Kevin Priola is an American politician who serves in the Colorado Senate from the 13th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to decennial redistricting he also represented the 25th district. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 30th and 56th districts from 2009 to 2017. Until 2022, he served as a member of the Republican Party.

Priola was born in Brighton, Colorado, and educated at the University of Colorado Boulder where he joined the College Republicans. He joined the Republican Party at age seventeen and was elected to the state house from the 30th district in the 2008 election. During his tenure in the state house he served as a whip, but resigned in 2014 following an unsuccessful attempt to remove him. He was elected to the state senate in the 2016 election. He switched parties to the Democratic Party on August 22, 2022, citing Republican attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election.

Priola was redistricted into the 13th district.

Early life

Kevin Priola was born in Brighton, Colorado. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder from 1992 to 1996, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and accounting and a minor in economics. He became a Republican at age seventeen and was a member of the College Republicans. He married Michelle, with whom he had four children.

Career

Priola ran for the Republican nomination for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives in the 30th district in the 2008 election and won in the general election against Democratic nominee Dave Rose. He defeated Democratic nominee Laura Huerta in the 2010 election. He defeated Democratic nominee Rose and Libertarian nominee Will Hiltscher in the 2012 election. He defeated Democratic nominee Vicki A. Snider and Libertarian nominee Chris Baerns in the 2014 election.

Priola ran for a seat in the Colorado Senate from the 25th district and defeated Democratic nominee Jenise May in the 2016 election. He defeated Democratic nominee Paula Dickerson in the 2020 election. He over-performed Donald Trump by over 10% in the 2020 election in his district.

He served as a whip during his tenure in the state house, but resigned from his position in 2014, the day after Representative Chris Holbert unsuccessfully attempted to have him removed from the position due to Priola not supporting a Republican amendment to legislation. During his tenure in the state senate he served on the Business, Labor and Technology, and Education committees. He was considered as a possible running mate for Walker Stapleton in the 2018 gubernatorial election, but Lang Sias was selected instead.

Political positions

Priola is considered a moderate in his district, and has worked with Democrats in sponsoring or supporting bipartisan bills. He voted in favor of legislation to allow municipalities to require affordable housing which had been prohibited since a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court in 2000. He was the only Republican in the state senate to vote in favor of legislation to prevent landlords from using or disclosing the citizenship or immigration status of their tenants.

He sponsored legislation to exempt teachers from the Colorado Open Records Act in order to prevent doxing being conducted against teachers. Priola was the only Republican to vote in favor of legislation to prohibit employers from retaliating against their workers for reporting health and safety concerns or violations.

He co-sponsored legislation to repeal the death penalty, and at one point was the only Republican supporter of the bill, stating that he opposes capital punishment due to his Catholic beliefs and how it disproportionately targets black people. He voted in favor of reducing the sentence of felony murder from life in prison without parole to a maximum of forty-eight years.

He and Senator Brittany Pettersen created legislation to allow for supervised injection sites to combat the opioid epidemic. Patrick Neville, the Republican Minority Leader in the state house, threatened to have recall attempts made against Democratic members of the Colorado General Assembly who supported the legislation, but not against Priola. Priola sponsored legislation to prohibit the selling or marketing of flavored products by cigarette, tobacco, or nicotine retailers.

Priola sponsored legislation in 2014 that would prohibit abortions, except to prevent the death of the mother, and make it a class three felony. He received an F rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America.

He voted in favor of legislation to allow transgender and nonbinary people to change their names and gender on identifications without surgery or judicial requirements, and voted in favor of legislation to prohibit gay conversion therapy. He cosponsored legislation to make HIV prevention drugs available without the need of a prescription. He has also supported anti-LGBT religious-exemption legislation.

After the January 6 United States Capitol attack, he called for President Trump to be removed from office through either the Twenty-fifth Amendment or impeachment. Priola was the only Republican to vote in favor of a resolution calling for the passage of voting rights legislation at the federal level while fifteen Republican members of the state senate voted in favor of unsuccessful amendments to the resolution thanking the Capitol attackers and decertifying the 2020 presidential election.

On August 22, 2022, Priola announced he was leaving the Republican Party and joining the Democratic Party, citing Republicans' attempts to overturn the 2020 election and denial of climate change.

Electoral history

References

External links
 Campaign website
 Legislative website

Living people
University of Colorado Boulder alumni
Members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Colorado Democrats
Colorado Republicans
College Republicans
21st-century American politicians
Colorado state senators
1973 births
Democratic Party Colorado state senators


I Scream Records is an independent record label founded by Laurens Kusters in 1994 in Brussels, Belgium. The label has an extensive catalogue and is one of the leading punk and hardcore labels in Western Europe.

History
The label's first release was from the band Deviate, a band in which Laurens Kusters played the drums. By the late nineties, I Scream Records had over 25 active bands.

In late 2005, I Scream Records opened its US headquarters to work its rosters of bands (90% of which are American) through its own network. Previously, the label's masters were issued under license in the USA by companies such as Victory Records, Bridge 9 Records and Thorp Records.

Early successes include releases from Deviate, Discipline, Hardsell, Backfire!, Stigmata, Agnostic Front, Blood for Blood and Vision.

Recently the label has released records by Life of Agony, Madball, Skarhead, Wisdom in Chains, Incite, Death by Stereo, The Last Resort, Reno Divorce, MOD, Jaya the Cat, Stigma, Guajiro and Tying Tiffany to name of few. I Scream Records has also teamed up with Roadrunner Records to re-issue some of their old masters by bands such as Wrecking Crew, Token Entry & Earth Crisis.

In 2008 I Scream Records teamed up with ADA for an exclusive North American distribution deal and extended that deal with ADA Global for the rest of the world in 2009.
That same year the label also signed a worldwide co-publishing deal with EMI Publishing for its copyrights.

I Scream is currently being distributed by Avex Group in Japan since April 2010, with the first offering being Incite's new album The slaughter.

Complete roster

3 Lost Maniacs
10 Seconds Down
Agnostic Front
Awkward Thought
Backfire!
Bad Luck Charms
Beans
Beowulf
Blood for Blood
The Blue Bloods
Breakdown
The Change
Convict
Crackjaw
Darkbuster
Death & Taxes
Death by Stereo
Death Threat
Deathkiller
Determined
Deviate
Devil in Me
Disciple
Discipline
Do or Die
Down But Not Out
The Ducky Boys
Earth Crisis
Eightball
Enemy Rose
Fabulous Disaster
Far from Finished
Green Lizard
Guajiro
Gwyllions
Hardsell
The Heartaches
Heideroosjes
Homethrust
Hoods
I Reject
Incite
Inhuman
Janez Detd.
Jaya the Cat
Joe Coffee
Judasville
Kickback
Krutch
The Last Resort
Length of Time
Life of Agony
Lionheart
The Lulabelles
Madball
Mark Lind
Maximum Penalty
Mercy Killers
MOD
Mug-Shot
My City Burning
Nervous Chillin'
No Trigger
North Side Kings
On the Rise
Paranoiacs
Payback
Pilgrimz
Pitboss 2000
Powerhouse
Ramallah
Reno Divorce
Right Direction
Run, Devil, Run
Skarhead
Slapshot
Slumlords
Spider Crew
Spoiler
Squaler
Stars and Stripes
Stemm
Stigma
Stigmata
Stuck Up
Tech-9
Thumbs Down
Token Entry
Tying Tiffany
The Unseen
Uppercut
La Vieja Guardia
Vision
Void Section
The Welch Boys
Wisdom in Chains
Wrecking Crew

References

External links
 Official website

Record labels established in 1994
Belgian record labels


James W. Pumphrey (September 12, 1832 – March 16, 1906) was a livery stable owner in Washington, D.C., who played a minor role in the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and its aftermath. Assassin John Wilkes Booth hired a horse from Pumphrey which he used to escape after the deed.

Early life and family
James Pumphrey was born in Washington, D.C., to Levi Pumphrey and Sarah Pumphrey née Miller, and was one of six children.  Upon the death of his father, being the eldest son, James inherited a livery stable at the corner of C Street and 6th Street.

James Pumphrey had two "common law" marriages and fathered seven children.  He and his first wife, Margaret, had two children:  Ida Elizabeth and James W., Jr.  With his second wife, Mary, he fathered five children:  Sarah, Mary, Josephine, Percival, and Edward.

The day of the assassination

Pumphrey was an acquaintance of conspirator John Surratt and it was Surratt who introduced Booth to him prior to the assassination.  Pumphrey's stable was located near the National Hotel, which was Booth's Washington residence at the time. Booth had been hiring one particular horse, which he preferred, from Pumphrey.

On April 14, 1865, after learning that Lincoln would attend that evening's performance of the play Our American Cousin,  Booth went directly from Ford's Theatre to Pumphrey's livery stable to make arrangements for procuring a horse.  Pumphrey informed Booth that the horse he usually hired was unavailable. Therefore, Booth hired a different one, a swift little bay mare with a white star on her forehead and a black tail and mane.
Booth told Pumphrey that he would be back to get it at around four o'clock that afternoon.

At the hour agreed upon, Booth arrived at the stable. Pumphrey warned Booth that the horse was high spirited and she would break her halter if left unattended.

Booth mentioned to Pumphrey that he was going to Grover's Theatre, the former name of the National Theatre, as he had to write an important letter.  He added that he planned afterwards to stop for a drink and then take a leisurely ride.  Booth did write a letter, but not at Grover's Theatre.  He wrote the letter at the National Hotel; it was written to the editor of a Washington, D.C., newspaper called the National Intelligencer. In the letter, he explained that his plans had changed from kidnapping Lincoln to assassinating him. In addition to signing his own name, he also added those of his co-conspirators: Lewis Powell, George Atzerodt, and David Herold. Later, Booth did get a drink at Peter Taltavull's Star Saloon located next to Ford's Theatre, but he definitely did not go on a pleasure ride. Instead, Booth approached Edmund Spangler, an acquaintance and stage hand at Ford's Theatre, with the request to hold the reins of the skittish mare that he hired, while he briefly attended to some business within the theater. This business was murdering Lincoln.

After the assassination, Booth and Herold made good an escape to Virginia.  Prior to crossing the Potomac River and while hiding out in some woods, Herold killed Pumphrey's horse along with his own because the horses were no longer needed.

Temporary imprisonment
In the turmoil that followed Lincoln's assassination, scores of suspected accomplices were arrested and thrown into prison by the United States Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.  Stanton vigorously pursued the apprehension and prosecution of the conspirators involved in Lincoln's assassination.  All the people who were discovered to have had anything to do with the assassination or anyone with the slightest contact with Booth or Herold on their flight were put behind bars.  Pumphrey, having supplied the getaway horse, was jailed.  Ultimately, the suspects were narrowed down to a group of eight prisoners—seven men and one woman—and, along with many others, Pumphrey was released.

On May 15, 1865, Pumphrey testified for the prosecution and described the horse he provided to Booth and the details of how that transaction came about.

Pumphrey's last part in the events surrounding the assassination was to wait mounted on his horse for hours outside the Old Arsenal Penitentiary.  He waited in the hope of having the privilege of carrying President Andrew Johnson's reprieve to Mary Surratt.  While Pumphrey regarded Mrs. Surratt as wholly innocent and exhibited the deepest sympathy for her, no reprieve was to come.  On July 7, 1865, she was hanged with three of the other conspirators.

Later life and death
Pumphrey continued to operate the livery stable until some time after 1900.  The demise of his stable, like many others of the day, was caused by the advent of the automobile.  On 16 March 1906, Pumphrey died in Washington, D.C.  He is buried in Congressional Cemetery.

Obituary

The following is Pumphrey's obituary in The Evening Star, Washington, D.C. It is from page 9 of the issue dated 16 March 1906:

References

General
Kauffman, Michael W. American Brutus: John Wilkes Booth and the Lincoln Conspiracies. Random House, 2004.
Kunhardt, Dorothy Meserve, and Kunhardt Jr., Phillip B. Twenty Days. Castle Books, 1965.
Kunhardt Jr., Phillip B., Kunhardt III, Phillip, and Kunhardt, Peter W.  Lincoln:  An Illustrated Biography.  Gramercy Books, New York, 1992.
Swanson, James: Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer. Harper Collins, 2006.

External links
Note from Congressional Cemetery Website - James W. Pumphrey: Owner of the livery stable where Booth rented his horse.
Pumphrey's testimony (and that of others).

1832 births
1906 deaths
People of Washington, D.C., in the American Civil War
Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
American prisoners and detainees
People associated with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Prisoners and detainees of the United States military


Emily Morgan may refer to:

 Emily D. West (c. 1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, Texas folk heroine who has come to be identified with the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas"
 Emily Morgan (journalist) (1977–2023), British journalist
 Emily Morgan (nurse) (1878–1960), nurse known as the "Angel of the Yukon"
 Emily Malbone Morgan (1862–1937), social and religious leader in the Episcopal Church in the United States
 Emily Morgan (General Hospital)


Cindy Acree was a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Acree represented House District 40, which encompasses Elbert County and eastern Arapahoe County from 2008 to 2012.

Biography

Early life and education
Acree is a small business owner and mother of three. She is a business development consultant and was the owner of Protektmark LLC. She sold the company and now owns Cindy Acree Enterprises  In 1977, Acree received an AA in Fine Arts and Political Science from Cottey College.  She then attended Southern Methodist University, graduating with a BA in History, Political Science & Social Science Research. In 1988, she received a Masters of Science in Justice Administration from the University of Denver.

Health and advocacy
Acree had epilepsy for 15 years starting at the age of 21, then had a stroke at age 34, which was triggered by the surgery that corrected her epilepsy. She is now an advocate on behalf of all stroke survivors.

Legislative career
At the height of her legislative career, Acree served as the Vice-Chair for the Health & Environment and the Chair for the Legislative Audit Committee.  She also sat on the Finance Committee. She served on the Behavioral Health Transformation Council and Oversight of Mental Health in the Prison subcommittee.  In 2012, she was appointed to serve on the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Human Services and Welfare Commission. Acree has held numerous government appointments including: President of the Aurora City Budget Committee; Director, Cherry Creek School District Facility Planning Committee and an appointment by Governor Bill Owens to the Cardiovascular Health Coalition.  Acree has been endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund and was given the "Colorado Lawmaker Award" by the Denver Women's Commission and Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce.  The Colorado Farm Bureau designated Acree as a friend of Farm Bureau for her work in the 67th General Assembly. The Civil Justice League recognized her with the Common Sense in the Courtroom Award and she was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business.

2008 election
Acree was unopposed in the 2008 Republican primary. In the general election, she faced Democrat Karen Wilde. Acree's candidacy was endorsed by the Aurora Sentinel and the Denver Post. Acree won the election with 58% of the popular vote.

Before being sworn into office, Acree was approached by several individuals with ties to the Colorado Chiropractic Association, all of whom pressed her to support David Balmer in House leadership elections. Acree filed a complaint, which prompted an ethics-investigation against Balmer.  Balmer subsequently denied any wrongdoing, while one of the lobbyists involved, claimed ignorance of the applicable legislative rules The allegations against Balmer were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.

2009 legislative session
A highlight of her first year in office was a piece of legislation that required an interim legislative committee to study health insurance portability.

For the 2009 legislative session, Acree was named to seats on:
 House Health and Human Services Committee
 House Local Government Committee
 Local Government Committee

Legislation sponsored:
 HB 1020: Expedited Process for Reenrollment in Publicly Funded Medical Programs, signed by governor.
 HB 1102: Study Health Insurance Portability, signed by governor.
 HJR 1026: Interim Committee To Address Home And Community Based Services Waivers Waiting List For Children With Developmental Disabilities, signed by Speaker of House.
 SB 070: Clarify Workers' Compensation Procedures, signed by governor.
 SB 079: Post-adoption Contact Birth Siblings, signed by governor.
 SB 237: Grounds for Mandatory Expulsion, signed by governor.

2010 legislative session
Committee appointments:
 Legislative Audit, Vice-Chair
 House Health & Environment, Vice-Chair
 House Finance

Legislation sponsored:
 HB 1029: HBState Negotiated Prices Medical Goods, signed by governor.
 HB10-1041: Universal Application Children's Medicaid, signed by governor.
 HB10-1213: Individualized Plans Developmentally Disabled Walk List, signed by governor.
 HB10-1255: Colorado Commission Deaf and Hard of Hearing, signed by governor.
 SB10-053: Metro Sewer District Board of Directors Weighted Voting, signed by governor.

2010 election
After the 2010 Census, Acree was redistricted, into House District 40.  In the general election, she defeated Libertarian James W. Phelps and Independent Pervaiz Kaiser.

2011 legislative session
Committee appointments:
 Legislative Audit, Chair
 House Health & Environment, Vice-Chair
 House Finance

Legislation sponsored:
 HB 1010: Incidental Use of Tax-exempt Property, signed by governor.
 HB 1105: Hospital Worker Assault Protection, signed by governor.
 HB 1110: Residential Nonprofit Corp Meetings Refunds, signed by governor.
 HB 1149: Identity Verification of Lawful Presence, lost in House.
 HB 1217: Expand Access Health Care, lost in House.
 SB 082: OSA Security Audits IT Systems, signed by governor.

2012 legislative session
Committee appointments:
 Legislative Audit, Chair
 Health & Environment, Vice Chair
 Finance

Legislation sponsored:
HB 1008: Require agencies to present regulatory agenda, define adequate stakeholder participation & provide more notice when want to change in rules/regulations, signed by governor.
HB 1206: Renew Cold Case Task Force and add a Forensic Pathologist, signed by governor.
HB 1268: Medical Facility Inspections: moves inspections from the Dept. of Public Health to Fire Safety, signed by governor.
HB 1320: Rename GEO to Co. Office of Energy Dev. Remove unfunded, underutilized or duplicated programs & renew focus on all natural resources, lost.
HB 1326: Concerning Assistance to the Elderly with the Old Age Pension Fund (OAP), signed by governor.
SB 118: Repeals restrictions on hotels that require 25% of sales to be from food to maintain liquor license, signed by governor.
SB 134: Hospital Payment Assistance Program, awaiting signature by governor.

Legislation co-sponsored:
HB 1088: Allowing the use of deadly force for protection in a business.
HB 1096: Extend Make-A-Wish foundation tax check off.
HB 1104: Colorado Cancer fund tax check off.
HB 1130: Creates criminal penalty First Degree murder of an unborn child.
HB 1149: Parents request action on Low-Performing Schools.
HJR 1003: Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Trail designation on I-70.
SJR 008: Support locating U.S. Patent & Trademark office in Colorado
HJR 1003: Call for a Federal Convention to repeal Federal Health Law.

2012 election
Acree faced Democrat John W. Buckner in the 2012 race for House District 40's legislative seat.  The Aurora Sentinel declined to endorse either candidate, but did praise Acree saying she "has a strong understanding of medical issues, making her a solid asset in how best to implement the federal Affordable Care Act. She has proved herself to be dedicated listener and faithful advocate for those having to navigate the medical insurance industry."

In the 2012 General Election, Democratic challenger Buckner defeated Acree by a margin of 56% to 44%.

References

External links
 Campaign website

Living people
Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Colorado
1961 births
Cottey College alumni
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians


The Argentine Republic and the Italian Republic have had bilateral relations for over a century. Both nations enjoy friendly relations, the importance of which centers on the history of Italian migration to Argentina. Argentines of full or partial Italian ancestry number approximately 30 million, or 62% of the country's total population. Both nations are members of the G20 and the United Nations.

History
In 1816, Argentina declared its independence from Spain. At the same time, Italy was made up of separate independent Italian states. In May 1836, the Kingdom of Sardinia recognized and established diplomatic relations with Argentina, the first Italian state to do so. In 1842, Italian General (and future unifier of Italy) Giuseppe Garibaldi, fought for Uruguayan rebels during the Uruguayan Civil War against the Argentine Confederation and Uruguayan Nationalist Party.

In 1850, Sardinian King (and future King of a united Italy), Victor Emmanuel II, appointed an ambassador to Argentina. In 1855, Argentina and Italy signed a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation. In 1924, Italy upgraded its diplomatic legation in Buenos Aires to an embassy. That same year, Italian Prince Umberto of Piedmont (future King Umberto II) visited Argentina. The Prince's main visit to Argentina (and other South American nations) was part of a political plan of fascism to link the Italian people living outside of Italy with their mother country.

During World War II, Argentina remained neutral throughout most of the war and at the time, Argentine President Juan Perón was an admirer of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and tried to adapt some aspects of the fascist's experience, such as corporativism, to Argentina. In 1944, due to international pressure, Argentina officially declared war on Germany and Japan as by that time, Italy had already surrendered to the Allies in September 1943. Soon afterwards, Argentina donated wheat to a warn-torn Italy. In June 1947, Eva Perón paid an official visit to Italy during her Rainbow Tour of Europe.

During the Argentine Dirty War from 1974 to 1983, eight Italian citizens went "missing" in Argentina. In May 2007, Italy sentenced in absentia life sentences to five ex-navy Argentine officers for the murder of three of the eight Italians that went missing during the war. In 1982, during the Falklands War between Argentina and the United Kingdom, Italy supported diplomatically the United Kingdom during the war, however, remained neutral in the fighting. The then Italian socialist leader Bettino Craxi opposed the EEC sanctions against Argentina's military junta, since they would have affected the population as well, which comprised almost 50% of 1st and 2nd generation Italians. The relations between the two countries deepened, with the first programs of cooperation in Argentina conducted by the Italian government, led by Bettino Craxi, in 1984 and 1985. In 1986 the Italian government also granted a 150 million ECU subsidy to Argentina. Bipartisan relations started to slow down after the end of Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín's presidency and the explosion of the Tangentopoli scandal.

High-level visits

High-level visits from Argentina to Italy

 President Arturo Frondizi (1960)
 President Arturo Umberto Illia (1965)
 President Isabel Perón (1974)
 President Raúl Alfonsín (1987)
 President Carlos Menem (1997)
 President Fernando de la Rúa (2001)
 President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
 President Mauricio Macri (2016)
 President Alberto Fernández (2020,2021)

High-level visits from Italy to Argentina

 Prince Umberto (1924)
 President Giovanni Gronchi (1961)
 President Giuseppe Saragat (1965)
 Prime Minister Bettino Craxi (1983)
 President Sandro Pertini (1985)
 President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1995)
 President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (2001)
 Prime Minister Romano Prodi (2007)
 Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (2016)
 President Sergio Mattarella (2017)
 Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte (2018)

Migration
Before 1861, many Italians decided to go to Argentina for political and economic reasons. They had the possibility to improve their economic situation, gaining positions in the agricultural world, and the possibility to enjoy a high level of freedom of expression; people who later became foremost figures in the period known as Risorgimento.
Between 1870 and 1960, over 2 million Italian nationals migrated to Argentina.  The impact reached by this migration is enormous, both for its length and for the numbers: it is unique. Most Italians left Italy due to poverty and wars. In the period between 1876 and 1900 the Italians who migrated came from the Northern part of the peninsula. Then, in the first years of the new century, due to the worsening of the agricultural crisis, the phenomenon expanded to the rest of Italy, including also farmers from the South.

In 2011, over 30 million Argentine citizens (approx. 62% of the population) claimed Italian ancestry. Italian culture has penetrated Argentine society in food and language as Argentine Spanish is heavily influenced by Italian. Several Argentine politicians, sports figures, actors, models and literary authors, among others (including the current Catholic Pope), are of Italian descent. Argentina hosts the second biggest Italian diaspora community in the world after Brazil. In 1973, Argentina and Italy signed an Agreement on dual citizenship.

The Argentine community in Italy totals 11,200 members; however, many Argentine citizens have dual citizenship with Italy and therefore the Argentine community in Italy may be greater.

Several public or mixed entities represent the interests of the Italian identity in Argentina. Among them, we can mention the Italian Chambers of Commerce, the National Tourism Board, charitable foundations, the Italian Institute of Culture, the Italian Institute of Foreign Trade (ICE) and the Comitato degli Italiani all'Estero (Committees of Italians Living Abroad), which are funded by the Italian government.

Tourism and air transportation
According to the document "Rapporto Congiunto Ambasciate/Consolati/ENIT 2016" Italy is one of the favourite holiday destinations of Argentines. They love its culture, gastronomy, beautiful landscape and lifestyle. They consider Italy unique in the world. ENIT, with a strong advertising campaign helped to promote and spread this view. In 2014, ENIT of Buenos Aires promoted the foundation of the "Club Italia Argentina", whose goal is to increase tourist flows. One of its strategies was the expansion of the commercialisation of traditional and niche products. Members of the club are 5 tour operators who are specialised in promoting travels in Europe and especially in Italy.
There are direct flights between Argentina and Italy through the following airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas and ITA Airways.

Trade
The first contact between the two countries took place in 1884, when one of the Italian Chambers of commerce was founded in Buenos Aires (the Italian government recognized it only in 1919). Its mission was to promote the economic integration between the two countries, the exchange of ideas, best practice as well as the connection between enterprises. The first bilateral agreement was signed in 1896 and concerned custom duties. From that year collaboration continued. Deals have regarded a lot of different fields, such as finance, tourism, cultural and scientific collaboration, economic development.

Two of the most relevant framework agreements were signed in 2002 and concerned the creation of an "Italian trust fund" for the development of Argentina and the sustainable development of the small and medium enterprises. The latest agreement was signed in 2019. It is a MoU between ITA and Pro Cordoba and its objective is to promote economic relations between Italy and the Cordoba province.

In 2017, trade between Argentina and Italy totaled US$2.7 billion. In the same year, Italian president Sergio Mattarella made a state visit to Argentina, which allowed to realize a business mission organized by the General Confederation of Italian Industry, MISE and MAECI. In 2019, Italian exports to Argentina amounted to €881,99 million (€1.153,65 million in 2018), and imports reached €988,89 million (€1.019,3 million in 2018) (source: ISTAT).

Argentina's main exports to Italy include: wheat, soya beans, frozen crustacean, pears and beef. Italy's main exports to Argentina include: steam turbines, steel rails, machinery and medicine. Italian car makers such as Ferrari, Fiat and Lamborghini have a presence in Argentina, as well as Italian fashion and food products. Joint Argentine-Italian steel company, Techint, is headquartered in both nations and operates in several countries globally.

Over time Argentina has started to enter into relations also with the European Union. Relations between Argentina and EU started in 1990, when a Framework Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement entered into force. Economic and trade matters are discussed in an EU-Argentina Joint Committee which is part of the Agreement. The last meeting was on 30th November 2020, in virtual form.

In 2000, member nations of Mercosur (which includes Argentina) and the European Union (which includes Italy) began negotiations on a free trade agreement. Negotiations between EU and Mercosur were intensified in 2016. In 2019, EU and Mercosur signed a new trade deal. This new agreement is aimed to increase bilateral trade and investment, create more stable and predictable rules for trade and investment and promote joint values (eg. sustainable development, fight climate change). The EU is Mercosur's number one trade and investment partner and is the biggest foreign investor in Mercosur.

Cultural interconnections
The massive migratory phenomena from Italy to Argentina also gave rise to national and regional exchanges between members of civil society, forming a wide net of associations that are still currently visible and active, with over eight hundred entities created by Italians or their descendants to promote the culture and language, provide social assistance, and promote relations between nations.

The main institutions that participate in cultural cooperation are the Italian regional associations in Argentina such as the Istituto Italiano di Cultura de Buenos Aires and Córdoba, the Ufficio Culturale of the Italian Embassy in Argentina, the cultural offices of the Consulates, the Dante Alighieri Association.

The bilateral cultural relations for Italy and Argentina are based on the Agreement of Cultural Collaboration, signed in Buenos Aires on April 6, 1998, which sets out the framework for the two governments in the cultural and educational field.

Italian associations were originally grouped into various mutual aid societies but with  time new activities have been added. Now there are collaborations not only in cultural institutions but also in schools, social and sports centers. One of the main associations is the Societá Dante Alighieri of Buenos Aires, founded in 1896 with the aim of spreading the study of the Italian language and culture to immigrants and their descendants. Also the Italian Club in Argentina, created in 1873, was inaugurated with the purpose of keeping alive the cult of Italianity, in addition to promoting and consolidating affective, cultural and social ties between Argentines and Italians.

Culture
The literary magazine Sur, published in Buenos Aires between 1931 and 1992,  had its main focus on foreign literature. It translated well known foreign novels or essays, including  Italian ones. Their importance was not just related to the literary field but also to the linguistic one: as Argentina is a country of immigration, its language has always been influenced by all the different incomers, including the Italian ones. In fact, the migration phenomenon resulted in a progressive Italianization of Buenos Aires. There have been three different periods for the analysis of the magazine: the first between 1931 and 1945, the second between 1946 and 1960 and the third between 1961 and 1970. In the second period the journal was dedicated to the reviews of the novels which were, at the same time, translated by Editorial Sur:  Alberto Moravia, Vasco Pratolini, Cesare Pavese, etc were the authors translated. These writers were first published in Argentina and only later in Spain. Therefore most of the translations still in use today come from the magazine Sur and are by Argentine translators. Generally, Italy was presented as the birthplace of art, with many references to the Renaissance culture. As regards politics, in the first period, which included the years of fascism, only a few essays describing the political situation were translated.

The film Garage Olimpo has an Italian-Argentine production.

Diego Armando Maradona, one of the biggest football players in history,  has had an intense relationship with Naples, the city for which he played and won two championships. The importance of this relation is not just limited to the football arena; his presence meant a connection between poor social classes of the two countries. As he said: "I want to become the idol of the poorer Neapolitan guys, because they are like me when I was in Buenos Aires".

Resident diplomatic missions

 Argentina has an embassy in Rome and a consulate-general in Milan.
 Italy has an embassy in Buenos Aires and consulates-general in Bahía Blanca, Córdoba, La Plata and Rosario and consulates in Mar del Plata and Mendoza.

See also
 Escuela Dante Alighieri
 Italian Argentines
 Plaza Italia (Buenos Aires Underground)
 Scuola Italiana Cristoforo Colombo
 Argentina–EU relations

References

Italy
Bilateral relations of Italy


Acuña is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Ciudad Acuña, which contained over 98% of the municipality's population in 2010. The municipality covers an area of 11,487.7 km2 and is located on the international border between Mexico and the USA, here formed by the Río Bravo del Norte (Rio Grande), adjacent to the U.S. state of Texas.

In 2015, the municipality had a total population of 181,426 inhabitants. Acuña is currently the fastest growing city in Mexico.

Towns and villages

The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

Adjacent municipalities and counties

 Jiménez Municipality - southeast
 Zaragoza Municipality - south
 Múzquiz Municipality - south
 Ocampo Municipality - southwest
 Brewster County, Texas - northwest
 Terrell County, Texas - north
 Val Verde County, Texas - northeast

References

Municipalities of Coahuila
Coahuila populated places on the Rio Grande


Soochow University (Suda; ) is a provincial public university in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Jiangsu, and co-sponsored by the SASTIND and the provincial government. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan.

The university's root can be traced to the original Soochow University (東吳大學) founded by Methodists in 1900, which was later split and merged with a couple of institutions.

History

The original Soochow University () was founded by Methodists in Suzhou in 1900 as a merger of three existing institutions: the Po-hsi Academy, the Kung-hsiang Academy, and the Chung-hsi Academy by David Lawrence Anderson who became its first president. Originally known as the Central University of China, it was renamed the Soochow University in the Republic of China period. The word Soochow in its English name is the old spelling of the city's Chinese name according to the early postal romanisation. The original Chinese name 東吳 (Tung-wu) refers to one of the Three Kingdoms in the ancient time, of which the region of Suzhou was an important part.

The university was split in 1949 as a result of the Chinese Civil War, and merged with the Southern Jiangsu College of Culture and Education and the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Jiangnan University to form the Jiangsu Teacher's College in 1952. The English name Soochow University was revived in 1982; however, the original Chinese name 東吳 (Tung-wu) was not adopted, and the institution was given the Chinese name 蘇州 (Soochow). The Suzhou College of Sericulture, Suzhou Institute of Silk Textile Technology and Suzhou Medical College were each merged into the university in 1995, 1997 and 2000 successively.

Members of the Soochow Alumni Association who fled to Taiwan after 1949 established the Soochow University in Taipei, starting with its College of Law in 1951 and becoming a full-fledged university with five schools in 1971.

Academics

Accreditation and memberships

The university is part of the national "211 Project" and is a "2011 Plan" university. It is also one of the Jiangsu provincial key comprehensive universities. Soochow University currently has 26 post-doctoral programs, 24 main discipline doctoral programs, including 167 doctoral programs with different areas of emphasis, one professional doctoral program, 47 main discipline master's programs, including 244 master's degrees with different areas of emphasis, 21 professional master's programs, and 124 undergraduate programs. Today, Soochow University has developed into a comprehensive university with 12 major disciplines: philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, management science, and art.

Soochow University is one of the top 5% research universities (overall ranking 28 within 704 Chinese universities in 2017), and a member of the "2011 plan" - the latest program launched in 2011 by the Chinese Ministry of Education to develop into world class top universities.

Soochow University is a member of SAP University Alliances.

Rankings and reputation

The U.S. News & World Report 2023 ranked Soochow University 331st in the world, 56th in Asia and 30 in China. The Times Higher Education Word University Rankings ranked Soochow University 17th in China, and 501–600 in the world. CWUR World University Ranking 2023 ranked Soochow University 233rd worldwide and 27th nationwide.

Campus

The university consists of 6 campuses covering an area of 135 hectares and with 940,000 square meters of building area. The main and most beautiful campus is located at No.1 Shizi Street. The total enrollment is more than 39,000 students, including more than 28,000 graduates/undergraduates and more than 11,000 adult students of formal education.

The campus grounds have been described as among China's most beautiful, in part based on the incorporation of "typical features of the classical gardens in Suzhou".

Schools and Departments

School of Humanities
School of Communication - received financial support provided by Phoenix Television, Hong Kong until 2018.
School of Social Science
School of Politics and Public Administration
School of Education
School of Business
Kenneth Wang School of Law
School of Foreign Languages
Gold Mantis School of Architecture and Urban Environment
School of Mathematical Sciences
School of Physical Science and Technology & School of Energy
School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
School of Computer Science and Technology
School of Electronic Information
School of Mechanic and Electronic Engineering
School of Textile and Clothing Engineering
School of Arts
School of Music
School of Sports Science
Medical College - merged with the previously independent Suzhou Medical College in 2000.
School of Rail Transportation
School of Iron and Steel
Applied Technology College
Wenzheng College
School of Overseas Education

International collaboration

The university has established several joint programs with foreign universities:
Soochow University and Athabasca University in Canada offer a joint degree program for Chinese undergraduate students, who study in Suzhou and are awarded a Bachelor of Management degree (from Athabasca) and a Bachelor of Administration degree (from Soochow) upon completing four years of coursework. All courses are delivered in English.
Daejin University, a South Korean private university, operates one of its two China campuses on the Soochow University grounds, with the other campus located at Harbin Normal University. Daejin maintains its own building with accommodation and classrooms.
Cornell Law School (United States) and Bucerius Law School (Germany) operate a Summer Law Institute in partnership with Soochow's Kenneth Wang School of Law.
Bard College, a private liberal arts college in New York in the United States, and Soochow University will offer a comprehensive partnership that will include a joint programme between Soochow University School of Music and Bard College Conservatory of Music, exploration leading to the creation of The Bard College Liberal Arts Academy at Soochow University, and student exchange.

Notable alumni

The following people attended Soochow University after 1900, or one of the institutions that later merged with the university:

Yang Jiang (Yang Chiang, 楊絳) - playwright, author and translator.
Tan Jiazhen (Tan Chia-Chen, 談家楨) - geneticist, founder of modern Chinese genetics; member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of United States.
Zhao Puchu (趙樸初) - religious and public leader, president of the Buddhist Association of China, renowned Chinese calligrapher.
Lu Zhiwei (Lu Chih-wei, 陸志韋) - psychologist and linguist, influential figure in Chinese modern poetry.
Chiang Wei-kuo (蔣緯國) - adopted son of Chiang Kai-shek, former Army general of Republic of China.
Jin Yong (Louis Cha Leung-yung, 金庸) - novelist and essayist, co-founder of the Hong Kong daily newspaper Ming Pao and its first editor-in-chief.
Thomas Dao - Chinese American physician and specialist in breast cancer.
Nora Lam (Neng Yee-sung, 宋能爾) - Christian religious leader, Chinese Protestant Christian minister.
Li Haopei - international law academic and jurist
Ma Ke - fashion designer
Chen Yanqing - weightlifter, Olympic gold medalist.
Sun Yang –  Swimmer, Olympic and world-record holder.

References

External links

 Home Page
 Home Page

Project 211
Universities in China with English-medium medical schools
Universities and colleges established in 1900

Universities and colleges in Suzhou
1900 establishments in China


Argentina–Spain relations are the bilateral relations between the Argentine Republic and the Kingdom of Spain. Since a great portion of the immigrants to Argentina before the mid-19th century were of Spanish descent, and a significant part of the late-19th century/early-20th century immigrants to Argentina were Spaniards, the large majority of Argentines are at least partly of Spanish ancestry. Both nations are members of the Organization of Ibero-American States and the United Nations.

History

Spanish colonization

In 1516, the first Spanish expedition to visit what is now Argentina was led by the explorer Juan Díaz de Solís. In 1536, the first Spanish settlement was created in the Río de la Plata basin. Since then, Argentina was formally incorporated into the Viceroyalty of Peru governed from Lima under the Spanish crown. In 1776, the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was created with the head of government placed in Buenos Aires.

Independence

In May 1810, the May Revolution where Argentina declared its independence from Spain. For the next eight years, Argentina, led by José de San Martín, fought Spanish troops for independence. In 1824, Argentina obtained its independence. In 1863, a Treaty of Peace and Amity was signed and thus established diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Post independence
Since obtaining independence from Spain, diplomatic relations between the two nations have been stable. During the Spanish civil war, Argentina remained neutral and gave asylum to any Spanish citizen requesting it without regards to whether they were Republicans or Nationalists. At the end of the war, Argentina maintained diplomatic relations with the government of General Francisco Franco. Maintaining diplomatic relations allowed for the first lady of Argentina Eva Perón to visit Spain in 1947 and donate five million tons of food to the Spanish people.

After the death of General Franco in Spain in 1975, Argentina entered a period of military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. In 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Spain recognised and supported the claims of Argentine territorial rights over the islands. In 2012, British documents were made declassified and stated that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher feared that during the Falkland war, Spain would join Argentina by invading Gibraltar. However, as of December 31, 2020, Spain and the United Kingdom reached an agreement on the Gibraltar dispute with their Spanish environment.

A dispute arose in 2012, when Argentina sought to nationalize the energy company YPF, owned by the Spanish multinational company Repsol. Spain warned against such a move stating that it would harm bilateral relations if such a move were to happen. On 16 April, Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced the nationalization of YPF, to which Spain warned of a "clear and decisive" response. The Argentine government agreed a $5 billion settlement with Repsol over YPF.

In the 2010s an Argentine court accused Antonio González Pacheco, a former police inspector, of committing criminal acts during the Franco regime. He was sought for extradition by an Argentine judge in 2014. María Romilda Servini had called for the indictment. The request for extradition was refused by the Spanish High Court on the basis that the statute of limitations had run out on the accusation against him.

In 2021, Spain pledged support to Argentina vis-à-vis the latter country's negotiations with the IMF to renegotiate on the mechanisms of their debt, singularly those relating to the payment of the US$45 billion borrowed by the Macri administration from the IMF. In June 2021, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez paid a visit to Argentina and met with President Alberto Fernández. In May 2022, Argentine President Alberto Fernández paid a visit to Spain.

Cultural cooperation
The Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina was donated by the Spanish community in 1910, on the occasion of the centenary of the May Revolution. Argentina hosts Spanish Cultural Centers in Buenos Aires, in Córdoba and in the Parque de España, Rosario. In addition, it also has mixed social and sports institutions, such as the Spanish Club of Rosario or the Hispano-Argentino Regatta Club, and Spanish is the common language of both countries.

Since May 2014, the Argentine cartoonist Quino, famous for his comic strip Mafalda, received the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. Later, since May 2017, the Argentine humorous-musical group Les Luthiers was also awarded.

Tango and flamenco are two Latin dance genres, recognized as intangible cultural heritage, being emblems of Argentine and Spanish culture respectively. Likewise, they have become popular among the societies of both countries with the exchange of music and dance artists.

In February 2020, a twinning tourist guide was established that unites the city of Córdoba in Spain with the counterpart Córdoba in Argentina, trying to take advantage of the aspects that both cities share and that transcend beyond the common name that identifies them, covering linguistic points and cultural.

Since June 2022, the twinning of the paths of the Cura Brochero in Córdoba (Argentina) with that of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia (Spain) began. The agreement will have as its main objective to promote the exchange of knowledge on Christian pilgrimages between both communities.

In January 2023, Argentina sought at FITUR to capitalize its historic relationship with Spain for tourism, forged, among other things, by the family ties that unite both countries. Subsequently, the signing of a twinning and cooperation agreement between the municipalities of Salta (Argentina) and Huelva (Spain) was established. The agreement was made with the aim of promoting the economic and social development of both regions through tourism, production, culture, and gastronomy. Likewise, in May of the same year, Salta was also twinned with the municipality of Huesca (Spain), since the gauchos pay homage to the same patron of the Fiestas de San Lorenzo.

Bilateral
Over the years, both nations have signed numerous bilateral agreements such as an Air Transportation Agreement (1947); Agreement on the Elimination of Visas (1947); Agreement on Migration (1960); Agreement on Cultural Cooperation (1971); Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation (1972); Agreement on Economic Cooperation (1974); Extradition Treaty (1987); Agreement on the Promotion and Protection of Investments (1991); Agreement on mutual recognition of Drivers License (2002); Agreement on the Avoidance of Double-Taxation (2013) and an Agreement to strengthen bilateral cooperation in innovation and technological development (2022).

Transportation
There are direct flights between Argentina and Spain through the following airlines: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Air Europa, Iberia and Level.

Trade and investment
In 2017, trade between Argentina and Spain totaled €2.7 billion Euros. Argentina's main exports to Spain include: animal based products, frozen fish, crustaceans and sea mussels, copper and organic chemicals. Spain's exports to Argentina include: automobile components and equipment, electrical material and pharmachemicals. Spanish multinational companies such Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, Banco Santander, Mapfre, Telefónica and Zara operate in Argentina.

Spain is the second largest investor in Argentina after the United States, totalling to more than €9.8 million Euros in 2018.

Resident diplomatic relations
 Argentina has an embassy in Madrid and consulates-general in Barcelona and Vigo and consulates in Cádiz, Palma and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
 Spain has an embassy in Buenos Aires and consulates-general in Bahía Blanca, Córdoba, Mendoza and Rosario.

See also
 Argentines in Spain
 Spanish Argentines
 Argentina–European Union relations

References

External links
 Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on bilateral relations with Argentina (in Spanish)

Spain
Bilateral relations of Spain
Relations of colonizer and former colony


Carole Murray is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Murray represented House District 45, which encompassed Teller County and southern Douglas County, Colorado.

Legislative career

2008 election

Carole Murray defeated Mark Sievers in the contested Republican primary in August, taking 63 percent of votes cast.

Murray faced Democrat Holly Gorman, whose candidacy was endorsed by the Denver Post, in the November 2008 general election. Murray, however, won the election with 67 percent of the popular vote.

2009 legislative session
For the 2009 legislative session, Murray was named to seats on the House Education Committee and the House State, Veterans, and Military Affairs Committee, where she was the ranking Republican member.

Murray sponsored legislation to curtail sexting by extending child pornography and luring laws to apply to activity over cell phones. Murray also introduced a bill to allow counties to conduct primary elections via mail ballots.

2010 legislative session

2010 election

2011 legislative session

2012 legislative session

2012 election
In the 2012 General Election, Representative Murray faced Democratic challenger Tony Stoughton.  Murray was reelected by a wide margin of 67% to 29%.

References

External links
 Campaign website

Living people
Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Colorado
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)


Action Advertiser, originally Action Advertising Co. and now officially known as Action Publications, is a newspaper based out of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin which features only "good news" along with retail, display and classified advertising. All Action products are free and delivered to homes in Fond du Lac, Dodge and Green Lake Counties, respectively. Action Publications newspapers, Action Sunday (Action Sunday West) and Action Advertiser were offered on Sunday and Wednesday. The Fond du Lac Reporter, Action Publication's sister paper, offers a daily news product.

Action Publications also has a commercial print division, Action Printing, established in 1973, which is a national printer of publications, manuals, directories and books, as well as other large-scale jobs. Its digital department offers small-scale short run printing capabilities. Darwin Bethke currently serves as general manager of Action Printing.

Products
'Action Publications distributes a large number of products and special sections each year. The following are their core products:

 Action Sunday- A free "good news" newspaper for the Fond du Lac County area delivered every Sunday.
 Action Sunday West- A free "good news" newspaper for the area west of Fond du Lac, which includes Dodge, Green Lake and parts of Fond du Lac County.
 Action Advertiser- A free "good news" newspaper for the Fond du Lac County area delivered every Wednesday.
 Experience (formerly Maturity Times)- A free monthly publication geared towards those "mid-age and beyond."
 Clipper- A free coupon publication for Fond du Lac County.
 Waupun Book- A free yearly publication that includes news, events and photos from area clubs and organizations in and around Waupun
 Progress Edition- A free yearly publication that includes news and photographs from local businesses and organizations giving an update on their progress over the past year, plans for the future, and general news.

History
Action Publications was started by Jim Carew and his family in 1970 in downtown Fond du Lac at 59 N. Main St. Action Printing, a division of Action Publications, was established in 1973. In 1980, Carew built a new facility on Rolling Meadows Drive, on the west side of Fond du Lac and moved the operation there. The Rolling Meadows facility underwent six expansions between 1980 and 1999 to keep up with the growing business. The facility is now in the excess of 100,000 sq. ft.. It was purchased by Gannett Company in 2002. At that time, Action had $25 million in revenue between the news division and the commercial print division. Action Printing in-house commercial printing produces large-scale projects (1000 copies and up) and their digital department offers short-run print capabilities. In 2009, The Reporter, also owned by Gannett, moved its offices to the Action Publications facility.

Timeline:
 1970- Action Advertiser established at 59 N. Main St., first Action Advertiser, eight tabloid pages, published on Jan. 21, with 12,000 copies distributed.
 1973- Action Printing opens at 61 N. Main St., Fond du Lac, next door to the newspaper office.
 1980- 12,000 sq. ft. building built on Rolling Meadows Drive, first web press installed.
 1986- Fond du Lac County Maturity Times, for seniors, begins distribution.
 1989- In October, the first issues of the Action Sunday roll off the press.
 1990- A second zone of the Action Sunday was added and delivered to Waupun, Ripon, and Markesan areas and called Action Sunday West
 1991- A third expansion is added to the building, granting it an additional 53,000 sq. ft.
 1994- Printed by Action Printing, Action Advertiser/Action Sunday became the first publication in the history of free papers to win back-to-back First Place General Excellence awards from both AFCP and IFPA.
 1997- Jim Carew is presented with the Association of Free Community Papers Distinguished Service Award.
 1998- Action completes a 45,000 sg. ft. addition to house printing equipment.
 2002- The Gannett Company purchased Action Advertising from the Carew family.
 2006- Action earned a "Best Workplace in the Americas" award from Master Printers if America (MPA) and Printing Industries of America (PIA)
 2008- Action Publications Action Advertiser/Action Sunday won the General Excellence Award (first place) for the 2008 publication year.
 2009- The Reporter relocated its operation into the Action's Rolling Meadows Dr. location.
 2011- Printing and production of Action Sunday, Sunday West and Action Advertiser move to Appleton Production Facility.
 2022- Printing and production of Action Sunday, Sunday West and Action Advertiser ceased, ended effectively on May 8, 2022.

Awards
The Association of Free Community Papers awarded the General Excellence or Best of Show awards, the first free newspaper in history to receive the award back to back as the best free newspaper in North America. It has received the award over 20 times including the last six straight years. In 2008, it received the Wisconsin Community Papers General Excellence Award for newspapers with over 20,000 circulation, the fourth straight time it received the award. It received 33 awards for newspapers with over 10% news content.

Action Printing has received the National Association for Printing Leadership’s Gold Top Management Award in seven out of the past nine years.

References

External links
Official website

Newspapers established in 1970
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Newspapers published in Wisconsin
Gannett publications
1970 establishments in Wisconsin


Gisborough Hall is a 19th-century mansion house, now a hotel, at Guisborough, Redcar and Cleveland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.

The manor of Gisborough and the site of the dissolved Priory of Gisborough were acquired after the Dissolution of the Monasteries by Sir Thomas Chaloner in about 1558. He built a new manor house adjacent to the Priory ruins. His grandson was Sir William Chaloner, Bt.

The manor house was demolished in the early 19th century when the family moved to Long Hull. In 1842 Admiral Thomas Chaloner inherited the estate and in 1856 created the present mansion house. The design of the hall is attributed to William Milford Teulon by Historic England, though his elder brother, Samuel Sanders Teulon is listed as the architect by the 1966 North Yorkshire edition of the Pevsner Architectural Guides.

The house, in Jacobean style, presents a main south front of two stories and attics behind balustrades, with seven bays, the central and two end bays being canted and gabled.

On his death without issue, the Admiral left the estate to his great-nephew Richard Godolphin Walmesley Long (younger brother of Viscount Long) who in 1888 changed his surname to Chaloner. He was created Baron Gisborough in 1917 and died at the Hall in 1938.

The family lived in the Hall until the Second World War when it was requisitioned by the Army. After the war, it was leased to North Riding Council as a nursing home. In 1972 it became a non-residential banqueting house and restaurant.

In 2002, it was refurbished and extended by the family and now operates as a privately owned four-star Country House Hotel and wedding and conference venue with 71 bedrooms, the award-winning Chaloner's restaurant, De Brus Bar & Grill.

The hall is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England as is the former stable block and its adjoining screen wall and gate piers to the west of the hall. The North and South lodges of the hall are also Grade II listed, as are the entrance gates and boundary walls to the south of the south lodge.

References

History and Antiquities of Cleveland John Walker Ord (1846) p. 221. The Chaloners of Gisborough. Google Books

Buildings and structures in Redcar and Cleveland
Grade II listed buildings in North Yorkshire
Grade II listed gates
Grade II listed houses
Grade II listed walls
Guisborough
Houses completed in 1856
Hotels in North Yorkshire
Houses in North Yorkshire
Jacobethan architecture
Samuel Sanders Teulon buildings


Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a Nigerian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It first aired on 8 October 2004 and stopped temporarily on 25 June 2017. On 29 August 2017, a deal was secured with Airoplaycare behind the new sponsor after MTN Nigeria pulled out from the game show.

Lifelines
Three lifelines were presented at the beginning of the game in order to aid contestants:
 50:50: The computer eliminates two random wrong options, leaving the right option and the other remaining wrong option.
 Phone a Friend: The contestant calls one of their five prearranged friends, who provided their phone numbers in advance. The contestant has 30 seconds to read the question and four possible options to the friend, who then has the remaining time to offer input.
 Ask the Host: The contestant can directly ask the host on his opinions on the question.

Former lifelines
Ask the Audience: The contestant can ask the audience on what they think the correct answer via a poll. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 revival does not have a studio audience, and thus can not have Ask the Audience available as a lifeline.

Top prize winners
 Aroma Ufodike - ₦10,000,000 (September 11, 2009)

Top prize losers
 Chukwuma Eze - ₦250,000 (March 7, 2016)

Biggest winners other than top prize winners
 Osazuwa Osahon Daniels - ₦5,000,000 (June 19, 2009)
 Babatunde Oni Oladipo - ₦5,000,000 (2010)
 Nnaemeka Ubaekwena - ₦5,000,000 (January 1, 2012)
 Winifred E. Karieren - ₦5,000,000 [First female to win 5 million] (May 2012)
 Sammy Abraham - ₦5,000,000 (March 17, 2013)
 Olalowo Olatokun - ₦5,000,000 (2014)

Final question right

On September 11, 2009, a contestant named Aroma Ufodike became the first person to win the ₦10 million, and he is the only winner of the top prize on the Nigerian Millionaire. One of the questions related to celebrated Nigerian football referee Linus Mbah. Just like in Slumdog Millionaire Mr. Ufodike was able to answer the question from his personal experience. Mr. Mbah lived in the apartment above him or, as Mr. Ufodike put it – "He lives on top of me!"

Special editions
The Nigerian variation of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire has special editions which are recorded and broadcast at certain times of the year. The Valentine Special, which comes up around February, features couples being placed on the hot seat to answer questions for the money prize together. The Children Special edition is used to commemorate the Children’s Day celebrations. It has featured children between the ages of 8–14 years of age from different backgrounds who came to play for 10 Million Naira in scholarships.

Money trees
Here are the money trees that have been used on Millionaire throughout the years.

References

External links
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Nigeria Series 2 - Official Website
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Nigeria - Official Twitter

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
2004 Nigerian television series debuts
Nigerian game shows
2000s Nigerian television series
2010s Nigerian television series
Nigerian Television Authority original programming
Africa Magic original programming


Laura Bradford (born January 9, 1957) was a legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Elected to the Colorado House of Representatives as a Republican in 2008, Bradford represented House District 55, which encompasses northern portions of Mesa County and northern Grand Junction from 2008 to 2013.

Biography

Early life and career
Born in Crookston, Minnesota and raised in Stephen, after moving to Montana and working at Yellowstone National Park at the age of 18, Bradford settled in Colorado, living in Denver, Greeley, and Aspen, before moving to Grand Junction, Colorado in 1981. Bradford has been married three times; she and her husband, Linton Mathews, have three children: Elizabeth, Meredith, and Preston.

After founding several sewing-related businesses, Bradford founded ProSafe Products in 1987, a small business manufacturing fitted covers and garments for medical and dental applications. Her family opened a tree farm in 2006 on land near Collbran, Colorado.
She joined the Women's Success Forum at the University of Denver Daniels College of Business in 1998, and was featured in the 1999 book Women Who Mean Business. She was a member of the Colorado Women's Economic Development Council from 1995 to 2000, and, in 1999, was appointed its chair by Gov. Bill Owens, and also sat on the Mesa County Revolving Loan Fund Administration Loan Review Committee.

An amateur musician, Bradford has been treasurer for the Messiah Choral Society and directed her church's English Handbell Choir. She has served in various positions with the Republican party, and became  House District 55 chair in 2002.

Legislative career

2008 election
Bradford began considering a run for the house seat, meeting with Republican leaders, in 2007, as did former state senator Ron Teck. When Teck declined to run in August 2008, Bradford was left as the leading contender for the seat. She had no opposition in the August 2008 Republican primary, but faced incumbent Democratic Rep. Bernie Buescher in the November 2008 general election.  Buescher was widely expected to become the next Speaker of the House if re-elected. Buescher's candidacy was endorsed by the Denver Post.

Bradford ran a campaign focused on fiscal and economic issues, particularly attempting to link Buescher with Gov. Bill Ritter and their support of a controversial mill levy freeze.
Buescher was targeted by flyers from Focus on the Family Action and other 527 groups during the campaign. Bradford was also criticized by outside groups as failing to support cancer screenings, a charge she rebutted by citing her own bout with cancer. Bradford aired television commercials responding to attacks from 527 groups, some of which were briefly taken off the air and revised after it was discovered that a photograph of Buescher, taken by a Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reporter and used in the ad, was used without proper permission.

Bradford, running in a district with a 2:1 Republican voter registration advantage, received a late-minute boost from a visit by Republican presidential candidate John McCain on election day. As returns came in, Bradford and Buescher traded leads, with Bradford leading at the end of the night. By the following day, Bradford's lead settled at about 600 votes, more than 1 percent of ballots cast. Buescher conceded defeat the day after the election.

After defeating Buescher, Bradford received a standing ovation when first meeting with the House Republican caucus later in the week.

2009 legislative session
For the 2009 legislative session, Bradford was named to seats on the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee and the House Local Government Committee, where she was the ranking Republican member.

The first bill introduced by Bradford was a measure to update laws governing Colorado's statewide voter registration database into compliance with federal regulations.
Bradford has announced her intention to support an expansion of the personal property tax exemption, a bill her opponent Buescher had promoted, and has  publicly supported efforts to pass a version of Jessica's Law in Colorado, mandating stricter sentencing for sex offenders, and is expected to introduce a version of the legislation with Reps. Frank McNulty and Scott Tipton.

Drunk driving
On January 25, 2012, Bradford was pulled over by Denver police after making an illegal turn. After the officer smelled alcohol on her breath, Bradford admitted to police that she had been drinking. Upon administering roadside sobriety tests, the officer called a supervisor to receive advice. Denver Police later claimed that Bradford then invoked  Article V Section 16, of the Colorado Constitution, which provides for legislative immunity:

The representative, however, claims she never invoked legislative immunity; a claim which was substantiated by a House ethics committee. Bradford was issued a traffic ticket and her vehicle was impounded by Denver Police. Bradford later told a journalist that she drank three and a half glasses of wine during the night in question.  She later delivered an apology on the House floor.

2012 election
Bradford did not stand for reelection in 2012 and was succeeded by Republican politician Ray Scott who won election with 58% of the vote.

References

External links
 Campaign website

1957 births
Living people
People from Crookston, Minnesota
Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Colorado
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
People from Marshall County, Minnesota


HMS Selkirk was a Hunt-class minesweeper of the Aberdare sub-class built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was not finished in time to participate in the First World War and survived the Second World War to be sold for scrap in 1947.

Design and description
The Aberdare sub-class were enlarged versions of the original Hunt-class ships with a more powerful armament. The ships displaced  at normal load. They had a length between perpendiculars of  and measured  long overall. The Aberdares had a beam of  and a draught of . The ships' complement consisted of 74 officers and ratings.

The ships had two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam provided by two Yarrow boilers. The engines produced a total of  and gave a maximum speed of . They carried a maximum of  of coal which gave them a range of  at .

The Aberdare sub-class was armed with a quick-firing (QF)  gun forward of the bridge and a QF twelve-pounder (76.2 mm) anti-aircraft gun aft. Some ships were fitted with six- or three-pounder guns in lieu of the twelve-pounder.

Construction and career
The ship was named after the Scottish town of Selkirk.

Following a successful Warship Week National Savings campaign in March 1942 she was adopted by the civil community of Thorne, near Doncaster in the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Notes

References

Hunt-class minesweepers (1916)
1918 ships


Allende Municipality is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Allende. The municipality covers an area of 198.7 km².

Demographics
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 20,153.

Government

Municipal presidents

References

Municipalities of Coahuila


Portugal–Russia relations are foreign relations between Portugal and Russia. Portugal has an embassy in Moscow while Russia has an embassy in Lisbon.

The countries are the easternmost and westernmost in Europe. Both countries are full members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

History
Full, ambassador-level, diplomatic relations between Portugal and the Russian Empire date back to 1779. Earlier, in 1724, Portuguese merchants appealed to Peter I to establish trading missions. Peter responded with appointment of a consul in Lisbon. There is no evidence, however, that the Lisbon consulate was actually established at that time. Trading between the two countries developed slowly, and the Russian consulate in Lisbon finally opened in 1769, headed by João António Borscher, a Portuguese-German banker from Hamburg. Borscher was not keenly interested in promoting Portuguese business interests, and trade between the two countries remained insignificant.

In September 1779, Maria I appointed the former ambassador in the Netherlands, Francisco José Horta Macedo, as Portugal's ambassador to Russia based in Saint Petersburg. Catherine II responded with appointing Count Wilhelm Nesselrode as an ambassador to Portugal. These contacts resulted in the 1782 Treaty on Armed Neutrality and the 1787 Treaty on Commerce. In 1799, the two countries signed a defensive alliance that did not precipitate into direct military action.

For most of the 19th century, relationships remained uneventful, gaining momentum in the last decade of the century when the Imperial Russian Navy regularly used Portuguese ports for replenishments. The crew of imperial yacht Tsesarevna in particular was hailed for their action in fighting the 1895 fire at the Portuguese Parliament. However, during the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, Portugal sided with the United Kingdom and refused to allow the Russian Navy access to its ports.

After the February Revolution of 1917 in Russia, the ties between two countries were severed in 1918. Relations were not re-established until 1974 with the Carnation Revolution in Portugal and overthrow of the Estado Novo.

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine started, Portugal, as one of the EU countries, imposed sanctions on Russia, and Russia added all EU countries to the list of "unfriendly nations". Portugal joined other countries in spring 2022 in declaring a number of Russian diplomats persona non grata.

See also
 Foreign relations of Portugal
 Foreign relations of Russia
 Russia–European Union relations

References

External links
  Embassy of Russia in Lisbon

Bilateral relations of Russia
Russia


CCID Consulting Co., Ltd. () is China's largest research, consulting and IT outsourcing service company, and the first Chinese consulting firm listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Location
CCID Consulting was the first Chinese consulting firm listed in the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM, )  of Hong Kong Stock Exchange, and is a direct affiliate to the China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID Group). Headquartered in Beijing, CCID Consulting has branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chengdu, with over 300 professional consultants.

Business
The company's businesses cover over 200 large and medium-sized cities in China. Based on major areas of competitiveness: industrial resources, information technology and data channels, CCID Consulting provides customers with public policy establishment, industry competitiveness upgrade, development strategy and planning, marketing strategy and research, HR management, IT programming and management. Customers range from industrial users in electronics, semiconductors, telecommunications, energy, finance, automobile, to government departments at all levels and diversified industrial parks.

References

External links
Corporate website

Financial services companies of China


Kya Aap Banaingay Crorepati? (; English translation: Are you going to be a crorepati?) was a Pakistani game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show was hosted by Moin Akhtar. The main goal of the game was to win 10 million rupees (2002-2004) by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were three lifelines - Fifty Fifty, Phone A Friend and Ask The Audience. Kya Aap Banaingay Crorepati? was broadcast from 2002 to 2004. It was shown on ARY Digital. The show was bilingual - in English and Urdu. The show was broadcast on every Saturday at 7:45 PST.

Money tree

Pakistani version (2002-2004)

References

External links
Official website (archived)
You Too Can Become a Crorepati (archived)
Entry on ARY Digital website (archived)
Fragment of the show
PakistaniDefence forum

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Pakistani game shows
2003 Pakistani television series debuts
2004 Pakistani television series endings
2000s Pakistani television series
Pakistani reality television series
Pakistani television series based on British television series


Felix Mann (10 April 1931 – 2 October 2014) was a German-born acupuncturist.  He devised the system known as Scientific Acupuncture and was the founder and past president of the Medical Acupuncture Society (1959–1980). He was also the first president of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (1980), and the author of the first comprehensive English language acupuncture textbook Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing first published in 1962. In 1995, he received The German Pain Prize. Mann, who was based in England, also lectured internationally on medical acupuncture. Mann distanced himself from traditional beliefs in the existence of acupuncture points and meridians.

Criticism of basic acupuncture concepts

Mann distanced himself from traditional beliefs in the existence of acupuncture points and meridians. He stated in his book Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine:

 "The traditional acupuncture points are no more real than the black spots a drunkard sees in front of his eyes." (p. 14)

 "Many acupuncture points are in practice like McBurney’s point, in that both the position and size of the point vary enormously" (p. 14)

And regarding meridians…

 "The meridians of acupuncture are no more real than the meridians of geography. If someone were to get a spade and tried to dig up the Greenwich meridian, he might end up in a lunatic asylum. Perhaps the same fate should await those doctors who believe in [acupuncture] meridians." (p. 31)

Regarding the whole meridian system:

 "... the original, probably correct, observations were taken up by scholars who then processed something simple into something complicated, in their masterful, scholarly way. Possibly they wished the meridians in microcosm man to simulate the pathway of the planets in the celestial macrocosm and thus produced the truly amazing course of the meridians, coursing three times round the whole body.

 "However, despite the fact that I criticise the present description of acupuncture points and meridians, it will be apparent that I could never have evolved my own ideas without the stimulus of the traditional structures." (p. 36)

New concepts

In his later years, Mann introduced some new acupuncture concepts he found important.

He regarded a significant part – perhaps as much as 50% of the patients – as strong reactors:

 "These patients respond to acupuncture like magic. Their symptoms may be cured or alleviated within seconds or minutes of treatment, a treatment which involves only one or two needles and gentle stimulation." (p. 41)

Mann introduced a new acupuncture method that he regarded as stronger than traditional skin acupuncture: Periosteal acupuncture. (p. 91) This involves inserting the needles into the periosteum – almost all the way down to the bone.

Publications
 Reinventing Acupuncture: A New Concept of Ancient Medicine: (1992) 1st edition, also in German and Italian; (1996) Revised 1st edition; (2000) 2nd edition.
 Textbook of Acupuncture (1987) Omnibus
 Scientific Aspects of Acupuncture (1977) 1st edition; (1982) 2nd edition, also in Japanese.
 Acupuncture: Cure of Many Diseases (1971) 1st edition; (1972) Pan edition; (1972) USA edition; (1972) Revised edition, also in Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Italian, Swedish; (1992) 2nd edition.
 Atlas of Acupuncture (1966), 13 reprints
 The Meridians of Acupuncture (1964), also in Italian
 The Treatment of Disease by Acupuncture (1963); (1967) 2nd edition; (1974) 3rd edition
 Acupuncture: The Ancient Chinese Art of Healing (1962); (1962) Revised; (1971) 2nd edition; (1973) Revised edition; (1981) 3rd edition; (1963) & (1972) USA editions, also in Italian

References

External links
 Personal website (archived version)

1931 births
Acupuncturists
20th-century English medical doctors
2014 deaths
People educated at Malvern College
Critics of alternative medicine
Scientists from Frankfurt


Randy L. Baumgardner is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 57th district from 2009 to 2013, and in the Colorado Senate from the 8th district from 2013 to 2019, as a member of the Republican Party. Baumgardner resigned after more allegations came out against him following an unsuccessful expulsion vote.

Early life

Randy L. Baumgardner was born in Bedford, Indiana, and attended Indiana University. He and his wife Lori moved to Grand County, Colorado, in 1994, and both of them worked for the Colorado Department of Transportation. One of his children, Charlie, died at age seven in the 1990s.

Career

Colorado House of Representatives

During the 2008 election Baumgardner ran for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 57th district. He defeated Daniel L. Korkowski in the Republican primary and defeated Democratic nominee R. Todd Hagenbuch in the general election. He defeated Democratic nominee Steve Ivancie and Libertarian nominee Mike Kien in the 2010 election.

During his time in the state house Baumgardner let Michael K. Frierson, an unregistered sex offender who pled guilty to a misdemeanor charge of sexual assault against a fourteen year-old, live in his house. Frierson was later arrested for not notifying the sheriff that he had moved and for not re-registering. Lori paid Frierson's $2,000 bond and Baumgarder stated that he was helping Frierson rebuild his life.

Colorado Senate

During the 2012 election Baumgardner challenged incumbent Republican Senator Jean White for a seat in the Colorado Senate from the 8th district. He defeated White in the primary and defeated Democratic nominee Emily Tracy and Libertarian nominee Sacha L. Weis in the general election. He defeated Tracy again in the 2016 election.

On July 12, 2013, he announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for the United States Senate election in 2014. However, he did not win enough support from delegates at the state assembly to appear on the primary ballot and Cory Gardner received 73% of the delegate vote.

Baumgardner was selected to serve as the Majority Whip in the state senate in 2015.

Sexual Harassment
Megan Creeden, a legislative intern, accused Baumgardner of sexual harassment in which he slapped her butt and of making inappropriate comments. She filed a sexual harassment complaint against him in 2017. Baumgardner denied the allegations against him, but stepped down as chair of a committee. Senate President Kevin Grantham only requested for him to attend sensitivity training. The Democratic members of the state senate attempted to have Baumgardner expelled, but it failed in a seventeen to seventeen vote, below the twenty-four votes needed, which Senator Don Coram (R) called a "public lynching". Senator Ray Scott was the only Republican to vote in favor of expelling Baumgardner.

Two other complaints which alleged that Baumgardner created a hostile and offensive work environment and of inappropriate actions with a female intern were verified by an outside investigation. He was removed from his committee assignments by Grantham. He announced that he would be leaving the state senate after the additional allegations came out and resigned on January 21, 2019. Bob Rankin, a member of the state house, was selected to replace Baumgardner in the state senate.

Electoral history

References

External links
 Campaign website
 Colorado General Assembly Website
 Biography at Ballotpedia
 Issue positions and quotes at On the Issues

21st-century American politicians
1956 births
Republican Party Colorado state senators
Living people
Republican Party members of the Colorado House of Representatives


Castlegregory are a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the parish of Castlegregory in Kerry, Ireland. This is a Gaelic football only club, with no hurling played. The club is a member of the West Kerry division of Kerry GAA. They play their home games in the newly renovated surrounds of Pairc An Caislean located just outside the parish's main village of the same name.

The club fields teams at all age groups from U10 through to Senior and has an excellent record at underage level with regular representation on county teams from U16 - U21.

History

Football was played in Castlegregory long before the GAA was founded in 1884.
The game of Caid was played in the parish of Castlegregory long before, and even after, the foundation of the GAA in Thurles in 1884. Caid itself seems to have been a combination of rough and tumble football and cross country running - the contestants being teams from neighbouring parishes.

One such game took place between Castle and Cloghane in 1886 at Dowling's Big Field in Stradbally with both sides claiming victory. A replay finally took place 2 years later with Cloghane winning. A local balladeer recalled the game in a song called "The Kickers of Lios na Caol Bhuidhe" which contains the immortal line: " ..they'd kick all before them from here to Tralee" Another line recounts events when the game became a little too robust: "The referee, with his whistle, was up on top a tree".!!!

The first official GAA club of the parish was known as Castlegregory Allen - in memory of William Allen, one of the Manchester Martyrs Allen, Larkin and O'Brien. The club took part in the first Kerry County Championship played in 1889 in which they met a team called Ó Breannan. After two draws, the second replay was played in Castle on 10 April, but the game was abandoned after O'Breannan refused to continue when Castle scored a disputed goal. However, as you would, both teams retired to a local hostelry and had a night of singing and dancing.

The first recorded meeting of the club took place in October 1889 and Mr Thomas Moore was elected president and the officers elected with him were Silvester Egan, Hugh O'Flaherty. Michael Kelliher, John Fitzgerald, Eugene Foran and Michael O'Sullivan. John Foran and Thomas McCarthy were elected captain and vice captain respectively. Tom O'Flaherty from Fahamore soon became Honorary Secretary of the Kerry County Board and not long after Castle became a proper affiliated club

The club took part in the first Senior Kerry County Championship played in 1889 reaching the Semi Final eventually losing to the Killarney Crokes ( Dr.Crokes).

Competitions
Kerry GAA competitions are divided into two distinct branches - divisional and county.
In divisional competitions, teams face off against their neighbours from within their own geographical area. In Castlegregory's case, this means that they play against other West Kerry clubs such as Dingle, An Gaeltacht, Lispole and fierce rivals Annascaul.

County competitions involve matches against opposition from throughout County Kerry and are independent of divisional championships.

Castlegregory also send players to form part of the West Kerry divisional team which competes in the Kerry County Championships at Minor, U21 and Senior levels.

Club Foundations: Bord na nÓg

All of Castlegregory's underage teams take part in similar county Gaelic football and divisional competitions.

Castle have regularly been strong contenders in their county league divisions, winning several titles at all underage brackets over the past 20 years or so, most notably a County Minor 3-in-a-row side in the mid 1990s.

Parish Leagues
As a large parish - end to end is about 30 miles - comprising many sizeable townlands and villages, early Castle teams suffered from logistical difficulties when it came to the organisation of training sessions.

To overcome this, a parish league was formed which pitted the best 15 from each or the larger townlands against each other. The main protagonists included teams from Cloghane, Stradbally, Aughacasla, Camp, Maharees and Castlegregory.

As the local population declined many townlands had trouble finding 15 players, to the point where the parish league was disbanded.

In its place, we now have an annual once off game between the East of the Parish and the West of the Parish. These clashes take place every December, normally around St Stephen's Day.
Often tough affairs, featuring a cameo or two from former greats who just doesn't know when to lie down, the matches usually draw a large crowd.
Some things never change though and once the old scores are settled and rivalries renewed, it all ends with a trophy presentation and a pint in one of Castle's well known watering holes.

Notable players

Castlegregory has had some wonderful players through the years, many of whom never made it into a Kerry shirt but may well have been able to lay claim to one. Of those who did, Pat O'Shea and Tom Moriarty are two of the most notable. Both are featured in the book "Princes Of Pigskin", which chronicles the men and women who have made Kerry great.

Many Castlegregory players have been honoured at schools level with Tralee CBS , Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and Meán Scoil Nua an Leith Triúigh & also in third level Sigerson Cup with various third level institutions Micheál O' Sé (2001) & JB Spillane (2011) with UCC,Seán Mahoney with IT Tralee (1998)

Kerry Senior Football Team
 Pat "Aeroplane" O'Shea (1910 - 1914)
 James Kennedy (1950 - 1950) - 1 Appearances
 Michael Moriarty (1953 - 1953) - 3 Appearances
 Tom Moriarty (1951 - 1954)
 Jack Dowling (1956 - 1961) - 33 Appearances
 Pat Dowling (1960 - 1960) - 4 Appearances
 MJ O'Shea (1965 - 1968) - 4 Appearances
 Tom Kelliher (1967 - 1967) - 1 Appearances
 Mossie O'Connor (1969 - 1969) - 1 Appearances
 John Healy (1985 - 1985) - 4 Appearances
 Sean O'Mahony (1997 - 1997) - 21 Appearances
 Alan Fitzgerald (2014 - 2016) - 18 Appearances
 Ciara Butler (2018–Present )

Junior Players
Castlegregory players represented Kerry at Junior grade

 Sean O'Mahony (1997 - 2001) 9 Appearances
 Derek McNamara (2000 - 2003) 13 Appearances
 David Heasman (2000 - 2000) 1 Appearances
 Micheál O'Shea (2001 - 2001) 1 Appearances
 Alan Lynch (2004 - 2004) 2 Appearances
 Gavin O'Connor (2010 - 2010) 4 Appearances
 Alan Fitzgerald (2010 - 2013) 4 Appearances

U20/U21 Players
Castlegregory players represented Kerry at U21/U20 grade

 Jason Wieboldt (1991 - 1992) 3 Appearances
 Sean O'Mahony (1997 - 1997) 5 Appearances
 Micheál O'Shea (2000 - 2000) 3 Appearances
 Stephen Browne (2009 - 2009) 1 Appearances
 JB Spillane (2009 - 2009) 1 Appearances
 Shane Hennessey (2009 - 2009) 1 Appearances
 Alan Fitzgerald (2011 - 2011) 2 Appearances

Minor Players
Castlegregory players represented Kerry at Minor grade

 Pierce Ferriter (1987 - 1987) 1 Appearances
 Jason Wieboldt (1990 - 1990) 6 Appearances
 Sean O'Mahony (1993 - 1994) 6 Appearances
 Micheál O'Shea (1996 - 1997) 5 Appearances
 Stephen Browne (2006 - 2006) 5 Appearances
 JB Spillane (2007 - 2007) 4 Appearances
 Thomas O'Donnell (2020 - 2020) 4 Appearances
 Maurice O'Connell (2020 - 2020) 4 Appearances
 Caolán Ó’Conaill (2020 - 2020) 3 Appearances
 Joseph Scully (2007 - 2007) 1 Appearances
 Ciara Butler (2019)
 Finóla Ní Chathasaigh (2022)

Roll of honour

 West Kerry Senior Football Championship: (3) 1966, 1973, 1977
 Kerry Intermediate Football Championship: (1) 1975
 Kerry Junior Football Championship: (3) 1974, 2009, 2021
 Munster Junior Club Football Championship: (1) 2009
 All-Ireland Junior Club Football Championship: (1) 2010

References

https://www.the42.ie/meath-v-kerry-5830153-Jul2022/

External links
Official Castlegregory GAA Club website

Gaelic games clubs in County Kerry
Gaelic football clubs in County Kerry


Candela  is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Candela. The municipality covers an area of 2,305.5 km2.

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 1,672.

References

Municipalities of Coahuila


"Put It on Ya" is a song performed by American hip hop artist; Plies. The song features newcoming R&B artist Chris J, and is produced by No I.D., and was co-written by Kon Live recording duo, Rock City (group) . It is the first official single from Plies' third studio album Da REAList.

Background
The promo version of "Put It on Ya" was released to the Internet on October 7, 2008. The album version was premiered with the video via his MySpace page over a month prior on November 12, 2008. The video was also featured on BET's Access Granted. After the album's release the song entered the iTunes top 100 at #29.

Chart performance
"Put It On Ya" debuted at #92 on the Billboard Hot 100 and had been rising up the chart each week. On the issue of January 3, 2009, it rose from #65 to #31, after the album Da REAList was released.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

External links
 "Put It On Ya" music video on MTV.com

2008 singles
Plies (rapper) songs
Song recordings produced by No I.D.
Songs written by Plies (rapper)
Songs written by No I.D.
Songs written by Theron Thomas
Songs written by Timothy Thomas
2008 songs


Edward Vigil is an American politician who served in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 62nd district as a member of the Democratic Party from 2009 to 2017. He served on the county commission in Costilla County, Colorado prior to his tenure in the state house.

Early life and career

Vigil was born in San Pablo, Colorado, and married Evelyn. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration and sociology from Adams State University. Vigil served on the county commission in Costilla County, Colorado. During his tenure in the state house he served as the vice-chair of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and as chair of the Capitol Development Committee.

Vigil defeated Rocky White for the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Colorado House of Representatives from the 62nd district in the 2008 election and defeated Republican nominee Randy Jackson and write-in candidate Rafael Gallegos. He defeated Jackson in the 2010 election. He won reelection in the 2012 election against Republican nominee Tim Walters. He defeated Republican nominee Marcy Freeburg in the 2014 election.

Political positions

Vigil voted in favor of repealing the death penalty in 2009. He opposed legislation which would limit ammunition magazines to fifteen rounds stating mental health treatment should be made more easily available instead. His scores from the American Civil Liberties Union ranged from 89% in 2013, 100% in 2014, 60% in 2015, and 83.3% in 2016.

Electoral history

References

External links
 Campaign website

21st-century American politicians
Living people
Members of the Colorado House of Representatives
Year of birth missing (living people)


Castaños  is one of the 38 municipalities of Coahuila, in north-eastern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at Castaños. The municipality covers an area of 7860 km².

As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 23,871.

References

See also
 Wells of Baján

Municipalities of Coahuila


Paul Frantz (10 March 1927 – 30 September 2016) was a French football player and manager.

Career
A physical education teacher, he never played as a professional, a fact that did not prevent him from earning his 3rd level manager degree – necessary to coach pro teams in France – as valedictorian in 1958. He was the first manager with no experience as a pro player to do that. After several spells with amateur teams, he was named manager of RC Strasbourg in 1964.

He led the Strasbourg team to a good run in the Inter-Cities Fairs cup in 1964–1965 ousting AC Milan and FC Barcelona before falling to Manchester United in the quarter-finals. A year later, he led the Strasbourg side to victory in the Coupe de France, defeating FC Nantes 1–0.

The following season, he was in charge of Karlsruher SC and he remains to this date the only French to ever coach a Bundesliga team. Back at Strasbourg in 1968, he occupied several positions including manager of the first team and director of football until 1976. In 1968 as well, he turned down an offer to be manager of the National Team. He also managed FC Mulhouse in 1974.

Impact on training in France
Frantz is also renowned for his talents as a coaching trainer and is considered to be one of the iniators of the "scientific approach" to training in France. He was among the first to emphasize physical training and to introduce the use of body-building. During the 1970s he was responsible of the formation organized for aspiring pro managers by the Fédération Française de Football, where he taught the likes of Aimé Jacquet, Roger Lemerre and Guy Roux. In Alsace, he also was influential in Arsène Wenger's development as a manager. In 2001, he was the recipient of the "Trophée Georges Boulogne" to honour his achievements as an educator and trainer.

References

External links
 An interview with L'Ami du peuple
 A video interview with Alsatic TV
 Racingstub profile

1927 births
2016 deaths
Footballers from Bas-Rhin
French men's footballers
Men's association football players not categorized by position
FC Mulhouse players
French football managers
French expatriate football managers
RC Strasbourg Alsace managers
Karlsruher SC managers
Bundesliga managers
Expatriate football managers in Germany
French expatriate sportspeople in Germany