Luiggy Llanos

Luiggy Llanos Cruz (born August 22, 1978 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is a male  decathlete from Puerto Rico.

Biography
He set his personal best (7704 points) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where he claimed the silver medal.

Achievements

External links

sports-reference

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Category:Puerto Rican decathletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
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Category:People from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Category:Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for Puerto Rico


Barbara Hines (disambiguation)

Barbara Hines is an American artist.

Barbara Hines may also refer to:
Barbara Hines (baseball), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ballplayer
Barbara Hines (lawyer), American immigration attorney


Kafr Qasim

Kafr Qasim (, ), also known as Kafr Qassem, Kufur Kassem, Kfar Kassem and Kafar Kassem, is a hill-top city with an Arab population.  It is located about  east of Tel Aviv, on the Israeli side of the Green Line separating Israel and the West Bank, in the southern portion of the "Little Triangle" of Arab-Israeli towns and villages. In  its population was . The town was the site of the Kafr Qasim massacre, in which the Israel Border Police killed 49 civilians on October 29, 1956. On February 12, 2008, Israeli Minister of the Interior Meir Sheetrit declared Kafr Qasim a city in a ceremony held at the town.

History
The town's area was populated in ancient times, based on remains from the Middle Paleolithic period found in the Qesem Cave. Cisterns, a winepress and terraced fields have also been  documented, together with remains from the Byzantine era.

Ottoman period
In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, Kefr Kasim, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus.

Charles van de Velde visited the site in 1851–52, noting "the many ancient stones used in the construction of the present houses and many other remains indicating an ancient site."

In 1870, during the Ottoman period, French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village, which he called Kafr Kasim. He found the place to be "the site of a more ancient town, as is shown by cisterns and the mass of rubbish found outside the present village". The village had about four hundred inhabitants.

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as being of moderate size, with buildings constructed principally of adobe, on low hill in open ground. The survey also noted the existence of a rock-cut tomb to the south of the village.

British Mandate of Palestine period
In 1917, during World War I, Kafr Qasim (together with the rest of the area) was captured from the ruling Ottoman Empire by the British Army and was later placed under the British Mandate of Palestine.

In the  1922 census of Palestine  Kufr Quasem had a population of 661, all Muslims,  increasing in the 1931 census to 989, still all Muslims, in a total of 241 houses.

In  1945  the population of Kafr Qasim was 1,460, all Muslims, who owned 12,765 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. 239 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 491 were plantations and irrigable land, and 8,980 were planted with cereals, while 58 dunams were built-up (urban) land.

Israeli period

Israeli military advances came to a halt at Kafir Kasim during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. In 1949, Israel annexed the town in accordance with the armistice agreements, which ended the war.

On October 29, 1956, on the eve of the joint Israeli, French and British invasion of Egypt, Israel moved up the time of the local curfew as it was concerned that nearby Jordan would enter the fighting.  After the curfew ended, a platoon of Israeli border police (MAGAV) who had been sent to the area encountered and killed 49 villagers returning to Kafr Qasim from their work in the fields. Though the village head had been informed a half an hour before the military curfew started, he informed the Israeli commander that the fellahin and shepherds could not be notified in time that the curfew had been imposed.  The incident became known as the Kafr Qasim massacre. In December 2007, President of Israel Shimon Peres formally apologised for the massacre. In 1959, the town was granted local council status by the Israeli Interior Ministry.

In recent years, the town became known as the place where Sheikh Abdullah Nimar Darwish started the Islamic Movement. Israeli parliamentarian Sheikh Ibrahim Sarsur, a native of Kafr Qasim, served for a decade on the town council and heads the southern faction of the Islamic Movement of Israel since 1999. In 2008, it was announced that Kafr Qasim could soon become a city.

Demographics
According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had 21,100 mostly Muslim inhabitants at the end of 2012. There are 936 females for every 1,000 males. The population increases at an annual rate of 2.7%.

The social-economic rank of the town is relatively low (3 out of 10). Only 50.2% of 12th graders were eligible for graduation (Bagrut) certificates in 2000. The average monthly wage in 2000 was 3,633 NIS, as opposed to the national average of 6,835 NIS at that time.

Sports

F.C. Kafr Qasim plays in the national league (second division). Following their promotion to the national league, they play home matches at the Lod Municipal Stadium in Lod.

Culture
Served as the primary filming location for the Israeli political thriller television series Fauda.

People from Kafr Qasim

Abdullah Nimar Darwish
Walid Badir, international footballer
Issawi Frej, Knesset member
Samah Mar'ab, international footballer
Rubel Sarsour, international footballer
Ibrahim Sarsur, Knesset member

See also
 Arab localities in Israel
 Kafr Qasem Sign Language

References

Bibliography

External links
 Kfar-Qasem municipality website
 Kufur-Kassem home page
 Kufur-Kassem official home page
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14:    IAA, Wikimedia commons
 the village location
 Material in English
 Material in Hebrew כפר קאסם בעברית
 Welcome To Kafr Qasem

Category:Arab localities in Israel
Category:Cities in Israel
Category:Triangle (Israel)
Category:Cities in Central District (Israel)


Mala Mala (film)

Mala Mala is a 2014 Puerto Rican documentary film directed by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles, starring Jason "April" Carrión, Samantha Close and Ivana Fred. The film shows several stories of the transgender community in Puerto Rico, including April Carrion, well-known drag queen who participated in the reality show RuPaul's Drag Race. Mala Mala also includes the historic victory of the LGBT community with the approval and signature of Law 238-2014 (in Puerto Rico), which prevents discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation and/or gender identity. Mala Mala has been presented in festivals around the world, including London, Ukraine, Los Angeles, Austin, Costa Rica and Mexico. In addition to schools such as The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, University of Pennsylvania, New York University and Harvard University.

Cast
Jason Carrión as Himself / as April Carrión
Samantha Close as Herself
Ivana Fred as Herself
Carlos Pascual as Himself / as Queen Bee Ho
Paxx Moll as Themself
Alberic Prados as Himself / as Zahara Montiere
Denise "Sandy" Rivera as Herself
Soraya Santiago Solla as Herself
Sophia Voines as Herself

Critical reception
Critical reception for Mala Mala has been very positive. Writing for Out, Max McCormack describes that "Santini's and Sickles's style is as much a piece of modern investigation as it is a nod to films that came before. There are references to Paris is Burning, Pedro Almodóvar features, Valley of the Dolls, and even '90s Nickelodeon stylistic choices. The two men hope to make an impact in driving this notoriously ignored issue forward."

In The Huffington Post, Priscilla Frank said that the film "shows a life in which the line between performance and reality fades away, where fantasy and fact contribute to one's reality. Mala Mala provides a thought-provoking look at where gender identity and cultural identity intersect, while showing that life still revolves around the search for selfhood and the love between friends".

Frank Scheck from The Hollywood Reporter reviewed the film after their showcase at the Tribeca Film Festival,

The film examines the myriad personal issues of its interviewees who emerge as articulate spokespeople for their largely marginalized subculture. Sure to be a staple at gay-themed film festivals, the film should garner significant attention upon its commercial release. Its subjects are indeed a fascinating and diverse lot. Interspersed with the insightful interviews are glossily photographed scenes of the subjects clearly relishing playing to the camera, from Alberic sexily splashing about in his bathtub to Samantha bathing nude in a river to Sophia lip-synching a Barbra Streisand song using a dildo for a microphone.

Diana Clarke wrote for The Village Voice, "In the Puerto Rican queer and drag communities, "mala" is used to mean something closer to "fierce." How rare and necessary to find a beautifully shot, kind and immersive movie that centers the stories and lives of brown transgender folks. This film does not pander. Rather, it demands that the viewer rise to the occasion."

In December 2015 The Advocate published its list of "The 10 Best LGBT Documentaries of 2015" where Mala Mala figured as a favorite.

Awards and nominations

See also
 List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films of 2014

References

External links

Category:2014 films
Category:2010s documentary films
Category:2010s LGBT-related films
Category:American LGBT-related films
Category:American films
Category:Spanish-language films
Category:LGBT in Puerto Rico
Category:Puerto Rican films
Category:Puerto Rican documentary films
Category:Killer Films films
Category:Transgender-related documentary films


Strathmore Automobile Company

Strathmore was an American automobile company started in 1899.They made gas and steam powered vehicles.

References

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Category:1890s cars
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Ferro Carril Oeste (basketball)

Club Ferro Carril Oeste Basquet, or Ferro Basquet, is a professional basketball team based in Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a part of the multi-sports Club Ferro Carril Oeste.

History
In 1968, Ferro was promoted to the first division of the Buenos Aires Basketball Association. In the 1970s, Ferro developed a strong rivalry with Obras Sanitarias. Ferro became the first Argentine team to win the South American Club Championship, when they won it in 1981. They also won the South American Club Championship in 1982 and 1987, and finished 2nd at the same tournament in 1986.

When the top Argentine League began in 1985, Ferro's main rival became Atenas de Córdoba. Ferro won the Argentine League championship in 1985 and 1986, finished 2nd in 1987, and also won it 1989. They also competed at the Club World Cup in 1981, 1986, and 1987, and they were that competition's runner-up in 1986.

At the end of 2003-04 season, Ferro was relegated to the Argentine second division, the Torneo Nacional de Ascenso (TNA). The team played there until 2015, when Ferro returned to LNB after Ciclista Juninense was relegated to TNA.

Players

Current roster

Notable former players

 Miguel Cortijo (1976–92)
 Diego Maggi (1985–89)
 Rory White (1991–92)
 Gabriel Fernández (1995–96)
 Luis Scola (1995–98)
 Martín Leiva (1997–2001)
 Diego Lo Grippo (1998–2001)
 Federico Kammerichs (1998–2001)
 Luis Oroño
 Sebastián Uranga (1981–85)
 Javier Maretto
 Daniel Aréjula
 Horacio López
 Erron Maxey (2001)

Notable coaches
 León Najnudel (1976–82, 1989–90, 1996)

Titles

Domestic
 Torneo Metropolitano (1): 1980
 Torneo Oficial de la Federación de Buenos Aires (3): 1980, 1982, 1983
 Torneo de Apertura de la Federación de Buenos Aires (3): 1980, 1981, 1982
 Campeonato Argentino de Clubes (1): 1981
 Liga Nacional de Básquet (3): 1985, 1986, 1989

International
 Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes (3): 1981, 1982, 1987

References

External links

 Official website
 Club page on LNB website

Category:Basketball teams in Argentina
Category:Basketball teams established in 1941


Adiós muchachos

Adiós muchachos may refer to:

Adiós muchachos (tango), classic tango song by Julio César Sanders and César Felipe Vedani
Adiós muchachos, 1994 novel by Daniel Chavarría
Adiós muchachos, political memoir by Sergio Ramírez 1999
Adiós muchachos (film) 1955


Melody Calling

Melody Calling is the debut EP by British indie rock band The Vaccines, that follows the release of their second studio album Come of Age. The EP was released on Columbia Records on 11 August 2013 in the UK and 12 August worldwide. The EP features three new tracks and a remixed version of the second track "Do You Want a Man?", remixed by producers John Hill and Rich Costey. The title track was released on the internet on 25 June through the band's Facebook page, along with other tracks during the following period preceding the physical release.

Track listing

Charts

References

Category:The Vaccines albums
Category:2013 EPs


Chab Dai

Chab Dai (joining hands in Khmer) was founded in Cambodia in 2005 by Helen Sworn. Chab Dai is a coalition of diverse stakeholders committed to working together to abolish all forms of sexual abuse, human trafficking and exploitation. Chab Dai aims to bring an end to trafficking and sexual exploitation through coalition building, community prevention, advocacy and research. While the organization was founded in Cambodia, Chab Dai also has additional offices in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

Helen Sworn
Helen Sworn is the founder and International Director of the anti-human trafficking organisation Chab Dai.

Helen had a successful business administration career that she left in order to attend a bible college in the United Kingdom. She began actively opposing human trafficking in 1999.  She has been involved in multiple anti-human-trafficking and educational initiatives in Cambodia as the International Director of Chab Dai. In 2005, she founded Chab Dai, a network of Christian organizations opposing human trafficking. She was interviewed in the 2011 human trafficking documentary film Nefarious: Merchant of Souls.

Governance
Chab Dai Cambodia is registered with the Royal Government of Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an international charity organization under the sponsorship of Chab Dai International. Cambodia-specific governance is assisted by a Cambodia Steering Committee, a sub-committee of Chab Dai International's Board of Directors, and is made up of representatives from Chab Dai Cambodia's coalition members.
Chab Dai International, overseen by a Board of Directors made up of international members both external and internal to other Chab Dai offices, is registered as a public benefit corporation in California (USA), and as a registered public charity with 501c3 tax-exempt status with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under EIN 26-4646578.
Approved grants are made to Chab Dai Cambodia and other international projects several times per year. Financial accountability documents can be downloaded from Chab Dai's profile on Guidestar.org.
Chab Dai Canada, overseen by an autonomous Board of Directors, is registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency under registration number 81890 6703 RR0001.
Chab Dai is also overseen by a registered charity in the UK, Chab Dai & Yejj Charitable Trust (registered number 1103241).

References

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Category:Non-profit organisations based in Cambodia
Category:Anti–human trafficking activists


A French Gigolo

A French Gigolo or Cliente is a 2008 French drama film directed by Josiane Balasko and starring Nathalie Baye. It is based on Cliente, the first novel written by Josiane Balasko, which was a big success.

Plot
Patrick is a male prostitute who hides his double life from his wife. When she finds out about his extramarital activities by answering his phone, she decides she will catch him in a hotel room with a client. At first offended by the behavior of her husband, she soon asks him to continue to be a male escort to help pay the bills. Patrick meets a female client, Judith, with whom they live out a complicated love story.

Cast

 Nathalie Baye as Judith
 Éric Caravaca as Marco / Patrick
 Isabelle Carré as Fanny
 Josiane Balasko as Irène
 Catherine Hiegel as Maggy
 Marilou Berry as Karine
 George Aguilar as Jim
 Richard Berry as Lucas
 Maria Schneider as Marie-Hélène
 Guillaume Nicloux as Jean-Louis
 Rudy Berry as Jonathan
 Gérard Krawczyk as The bar's patron

Development
The movie was first introduced during the Rome Film Festival, in October 2008. The film was also screen at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival.

References

External links

Category:2008 films
Category:2000s drama films
Category:French films
Category:French drama films
Category:French-language films
Category:Films directed by Josiane Balasko
Category:Films about prostitution in Paris
Category:Films about male prostitution in France


Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling

"Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" is a song recorded by Australian singer Dannii Minogue for her 2003 album Neon Nights. It was written by the singer with Bruno Alexandre, Matthieu Joly, Terry Ronald, Madonna, Stephen Bray, James Theochari and Camille Troillard. The song was released as the album's fourth single in June 2003, reaching number five in the United Kingdom and the top 40 in Australia, Walloon Belgium, France, Ireland, and Spain. Its music video, directed by Phil Griffin, features Minogue dancing on a beach with her lover and friends.

Mashup
A mashup between "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" and Madonna's 1985 single "Into the Groove" was also issued. Inspired by the many bootleg recordings being made in the UK, Minogue sent Madonna a copy of the mashup for her legal approval. Madonna, an artist who rarely approves of others using her music, called it "brilliant". Minogue described Madonna's approval as "the biggest, most amazing thing".

Music video
The music video for "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" was directed by Phil Griffin and filmed in 2003. The video begins with Minogue sitting and dancing on the porch of a colourfully lit beach house. She is then shown sitting in a car and singing her lover. They are soon joined by a large group of dancing people on the beach. The video concludes with scenes of Minogue being filmed by her lover and performing a dance routine with two female backup dancers.

The music video was released commercially on various enhanced CD single formats. It was also included on The Hits & Beyond special edition companion DVD (2006) and Dannii Minogue: The Video Collection (2007).

Chart performance
"Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" was officially released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 9 June 2003. The song debuted on the UK Singles Chart on 21 June 2003 at number five. The following week, "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" fell to number eighteen and exited the chart in its ninth week of release. In Ireland, the track reached number thirty-eight on the singles chart. The song reached the top fifty in Belgium and France. In Australia, "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" debuted at number twenty-two on 27 July 2003 and remained on the chart for four weeks. In the United States, the song reached number eight on the Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart.

Formats and track listings
These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling".

UK CD single
(LONCD478; Released 9 June 2003)
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" (Al Stone's Radio Edit) – 3:33
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Groove" (Radio version) – 3:16
 "Goodbye Song" (Terry Ronald, Ian Masterson) – 3:50
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" music video

12-inch single
(LONX478; Released 9 June 2003)
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" (Stella Brown Vocal mix) – 6:49
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Groove" (Extended remix) – 5:06
 "I Begin to Wonder" (DJ Bardot remix) – 7:48

Australian CD single
(5046672922; Released 2003)
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" (Al Stone's Radio Edit) – 3:33
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Groove" (Radio version) – 3:16
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" (Stella Brown Vocal mix) – 6:49
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Groove" (Extended Bootleg mix) – 5:06
 "Goodbye Song" – 3:50

Official remixes
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" (Stella Brown dub mix) – 7:05
 "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" (Jupiter Ace mix) – 5:40

Personnel
The following people contributed to "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling":
Dannii Minogue – lead vocals
Neïmo, Al Stone – production
Etienne Colin – mixing
Loolah – photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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Category:Dannii Minogue songs
Category:Songs written by Terry Ronald
Category:Songs written by Dannii Minogue
Category:Songs written by Madonna (entertainer)
Category:Songs written by Stephen Bray


Abel Kingué

Abel Kingué (1924 – 16 April 1964) was a political leader in the struggle for the independence of Cameroon from France.

Early years

Abel Kegne (his birth name) was born at Fokoué, near Bamendou in the MENOUA department of West Province, Cameroon in 1924.
He came from a Bamiléké background.
He left home early and went to Dschang to live with Mathieu Yamdjeu, a friend of his father.
He became a ball boy at the tennis club, and was noticed there and enrolled in school.
He studied at Dschang, Bafang, Nkongsamba and then at the Nursing School in Ayos.

UPC militant in Cameroon

In 1947 Abel Kingué was working in a large store in Douala, where he met Robert Ekwalla.
Both became militants in the Union des Syndicats Confédérés du Cameroun (USCC).
In April 1950 he left the store and joined the staff of the Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC) at its first congress in Dschang.
In 1951 at Nkongsamba he publicly denounced the political machinations of prince Ndoumbe Douala Manga Bell.
He demonstrated that he had great skills as an orator, strong ideological convictions and a great capacity for work and organisation.
He was re-elected vice-president of the UPC in September 1952 at its second congress in Eséka.
He was also editor of the UPC organ the Voice of Cameroon.

Abel Kingué was one of the founders of the Democratic Youth of Cameroon (Jeunesse Démocratique du Cameroun – JDC).
In December 1953 he represented the JDC at the United Nations.
On his return, during his tour to report on his trip, he was attacked at Mbouroukou near Melong, severely wounded and left for dead.
He recovered, and in April 1954 ran as a candidate for the Territorial Assembly of Cameroon (Assemblée Territoriale du Cameroun – ATCAM).
Despite his great popularity, the colonial administration declared that he was defeated.

In April and May 1955 the UPC held a series of angry meetings, circulated pamphlets and organised strikes.
On 18 April 1955 Kingué's home, as well as those of the UPC leaders Ruben Um Nyobé and Jacques Ngom, was ransacked and burned.
On 25 May 1955 the police opened fire on demonstrators in Loum, Douala, Yaoundé, Ngambé and other places.
The following night the police sacked and burned the UPC headquarters in Douala's New Bell quarter.
There were perhaps 5,000 victims of the violence at the end of May.
On 13 July 1955 the French government dissolved the UPC by decree.
Most of the UPC leaders moved to Kumba in the British-administered Southern Cameroons to avoid being jailed by the colonial power.

Exile and death

On 28 January 1956 the UPC presented its position in a declaration to the international press signed by Félix-Roland Moumié (President), Ruben Um Nyobé (Secretary General) and the two Vice-Presidents, Ernest Ouandié and Abel Kingué. They called for reunification of French- and British-administered areas as an independent state.
Abel Kingué chaired a major meeting of the JDC on 8/9 November 1956 in Kumba.
He was attacked and left for dead by French commandos who were trying to kill the leaders of the UPC.
In July 1957, under pressure from the French, the British authorities in Southern Cameroon deported the leaders of the UPC to Khartoum, Sudan.
They moved in turn to Cairo, Egypt, to Conakry, Guinea and finally to Accra, Ghana.
Suffering from high blood pressure, Kingué led a quiet life while in exile.

On 6 September 1962 the UPC leadership in exile met in Accra at Ndeh Ntumazah's house, and decided to exclude the "criminal clique of Woungly" from the administrative secretariat.
At ten that evening, when the attendees were about to leave, a bomb exploded without causing any injury.
The Ghana authorities were not amused and threw the entire UPC leadership in jail.
In October they freed Massaga, Tchaptchet and Ntumazah, but kept Abel Kingué in prison.
On 13 September 1962 the UPC organised its first Assemblée populaire sous maquis in Mungo, where the Revolutionary Committee was named.
The committee was presided over by Ernest Ouandié.
Other members were Abel Kingué, Michel Ndoh, Ndongo Diyé, Osendé Afana, Nicanor Njiawe and Woungly-Massaga.

A two-headed leadership was theoretically in place, with Abel Kingué leading the exiles from Ghana and Ernest Ouandié in the maquis.
The organisation functioned poorly due to communication problems and also to the Sino-Soviet split.
The next year it split, with Abel Kingué and Osendé Afana allied with Ntumazah and opposed to the other leaders.
Abel Kingué remained imprisoned in Accra until July 1963.  After being released, his medical condition steadily deteriorated, with complications that included behavioural disorders.
While on a mission to Algiers his condition suddenly worsened. Ahmed Ben Bella, President of Algeria, arranged for him to be flown to Cairo for treatment, where he died on 16 April 1964.
He was the only UPC leader who did not die a violent death.

References
Notes

Citations

Sources

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Category:Cameroonian rebels
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Guamá River (Cuba)

Guamá River (Cuba) is a river of southern Cuba.

See also
List of rivers of Cuba

References
The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.

Category:Rivers of Cuba


Julie Paama-Pengally

Julie Paama-Pengally (born 1964) is a New Zealand tā moko artist, painter, commentator, and curator of Māori (Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāi Tūwhiwhia) descent.

Education and early career
It was in 2003 that Paama-Pengally graduated with a Masters of Māori Visual Arts degree with honours from Massey University, Palmerston North. Prior to that she graduated with a diploma in teaching (1989), and a Master of Philosophy in third-world development (2003) also both from Massey University in Palmerston North. Paama-Pengally's undergraduate degree was a degree in social sciences (anthropology). She has also studied te reo Māori through Te Ataarangi.

Her early work was in graphic design and advertising, Paama-Pengally went into teaching and taught art at secondary schools and at tertiary level. During this time in the early 1990s she began her artistic engagement with tā moko (traditional Māori tattoo). At this time it was very unusual for a women to be involved in this art form. She was inspired to get into tā moko by Robert Jahnke and Derek Lardelli. She says in an interview about being captured by the power of tā moko, ''I witnessed someone getting significant moko. I realised it was a powerful way for our community to claim their pride ... reclaiming positive forms of identity. At the time, I had no idea it was going to become such a popular form of identity.''

Career and works
Paama-Pengally was the head of faculty between 2004 and 2007 of Te Toi Whakarei, Art and Visual Culture at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi in Whakatane. Paama-Pengally has also taught at the Western Institute of Technology, Taranaki and Massey University, Wellington. She established a tattoo studio in Mt Maunganui in 2011 called Art + Body.

Her art practice includes paintings, printmaking, installation, and tā moko. She has authored books on Māori art, curated art exhibitions and contributed to critical discourse on Māori art.

Writer Awhina Tamapara says of Paama-Pengally's practice: "Exploring how Māori are portrayed by others (as opposed to how they portray themselves) is a predominant concern of her work. Her paintings are pardoxical – a direct response to the stereotypical, negative images of Māori. In her 'Broke' series, she has explored how Māori are portrayed commercially."

Books
Writer: A History on Skin – The Art of Ta Moko, Toi Maori Aotearoa, March, 2002
Author: Maori Art and Design New Holland Press, Auckland, May 2010

Curation
Nga Korero Aoteatea – Fifty Maori Artists, Dowse Art Museum, Wellington 1999
Ta Moko is NOT Tattoo, interactive CD Rom Artpix 3 Houston, USA, 2001
Tau-Marumaru, Harris Fine Arts Center BYU, Utah USA 2005
Navigating the Now, Whakatane Museum & Gallery, 26 June-Aug 8 2010
Roundabout: 108 Artists, Wellington, Israel, 2007–2010

References

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Category:New Zealand artists
Category:New Zealand women artists
Category:Living people
Category:Ngāi Te Rangi
Category:New Zealand Māori artists
Category:Massey University alumni


Kar Chang

Kar Chang () is a village in Kuhsaran Rural District, in the Central District of Qaem Shahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 185, in 63 families.

References

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William Bell (lawyer)

William Bell (born in or before 1538, died 1598) was an English lawyer.

He was born into a gentry family from Worcestershire, the son of John Bell. He was educated at Warwick and Balliol College, Oxford, where he was elected to a fellowship, which, however, being a Roman Catholic, he was unable to hold. Bell then started working for John Throckmorton. Subsequently, he turned his attention to the law, studying at Clement's Inn for two years. He then appears to have returned to his native county, where he came to hold the office of clerk of the peace. He is said to have died at Temple Broughton (perhaps the same as the place now known as Broughton) in that county.

His son Arthur Bell, a Franciscan of the order of friars minor and warden of the college of St. Bonaventura at Douay, published in 1632 an octavo volume containing his fathers will of 1587, a statement of his theological opinions, and his pedigree.

References

Attribution

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Harold Rudman

Harold Rudman (4 November 1924 – 4 October 2013) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back.

References

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Category:Rochdale A.F.C. players
Category:English Football League players


Eugene Pennell

Eugene Henry Pennell (16 January 1911 – 31 March 2002) was a Canadian sailor who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

References

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Lisa Young Quartet

The Lisa Young Quartet is a jazz-world music quartet from Melbourne, Australia, led by a vocal artist and composer Lisa Young.

Background
Lisa Young is a prominent musician on the Melbourne jazz scene, known for the use of wordless vocals and the use of voice as an instrument with Konnakol influences (the South Indian vocal percussion technique).

The quartet is composed of Young, Stephen Magnusson (guitar), Ben Robertson (double bass) and Dave Beck (drums). Their most recent work, The Eternal Pulse, is a wordless song-cycle featuring the intoned rhythmic recitation of konnakol, varieties of meter and subdivision, layering Indian elements, rhythmic textures and ensemble dialogue, in an evocative journey of sound and song.

Young is also a member of an a cappella group, Coco's Lunch, which has recorded six albums of original music. In 2003, Coco's Lunch won the award for 'Best Folk/World Song' at the Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards, in the United States. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2007, Coco's Lunch received nominations in the category 'Best Children's Album' for Rat Trap Snap and in 'Best World Music Album' for Blueprint.

Discography

Albums

 Transformation (1991)
 Speak (1999)
 Grace (2007)
 The Eternal Pulse (2012)
 Grace Special Edition (2014)

Awards

References

External links

 Lisa Young On All About Jazz

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Cándido Camero

Cándido de Guerra Camero (born April 22, 1921), also known simply as Cándido, is a Cuban conga and bongo player. He also plays the tres, drums, and acoustic bass. He has worked in many genres of popular music from pop, rock, R&B and disco to Afro-Cuban dance music and Latin jazz. He is the first player to develop techniques to play multiple conga drums, coordinated independence and the use of multiple percussion, one player playing a variety of percussion instruments simultaneously.

Career
Early in his career, Camero recorded in his native Cuba with many of the early pioneers of the son movement as well as being the conga drummer for the Tropicana night club in Havana from its opening night in 1940 and subsequently for the next eight years. He first appeared in NYC in the musical review, Tidbits, at the Plymouth Theater on Broadway in 1946 backing up the Cuban dance team of Carmen and Rolando. In 1948 he made his first U.S. recording with Machito and His Afro-Cubans on the tune, "El Rey Del Mambo." as well as working with Dizzy Gillespie. During 1953–54, he was in the Billy Taylor Trio and in 1954 he performed and recorded with Stan Kenton.

He also enjoyed success during the disco era of the 1970s, most notably with the Babatunde Olatunji-penned track "Jingo" from his Dancin' and Prancin album, which he recorded for Salsoul Records in 1979. The album has also been acknowledged as an influence and precursor to house music, predating the emergence of the genre by over five years.

Camero was honored with the National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Award in 2008.

Discography
As leader
 Candido featuring Al Cohn (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
 The Volcanic (ABC-Paramount, 1956)
 Latin Fire (The Big Beat of Candido) (ABC-Paramount, 1959)
 In Indigo (ABC-Paramount, c. 1960)
 Conga Soul (Roulette, 1962)
 Candido's Comparsa (ABC-Paramount, 1963)
 Thousand Finger Man (Solid State, 1969, reissued by Blue Note)
 Beautiful (Blue Note, 1970)
 Brujerias de Candido/Candido's Latin McGuffa's Dust (Discos Fuentes, 1971)
 Drum Fever (Polydor, 1973)
 Dancin' and Prancin'  (Salsoul, 1979)
 Giovanni Hidalgo, Candido, Patato Valdes - The Conga Kings (Chesky, 2000)
 Candido & Graciela – Inolvidable (Chesky, 2004)
 Hands of Fire/Manos de fuego (Live) (Latin Jazz USA, 2008)
 The Master (Chesky, 2014)

As sidemanWith Bobby SanabriaAfro-Cuban Dream: Live & in Clave!!! Bobby Sanabria Big Band (Arabesque, 2000)
50 Years of Mambo - A Tribute to Damaso Perez Prado - The Mambo All Stars Orchestra (Mambo Maniacs, 2003)
Kenya Revisited Live!!! Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra conducted by Bobby Sanabria (Jazzheads, 2008)With Benjamin LapidusOchosi Blues - Latin, Soul, Organ Jazz - Benjamin Lapidus & Kari B3 (2014)With Gene Ammons
The Happy Blues (Prestige, 1956)
The Boss Is Back! (Prestige, 1969)
Brother Jug! (Prestige, 1969)With Art BlakeyDrum Suite (Columbia, 1957)With Ray Bryant
Ray Bryant Trio (Epic, 1956)With Kenny BurrellIntroducing Kenny Burrell (Blue Note, 1956)With Dizzy GillespieAfro (Norgran, 1954)
Gillespiana (Verve, 1960)
The Melody Lingers On (Limelight, 1966)
With Coleman Hawkins
The Hawk Talks (Decca, 1952-53 [1955])With Billy TaylorThe Billy Taylor Trio with Candido (Prestige, 1955)With Bennie GreenBennie Green Blows His Horn (1955)With Don ElliottThe Don Elliott Octet Featuring Candido - Jamaica Jazz (ABC-Paramount, 1958)With Stan Kenton
Kenton Showcase (Capitol, 1954)With the Lecuona Cuban BoysDance Along with the Lecuona Cuban Boys (ABC-Paramount, 1959)With Randy WestonUhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
Tanjah (Polydor, 1973)With Sonny RollinsWhat's New? (RCA Victor, 1962)With Norman Granz' Jazz at the Philharmonic'''JatP in Europe with Dizzy Gillespie / J.J. Johnson / Stan Getz / Leo Wright / Art Davis / Chuck Lampkin / Lalo Schifrin / Candido (Verve, 1963)
With Wynton Kelly
It's All Right! (1964)
With Grant Green
His Majesty King Funk (1965)
With Illinois Jacquet
Spectrum (Argo, 1965)
With Gary McFarland
The In Sound (Verve, 1965)
With Wes Montgomery
Bumpin' (1965)
With Tico All-Stars
Descargas at the Village Gate (Tico, 1966)
With Bobby Hutcherson
Now! (Blue Note, 1969)
With Elvin Jones
Poly-Currents (Blue Note, 1969)
Coalition (Blue Note, 1970)
New Agenda (Vanguard, 1975)
With Ellen McIlwaine
Honky Tonk Angel (1972)
We the People (1973)
With Erroll Garner
Mambo Moves Garner (Mercury, 1954)
With Tito Puente
 Top Percussion (RCA, 1957)
With Machito
 Kenya (Roulette, 1958)

References

External links

Candido Camero Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2008)

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Crawford Corners, Ohio

Crawford Corners is an unincorporated community in Medina County, in the U.S. state of Ohio.

History
A variant name was Crawfords Mills. A post office called Crawford's Mills was established in 1853, and remained in operation until 1859. The community was named for Joseph Crawford, a pioneer who settled near the site in 1819.

References

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Duhonw

Duhonw is a rural community in Powys, Wales, to the south of Builth Wells (), in the historic county of Breconshire, comprising scattered farms and dwellings. Covering an area of , it is bounded to its north by the Afon Irfon, to its south by Mynydd Epynt and Banc y Celyn (472m) and to its east the rivers Duhonw and Wye (). Llangammarch Wells' () is to its west.

Its population was 294, according to the 2011 census; a 2% fall since the 300 people noted in 2001.

The 2011 census showed 14.6% of the population could speak Welsh, a rise from 9.2% in 2001.

Duhonw Community Council was created following a 1985 review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales, amalgamating the four small communities of Llanddewi'r Cwm, Llangynog, Llanynis and Maesmynis.

Duhonw is part of the Sennybridge Training Area, and is listed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

See also
Buellt - for the area's history

References

See also
List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Brecknock

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Eunidia pseudannulicornis

Eunidia pseudannulicornis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1964.

Subspecies
 Eunidia pseudannulicornis pseudannulicornis Breuning, 1964
 Eunidia pseudannulicornis yaoundeana Breuning, 1969

References

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Boundless by CSMA

Boundless by CSMA (formerly CSMA Club) is an experiences club that helps public sector workers get the most from their free time. Established in 1923, it has a membership of around 230,000 and is open to past and present members of the UK Civil Service and public sector plus organisations that were formerly part of the British Civil Service, for instance Royal Mail and BT. Relatives of existing members may also join.

History

Boundless by CSMA is a mutual organisation. It was founded as the Civil Service Motoring Association in 1923 by Frank Vernon Edwards, an executive officer in the Ministry of Labour who had an interest in motorcycle trials.

CSMA Club was designed to be a small motorsport organisation of around 300 members, but by 1930 the membership was over 5,000. The membership currently stands over 230,000.

Services

Originally concentrating on the sporting and leisure activities associated with motoring, Boundless by CSMA has developed into primarily a provider of membership benefits in motoring, lifestyle and leisure areas. Today its member benefits include discounts on insurance, shopping, holidays, banking, attraction tickets, cinema, travel, leisure and roadside rescue, providing these through relationships with Approved Partners, notably LV= Insurance, with which it has worked since 1923.

Members of the club also have access to a range of clubs and groups focusing on hobbies and interests from classic cars to photography, as well as a range of events throughout the UK.

Britannia Rescue

CSMA Club formerly owned and operated a vehicle breakdown rescue service for members and the general public, branded Britannia Rescue. In 2007, CSMA sold Britannia Rescue to Liverpool Victoria, the owner of the Frizzell Insurance brand (now known as LV=).

Boundless Breaks – hotels, cottages, leisure parks

Boundless by CSMA owns and operates a number of "Holiday and Leisure properties" in the UK. These currently include
Ghyll Manor Hotel & Restaurant, a Country House Hotel in West Sussex
Cotswold Cottages, self-catering cottages in Gloucestershire
Whitemead Forest Park, a holiday park in Parkend, Forest of Dean.
Treworgie Barton Cottages,
Parkergate  a collection of self-catering cottages in the Lake District.

Although the general public can stay at any of the properties, members and their families and guests receive a considerable discount on tariffs.

Cotswold Motoring Museum

Boundless by CSMA is owner of the  Cotswold Motoring Museum in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire.

Magazine

The club magazine, called Boundless, was formerly known as Club Life and before that Motoring & Leisure. It is the largest circulated motoring magazine in the UK. The magazine used to be distributed to members who paid a subscription. From 2009 the magazine is included in the yearly membership fee and distributed to all members 6 times a year. The magazine covers a range of topics from holidays and leisure to motoring and reviews.

References

External links

Civil Service Motoring Association, The
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Ye Wenling

Ye Wenling (; born 4 November 1942) is a Chinese novelist. She was a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography
Ye was born in Chumen Town, Yuhuan, Zhejiang, China in 1942. She has a brother, Ye Peng ().

Ye published her first short stories A Couple of Things () and Seven Cents () when she was 13 years old.

In 1957, Ye enrolled in the Huangyan High School (), but she dropped out when her brother Ye Peng was labeled as a rightist by the government. Later, Ye worked in kindergarten and factory in the day and wrote short stories at night. She published her short stories Xuemei and Me (), Love Thy Neighbours () and Fenghuang A'jiao () in East Sea ().

From 1966 to 1976, during the Cultural Revolution, Ye published her short story When The Monthly Plan Was Finished () in the Literature and Art Works ().

In 1977, Ye published her short stories Danmei (), Snowing in The Chinese New Year's Eve () and The Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner () in the People's Literature. In 1979, Ye joined the China Writers Association and worked in Henan Literature and Art Association. In 1980, Ye wrote the short stories Xinxiang (), The Cane Chair () and The Chinese Forget-Me-Not (). In the same year, she won the National Excellent Short Story Award.

In 1986, Ye moved to Hangzhou and worked for the Zhejiang Writers Association. In 1990, she became the vice president of the Zhejiang Literature and Art Association. In 1992, she became president of the Zhejiang Writers Association and the Mao Dun Faculty of Arts.

From 1990 to 1995, Ye published novels Wumenggu (), Wuweichuan () and Wuyoushu().

Works

Long-gestating novels
 Wumenggu ()
 Wuweichuan ()
 Wuyoushu()

Short stories
 A Couple of Things ()
 Seven Cents ()
 Xuemei and Me ()
 Love Thy Neighbours ()
 Fenghuang A'jiao ()
 Danmei ()
 Snowing in The Chinese New Year's Eve ()
 The Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner ()
 Xinxiang ()
 The Cane Chair ()
 The Chinese Forget-Me-Not ()

Awards
 National Excellent Short Story Award (1980)
 Chinese Culture Creation Outstanding Achievement Award (1995, New York City)
 Lu Xun Literary and Art Prize (1997)

Personal life
In 1962, Ye married Wang Keqi () in Neixiang County, Henan Province, Wang was a graduate student at Fudan University.

References

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John Walter Berry

John Walter Berry (December 18, 1868 – September 5, 1943) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1928 to 1933 from the electoral district of Delta, a member of the Conservative party.

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Suicide in Lithuania

Suicide in Lithuania has become a significant social issue in the country due to its high rate. Despite constantly decreasing since its peak in 1995, the suicide rate in Lithuania remains the highest in the EU. The suicide rate as of 2017 is 26.4 suicides per 100,000 people.

Causes
Social and financial problems in Lithuania are thought to be important factors behind the high rate of suicides. According to Onutė Davidonienė, director of the State Mental Health Center, a major reason behind the dramatic rise in suicides over the last decade is the economic and social transition. This can be linked to the Russian economic crisis of 1998 which was prolonging the phenomenon in Lithuania.

The suicide rates differ significantly between certain municipalities. The suicide rate in Kupiškis district municipality (over 70 out of 100,000 people) is more than two times higher than the national average as of 2017. Other municipalities with particularly high suicide rates are Varėna district municipality and Kalvarija Municipality (67 out of 100,000 people). In contrast, the numbers were the most modest in Palanga City Municipality (less than 15 out of 100,000 people), followed by Vilnius City Municipality and Plungė district municipality (15 out of 100,000 people respectively).

Statistics
According to a web page on world health ratings, in 2014 almost 29 out of 100,000 people in Lithuania committed suicide. In contrast, according to a report of the World Health Organization, in 1995 this number peaked at almost 46 out of 100,000.

Notable people who died by suicide in Lithuania
 1822 Theodor Grotthuss, German, chemist
 1943 Yitzhak Wittenberg, Jewish resistance fighter, swallowing poison
 1972 Romas Kalanta, self-immolation protesting the Soviet regime in Lithuania
 1989 Vytautas Vičiulis, painter, set himself ablaze
 2006 Saulius Mykolaitis, director, actor, suicide by hanging
 2013 Vytautas Šapranauskas, actor, comedian and TV presenter, suicide by hanging

See also
 List of countries by suicide rate

References

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Athletics at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 5000 metres

The men's 5000 metres event at the 1995 Pan American Games was held at the Estadio Atletico "Justo Roman" on 25 March.

Results

References

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Natalya Baranskaya

Natalya Vladimirovna Baranskaya (; January 31, 1908 – October 29, 2004) was a Soviet writer of short stories and novellas. Baranskaya wrote her stories in Russian and gained international recognition for her realistic portrayal of Soviet women's daily lives.

Biography
Baranskaya was born in 1908 in St. Petersurg, Russia. She graduated in 1929 from Moscow State University with degrees in philology and ethnology. She became a war widow in 1943, when her husband died in World War II. She had two children and never married again. She did post-graduate work on the side while raising her children and pursuing a career as a museum professional. She worked at the Literary Museum and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. She began writing stories after she retired from the museum in 1966, and her first story was published in 1968 in the Russian literary magazine Novy Mir. She died in 2004 in Moscow, Russia.

Published works
Baranskaya's most famous work is "A Week Like Any Other," a novella first published in Novy Mir in 1969. This story earned her international recognition. It was published in the American magazine Redbook in 1971 under the title "Alarm Clock in the Cupboard," translated into English by Beatrice Stillman. A different translation by Emily Lehrman appeared in The Massachusetts Review in 1974, this time under the title "A Week Like Any Other Week," which is a loose translation of the novella's original Russian title.

The novella "A Week Like Any Other" is written as a first-person account of one week in the life of Olga Voronkova. The protagonist is a 26-year-old research scientist and a married mother of two who is juggling a full-time career and a seemingly never-ending list of obligations at home. Olga is in a constant rush and is often sleep deprived. Her days begin before 6 a.m., end after midnight, and are so busy that, at the end of each day, she cannot seem to find the time or energy to fix a hook that has fallen off her bra. She is forced to reflect on her daily life when she is confronted with a mandatory "Questionnaire for Women" at work—a survey that asks Olga (and all her female coworkers) to calculate time spent on housework, childcare, and leisure in a single week. About the leisure category, Olga jokes that her only remaining hobby is the sport of running: running here and there, to the store and to catch the bus, always with a heavy grocery bag in each hand. The "Questionnaire for Women" also requires Olga to calculate how many working days she missed in a year, and she feels self-conscious and guilty when she realizes that she has lost 78 working days due to either her son or her daughter being sick. The novella presents a detailed and realistic view of Soviet women's daily realities in the 1960s.

Baranskaya published over thirty short stories and novellas, many of them dealing with Soviet women's lives and problems. Besides publishing stories in literary magazines, she published several collections. Her collections included A Negative Giselle (Отрицательная Жизель, 1977), The Color of Dark Honey (Цвет темного меду, 1977), and The Woman with the Umbrella (Женщина с зонтиком, 1981).

In 1989, a collection of seven of her works was published in the United States under the title A Week Like Any Other: Novellas and Stories, translated into English by Pieta Monks. The lives of working women with children is a recurring theme in these stories, which were first published in Russian between 1969 and 1986. Baranskaya's focus jumps from character to character, and her stories develop slowly, through action and detail. "The Petunin Affair," told from a man's point of view, reveals the petty side of Soviet bureaucrats, while "Lubka" traces the reformation of a juvenile delinquent.

References

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Stefan Kwoczała

Stefan Kwoczała (15 June 1934 – 7 July 2019) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He won the Polish championship in 1959 and reached the World Final in 1960, placing 7th.

Career
Born in Kiedrzyn, Kwoczała rode for Włókniarz Częstochowa in the Polish league between 1955 and 1961, and in 1959 won the Polish championship at Rybnik. The same year he won one of the continental rounds of the World Championship, but failed to qualify for the final.

Kwoczała finished third in the 1960 European final at Wrocław, qualifying for the World final at Wembley Stadium, in which he scored 8 points to finish 7th.

Kwoczała also rode in the National League in the UK in 1960 for Leicester Hunters.

His career ended after suffering a fractured skull in a crash at Kraków in 1961 during the Golden Helmet competition. After retiring from racing he moved into coaching riders at Włókniarz Częstochowa and Gwardia Łódź.

Death
Stefan Kwoczała died in Częstochowa during the night of 6/7 July 2019, aged 85.

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Georg J. Lober

Georg John Lober (November 7, 1891 – December 14, 1961) was an American sculptor best known for his 1959 statue of composer George M. Cohan situated in Times Square, a 1949 sculpture of statesman Thomas Paine in Morristown, New Jersey, and a bronze sculpture of Swedish writer Hans Christian Andersen located in Central Park, Manhattan. He served for nearly two decades as executive secretary for the New York City Municipal Art Commission, from 1943 to 1960.

Background
Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1892, Lober moved to Keyport, New Jersey as a teenager. Lober studied sculpture at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design and at the National Academy of Design. He apprenticed to sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who is credited with the statesmen at Mount Rushmore.

Career
Lober's first major works were bas reliefs of Robert Fulton, inventor of the steamship, and explorer Henry Hudson in 1909. A bronze statue of Eve that he created for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing, Queens was destroyed by vandals. A 1949 sculpture of Revolutionary War figure Thomas Paine is located in Morristown, New Jersey's Burnham Park.

Lober was appointed to the New York City Municipal Art Commission in 1942; it was responsible for supervising the artistic quality of all city matters. He served as its executive secretary from 1943 to 1960.

In 1946 he and the Commission were tasked by Mayor of New York City William O'Dwyer to restore portraits in New York City Hall that had deteriorated severely. A June 1950 editorial in The New York Times thanked Lober and the Art Commission, saying that they "deserve a pat on the back for their careful and painstaking work" in preserving the city's heritage for future generations.

Lober created an  seated figure of Hans Christian Andersen on a granite bench for New York City's Central Park, which was installed in 1956. It was cast in bronze at Long Island City's Modern Art Foundry. The statue was designed to accompany an outdoor center for story-telling, and was placed on a 40-foot square stone platform surrounded by benches, trees and shrubs. The $75,000 cost of the monument was covered in part by contributions from Danish and American schoolchildren. Lober returned to the theme with his 1955 medal commemorating the 150th anniversary of Anderson's birth, created for the Society of Medalists.

Composer Oscar Hammerstein II was the chairman of a committee that selected Lober and architect Otto F. Langmann to develop a statue of composer, playwright, and actor George M. Cohan. It was installed in Father Duffy Square on Broadway at the northern end of Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. The statue was formally unveiled and dedicated on September 11, 1959 by Mayor Robert F. Wagner.

Denmark
In 1912, Lober created an emblem for the Rebild National Park (Danish: Rebild Bakker] in Rebild, Region Nordjylland, Denmark. He also made a bronze relief of United States President Abraham Lincoln that was installed in Rebild National Park. Lober's bronze portrait of native son Hans Christian Andersen is in the Odense Museum. Denmark recognized Lober in 1950 with an appointment as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Personal life
Lober lived at 33 West 67th Street in Manhattan. He died on December 14, 1961, and was interred in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Keyport.

References

External links
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Georg John Lober papers.

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Pântano River

The Pântano River is a river of Mato Grosso do Sul state in southwestern Brazil.

See also
List of rivers of Mato Grosso do Sul

References
Brazilian Ministry of Transport
 Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

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Hopkins baronets

There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Hopkins, one in the Baronetage of Ireland and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Hopkins Baronetcy, of Athboy in the County of Meath, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 25 July 1795 for Francis Hopkins. The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet.

The Hopkins Baronetcy, of St Pancras in the county of London, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 July 1929 for John Hopkins. He served as MP for St Pancras South East from 1918 to 1923, and from 1924–1929.  The Baronetcy became extinct on his death in 1946.

Hopkins baronets, of Athboy (1795)
Sir Francis Hopkins, 1st Baronet (2 August 1756 – 19 September 1814)
Sir Francis Hopkins, 2nd Baronet (28 May 1813 – 11 May 1860)

Hopkins baronets, of St Pancras (1929)
Sir John Wells Wainwright Hopkins, 1st Baronet (16 February 1863 – 16 February 1946)

References
Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.

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The Abolitionists

The Abolitionists is a 2016 documentary film by Darrin Fletcher and Chet Thomas about a sting mission orchestrated in Colombia by the independent Operation Underground Railroad jump team, led by former U.S. Homeland Security Special Agent Timothy Ballard, countering child sex trafficking.

References

External links
 Official site

Blog.OurRescue.org/the-abolitionists

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All of the Dreamers

"All of the Dreamers" is an alternative rock song recorded by Australian alternative rock band Powderfinger. The song was written by Powderfinger and produced by Nick DiDia. It was released as the lead single from Powderfinger's seventh album Golden Rule in 2009.

The music video features the band setting up their instruments playing the song within the Brisbane CBD, but blown up to "King-Kong" size. They dwarf the Brisbane CBD skyline then take on other parts of the world. At the end, the band finishes the song while standing on top of Australia.

A brief part of the song was played at the ARIA Music Awards in 2009.

Track listing

Charts

References

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Scythris capitalis

Scythris capitalis is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Nikolay Grigoryevich Erschoff in 1874. It is found in Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

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Dassault Mercure

The Dassault Mercure is a twin-engined narrow-body jet-powered airliner developed and manufactured by French aircraft firm Dassault Aviation. According to Dassault, it was the first large-scale European cooperative civil aeronautics programme. The Mercure 100 was the first commercial airliner operated by an entirely female crew.

During 1967, the Mercure was proposed as a French counterpart to the American Boeing 737. It was Dassault's first venture into the commercial jet airliner market, the company having traditionally built fighters and executive jets. On 28 May 1971, the prototype conducted its maiden flight, while the type entered service on 4 June 1974 with French airline Air Inter.

Attempts were made to market the type in the US, including partnerships with American manufacturers Douglas, Lockheed and General Dynamics, with the vision of producing it in the United States. However, the Mercure had very little success on the market, which has been attributed to several factors, including a lack of range in comparison to rival aircraft. As a consequence, there were only 12 aircraft constructed, all of which having been built between 1971 and 1975. The Mercure performed its final flight in 1995.

Development

Origins
During the mid-1960s, Marcel Dassault, the founder and owner of French aircraft company Dassault Aviation, as well as other parties such as the French Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGAC), examined the civil aviation market and noticed that there was no existing aircraft that was intended specifically to serve low-distance air routes. Thus, it was found that there could be a prospective market for such an airliner, if it were to be developed. The DGAC was keen to promote a French equivalent to the popular American Boeing 737, and suggested the development of a 140-seat airliner to Dassault.

In 1967, with the issuing of backing by the French government, Dassault decided to commence work on its short-haul airliner concept. During 1968, the initial studies performed by the company's research team were orientated around a 110 to 120-seat airliner which was powered by a pair of rear-mounted Rolls Royce Spey turbofan engines; as time went on, a specification for a 150-seat aircraft with a 1000-km range (540 nm) was developed. As envisioned, the new airliner would attack this market segment at the upper end with a 140-seat jetliner, contrasting against the 100-seat Boeing 737-100 and the 115-seat Boeing 737-200 variants then in production. In April 1969, the development programme was officially launched.

This aircraft was viewed as being a major opportunity for Dassault to demonstrate upon the civilian market its knowledge of high-speed aerodynamics and low-speed lift capability that had previously been developed in the production of a long line of jet fighters, such as the Ouragan, Mystère and Mirage aircraft. The French Government contributed 56 per cent of the programme's total development costs, which was intended to be repaid by Dassault via a levy on sales of the airliner, the company also financed the initiative with $10 million of its own money, as well as being mainly responsible for costs related to manufacture.

According to aerospace publication Flight International, the design of the new airliner had been shaped by Dassualt's "philosophy of aiming the aircraft at a corner of the market which it believes existing types do not adequately serve". Marcel Dassault decided to name the aircraft Mercure (French for Mercury). "Wanting to give the name of a god of mythology, I found of them only one which had wings with its helmet and ailerons with its feet, from where the Mercure name.." said Marcel Dassault. Extremely modern computer tools for the time were used to develop the wing of the Mercure 100. Even though it was larger than the Boeing 737, the Mercure 100 was the faster of the two. In June 1969, a full scale mockup was presented during the Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport. On 4 April 1971, the prototype Mercure 01 rolled out of Dassault's Bordeaux-Merignac plant.

On 28 May 1971, the maiden flight of the first prototype, powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney JT8D-11 turbofan engines, capable of generating up to 6800 kg of thrust, took place at Mérignac. On 7 September 1972, the second prototype, which was powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 engines, which would be used on all subsequent Mercures built, flew for the first time. On 19 July 1973, the first production aircraft conducted its maiden flight. On 12 February 1974, the Mercure received its Type certificate and, on 30 September 1974, was certified for Category IIIA approach all-weather automatic landing (minimum visibility = 500 ft, minimum ceiling = 50 ft). The Mercure 100 was also the first commercial airliner to be operated by a 100% female crew on one of its flights.

Dassault tried to attract the interest of major airlines and several regional airlines, touting the Mercure 100 as a replacement for the Douglas DC-9. A few airlines showed some initial interest but only Air Inter, a domestic French airline, placed an order. This lack of interest was due to several factors, including the devaluation of the dollar and the oil crisis of the 1970s, but mainly because of the Mercure's operating range – suitable for domestic European operations but unable to sustain longer routes; at maximum payload, the aircraft's range was only 1,700 km. Consequently, the Mercure 100 achieved no foreign sales. With a total of only ten sales with one of the prototypes refurbished and sold as the 11th Mercure to Air Inter, the airliner represented one of the worst failures of a commercial airliner in terms of aircraft sold.

Further development

After the commercial failure of the Mercure 100, Marcel Dassault requested of his engineers to develop a new version of the Mercure, the Mercure 200C, in cooperation with Air France. The variant was to carry a maximum of 140 passengers across a range of 2,200 km. Several major airlines in the United States showed some interest in the project. However, the project's design costs were also high. This might have been mitigated if the original Mercure had had a larger fuel capacity or sufficient design strength so that additional fuel tanks could have been easily added.

At the beginning of 1973, an agreement was formed with the French government to finance this programme. Dassault was to receive a loan of 200-million French Francs from the French government, which would be paid back based on sales after the 201st aircraft was delivered. However, by this point, Air France sought an airliner that was powered by the Pratt & Whitney JT8D-117 engine, which was quieter and larger than the older JT8D-15. Dassault needed an additional loan of 80-million French Francs from the government to accommodate Air France's request. The French government replied to Dassault that it had to carry half of the development costs of the Mercure 200C on their own, which was impossible after the commercial failure of the Mercure 100. As a consequence, the Mercure 200C project was canceled.

Later, in order to answer a request from the DGAC (Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile, the French civil aviation authority), Dassault proposed a Mercure equipped with a new engine developed by General Electric/Snecma called the CFM International CFM56; this version came to be known as the Mercure 200. In 1975, contacts were made with Douglas and Lockheed to build and sell the Mercure 200 in the US, and with SNIAS to build it in France. However, Marcel Dassault was concerned about the fact that the CFM56 had not had a single order yet, and production might end before the Mercure 200 could be built. Meanwhile, Douglas proceeded to introduce a stretched version of the DC-9, which was in direct competition for orders with the Mercure 200; accordingly, contacts with Douglas were terminated shortly thereafter. Dassault then initiated contacts with another American manufacturer, General Dynamics, who was at the time their primary competitor in the military jet market, where the Dassault Mirage F1 was facing the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Nothing would come out of these contacts.

Design

The Dassault Mercure was a jet-powered narrow-body jet airliner, optimised for short-haul routes. It intentionally exchanged capacity for fuel in order to carry a greater passenger load; as such, the Mercure had up to a 17 per cent greater seating capacity than the competing Boeing 737 while having a shorter range. It was designed to be outfitted with a two-crew flight deck, although operator Air Inter had its aircraft flown by three-man crews. According to Flight International, the basic model of the Mercure featured a degree of built-in stretch potential; elements of the design were reportedly capable of supporting the envisioned expanded model with little or no change, including much of the wing, cabin, and the undercarriage, the latter being spaced in order to accommodate the fitting of longer legs to in turn enable larger engines and an elongated fuselage to be later adopted.

The wing of the Mercure was largely conventional; it was relatively thick, possessing a section of 12.5 per cent thickness at the wing root, slimming to 8.5 per cent thickness at the tip of the wing. Aspects of the Mercure's wing, such as the general layout and individual wing sections, were optimised using a combination of wind tunnel tests and computer-generated simulations by Dassault's design team. The wing had a good lift/drag ratio and a high block efficiency; the flaps formed a continuous spanwise unit when deployed in the take-off position, neither low-speed ailerons or cut-outs to accommodate jet exhaust due to the engines have been fixed low down upon deep pylons.

Production Mercures were powered by a pair of Pratt & Whitney JT8D-15 turbofan engines, capable of generating a maximum of 15,500 lb (69 kN) thrust. These were mounted on underwing pylons, which were designed with anti-vibration mountings; the engines themselves featured joint Snecma/Dassault-developed thrust reverser and noise suppression system. Significant attention had been paid to reducing engine noise, this issue having been one of the final topics of research during the Mercure's development; according to Flight International, there was a perception that the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, a major potential market for the Mercure, may enact regulations that would necessitate the implementation of a noise-attenuation retrofit programme, and thus Dassault needed to be prepared to address this foreseen scenario.

Dassault emphasised the commercial value of the Mercure, highlighting its low operating costs across short sectors, which principally resulted from its refined aerodynamic features and low structural weight. The design also benefitted from an advanced fail-safe structure, the majority of which having been milled in accordance to Dassault's traditional military manufacturing practices. The Mercure featured in-house-developed triplicated, fail-safe hydraulic flight control system; the flight controls lacked any manual reversion. Air conditioning also featured independent duplicated systems with a cross-feed tapped from the engines compressors along with, unusually, the auxiliary power unit for use during takeoffs and on the ground, as well as in the instance of a double-engine failure scenario. The electrics were composed of a pair of independent 120/128 volt three-phase 400 Hz AC systems fed via engine-driven alternators, while a third AC system was driven by the APU; in addition, there are three independent 28 volt DC sources.

Operational history

Intending for the Mercure to be mass-produced in substantial numbers (According to Flight International, the 300th aircraft was projected to be delivered by the end of 1979), Dassault established a total of four plants especially for the Mercure program: Martignas (close to Bordeaux), Poitiers, Seclin (close to Lille) and Istres. Additional manufacturing work was distributed across locations throughout Europe, the production programme being a collaborative effort between Dassault, Fiat Aviazione of Italy, SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques) of Belgium, Construcciones Aeronáuticas SA (CASA) of Spain and the Swiss National Aircraft Factory at
Emmen, all of which acted as risk-sharing partners in the venture.

On 30 January 1972, Air Inter placed an order for ten Mercures, which had to be delivered between 30 October 1973 and 13 December 1975. At this point, the break-even point was anticipated to be around 125–150 aircraft. However, due to the lack of other orders, the production line was shut down on 15 December 1975. Only a total of two prototypes and ten production aircraft were built. One of the prototypes (number 02) was eventually refurbished and purchased by Air Inter to add it to its fleet.

On 29 April 1995, the last two Mercures in service flew their last commercial flights. Throughout their combined cumulative operational lifetimes, the Mercure accumulated a total of 360,000 flight hours, during which 44 million passengers were carried across 440,000 individual flights without any accidents occurring, and a 98% in-service reliability.

Operators

 Air Inter
 Ecole Supérieure des Métiers de l'Aéronautique used fifth produced Mercure (registered F-BTTE and painted in fictional Air Littoral colours), as a ground instructional airframe.

Survivors

 F-BTTB, c/n 2 is on display at the Technik Museum Speyer in Germany. The cabin of the aircraft although closed to the public can be seen through a grille. It is presented in the same condition as it left service (on its last commercial flight), complete with French magazines on the passenger seating.
 F-BTTD, c/n 4 is on display at the Musée de l’air et de l’espace at Paris–Le Bourget Airport in France.
 F-BTTE, c/n 5 is preserved as an instructional airframe at Montpellier–Méditerranée Airport.
 F-BTTF, c/n 6 is stored at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in France.
 F-BTTH, c/n 8 is preserved at Marseille Provence Airport.
 F-BTTI, c/n 9 is preserved as an instructional airframe at Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in France.
 F-BTTJ, c/n 10 is preserved at the Musée Delta in Athis-Mons, near Paris-Orly Airport.

Specifications

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Bibliography

 "Air Transport". Flight International, 22 April 1971, pp. 538–540.
 Middleton, Peter. "Dassault Mercure". Flight International, 20 May 1971, pp. 721–726.
 Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London: Jane's Yearbooks, 1976. .
 Uijthoven, René L. "An 'Airbus' Before Its Time: Dassault's Mercure Airliner". Air Enthusiast, No. 115, January/February 2005, pp. 70–73. Stamford, UK: Key Publishing.

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194 Prokne

Prokne (minor planet designation: 194 Prokne) is a main-belt asteroid that was discovered by German-American astronomer C. H. F. Peters on March 21, 1879, in Clinton, New York, and named after Procne, the sister of Philomela in Greek mythology. Stellar occultations by Prokne have been observed twice, in 1984 from Italy and again in 1999 from Iowa (United States).

Observations from the W. M. Keck Observatory show the asteroid to be around 151 km across, with a size ratio of  between the major and minor axes. For comparison, observations by the IRAS observatory gave a diameter of 164 km. The spectrum matches a classification of a C-type asteroid, indicating it has a primitive carbonaceous composition. Judging from radar data, the near surface solid density of the asteroid is 3.6.

Based upon a light curve that was generated from photometric observations of this asteroid at Pulkovo Observatory, it has a rotation period of  hours and varies in brightness by  in magnitude.

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Hoon

A hoon, in Australia and New Zealand, is a person who deliberately drives a vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner, generally in order to provoke a reaction from onlookers.

Hoon activities (or hooning) can include speeding, burnouts, doughnuts, or screeching tyres. Those commonly identified as being involved in hooning are young and predominantly male drivers in the age range of 17 to 25 years.

Hoon control laws are beginning to be extended to dangerous hoon behaviour using boats and other vessels, particularly jet skis. The State of Victoria, Australia passed legislation in late 2009 to control hoon activities using recreational vessels.

Etymology
At the turn of the 20th century in Australia, the term hoon (and its rhyming slang version "silver spoon") had a different meaning: one who lived off immoral earnings (i.e. the proceeds of prostitution, a pimp or procurer of prostitutes).

Linguist Sid Baker in his book The Australian Language suggested that hoon (meaning "a fool") was a contraction of Houyhnhnm, a fictional race of intelligent horses which appears in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift.

Hoon, when used in relation to people in motor vehicles (or associated with car culture), may be onomatopoeia. One may speak of a car, or its driver, or its occupants in general as "hooning down the road".

Anti-hoon legislation in Australia

The term hoon has obtained a semi-official use in Australia, with police and Governments referring to legislation targeting anti-social driving activity as "anti-hoon laws". The term has even begun to appear in the titles of legislation, for example the Transport Legislation Amendment (Hoon Boating and Other Amendments) Act 2009 of the State of Victoria.

In Western Australia, the Road Traffic Amendment (Impounding and Confiscation of Vehicles) Bill 2004, which was passed by the Parliament of Western Australia in June 2004, empowered the Western Australia Police to confiscate and impound vehicles found to be engaging in excessive speed or noise. The law was used to impound a Lamborghini after a mechanic was caught speeding in it; he had been driving without the owner's knowledge. The police claim that the law does not permit them to release the car under the only legal course of action available to the owner, that of "hardship". The police retorted that, having the means to own it, "he can afford to hire a vehicle." The owner complained that the law amounted to "mandatory sentencing without trial". The Western Australian Police Minister, Rob Johnston, "admits the laws are unfair but says he stands by them". Former Western Australia District Court Chief Judge Antoinette Kennedy described the minister's reaction as "the politics of envy". After all hoon-related offences, the defendant's licence is cancelled and experience accumulated on it is returned to zero.

In the state of Victoria, hoon-related offences include burnouts, doughnuts, drag racing, repeated driving while disqualified and high-level speeding were added to Section 84C of the Road Safety Act 1986 in July 2006. Victoria Police have impounded an average of ten cars a day under the laws, with over 5,000 vehicles confiscated and impounded two years after their introduction.  By contrast, the hoon boating laws of Victoria currently centre on offences involving dangerous behaviour and do not yet reference offences relating to public order or amenity.

In Queensland, the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 allows members of the Queensland Police to impound the vehicles involved in prescribed offences. The laws relating to confiscation of vehicles for offences such as street racing, time trials and burnouts were strengthened in 2002. Further laws introduced in July 2008 provided for the confiscation of vehicles for repeat offenders involved with drunk driving, driving while suspended or driving with illegal modifications.

The maximum penalty for hooning in Queensland is $4,712 or 6 months imprisonment. Repeat offenders can lose their vehicle for 48 hours for the first repeat offence, up to three months for a second repeat offence, or permanently for a third repeat offence. On 11 August 2008, a number of confiscated vehicles were auctioned by the government; the remainder were crushed and sold as scrap metal.

In New South Wales, the word hoon is actually contained in the name of the legislation – the Road Transport Legislation Amendment (Car Hoons) Act 2008 enacted in July 2008 – which introduced new measures against street racing and increased fines. Previous legislation provided only for the vehicles of repeat offenders to be forfeited to the Crown, but the Car Hoons Act allowed for them to be used in crash testing by the Roads and Traffic Authority, for educational and deterrence purposes, and roadworthiness testing in the context of modifications.

In South Australia, the relevant legislation is the Criminal Law (Clamping, Impounding And Forfeiture Of Vehicles) Act 2007. The legislation, amended in December 2009, directs that, upon conviction for a 'prescribed offence' the motor vehicle be forfeited to the Crown; the Police Commissioner then has discretion to sell or otherwise dispose of it, i.e. crush it. At the end of 2010, 62 cars had been impounded by the courts. None were worth more than $1600 and many were not capable of reaching 150 km/h.

The laws are still being updated in Tasmania.

Hoon gatherings
In the 2010s there has been a rise in hoon gatherings with hoon gangs or hoon crime syndicates in relation to criminal activity uploading their images and videos on social media. The names of these hoon gangs or crime syndicates include the "Black Bandit" in Victoria and the "Mexican Hoon Cartel" in Queensland.

Notable usages
 Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton was described as a "hoon" by a magistrate as he fined him A$500 after being caught by Victoria Police performing fishtails and burnouts in his Mercedes-AMG C63 two days before the 2010 Australian Grand Prix.
 In a similar case to Hamilton's, former NASCAR driver and Stadium Super Trucks founder Robby Gordon was caught performing doughnuts in a Stadium Super Truck outside a Darwin, Northern Territory nightclub following a race at Hidden Valley Raceway. He was fined A$4,150 after pleading guilty on four traffic charges and his Confederation of Australian Motor Sport competition visa for future Australian events was suspended. In addition to indefinitely prohibiting him from racing in Australia, the visa ban placed the future of the racing series in Australia in doubt.
 Texas Motor Speedway calls its Global RallyCross Championship race held during Firestone Firehawk 550 weekend as the "Hoon Kaboom", as many GRC cars are similar to types of cars "hoons" will typically drive.
 Ken Block uses this term in Dirt 3. Block's Ford Fiesta has displayed "Hoonigan" and "Hooning is not a crime" decals. Block's racing team is called Hoonigan Racing Division since 2013.
 The term is used in the original Mad Max to refer to the bikers stalking Max's family.
 In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Bruce the Hoon was a barbarian hero whose exploits were recounted over and over again by Truckle the Uncivil.

See also
 Car tuning
 Boy racer
 Rice burner
 Skate punk
 Street racing
 Evo Street Racers

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Louis Corners, Wisconsin

Louis Corners is an unincorporated community located in the town of Schleswig, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, United States. Wisconsin Highway 149 ran through the community before it was decommissioned.

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Ken Love

Ken Love (May 30, 1928June 19, 2004) was an American stock car racing driver. Love competed in 7 NASCAR Grand National Series races between 1956 and 1958. He also competed in 1 NASCAR Convertible Series race in 1958.

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Vargas Plateau Regional Park

Vargas Plateau Regional Park sits on a plateau in the Fremont Hills of Alameda County, California that overlooks the San Francisco Bay, Niles Canyon, and the cities of  Fremont, Union City and Newark. The elevation of the park is about , making it an important link with nearby ridge-top parks such as Garin Regional Park, Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park, Mission Peak Regional Preserve, and Sunol Regional Wilderness.

History
Vargas Plateau once was part of the homeland of two Ohlone-speaking tribes, the Tuibun and Causen, who used the area for hunting and farming. After the Spanish took control of California, the two tribes began living and working at Mission San Jose in 1797. After the mission was secularized, the land was granted to Juan Bautista Alvarado and Andres Pico in 1846.  The native people essentially became serfs under this arrangement, losing any claim to the Vargas Plateau.

After California became an American state in 1850, many of the old land grants were declared void by American courts. Such was the case with the Alvarado and Pico properties, and the land eventually became part of a horse breeding ranch, which was subdivided about 1900. In 1909, Antonio Francisco Vargas bought  of the "lower ranch" and by 1912, Antonio's brother Manuel and nephew Edward bought  of the "upper ranch". Manuel and Edward used their land for sheep and cattle ranching, as well as for dryland farming. The Tavares family inherited the upper ranch after Edward Vargas died in 1978. Antonio's direct descendants continued raising cattle on the lower ranch until the land was sold to the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in 1993. EBRPD bought the Tavares' property in 1996. The District acquired what were known as the Rose and Comcast properties in 2010, so that the total area of the newly designated Vargas Plateau Regional Park came to .

Around 1995, EBRPD acquired  of the Vargas Plateau in Fremont, with  of the Bay Area Ridge Trail and  of other trails. Subsequently, park use was pushed back. As of 2007, the opening was expected by 2010. In 2010, EBRPD directors were expecting it would open soon. In 2011, EBRPD put the start in 2012. As of January 2015, EBRPD pointed to late 2015; while as of May 2015, the district pointed to spring 2016.

A 2012 settlement agreement between EBRPD and the owners of two large nearby ranches required the construction of improvements to park access roads. EBRPD and the city of Fremont agreed in 2013 to undertake them jointly, using $260,000 of funding by EBRPD and performed by the city. The park opened on May 5, 2016.

However, the park was closed by a court-issued preliminary injunction on July 13, 2016. The court found that the park district “did not complete the improvements required by the settlement agreement prior to opening,” which had “very specific road widening requirements.” The order applied to access by motor vehicles, as well as to access by non-motorized users for hiking, bicycling and horse riding, with immediate effect. “The park could remain closed for months or years,” until the improvements are completed.

On May 2, 2017, EBRPD announced that it had settled the lawsuit, and that the park would reopen on May 15, 2017. EBRPD said that it agreed to construct a paved shoulder along Vargas Road, and a vehicle turnaround on the upper part of Morrison Canyon Road. It also announced that the City of Fremont had agreed to contribute part of the necessary funds.

Wildlife
The park contains an array of habitats, such as grassland, seasonal wetlands, stock ponds, perennial and ephemeral drainages, northern coastal scrublands and oak woodlands, with some low rock outcrops. The steep slopes of the plateau has protected the native wildlife species and from exposure to human development. The result is that several species that are considered threatened or endangered elsewhere in the state may be found here. These include the threatened California red-legged frog, the Alameda whipsnake, and the federally threatened California tiger salamander. Other reptiles include the Pacific gopher snake and the Northern Pacific rattlesnake. Bird species living here include red-tailed hawks, Cooper’s hawks, great-horned owls, pygmy owls, and wild turkeys.

Activities
Hiking, biking and horseback riding are the most popular activities. Observation of birds and other wildlife can also be enjoyed from the trails.

Facilities
The park is relatively new and few facilities or conveniences are available. About  of hiking/biking/equestrian trails have been built. However, the topography is rugged, making the trails generally unsuitable for most wheel chairs. There is a trailhead with a  restroom and a wayside panel, but no drinking water. Potential visitors should be aware that car parking is very limited at the trailhead inside the park, and no street parking is allowed. There are no campsites or picnic grounds.

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Estelle Richman

Estelle B. Richman is the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, a position she held from 2003 to 2009.  She earned her undergraduate degree from Case Western Reserve University in 1965 and her master's degree from Cleveland State University in 1978.

She resigned her post on December 31, 2009 to take a position as chief operating officer of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Richman begin her job at HUD on Jan. 4, 2010.

As Welfare Secretary, Richman oversaw agency efforts that resulted in an increased percentage of foster children finding permanent homes, a drop in the waiting list for mental-retardation services, improved child-support collection programs, and the creation of the state’s first Bureau of Autism. Prior to her job with the state Public Welfare Department, Richman held several offices in Philadelphia, including Managing Director, Director of Social Services, Commissioner of Public Health, and Deputy Commissioner for Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services.

Richman resigned as a senior advisor at HUD in 2016. Pennsylvania Governor Wolf nominated her to join the Philadelphia School Reform Commission on October 28, 2016. She must be confirmed by the state Senate before beginning to serve her term.

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Yves Volel

Yves Volel was a Haitian lawyer, activist, and presidential candidate. He was assassinated in 1987 while running for office. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Haitian Christian Democratic Party, led by Sylvio Claude, known as the Christian Democratic Rally.

Early life
Yves Volel was born in 1934. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1954, and was classmates with Henri Namphy. He served in the Haitian military as an officer.

He was married three times, and his last wife was Rose Marie Volel. He fathered six children.

Exile from Haiti
In 1965, fleeing the Francois Duvalier regime, Volel emigrated to the United States.

Volel spent 18 years working as a math teacher at the Dalton School, a prestigious private college prep school in Manhattan, New York. One of his students was Anderson Cooper, who has spoken about his teacher on CNN.

While in New York, he set up a refugee help group known as Operation Exodus.

Return and politics
In 1986, after Duvalier fled to France and Namphy had become president, Volel returned to Haiti.

Volel was the attorney who prosecuted Luc Desir, Duvalier's former chief of police. He also defended Auguste Mesyeux, who was affiliated with the CATH trade union. After finance minister Leslie Delatour fired him, in January 1987, Volel sued him and won a symbolic victory for $1 in damages.

Volel became a critic of the Namphy government. Volel was a supporter of major strikes that shut down Haitian cities in 1987.

Volel became a candidate for the 1987 general election to replace Namphy, amidst rising violence. Thirty candidates declared for the election, including many former Duvalier officials. Volel suggested Duvalier officials should have a 10-year moratorium on running for office.

Assassination

On August 2, 1987, Louis Eugene Athis, a candidate for the Social Democratic Party, was killed outside a church in Léogâne by a mob yelling "Kill the communists!"

On October 13, 1987, Volel told reporters he would be giving a speech demanding release of his client Jean Raymond Louis, a political prisoner held without charges, in front of the Port-au-Prince police headquarters and prison. During his speech, he was shot to death by plainclothes policemen. The police declined to comment at the scene. The next day the police released a statement saying Volel had been armed and attempting to force his way into the station, though witnesses disputed their description.

His death was mourned by Haitian author Pierre Metellus. In his honor, Haitian lawyers in Port-au-Prince held a strike as part of "a week of mourning".

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Hélène Daneault

Hélène Daneault (born 29 May 1961) is a Canadian politician. She was a Coalition Avenir Québec member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Groulx from 2012 to 2014, first elected in the 2012 election.

Prior to her election to the legislature, she served as mayor of Rosemère.

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The Printzhof

The Printzhof, located in Governor Printz Park in Essington, Pennsylvania, was the home of Johan Björnsson Printz, governor of New Sweden.

In 1643, Johan Printz moved his capital from Fort Christina (located in what is now Wilmington, Delaware) to Tinicum Island. At that time Fort Gothenburg was established in addition to Printz's dwelling and headquarters. Two years later a fire swept over the newly established settlement. The Printzhof was reconstructed more solidly and lavishly. The two-story log structure contained lumber sent from Sweden, glass windows and lavish draperies.

Johan Björnsson Printz, his wife and younger children returned to Sweden during 1653. The Dutch West India Company subsequently captured the Swedish colony in 1655.  Armegott Printz, the eldest daughter of Governor Printz, had married his successor, Lt. Johan Papegoja. She remained at The Printzhof even after the Dutch conquest. During 1662, she sold the estate for a partial down payment with the remainder due when she reached The Netherlands. When payment was refused, she returned to reclaim possession of her property. Ten years later in 1672, the Governor and Council ruled Armegott Printz should be in possession of the property. She subsequently sold the estate a second time and returned to Sweden where she died on November 25, 1695 at Läckö Castle.

Today, the Printzhof's stone foundations are the only remains of the settlement. The Printzhof site is located near the intersection of Taylor Avenue and Second Street in Essington, Pennsylvania. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

See also
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External links
Governor Printz State Park
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission
Governor Printz Park - Historical Marker Database
Tinicum - Historical Marker Database
Johan Printz - Historical Marker Database
New Sweden - Historical Marker Database

Category:Houses completed in 1643
Category:National Historic Landmarks in Pennsylvania
Category:Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Category:New Sweden
Category:Swedish migration to North America
Category:Tourist attractions in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
Category:1643 establishments in the Swedish colonial empire