Louis Pons (30 April 1927 – 12 January 2021) was a French collage artist. He specialised in reliefs and assemblages made entirely from discarded objects and junk. In Agnès Varda's documentary The Gleaners and I, Pons explains his artistic process and understanding of art; what others see as "a cluster of junk," he sees as "a cluster of possibilities;" and that the function of art is to tidy up one's inner and exterior worlds.

Pons was born on 30 April 1927. He died on 12 January 2021, at the age of 93.

References

External links
The artwork of Louis Pons
Photo of Pons taken by Henri Cartier-Bresson
Portrait of Pons by Maria Cristina Melo

1927 births
2021 deaths
Collage artists
French artists


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a.   Also advertised in publicity material with Ydral 125 cc  or Sachs 200 cc  or Maico 250 cc  engines. The 250 cc  version has four wheels, all others have three.
b.   One other model was listed in publicity material, 'The Avolette Compétition' with streamlined bodywork and a Maico 250 cc  engine. It is not known if any were built.
c.    Replaced in 1948 with a 589 cc  DKW engine.
d.    Sales literature suggested 125 cc, 250 cc or 350 cc engines were available.

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The Coorgi–Cox alphabet is an alphabet developed by the linguist Gregg M. Cox that is used by a number of individuals within Kodagu district of India to write the endangered Dravidian language of Kodava, also known sometimes as Coorgi.

The script uses a combination of 26 consonant letters, eight vowel letters and a diphthong marker. Each letter represents a single sound and there are no capital letters. A computer-based font has been created.

The script was developed out of the request by a group of Kodava individuals to have a distinct script for Kodava Takk, to distinguish the language. Kodava Takk is generally written in the Kannada script, but can also be found written in the Malayalam script, especially along the borders with Kerala. The new script is intended as a unified writing system for all Kodava Takk speakers.

In order to introduce the script, 10,000 CD booklets and 25,000 post cards with various scenes from the region were produced and distributed throughout the Coorg area in March and April 2005. Several books are being planned including a phrase book and dictionary.

References

Kodava people
Writing systems


Velocifero is the fourth studio album by English electronic music band Ladytron and their first to be released by Nettwerk. The album was first released digitally on 19 May 2008, followed by a physical release on 2 June in the United Kingdom and on 3 June elsewhere.

Velocifero peaked at number 75 on the UK Albums Chart, becoming the band's second highest-charting album to date in the UK (after Gravity the Seducer reached number 72 in 2011). It was also their first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 131. Velocifero spawned three singles: "Ghosts", "Runaway" and "Tomorrow".

Background
According to band member Reuben Wu, "velocifero" literally means "bringer of speed", and is also the name of a classic retro-styled scooter. "Black Cat" and "Kletva" are both sung entirely in Bulgarian. "Kletva" (which means "oath") is a cover of a song from a solo album by Kiril Marichkov of Bulgarian rock band Shturtzite. Daniel Hunt provided additional vocals on "Versus".

Singles
"Ghosts" was released as the album's lead single on 12 May 2008. It reached number 106 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was included on the soundtrack to the video games Need for Speed: Undercover, The Sims 2: Apartment Life (Apartment Life featured the song as an instrumental version; both in 2008) The Sims 3 (2009) and LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011), as well as on the soundtrack to the 2009 slasher film Sorority Row. The track was also used in the TV advert for the 2010 Jameson Dublin International Film Festival. A remix of "Ghosts" by New York alternative rap collective Blestenation was released as a free download on 22 August 2008 by RCRD LBL.

Critical reception

Velocifero received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 26 reviews.

Track listing

Velocifero (Remixed & Rare)
On 6 April 2010, Nettwerk released a compilation of remixes, B-sides and rarities titled Velocifero (Remixed & Rare). The cover is the based on the black and white stripes artwork of the single "Runaway".

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Velocifero.

Musicians
 Daniel Hunt – additional vocals (uncredited)
 Semay Wu – cello
 Slic – drums
 Somekong (Peter Salmang and Javier Benitez) – additional musicians

Technical

 Ladytron – production
 Michael Patterson – mixing
 Vicarious Bliss – additional production
 Alessandro Cortini – additional production
 Erwan "Eq" Quinio – engineering
 Daniel Woodward – engineering
 Alex Hasson – engineering assistance

Artwork
 Stéphane Gallois – photography
 Assume Vivid Astro Focus – design
 Pipa – design

Charts

Release history

References

2008 albums
Ladytron albums
Nettwerk Records albums


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Notes

a.      Some cars were fitted with Attica 200 cc, Sachs 191 cc  engines.

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Martine is a feminine given name and a surname.

Martine may also refer to:

 Mount Martine, Palmer Land, Antarctica
 Martine, a 1922 play by Jean-Jacques Bernard
 Martine (film), a 1961 Australian television play based on Bernard's play


Buffaloe v. Hart, 114 N.C. App. 52 (1994) was a North Carolina Court of Appeals case dealing with a breach of contract.

Background
Homer Buffaloe verbally agreed to buy five tobacco barns in Franklin County from Lowell Thomas Hart and Patricia Hart. Buffaloe had previously rented the barns based on verbal agreements. Both parties agreed to sell the barns in four annual installments based on a handshake deal without any written documentation. Buffaloe sent them a personal check with the purpose written in the subject line but they sent it back to him as they had found a buyer willing to pay more. Buffaloe sued for breach of contract.

Decision
According to Buffaloe, part performance on one party's behalf can trump the statute of frauds requirements outlined in the Uniform Commercial Code which requires the contract be in writing. In contract law, the sale of goods exceeding $500 is governed by the UCC. Additionally, the UCC calls for a written agreement to accompany the sale of goods in certain instances.

The jury decided in favor of Homer Buffaloe.

References

North Carolina state case law
United States contract case law
1994 in United States case law
1994 in North Carolina
Franklin County, North Carolina
United States tobacco case law
Tobacco barns


The Bachelor of Asian Studies (B.As.) is a bachelor's degree for asian studies. B.As. courses take 3 or 4 years.

Bachelor of Asian Studies courses often require students to study one Asian language in-depth, such as Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Lao, Urdu, Persian, or Vietnamese.

B.As. graduates will generally receive a grounding in one or more aspects of Asia, such as Asian history, Asian politics and international relations, and/or Asian religion.

They may also be required to study one Asian culture to an advanced level.

References

Asian studies
Asian Studies


The term host cell reactivation or HCR was first used to describe the survival of UV-irradiated bacteriophages, that were transfected to UV-pretreated cells. This phenomenon was first thought to be the result of homologous recombination between both bacteria and phage, but later recognized as enzymatic repair.  Modifications of the assay were later developed, using transient expression plasmid DNA vectors on immortalized fibroblasts, and lately on human lymphocytes.

The HCR assay known also as plasmid reactivation assay, indirectly monitors cellular transcriptional repair system, that is activated by the transcriptional-inhibited damage inflicted by UV-Radiation into the plasmid. Given that UV-induced DNA damage is used as mutagen, the cell uses nucleotide excision repair NER pathway, that is activated by distortion in the DNA helix.

The Host-Cell Reactivation Assay or HCR is a technique used to measure the DNA repair capacity of cell of a particular DNA alteration. In the HCR assay  the ability of an intact cell to repair exogenous DNA is measured The host cell is transfected with a damaged plasmid containing a reporter gene, usually  luciferase, which has been deactivated due to the damage. The ability of the cell to repair the damage in the plasmid, after it has been introduced to the cell, allows the reporter gene to be reactivated.  Earlier versions of this assay were based on the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene, but the version of the assay using luciferase as reporter gene is as much as 100-fold more sensitive.

See also

 Accelerated aging disease
 Aging DNA
 Cell cycle
 DNA damage (naturally occurring)
 DNA damage theory of aging
 DNA replication
 Direct DNA damage
 Human mitochondrial genetics
 Indirect DNA damage
 Progeria

References

Molecular biology
Laboratory techniques
DNA repair
Mutation


Andrei Vladimirovich Panin (; 28 May 1962 – 6 March 2013) was a Nika Award-winner Russian actor appearing in film and television, and a director.

Biography

Early life
Panin was born on 28 May 1962, in Novosibirsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, the son of Agnessa (née Berezovsky), and Dimitri Alexandrei Panin. Two years later, the family moved to Chelyabinsk, then, when Andrew was six years old, to Kemerovo, where he lived for 16 years.

Acting career
Panin was well known for the hit television detective show Kamenskaya. In 2000, he had lead roles in both Valery Akhadov's Don't Offend the Women and Pavel Lungin's The Wedding, as well as Alexander Atanesyan's action thriller 24 Hours. He won the best actor prize at the Golden Ram film festival for his part in The Wedding. Panin made his first screen appearance in the movie Straightway, but it was his performances in Maxim Pezhemsky's Mama, Don't Cry and Denis Yevstigneev's Mama that brought the actor renown.

Before becoming a screen regular, he was a stage actor at the Minusinsky theater, where he worked after graduating from the Culture Institute in Kemerovo. Although he had initially planned to attend the Culinary Institute, Panin went on to further his education as an actor, graduating from Moscow's legendary MKhAT in 1991 and taking up residence at the MKhAT Chekhov theater with his wife, Natalya Rogozhina. His stage work includes Three Sisters (Soleny), The Miserly Knight, Marriage, Deadly Number, and a private production of Winter. Panin often acts in Oleg Tabakov's productions.

Personal life
Panin lived in Moscow, Russia with his wife, Natalya Rogozhkina. He was found dead in his apartment on 7 March 2013, lying on the floor with a head wound.

Selected filmography
1998  —  Mama Don't Cry (Мама, не горюй) as sailor
1999 / 2011 —   Kamenskaya (Каменская) as Stasov
2000  —  The Wedding (Свадьба) as Garkusha
2001  —  Poisons or the World History of Poisoning (Яды, или Всемирная история отравлений) as Cesare Borgia
2002  —  Spartacus and Kalashnikov (Спартак и Калашников)
2003  —  The Suit (Шик) as Botya
2002  —  The Brigade: Law of Lawless (Бригада) as Vladimir Kaverin
2005  —  Dead Man's Bluff (Жмурки) as architect
2005  — Mama Don't Cry 2 (Мама, не горюй-2) as sailor
2005  — Shadowboxing (Бой с тенью) as Valiyev
2007  — Shadowboxing 2: Revenge (Бой с тенью 2: Реванш) as Valiyev
2007  — Vanechka (Ванечка)
2007  — Crime and Punishment (Преступление и наказание) as Porfiriy Petrovich2007  — Gagarin's Grandson (also Director) as Tolyan Titov2010  — Kandagar (Кандагар) as Alexander Gotov2010  — Burnt by the Sun 2 (Утомлённые солнцем 2) as Kravets2011  — Generation P (Generation P) as Kolya2011 —  Shadowboxing 3: Last Round (Бой с тенью 3D: Последний раунд) as Valiyev2011  — Vysotsky. Thank You For Being Alive (Высоцкий. Спасибо, что живой) as Dr. Anatoly Nefedov2012  — Breakaway (Отрыв) as Igor Grumel2012  — Redemption (Искупление) as Fedor
2012  — The Horde (Орда) as khan Tini Beg2013 —  Sherlock Holmes (Шерлок Холмс) as Dr. Watson2014  — Hetaera of Major Sokolov (Гетеры майора Соколова) as Andrei Sokolov''

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External links

1962 births
2013 deaths
Honored Artists of the Russian Federation
State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates
Recipients of the Nika Award
Russian male film actors
Russian male television actors
Russian male stage actors
Russian film directors
Soviet male actors
Moscow Art Theatre School alumni
Academic staff of Moscow Art Theatre School
People from Novosibirsk
Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery


Thomas J. Samuelian is an American-Armenian linguist and author of a number of books and articles in the field of Armenian language, literature, and history. He has served as Dean of the LLM program and Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences, American University of Armenia.

Samuelian has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia University and St. Nersess Seminary. He has a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Pennsylvania. He studied at Harvard Law School. He is a founder of the Arak-29 Foundation and frequently contributes translations and content to the site.  He is the author of a Course in Modern Western Armenian, a translation/retelling of Yeznik of Kolb, a verse translation of the Armenian epic David of Sasun, and a complete translation of St.Gregory of Narek's Book of Lamentations.

Works
 1989 - Course in Modern Western Armenian: Dictionary and Linguistic Notes,
 1989 - A Course in Modern Western Armenian: Exercises and Commentary,
 1993 - Armenian Dictionary in Transliteration: Western Pronunciation : Armenian-English English-Armenian

Translations
 1999 - David of Sassoun (author Hovhannes Toumanian)
 2005 - The Armenian Prayer Book of St. Gregory of Narek,
 Yeznik, Refutation of the Sects

References

External links
AUA College of Humanities & Social Sciences Biography
Arak-29 Foundation
Arlex International
The English translation of St. Gregory of Narek’s Book of Prayers: Speaking with God from the Depths of the Heart

American writers of Armenian descent
Armenian scientists
Harvard Law School alumni
University of Pennsylvania alumni
University of Pennsylvania faculty
Columbia University faculty
Academic staff of the American University of Armenia
Living people
Linguists from the United States
Year of birth missing (living people)


The Marxists is a 1962 book about Marxism by the sociologist C. Wright Mills.

Reception
The political scientist David McLellan praised The Marxists, calling its account of Karl Marx's ideas acute.

References

Footnotes

Bibliography

1962 non-fiction books
American non-fiction books
Books about Marxism
Books by C. Wright Mills
English-language books


Francisco Moreno Domagoso  (born October 24, 1974), also known as Isko Moreno Domagoso () or simply Isko Moreno, is a Filipino politician, actor, host and entrepreneur who served as the 27th mayor of Manila, the capital city of the Philippines, from 2019 to 2022. Before entering politics, Moreno first gained notability as an actor and television personality.

Moreno was born and raised in the slums of Tondo, Manila, and spent his childhood in poverty. After a modest career in show business, he entered politics in 1998, standing for election as a city councilor of Manila; he was elected for three consecutive terms. He then pursued higher education, including some non-degree postgraduate education at Harvard Kennedy School and Oxford Saïd Business School. In 2007, he was elected as vice mayor of Manila for the first of three consecutive terms. In 2016, he was term-limited as vice mayor and unsuccessfully ran for senator in the 2016 senatorial elections, being placed 16th out of 50 candidates. He then served in the cabinet of President Rodrigo Duterte as social welfare undersecretary for a few months in 2018, before successfully standing as mayor of Manila, winning in a landslide victory against his former allies Joseph Estrada and Alfredo Lim in the 2019 local elections becoming the youngest elected mayor of Manila since the People Power Revolution.

Moreno is widely regarded as one of the top-performing local chief executives in the Philippines; he has described his leadership style as akin to that of his predecessor Alfredo Lim, citing their shared commitment to reducing crime and maintaining cleanliness of the capital. Moreno is also noted for his streetwise public image due to his use of colorful language coupled with Manila street slang. As a result, he is colloquially referred to as Yorme. His political career has been met with positive-to-mixed critical reception, gaining praise for his political will, efficiency, hands-on leadership, people skills, non-partisanism on designations, and results-oriented performance, but criticism for his sporadic outspoken remarks, over-the-top populist tendencies, and lack of permanence to a national political party, although he remained a constant member since the inception of Asenso Manileño, a local party he co-founded.

In September 2021, Moreno announced his bid for the Philippine presidency in the 2022 presidential election, in which he finished fourth out of 10 candidates.

Having served in the government for 24 years, Moreno has received numerous recognition for his public service. He is widely credited for "restoring Manila to its former glory within a short period of time", despite disinformation against him by political rivals. He is generally known for his firm implementation of city services, beautification of derelict historical sites, and leading the establishment of city infrastructure. He announced retirement from politics after his mayoral term ended on June 30, 2022.

Early life
Born Francisco Moreno Domagoso, he is the only child of Visayan parents Joaquin Copias Domagoso (1930–1995), a stevedore at Manila's North Harbor, from San Jose, Antique, and Rosario Moreno (1946–2020) from Allen, Northern Samar, a housewife-cum-laundrywoman and garlic peeler. Isko's parents were not married when he was born and he has older half-siblings from his father's first family. Born and raised in the slums of Tondo, Manila where he was once nicknamed as "Scott", Moreno spent his childhood in poverty. At age 10, he earned income from pushing a cart, collecting garbage, and gathering old newspapers and used bottles to resell to a local junk dealer. He also drove a passenger pedicab and rummaged through restaurant garbage bins for leftover food, which his mother would recook for dinner. Moreno attended Rosauro Almario Elementary School and Tondo High School, both public schools in Tondo, Manila. From his savings, Moreno briefly enrolled in maritime engineering at the Philippine Maritime Institute in 1992, for one semester every year, but dropped out when he entered the entertainment business after he was discovered in 1993 by a talent scout who encouraged him to audition for That's Entertainment, a popular teen-variety show, as a way for him to relieve his family's poverty. Moreno subsequently got the part and adopted the screen name "Isko Moreno" using his mother's surname.

Acting career
In 1993, the 18-year-old Isko Moreno caught the attention of talent scout Wowie Roxas while attending a funeral and was persuaded to join show business due to his matinee idol image and boyish features. His first acting job was an extra in an episode for the RPN 9 teen drama show Young Love, Sweet Love, which was previously hosted by German Moreno. Isko auditioned for the seventh batch and became a part of the Monday group of German Moreno's daily variety show That's Entertainment, under the screen name Isko Moreno. He was once paired up with former child star Bamba during his early days in That's Entertainment. Moreno's big break came in when he was cast in a minor role in the 1993 romantic movie May Minamahal and became a leading man to Claudine Barretto in Muntik na Kitang Minahal a year later. He then starred in a variety of films and television shows in genres including drama, romance, action, and comedy.

Moreno later became known for his mature roles and modeling during his short career in the "ST/titillating films" (erotic films) genre that was popular in the country during the 1990s and appeared in movies Siya'y Nagdadalaga, Exploitation, Mga Babae sa Isla Azul and Misteryosa.

In 2004, Moreno made a cameo appearance on his life story featured on Maalaala Mo Kaya, the episode was called "Aklat", where he was portrayed by Danilo Barrios. In 2005, during his third term as a councilor of Manila, he returned to acting, portraying a kind-hearted priest in the television drama series Mga Anghel na Walang Langit, in a supporting role. He also had a brief appearance in 2007 in the television drama series Bakekang. The following year, during his first term as vice mayor, Moreno had a supporting role in the afternoon soap opera Ligaw na Bulaklak.

In 2014, he appeared in the Japanese lifestyle variety show Homecoming, where it was revealed that he is a godfather of then-AKB48 member, Sayaka Akimoto, according to photo documentations by Akimoto's Filipina mother, as the episode showed Akimoto traveling to the Philippines to explore her Filipino roots. He was visited and interviewed on the show by Akimoto, her mother, Akimoto's fellow AKB48 co-member Mariko Shinoda, and comedian Hiroshi.

In 2019, Moreno appeared in the film 3pol Trobol: Huli Ka Balbon! as Yorme, a former mayor of Balete, Batangas, and leader of a horse ranch as well as an old friend of the Philippine president. He also made a cameo appearance in the 24th anniversary special of Bubble Gang.

A musical biographical film based on Moreno's life, Yorme: The Isko Domagoso Story, was released on January 21, 2022, and was distributed by Viva Films. Raikko Mateo, McCoy de Leon, and Xian Lim portrayed Moreno in different times of his life, with Moreno also appearing as himself.

In November 2022, it was announced that Moreno would play the role of former Senator Ninoy Aquino in the Darryl Yap film Martyr or Murderer, which was released on theaters on March 1, 2023.

Political career

Councilor of Manila
Moreno started his political career in 1998 when he was elected and sworn in as councilor under then-Mayor Lito Atienza for Manila's first legislative district at age 23, the youngest-elected councilor in Manila's history at that time. Initially a decision made on a whim, he was re-elected in 2001 and 2004 in topnotch victories. His programs include the "ISKOlar ng Bayan" college scholarship program, the Isko Moreno Computer Learning Center (ISCOM), the "Botika ni Isko" which was the only pharmacy in the country installed within a public office, and the establishment of daycare centers in the first district. After receiving criticism from other members of the city council especially for being a high school graduate, his mentor, then-Vice Mayor Danilo "Danny" Lacuna, encouraged him to study while fulfilling his duties. In 2003, Moreno obtained a business administration degree from the International Academy of Management and Economics in Makati. He also took a crash course in local legislation and local finance at the National College of Public Administration and Governance, University of the Philippines Diliman. He then completed bachelor in public administration at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (University of the City of Manila). He also attended non-degree programs, fellowships, and short courses in leadership and governance at John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University (Executive Education Program), and at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford (Strategic Leadership Programme). It was also Lacuna who financed Moreno's studies.

Vice mayor of Manila

After his third and final term as city councilor, Moreno ran for vice mayor in 2007 under Asenso Manileño, a local party he co-founded with Danilo Lacuna in 2005, as the running mate of then outgoing vice mayor Lacuna. During his election campaign, he criticized what he called "black propaganda" by opponents who used photographs from his past "sexy" acting career but did not pursue any charges. Moreno eventually won the elections, beating his closest rival by about 80,000 votes; however, Lacuna lost to Senator and former Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim of the Liberal Party. Moreno became the youngest-elected vice mayor in the history of Manila at age 32. Moreno studied law at Arellano University School of Law but dropped in his second year when he was elected as vice mayor of Manila for the first time. He was re-elected in 2010, this time under Nacionalista Party and as the running mate of then-incumbent Mayor Lim. Both Lim and Moreno took part in the negotiation of the Manila hostage crisis until it was taken over by the police. Moreno had criticized the national government's urgency on the matter, saying the national government should have intervened early because foreign nationals were involved.

Moreno also served as vice chairman of the Manila Historical and Heritage Commission. In 2011, Moreno was chosen to visit Washington, D.C., under the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) sponsored by the US State Department, the only Filipino participant of their group.

Between 2012 and 2013, the Commission on Audit (COA) found Moreno's office had 623 ghost employees. Cases were filed against him but were dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman. Moreno said he believed the allegations were politically motivated and headed by Mayor Lim, which resulted in them falling out. Moreno said he was only the signatory of the disbursement of the city council's employees and that the Office of the City Treasurer disburses employee salaries. The Manila Regional Trial Court ordered the reinstatement of Moreno's employees, whom the court declared as unlawfully terminated by Lim. Judge Daniel Villanueva dismissed Lim's allegations that some of the terminated workers could be ghost employees.

In May 2012, Joseph Estrada, the 13th president of the Philippines, announced his intention to run for mayor of Manila in the 2013 local election against the incumbent mayor Lim, but only for one term to make way for Moreno afterwards. Moreno, who was running for re-election as vice mayor in his third-and-last consecutive term, was chosen as Estrada's running mate. Estrada drove his "Jeep ni Erap" from San Juan to his new house at Altura Street, Sampaloc, Manila (near Santa Mesa), to ceremonially launch his candidacy. He was joined by his wife, former senator Loi Ejercito, and Moreno. Moreno then joined Estrada's party Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), which was then in coalition with PDP-Laban.

On February 16, 2013, months before the election, police arrested and detained Moreno and five other councilors due to alleged bingo operations held in a public place and a lack of permit. Moreno denied the bingo game was in a public place in Santa Cruz, Manila, because they were in a private property and did not cause obstruction. Moreno said he believed Mayor Lim was involved in his arrest but Lim refuted this. Moreno said the bingo game was not illegal because there was no wager involved and the cards were given for free. Moreno also said the bingo session was initiated for entertainment purposes to attract people to attend their consultation program. In his defense, Moreno said there is no law that requires anyone to obtain a permit from the local government unit if the bingo games were intended purely for entertainment purposes, especially when being done in a private, gated compound. The day before, Lim and Estrada signed a "peace covenant" to prevent election-related violence in Manila. Moreno and the other councilors were released a day later, and the gambling charges were eventually dismissed by the Department of Justice due to lack of evidence and vague allegations. The police complainants also failed to cite a particular provision of the law that was violated. Moreno was re-elected in May 2013, and Estrada defeated Lim to become the new mayor of Manila.

The Campaign Finance Office of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) filed a complaint against Moreno in May 2017 for overspending in the 2013 elections, saying Moreno exceeded expenditure limits by over  in his final vice-mayoral bid. In his counter-affidavit that was received by COMELEC in October 2020, Moreno said his declared spending was a "simple and honest oversight" due to variances and un-reconciled accounts, and the mistake was in good faith. He later adjusted his expense report where the amended sum fell within campaign spending limits. Under Republic Act No. 7166, a candidate with political-party support who is standing for neither the positions of president or vice president may spend only up to ₱3.00 per registered voter in his or her constituency. Several poll watchdogs have echoed support for Moreno and have campaigned for the revision of an outdated spending cap because they said such law, which was enacted in 1991, no longer reflected actual spending, and that such action would make the disclosure of candidates and political parties more truthful. Under the poll body’s Rules of Procedure, preliminary investigations on election offenses must be terminated within 20 days after the receipt of counter-affidavits, after which a resolution should be made within five days. However, there has been no resolution on the case since then and it is unlikely to bring the case to court because COMELEC may be found guilty of "inordinate and oppressive delay". In its defense, COMELEC said the slow pace of the procedures is "usual" due to unclear delegation and delineation of functions.

In September 2014, five barangay chairpersons from Tondo filed a plunder complaint against Moreno and several other city officials in Manila with the Office of the Ombudsman for allegedly diverting real property tax shares amounting to ₱77 million to a "dummy" barangay in late 2013. Moreno said the accusations were politically motivated. According to him, the dummy barangay the complainants were referring to was Barangay 128 in Smokey Mountain. Moreno also said the funds they gave to Smokey Mountain, as well as the poor barangays in Parola and Baseco, were "floating funds" from uninhabited barangays in the city's piers, and that such action was a "normal proceeding" since the time of former mayors Lito Atienza and Alfredo Lim. Moreno alleged the complainants wanted to take a share of the funds but failed to properly request them. Moreno said he and his co-defendants were willing to face the allegations but there had been no official report or publicly available update from the Office of the Ombudsman regarding the complaint.

Also during his tenure as vice mayor, Moreno was elected the National President of the Vice Mayors' League of the Philippines (VMLP) from 2008 to 2016, and the first Vice President of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP) from 2014 to 2016. He was also the Chairman Emeritus of the Kaagapay ng Manileño Foundation from 2007 to 2010.

2016 Senate bid

In 2015, Moreno announced he would run for senator of the Philippines in 2016 after incumbent Mayor Joseph Estrada decided to run for another term. He was named as part of the senatorial slate of presidential candidate and Senator Grace Poe's Partido Galing at Puso coalition and as an adopted senatorial candidate of Senator Bongbong Marcos, who was then running for vice president. He lost in his bid, placing 16th overall. He received the biggest campaign contributions and donations by any senatorial candidate that year through pooled funds from donors. Moreno declared and paid the obligated taxes from his ₱50 million unused campaign donations as stated in his mandatory income tax return, in compliance with the law. Other candidates who declared excess campaign donations during that year were Grace Poe, Jejomar Binay, Rodrigo Duterte, Leni Robredo and Francis Escudero. Moreno is among the first few candidates who settled their obligations on excess campaign donations early. Moreno's declaration was sensationalized six years later in 2022 by political rivals even though the Commission on Elections affirmed Moreno's response, stating "there are no rules requiring its disposition in any specific way", confirming Moreno did not violate any law. Moreno later stated he believed the legislature should pass a corresponding law or new set of rules to govern excess campaign donations. His term as vice mayor of Manila ended on June 30, 2016, and he was succeeded by Honey Lacuna, daughter of his mentor Danny Lacuna.

Member of Duterte's cabinet
Moreno was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte and served as an external peace consultant for the urban poor of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP), the Communist Party of the Philippines' (CPP) popular front, in its peace negotiations with the Duterte administration in 2016 and 2017. He attended peace talks with the CPP-NPA-NDFP held in the Netherlands, Oslo, and Rome as an independent observer, along with members of the Government of the Philippines (GRP) before Duterte formally terminated the talks in late 2017. Aside from his role in the peace talks, Moreno refuted having communist ties.

In July 2017, Duterte appointed Moreno as chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the government-owned-and-controlled North Luzon Railways Corporation (NorthRail). Moreno resigned from the post in October 2017, citing personal reasons.

In May 2018, Moreno was appointed by Duterte as undersecretary for Luzon affairs and special concerns at the Department of Social Welfare and Development. On October 11, 2018, he resigned from this post to run for mayor of Manila in the 2019 election and challenge his former ally, incumbent Mayor Joseph Estrada, with incumbent Vice Mayor Honey Lacuna as Moreno's running mate. Moreno and Estrada had not been on speaking terms following Moreno's failed senatorial bid in 2016.

Mayor of Manila

Moreno served as the 27th Mayor of Manila—the 22nd person to hold the position—following his win in the 2019 Manila local elections, in which he defeated both of his predecessors Alfredo Lim and the incumbent mayor Joseph Estrada. At 44, Moreno became the youngest elected mayor in Manila's history since Antonio Villegas, who was elected to his first full term at age 35 in 1963. Moreno and Lim reconciled after the elections and remained on good terms until Lim's death in 2020. Moreno's first 100 days in office were met with positive response. President Duterte praised Moreno, saying: "He is better than me to be honest. I see that his resolve is stronger than mine."

As part of his advocacy for meritocracy, Moreno promoted several long-time, well-performing employees of Manila City Hall and hired new employees based on qualifications regardless of political affiliation.

Moreno's term as mayor of Manila ended on June 30, 2022, and he was succeeded by his vice mayor and partymate Honey Lacuna. Moreno then officially retired from politics, having served in the government for 24 years.

City services and infrastructure

Moreno signed an ordinance that gives a monthly allowance of  to each student of the University of the City of Manila and Universidad de Manila, the first in the country. The ordinance also gives Grade 12 students in Manila's public schools a  monthly allowance to be received via "cash cards".

Senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWDs), and solo parents who reside in the capital are entitled to a  monthly allowance by the city government. The elderly also receive  and a cake as a birthday gift from the city government, on top of their  monthly allowance.

Moreno's infrastructure projects and beautification programs included the redevelopment of the historic Jones Bridge, the construction of a 10-story, 384-bed building for the Bagong Ospital ng Maynila to replace the Ospital ng Maynila Medical Center, which will be converted into the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences Campus of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. Moreno's projects also include the redevelopment of Manila Zoo, which reopened on December 30, 2021. Also one of Moreno's projects is the Flora V. Valisno de Siojo Dialysis Center at the Gat Andres Bonifacio Memorial Medical Center, the country’s largest free dialysis facility named after former mayor Alfredo Lim's grandmother.

Moreno also began the construction and inauguration of Manila Islamic Cemetery and Cultural Hall within Manila South Cemetery, the city's first cemetery exclusive for Muslims.

Public housing for the homeless and city employees was one of Moreno's campaign promises, and his administration oversaw the construction of high-rise, in-city, vertical housing projects such as Tondominium 1 and 2, and Binondominium. In July 2021, illegal settlers and tenants from Baseco Compound were awarded with horizontal townhouses in Manila's community housing project BaseCommunity. A second phase of BaseCommunity is planned.

In 2020, to ease the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic after President Duterte declared the national government was running out of funds to provide aid, the city government of Manila headed by Moreno, sold a  land where Divisoria Public Market is situated, a patrimonial property which is a part of the old Divisoria Mall, to private company Festina Holdings Inc. The decision was made after the recommendation of the city's Assets Management Committee, which was tasked with finding city assets that were "white elephants"—unused, underused or no-longer beneficial. Divisoria Public Market has not been managed by the city government since 1992 after former mayors handed over management of the land and the market to private company Linkworld Corporation. Aside from the low monthly earnings from the lease, the city government's income from the site had been declining because of non-paying stallholders. The city government said the decision was advantageous for the city since it earned more from the sale of the Divisoria market than the rent it has earned for more than 25 years, and that the sale price of  was higher than the Commission on Audit's valuation of the property at  per square meter. Further, the office of the city administrator said the city government would earn more funds from the real estate taxes that will be generated from land developers than the tenant fees collected by the vendors.

It was also agreed Festina Holdings will pay all required taxes after sales, including capital gains tax. Consultation and notices were given to stallholders, public documentation was widely circulated, and city council resolutions and public-bidding conferences were held; of three bidders, Festina won. Vendors would be temporarily transferred to Pritil Market. The city government assured to the vendors that they would not be removed and that rent should not increase as stated in the agreement made by the company and the city government. As of 2022, no vendors had been moved from their stalls. Payment obtained from the sale of Divisoria market was used for erecting Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital and 12 quarantine facilities, housing projects, procurement of antiviral medicines, and food packs for the city's 700,000 households. During the 2022 general election, almost two years after the sale was settled, the subject matter resurfaced after Manila mayoral candidate Alex Lopez, son of former mayor Mel Lopez, said its sale lacked transparency and threatened to press charges against Moreno and the city council. Moreno refuted Lopez's allegations as misleading and politically motivated, and said no violations were made as everything was done with due process and was well-documented. Moreno also said some of the vendors and representatives of Divisoria Public Market Credit Cooperative may have been manipulated by Lopez to spread black propaganda and sensationalize the issue for personal interests. Lopez lost in his mayoral bid to Moreno's ally Honey Lacuna in the 2022 Manila local elections.

On February 3, 2021, the city government of Manila, headed by Moreno, acquired a  private lot worth  located at Pasig Line in San Andres  through Ordinance No. 8115 (2006). The purchased land will be used for the "Land for the Landless" program of Manila Urban Settlements Office. The land acquisition is perceived to provide housing to more than 600 low-income informal settlers and homeless families.

From 2019 to 2020, government-owned banks Development Bank of the Philippines and Land Bank of the Philippines granted Moreno's request for financial loans for infrastructure projects after the assessment and approval of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). The City of Manila had been denied loans by government-owned banks in the previous city administrations due to a reputation of being "not bankable". In 2019, Moreno reportedly inherited a zero budget from the previous administration. After presenting his infrastructure plans, the DBM's certification to prove the city's capability to pay, and the Supreme Court's Mandanas ruling that entitles local government units to receive an additional budget allocation from both internal revenue taxes and national taxes starting in 2022, the government-owned banks became interested in the potential revenue of Moreno's infrastructures and the city again became "bankable". The loans granted to Manila serve as an advance receipt of Manila's guaranteed Mandanas budget allotment, ensuring future full payment to the banks as well as the revenue that will be generated by the infrastructure assets. Moreno's 10-year infrastructure plan was apparently achieved in three years with the completion of his housing projects, new school buildings, new hospitals, and Manila's renovation and beautification programs. The city government was able to increase tax revenue collection each year from its infrastructure assets in 2019 to 2022 compared to the previous administrations, despite the pandemic, based on the Commission on Audit's annual reports prompting the city government not to impose additional taxes on Manila residents.

In March 2022, Moreno met with representatives of Elon Musk's SpaceX to negotiate a contract for the acquisition of Starlink's low Earth orbit satellite broadband internet system for the City of Manila. In May 2022, the National Telecommunications Commission approved Starlink Internet Services Philippines' registration as a value-added service provider, making the Philippines the first country in the ASEAN region to use Starlink's satellite and Manila the first city in Southeast Asia to acquire the service. The system is designed to provide broadband services to remote areas which will offer low latency internet services and when communications are disrupted during natural disasters. The city government of Manila plans to deploy the satellites to 896 barangays, several public schools, police stations, and hospitals.

COVID-19 pandemic response

On March 10, 2020, the Government of the United Kingdom invited Moreno to attend sessions on proper COVID-19 response; he met with the UK's coronavirus task force officials in London. Upon returning to the Philippines, Moreno declared a state of calamity in the city on March 15, 2020, following a directive from Metro Manila Council, after the second and third COVID-19 cases were confirmed. From the same date, Moreno slept in his office for three months to oversee the city government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On March 16, Manila Department of Social Welfare (MDSW) began rescuing homeless people, as well as people living outside the city who were unable to return home following the imposition of the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine. They took refuge at Delpan Sports Complex in San Nicolas (near Tondo). The city allocated  ( million) from its budget to assist families affected by the quarantine. On March 18, Moreno ordered all lodging facilities in Manila to provide free accommodations for front-line health workers such as doctors and nurses throughout the period of enhanced community quarantine. To financially help the city government employees, Moreno drafted a resolution ordering the release of their mid-year bonuses. Another resolution appropriating funds and giving cash assistance for the city's job order and contractualized workers was also enacted.

On March 19, the city deployed 189 electric tricycles to exclusively transport front-line health workers to the city's public hospitals. Drivers of electric tricycles received salaries from the city government. The city also coordinated with the Department of Social Welfare and Development of the national government to source food supplies for the city's families. On April 5, Moreno signed an ordinance enacting the City Amelioration Crisis Assistance Fund (CACAF), allocating  ( million) for around 568,000 families and distributing  () to each household. A second tranche of money was given from May 20 to 21 for more than 680,000 families, some of whom did do not receive a payout from the first CACAF distribution.

On March 23, 2020, Moreno launched an online survey via his Facebook page asking Manila residents about their health status in relation to COVID-19 and their recent travel history.

On April 3, 2020, Manila City Council approved an ordinance penalizing discriminatory acts directed against coronavirus patients and other patients under evaluation, including discrimination by health workers on the basis of patients' medical conditions. The following day, Moreno ordered the temporary closure of Ospital ng Sampaloc after five hospital staff contracted the virus. On April 6, 2020, Moreno announced he and several other government officials in the city would donate their salaries to Philippine General Hospital to increase its financial capability amid the pandemic. The Manila city government partnered with the Department of Agriculture to launch the Kadiwa Rolling Store project, a mobile farmers' market that sold fresh products to residents during the closure of retail establishments due to the enhanced community quarantine. The first unit was deployed to Santa Ana on April 6, 2020.

On July 15, 2020, Moreno launched the city's drive-through testing facility, where passengers in vehicles could undergo free COVID-19 testing near Bonifacio Shrine in Ermita. The facility was open to both residents and non-residents of the city, and was the first testing facility of its kind in the country. Three days later, the city government opened a second drive-through testing facility at the Quirino Grandstand.

The city government also built Manila COVID-19 Field Hospital in Rizal Park in 52 days, which began admitting patients on June 25, 2021. Moreno thanked the 362 construction workers who built the facility. Manila residents were given cash aid from the national government despite a brief dispute between Moreno and President Duterte; Moreno thanked Duterte for pushing through the aid.

Manila became the first local government unit in the country to procure anti-COVID-19 medicines such as Molnupiravir, Remdesivir, Tocilizumab, Baricitinib, and Bexovid for aged 12 and above, all of which prevents mild to moderate cases from progressing into severe diseases. Moreno said the drugs were also available to non-city residents. In October 2020, the city government of Manila was cited for and received an award from the Department of Health (DOH) for its COVID-19 response. Moreno thanked the city’s six district hospitals and Manila Health Department for their service during the pandemic. The DOH also recognized Moreno for the city achieving a 143% accomplishment rate of its child-vaccination program.

Manila was the only city in the National Capital Region that was not under COVID-19 Alert Level 4. Manila was later included in 34th place in Time Out list of 53 world's best cities, praising its "aggressive COVID-19 response which helped the city stay afloat". Manila was also voted the third-most-resilient city in the same survey. On July 14, 2022, the 12th City Council of Manila honored former Mayor Moreno "for his vibrant leadership that resulted to the City of Manila placing 34th in the Time Out’s list of best cities in the world".

Cleanup drive

Moreno oversaw the cleaning of congested streets of Manila. He ordered the clearing of informal vendors to address the city's congestion problem and waste management, leading to the stopping of extortion of vendors and the exposure of derelict heritage sites within the city.

Moreno ordered the demolition of illegally built structures, including government edifices, that impeded the movement of motorists and pedestrians. His cleanup drive of Manila North Cemetery after All Souls' day garnered attention online and spurred a nationwide implementation of the same approach to city decongestion.

President Rodrigo Duterte echoed Moreno's initiative, ordering the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) to "reclaim all public roads that are being used for private ends". On October 8, 2019, Moreno signed Executive Order No. 43 mandating all 896 barangays and frontline City Hall offices to conduct a weekly clean-up drive in support of Duterte's directive to clear all public roads and sidewalks of obstructions.

Moreno also ordered the cleaning of Manila's sewers and the removal of dilapidated barges from the Pasig River. He also ordered the cleanup of waters around Baseco Compound, which took 10 days, including weekends, during which more than  of garbage was collected. Under Moreno's "May Pera Sa Basura" program, the city government launched the community-based "Kolek, Kilo, Kita para Walastik na Maynila" waste-collection program in partnership with private firms and the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC). The program was incentivized, aiming to encourage residents to cooperate with the government to reduce the pollution of the Pasig River. For every  of plastic wastes collected, Unilever Philippines would exchange  worth of homecare products.

2022 presidential campaign

On August 4, 2021, Moreno resigned his membership of the National Unity Party and from his post as the party's Vice Chairman for Political Affairs to join Aksyon Demokratiko, and on August 12, he was elected as the party's president. On September 22, 2021, Moreno declared himself a candidate for President of the Philippines in the 2022 election, with physician and social-media personality Willie Ong serving as his vice presidential running mate. Following the announcement, Ong left the Lakas-CMD party to join Moreno's Aksyon Demokratiko.

Moreno was identified as a populist, some of his views on issues include speeding the nationwide distribution of COVID-19 vaccines; maintaining the Duterte administration's "Build! Build! Build!" program"; allowing the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN; lowering excise tax on fuel and utility costs, reviving micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSME), which were severely affected by COVID-19 lockdowns; increasing labor and employment; additional public housing; boosting development of agriculture, tourism, and creative industries; strengthening of policies in healthcare and education; infrastructure development in rural areas; developing of economic hubs outside Metro Manila; digital transformation and industry 4.0; strengthening of law and order; continuing the Duterte administrations's anti-drug policy in a "more humane approach"; good and smart electronic governance; maintaining peaceful relations with other countries and international organizations; and ending divisive politics in favor of an "open governance" rooted in "competence" over "connections".

In December 2021, Moreno said he intended to retire in politics if he was not elected as president, and that he would rather spend quality time with his family.

Moreno was not elected president; he finished fourth out of ten candidates, and former senator Bongbong Marcos was elected to the post. Moreno garnered 1,933,909 votes and conceded the election. External observers attribute the failure of his campaign to his lack of political machinery, alleged infighting within his campaign team, disinformation against him, and minimal media coverage. The April 17 joint press conference, at which Moreno criticized presidential candidate Leni Robredo, was also said to work against his campaign. According to his Statement of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE), Moreno had no excess campaign contributions and donations, and spent an extra ₱1.1 million from his personal funds for the campaign.

Post-mayoralty
In January 2023, Moreno debuted his new weekly web talk show, Iskovery Night under his new venture, Scott Media Productions based in Bonifacio Global City. His first guest was actor Coco Martin. Some of Moreno's staff were former employees of ABS-CBN who were retrenched due to non-renewal of franchise.

In June 2023, Moreno joined the longest-running Philippine noontime variety show Eat Bulaga! on GMA Network as one of its new hosts after the departure of the original cast. On July 8, He signed a long-term contract with TAPE Inc., as the rumors about the show's cancellation were debunked. Later on July 20, Moreno returns to his home station, GMA Network by signing an exclusive contract with its talent agency, Sparkle.

Political positions

Domestic and social policies

Vandalism and unauthorized tarpaulins

Moreno is also known for his consistent and controversial stand against vandalism and unauthorized tarpaulins.

On November 12, 2019, the left-leaning group Panday Sining, the cultural arm of Anakbayan, defaced the newly painted and cleaned Lagusnilad Underpass near the Manila City Hall. Moreno publicly criticized the group and rejected their apology. Moreno proceeded with the group's arrest after another act of vandalism in Recto LRT Station was attributed to them. Panday Sining was officially declared persona non grata in the city of Manila on December 6, 2019. Many left-leaning groups condemned the mayor's actions against them.

In October 2020, Moreno ordered the removal of tarpaulins declaring the Communist Party of the Philippines, the New People's Army, and the National Democratic Front persona non grata in the National Capital Region. This event prompted Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr., spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, to ask whether Moreno was welcoming terrorists into Manila. Moreno responded the city government has an ordinance against all forms of vandalism. A few days after, Moreno publicly condemned and ordered the removal of graffiti painted by leftist advocates around Welcome Rotonda. On December 7, 2020, in an interview posted on YouTube, Moreno vehemently denied he had any support for or affiliation with the terrorist groups. Moreno also opposed tarpaulins depicting faces of politicians, even if they are his partymates, and had ordered the removal of political tarpaulins since he assumed office.

LGBT+ rights

In October 2020, Moreno signed Ordinance 8695 protecting members of the LGBT community from all forms of discrimination and abuse, including the denial of employment and other opportunities on the basis of the person's sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression. As part of its campaign against discrimination, the Manila city government mandated all establishments to have gender-neutral toilets by 2023, and they would be a requirement for the approval and renewal of business permits.

In an interview, Moreno said he is not in favor of same-sex marriage, adding; "it is our law and in a civilized world, we are guided by the law". Moreno supports same-sex civil unions.

Women's rights

In November 2020, Moreno signed into law Ordinance 8681 known as the "Gender and Development Code of the City of Manila" or the "GAD Code"  which increases maternity leave for breastfeeding women working in the private sector, increased paternity leave for new fathers, and increased women's reproductive health benefits. The ordinance also protects women and those of other genders against sexual abuse, violence, trafficking, gender discrimination, pedophilia, commercial exploitation, and sexual harassment. The policy also provides support for victims of violence such as immediate investigations, free medical services and counseling, and the creation of support groups and community-based psychological programs. The ordinance also said one third of jobs in the city development council for gender and development, and in the barangay, should be reserved for women "in recognition of their considerable leadership and involvement".

Moreno has praised the country's female medical and health workers, as well as women front-line workers in other fields, acknowledging their roles as "critical and crucial as much as their male counterparts" in the country's response against COVID-19. He also lauded the mothers who leave their families to fulfill their duties as front-line staff. Moreno also recognized the efforts of his vice mayor Honey Lacuna, Manila's first-ever elected female vice mayor, calling her an "effective leader who has taken solid steps in gender equality and women empowerment", and described her as like an older sister to him. He gave Lacuna executive functions on a par with his mayoral duties. During Moreno's term as mayor, women comprised almost half of City Hall's employees.

Foreign policy
Moreno expressed strong opinions on a foreign policy aligned with what he called a "Filipino-first" policy, under which the Philippines would form contracts, organizations, and trade agreements, only if they are beneficial to Filipinos.

According to Moreno, the Philippines is not "militarily prepared" for an encounter with China, and that laws such as the Law of the Sea must be upheld. He said he believes the country's defense secretary should come from the navy because the Philippines is an archipelagic country. He said the Philippines' should be "fearless" in asserting the country's claims to South China Sea islands, and should be responsive to the plight of Filipino fishermen, while it should be "fair" and "sensible" in dealing with other countries also occupying some maritime features in the sea, especially in trade. Moreno criticized the United Nations (UN), questioning what they are doing in light of China's disregard of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). According to Moreno, China needs to accept a 2016 arbitration award of the Hague ruling that made clear the Philippines' entitlements, including where it can fish and exploit offshore oil and gas, also citing the Velarde map as reference. He also expressed a wish to form partnerships with other countries and to prepare the Philippines for joint trade with China.

Moreno expressed support for the Philippines returning to the International Criminal Court (ICC) if the move would "give a good impression to the world".

Public image

Isko Moreno has been described as a populist who has a "rags-to-riches" story, rising from his childhood as a slum-dwelling scavenger to become a celebrity and later entering politics. Moreno is also known for his streetwise image and his frequent use of Manila street slang, even in media interviews, to engage the masses—especially young adults—earning him the alias "Yorme" when he assumed office as city mayor in 2019. His supporters call Moreno's use of colorful language "ISKOnaryo", portmanteau of Isko and Diksiyonaryo (dictionary). He is also known for his signature dance steps to the song (Dying Inside) To Hold You by Timmy Thomas, a dance he frequently performed during his early show-business career. Moreno's popularity on social media has been attributed to his celebrity status, charisma, and commoner humor. Although his social media presence is well-received, as shown by its massive statistical growth in interactions, a number of critics describe such endeavor as pa-epal (attention-seeker) and "too showbiz". Moreno defended his constant social media updates as part of his "engagement" as mayor, and said "taking selfies" with supporters and granting photo-opportunities are also part of public service. Moreno was voted as one of the top-performing mayors in the National Capital Region in opinion polls during his tenure as Manila city mayor.

Moreno's remarks against the country's elite positioned him as a "man of the people". Moreno developed a reputation as an "underdog" politician who does not retreat from political giants, elitists, and moralists. Moreno has often been criticized for his "brash" style of talking but he dismisses this as his "real talk style" of addressing his constituents to which the elite could not relate. Moreno also positioned himself as a "politician of the ordinary people", though he was criticized for overusing his rags-to-riches narrative to the point it became clichéd. He has been widely compared to 16th president Rodrigo Duterte; critics labeled him  "Duterte Lite" or "Duterte 2.0", and accused him of fence-sitting on some issues pertaining to Duterte.

Members of Moreno's inner circle have described his work ethic as "proactive" and "workaholic", and his leadership style as "obsessive". His colleagues, supporters, and external observers describe him as a "visionary", "transformative", and "brilliant".

Philanthropy
Since 2019, Moreno has donated about  of his personal fees from product endorsements to charities; these include Philippine General Hospital, cancer-stricken children, and child liver-transplant patients, and to provinces including Batangas, North Cotabato, and Cebu City, which have been hit by natural disasters.

Personal life

Since 2000, Moreno has been married to Diana Lynn "Dynee" Ditan (born 1975), a businesswoman and a former taekwondo athlete with the Philippine national team. They have five children, including actor Joaquin Andre ("JD").  Other children are Vincent Patrick (born 1998)—Ditan's son from a previous relationship who Moreno adopted, Frances Diane (born 2000), Franco Dylan (born 2006), and Drake Marcus (born 2012). In 2022, Moreno became a grandfather at age 47 with his son Joaquin.

During his early days as councilor of Manila, Moreno said he was once a chaperone to Japanese VIPs in casinos for public-relations purposes. He said although he used to play in casinos whenever he accompanied the Japanese, he denied he gambled whenever he was there, and that he had a gambling addiction. When Memorandum Circular No. 6, series of 2016 of the Presidential Decree No. 1869—which prohibits government officials and employees from gambling in casinos—Moreno said he no longer attends casinos, especially when he started serving as mayor.

On August 15, 2021, Moreno tested positive for COVID-19, from which he had recovered by August 25 the same year. Moreno rarely drinks alcohol and he quit smoking in 2021.

Moreno is an honorary member of Alpha Kappa Rho and a member of the Davao Durian Eagles Club of the Fraternal Order of Eagles – Philippine Eagles. Moreno supports legitimate multi-level network marketing. Aside from his native Tagalog, Moreno can speak English in a professional working proficiency level. Moreno is a practicing Catholic.

Moreno cites Lee Kuan Yew, Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and Ferdinand Marcos approach to infrastructure projects as his inspirations in the field of governance.

Moreno's life and works have been featured in books; God First Why Isko Moreno: I'M Doing It (Isko Moreno), which was written by Rick A. Conchada and published in November 2019, discusses Moreno's work as Manila's mayor. A children's book entitled Yorme! The Life Story of Isko Moreno (2021) was written by Yvette Fernandez and illustrated by Ray Sunga; it became one of the best-selling books at National Book Store.

Awards, honors, and recognition

During mayoral term

Under Moreno's administration, the local government of the City of Manila won its first-ever Good Financial Housekeeping recognition from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for 2019.

In a December-2020 year-end survey conducted by research group RP-Mission and Development (RPMD) Foundation Inc., Moreno had a 77% approval rating from the city's residents, becoming the third top-performing mayor in the National Capital Region after Joy Belmonte of Quezon City with 85% and Vico Sotto of Pasig with 82%. In another survey conducted by RPMD in September 2021, Moreno was ranked the top-performing mayor in the National Capital Region with an 88% approval rating. He was followed by Belmonte with 82% and Sotto with 81%.

The City of Manila was included in the top 50 finalists of the Bloomberg Philanthropies 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, a competition that aims to identify and implement the most-innovative ideas developed by cities to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Manila and the city of Butuan in Mindanao were the only Southeast Asian cities to appear on the list, which was selected from a pool of 631 cities that applied that year.

On October 29, 2021, the local government unit (LGU) of Manila, under Moreno's administration, won three awards during the Digital Governance Awards 2021 (LGUs Best Practices in Information and Communication Technology) by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). The awards include the COVID-19 Testing Center "Web-Lab-IS" – Best in LGU Empowerment Award  (city level) at 1st Place, the City of Manila "Connection for Inclusion" Award – Best in Customer Empowerment Award (city level) at 1st Place, and the Business Permit Licensing Service (BPLS) – Best in Business Empowerment Award for its GO Manila App end-to-end solution (city level) at 2nd Place. The GO Manila App, which was launched in 2014, was improved to provide residents access to an online one-stop-shop giving LGU system automation and e-Services. Moreno planned the app to "help make transactions more convenient, transparent, and limit human discretion".

In June 2022, the City of Manila was awarded the Gawad Edukampyon for Learning Continuity Innovation Award in the highly urbanized city category by the Department of Education (DepEd), Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Center for Local Governance and Professional Development Inc., the Early Childhood Care and Development (ECCD) Council, and REX Publication during the first Gawad Edukampyon for Local Governance Awarding Ceremony in recognition of Manila's educational programs amid the COVID-19 pandemic under Moreno's administration. The award highlighted Manila's Continuity Education Plan called Connection for Inclusion 2.0, which focused on integrating information and communications technology (ICT) in schools.

Public service
Moreno was listed in a list of "Top 10 Men Who Matter in 2011" by PeopleAsia Magazine. He also received the "2012 Most Outstanding Filipino in the Field of Public Service Award" by Gawad Amerika Foundation.

The Asia Leaders Awards of 2019 and 2020 chose Moreno as "Man of the Year in Public Service". In November 2019, Moreno won the 2019 Gusi Peace Prize in recognition for his work in "consistently creating positive changes" during his time as vice mayor and councilor. The same month, Esquire Philippines gave Moreno the "Breakthrough Award" for his "distinguished track records in public service, leadership, and governance" during their Man At His Best 2019 Honors night given to outstanding men and women in the fields of art, film, fashion, sports, business, and public service. Moreno was also chosen as "The Management Man of the Year" awardee for 2019–2020 by the Philippine Council of Management (Philcoman).

In November 2019, the Harvard Business School Owner/President Management (HBS OPM) Club of the Philippines, a club composed of Harvard graduates in the Philippines, honored Moreno as its first-ever awardee for being a "Gamechanger in Politics" and recognized his "outstanding leadership" and "dedicated public service". He was also conferred with honorary membership in the club.

Moreno was listed as one of the "Men Who Matter" in 2019 by PeopleAsia Magazine. and was listed as one of the magazine's "People of the Year" in 2020 and 2022.

In March 2021, Moreno was adopted as a member of Sanlingan Class 2005 of the Philippine Military Academy. Also in 2021, he received a "Hero of the Year" recognition from Gawad Filipino Heroes Award for his efforts during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Philippine Movie Press Club (PMPC) awarded Moreno the "Inspirational and Outstanding Leader Award" in recognition of his "exceptional city governance and excellent response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic" in the same year.

Moreno received the "Golden Peacock Award of Excellence" in 2021 from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce Inc. (FICCI) Philippines in recognition of the city government's service to the city's residents and businesspersons.

In April 2022, the Mrs. Universe Philippines Foundation awarded Moreno as one of the "Philippines' Most Exceptional Men of 2022".

In October 2022, he received a "Gawad Sulo for Public Service Award" from the Philippine Normal University at their 2022 Gawad Sulo for Public Service and Salute to Excellence event.

In April 2014, Moreno was conferred with an honorary degree of Doctor of Humanities in Community Development (Honoris Causa) by the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila. On December 12, 2020, he received an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) from San Beda University.

Acting
2013 – Darling of the Press (Special Award) Winner at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies
1998 – Male Star of the Night (Special Award) Winner at the PMPC Star Awards for Movies

Electoral history
Manila city council election for the first district, 2004:
Isko Moreno Domagoso (PDP–Laban) – 79,881 (2nd; 6 candidates with the highest number of votes win the 6 seats in the City Council for the First district)

Senatorial election, 2016:
Isko Moreno Domagoso (PMP) – 11,126,944 (16th, 12 candidates with the highest number of votes win the 12 seats in the Senate)

Philippine presidential election, 2022:

Filmography

Film

Television

NOTE: List includes short television guestings.

Notes

References

External links

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Amri or AMRI may refer to:

Peoples and culture
 Amri culture, associated with archaeological sites in Sindh and Balochistan, Pakistan
 Amri language, spoken by the Karbi people of Assam and Meghalaya, India
 Amri people, an ethnic group of Sudan

Individual people
Abdulelah Al-Amri (born 1997), a Saudi Arabian footballer
Abdul Rahman al-Amri (1973–2007), Saudi who died at Guantanamo Bay
Ali Al-Amri (born 1987), a Saudi Arabian long-distance runner
Ali Al-Amri (footballer) (born 1989), an Emirati footballer
Aziz El Amri (born 1950), a Moroccan football coach
Chadli Amri (born 1984), Algerian footballer
Hassan al-Amri (1920–1988), Yemeni politician
Hassan Al-Amri (footballer) (born 1994), a Saudi Arabian footballer
Khairul Amri (born 1985), a Singapore international footballer
Khairul Amri (footballer, born 1989)
Majed Al-Amri (born 1985), a Saudi Arabian footballer
Marwa Amri (born 1989), a Tunisian freestyle wrestler
Mohamed Hedi El Amri (1906–1978), a Tunisian historian and writer
Mohammed Al-Amri, (born 1991), a Saudi Arabian footballer
Muhammad Musa al-Amri (born 1965), a Yemeni politician
Mohamed Naif Mubarak Ali Al Amri (born 1988), an Emirati footballer
Othman Hadi Al Maqboul al-Amri, a Saudi Arabian suspected terrorist
Raed Al-Amri (born 1989), a Saudi Arabian footballer
Saleh Al-Amri (born 1993), a Saudi Arabian footballer
Salem Amri (born 1948), an Algerian footballer
Tariq Al-Amri (born 1990), a Saudi Arabian long-distance runner
Anis Amri, perpetrator of the 2016 Berlin truck attack

Places
 ‘Amri, Yemen
 Amri, Sindh, an ancient settlement in modern-day Sindh, Pakistan
 Amreh, Sari, also known as Amrī, Mazandaran Province, Iran
 Amri railway station, Pakistan

Other uses
 AMRI Global (Albany Molecular Research Inc.), a contract research and manufacturing organization
 AMRI Hospitals, a private hospital chain in India

See also

AMR (disambiguation)
Amari (disambiguation)
Ameri (disambiguation)


The Minnedosa Tribune, published in Minnedosa, Manitoba, Canada, is the oldest Western Canadian weekly.

See also
List of newspapers in Canada

External links

Weekly newspapers published in Manitoba
Publications with year of establishment missing


Takapoto, Tua-poto or Oura, is an atoll in the Tuamotu group in French Polynesia. It has a length of  and a width of .

The nearest land is Takaroa Atoll, located  to the northeast.

Takapoto's lagoon has a high salinity and a strong phytoplankton biomass.

Geographically Takapoto is part of the King George Islands (Iles du Roi Georges) subgroup, which includes: Ahe, Manihi, Takapoto, Takaroa and Tikei.

Takapoto Atoll has 380 inhabitants. Fakatopatere, the main village on Takapoto, is located at the southern end of the atoll.

History
The first recorded European to sight Takapoto Atoll was Jacob Le Maire in 1616.

Takapoto Atoll was visited by the Charles Wilkes expedition in September 1839.

Takapoto Airport was inaugurated in 1973.

Administration
The commune of Takaroa-Takapoto consists of the atolls of Takaroa and Takapoto, and Tikei Island.

See also
Takapoto Airport

References

Takapoto Airport
Fakatopatere village
Names
Wilkes Expedition

External links
Atoll list (in French)
Classification of the French Polynesian atolls by Salvat (1985)

Atolls of the Tuamotus


Santa Rosa de Quives  is a district in the middle of Canta Province, Lima Region in Peru. It is bordered by Carabayllo District on the west, Huamantanga District on the north, Lachaqui and Arahuay districts on the east, and Carabayllo District and Huarochirí Province on the south.
It is most known because is the place where the house of Santa Rosa de Lima, a very famous religious figure in Peru, is located. There is also the so-called Quives's water well where people can leave their letters to Santa Rosa de Lima.

External links
  Municipalidad Provincial de Santa Rosa de Quives
  Santa Rosa de Quives Tour


Father Victor Gnanapragasam O.M.I. (21 November 1940 – 12 December 2020) was the first prefect of the Catholic Apostolic Prefecture of Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.

Early life and education
He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka to Sri Lankan Tamil family. He completed his novitiate with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Kaluthara (1959), then the studies of philosophy and theology at Our Lady of Sri Lanka Seminary in Kandy (1960–1966).

Priesthood
He took his final vows and was ordained a priest on December 21, 1966. He has served in Pakistan as a priest since 1973 and is a member of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, Pakistan.

He has been a parish priest in Gojra, Diocese of Faisalabad, from 1976-77.  He attended a training course in Youth Ministry in Manila, Philippines from 1977-1979. He was parish priest in Toba Tek Singh, Diocese of Faisalabad from 1978-1980. He was parish priest at Khanewal, Diocese of Multan, from 1979–1985; Superior of the OMI Delegation in Pakistan, 1980–1982 and again parish priest in Gojra from 1982-1986.  He was once again parish priest in Toba Tek Singh from 1987–1989; undertook studies in Psychology and Spirituality at St. Anselm Institute in Kent, England and then later courses in Spirituality at the Angelicum, Rome, 1989-1992. He was parish priest in Gojra for a third time from 1992–1993; Assistant in the formation house of the Oblates in Karachi, 1993–1997 and First Counselor of the OMI Delegation in Pakistan from 1997-2001.

He was appointed to the post of Apostolic Prefect Of Quetta in December 2001.

Fr. Victor was also at the Vatican for the Ad limina Apostolorum visit of the Pakistani Bishops in June 2008.

On 29 April 2010 Pope Benedict XVI elevated the apostolic prefecture of Quetta, to the rank of Apostolic vicariate, with the same name and territorial configuration as before. He appointed Fr. Victor as apostolic vicar of the new ecclesiastical circumscription and the titular bishop of Timida.

Consecration
He was consecrated Bishop at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi on 16 July 2010 by the apostolic nuncio to Pakistan Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana. The Principal Co-Consecrators were Archbishop Evarist Pinto of Karachi and Bishop Max John Rodrigues of Hyderabad.

Current events
Heightened security following unrest in Balochistan has resulted in logistical problems for Gnanapragasam in 2019. His cathedral is in the same area as the army barracks and so he requires a special pass to travel to and fro. This is further exacerbated by frequent police/army checks. The prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has said that his government will look into “the plight of the oppressed and weakest segments of the society, including minorities.”

Death
He died on December 12, 2020, because of a heart attack.
The funeral of Bishop Gnanapragasam took place at Holy Rosary Cathedral, Quetta on December 15, 2020. The funeral service was led by Cardinal Joseph Coutts accompanied by all the bishops of Pakistan. He was buried in the garden of the Cathedral.

On January 1, 2021, Pope Francis named Father Khalid Rehmat OFM (Cap.) of the Archdiocese of Lahore as the new vicar apostolic of Quetta.

References

External links

1940 births
2020 deaths
21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Pakistan
People from Jaffna
Sri Lankan Tamil priests
Pakistani people of Sri Lankan Tamil descent
Sri Lankan emigrants to Pakistan
Roman Catholic missionaries in Pakistan
Apostolic vicars of Quetta
Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate


This is a list of heritage railroads in the United States.  There are currently no such railroads in the states of Mississippi or North Dakota.

Heritage railroads by state

Alabama
 Heart of Dixie Railroad Museum, Shelby & Southern Railroad and Calera & Shelby Railroad
 North Alabama Railroad Museum, Mercury and Chase Railroad
 Wales West Light Railway

Alaska
 Tanana Valley Railroad Museum in Pioneer Park (1899 engine)
 White Pass and Yukon Route

Arizona
 Arizona Railway Museum (No excursions listed)
 Arizona State Railroad Museum (In planning stages)
 Arizona Street Railway Museum (Phoenix Trolley Museum)
 Grand Canyon Railway
 McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale
 Old Pueblo Trolley
 Verde Canyon Railroad

Arkansas
 Arkansas and Missouri Railroad
 Eureka Springs and North Arkansas Railway
 Fort Smith Trolley Museum
 Metro Streetcar

California
 Angels Flight
 Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad, uses repurposed narrow gauge steam engines and is partly the inspiration for Walt Disney's theme park, Disneyland
 Calico and Odessa Railroad
 California State Railroad Museum
 California Western Railroad, also called The Skunk Train
 Disneyland Railroad (three locomotives are historic)
 Fillmore and Western Railway - short line used by Hollywood film industry. (Lease agreement ended in 2021)
 Ghost Town & Calico Railroad in Knott's Berry Farm
 Golden Gate Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
 Napa Valley Wine Train
 Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad & Transportation Museum
 Niles Canyon Railway
 Pacific Coast Railroad in Santa Margarita
 Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
 Placerville & Sacramento Valley Railroad, oldest railroad west of the Mississippi
 Port of LA Waterfront Red Car, a rebuilt part of the original Pacific Electric Railway system (Closed in 2015)
 Poway–Midland Railroad
 Sierra Railway - Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
 Red Car Trolley
 Redwood Valley Railway
 Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
 Sacramento RiverTrain
 Sacramento Southern Railroad
 San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 3751 excursion trips)
 San Diego Trolley Silver Line
 San Francisco Municipal Railway
  E Embarcadero streetcar line
 F Market & Wharves streetcar line
 San Francisco cable car system
 San Jose Steam Railroad Museum (Proposed)
 San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum
 Santa Cruz, Big Trees and Pacific Railway
 Sierra Railroad
 Sonoma TrainTown Railroad
 Southern California Railway Museum (Formerly known as the Orange Empire Railway Museum from 1956-2018)
 Western Pacific Railroad Museum
 Western Railway Museum
 Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad

Colorado
 Colorado Railroad Museum
 Como Roundhouse, Railroad Depot and Hotel Complex
 Cripple Creek and Victor Narrow Gauge Railroad
 Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
 Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad
 Fort Collins trolley
 Georgetown Loop Railroad
 Leadville, Colorado and Southern Railroad
 Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway
 Pikes Peak Historical Street Railway Foundation
 Platte Valley Trolley
 Rio Grande Scenic Railroad (Currently in receivership)
 Royal Gorge Route Railroad
 Ski Train
 Tiny Town Railroad

Connecticut
 Connecticut Trolley Museum
 Danbury Railway Museum
 Essex Steam Train operated by the Valley Railroad Company
 Naugatuck Railroad and Railroad Museum of New England
 Shore Line Trolley Museum

Delaware
 Wilmington and Western Railroad

Florida
 Florida Railroad Museum
 Gold Coast Railroad Museum
 Kirby Family Farm Train
 Orlando & Northwestern Railway (Closed in 2020)
 Seminole Gulf Railway
 Serengeti Express in Busch Gardens Tampa
 Sugar Express
 TECO Line Streetcar
 Tavares, Eustis & Gulf Railroad (Closed in 2017)
 Walt Disney World Railroad (four locomotives are historic)
 Wildlife Express Train at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Georgia
 Agrirama Logging Train
 Azalea Sprinter
 Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
 Chickamauga Train from Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
 Georgia Coastal Railway
 River Street Streetcar (Out of service)
 Georgia State Railroad Museum
 SAM Shortline Excursion Train
 Six Flags Over Georgia Park Railroad in Six Flags Over Georgia
 Southeastern Railway Museum
 Stone Mountain Scenic Railroad
 Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum

Hawaii

 Grove Farm Plantation Museum Railroad
 Hawaiian Railway
 Kauai plantation railroad
 Lahaina Ka'anapali & Pacific Railroad (Closed in 2014, but new operator plans to resume operations at a later date)

Idaho
 Silverwood Theme Park
 Thunder Mountain Line (Closed in 2015)

Illinois
 American Heritage Farm & Railroad
 Fox River Trolley Museum
 Galesburg Railroad Museum (No excursions listed)
 Illinois Railway Museum
 Monticello Railway Museum
 Silver Creek & Stephenson Railroad

Indiana
 Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society (For NKP 765 excursion trips, future)
 Hesston Steam Museum (For Hesston and Galena Creek excursions)
 Hoosier Valley Railroad Museum
 Indiana Railway Museum
 National New York Central Railroad Museum
 Ohio River Scenic Railway
 Whitewater Valley Railroad

Iowa
 Boone and Scenic Valley Railroad
 Fourth Street Elevator
 Midwest Central Railroad
 Midwest Electric Railway

Kansas
 Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
 Midland Railway

Kentucky
 Big South Fork Scenic Railway
 Bluegrass Railroad and Museum
 Kentucky Railway Museum
 Kentucky Steam Heritage Corporation (For C&O 2716 excursion trips)
 My Old Kentucky Dinner Train (Between Bardstown and Limestone Springs)

Louisiana
 Canal Streetcar Line
 Louisiana Steam Train Association
 Old Hickory Railroad
 Riverfront Streetcar Line
 St. Charles Streetcar Line

Maine
 Belfast & Moosehead Lake Railway
 Boothbay Railway Village
 Downeast Scenic Railroad
 Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum
 Midcoast Railservice (Coastliner)
 Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad
 Seashore Trolley Museum
 Wiscasset, Waterville and Farmington Railway

Maryland
 B&O Railroad Museum
 Baltimore Streetcar Museum
 National Capital Trolley Museum
 Walkersville Southern Railroad
 Western Maryland Scenic Railroad

Massachusetts
 Berkshire Scenic Railway Museum
 Cape Cod Central Railroad
 Edaville Railroad
 Lowell National Historical Park Trolley Line
 MBTA Mattapan Trolley

Michigan
 Coopersville and Marne Railway
 Huckleberry Railroad
 Lake Linden & Torch Lake Railroad (Track is on museum grounds)
 Little River Railroad
 Michigan Transit Museum
 Quincy and Torch Lake Cog Railway
 Southern Michigan Railroad Society
 Steam Railroading Institute
 Weiser Railroad

Minnesota
 Como-Harriet Streetcar Line
 Excelsior Streetcar Line
 Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad
 Minnesota Transportation Museum
 North Shore Scenic Railroad
 Northfield & Cannon Valley Railroad (Closed in 2007)
 Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway

Mississippi
 Cleveland Train Museum

Missouri
 Belton, Grandview and Kansas City Railroad
 Branson Scenic Railway
 Delmar Loop Trolley
 Frisco Silver Dollar Line in Silver Dollar City
 St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway
 Tommy G. Robertson Railroad in Six Flags St. Louis
 Worlds of Fun Park Railroad in Worlds of Fun
 National Museum of Transportation (trolley on grounds)

Montana
 Alder Gulch Shortline Railroad
 Central Montana Rail, Inc.

Nebraska
 Fremont and Elkhorn Valley Railroad (Ended service)
 Nebraska Railroad Museum (In transition to move to permanent home)
 Omaha Zoo Railroad in Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium

Nevada
 Nevada Northern Railway
 Nevada State Railroad Museum
 Nevada Southern Railroad Museum
 Virginia and Truckee Railroad

New Hampshire
 Conway Scenic Railroad
 Hobo Railroad
 Wilton Scenic Railroad
 Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad
 Cafe Lafayette Dinner Train
 Mount Washington Cog Railway
 Silver Lake Railroad
 White Mountain Central Railroad

New Jersey
 Black River and Western Railroad
 Woodstown Central Railroad
 Cape May Seashore Lines
 Delaware River Rail Excursions
 New Jersey Museum of Transportation
 Whippany Railway Museum

New Mexico
 Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
 New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical Society (For AT&SF 2926 excursion trips)
 Sky Railway

New York
 Adirondack Railroad
 Arcade and Attica Railroad
 Buffalo Cattaraugus and Jamestown Scenic Railway
 Catskill Mountain Railroad
 Cooperstown and Charlotte Valley Railroad
 Delaware and Ulster Railroad
 Medina Railroad Museum
 New York Museum of Transportation
 New York Transit Museum
 Railroad Museum of Long Island
 Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum
 Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway
 Saratoga and North Creek Railway (Closed in April 2018)
 Trolley Museum of New York
 Troy and New England Railway

North Carolina
 Craggy Mountain Line
 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad
 Handy Dandy Railroad
 New Hope Valley Railway
 North Carolina Transportation Museum
 Tweetsie Railroad

Ohio
 Age of Steam Roundhouse (Several operating steam locomotives, but no excursions listed)
 Cedar Point and Lake Erie Railroad in Cedar Point
 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad
 Hocking Valley Scenic Railway
 Kings Island & Miami Valley Railroad in Kings Island
 Lake Shore Railway Association (Lorain and West Virginia Railway)
 Lebanon Mason Monroe Railroad
 Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway
 Zanesville and Western Scenic Railroad

Oklahoma
 El Reno Trolley
 Oklahoma Railway Museum

Oregon
 Astoria Riverfront Trolley
 Eagle Cap Excursion Train
 Mount Hood Railroad (Currently in receivership)
 Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad
 Oregon Electric Railway Museum
 Oregon Pacific Railroad
 Oregon Rail Heritage Center
 Santiam Excursion Train
 Sumpter Valley Railway
 Willamette Shore Trolley

Pennsylvania
 Allentown & Auburn Railroad
 Bellefonte Historical Railroad
 Colebrookdale Railroad
 Dry Gulch Railroad in Hersheypark
 Duquesne Incline
 East Broad Top Railroad
 Everett Railroad
 Horseshoe Curve Incline
 Johnstown Inclined Plane
 Kiski Junction Railroad (Operations suspended 2016)
 Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway
 Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad
 Monongahela Incline
 New Hope and Ivyland Railroad (New Hope Railroad)
 Northern Central Railway of York
 Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad
 Railroaders Memorial Museum
 Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
 Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
 Rockhill Trolley Museum
 SEPTA Route 15
 Steamtown National Historic Site
 Stewartstown Railroad
 The Stourbridge Line
 Strasburg Rail Road
 Tioga Central Railroad (Closed in 2019)
 Wanamaker, Kempton and Southern Railroad
 Wawa and Concordville Railroad (Closed in 1968)
 West Chester Railroad
 Westmoreland Scenic Railroad (Closed in 2004)
 Williams Grove Historical Steam Engine Association

Rhode Island
 Newport and Narragansett Bay Railroad

South Carolina
Rockton, Rion and Western Railroad/South Carolina Railroad Museum/Rockton and Rion Railroad Historic District

South Dakota
 Black Hills Central Railroad
 Prairie Village, Herman and Milwaukee Railroad

Tennessee
 Dollywood Express in Dollywood
 Lookout Mountain Incline Railway
 MATA Trolley (Memphis)
 Southern Appalachia Railway Museum
 Tennessee Central Railway Museum
 Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum
 Three Rivers Rambler

Texas
 Austin Steam Train Association (presently runs only diesel equipment)
 Galveston Island Trolley
 Grapevine Vintage Railroad
 Jefferson and Cypress Bayou Railway
Longhorn and Western Railroad (Texas Transportation Museum)
 McKinney Avenue Transit Authority
 Rosenberg Railroad Museum
 Six Flags & Texas Railroad in Six Flags Over Texas
 Six Flags Fiesta Texas Park Railroad in Six Flags Fiesta Texas
 Texas Railroad Museum (Proposed)
 Texas State Railroad

Utah
 Golden Spike National Historic Site (Promontory Summit, Utah)
 Heber Valley Railroad
 Lagoon Wild Kingdom Train

Vermont
 Green Mountain Railroad
 Steamtown, U.S.A. (Moved to Scranton, Pennsylvania as Steamtown National Historic Site)

Virginia
 Busch Gardens Railway in Busch Gardens Williamsburg
 Virginia Scenic Railway (Buckingham Branch)
 James River Rambler (Buckingham Branch)
 Virginia Museum of Transportation (For N&W 611 excursion trips)

Washington
 Anacortes Railway (Defunct)
 Chehalis–Centralia Railroad (Operations suspended as of 2022)
 Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
 George Benson Waterfront Streetcar Line (Closed in 2005)
 Issaquah Valley Trolley (Closed in 2020)
 Lake Whatcom Railway
 Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad
 Pend Oreille Valley Railroad (Ended excursion service in 2016)
 Snoqualmie Valley Railroad
 Yakima Electric Railway Museum

West Virginia
 Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
 Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad
 Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad

Wisconsin
 East Troy Electric Railroad
 Kenosha Streetcar
 Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway (Closed in October 2001)
 Lumberjack Steam Train
 Mid-Continent Railway Museum
 National Railroad Museum, Ashwaubenon (includes a small rail loop)
 Osceola and St. Croix Valley Railway
 Riverside and Great Northern Railway
 Wisconsin Great Northern Railroad

Wyoming
Evanston Roundhouse
Union Pacific Steam Program (Cheyenne, Wyoming)
Wyoming Transportation Museum

Territories
Puerto Rico
Train of the South

See also

 List of heritage railways
 List of heritage railways in Canada
 Heritage streetcar

References

External links

United States
United States railway-related lists


Luigi Scotti (born 14 January 1932) is an Italian former magistrate, politician and jurist. Between 6 February 2008 and 8 May 2008 he was minister of justice in Romano Prodi's government.

Biography

Academic career
Graduated in law with honors from the University of Naples, Scotti benefited from one of the five scholarships for the best graduates in the academic year with the adjoining role of volunteer assistant. In 1965 he passed the competition for ordinary assistant and in 1967 he obtained free teaching in navigation law. In 1969 he was appointed professor at the Faculty of Economics and Commerce of the University of Naples. In 1971 he became professor in charge and stabilized and in 1986 he passed the competition for ordinary professor but did not exercise this profession intending to remain in the judiciary. Subsequently, he carried out numerous post-graduate courses, especially in the field of organization of justice and judiciary.

Judicial career
In 1962 Scotti was assigned to the magistrate's office of Calitri as a praetor. Appointed court magistrate in 1964, he continued his career within the judiciary becoming judge in 1966 and appellate magistrate in 1972: thanks to this qualification he was elected member of the Superior Council of the Magistracy, of which he was a member from 1976 to 1981.

On 10 April 1979 he was appointed Magistrate of Cassation and from November 1982 he worked at the Ministry of Justice first as deputy head of the Legislative Office, then from 1984 as head of the same office. At the same time he was appointed regent of the General Directorate of the Judicial Organization and subsequently regent of the General Inspectorate, being appointed Magistrate of Cassation with higher managerial functions on 10 April 1987.

From 23 May 1997 he returned to the function of judge as president of the Court of Rome.

Political career
On 17 May 2006 he resigned from all his judicial positions as he was appointed Undersecretary of Justice in the second Prodi government, indicated by the Party of Italian Communists led by Oliviero Diliberto.

On 7 February 2008 he was appointed Minister of Justice in the Prodi II government that had already resigned, replacing Romano Prodi who had taken over the interim after Clemente Mastella's resignation.

On 9 May 2008 the mayor of Naples Rosa Russo Iervolino appointed him Assessor for legal affairs, security and transparency.

References
  Biografia di Luigi Scotti. Italian Ministry of Justice.

1932 births
Living people
Jurists from Naples
Italian Ministers of Justice
Independent politicians in Italy
Politicians from Naples


The Truth About Cars (TTAC) is a blog covering automobiles, automotive products and the auto industry, begun in 2002 featuring a mix of automotive reviews, editorials and news. It is home to the annual Ten Worst Automobiles awards, which are nominated and selected by the readers. It also featured multiple series predicting the demise of domestic automakers, namely GM and Ford “Death Watch” and Chrysler "Suicide Watch" series.

Time magazine called TTAC one of the 25 "Best Blogs of 2011". Forbes magazine listed TTAC as a “Best of the Web” automotive blog as far back as 2005. PC Magazine listed TTAC as one of its "100 Favorite Blogs" in 2007.

History
Founded by Robert Farago in 2002, The Truth About Cars publicised itself as an independent voice in the automotive media, at a time when many outlets were coming under fire for their close relationships with advertisers, particularly auto manufacturers. TTAC adopted an adversarial tone, particularly with regard to the Big Three domestic auto makers. This was exacerbated by Farago's "GM Death Watch" series, which correctly predicted the bankruptcy of General Motors over a 200+ part series. In 2012, TTAC revived the "Death Watch" series, when contributing author Mark Stevenson correctly predicted the demise of Suzuki's North American auto sales arm.

TTAC's review comparing the grille of the Subaru B9 Tribeca to a vagina caused BMW to officially stop providing review cars.

After being acquired by VerticalScope, a Canadian online media firm, Farago departed, and Ed Niedermeyer became Editor-In-Chief in 2010.

A 2013 article titled "Small SUV Crashopalooza: Detroit Loses, Dykes Win" resulted in a falling-out among senior contributors and eventually changes in the managing staff.

In 2013, Jack Baruth posted an article announcing that Bertel Schmitt had left the blog and that he (Baruth) and Derek Kreindler would be taking over. Baruth promised a "reboot" with previously banned commenters being welcomed back.

After Kreindler left the blog in April 2015, the Editor In Chief role was transitioned to a team at AutoGuide while Mark Stevenson became the Managing Editor. Stevenson remained the Managing Editor until that role was taken over by Tim Healey in August 2017. Jack Baruth left the blog in 2018.

References

External links
Hottest New Wheels in Years - Three Parts Revue in the West Coast Midnight Run™ New Online Automotive Gateway

Automobile magazines published in the United States
Online magazines published in the United States
Automotive websites
Magazines established in 2002