Televizioni Tojikiston

Televizioni Tojikiston (Телевизиони Тоҷикистон, formerly known as Шабакаи Якум; Shabakai Yakum) is the national broadcaster of the Central Asian state of Tajikistan. Televidenye Tajikistana is headquartered in the capital city, Dushanbe. It began broadcasting on October 3, 1959.

History

Tajik Television was formed in 1959. The first programme aired by the station aired on October 3, 1959. The first programme consisted of a bilingual (Tajik/Russian) news bulletin followed by a movie: Light in the Mountains. The first words were spoken by Rafuat Abdusalomov.

24-hour broadcasts commenced in 2012. Most of the channel's schedule is made up of local content. External content (especially foreign movies) is aired in Russian.

In June 2016, the channel's current name was adopted.

Broadcast
Broadcasting is conducted throughout the territory of Tajikistan on meter waves. In other countries, the television channel is accessible through cable television and the Internet. The channel is owned by the Government of the Republic of Tajikistan and the state institution "Television Tajikistan".

External links
Official site

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Rijnsburgse Boys

Rijnsburgse Boys is a football club from Rijnsburg in the Netherlands.

The club was established on 24 March 1930. They currently play in the Tweede Divisie. The club won the Saturday Hoofdklasse A title in the 2005–06, 2006–07 and 2008–09 seasons.

Since being founded in 1930 till 1957, the club has played on several locations in Rijnsburg. Since 1957 the club moved to Sportpark Middelmors, where it's still playing their homegames. The unofficial nickname of Rijnsburgse Boys is 'uien' - Dutch for "onions" - originating from the late 1500s, when Rijnsburg was famous for its onion farms.

The club has always been one of the most successful clubs in the Dutch amateur football. After losing a decision match in the 2015/2016 season against GVVV (1–2), the club did not play first amateur-tier in a long time. In the 2016/2017 season, Rijnsburg defeated Westlandia and SV Spakenburg to promote to the Tweede Divisie, the highest tier for non-pro teams.

Rijnsburgse Boys' first year in the Tweede Divisie was quite a success. The squad, managed by Pieter Mulders finished 5th in the top flight of non-pro football. On 2 December 2017, the club announced that ex-FC Eindhoven manager Wilfred van Leeuwen will be the manager of Rijnsburgse Boys in the 2018–2019 season.

Current squad
As of 1 February 2019

References

External links
 Official site of Rijnsburgse Boys

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Charlotte Bunch

Charlotte Bunch (born October 13, 1944) is an American feminist author and organizer in women's rights and human rights movements. Bunch is currently the founding director and senior scholar at the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She is also a distinguished professor in the Department of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers.

Biography
Bunch, one of four children to Charles Pardue Bunch and Marjorie Adelaide (King) Bunch, was born in West Jefferson, North Carolina. That same year, her family moved to Artesia, New Mexico. She attended public schools in Artesia before enrolling at Duke University in 1962.

She was a history major at Duke and graduated magna cum laude in 1966, and was involved with many groups such as the Young Women's Christian Association and the Methodist Student Movement. Bunch has said that she participated in "pray-ins" organized by the Methodist Student Movement at Duke University, but later took a "break" from Christianity because of the homophobia within the religion.

She has been extremely active in political movements for decades and is openly lesbian. She found inspiration for being a women's and human rights activist through her family's dedication to "activism as good works."

Career
Shortly after graduating from Duke University, Bunch became a youth delegate to the World Council of Churches Conference on Church and Society in Geneva, Switzerland. That same year she became president of the University Christian Movement in Washington D.C. for one year.

Following this position, Bunch became a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington D.C., and she founded the Washington D.C. publications, Women's Liberation and Quest: A Feminist Quarterly.

Through inspiration from Black Nationalism, Bunch took part in founding The Furies Collective, a group that published its first newspaper, The Furies, in January 1972. The goal was to give a voice to lesbian separatism. While the collective only survived for about one year, the home of the Furies Collective later was named the first lesbian-related historic landmark in Washington D.C., and became the first lesbian site on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1977, Bunch became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media. She participated in or facilitated numerous international workshops and conferences, and from 1979 to 1980 she was a consultant to the secretariat for the World Conference for the United Nations Decade on Women which was hosted by WIFP.

In 1989, she founded the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Douglass College, Rutgers University, of which she remains the founding director and senior scholar. She was succeeded as executive director by Radhika Balakrishnan in September 2009.

The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) lobbied the United Nations and the international community to view women's rights as a human rights issue. CWGL is a component of the Gender Equality Architecture Reform (GEAR) Campaign, working towards the establishment of a new United Nations Gender Entity that works for equality for all of the world's women. Bunch has been a major voice for this campaign. The gender entity was finally created after four years of advocacy on July 2, 2010, and deemed UN Women.

At its 20th-anniversary symposium on March 6, 2010, following panel discussions on body, economy, and movement, CWGL organized a tribute to its founder, Charlotte Bunch, who transitioned on September 1, 2009 from her role as executive director to working with CWGL in her new capacity as founding director and senior scholar. Attendees watched a short preview of the then-upcoming documentary film Passionate Politics: The Life & Work of Charlotte Bunch (2011), directed by Tami Gold, which chronicles Bunch's lifelong personal and political commitment to women's human rights.

The Center for Women's Global Leadership launched the Charlotte Bunch Women's Human Rights Strategic Opportunities Fund in recognition of her contributions to the global women's human rights movement.

She has served on the boards of numerous organizations and is currently a member of the Advisory Committee for the Human Rights Watch Women's Rights Division, and on the boards of the Global Fund for Women and the International Council on Human Rights Policy. She has been a consultant to many United Nations bodies and recently served on the Advisory Committee for the Secretary General's 2006 Report to the General Assembly on Violence against Women. She has also voiced her support for the Campaign for the Establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organisation which campaigns for democratic reform in the United Nations.

Awards and recognition
In October 1996, Bunch was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In December 1999 she was selected by United States President Bill Clinton as a recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights. She received the "Women Who Make a Difference Award" from the National Council for Research on Women in 2000, and was honored as one of the "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" by Women's eNews in 2002, and also received the "Board of Trustees Awards for Excellence in Research" in 2006 at Rutgers University.

List of awards, fellowships and grants
 2008 Joyce Warshow Lifetime Achievement Award SAGE (Services and Advocacy for LGBT Elders)
 2008 Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 2007 Honorary degree of Doctor of Laws University of Connecticut
 2006 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 2004 New Jersey Honorary United Nations Day Chair Appointed by the Governor of New Jersey
 2002 Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor Recipient Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
 2002 Women Who Make a Difference Award International Women's Forum
 2002 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Women's Enews
 2001 Spirit of American Women Award Girls Incorporated of Central New York
 2000 Women Who Make a Difference Award National Council for Research on Women
 1999 Church Women United Human Rights Award Church Women United
 1999 Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights President William Jefferson Clinton
 1998 The Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program Recognition Award to the Center for Women's Global Leadership by the Department of Urban Planning and Policy Development, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey
 1997 award in recognition of its "international educational and organizing work fighting violence against women" to the Center for Women's Global Leadership by the Center for Anti-Violence Education
 1996 Induction into the National Women's Hall of Fame
 1993 Feminist of the Year to the Center for Women's Global Leadership by the Feminist Majority Foundation
 1992 Resourceful Women Award
 1987 The Jessie Bernard Wise Woman Award Center for Women Policy Studies

Works and publications
Bunch has written and edited many pieces of work, which focus on women's rights and human rights. The papers of Charlotte Bunch can be found at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute.

A full list of her publications can be found here.

Books
(This list is only a few of her published titles.)

International Feminism: Networking Against Female Sexual Slavery. Report on Global Feminist Workshop Against Traffic in Women, edited with Barry and Castley. NY: International Women's Tribune Centre, 1984. (Also published in French by Nouvelles Questions Feministes, Paris, 1985; and in Spanish by CIPAF, Santo Domingo, 1985.)

Articles
(This list is only a select number of more than 250 published articles.)
 “Feminism, Peace, Human Rights, and Human Security,” Canadian Women's Studies/Les Cahiers de la Femme, York University, Canada, special issue on “Women and Peace-Building,” Vol, 22, No. 2, 2003.
 “Women’s Human Rights and Security in the Age of Terror,” Nothing Sacred: Women Respond to Religious Fundamentalism and Terror, Betsy Reed (ed.), New York: Nation Books, 2002. (Shorter version published as “Whose Security,” The Nation, Vol. 275, Number 9, September 23, 2002.)
 “Human Rights at the Intersection of Race and Gender,” Women at the Intersection: Indivisible Rights, Identities, and Oppressions, Rita Raj with Charlotte Bunch and elmira Nazombe (eds.), NJ: Center for Women's Global Leadership, 2002.
 “Women’s Leadership: Why Should You Care?” Power for What: National Dialogue on Educating Women for Leadership, NJ: Institute for Women's Leadership, No. 2, May, 2002.
 “Human Rights as the Foundation for a Compassionate Society,” Toward a Compassionate Society, Mahnaz Afkhami (ed.), Washington, DC: Women's Learning Partnership, 2002.
 “International Networking for Women’s Human Rights,” Global Citizen Action, Michael Edwards and John Gaventa (eds.), CO: Westview, 2001.
 “Women’s Rights are Human Rights Post 9/11,” English/ Spanish in Lola Press: International Feminist Magazine, No. 16 November 2001; (Also published in German in Leben Heist Frei Sein Dokumentation Internationaler Kongress, Berlin: Terre Des Femmes and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, October, 2001).

References

Sources
Watkins, M. Charlotte Bunch (1944–), 1999
Listen Up: UN Must Hear Women on Violence, an article published in On The Issues Magazine, Spring 2009

Further reading
Charlotte Bunch Papers, 1950–1988 (7 linear feet) are housed in the Schlesinger Library of Radcliffe College.

External links
Charlotte Bunch's Biographical Information from Rutgers University
Charlotte Bunch's Publications
Articles, Statements, and Videos by Charlotte Bunch
IPS News Article with Quotes by Charlotte Bunch
Papers of Charlotte Bunch, 1967–1985. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Additional Papers of Charlotte Bunch, 1944-2010. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
 with Charlotte Bunch by Stephen McKiernan, Binghamton University Libraries Center for the Study of the 1960s, January 10, 2015

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Highway F.C.

Highway F.C. is a Mutare-based Premier Soccer League club, promoted from Division One in 2009.

Highway are owned by Mutare businessman Binali Yard.

References

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1959 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

The 1959 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 29th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928.

Limerick entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Tipperary in the Munster final.

On 6 September 1959 Tipperary won the championship following a 2-8 to 2-7 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 12th All-Ireland title and their first in two championship seasons.

Provincial changes

Due to a lack of competition in their own province, the Galway County Board proposed a regrading to junior status for their senior team in January 1958. This led to a wider debate regarding Galway's isolated position in a province where they faced little credible opposition. At a meeting of the Munster Council on 10 January 1959 it was decided to invite Galway to participate in all grades of hurling in Munster on a temporary basis. This decision was later ratified at the GAA Congress.

Results

All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship

Semi-finals

Final

Championship statistics

Miscellaneous

 Roscommon won the Connacht Championship for the first time in their history.
 The All-Ireland semi-final between Tipperary and Roscommon was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams.

External links
 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship: Roll Of Honour

Minor
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Enrique Gratas

Enrique G. Gratas (born Gratás; November 25, 1944 – October 8, 2015) was an Argentinian journalist and television personality known for being the original host of Ocurrio Asi on Telemundo, and the former anchor of Univision's Última Hora (Last Hour), the second most popular Spanish newscast in the United States.

Biography
Born in Bahía Blanca, Gratas started working in Argentina as a radio speaker in 1966 and moved to television news a year later. He moved to the United States in 1971 and worked as a correspondent for the Argentine television.

Later he joined the sport division of the Los Angeles KWHY-TV station. In 1978 he conducted the first Spanish-language sports program from Los Angeles station KMEX-TV. From 1981 to 1985 he was the news director of the New Jersey WXTV.

In 1990, he moved to Miami where Executive Producer Fran Mires brought him in to anchor Telemundo's flagship show, the network's first daily investigative news magazine Ocurrio asi ("It happened like this"). When Gratas left Telemundo Network in 1999, Pedro Sevcec took over the show temporarily before being replaced by Ana Patricia Candiani the following year.

In October 1999, Gratas launched Última Hora on Univision, which successfully continued to be aired for 10 years. Gratas was laid off in March 2009 along with 300 other Univision employees.

Together with Jorge Ramos and  María Elena Salinas, they are considered amongst the most respected Spanish-language television journalists in the United States and Latin America.

Enrique Gratas last worked as the news anchor of Noticiero con Enrique Gratas on Estrella TV.

Health issues and death
Late in September 2015, Gratas recorded a video message where he declared to the public that he had an undisclosed disease. On October 8, 2015, Gratas died in Los Angeles at age 71. The cause of death was cancer, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Noted work
Among many others, Gratas interviewed:
George W. Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and Colin Powell
Jessica Lynch (first to interview her)
Yolanda Saldívar (the person convicted for the murder of famous Tejano singer Selena Quintanilla)

He has also covered a number of major events, such as:
Every American president since Richard Nixon
Events from Watergate to the 9-11 attacks in New York City
Numerous Democratic and Republican conventions
Anchored coverage of the new Millennium for the Univision Network
Both wars in Iraq
Luis Colosio's assassination (1994)
Olympic bombing in Atlanta  (1996)
2000 U.S. presidential elections
Several hurricanes
The political crises in Argentina and Venezuela

Recognitions
1996 Suncoast Regional Emmy Award
Premio Paoli (Puerto Rico), for his commitment to journalism
1998 Señor Internacional
Golden Globe nominee for best News Anchor
2005 City of Hope Cancer Center Award

See also
List of television reporters/Argentina
List of television presenters/Argentina

References

External links

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Poul Knudsen (boxer)

Poul Knudsen (born 25 September 1951) was a Danish amateur boxer. He participated in the 1972 Olympics in Munich in the middleweight, losing in the quarterfinals to Prince Amartey from Ghana.

Olympic record
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
 First Round — Bye
 Second Round — Defeated William Peets (ISV), 5:0
 Quarterfinals — Lost to Prince Amartey (GHA), 2:3

References

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4U 1700-37

4U 1700-37 is one of the stronger binary X-ray sources in the sky, and is classified as a high-mass X-ray binary. It was discovered by the Uhuru satellite. The "4U" designation refers to the Fourth (and final) Uhuru catalog.
It is associated with a bright (6.53 V magnitude) blue supergiant star HD 153919, which is orbited by an accreting compact object that must be either a neutron star or a black hole. The X-ray source is eclipsed by the star every ~3.4 days, but no pulsations have yet been observed.
The source is one of the ten brightest persistent X-ray sources in the 10-100 keV hard X-ray energy region.

Evidence of Compton cooling during an X-ray flare recorded by the Chandra X-ray telescope strongly suggests that the X-ray source is a neutron star; if verified it would be among the most massive known, and near the boundary of the theoretical maximum.

References

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The Hong Kong Massacre

The Hong Kong Massacre is a video game developed and published by VRESKI for Windows and PS4 in January 2019.  It is the first game to be developed by the studio. Set in 1990s Hong Kong, the game follows a former police detective as he sets out to exact revenge against the Triad for the death of his partner.

Gameplay
Inspired by classic action movies such as those of John Woo as well as other video games like Hotline Miami and Max Payne, The Hong Kong Massacre is a top-down shooter in which the player character will die by being shot only once. As a balance measure, the game features a number of special abilities, such as a slow-motion system, a dive/dodge which renders the player invincible for a small amount of time as well as weapon upgrades.

The story of the game is told through a series of conversations and cutscenes, with each of the 35 levels serving as a flashback. At the beginning of each level, the player can choose to equip one of four guns available: pistol, rifle, SMG or shotgun. They must then enter the level and kill all enemies inside it in order to progress to the next level. Visually, the game is reminiscent of Hong Kong action films, including locations such as ruined buildings, kitchens, back alleys, rooftops and abandoned restaurants.

Reception
According to review aggregator Metacritic, The Hong Kong Massacre has received "mixed or average reviews".

Although the game was praised for its intense action and for its emulation of classic action movies, it was criticized for the lack of variety in gameplay and challenges and for quickly becoming repetitive.

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Gastón Mouriño

Gaston Alberto Mouriño (born 12 October 1994) is an Argentine handball player for Atlético Valladolid and the Argentine national team.

He represented Argentina at the 2019 World Men's Handball Championship.

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Pachycarpus

Pachycarpus is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1838. It is native to Africa.

Species

formerly included
moved to other genera (Asclepias, Gomphocarpus, Xysmalobium)

References

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Trochetiopsis erythroxylon

Trochetiopsis erythroxylon, the Saint Helena redwood, is a species of plant, now extinct in the wild. It was formerly abundant enough in the upland parts of the island of Saint Helena for early settlers in the 17th century to use the timber to make their homes. It now exists in cultivation, although cultivated stock is weak. This species has pendant flowers, petals that turn pink with age, and white staminodes.

Saint Helena redwood is completely unrelated to the redwood tree of California and other trees called redwood.

It is, however, in the same genus as the Saint Helena ebony (Trochetiopsis ebenus) and a hybrid between them (Trochetiopsis × benjamini) is now often planted on the island.

See also
Flora of St Helena

References

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Richmond Golf Club

The Richmond Golf Club is a private golf club whose 18-hole course now occupies the historic Sudbrook Park adjacent to  Richmond Park, in Petersham, south west London.  The Grade I listed building, Sudbrook House, in the park, is now the clubhouse. The patron of the club is His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew, Duke of York.

History
The Club was founded in February, 1891, at a meeting at the Greyhound Hotel in Richmond.  It briefly leased a course at Old Deer Park, before moving to Sudbrook Park in Petersham, where it has been located ever since.

Without a clubhouse initially, the members met in the Fox and Duck public house, which they also used for the changing rooms, before obtaining the lease of Sudbrook Park and House in 1898.

Golfing and Competitions
The club runs a full schedule of friendly and competitive golfing activities.  It still runs competitions dating back to the first days of the club, of which notable competitions include:

The Stephenson Challenge Cup trophies, first presented in 1895 to the winners of the singles and foursomes matchplay competitions.

The Don Memorial Challenge Cup, instituted in 1895, a 36-hole scratch medal which is open to members of invited local golf clubs.

The Victory and Rube Shields, a series of annual matches played between The Richmond Golf Club and Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club, first played in 1897.

The club has hosted visits from many professionals including, in 1975, Tom Watson playing his first game of golf in Britain.  This was the day before playing in and winning his first Open Championship at Carnoustie, beating Jack Newton in a play-off.

Course
The course was designed by Tom Dunn in 1896, one of many laid out by Dunn during the explosion of popularity of the sport in the late 19th century.

The current layout of the course consists of six par 3, eight par 4 and four par 5 holes, with a total length of  and a par of 70 (SSS 69).

Between 2010 and 2012, the course underwent significant renovation, including the construction of 56 new bunkers, as well as improvements to putting greens, tees and the planting of new trees along the fairways.  Following these enhancements, the course was awarded first place in the Golf Inc. Monthly, Renovation of the Year for 2012.

Clubhouse

The club's clubhouse, Sudbrook House, was built around 1725 by architect James Gibbs, for John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll. It is built of a combination of white Portland stone and dark red brick, and is widely regarded as one of the finest examples of early eighteenth-century English Palladian architecture.

At the centre of Sudbrook House is The Cube Room, which is the club's principal dining and function room.  The Cube Room is of Baroque style, and as its name suggests, the height (over 30 feet) is the same as the width and length.  The interior of The Cube Room is adorned with trophies of arms above the doorways from the Duke of Argyll's military achievements, and the Campbell family coat of arms carved in pine in the great panel above the mirror.  The carved marble chimney is the work of Flemish sculptor Jan Michiel Rysbrack.

Other facilities
In addition to the course, there are extensive practice facilities, including: 2 putting greens, a 250-yard driving range with covered teaching bays, and a short-game practice area for chipping and bunker shots.

The clubhouse has two bars, one which is reserved exclusively for members, dining rooms, a TV lounge and a snooker room.

The course also has a pro shop and the clubhouse is available to host weddings and other social events.

See also
 Richmond Park Golf Club
 Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club

References

External links

Watercolour of Sudbrook Park Golf Course, c.1940 by John Sanderson-Wells

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Capitol Land Trust

Capitol Land Trust (CLT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit conservation organization based in Olympia, Washington, United States. CLT was formed in 1987 by a group of citizens in South Puget Sound who were concerned about growth in the area.

Mission statement
Capitol Land Trust is dedicated to furthering collaborative and strategic conservation of southwest Washington’s essential natural areas.

External links
 Capitol Land Trust website

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Rob Massam

Rob Massam (born 29 October 1987) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who plays as a er for the North Wales Crusaders in Betfred League 1.

He has previously played for the North Wales Crusaders. He was a key player for Chester Gladiators, and was selected to represent England Lionhearts in 2010 scoring the winning try in England's 34-30 win over Wales Dragonhearts in Somerset. He scored against Wales Dragonhearts again in 2011 in Caerphilly but was unable to stop the Welsh from winning 30-24 and lifting the trophy.

Representative
Massam qualifys for Wales through residency as he moved to Wrexham at a young age. Despite representing England at amateur level Massam was selected for the Wales 'train-on' squad for the Tri-Nations against England and France in 2012. He made his full début in that game.

In October and November 2013, Massam played in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup where he scored a try.

In October 2014, Massam was selected to play in the 2014 European Cup but he withdrew before the tournament due to work commitments.

Honours
Massam was included in August's Cooperative Championship 1 Team of the Month, after becoming Crusaders leading try scorer for the 2012 season.

Personal life
Massam works as a personal trainer and is a qualified Biomechanics coach at Total Fitness in Wrexham and he has sponsored local rugby league club Wrexham Raiders for the 2012 season.

References

External links
Rochdale Hornets profile
(archived by web.archive.org) Crusaders profile

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Los cuatro Juanes

Los cuatro Juanes is a 1966 Mexican drama film directed by Miguel Zacarías.

Cast
Luis Aguilar as Juan sin Miedo
Antonio Aguilar as Juan Colorado
Javier Solís as Juan Pístolas
Narciso Busquets as Juan Charrasqueado
Alma Delia Fuentes as Soledad
Ofelia Montesco as La Jarocha
Rosario Gálvez as Sabina
Graciela Lara as Irene
Conrado Cortés as Teniente Sandoval
Antonio Raxel as Coronel Jiménez Rangel
Jorge Russek as Capitán

References

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Ayn al-Bardah

'Ayn al-Bardah (; ALA-LC: ‘Ayn al-Bārdah, which means "cold spring") is a village in Syria, located 55 kilometres west of Homs and 200 kilometres northwest of Damascus. Nestled on the Sayeh mountain, at 850 metres above sea level, the village overlooks the Wadi al-Nasara valley. Its inhabitants are predominantly Greek Orthodox Christians.

Climate
'Ayn al-Barda has a Mediterranean climate. It snows on the mountain slopes several times in winter.

Main sights
The village is a common stopover for tourists on their way to the nearby Krak des Chevaliers; most of them visit the church of Saint Elias in the village. John Gardiner Kinnear described the village in an account of his journey throughout the Middle East in 1839:

Last week T—— and I rode up to a beautiful secluded spot, some three or four hours from Beyrout [sic]. It is, as the Arabic name implies, a fountain of delightfully cold water, which, issuing in copious stream from the rocks, is received into a stone basin under the shade of a magnificent carob-tree. There is no village near it; but within a short distance are one or two lonely cottages among the vineyards and mulberry gardens. It is on the upmost verge of the cultivated part of the mountain; below are gardens and pine woods; and above, the wild rocks and pine woods; and above, the wild rocks and tangled shrubbery. The air is clear, cool, and refreshing after the sultry atmosphere of Beyrout; and the view over the lower heights covered with vines and olives mingling with the dark pine woods, to the wide expanse of the blue Mediterranean, is one of the most beautiful I ever beheld.

References

External links
Official website

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Pardosa vancouveri

Pardosa vancouveri is a species of wolf spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in the United States and Canada.

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Graham Spooner

Graham Spooner (born 2 March 1933) is  a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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The Missing Kink

"The Missing Kink" is the fifteenth episode of the eight season and the 148th overall episode of the animated comedy series American Dad!. It aired on Fox in the United States on April 14, 2013, and is written by Jeff Chiang and Eric Ziobrowski and directed by Pam Cooke and Valerie Fletcher.

In the episode, unsatisfied with missionary sex, Francine finds out she has a spanking fetish when Stan tries to punish Steve. Meanwhile, Hayley tries to move on from Jeff being sent into outer space and agrees to go out on a date with Snot.

Plot
After the usual missionary position sex, Francine admits being bored and suggests some variations but Stan insists it is the natural way to have sex. Steve angers Stan at breakfast and receives a spanking. Francine objects and Stan demonstrates for her how he spanks to prove it does no lasting harm, but Francine finds it turns her on. Chatting with Roger, Francine asks how to approach Stan with her turn-on and Roger suggests she trick him. She uses an argument between Steve and Klaus as a pretense to get Stan to spank her again and agrees to take all of his spankings in the future resulting in a montage of incidents.

Stan finally catches her tossing Steve's bicycle through the front window and decides to banish Francine to the woods as per a fake verse in his Bible as punishment. After two days in the woods, Stan returns but finds Francine is unrepentant and accuses Stan of being repressed. She refuses to leave until Stan opens up a bit. Later with Roger, Stan continues to call her a deviant and Roger convinces him to open up with a musical number, although Stan finds he wants to embrace every kink known to Roger's dread. Stan finds Francine and surprises her with a spanking and an openness to try new things, although even Francine gets reservations when Stan gets too weird. At home, Francine finds that Stan has arranged an audience while they make kinky love. Francine goes to Roger and admits she created a monster.

Roger intervenes in a latex wetsuit and horrifies everyone including Stan back to normal. Francine makes up with Stan in the hospital while Roger is inside of Stan's body. To get her spanking fix, Francine joins a women's softball team, where the teammates spank Francine in celebration for good plays on field. Meanwhile, Snot decides to take advantage of Hayley's grief over Jeff and asks her out. To his surprise she agrees. After a date with Snot, Hayley returns in a good mood, but Snot finds he was only aroused by the pursuit of Haley; now that he has her, he is no longer interested. Steve confronts Snot and asks him to avoid breaking Hayley's heart. Snot decides to confess to being gay with Barry and Hayley decides to bow out, leaving Barry heartbroken when Snot leaves him as well.

Reception
Rob H. Dawson of TV Equals gave the episode a positive review, saying "It’s also nice to see an attempt at a multi-episode plot, the kind of thing American Dad usually doesn’t go for. We’re still dealing with Jeff’s absence, and although it’s in a less direct way this episode, it’s an interesting choice for the show to keep it on our minds. I would have liked if they hadn’t roped in Snot, however, because his character has never felt to me like anything worth spending time on. The one good moment here was in the end, when Barry manically latched onto Snot’s "I’m gay" ruse. Something about his delivery on those lines ("THIS IS WHAT HE LIKES!") sold it to me. But that was a minor thread in "The Missing Kink," an episode that, barring one big, singing exception, kept up the funny for most of its running time."

Kevin McFarland of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B, saying "It’s still fun to laugh at Stan for his strict conservative ways, but I’m glad that American Dad doles this type of story out in smaller parcels than it used to. It especially helps to pair Stan with someone else in the family trying to soften him, and Francine’s futile quest to introduce more adventure into their bedroom certainly combats Stan’s uptight, Bible-misquoting ways in a way that creates room for a lot of jokes. "The Missing Kink" may end in an unsatisfying way, returning to the same boring Smith sex life, but with Francine indulging elsewhere, but it still contains enough laughs and outlandish visuals to outshine the rough patches." The episode was watched by a total of 4.23 million people, this made it the second most watched show on Animation Domination that night, beating The Cleveland Show, Bob's Burgers and The Simpsons but losing to Family Guy with 5.02 million.

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Luka Jantjie

Kgosi (Chief) Luka Jantjie was a hunter, trader, diamond prospector, and farmer. He was a chief of the Batlhaping ba Manyeding group of the Batswana in Kuruman. He was born in Kimberley, South Africa in 1835 and was the son of a Christian convert. Jantjie spent most of his life protecting the rights to land of his people and is considered a struggle hero for his battle against British colonialism. He was the cousin of Kgosi Galeshewe.

Resistance and conflict
When diamonds were discovered in Kimberley in 1871,  British colonists from the Cape Colony swarmed onto Jantjie's land in search of diamonds and took it over. Jantjie and his people were the first local people whose ancestral land was stolen from them due to diamond prospecting by colonists. Jantjie was outspoken against the land invasion, however, he initially took a non-violent approach towards the British which included boycotting the rural trading stores. In addition, Jantjie fought for his people to attain equal rights to purchase diamond licenses so that they could share in the wealth that was being excavated on their land. However, the government of the Cape Colony refused to grant mining rights to native groups. Jantjie took up arms in response and orchestrated skirmishes against the British. Jantjie's confrontations with British authorities earned him the epithet of being “a wild fellow who hates the English”.

Over the next decade, the Batlhaping, Tlharo and Rolong people were evicted from much of their land and confined to reserves. In 1895, the area was annexed by the Cape Colony which resulted in Tswana groups being moved to even smaller reserves. These groups were also forced to pay taxes such as the hut tax, to work on white farms, and as migrant mine workers for the Kimberley mine.  In addition the Rinderpest regulations and the shooting of cattle owned by Africans in the Taung Reserves were undertaken. After Jantjie's cattle were shot, he demanded of the policeman in charge, Corporal Denyssen, to know why his cattle were shot. He was shown a policy on Rinderpest and cattle roaming out of the owner's territory. He then demanded compensation from the corporal, which was refused. These events sparked the Langeberg Rebellion. The rebellion was led by Batlhaping chief Kgosi Galeshewe.

Death and Significance
In August 1897, the colonial police invaded the Langeberg Mountains where Jantjie and other rebels had orchestrated a last stand. Jantjie was discovered by Temple Smythe, a member of the Cape Medical Staff Corps, in a cave on the Gamasep Kopje near Olifantshoek. Jantjie opened fire upon Smythe's approach, however, his gun misfired. Smythe took this opportunity and shot Jantjie in the head with a revolver.  As a sign of humiliation and a warning to other rebels, it was reported that, while Jantjie was dying, Smythe and his troops posed to take photos with him. When Jantjie died, the British troops decapitated his corpse and took his head as a trophy.

Jantjie's death is regarded as the collapse of the Tswana resistance. In the aftermath, 4 000 men, women and children of the Bwere were taken captive and sent to the Cape Colony to work as unpaid labour for local white farmers. Many of the rebels were hanged for their contribution in orchestrating the rebellion. The rebellion officially ended on 3 August 1897 following the death of over 1 500 men.  Currently there is no record of where Jantjie's remains are buried, nor the fate of his skull.

In 2011 the book Luka Jantjie: Resistance Hero of the South African Frontier was published. Authored by Kevin Shillington, the book recounts Jantjie's legacy and contributions. In April 2016, a building on Sol Plaatje University campus, Kimberley, was renamed Luka Jantjie House in Jantjie's honor.

References

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Kgosi Galeshewe
Kimberley, Northern Cape
Batswana
Bechuanaland
Rolong tribe
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Rinderpest
Taung

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Turi Turini (Oruro)

Turi Turini (Aymara turi tower, the reduplication indicates that there is a group or a complex of something, -ni a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one with a group of towers") is a mountain in a volcanic complex in the Cordillera Occidental in the Andes of Bolivia, about  high. It is situated in the Oruro Department, Sajama Province, Turco Municipality. Turi Turini lies southeast of Asu Asuni and northeast of Phasa Willk'i. The Jaruma River originates southwest of the mountain. It flows to the south.

References

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Uz, son of Aram

According to the Table of nations of Genesis 10 in the Hebrew Bible, Uz ( ‘Ūṣ) is one of the sons of Aram, son of Shem. This makes him a great-grandson of Noah.

He may have given his name to an area of the Middle East, later inhabited by the Old Testament character Job. Flavius Josephus (Ant. 1.6.4) states the tradition that he founded the cities of Trachonitis and Damascus.

According to Muslim scholar Ibn Kathir, he was the father of ‘Ad, the ancestor of the people of ʿĀd.

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Thynia

In the ancient world, Thynia (, ) was a region of Europe along the northern coast of the Propontis, opposite Bithynia on the Asian side. It was occupied by the Thyni, a Thracian people who came from Thrace.  Note that in the Middle Ages, Mesothynia ("middle Thynia") was the peninsula of modern Kocaeli.

According to Greek mythology, its name came from Thyneas (Θυνέας) son of Phineas (Φινέας).

In the Argonautica (Book 2), Jason and the Argonauts are turned aside from the Clashing Rocks at Bithynia, and go to the opposite coast to consult King Phineus.

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Joanna Pacitti

Joanna Pacitti (born October 6, 1984) is an American singer and former lead vocalist in the band City (Comma) State.

Career

Theater
In 1996, at age 12, Pacitti was chosen to star in the 20th anniversary revival of the musical Annie after entering a contest sponsored by the department store Macy's. Pacitti starred in 106 performances with the national tour.

Shortly before the show was to open on Broadway, she was terminated by the show's producers. After successfully appealing the initial rejection of her case, Pacitti eventually settled out of court on undisclosed terms.

Music career
Pacitti began pursuing a pop career in her teenage years. When she was 14 years old, Michelle Young met her and was impressed by her demo tapes. Young introduced her to various people in the music business, ultimately resulting in a five-year record deal with Ron Fair of A&M records.

In 2003, Pacitti was one of three participants in MTV's First Year, which detailed the process of obtaining various professions over the course of a year. Pacitti is seen attempting to launch a music career in the show.

In 2004, she had a brief appearance on the show What I Like About You, in which she played a singer named Amber and sang her song "Ultraviolet".

Pacitti's first single, "Let It Slide", was finally released in May 2006 under Geffen Records and went to radio at the end of June. Her debut album, This Crazy Life, was released on August 15, 2006. The album debuted at No. 31 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Throughout 2006, she toured with Sheryl Crow and Nick Lachey. She then joined Teen People's Rock'n’Shop Tour in July.

During the first half of 2007, Pacitti recorded the song "Out From Under" for the Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack.

When Geffen Records underwent budget cuts, Joanna had to leave the label in 2007. She had been working on a follow-up to This Crazy Life at the time.

American Idol
Pacitti auditioned for the eighth season of American Idol in Louisville, Kentucky, in an episode that aired on January 21, 2009. She passed the audition into the Hollywood round. Pacitti's career before this time has caused debate about whether American Idol contestants should be strictly amateur performers.

On the February 11 Idol broadcast, she was advancing into the Top 36. FOX issued a press release the next morning announcing that Pacitti was "ineligible to continue" and was removed from the competition. According to Star magazine, the reasoning behind this was that Pacitti has "very personal connections" to Michelle Young and Roger Widynowski, two executives that work at the Los Angeles office of American Idol'''s 19 Entertainment.

She was replaced on the program by Felicia Barton.

Performances

Discography

Albums

Singles
"Let It Slide" (2006)

Soundtracks
 2001 Legally Blonde Soundtrack – "Watch Me Shine"
 2002 Cadet Kelly Soundtrack - "Watch Me Shine"
 2003 My Scene Chelsea Mix – "Just When You're Leaving" (different version from the album version, Promotional Only Release)
 2004 First Daughter Soundtrack - "Fall"
 2007 Nancy Drew Soundtrack - "Pretty Much Amazing"
 2007 Bratz: Motion Picture Soundtrack'' - "Out From Under"

References

External links

 Joanna's Facebook Profile
 Joanna's Official MySpace

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Francis Gleeson (priest)

Father Francis Gleeson (28 May 1884 – 26 June 1959) was an Irish Roman Catholic priest who served as a British Army chaplain during Ireland's involvement in the First World War. Educated at seminaries near Dublin, Gleeson was ordained in 1910 and worked at a home for the blind before volunteering for service upon the outbreak of war. Commissioned into the Army Chaplains' Department and attached to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers he served with them at the First Battle of Ypres. During this battle Gleeson is said to have taken command of the battalion after all the officers were incapacitated by the enemy. He was highly regarded by his men for tending to the wounded under fire, visiting the frontline trenches, and bringing gifts.

On 8 May 1915, on the eve of the Battle of Aubers Ridge, Gleeson addressed the assembled battalion at a roadside shrine and gave the general absolution. The battalion suffered heavily in the battle and when paraded again afterwards only 200 men were assembled.  Gleeson's absolution was the subject of a painting by Fortunino Matania that was made at the request of the widow of the battalion's commanding officer. At the end of his year's service in 1915 Gleeson returned to Dublin and became a curate but rejoined the army as a chaplain in 1917 and remained for a further two years. After the war he returned once more to Ireland, becoming a priest at churches near to Dublin and being elected canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Archdiocese of Dublin before his death on 26 June 1959.

Early life

Gleeson was born on 28 May 1884 in Main Street, Templemore, County Tipperary in Ireland and was one of thirteen children.  Gleeson decided to become a Catholic priest and was educated at the Holy Cross College in Dublin and St Patrick's College in Maynooth. He was ordained as a priest by the Archbishop of Dublin, William Walsh, on 19 June 1910 at St Mary's Pro-Cathedral. Gleeson was appointed chaplain to St. Vincent's Male Orphanage in Glasnevin in October 1910 and lived nearby before being sent as chaplain to St. Mary's Home for the Blind, Dublin in March 1912.  Gleeson was a Jesuit, a nationalist and a speaker of Irish Gaelic.

Outbreak of war
On the outbreak of the First World War in July 1914 Gleeson volunteered for service with the British Army, one of only 17 priests to do so. He was commissioned as a Chaplain to the Forces, 4th Class (equivalent to a Captain) in the Army Chaplains' Department on 18 November 1914 and joined the 2nd battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers who were already in action on the Western Front in France. The battalion, pre-war regular troops who formed part of the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the 1st Infantry Division, were amongst the first British troops to be deployed to France. The unit fought at the Battle of Mons and after Gleeson joined them they participated in the First Battle of Ypres. British officer and poet Robert Graves recalled in his autobiography Good-Bye to All That that during this battle Gleeson found himself the only unwounded officer of the battalion and, having removed his chaplain's insignia that indicated his non-combatant status, took command of the unit and held until relieved.  Later in December that year he joined the battalion in a counterattack at the Battle of Givenchy.  On Christmas Day the Munsters were in part of the front line unaffected by the Christmas Truce and Gleeson chose to conduct a Mass in one of the front line trenches that was frequently under fire.  The mass was in memory of the seven officers and 200 men of the Munsters who had died in a failed attack on 22 December.

Gleeson was an advisor to men of all faiths in the regiment and kept careful records of their names and addresses so that he could write to the families of those that died. He ended each letter with the words "They paid a great sacrifice", which was later used as the title of a book published in 2010 that details the wartime service records of men from Cork.  Much of his time was spent answering letters from families in Ireland concerned about the wellbeing of their sons and husbands.  At times the task almost overwhelmed him and this is evident in his personal diary when he wrote, in June 1915, "I got 12 letters today; just after reading them. What answering they will take tomorrow. I like to give these poor people all the solace I can, anyhow, but still there’s no limit to the sorrowing inquiries. The tragedy of these letters".

Gleeson made frequent visits to the front lines and often conducted burial services there with wooden grave marker crosses that he made himself or entering no man's land to comfort dying soldiers. His men said that they were always sure of a cup of tea from him when he visited the trenches late at night and he was certain to check that they were not short of ammunition. Gleeson sent requests to Ireland for hymn books for the men in the field and also bought mouth organs for their entertainment (Gleeson himself was a keen mouth organ player). One of Gleeson's men said "He's a warrior and no mistake. There's no man at the Front more brave or cooler. Why, it is in the hottest place up in the firing line he do be to give comfort to the boys that are dying."  His work as a chaplain was renowned, one war correspondent stated that "If you meet a man of the 2nd Munsters, just mention the name of Father Gleeson and see how his face lights up".  Quotes from Gleeson were used in Irish recruiting posters and leaflets.

Aubers Ridge
Whilst moving forwards to the trenches on 8 May 1915, in preparation for the Battle of Aubers Ridge, Lieutenant-Colonel Victor Rickard ordered the battalion to halt at a roadside shrine in Rue du Bois, near Fleurbaix. The shrine was in fact the altar of the Chapel of Notre Dame de Seez which had been destroyed by shells earlier in the war.  Gleeson, who had ridden at the front of the column, addressed the assembled 800 men and gave them the general absolution whilst still mounted on his horse. The men then sang the hymns Hail, Queen of Heaven, the Te Deum and Hail Glorious Saint Patrick before Gleeson moved along the ranks bidding farewell to the officers and encouraging the men to maintain the honour of the regiment. The battalion then moved off to the trenches from which they launched their attack at 5.30 the next morning. The Munsters were largely cut down by machine gun fire before they had advanced more than a few yards although enough men survived to capture the German trenches, the only unit to do so that day, before being forced to withdraw.

Casualties in the battalion amounted to 11 officers and 140 men killed, including Lieutenant-Colonel Rickard, in addition to 8 officers and 230 men wounded. Gleeson made it his duty to attend to the wounded and dying, comforting them and delivering the last rites, despite German shells landing close by him. After the battle the Munsters once again assembled at the Rue de Bois, though only three officers and 200 men were found fit to parade.  Rickard's widow, Jessie Louisa Rickard, requested that war artist Fortunino Matania immortalise the parade at Rue de Bois in a painting that centred on Gleeson delivering the absolution (Rickard is also depicted in the background). The painting was destroyed by German bombs during the Second World War.  Gleeson later donated the stole he wore for the parade to the regimental museum.

In July 1915 Gleeson held a preaching mission in the British lines.  He issued a certificate, designed by himself, to all who attended.  The certificate included the names of major battles that the Munsters had fought int, the flags of Allied nations, a crucifix, the Celtic cross and the Irish harp.  The text recommended that soldiers lead a temperate life, avoid sinning and to frequently pray.

Gleeson further distinguished himself later that year by assisting in the defence of a trench against enemy attack and served with the Munsters in action on 25 September 1915 in the Battle of Loos.  He had a strong commitment to the idea of freeing Belgium from German occupation but was known to be critical of what he considered anti-clerical views held by the French authorities.  Gleeson was familiar with the realities of war and, in December 1914, wrote that "if ... advocates of war were made to be soaked and caked and crusted with cold, wet trench mud, like these poor soldiers, and to wear those mud-weighted coats they would not be so glib with their treatises on the art of war. These militants should be made undergo a few nights in cheerless billets [and] mud-river trenches to teach them a lesson. What is it all for at all?".

Having originally agreed to serve for a year Gleeson wrote to Father Bernard Rawlinson, the senior Roman Catholic chaplain, in October 1915 requesting that he be relieved of duty at the end of his current contract.  He stated that "I am sorry to be leaving the dear old Munster lads, but I really can't stand it any longer. I do not like the life, though I love the poor men ever so much". Gleeson returned to Ireland and after a period of convalescence served as curate at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in Dublin from 16 December.

Late war and Irish Free State service
Gleeson later had a change of heart and requested permission from Archbishop Walsh to return to army service. He was recommissioned in his previous rank on 15 May 1917 on a two-year contract. Gleeson returned to the 2nd Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers and served with them in action at the Capture of Wytschaete, the First Battle of Passchendaele, the Battle of Langemarck, the Second Battle of Passchendaele and the Battle of Cambrai.  When the 2nd Battalion were transferred to the 48th Brigade, 16th (Irish) Division on 29 January 1918 Gleeson remained with the 1st Infantry Division.  He remained with the division, returning with them to England on 2 July 1918, until his period of duty ended in May 1919.

Gleeson then returned once more to Ireland and his position at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes.  He encountered hostility from Irish republicans due to his association with the British Army; it is said that the Bishop of Cork, Daniel Cohalan, deliberately placed Gleeson in challenging Republican parishes.  Gleeson was appointed curate in St Michael's Parish, Dún Laoghaire on 13 July 1920.  On 4 June 1922 he attended the dedication of Étreux British Cemetery which holds the remains of 110 men of the Royal Munster Fusiliers who were killed in the defence of Étreux against superior German forces whilst acting in a rearguard action for the Great Retreat of August 1914. Thanks to his previous military experience Gleeson received an appointment as command chaplain to Dublin Army Command of the Irish Free State Army in February 1923, and was with them through the Irish Civil War.

Dramatist
Gleeson successfully wrote and produced two dramas; the first depicting the first Holy Week, entitled Bethany to Calvary which was staged at the Theatre Royal, Dublin in February 1931 and received high praise from many authorities on sacred drama. It was subsequently staged in the Abbey Theatre Dublin in April 1935. In March 1938 it  was presented again during the Sundays of Lent and the Passion Week with a cast of seventy at Our Lady’s Hall in Inchicore, Dublin.

His second drama Rose of Battle was set in the French lines during the 1917-18 war, in which one of two soldier friends is reconciled to his faith and Church after his friend is killed but he, though badly wounded, becomes miraculously cured through the prayers of his friend’s sister, a hospital nurse. The drama was widely acclaimed in 1935 when staged at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (casting Cyril Cusack), the Opera House, Cork, and the Theatre Royal, Waterford.

Later life and legacy

Gleeson was appointed curate of Bray, Aughrim on 18 May 1924 and became the priest of the parish on 20 January 1941.  He was appointed parish priest of St Catherine's in Meath Street, Dublin on 30 August 1944.  Gleeson was elected a canon of the Metropolitan Chapter of the Archdiocese of Dublin on 7 May 1956 and died on 26 June 1959.  He was buried at the Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin.  The Old Comrades Association of the Royal Munster Fusiliers honoured him in their annual report, stating that he was "a canon when he died.  A saint when next we all meet".

A stone tablet at the Island of Ireland Peace Park near Ypres, Belgium is inscribed with a quote from Gleeson describing his efforts to comfort the wounded.  The stole Gleeson wore during his famous absolution before Aubers Ridge was rediscovered in August 2014 in the collection of the National Army Museum, having been acquired by them in 1959.  A memorial was unveiled on the centenary of the fighting at Aubers Ridge in May 2015 at the recently rediscovered site of Gleeson's absolution at Rue de Bois.

Gleeson's war diaries were discovered in a room at his clergy house many years after his death and are held by the Archdiocese of Dublin and the National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks, Dublin.  The diaries, notes and records from the diocesan collection were digitised in an 18-month-long joint project with the University College Dublin that was completed in April 2015.  Gleeson is mentioned in Frank Delaney's novel Shannon, set in post-war Ireland, with reference made to his taking command of the battalion at the First Battle of Ypres and to being "a bit shook up" by his experiences.

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Causapscal

Causapscal () is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in La Matapédia Regional County Municipality. It is located at the confluence of the Matapédia and Causapscal Rivers, along Quebec Route 132, approximately halfway between Mont-Joli and Campbellton, New Brunswick. It is served by the Causapscal railway station (the town can be reached by Via Rail on the named train The Ocean, between Montreal and Halifax) and the Causapscal Airport.

Etymology
The city's name is taken from the geographic township of Casupscull (proclaimed in 1864), which in turn is derived from the Mi'kmaq word Goesôpsiag (or Gesapsgel, Gesôpsgigel), meaning "stony bottom", "swift water", or "rocky point", likely referring to the rocky river bed of the Causapscal River.

History
Development of the place followed the construction of the Intercolonial Railway in the 1860s. In 1870, the Parish of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur was established, and the following year, the post office opened.

In 1897, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal was incorporated, named after the parish and the geographic township. In 1928, the village itself separated from the parish municipality and was incorporated as the Village Municipality of Causapscal. In 1957, the parish municipality lost more territory when the Municipality of Sainte-Marguerite was formed. In 1965, Causapscal gained ville (city/town) status.

On December 31, 1997, the Parish Municipality of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal was amalgamated into the City of Causapscal.

Geography
Causapscal is located in the Matapédia Valley at the confluence of the Matapédia and Causapscal Rivers.

Demographics

Population

Canada Census data before 2001 (pre-merger):

 Combined population in 1996: 2,811 (-2.0% from 1991)
 Causapscal (ville): 2,080 (-3.7% from 1991)
 Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal (parish): 731 (+3.4% from 1991)

 Combined population in 1991: 2,867
 Causapscal (ville): 2160
 Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Causapscal (parish): 707

Municipal council
 Mayor: Mario Côté
 Councillors: Renaud Valois, Françoise Jean, Maurice Durette, Élaine Bellavance, Denis Viel, David Desjardins

Notable former residents
 Maurice "Mom" Boucher (born June 21, 1953) Canadian outlaw biker, former President of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter.

See also
 List of cities in Quebec

References

External links

  Ville de Causapscal

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Fortinbras (play)

Fortinbras is a 1991 play by American playwright Lee Blessing. Set immediately following William Shakespeare's Hamlet, the play recounts the events after Hamlet's death that go on throughout Elsinore. The play includes almost every character from Hamlet returning as a ghost.

Production
Fortinbras opened on 18 June 1991 at the La Jolla Playhouse.

Crew

Cast

References

Sources

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2014–15 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team

The 2014–15 UNC Wilmington Seahawks women's basketball team represents the University of North Carolina Wilmington during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by third year head coach Adell Harris, play their home games at the Trask Coliseum and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 14–16, 10–8 in CAA play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA Women's Tournament to Elon.

Roster

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See also
2014–15 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

References

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Peire Bremon Ricas Novas

Peire Bremon Ricas Novas (fl. 1230–1242) was a Provençal troubadour who left behind twenty works: thirteen cansos, six sirventes, and one tenso. His treatment of courtly love was somewhat original.

Peire's senhal or nickname, Ricas Novas, means "interesting stories" (literally "rich news"). It indicates his reputation as a jongleur who spread wild tales. Peire's Provençal identity is clinched by his poem La cart cartier aurem nos autri proensal, with its reference to "us Provençals".

Peire's first datable work is a tenso written at the court of Raymond Berengar IV of Provence in 1230 with Gui de Cavalhon. At the court of Provence Peire also met Bertran d'Alamanon and Sordello, whose planh for Blacatz he imitated. Peire left the court of Raymond Berengar sometime in or after 1237 and went to that of Barral of Baux and thence to that of Raymond VII of Toulouse. Though there is no record of his having visited Spain, his Rics pres, ferms e sobeirans celebrates an anonymous Castilian domna (lady). He eventually fell out with Sordello and the two had an acrimonious exchange of vitriolic sirventes in 1240–41.

Notes

Sources

Atkinson Jenkins, T. "On Newness in the Novel", Periodical of the Modern Language Association, 41, Appendix (1926), pp. xliii–lix.
Bertoni, Giulio. I Trovatori d'Italia: Biografie, testi, tradizioni, note. Rome: Società Multigrafica Editrice Somu, 1967 [1915].
Boutière, Jean. La Poésies du troubadour Peire Bremon Ricas Novas. Bibliothèque méridionale, 1ere série, 21. Toulouse and Paris: 1930.
Gaunt, Simon, and Kay, Sarah. "Appendix I: Major Troubadours" (pp. 279–291). The Troubadours: An Introduction. Simon Gaunt and Sarah Kay, edd. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. .
Riquer, Martín de. Los trovadores: historia literaria y textos. 3 vol. Barcelona: Planeta, 1975.
Thiolier-Méjean, Suzanne. Une belle au bois dormant médiévale: Frayre de Joy et Sor de Plaser—Nouvelle d'oc du XIVe siècle: Text, traduction, notes et commentaires. Centre d'Enseignement et Recherche d'Oc, VIII. Paris: Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne, 1996.

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Bukayo

Bukayo is a Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips. It is traditionally made by simmering strips of young, gelatinous coconut (buko) in water and sinuklob, which is sugarcane muscovado sugar melted into a chewy caramel-like consistency. Dryer versions of bukayo with a crumbly texture are known as bocarillo. Bukayo can be eaten on its own, usually rolled into little balls. But they can also be used as garnishing and fillings for other desserts, most notably for pan de coco.

Bukayo is also spelled as bucaio, bucayo, bokayo, bukhayo, or bukayu. During the Spanish rule of the Philippines, it was known as conserua de coco ("coconut preserve") in Spanish. It is also known as hinti in Tausug.

Peanut brittle in the Philippines is also sometimes locally known as bukayo mani.

See also
Daral (food)

References

External links
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2011 All-Big 12 Conference football team

The 2011 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2011 Big 12 Conference football season.  The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks
 Robert Griffin III, Baylor (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Brandon Weeden, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Running backs
 Henry Josey, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Joseph Randle, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
 Terrance Ganaway, Baylor (Coaches-1; Media-2)
 Cyrus Gray, Texas A&M (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Fullbacks
 Trey Millard, Oklahoma (Coaches-1)
 Kye Staley, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)

Centers
 Grant Garner, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Gabe Ikard, Oklahoma (Coaches-1, Media-1)
 Philip Blake, Baylor (Coaches-1; Media-2)

Guards
 Kelechi Osemele, Iowa State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Robert T. Griffin, Baylor (Coaches-2)
 Jeremiah Hatch, Kansas (Coaches-2)
 Hayworth Hicks, Iowa State (Coaches-2)
 Austin Wuebbels, Missouri (Media-2)

Tackles
 Levy Adcock, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Luke Joeckel, Texas A&M (Coaches-2; Media-1)
 LaAdrian Waddle, Texas Tech (Coaches-2; Media-2)
 Clyde Aufner, Kansas State (Media-2)
 Zach Hanson, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
 David Snow, Texas (Media-2)

Tight ends
 Michael Egnew, Missouri (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 James Hanna, Oklahoma (Coaches-2; Media-2 (tie))
 Adam James, Texas Tech (Media-2 (tie))

Receivers
 Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Kendall Wright, Baylor (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-2)
 Ryan Swope, Texas A&M (Coaches-2; Media-2)
 Josh Cooper, Oklahoma State (Coaches-2)
 Kenny Stills, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)

Defensive selections

Defensive linemen
 Frank Alexander, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Jamie Blatnick, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Alex Okafor, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Ronnell Lewis, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-2)
 Dominique Hamilton, Missouri (Media-1)
 Ray Kibble, Kansas State (Coaches-1)
 Jackson Jeffcoat, Texas (Coaches-2; Media-2)
 Kheeston Randall, Texas (Coaches-2; Media-2)
 Jacquies Smith, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)
 Nicolas Jean-Baptiste, Baylor (Coaches-2)
 Tony Jerod-Eddie, Texas A&M (Coaches-2)

Linebackers
 Emmanuel Acho, Texas (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Arthur Brown, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Jake Knott, Iowa State (Coaches-2; Media-1)
 A. J. Klein, Iowa State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
 Travis Lewis, Oklahoma (Coaches-2; Media-2)
 Sean Porter, Texas A&M (Media-1)
 Steven Johnson, Kansas (Media-2)
 Luke Lambert, Missouri (Media-2)
 Keenan Robinson, Texas (Coaches-2)

Defensive backs
 Brodrick Brown, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Jamell Fleming, Oklahoma (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 E. J. Gaines, Missouri (Media-1; Coaches-2)
 Nigel Malone, Kansas State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
 Markelle Martin, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-2)
 Carrington Byndom, Texas (Media-1)
 Kenny Vaccaro, Texas (Coaches-1)
 Leonard Johnson, Iowa State (Media-2; Coaches-2)
 Justin Gilbert, Oklahoma State (Media-2)
 Tysyn Hartman, Kansas State (Coaches-2)
 Demontre Hurst, Oklahoma (Coaches-2)
 Quandre Diggs, Texas (Coaches-2)

Special teams

Kickers
 Randy Bullock, Texas A&M (Coaches-2; Media-1)
 Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1)
 Justin Tucker, Texas (Media-2)

Punters
 Quinn Sharp, Oklahoma State (Coaches-1; Media-1)
 Trey Barrow, Missouri (Coaches-2; Media-2)

All-purpose / Return specialists
 Collin Klein, Kansas State (Media-1)
 Fozzy Whittaker, Texas (Coaches-1)
 Tyler Lockett, Kansas State (Coaches-2; Media-2)

Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel

Coaches = selected by Big 12 Conference coaches

Media = selected by a media panel

See also
2011 College Football All-America Team

References

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San Nicolás Municipality

San Nicolás Municipality may refer to:
 San Nicolás Municipality, Tamaulipas
 San Nicolás, Oaxaca

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De Mond Nature Reserve

The De Mond Nature Reserve, in the Overberg between Struisbaai and Arniston, Western Cape, South Africa has been a Ramsar site wetland since 1986.

The reserve covers the mouth of the Heuningnes River and covers . Shifting dunes block the river's mouth and serve as a breeding ground for various species of birds. The area is also a habitat for reptiles, crustaceans, and seahorses.

It is composed of different coastal vegetation communities, including dune milkwood forests and salt marshes making up the estuarine environment.

References

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Mankhurd

Kendriya Vidyalaya Mankhurd is a co-educational school run by KV Sangathan in Mankhurd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a CBSE affiliated school.

See also
 List of Kendriya Vidyalayas

External links

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Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall

Sir Frederic Charles Lascelles Wraxall, 3rd Baronet (1828 – 11 June 1865), was a miscellaneous writer.<ref>{{cite book|author=John Sutherland|authorlink=John Sutherland (author)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QzJ3yNVVqtUC&pg=PA681|chapter=Wraxall, Sir [Frederic Charles] Lascelles|pages=681|title=The Stanford Companion to Victorian Literature|origyear=1989|year=1990}}</ref>

Life
He was educated at Shrewsbury, where he was Dyke scholar, and matriculated from St Mary Hall, Oxford, on 26 May 1842, but left the university without graduating. In May 1863 he succeeded his uncle, Sir William Lascelles Wraxall, as third baronet.

From 1846, he spent the greater part of his life on the continent. In 1855 he served for nine months at Kerch in the Crimea as first-class assistant commissary, with the rank of captain, in the Turkish contingent. His experiences during this period are depicted in his Camp Life: Passages from the Story of a Contingent (1860). Before going to the Crimea he had issued "A Visit to the Seat of War in the North", a brochure which purported to be a translation from the German, but was probably original. Wraxall continued to interest himself in military matters. In 1856 he issued A Handbook to the Naval and Military Resources of European Nations; in 1859 The Armies of the Great Powers; and in 1864 a volume called Military Sketches, which was chiefly concerned with the French army and its leaders, but had also chapters on the Austrian army, the British soldier, and "The Chances of Invasion".

In 1858, he led the Naval and Military Gazette, and from January 1860 to March 1861 The Welcome Guest, and he sent frequent contributions to the St. James Magazine and other periodicals. In 1860 he edited for private circulation the Persian and Indian dispatches of Sir James Outram. He was well versed in modern history, more particularly that of France and Germany during the last two centuries. His Memoirs of Queen Hortense, written in collaboration with Robert Wehran (1861, 2 vols. 8vo; reissued in 1864), is little more than a compilation of gossip, but Historic Byeways, two volumes of essays reprinted from periodicals, shows extensive reading. Besides other stories of German, French, and Russian history is Mr. Carlyle's latest Pet, a hostile criticism of the characters drawn by that historian of Frederick William I, based upon the recently published Aus vier Jahrhunderten of Karl von Weber.

Wraxall's most important historical work was The Life and Times of Caroline Matilda, Queen of Denmark and Norway (1864, 3 vols. 8vo.). He claimed to have shown by original research the worthlessness of the evidence on which the queen was divorced after the Struensee affair, and published for the first time (iii. 252–3) the letter protesting her innocence, which the queen wrote just before her death to her brother George III of the United Kingdom. He obtained through the Duchess of Augustenburg a copy of the original in the Hanoverian archives, and through Sir Augustus Paget was afforded access to the privy archives of Copenhagen. He also used the privately printed Memoirs of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse-Cassel (brother-in-law of Christian VII of Denmark), the Memoirs of Reverdil (secretary to Christian), and the private journals of Sir N. W. Wraxall. The English foreign office remained closed to him.

Works
Wraxall published several novels. They include:Wild Oats: a Tale, 1858, 12mo; 1865, 8vo.Only a Woman, 1860, 8vo; 1861, 8vo.The Fife and Drum, or Would be a Soldier, 1862, 8vo.Married in Haste: a Story of Everyday Life, 1863, 2 vols. 8vo.The Black Panther, or a Boy's Adventures among the Redskins, 1863, 8vo; Boston, 1865, 16mo.The Backwoodsman, (illustrated), 1864, 8vo; 1871, 8vo.Golden Hair: a Tale of the Pilgrim Fathers, (illustrated), 1864, 8vo.Mercedes, a romance of the Mexican war, 1865, 3 vols.Fides, or the Beauty of Mayence, (adapted from the German), 1865, 3 vols.

He was author also of:Remarkable Adventures and Unrevealed Mysteries, 1863, 2 vols. 8vo, containing articles on Struensee, Königsmark, D'Acon, Cagliostro, Clootz, and other adventurers;Criminal Celebrities, a collection of Memorable Trials, 1861, 8vo;The Second Empire as exhibited in French Literature, 1852–63, 2 vols. 8vo; 1865.

In 1862, he made the authorised British translation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, which was reissued in 1864 and 1879. He made many other translations from French and German. A posthumous volume, collected from magazines, entitled Scraps and Sketches gathered together'', appeared in September 1865.

Personal
Wraxall was born at Boulogne, France, in 1828, was the eldest son of Charles Edward Wraxall (1792–1854), lieutenant royal artillery, by Ellen Cecilia, daughter of John Madden of Richmond, Surrey. His grandfather was Sir Nathaniel Wraxall.

Wraxall married, in 1852, Mary Anne, daughter of J. Herring, esq. She died without issue on 27 November 1882. He died at Vienna on 11 June 1865. The baronetcy passed successively to Wraxall's younger brothers, Sir Horatio Henry (1832-1882) and Sir Morville Nathaniel Wraxall (1834–1898), the fifth baronet.

References

Attribution

Burke's Peerage and Baronetage
Men of the Time, 1862
Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1715–1886
Times, 17 June 1865
Athenæum, 17 June 1865
Ill. Lond. News, 24 June 1865
Allibone's Dict. Engl. Lit.
Walford's County Families
Works in Brit. Mus.

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Interesting Times

Interesting Times is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, the seventeenth book in the Discworld series, set in the Aurient (also known as Orient).

The title refers to the common myth that there exists a Chinese curse "may you live in interesting times".

Plot
Two gods, Fate and the Lady, oppose each other in a game over the outcome of the struggle for the throne of the Agatean Empire on the Counterweight Continent.

The Patrician of Ankh-Morpork receives a demand that the "Great Wizzard" be sent to the distant Agatean Empire, and he orders Archchancellor Mustrum Ridcully of Unseen University to comply.  As the spelling, "Wizzard," matches that on Rincewind's hat, the faculty decide to send him.  Using the machine Hex, which has seemingly been augmenting its own infrastructure, they teleport him to the University from a desert island where he has been living since the events of Eric.  They offer him the right to call himself a Wizard, which he never actually earned, if he will let them send him to Agatea; he agrees.  Teleportation requires an exchange of mass, and they end up exchanging him with a very heavy live cannon (which they extinguish upon its arrival); this results in Rincewind arriving in Agatea at a very high speed, but he lands safely in a snowbank.

As is typical for Rincewind, his dedicated efforts to run from any kind of danger quickly embroil him in momentous events, and coincidence makes it appear on several occasions that Rincewind is responsible for significant feats of magic.  He encounters his friend Cohen the Barbarian, now accompanied by a "Silver Horde" of elderly warriors, who is planning to infiltrate the Empire and live a luxurious retirement by taking over as Emperor.  Rincewind eventually learns that the first Agatean Emperor supposedly conquered the land with the assistance of a "Great Wizard" and a "Red Army."  Now, a new "Red Army" movement of young people, dedicated mainly to the promulgation of mildly worded slogans, has been inspired by a supposed revolutionary tract, which turns out to be a travelogue of Ankh-Morpork written by Rincewind's erstwhile traveling companion, Twoflower, whom Rincewind ends up freeing from a dungeon and whose two daughters are leaders of the Red Army.  It turns out that the villainous Grand Vizier, Lord Hong, has made the harmless Red Army appear to be a threat to the Empire and had Rincewind brought to Agatea so that he could blame the problems on foreigners, then put the "revolution" down violently and turn to the conquest of Ankh-Morpork, whose culture he secretly seeks to emulate.  But when Hong murders the Emperor with the intention of framing the Red Army, it inadvertently creates the opportunity needed by the Silver Horde, who have infiltrated the palace.  Cohen and Ronald Saveloy, a member of the Horde who is a retired schoolteacher, had hoped to conquer the Empire by simply installing Cohen as Emperor, since almost nobody has ever seen the Emperor's face.  But Lord Hong leads four other lords who had been vying against him for the throne to rally their armies against the Horde, to the chagrin of Saveloy who had been trying to civilize the barbarians.

As the battle begins, Rincewind flees and inadvertently discovers the actual Red Army, a multitude of terra cotta warriors that can be controlled by magical armor that he accidentally dons.  The automatons destroy the Agatean forces. However, Rincewind inadvertently wanders into a terracotta ditch and sinks up to his thighs, but realises that the magic boots are weighing him down, and frees himself with Twoflower's help.  Once Cohen realizes that he is now recognized as the Emperor, he prepares proclamations to relax the regime's oppression of the people.  He invites Rincewind to serve as Chief Wizard and found his own university, which convinces Rincewind that something horrible is about to happen.  Indeed, Lord Hong takes Rincewind hostage and plans to murder him on the steps of the palace.  But, just then, the faculty of Unseen University teleport Rincewind away.  Twoflower challenges Hong to a duel, as his wife was killed in a battle waged by Hong.  The cannon, re-lit by the faculty, then arrives and kills both Hong and Saveloy; Saveloy, despite never having managed to be a barbarian in life, decides to go to the warrior's afterlife.

The Luggage had followed Rincewind to its native Agatea, but became distracted by meeting and mating with a female Luggage.  Upon Rincewind's disappearance, the Luggage leaves its mate and their offspring to once again follow its owner.

The Lady has won the game against Fate.  And she interfered in Hex's calculations so that Rincewind is teleported to the unexplored continent of XXXX where he lands safely, while a XXXXian kangaroo (instead of Rincewind) suffers a fatal collision with a wall at Unseen University.  Rincewind meets XXXXian natives who give him a boomerang, with which he manages to hit himself in the head.

Characters

Rincewind
Cohen The Barbarian
Twoflower
Mustrum Ridcully
Lord Hong

Themes

In an interview republished at Lspace, the Terry Pratchett wiki, Pratchett explains the concepts behind the novel. "It'd be easier for people to read Interesting Times, than sum it up, but I would say that one of things I wanted to develop in the story was the strange way in which revolutions can turn into tyrannies. People struggle to over-throw tyrants, then suddenly find that they're ruled by "The Government" once again - and popular uprisings don't stop often to ask common people what it is they need."

Reception

Interesting Times was well received by critics and readers alike. The book enjoys consistently high reviews on both Amazon and Goodreads.

The San Francisco Chronicle called the novel "unadulterated fun… Witty… Frequently hilarious" and remarked that "Pratchett parodies everything in sight."

A review at AV Club, meanwhile, called it "a surprisingly thoughtful parable about oppressive government, East-West cultural relations, and revolutionary theory"

See also

 Preincarnation

References

External links

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Quotes from Interesting Times
Synopsis for Interesting Times

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Karim Ojjeh

Karim Ojjeh (; born 27 August 1965 in Geneva) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and racing driver. He is the younger brother of Mansour Ojjeh and son of Akram Ojjeh. He is a director of TAG Finance S.A.. In his spare time he races in the Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Racing career

Between 1991 and 1994, Ojjeh attended the Jim Russell Racing Driver School. He raced in Formula Palmer Audi between 2002 and 2004. He made his Le Mans Series debut in 2004 in a Ferrari 360 Modena. In 2005, he competed full-time in the series for Paul Belmondo Racing in an LMP2 Courage-AER, winning two races. Ojjeh and the team finished second in class at the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ojjeh continued racing with the team in 2006, but for 2007, he moved to Barazi-Epsilon, winning two LMS races in their Zytek. For 2008, Ojjeh competed in a Zytek 07S/2 for the Trading Performance team. In 2009, Ojjeh raced the Zytek under the G.A.C Racing Team banner, and for 2010 raced the updated Ginetta-Zytek GZ09S/2 for Team Bruichladdich.

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Emma P. Carr

Emma Perry Carr (July 23, 1880 – January 7, 1972) was an American spectroscopist and chemical educator.

Early life and education
She was born in Holmesville, Ohio, the third child of Edmund and Anna Carr. Both her father and grandfather were country doctors who advocated education. She went to high school in Coshocton, Ohio.

She attended Ohio State University from 1898 until 1899. She attended Mount Holyoke College from 1900 until 1902. She worked at Mount Holyoke College as an assistant in the chemistry department until she went to the University of Chicago for her senior year in physical chemistry. She received her B.S. from the University of Chicago in 1905. She taught for two years at Mount Holyoke College before returning to the Chicago to study for her Ph.D., which she received from the University of Chicago in 1910.

Career
She began teaching chemistry at Mount Holyoke College in 1910. She became Chairman of the Chemistry department in 1913.

She was able to establish a research program studying the ultraviolet spectra of hydrocarbons, and established a link between the frequencies of the absorptions and the enthalpy change of combustion of the compound. She also participated in the International Critical Tables of the International Research Council, where she worked with Professor Victor Henri of the University of Zurich.

Carr was a worldwide leader in the use of the ultraviolet spectra of organic molecules as a means of investigating their electronic structures. She led one of the earliest collaborative research groups that involved faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students.

She retired in 1946, and died in 1972.

Carr was the inaugural recipient in 1937 of the Francis P. Garvan Gold Medal of the American Chemical Society (ACS), established "to recognize distinguished service to chemistry by women chemists". She also received the James Flack Norris Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Teaching of Chemistry of the Northeastern Section of the ACS in Spring 1957 (with colleague Mary Lura Sherrill).

When her health began to fail her, she was placed in a care home in Evanston, Illinois, nearer to her nephew, James Carr, and the rest of her family. She died of heart failure on January 7, 1972.

Carr Laboratory at Mount Holyoke College was dedicated in her honor in 1955. The science building was reopened in Fall 2002 after being renovated and rebuilt in accordance with Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) criteria for green building.

Selected writings

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References

External links
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Lakshmipur Polytechnic Institute

The Lakshmipur Polytechnic Institute in Lakshmipur, Bangladesh, was established in 2006. It is located near Lakshmipur Stadium baishmara. It is under BTEB (Bangladesh Technical Education Board). It contains about 5,000 students, 66% of whom are male and 44% female.

See also
 Dhaka Polytechnic Institute

References

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Healthcare in Merseyside

Healthcare in Liverpool reflects the unique historical legacy of the port. The city had five of the most deprived areas in the country in 2012 according to a Church Urban Fund report. According to Mayor Joe Anderson, "The people in Calderstones, Woolton, and Childwall outlive the people in other areas of Liverpool, like parts of north Liverpool, by 10 to 12 years or so."

History
Liverpool's Health of the Town Committee appointed Thomas Fresh as 'Inspector of Nuisances'  on 4 September 1844 The city appointed its first Medical Officer of Health, William Henry Duncan, in 1847. In 1851, a boy born in inner Liverpool had a life expectancy of only 26 years

Management structures
Liverpool has had unstable administrative arrangements with the North West region, and in particular with Manchester since the establishment of the NHS. In 1946 drawing the boundary between the Liverpool and Manchester Regional Hospital Boards proved to be particularly difficult because of "the jealousy felt by Liverpool for Manchester and the reluctance of Preston to consider any scheme centred on Liverpool or Manchester."

NHS North West was established as a strategic health authority in 2006. It had oversight of 24 Primary Care Trusts, 23 acute NHS trusts, 8 mental health trusts, 7 specialist trusts, as well as the North West Ambulance Service. In October 2011 NHS North West, alongside NHS Yorkshire and Humberside and NHS North East became a part of the NHS North of England SHA cluster – a temporary administrative merger to manage the North of England health economy until the planned dissolution of SHAs in March 2013. The authority closed on 31 March 2013 as part of the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

Sustainability and transformation plan
The Liverpool City Region submitted proposals for greater local control of the NHS and social care in 2015 following developments in Manchester.

Cheshire and Mersyside formed a sustainability and transformation plan area in March 2016 with Louise Shepherd, the Chief Executive of Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust as its leader

Commissioning
The three clinical commissioning groups covering Liverpool, South Sefton, and Southport and Formby, announced plans to merge in March 2017.

Acute Services
Liverpool is unusual in having a large number of small specialist NHS trusts.  In October 2014 plans were unveiled in the Healthy Liverpool programme, approved by Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group and supported by the City Council which would concentrate services, especially for cancer patients and major trauma at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The proposals, which will be subject to public consultation, include:
 improvements in primary care;
 greater access to GPs;
 more support for people to manage their own care;
 better illness prevention;
 some services moving from hospitals into the community;
 changes to some hospital services to improve outcomes and quality.

Dr Fazlani, Chair of the CCG said “If we reduced emergency admissions to hospitals by just 11% we would be able to afford an extra one and a half GPs in every practice in the city. This is the virtuous circle we are aiming to create".

There will be fewer hospitals in Liverpool under the Healthy Liverpool plans to shake-up the city's NHS by providing more care in the community.  Cardiology services are offered at four or five sites in Liverpool in 2015 but it is proposed that they will be delivered by a single team at one or two sites.

Between 2010 and 2015 hospitals in Merseyside lost a large number of beds, mostly in general hospitals, though there was some increase in specialist hospitals.

Community Services
Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust was the main NHS provider, but its contract, valued at  £81.7 million was taken over by Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust in November 2017.

A Government-funded initiative, More Independent, is being piloted across four UK regions, of which Liverpool is one.  It offers gadgets – Life Enhancing Technologies – designed to help people who use NHS or social services live more independently, monitor their health, make everyday life simpler, and help them stay in touch with their family or carers.

Liverpool is the site of Europe’s first dedicated 5G health and social care pilot, Liverpool 5G Health and Social Care, which is based in Kensington, Liverpool and is testing eleven new technologies. These include Safehouse Sensors, which are installed in homes of vulnerable people to detect falls, changes in temperature and unusual behaviour patterns and PAMAN, a video link to a local pharmacy which helps people to take medicines at home safely. The technical infrastructure is provided by Blu Wireless Technology.  It uses existing fibre and equipment erected on street furniture like lampposts.

Primary Care
Out-of-hours services are provided by Urgent Care 24 Limited.

Dharmana's Family and General Practice, in Walton was put in Special measures by the Care Quality Commission in January 2015 after being rated "inadequate". In October 2015 it was closed.   SSP Health had a contract for the provision of 11 primary care services in Liverpool and 9 in Sefton from 2013 to 2016.

See also
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Healthcare in the United Kingdom

References

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Barry Cahill (Gaelic footballer)

Barry Cahill (born 10 May 1981) was a Gaelic footballer. He most recently played with St Brigid's in Castleknock. He represented his county, Dublin, and his province, Leinster, during his inter-county playing career. Cahill announced his retirement from Dublin football in February 2013  and retired from St Brigid's in December 2016.

Playing career

Inter-county
Cahill made his debut for the Dublin senior football team in 2001. He won his first Leinster Senior Football championship medal in 2002, beating Kildare in the Leinster final in Croke Park in front of over 80,000 spectators. Cahill was also on the Dublin team that defeated Laois to win the Leinster Senior Football Championship final in 2005 and again in 2006 against Offaly and again in 2007 against Laois.

He won his fifth Leinster title with Dublin in 2008, beating Wexford by 3-23 to 0-9 to set a new record for the biggest leinster final win with cahill scoring one point from wing back.

Cahill won his sixth leinster title (fifth consecutive) beating Kildare in the 2009 final. He scored a goal and one point from wing back with his goal being a contender for 'Goal of the Year'.

He won his 7th Leinster senior title against Wexford in July 2011 and his 8th Leinster senior title against Meath in 2012.

He was on the victorious Leinster Provincial team in 2005 that defeated Ulster in the Martin Donnelly Inter-Provincial final. He was also on the Leinster team in 2006 when they defeated Connaught in the 2006 final which was played in Boston.

He also captained the Dublin Under 21 team to Leinster glory in 2002. Cahill was awarded an All Star in October 2007 at the Vodafone All Stars Awards ceremony. He was also honoured with an Opel GPA award for being voted onto the GPA Team of the Year in 2007.

He won the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in September 2011, when Dublin defeated Kerry at Croke Park. He was centre-forward on the team that day.

Club
Cahill won the Dublin Senior Football Championship with St. Brigid's in 2011. In 2011, Cahill was named as the Dub Stars Footballer of the Year.

Personal life
His current employment position is the Business Development Manager of the GAA/GPA.
Barry holds a Finance/Economics degree (2002) and Computer Science Higher Diploma from UCD (2003), as well as an Executive MBA from DCU Business School in 2016.

References

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Category:Dublin inter-county Gaelic footballers
Category:Saint Brigid's Gaelic footballers
Category:Winners of one All-Ireland medal (Gaelic football)
Category:Alumni of St Patrick's College, Maynooth