at being so affected by a foreigner's portrayal of Korean history, he was impressed and surprised by the manga's historical accuracy.

Media

Comic
The Blade of the Phantom Master comic was serialized from 2001 to 2007.  In Japan, the series ran from April 2001 April to September 2007 as manga in Monthly Sunday Gene-X. It was also published as manhwa in South Korea's Young Champ.  The work was collected into 17 graphic novel volumes, which were published by Shogakukan in Japan and Daiwon C.I. in South Korea.  As of 2005, these collections have sold over 2 million copies between the two countries.  Translation of the comic from Korean to Japanese was provided by Manabu Okazaki.  Many chapters included special author's notes to give background on Korean folktales and historical figures referenced in the story, and to explain instances in which the author chose to deviate from generally accepted fact in his portrayals.  For instance, in volume 4, Youn provided information on Hwanung, a sage from the Korean legend, Dangun Shinhwa.  He feared his portrayal of Hwanung as a summoned creature dressed in S&M gear might cause misunderstandings among readers of the comic, and explained that his development of the character in the comic was influenced by interesting but unsupported statements from the internet, whereas the Hwanung of legend holds a very high status in Korea, on a par with "that of Jesus Christ in Western society."

Japanese editions of the comic volumes also included omake-style humorous shorts detailing a variety of Youn and Yang's cross cultural and comic writing adventures, entitled "From Korea - Hello!!"
Youn and Yang maintained their residences in Incheon, South Korea throughout most of the writing and publication of the series,  often requiring the services of translators for dealings with their Japanese editor, Akinobu Natsume, especially early on, and necessitating multiple business trips to Japan.    Youn studied Japanese and his proficiency improved as the comic progressed. He admitted, however, that it "took two hours while staring at a dictionary" to read his first Japanese-language fan letter.

Japanese editions of volume 8 of the comic were packaged with a bonus booklet entitled Osa-logy.  It contained a short side story by the series authors, plus humorous comic shorts by guest authors and artists.  Contributors included Airi Kawauchi (河内愛里 Kawauchi Airi), Minoru Murao, Itō Shin (真伊東 Shin Itō), and Kazuhiko Shimamoto.  Also included were interviews between author Youn and actress Yoon Son-ha, and between Youn and the manga authors CLAMP (creators of The Legend of Chun Hyang, among other titles).  A  guidebook entitled Amenosa, This Reality and Mission (アメンオサ、その真実と使命 Amenosa, sono shinjitsu to shimei, 공식 가이드북) was also published, containing color art galleries by artist Yang, plus story summaries and character data.  A "gaiden"-style volume of two side stories was also released for sale.

Since its original releases in South Korea and Japan, the comic has been licensed and published in French as Le Nouvel Angyo Onshi by Pika Édition, in Hungarian as Árnybíró by Mangafan, in German as Shin Angyo Onshi by Carlsen Comics, in Thai as Dtòo Laa Gaan Tá-mil Chà-bàp Pí-sèt (ตุลาการทมิฬ ฉบับพิเศษ) by Vibulkij, in Indonesian as Shin Angyo Onshi by Level Comics, and in Chinese by Jonesky (Hong Kong) and Sharp Point Press (Taiwan).  No English-language adaptations have been published or announced as licensed.

Animated film
In 2004, Japanese studio Oriental Light and Magic and Korean studio Character Plan collaborated to create an animated film adaptation of the comic, entitled Phantom Master: Dark Hero from the Ruined Empire.  The project represented the first time Korean and Japanese creators had ever collaborated on an animated film, and funding was shared by sources from both nations.  It was distributed by The Klockworx in Japan and Cinema Service in Korea.  The film was co-directed by Ahn Tae-gun and Jōji Shimura, and produced by Yang Jae-hye, Lee Sang-don, Bunsho Kajiya, Lee Don-ki, and Shukuchi Kanda.  It featured a musical score from composer Kow Otani and theme songs performed by BoA.  Vocal tracks were recorded in both Korean and Japanese, though Korean actor Ji Sung's narration was retained in its original language for the Japanese release and augmented with native subtitles.  Character Plan president Yang Jee-hye said his company was able to learn new skills and technologies, both of which have been maintained during Japan's long history of film-making, from Oriental Light and Magic, who completed about 70% of the work on the film.Phantom Master: Dark Hero from the Ruined Empire was shown at the Sixth Bucheon International Animation Festival, 6 November 2004, in Bucheon, South Korea, at which it served as the opening film. It was released into theaters simultaneously in Japan and Korea on 26 November 2004, and had an encore run at the Seoul Ani Cinema for three weeks beginning 17 February 2005.  Its North American debut was at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 15 July 2005, where it was shown in Korean with English subtitles.  ADV Films released the movie to DVD in North America in 2007, with a choice of Japanese or English audio and optional English subtitles.  The movie has also been locally released in Poland as Ostatni Strażnik Magii by Vision Film's Anime Gate imprint and in Russia as Povelitel' Prizrakov (, lit. Lord of the Ghosts) by MC Entertainment. The film was re-released on DVD by Funimation Entertainment on June 30, 2009 under the title Blade of the Phantom Master: Shin Angyo Onshi'' with the ADV movie trailer for the film as a special feature. The film features the English language track and the Japanese language track with English subtitles.

The film is an adaptation of early comic chapters, covering the stories of Munsu's desert encounter with Mong Ryong, his subsequent quest to free Sando, and one of the pair's early adventures together.

Webtoon
On November 18, 2017, this work is rebooted and started serializing to Naver Webtoon three times a week. Because this comic is rebooted, it reconstructed the coloring and the cut arrangement newly in the webtoon style. It is collaborating with a company named YLAB on a webtoon project called Super String.

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Air entrainment

Air entrainment is the intentional creation of tiny air bubbles in concrete. A concrete maker introduces the bubbles by adding to the mix an air entraining agent, a surfactant (surface-active substance, a type of chemical that includes detergents). The air bubbles are created during mixing of the plastic (easy flowing, not hardened) concrete, and most of them survive to be part of the hardened concrete. The primary purpose of air entrainment is to increase the durability of the hardened concrete, especially in climates subject to freeze-thaw; the secondary purpose is to increase workability of the concrete while in a plastic state in concrete.

Material
Though hardened concrete appears solid, it is actually highly porous, having small capillaries resulting from the evaporation of water beyond that required for the hydration reaction. A water to cement ratio (w/c) of approximately 0.38 (this means 38 lbs. of water for every 100 lbs. of cement) is required for all the cement particles to hydrate. Water beyond that is surplus and is used to make the plastic concrete more workable or easily flowing or less viscous . Most concrete has a w/c of 0.45 to 0.60, which means there is substantial excess water that will not react with cement. Eventually the excess water evaporates, leaving little pores in its place. Environmental water can later fill these voids. During freeze-thaw cycles, the water occupying those pores expands and creates stresses which lead to tiny cracks. These cracks allow more water into the concrete and the cracks enlarge. Eventually the concrete spalls - chunks break off. The failure of reinforced concrete is most often due to this cycle, which is accelerated by moisture reaching the reinforcing steel. Steel expands when it rusts, and these forces create even more cracks, letting in more water.

The air bubbles are typically 10 to 500 micrometres in diameter (0.0004 to 0.02 in) and are closely spaced. The air bubble can be compressed a little, and so the bubbles act to reduce or absorb stresses from freezing. Air entraining was introduced in the 1930s and most modern concrete, especially if subjected to freezing temperatures, is air-entrained. The bubbles contribute to workability by acting as a sort of lubricant for all the aggregates and large particles in a concrete mix.

In addition to entrained air, hardened concrete also contains entrapped air. These are larger bubbles, and are typically less evenly distributed than entrained air. Entrapped air is considered to not make a positive contribution to durability and is undesirable though not entirely avoidable.

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Unconditional Love (Against Me! song)

"Unconditional Love" is a single from Against Me!, released on a 7" picture disc on May 26, 2014, on Total Treble Music, with a digital release on June 9.

Background
The title track appears as the third track on Against Me!'s sixth studio album, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, while the b-side is a newly recorded song, "500 Years", which was played live (albeit in acoustic form) by Laura Jane Grace in 2012.

Track listing

Personnel

Band
 Laura Jane Grace – lead vocals, guitar, bass (track 2), producer
 James Bowman – guitar, backing vocals
 Atom Willard – drums, percussion

Additional musicians
 Fat Mike – bass (track 1)

See also
Against Me! discography

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Sergey Narovchatov

Sergey Narovchatov () (1919–1981) was a Russian author and editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Novy Mir from 1974 to 1981.

Works
"Необычное литературоведение" (Unusual Study of Literature) (1970)
"Атлантида рядом с тобой" (Atlantis Next to You) (1972)
"Живая река" (Living River) (1974)

External links
http://peoples.ru/art/literature/poetry/contemporary/narovchatov/
http://samlib.ru/w/walxd_w_w/sergeynarovchatovrubysails.shtml

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Estanislao Fernández

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Meredith Stiehm

Meredith Stiehm (born 1969) is an American television producer and writer. She is the creator of the hit crime drama Cold Case and the FX thriller drama The Bridge. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America.

Early life and education
Stiehm grew up in Santa Monica, California and graduated from Santa Monica High School. She went on to attend the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), graduating in 1990 with a degree in English and playwriting. Her experiences in urban Philadelphia at UPenn and as a young woman in the entertainment industry provided much of the inspiration for Cold Case.

Career
Stiehm got her start in the entertainment industry writing for Northern Exposure and later Beverly Hills, 90210. She went on to write for NYPD Blue for four seasons, for which she earned an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series." After leaving NYPD Blue, Stiehm wrote for ER for two seasons. On both NYPD Blue and ER, Stiehm was one of very few women in the writer's room.

In 2003, Stiehm developed her first series called "Cold Case", a CBS crime drama following a female homicide detective specializing in "cold cases," or unsolved murders, ranging from the early 2000s all the way back to the 1910s. The show explored many issues related to 20th century American history, including sexism, racism, homophobia, anti-war activism and police brutality. In 2004, Stiehm was one of five female showrunners at CBS and, at 35, was the youngest among them. Stiehm remarked that she was mistaken for the lead actress on the first day of shooting. In 2005, Stiehm said that Cold Case had more women in senior positions than any other television show. In 2010, Cold Case was cancelled after seven seasons.

In 2011, Stiehm joined the Showtime thriller Homeland as a writer and executive producer, writing several episodes in the first two seasons. Stiehm was the show's sole female writer.

Stiehm left Homeland after two seasons to develop the FX series The Bridge, based on the Danish/Swedish series The Bridge. Set on the border between El Paso and Juárez, the show followed two detectives – one from the U.S., Detective Sonya Cross (Diane Kruger), and one from Mexico, Marco Ruiz (Demián Bichir) - who worked together to hunt down a serial killer operating on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. Due to creative differences with her co-producer, Stiehm left the series after one season and returned to Homeland. The Bridge was cancelled after its second season.

In September 2018, it was announced that Stiehm was adapting the bestselling novel "The Banker's Wife" for television.

In 2019, as WGA Co-Chair, Stiehm joined other WGA members in firing her agents as part of the Guild's stand against the ATA and the unfair practice of packaging.

Awards and nominations
 Emmy Award (Nominated), "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series", for NYPD Blue, 1998

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Katie Brambley

Katie Brambley (born February 5, 1979) is a Canadian former swimmer who specialized in middle-distance freestyle events.  She captured two bronze medals from the 1995 Pan American Games, and later represented Canada at the 2000 Summer Olympics.  During her sporting career, Brambley also trained for the Pacific Dolphins Swim Club, under head coach Tom Johnson, while taking up a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of British Columbia.

Brambley made her official debut at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina, where she collected two bronze medals each in the 400-metre freestyle (4:18.74), and as a member of the Canadian squad, in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay (8:08.25).

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Brambley competed only in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay.  On the fifth night of the Games, the Canadians pulled off a fifth-place finish in the final with a time of 8:02.65, nearly five seconds off the Olympic record set by the Americans.  Teaming with Jessica Deglau, Jen Button and Shannon Shakespeare in heat one on the morning prelims, Brambley swam the third leg and recorded a split of 2:02.40 to post a seventh-seeded time for the Canadians in 8:07.12.

References

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Athlete Profile – Canoe.ca (2000 Summer Olympics)

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Angee Hughes

Angee Hughes (born November 22, 1955) is an American actress who has appeared in film, television and theatre productions.  She is best known for her role as Wanda Gilmore on the PBS series Wishbone.

Hughes, a native of Memphis, studied theatre arts at Texas State University and subsequently trained at the Circle in the Square Theatre School in New York City.  She played the role of Sara Bardshar in the Spanish–American War themed miniseries Rough Riders and appeared in the Showtime production Lily Dale, alongside Mary Stuart Masterson and Stockard Channing.  She has also appeared in a number of television sitcoms including Scrubs and The King of Queens. She also appeared in one episode of the ninth season of Friends, in "The One with the Pediatrician".

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Quinlan, Texas

Quinlan is a rural city in the southern part of Hunt County, Texas, United States, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 1,394. It is  west of Lake Tawakoni.

Geography
Quinlan is in southern Hunt County. Texas State Highway 34 passes through the eastern side of the city, leading north  to Greenville, the county seat, and southwest the same distance to Terrell. Highway 276 passes through Quinlan as its Main Street, leading east across Lake Tawakoni  to Emory and west  to Rockwall. Downtown Dallas is  west of Quinlan.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Quinlan has an area of , all of it land.

Climate

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,370 people, 558 households, and 364 families residing in the city. Population density was 1,098.0 people per square mile (423.2/km²). There were 617 housing units at an average density of 494.5 per square mile (190.6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 95.04% White, 0.66% African American, 0.58% Native American, 0.29% Asian, 2.34% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.18% of the population.

There were 558 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.5% were married couples living together, 15.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.6% were non-families. 30.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.07.

In the city, the population was spread out with 27.2% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 25.9% from 25 to 44, 21.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 84.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.3 males.

The city's median household income was $28,472, and the median family income was $36,635. Males had a median income of $34,688 versus $21,190 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,122. About 8.3% of families and 12.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

History
The city of Quinlan began about 1892 as a stop on the Texas Midland Railroad, which was owned by famed bond investor Hetty Green, called by the contemporary press "The Witch of Wall Street". The railroad was operated by her son, Edward H.R. Green. Texas Midland became a subsidiary of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad, and the city which built up around a depot constructed here between the towns of Roberts and Greenville was named Quinlan in honor of George A. Quinlan, the general manager of the Houston & Texas Central railroad.

The Post Office opened in Quinlan in 1894, and by 1896 the city was incorporated. Harry Ford served as first Mayor. Quinlan soon became the center of a large agricultural area. Providing a railroad shipping point for growers of cotton and other crops. By the early 20th century the town boasted three cotton gins, numerous businesses and fraternal organizations, banks, schools, churches and homes.

Oil exploration and production overtook cotton farming as the area's economic base in the 1930s and 1940s, and the construction of Lake Tawakoni in the 1950s brought another economic boost to the community. (Texas Historical Commission)

Some of the earliest settlers were John M. Cook and R. K. Epperson, who moved their businesses from Roberts. The settlement received a post office in 1894, and by 1900 its population had reached 362. This growth, no doubt induced by the presence of the railroad, continued through the first quarter of the twentieth century. In 1904 463 persons lived in Quinlan. The number rose to 537 by 1910 and 600 by 1914, when Quinlan had twenty businesses, including a bank and a weekly newspaper. In 1925 this "retail trade center for southern Hunt, northern Kaufman and Van Zandt counties" had an elementary school, a high school, and 35 businesses, and managed a cotton harvest of some 5,000 bales. In 1933 Quinlan had 512 residents and thirty businesses; in 1952 the population of 599 supported 25 businesses; in 1964 the community had 621 persons and 22 businesses. After the mid-1960s Quinlan grew considerably, largely due to its proximity to Lake Tawakoni. Quinlan had a population of 900 in 1976 and 1,002 in 1988, when it had 51 businesses. In 1990 the population was 1,360.

Education
The city is served by Quinlan Independent School District.

Economy and infrastructure
Quinlan has a full-sized Walmart Supercenter and a full-sized Brookshires grocery store, along with other shops and stores including Fix & Feed. The city also has a number of fast food chains and other restaurants.

Health Care
Hunt Regional Medical Center operates a family practice physician's office in Quinlan and a full service medical emergency center. There are multiple dental offices in Quinlan.

Transportation

  Texas State Highway 34 is a north to south route that goes through the center of Quinlan. It connects with Terrell to the south and Greenville to the north.
  Texas State Highway 276 is an east to west route that is known locally as Quinlan Parkway. It connects with Rockwall to the west and Emory to the east.
  Texas State Highway Loop 264 runs from downtown Quinlan connecting highway 276 and highway 34.
  Farm to Market Road 751 heads south towards Wills Point.
  Farm to Market Road 2101 is a few miles outside of Quinlan at Boles Home. It heads north Towards L-3 and Majors Airport in Greenville.
 Rockin' M Airport is a municipal airport a few miles outside of Quinlan near Boles Home on FM 2101, and Majors Airport is roughly 20 minutes away in nearby Greenville.

Public transit is provided by The Connection, which serves Quinlan and all of Hunt County. The service operates Monday through Friday from 7 am to 7 pm. Reservations have to be made one day in advance. The charge is $2 ($4 round trip) if the passenger is traveling to a place within the same community or city, and $3 ($6 round trip) if the passenger is traveling from one city or community to another within Hunt County. The Connection will take Hunt County residents to Dallas as a round trip only. Passengers are charged $34, and a minimum of three passengers is also required.

Notable people
 Uel Eubanks, early 20th-century baseball pitcher

David Clyde Hubbard 21st-century
award winning writer conservative political columnist

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Yeiser

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

Jimmie Yeiser, American educator
Sarah Yeiser Mason (1896–1980), American screenwriter and script supervisor

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Kidnapping Freddy Heineken

Kidnapping Freddy Heineken (U.S. title Kidnapping Mr. Heineken) is a 2015 British-Dutch crime drama film directed by Daniel Alfredson based on the 1983 kidnapping of Freddy Heineken. The screenplay, based on the 1987 book by Peter R. de Vries, was written by William Brookfield. The role of Freddy Heineken is played by Anthony Hopkins, with Sam Worthington as Willem Holleeder, Jim Sturgess as Cor van Hout, Ryan Kwanten as Jan Boellaard, Thomas Cocquerel as Martin Erkamps and Mark van Eeuwen as Frans Meijer.

Plot

The film takes place in 1983, primarily in Amsterdam and centres on a group of five Dutch friends: Willem Holleeder, Cor van Hout, Jan Boellard, Martin Erkamps and Frans Meijer. Looking for easy money, they decide to kidnap the Heineken owner and tycoon Freddy Heineken to achieve a very high ransom. Although capturing Heineken and his driver Ab Doderer successfully, the group eventually faces difficulties due to their lack of experience in crime. They fail to negotiate with the police, and Cor feels it is his duty to take care of his pregnant wife, Sonja. After Heineken is finally released by the police, Willem and Cor flee to Paris, where they plan to remain hidden. However, Cor experiences strong emotions to phone call Sonja, a dangerous action that could easily reveal their location to the police tracing. He is initially reluctant and has arguments with Willem, but ultimately gives in to his feelings and calls Sonja, resulting in Cor and Willem being arrested by the French police while leaving their apartment. According to the final headline Freddy Heineken died in 2003 (he died in 2002).

Cast
 Anthony Hopkins as Freddy Heineken
 Sam Worthington as Willem Holleeder
 Jim Sturgess as Cor van Hout
 Ryan Kwanten as Jan Boellard
 Jemima West as Sonja Holleeder
 Thomas Cocquerel as Martin Erkamps
 Mark van Eeuwen as Frans Meijer
 David Dencik as Ab Doderer
 Billy Slaughter as Junior Officer
 Eric Godon as The cop

Production
Filming began in Belgium in October 2013.

Reception
Kidnapping Mr. Heineken received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. The film holds a 33/100 score at Metacritic, and a 20% score at Rotten Tomatoes.

The Los Angeles Times commented: "Despite its true-events pedigree, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is woefully captive to B-movie crime saga tropes."

Variety: "About as appealing as day-old beer littered with cigarette butts, the abysmal caper drama Kidnapping Mr. Heineken is one of those international co-productions produced for all the right tax-credit reasons and none of the right artistic ones."

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter: "By the time the relatively brief but seemingly interminable proceedings reach their conclusion, viewers may feel like they've been held hostage themselves." Conversely, Rex Reed of The New York Observer gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and commented: "Anthony Hopkins plays the king of the hops, and he is excellent. So is the rest of the movie, a sober, no-frills account about the highest ransom ever collected up to that time—$10 million and counting."

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Hans-Christian Thulin

Hans Christian Thulin (born 11 November 1977 in Malmö) is a Swedish actor. He studied at Malmö Theatre Academy and at Fridhems folkhögskola. He hosted the 2005 "Sommarlovsmorgon" Sommarlov 05 together with Björn Johansson Boklund and Ayla Kabaca.

Selected filmography
2003 – The Man Who Smiled
2006 – Emblas hemlighet (TV)
2009 – Flickan som lekte med elden

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Indian National Army in popular culture

The Indian National Army (INA) and its leader Subhash Chandra Bose are popular and emotive topics within India. From the time it came into public perception in India around the time of the Red Fort Trials, it found its way into the works of military historians around the world. It has been the subject of a number of projects, of academic, historical and of popular nature. Some of these are critical of the army, some — especially of the ex-INA men — are biographical or autobiographical, while still others historical and political works, that tell the story of the INA. A large number of these provide analyses of Subhas Chandra Bose and his work with the INA.

Commemorations

Memorials

 The INA War Memorial at Singapore to commemorate the "Unknown Warrior" of the INA. Started on 8 July 1945 the memorial was situated at the Esplanade Park. It was destroyed on Mountbatten's orders when allied troops reoccupied the city.   The words inscribed upon the War Memorial were the motto of the INA: Ittehad (Unity), Etmad (Faith) and Kurbani (Sacrifice).

The Former Indian National Army Monument (Chinese: 印度国民军纪念碑), was established in 1995 by the National Heritage Board of Singapore at the site where the old memorial stood with financial donations from the Indian community in Singapore. The site is now officially one of the Historical sites in Singapore.
The Indian National Army Memorial  at Moirang, Manipur commemorates the place where the flag of Azad Hind was raised by Col. Shaukat Hayat Malik. Moirang was the first Indian territory captured by the INA. The memorial suffered damage in an insurgent attack in 2004 when the Statue of the Springing Tiger on the entrance was blown up.
Swatantrata Sainani Smarak (Memorial to the soldiers of the Independence Army) is an Indian National Army (INA) memorial at the Salimgarh Fort, at Delhi, adjacent to the Red Fort, on the banks of the Yamuna. The site has been neglected for a number of years now and fallen into disrepair. Its exhibits include the Indian National Army uniform worn by Colonel Prem Sahgal, riding boots and coat buttons of Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, photographs of Subhas Chandra Bose. In addition, a separate gallery also holds material and photographs from excavations carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India inside the fort in 1995.

Postage and philately

Jai Hind, the INA's battle cry, became Independent India's first commemorative post mark on 15 August 1947.
The first postage stamp issued by Independent India shows the Indian Flag with the letters Jai Hind in the top right hand corner. These were a part of the Jai Hind series of stamps issued on 15 August 1947.
 Commemorative postage stamps were issued by the Indian government in 1968 and 1993 respectively to commemorate the 25th and the 50th anniversaries of the establishment of Azad Hind at Singapore.

The Indian Postal Department also includes the six unused Azad Hind Stamps in its commemorative book India's Freedom Struggle through India Postage Stamps. The Azad Hind Fauj Marg (Azad Hind Fauj Road) in New Delhi is named after the INA, and houses the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology.

Literary works

The first literary works on the INA were published as early as 1946.Some were works of fiction with the INA as the central theme and subject, others the records of the INA that the authors were able to obtain from the ex-servicemen, or from what information was available from the trials and from what the British Intelligence possessed and that the authors had access to. Some of the literature focussed on the first INA trial itself. The notable work on INA include
Freedom's Battle by Vithalbhai K Jhaveri. (Parmanand Sugnomal:Litho Works Tardeo, Bombay Printing Press, August 1947). Large format book covering INA in Action, 1942–1945, contains some beautiful full colour type poster pages with many pages of brownish hue photographs.
Two Historic Trials at Red Fort by Moti Ram. (New Delhi:Roxy Printing Press,1946). This was one of the first published account of any sort of the INA and describes the Trial of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan, Col Prem Sahgal, and Col G.S. Dhillon that took place between November and December, 1946. Moti Ram was the staff correspondent of the Hindustan Times at the first Red Fort Trial and wrote his book on what information was available at the trial, and from interviews with the defendants, Sahgal, Khan and Dhillon. The book also provides an account of the 1858 trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar.
Jai Hind, the Diary of a Rebel Daughter of India. Bombay, 1945 (fiction) by Amritlal Seth. The book is a work of fiction narrating the story of a recruit of the Rani of Jhansi Regiment. It is believed to be loosely based on the story of Lakshmi Sahgal.
The Day of the Scorpion and The Towers of Silence, second and third respectively of Paul Scott's Raj Quartet that mentions Jiffs in the political and social context in which the term found use in the Eastern Army during the war.  The 1984 British TV series, Jewel in the Crown The Jewel in the Crown (TV series), based on Scott's quartet, also includes the role of the INA as part of the political backdrop of the story, explicitly so especially in the 3rd episode of the series.
The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh chronicles the fictional life of a Rangoon Teak trader and describes the occupation of Rangoon and the Indian perspectives and efforts In the book, Uma Dey is a widow and Indian Independence League activist. Her appearance in the later half of the book is used as a device to characterize the post-colonial divisions for the remainder of the novel. The novel describes the Burma front in some detail, examining the motivations of those Indian officers who joined the INA and those who did not.
Flowers at Dawn by Singai Ma Elangkannan. (trans. A.R. Venkatachalapathy, Singapore: Epigram Books, 2012) War is looming when Anbarasan arrives in Singapore from Tamil Nadu in the 1940s. Stirred by charismatic Indian National Army leader Subhas Chandra Bose to take up the struggle for India’s independence, he fights alongside the Japanese against the British in Southeast Asia. In this moving novel of an early immigrant’s political and sensual awakening during World War II, "Flowers at Dawn" uncovers a little-known period of Singapore’s history with drama and realism.

Historical literary works on the INA includes
My memories of I.N.A. & its Netaji''' by Shah Nawaz Khan.On the Life of Munawar' by Muhammad Naveed Awan.The Indian National Army-Second Front of the Indian Independence Movement by Kalyan Ghosh.Jungle Alliance: Japan and the Indian National Army. by Joyce C Lebra.The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence, 1942–1945. by Peter Fay.
 DutyBound by David Miller (2014)

Visual media

Notable works on the INA in the visual and electronic media includeThe War of The Springing Tiger (1984)- made by Granada Television for Channel 4. It examines the role of the Indian National Army during the Second World War. The documentary focuses on a number of aspects, including why the PoWs chose to join the INA, its role in the Burma and Imphal Campaign, as well as exploring its role in the independence movement. The documentary took contributions from Lakshmi and Prem Sahgal.The Forgotten Army- (1999)- Film India. This was a documentary directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Akhil Bakshi following their famous Azad Hind Expedition in 1994–95. The expedition retraced the route taken by the troops of the INA from Singapore to Imphal and ends at Red Fort, where the famous trial of the officers were held. The expedition team had among its members Col G.S. Dhillon who himself was one of the famous accused in the first trial, Captain Lakshmi Sahgal, who commanded the Rani of Jhansi Regiment and was also the minister in Charge of Women's affairs in the Azad Hind Govt and Captain S.S. Yadava, an INA veteran and once the general secretary of All India INA Committee, as well as prominent members of the Indian Parliament. The expedition met, and honoured, a number of INA veterans residing in South East Asia. The then Indian Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao sent through the expedition team goodwill messages to the heads of state of the countries it went through. The documentary went on to win the Grand Jury Prize at the Film South Asia festival in 1999.Hitler's secret Indian army  (2004)-BBC- By Mike Thomson. This traces briefly the story of Bose's Azad Hind Legion in Europe, but does not attempt to distinguish or explain the differences between the Legion and the INA.Bose: Dead/Alive (2018) - An 8 episode web series based on the life of Subhas Chandra Bose released on Video on demand platform ALTBalaji. In this series the character of Bose is played by Rajkummar Rao.Historical Journey of the Indian National Army- From the National Archives of Singapore.Indian National Army in East Asia-Hindustan Times.

Cinema

INA has also been the source of or a significant context of a number of movies in a number of Indian languages. Notable amongst these includePahla Admi, a 1950 film by Bimal Roy and INA veteran Nazir Ahmed.Samadhi, a 1950 Hindi film by Ramesh Saigal. The movie was a fictional drama set in Singapore around the time the second INA was rising. The lead character of Shekhar, played by Ashok Kumar, is a young recruit to the INA.Indian, a 1996 Tamil film directed by S. Shankar. The plot describes one of the main character, Senapathy, as an ex-soldier in the INA.Netaji: The Forgotten Hero, a 2004 movie by Shyam Benegal, traces the last five years of Subhas Chandra Bose, who was the Supreme Commander of the second INA and was instrumental in reorganising it. The film describes the story of the INA but focuses on its leader. The film was also widely noted for A R Rahman's music.Rangoon (2017) - A historical film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj revolves around the story of INA.Raag Desh (2017) - A film directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and produced by Rajya Sabha TV was released in 2017. The film is based on Indian National Army trials, the joint court martial of  Indian National Army officers Colonel Prem Sehgal, Colonel Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, Major Shah Nawaz Khan.
In music, Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja...'', the INA's marching song, has since become a famous patriotic song in India. Today, it is in use as the Regimental quick march of the Indian Army as well as its Para Regiments. The music was composed by Ram Singh Thakuri, from whose composition was later derived the tune for India's national anthem Jana Gana Mana.

Other mentions of the INA in popular culture abound through India, including
 The Azad Hind Fauj Marg, in New Delhi, is named after the INA, and houses the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology named after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.

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 Speeches of Netaji
 Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge
 Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin
 Mystery behind Netaji's Disappearance – 2
 BBC Report: Hitler's secret Indian army

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Squat

Squat, squatter or squatting may refer to:

As body position
 Squatting position, a resting position where the weight of the body is on the feet
 Squat toilet, a toilet used by squatting rather than sitting
 Squat (exercise), a lower-body exercise in strength and conditioning

In computing and the Internet
 Cybersquatting, refers to registering Internet domain names similar to popular trademarks with the intent to extort the trademark holder
 Squatting attack, a kind of computer attack

In law and property
 Squatting, living in an abandoned or unused building, sometimes for political purposes (usually anarchist or autonomist)
 Squatting (Australian history), term referring to occupation of large tracts of land in 19th century, "squattocracy"
 Squatter's rights, referring to the legal term adverse possession

In media and entertainment
 Squatter (game), a popular Australian board game
 Squat, a species of Flanimal from the More Flanimals and other books in the series
 Squat, the alternate name of the title character of Scott Adams' comic Plop: The Hairless Elbonian
 Squatters (film), a 2014 movie starring Richard Dreyfuss

In science
 Squat effect, in hydrodynamics
 Bob and squat, the pitching motion of automobile and bicycle suspensions when under acceleration; i.e., the rear end moves down and the front end moves up

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Ernst & Young Plaza

The Ernst & Young Plaza is a 534-foot (163 m) tall skyscraper in Los Angeles, California. It was completed in 1985, has 41 floors and is the 18th tallest building in Los Angeles. The tower is currently owned by Brookfield Properties Inc, and was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP. Even though it is in California, this building was placed in the New York skyline in the movie The Day After Tomorrow.

Upon completion in 1985, this building stood as financial giant Citicorp's, later Citigroup, California headquarters.

Tenants
 Previously Trizec Properties had its Los Angeles offices in Suite 1850

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Naor Dahan

Naor Dahan (born 26 September 1990) is an Israeli footballer who plays for Hapoel Beit She'an in Liga Alef.

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The Crusher (wrestler)

Reginald Lisowski (July 11, 1926 – October 22, 2005) was an American professional wrestler who's better known by his ring name, The Crusher (sometimes Crusher Lisowski to distinguish him from other Crushers, such as Crusher Blackwell). In his obituary, The Washington Post described him as "a professional wrestler whose blue-collar bona fides made him beloved among working class fans for 40 years". He was most successful in the American Midwest, often teaming with Dick the Bruiser.

Professional wrestling career

Early life and career
Lisowski was born on July 11, 1926 and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of South Milwaukee. Early on he was more interested in football, playing fullback for the South Milwaukee High School football team, but took up wrestling while stationed in Germany with the U.S. Army. Having developed a liking for the sport, he continued training with Ivan Racy and Buck Tassie at Milwaukee's Eagles Club when he returned, eventually wrestling Marcel Buchet in his first recorded match late in 1949.

His early career included wrestling three to four nights per week at a Chicago armory, typically earning $5 a night. To support himself and to stay in shape, Lisowski worked various blue collar jobs by day, from meat packing to bricklaying. Fred Kohler was the first promoter to put him on TV, and by 1954 he had developed a barrel-chested physique that would stick with him for most of his career. Decades before Stone Cold Steve Austin and  The Sandman, Lisowski perfected the gimmick of the beer drinking tough guy. To further his career he bleached his dark hair blonde and started to get over as a strongman heel, famous for his bolo punch as well as a devastating full nelson. This eventually led to him winning the Chicago-area NWA World Tag Team Championship with partner Art Nielson.

Tag team wrestling
Lisowski continued to have tag team success throughout the remainder of the 1950s, often paired with his wrestling "brother" Stan Lisowski. By 1959, he was being billed as "Crusher" Lisowski, which legend came from a promoter's off-hand comment that he "just crushes everybody." Until early 1965, Crusher was a heel (hated bad guy) in the AWA. After meeting the team of Larry Hennig & Harley Race for the first time, the fans adopted Crusher and his wrestling "cousin" Dick the Bruiser as full-fledged heroes in AWA territory. His bluster was legendary, as he would threaten to maul opponents in the ring and afterward "have a party, take all the dollies down Wisconsin Avenue and go dancing." Besides his impressive physique, The Crusher's gimmick was to absorb a tremendous amount of punishment and still be able to make a comeback for the win.

Over the next 15 to 20 years Crusher and Bruiser were tag partners off and on, and a natural combination due to their common background and brawling wrestling style. If Dick the Bruiser and Crusher felt they hadn't bloodied their opponents enough during a match, they would trade punches with each other afterwards. They won the AWA World Tag Team Championship 5 times, the WWA Tag Team Titles (the WWA was Dick "Bruiser" Afflis's promotion) 6 times, and the NWA International Tag Titles among others.

Success as a solo wrestler
Introduced at the beginning of wrestling matches as "The Wrestler That Made Milwaukee Famous", Crusher was successful as a solo wrestler, winning the AWA World Heavyweight Championship three times, the first time unifying it with the Omaha version of the World Heavyweight Championship on July 9, 1963, in a match where he defeated Verne Gagne. He was skillful at cutting promos, as he would brag about his "100 megaton biceps" and offer to pummel "da bum" he was facing in the ring with ease, and he often delighted in calling opponents "turkeynecks." His most quotable and famous phrase though was: "How 'bout 'dat?" When asked how he trained for a match, he'd claim he ran along the waterfront in Milwaukee carrying a large full beer barrel over either shoulder for strength (and longtime AWA announcer Rodger Kent  often noted that by the end of the Crusher's training run, the beer was gone), and that he'd dance polka all night with Polish barmaids to increase his stamina. Although much of Crusher's popularity came from the idea that he was a big beer drinker, in actuality, he never drank beer, and according to Baron Von Raschke, he actually preferred wine.

The Crusher's wrestling career almost ended in 1981, when the 450-pound Jerry Blackwell botched a top rope move and landed on Lisowski's right arm, causing nerve damage from his shoulder all the way to his wrist. Doctors told him he'd never wrestle again, but Crusher did strength training for two years while he was unofficially "retired," returning to the ring in 1983.

Move to the World Wrestling Federation
He also had a successful run in the WWF in the early 1960s where he was a nemesis of Johnny Valentine and a very young Bruno Sammartino, primarily in the Pittsburgh promotion. He drew very large crowds to Forbes Field with battles against each man.

In the mid-1980s, seeing that the American Wrestling Association (AWA) promotion with which he had the most success over the years was crumbling, particularly when Hulk Hogan and many of the other top talent jumped ship to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Crusher went to work for McMahon on a part-time basis, appearing at WWF house shows all over the Midwest. Lisowski claimed that he made more money working part-time for McMahon than he did working for the frugal Gagne on a full-time basis.

In 1986, Lisowski occasionally teamed with The Machines as Crusher Machine.

The Crusher's last match was at a WWF house show in Omaha on February 15, 1988. He replaced Billy Jack Haynes to team with Ken Patera and face Demolition, who were disqualified when Mr. Fuji tripped Crusher with a cane about three minutes in.

The Crusher's last television appearance was at WWF's 1998 pay-per-view Over the Edge: In Your House where was shown sitting alongside Mad Dog Vachon in the front row. Jerry Lawler made fun of the two men's age, and tried to steal Vachon's artificial leg, but Vachon hit him over the head with it, and Crusher punched him. As Lawler bailed, the two former enemies shook hands.

Legacy
In 1964, the Minneapolis-based garage rock band The Novas wrote a song dedicated to him called "The Crusher", with lead singer Bob Nolan imitating the raunchy voice of Crusher Lisowski (and his trademark yell at the beginning of the record). The tune, which included the lyrics "Do the hammer lock, you turkeynecks!" was popular in the upper Midwest and made it to #88 on the national Billboard chart. It was later covered by The Cramps on their album Psychedelic Jungle. The song has received a resurgence of popularity in recent years, as David Letterman has often played it on his late-night talk show. The Ramones released a song entitled "The Crusher" paying tribute to Lisowski on their last studio recorded album, Adios Amigos.

On June 8, 2019, a bronze statue of The Crusher was unveiled in South Milwaukee at 1101 Milwaukee Avenue. South Milwaukee Mayor Erik Brooks declared the day "Reggie 'Da Crusher' Lisowski Day" in his memory.

A few weeks later on August 24, 2019, surveillance video captured two men striking the statue with a concrete block, damaging the nose, cheek and chest. Da Crusher’s family noticed the damage Aug. 29 and reported it to police. James Dudgeon, 18, of South Milwaukee was charged with criminal damage to property. Additionally, 21-year-old Douglas Macklin of Pembine, Wisconsin, was charged Sept. 19 in connection with the vandalism. According to a criminal complaint, Dudgeon identified Macklin as his accomplice. Police also found a photo of Macklin on his Facebook page wearing the same shirt he is seen wearing in the video.

Personal life
In 1974, he and Dick the Bruiser starred in the movie The Wrestler, where they beat up a posse of mobsters on the big screen.

In his later years, multiple surgeries on his hips and knee crippled him, as well as a non-cancerous tumor removed from his brain stem in March 2005, which left Lisowski partially paralyzed.

Lisowski's wife Faye died in March 2003 after the couple were married for 55 years. Lisowski died of a brain tumor on October 22, 2005, at age 79. He, his wife, Faye, and infant son Gary are interred at the Holy Sepulcher Cemetery near Milwaukee. He was survived by four children, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.

Gagne reacted to his death by saying to the St. Paul Pioneer Press, "We had some dandy matches. The Crusher never was a great technically skilled wrestler, but he was tougher than nails and a brawler. He could bench press nearly 600 pounds. And he loved to have fun. After a match, he couldn't get a beer in his hands fast enough."

Championships and accomplishments

Cauliflower Alley Club
Other honoree (2000)
Fred Kohler Enterprises
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Chicago version) (3 times) - with Art Neilson (1) and  Stan Lisowski (2)
Georgia Championship Wrestling
NWA Georgia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Tommy Rich
Japan Wrestling Association
NWA International Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dick the Bruiser
Maple Leaf Wrestling
NWA Canadian Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Lisowski
NWA Minneapolis Wrestling and Boxing Club - American Wrestling Association
AWA Brass Knuckles Championship (1 time)
AWA World Heavyweight Championship (3 times)
AWA World Tag Team Championship (9 times) - with Dick the Bruiser (5), Verne Gagne (1), Red Bastien (1), Billy Robinson (1) and Baron von Raschke (1)
NWA World Tag Team Championship (Minneapolis version) (2 times) - with Stan Lisowski
(Minneapolis) British Open Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stan Lisowski
World Heavyweight Championship (Omaha version) (1 time)
Nebraska Heavyweight Championship (1 Time)
National Wrestling Alliance
NWA United States Television Championship (1 time)
Pro Wrestling Illustrated
PWI Tag Team of the Year (1972) - with Dick the Bruiser
PWI ranked him # 260 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the PWI Years in 2003
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

(Class of 2005) - with BruiserWorld Championship WrestlingWCW Hall of Fame (Class of 1994)World Wrestling AssociationWWA World Tag Team Championship (6 times) - with Dick the BruiserWrestling Observer NewsletterWorst Tag Team (1984) with Baron Von Raschke
Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame (Class of 1996)Other'''
Rocky Mountain Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

References

External links
 Cauliflower Alley Club - list of honorees
 Pro Wrestling HOF: The Crusher & The Bruiser
 SLAM! Sports: The Crusher dead at 79

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Matara in Proconsulari

Matara in Proconsulari is an ancient suppressed and titular see of the Roman Catholic Church in North Africa.
It dates from the bishopric based in the Roman-era town of Matara, which has been identified with the modern town of Mateur, at  37°02′24″N 9°39′54″E in Tunisia. The current bishop is William J. Justice.

References

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Karaops

Karaops is a genus of Austrialian wall spiders that was first described by S. C. Crews & Mark Stephen Harvey in 2011.

Species
 it contains thirty-seven species, found in New South Wales, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia:
Karaops alanlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops australiensis (L. Koch, 1875) – Australia (Queensland)
Karaops badgeradda Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops banyjima Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops burbidgei Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops dawara Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Northern Territory)
Karaops deserticola Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
Karaops ellenae Crews & Harvey, 2011 (type) – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops feedtime Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops forteyi Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops francesae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops gangarie Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland)
Karaops jaburrara Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops jarrit Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops jenniferae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops julianneae Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops kariyarra Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops karrawarla Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops keithlongbottomi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops larryoo Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops manaayn Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (New South Wales)
Karaops marrayagong Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (New South Wales)
Karaops martamarta Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops monteithi Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland)
Karaops ngarluma Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops ngarutjaranya Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
Karaops nyamal Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops nyangumarta Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops nyiyaparli Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops pilkingtoni Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Northern Territory)
Karaops raveni Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
Karaops toolbrunup Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops umiida Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops vadlaadambara Crews & Harvey, 2011 – Australia (South Australia)
Karaops yindjibarndi Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops yumbu Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)
Karaops yurlburr Crews, 2013 – Australia (Western Australia)

See also
 List of Selenopidae species

References

Category:Araneomorphae genera
Category:Selenopidae
Category:Spiders of Australia


Baba Shamal (magazine)

The Persian journal Baba Shamal was one of the most famous political satire magazines in Iran. It was published weekly between 1943 and 1945 by Reżā Ganjaʾī (1918–1995). After his return from Europe in 1947, 50 volumes more were distributed.
Ganjaʾī was a cabinet member and a university professor for engineering. Before and after his publishership Ganjaʾī held some important positions in ministries and in the banking and insurance sector. He published his articles under the pseudonym “Donb-al-mohandesīn“. Many well-known Iranian satirists, poets and authors belong to his supporters and co-workers, i.a. Rahī Moʿayyerī („Zāḡča“), Eqteṣād („Shaikh Pašm-al-Dīn“), Fozūnī („Mohandes-al-Šoʿarāʾ“) and Ṣahbā („Shaikh Somā“).
The journal was widespread in Iran and was characterized by its everyday language and colloquial style. The general satirical opinion of the authors found its expression in current daily politics which was supplemented by partly colored caricatures and drawings. In general the journal's position was nationalistic, independent and moderate. However, its critique led – under the pressure of censorship – to its suspension in 1947.

References

Further reading
 The Encyclopædia Iranica, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/baba-samal
 The Encyclopædia Iranica, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/ganjai-
 Lawrence Elwell-Sutton, “Iranian Press 1941-47,” Iran 6, 1968, p. 80.

External links
 Online-Version: Bābā Šamal
 Further information: www.translatio.uni-bonn.de
 Digital editions: Arabische, persische und osmanisch-türkische Periodika

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Swallowfield (disambiguation)

Swallowfield is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England.

Swallowfield may also refer to:

 Swallowfield Park, a stately home located near the village of Swallowfield, England
 Swallowfield, Kentucky, a community in Franklin County, Kentucky, US


Theódór Elmar Bjarnason

Theódór Elmar Bjarnason (born 4 March 1987) is an Icelandic footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Akhisarspor.

Club career

Early career
Born in Reykjavík, Iceland, Theódor played for KR Reykjavík in Iceland. He also played one season for the reserve team of the Norwegian club IK Start as a 16-year-old, but rejected an offer of a professional contract with them and moved back to Iceland.

Celtic
Theódór joined Celtic in 2004. He made his domestic debut for Celtic against Hibernian in the last game of the 2006–07 season and played the full 90 minutes in a match in which he was named man of the match by the Celtic website. He was also on the bench for the 1–0 win over Dunfermline in the 2007 Scottish Cup Final.

On 21 May 2007, Theódór announced he would put pen to paper on a two-year contract extension with Celtic to tie him to the club until the summer of 2009 and on 13 June, he signed a new three-year contract.

Lyn Oslo
On 15 January 2008, Theódór signed for Lyn Oslo, in a bid to play regular first team football again.

IFK Göteborg
Following severe financial difficulties in the running of Lyn, Theódór moved to IFK Göteborg on 22 July 2009.

Randers FC
In the start of 2012, Theódór signed a new contract with the Danish side Randers FC. However, he got injured in the start-up and was not able to play for six months.

AGF
In June 2015 he signed a two-year contract with the Danish club AGF. He left the club after two years.

Gazişehir Gaziantep
On 5 January 2019, Bjarnason signed with Turkish club Gazişehir Gaziantep for one and a half years.

Akhisarspor
On 24 July 2019, Bjarnason signed with Akhisarspor.

International career
He was part of the Icelandic Euro 2016 squad, contributing one assist.
Played on China Cup 2017, where Iceland won silver medals

Personal life
His grandfather, Theódór Jakob Guðmundsson, played for KR Reykjavík in the golden years of that club and competed against Liverpool in 1964 in the first European game for both of these clubs.

References

External links

Theodor Elmar Bjarnasson career stats at lynfotball.net

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Samuel Dunning

Samuel Wadsworth Dunning (May 10, 1859 – April 19, 1915) was an American football, and military tactics instructor. He was an 1880 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

He served as the head football coach at Utah State University–then known as Utah Agricultural College–in 1898, where he was also serving as an instructor of military science and tactics while stationed at Fort Douglas, Utah.

Head coaching record

References

External links

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Rika Mamiya

is a Japanese fashion model and singer.

Early life
She was born in Kanagawa Prefecture to a Filipino mother and a Japanese father.

Career

Modelling
She started her career in 2008 when she appeared in the fashion magazine Ranzuki until October 2010. She also participated in fashion events such as Shibuya Woman Festival and Shibuya Gal Festival.

Music
As a singer, she debuted in July 2009 when she joined the group Romeo, composed of Ayumi Sato, Tanaka and Hikichi Takazumi. She has also been a member of the all-female group Iloilo since November 2010.

References

External links
 Official agency profile
 Official blog
 Rika Mamiya on Twitter

Category:Japanese female models
Category:Japanese female pop singers
Category:Japanese actresses
Category:Japanese radio personalities
Category:Japanese people of Filipino descent
Category:People from Kanagawa Prefecture
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Dier

Dier or DIER may refer to:

People
 Brett Dier (born 1990), Canadian actor
 Dirk Dier (born 1972), German tennis player
 Eric Dier (born 1994), English footballer
 Richard A. Dier (1914–1972), American judge
 Tobias Dier (born 1976), German golfer

Other
 Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources, a former department of the Tasmanian government
 Wakker Dier, Dutch animal welfare organisation
 Department for Industrial & Employment Relations of Malta

See also
 Dyer (disambiguation)


Gdańsk Voivodeship

The name Gdańsk Voivodeship has been used twice to designate local governments in Poland.

Gdańsk Voivodeship (1) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1975–98, superseded by Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its capital city was Gdańsk.

Statistics (1 January 1992):
Area: 7.400 km2
Population: 1 431 600 inhabitants
Population density: 194 inhabitants/km2
Administrative division: 47 communes
Number of cities and towns (urban communes): 20

Governors:
 Maciej Płażyński 1990–97

Major cities and towns (population 1995):
 Gdańsk (462 800);
 Gdynia (251 400);
 Tczew (60 600);
 Starogard Gdański (50 600);
 Wejherowo (47 300);
 Sopot (43 700);
 Rumia (40 000);
 Kościerzyna (23 100);
 Pruszcz Gdański (21 200),
Other towns (population 1980):
 Kartuzy (12 000);
 Puck (11 100);
Władysławowo (10 600).

Gdansk Voivodeship (2) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in the years 1945–1975, superseded by the voivodeships of Gdansk (1), Elbląg and Słupsk (area of Lębork). Its capital was also Gdańsk.

List of counties in 1946–1975
 English county name, Polish county name, capital city

 Gdańsk City, miasto Gdańsk
 Gdynia City, Miasto Gdynia
 Elbląg County, powiat elbląski, Elbląg
 Gdańsk County, powiat gdański, Gdańsk
 Kartuzy County powiat kartuski, Kartuzy
 Kościerzyna County, powiat kościerzyński, Kościerzyna
 Kwidzyn County, powiat kwidzyński, Kwidzyn
 Lębork County, powiat lęborski, Lębork
 Malbork County, powiat malborski, Malbork
 Sea County, powiat morski Puck
 Starogard County, powiat starogardzki, Starogard Gdański
 Sztum County, powiat sztumski, Sztum
 Tczew County, powiat tczewski, Tczew

New counties established 1946–1975:
 Sopot City, miasto Sopot, previously part of Gdańsk County
 Elbląg City, miasto Elbląg, previously part of Elbląg County
 Puck County, powiat puck, Puck, previously part of Sea County
 Wejherowo County, powiat wejherowski, Wejherowo, previously part of Sea County
 Nowy Dwór Gdański County, powiat nowodworski, Nowy Dwór Gdański, previously part of Gdańsk County

See also:
Voivodeships of Poland

Category:Former voivodeships of Poland (1945–75)
Category:Former voivodeships of Poland (1975–98)


Screen Nation Film and Television Awards

The Screen Nation Film & TV Awards, formerly the bfm (black filmmaker) Film and TV Awards, was founded in September 2003 by independent film producer Charles Thompson MBE, as a platform to raise the profile of black British and international film and television talent of African heritage.

Statuette
The Screen Nation Award statuette is based on a West African mask and was designed by Jamaican-born sculptor George "Fowokan" Kelly. "The statuette signifies via the mask that there is a change coming. A mask takes you from one state into another and in this case from being unrecognized and unrewarded to being recognized and celebrated".

Awards
The Screen Nation Film and TV Awards are given at a televised event that normally takes place in October during UK Black History Month. The awards ceremony—dubbed the "Black BAFTAs" by The Independent newspaper in 2003—brings together actors, actresses, directors and filmmakers from the British and international film and TV industry.

Voting
The Screen Nation Film and TV Awards are based on voting by the general public as well as the Screen Nation committee. The honorary and major awards, such as the Outstanding Contribution to Film and TV Award and the Edric Connor Inspiration Award, are decided by the Screen Nation Executive committee. The People's Choice categories—Favourite Male TV Star, Favourite Female TV Star, Favourite Music Performance on Film/TV, Favourite Presenter, Favourite Reality Star, International Film, US Male Screen Personality Film/TV, US Female Screen Personality Film/TV, West African Film Actor, West African Film Actress and West African Film—are all voted for by the public.

The 2007 awards ceremony saw actor Morgan Freeman honoured with the Outstanding Contribution Award, newsreader Moira Stuart honoured with the Edric Connor Inspiration Award and American TV director-producer Stan Lathan with the new Vanguard Award. A final honorary award - the Classic TV Award - was presented to the television series Roots in what was its 30th anniversary year.

The 2016 awards ceremony saw actor Wesley Snipes honoured with the Outstanding Contribution Award.

In 2017, the 12th Screen Nation awards took place. The Edric Connor Trailblazer award was given to Horace Ové .

2017 winners

2016 winners

2007 winners

2006 winners

2003 winners

2002 winners (as bfm Awards)

References

External links

Screen Nation Awards
Screen Nation Awards
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Category:Awards established in 2003


Antonio García Padilla

Antonio García Padilla (born 1954 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican scholar. He served as the president of University of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2009.

Personal life

Garcia Padilla was born in Ponce and raised in  the nearby town of Coamo. He had five brothers, among them Alejandro, former senator and Governor of Puerto Rico, and Juan Carlos, current mayor of Coamo, Puerto Rico.

Training
García Padilla received his undergraduate degree in 1974 and his law degree in 1978 from the University of Puerto Rico and an LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1981. He has served as law clerk first to the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico and then on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He was then Assistant Professor at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law, later serving as Associate Dean of the Law School in 1983 and Dean in 1986. In 1999, he was elected to the Council of The American Law Institute.

President
He served as president of the University of Puerto Rico. He assumed the presidency on 25 November 2001, and resigned on 30 September 2009.

See also
 University of Puerto Rico

References

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List of ambassadors of Australia to Iraq

The Ambassador of Australia to Iraq is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the Embassy of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Iraq in Baghdad. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and is currently held by Dr Joanne Loundes since January 2018. Iraq and Australia have enjoyed official diplomatic relations since the Australian government of Gough Whitlam recognised the Iraqi Republic in 1973. Contacts between Australia and Iraq however were much earlier, dating back to British Mandatory Iraq and the British Protectorate Kingdom of Iraq from 1935.

On 2 December 1973, Foreign Minister Don Willesee announced that Iraq and Australia would establish diplomatic relations with the Australian Ambassador in Beirut to be accredited to Iraq. A resident Ambassador was not appointed until 1976, with Neil Truscott becoming the first resident Ambassador in early 1977. With the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait starting the First Gulf War in August 1990, relations between the two countries became severely strained and diplomatic relations were severed in January 1991 with the withdrawal of Ambassador Peter Lloyd immediately prior to Operation Desert Storm. Relations remained severed until the overthrow of the regime of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of the Australian Mission in Baghdad on 3 May 2003, immediately following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. This was upgraded to an embassy 29 June 2004 following the transfer of sovereign authority to the Iraqi Interim Government.

Office-holders

Ambassadors to Iraq, resident in Beirut

Ambassadors to Iraq, resident in Baghdad

See also
Foreign relations of Australia

References

External links
 Australian Embassy, Iraq

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John Michael Peacock

John Michael Peacock MLA, MLC ( – ) was a prominent "border man", and a member of the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council of the Cape Colony Parliament.

Biography
Born in Manchester, the son of draper George and Hannah Peacock, he emigrated to the Cape Colony in 1861, and started his business in the eastern frontier of the Cape, in King Williams Town and then in Queenstown. In 1867 he married Maria Kentish Hincksman (d.1888), daughter of a cotton spinner TC Hincksman from Preston, England, and they had a large family.

MLA (1874-1877)
He represented King Williams Town in the General Assembly (lower house) of the Cape Parliament from 1874 until 1877. He also served on that town's council.
He was one of the first officers in the Kaffrarian Volunteers, and was a leader of the movement which opposed the dis-annexation of British Kaffraria by the Cape Colony.

Diplomatic agent in England (1877-1889)
After he resigned his seat in Parliament, he returned to England for a while. While there, he was appointed by the Cape Prime Minister Thomas Charles Scanlen to be a Member of the Council of Advice to the Agent General. Here he also kept a close eye on the interests of the Cape frontier region, especially its principal shipping port, East London.

MLC (1891-1898)
When he returned to the Cape in 1889, he settled in Addiscombe, Queenstown. He represented the Eastern Circle (Province) in the Legislative Council (upper house) of the Cape Parliament from 1891 until 1898.

References

Peacock
Peacock
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Pottier P.80

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The Pottier P.80 is a single-seat, single-engine sport aircraft developed in France in the late 1970s and marketed for homebuilding. Ultimately based on the P.70 design, it features a redesigned wing and cockpit canopy. The P.80 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional design with an enclosed cockpit. Construction throughout is of metal. The prototype was constructed and unveiled at the 1977 Paris Air Show.

Just as the P.70 had led to the two-seat P.170, Pottier also created a two-seat version of the P.80, but with its seats side-by-side instead of in tandem as those of the P.170 had been. This was designated the P.180, and by 1987, at least 13 examples had flown.

Variants
 P.80S - single-seat version
 P.180S - two-seat version

Specifications (P.80S)

Notes

References

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P.080
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Emden goose

The Emden goose is a breed of domestic goose. The origins of this breed are thought to be from the North Sea region, in the Netherlands and Germany. The eminent author Lewis Wright wrote around 1900 that he was of the opinion that they originated from the town of Emden in Lower Saxony, Germany, although Edward Brown in his 1906 Races of Domestic Poultry believed that the breed was created by crossing the German White with the English White and then, by a process of careful selections, creating the goose as it is today. Others suggest that the English Emden's great weight and size was produced by selective breeding with the Toulouse breed, which was then bred out leaving the large size of this breed. In any case, the continental stock used in breeding the modern birds is most likely descended from the great white landrace of Frisia, which has been attested as early as the 13th century. In German the breed is known as Emder Gans or Emdener Gans; the latter is actually a hypercorrection.

Description

The breed is pure white with a short, light orange bill, and orange feet and shanks. They are fast growing birds and will quickly reach about 9 kg (20 lb) for the Goose, and 14 kg (30 lb) for the Gander. The Emden's legs are fairly short. The head is oval-shaped and they have a long and graceful neck. The eyes are an ocean blue. The body is bulky and well rounded, having a long back and a short tail. The wings are very strong and of a good length. The feathers are close and very hard.

The breed's habits are to forage for tidbits in the grass and water. They are omnivores and prefer living near some water as they eat small insects and water dwellers. They are a very hardy breed and don't mind fairly mild sub-zero temperatures. Males are more vocal than females and can often be heard honking loudly if approached but geese in general talk quietly throughout the day. Emden geese that are accustomed to their owner's presence don't mind being in close proximity but tend to keep their distance. When cornered or defending their nest male or female geese will try to warn away predators by loudly hissing at them and ruffling their feathers. If provoked, especially in an enclosed area their strong wings can be used as a weapon. Being domesticated they can fly but don't migrate.

An Emden goose matures in about 2–3 years and will start to look for a mate for life. The adult bird will commence laying eggs fairly early in the year, in February as a rule, laying 30 to 40 eggs. The goose starts incubating the eggs around the beginning of spring for about 28–34 days.

See also
 Domestic goose
 List of goose breeds

References
 Batty, Joseph (1996): Domesticated Ducks & Geese: Beech Publishing House.

External links
 Emden Geese on the Domestic Waterfowl Site.
 Embden Geese on poultrykeeper - Photos and breed information.
 Emden Geese on feathersite.

Emden Geese
Category:Goose breeds
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Mozaffari-ye Jonubi

Mozaffari-ye Jonubi (, also Romanized as Moz̧affarī-ye Jonūbī; also known as Moz̧affarī) is a village in Liravi-ye Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Deylam County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 17, in 5 families.

References

Category:Populated places in Deylam County


Penghu Reclamation Hall

The Penghu Reclamation Hall () is a former residence in Magong Township, Penghu County, Taiwan.

History
The building was originally constructed in 1935 as the official residence of the Hōko Prefecture governor. After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the building became the official residence of the Penghu County magistrate. After the death of incumbent Magistrate Wang Chien-tung on 19 October 1992, the building ceased to be used as the official residence of the country magistrate. It was only used as a venue for the magistrate to welcome guests.

In 1999, the Council for Cultural Affairs approved the proposal created by the Penghu County Government for the establishment of Penghu Reclamation Hall from the residence building. In 2000, the construction for the hall started. Upon completion, the hall was officially opened by Kuomintang Chairman Lien Chan.

Architecture
The building was constructed in a Japanese architectural style. It has European style octagonal windows, wooden doors, Japanese sliding doors and Japanese roofs. It also features a garden with old Banyan trees. It contains several exhibition areas, which are The Prelude of Penghu Exploration, Immigrants from Faraway, Penghu Exploration Cluster, War and Battles at Penghu, Political and Economic Infrastructure of Penghu, Reviewing Penghu Literature, Penghu Official Residence Experiencing Zone, Figure of Goddess Mazu and Navigate to Penghu Island.

See also
 List of tourist attractions in Taiwan

References

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Category:1935 establishments in Taiwan
Category:Buildings and structures in Penghu County
Category:Tourist attractions in Penghu County