The Friends School of Atlanta (FSA) is an independent school in Decatur, Georgia, United States for PreK3 through 8th grade.

History

The Atlanta Friends Meeting was organized in 1943, and in the late 1950s, it purchased a residence on Fairview Road in the historic Druid Hills neighborhood. In addition to providing a gathering place for Friends, the Meetinghouse was one of the few sites in the city available for interracial meetings and education. In 1990, the Meeting built a new facility near the border of Atlanta and the City of Decatur.

The Friends School of Atlanta, which was incorporated as a nonprofit institution in 1990, grew out of the work of a committee of the Meeting. In 1991, the Friends School of Atlanta's Board of Trustees called Waman French, an educator with experience at Brooklyn Friends School and Atlanta International School, to be the first Head of School. Meeting members are active in the school's Board of Trustees and offer guidance and support to the school in many ways.

Leasing space in the newly constructed Friends Meetinghouse at West Howard and Adair Streets in Decatur, the school opened in the fall of 1991 with 37 students, ages 4½ through eight, and three teachers.

A key to the early success of the school has been — and continues to be — the strong involvement of parents, whose efforts have included providing administrative and secretarial assistance in the office, coordinating a hot lunch program, building the playground, serving on committees, and taking part in policy development.

The school stayed at the Meetinghouse for five years, expanding by one grade per year and adding portable classrooms on the property. In 1995, two classes relocated to the First Christian Church in downtown Decatur. In 1996, the entire school moved there while awaiting the renovation of its permanent space.

In 1997, the school moved to 121 Sams Street in Decatur, at first using one half of the building, sharing space with S & A Industries until 2001, when the other half of the building was renovated, including a Meeting room for the whole school and community events.

After eight years as Head of School, Waman French decided to return to working with children in the middle school in 1999. The Board of Trustees appointed Marcia Pauly as its next Head of School. With a rich educational background, most recently with Decatur City Schools, she led FSA into the twenty-first century. Reluctantly, Pauly stepped down as Head in June 2001 for personal reasons.

In July 2001, James D. Withers became the next Head of the Friends School of Atlanta. He is a long-time Atlanta educator, President of Withers Consulting Services, and former Academic Dean at Pace Academy. Upon taking the helm at FSA, Withers left his consulting business, where he had worked with public and private organizations in mediation, conflict resolution, and team-building. Withers stepped aside as Head in May 2003, and Waman French returned as interim Head for the 2003–04 school year. French was subsequently chosen by the Head Search committee to continue as Head of School. Under his leadership, the Board of Trustees began a search for a possible new location to relocate and grow the school.

In 2007, the Friends School of Atlanta began a capital campaign to purchase and renovate a new school site at 862 Columbia Drive. The school moved to its new home in the 2008–09 school year. The new location is larger and is enhanced by two playgrounds and an enclosed gymnasium.

The 2022-23 school year was Waman French's last year with the friend school. Dorothy "Dot" López is now the head of school for the foreseeable future.

Campus
The Friends School of Atlanta occupies what was formerly the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. The campus includes the main building, a lower parking lot and an upper parking lot, a gym, a play structure and upper field, a community garden, and a space formerly used for outdoor classrooms. The main building consists of three floors. The first floor consists of the administrative wing, the middle school cafeteria, the main lobby, an art room, an innovation lab, and a seating area. The second floor consists of the elementary school classrooms (PK–4), the library, a community meeting room, and a music room. The third floor consists of the middle school classrooms (5–8).

The gym includes a main lobby, bathrooms, and two offices.

Curriculum
A curriculum guide and other information can be found on the school's website, under "Programs."

Extracurricular activities
FSA offers a variety of after-school clubs. These have included activities such as art, drama, yoga, music lessons, drones, robots, MineCrafting, textiles, and creative writing.

The school also has four competitive sports teams (the Quakes) for students in grades 5-8: basketball, ultimate frisbee, track, and volleyball.

References

External links
 Friends School of Atlanta

1991 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Private elementary schools in DeKalb County, Georgia
Private middle schools in DeKalb County, Georgia
Private K–8 schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Quaker schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Decatur, Georgia


Werner Ipta (18 March 1942 – 22 February 2019) was a football player who was active in the Bundesliga in Germany from 1968 to 1970.

Career
His debut was on Christmas Day in 1960 with FC Schalke 04, where he contributed to the 3–1 win against SF Hamborn 07. He continued to play the rest of the year and had a total of three seasons with the Royal Blues. During these years, Schalke placed third, second and sixth. He scored a total of 16 goals and achieved 49 caps for Schalke. He then played for Bayern Munich in the Regionalliga Süd for one year, contributing to their second-place finish. He then moved to the Grasshoppers Zurich. After two years in Switzerland he came back to Germany to spend his remaining career in Berlin. He spent four years with Hertha BSC's first XI and played then for two years for Tasmania 1900 Berlin in the Stadtliga Berlin (City League Berlin).

References

External links

1942 births
2019 deaths
Bundesliga players
FC Schalke 04 players
FC Bayern Munich footballers
Grasshopper Club Zürich players
Hertha BSC players
Men's association football midfielders
German men's footballers
20th-century German people
West German men's footballers
West German expatriate men's footballers
West German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland
People from Wattenscheid
Footballers from Bochum


The Salmon Fly - How to Dress It and How to Use It is a fly fishing book written by George M. Kelson published in London in 1895 by Messers. Wyman & Sons, Limited. This Victorian guide to fly fish tying built up the illusion that angling for salmon required feathers of exotic bird species.

Synopsis

In The Salmon Fly, Kelson boldly and confidently distilled a lifetime of salmon fishing wisdom into this privately published work. The book contains 510 pages of text and 46 pages of illustrations plus 8 coloured plates showing 52 flies.  Many of the black & white illustrations are of fly-fishing contemporaries of Kelson, including Mr. A.V. Wells-Ridley J.P, Major J.P. Traherne and Mr. Barclay Field. The first part of the book is devoted to the techniques of tying the salmon fly as well as patterns for individual flies. Here's a typical pattern write-up:

Jock Scott. G.S.- (John Scott.)
TAG. Silver twist and yellow silk.
TAIL. A topping and Indian Crow.
BUTT. Black herl.
BODY. In two equal sections : No. 1, of yellow silk (butter-cup colour) ribbed with narrow silver tinsel, and butted with Toucan above and below, and black herl : No. 2, black silk, ribbed with broad silver tinsel.
HACKLE. A natural black hackle, from centre.
THROAT. Gallina.
WINGS. Two strips of black Turkey with white tips, Golden Pheasant tail, Bustard, grey Mallard, Peacock (sword feather) Swan dyed blue and yellow, red Macaw, Mallard, and a topping.
SIDES. Jungle.
CHEEKS. Chatterer.
HORNS. Blue Macaw.
HEAD. Black herl.

It is only just possible to find a river or a catch, be it in pools,
streams, rapids, or flats, shaded or exposed to the light of day, in which a
"Jock Scott," when dressed properly, has not made for itself a splendid
reputation.

The second part of the book is devoted to the practical aspects of fishing for salmon with the fly—locating fish, casting techniques, catching and landing fish and various accessories and equipment.  The Salmon Fly also includes 46 full page black and white advertisements for mostly angling and sporting pursuits.

Reviews
 James Robb in Notable Angling Literature (1945) wrote:
The Salmon Fly by G. M. Kelson was published in 1895; the sub-title is: How to dress and how to use it. It is a handsome quarto of more than 500 pages and beautifully illustrated. Kelson is regarded as the first writer to whom the amateur could go for proper guidance in salmon fly-dressing

 The American Fly Fisher in 1980:
The Salmon Fly enjoys a unique position in the literature of fly dressing since it brought order and system to the classification of salmon flies and the methodology of salmon fly dressing.

 In 1987 Paul Schullery in American Fly Fishing-A History said of Kelson's The Salmon Fly:
Fly tiers in the Old World responded to an increased availability of exotic feathers and furs with ever more elaborate patterns, the trend reaching is finest statement in George Kelson's The Salmon Fly (1895) and T. E. Pryce Tannant's How to Dress Salmon Flies (1914).  Kelson's book, with its excellent color plates and dressings for some three hundred patterns, became the salmon fly's equivalent to Mary Orvis Marbury's Favorite Flies; what the latter book did for the nineteenth-century American wet fly, Kelson's did for the late-Victorian salmon fly.

Kelson's book is considered one of the greatest works on the subject of salmon fishing. The book was not without its controversy as it rekindled some of the rivalry between R. B. Marston, editor of the Fishing Gazette and Kelson. Marston insisted that many of the patterns claimed by Kelson in the book were actually the works of other salmon fishers, not Kelson. Marston also claimed that many patterns attributed to one tier were actually the design of another tier. In the end much of Kelson's reputation was tarnished but the book is still one of the great classics of the era.

According to Kirk Johnson, the author of The Feather Thief (2018) the idea of using of exotic feathers and the suggestion that it increased the success rate of anglers was a pseudoscience spread effectively by Kelson's book. Kelson suggested the use of feathers of such birds as the banded chatterer, the Great American cock, the Nankeen night heron, the South American bittern, and the Ecuadorian cock of the rock. He also considered that it would be a good idea to use the feathers of the Golden Bird of Paradise. This was one of the factors that contributed to a major heist and destruction of scientifically valuable bird specimens from the Natural History Museum at Tring.

Contents
 Chapter I. Introductory.
 Chapter II. Salmon Flies: Their Kinds, Qualities and Materials.
 Chapter III. Salmon Flies: How to "Dress" Them.
 Chapter IV. A List of Standard Flies, With Their "Dressings."
 Chapter V. The Choice of Flies.
 Chapter VI. The Rod and Special Equipments.
 (1) The Rod
 (2) The Line.
 (3) The Winch.
 Chapter VII. The Rod at the Riverside.
 The Various Methods of Casting, Illustrated, &c., &c.
 Chapter VIII. Miscellaneous.
 (1) Silkworm Gut
 (2) Knots
 (3) Twisting Gut for Loops
 (4) The Necklace
 (5) Fly Boxes
 (6) The Opening Seasons, &c.

Other Editions

Gallery

Biography
George Mortimer Kelson was born 8 December 1836 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of George Kelson and Charlotte Louisa Rich. He died 29 March 1920. He married Emma Herbert in 1866; they had eight children. He was a member of Kent County Cricket Club. He was a juror at the  1883 International Fishing Exhibition in London.

See also
 Bibliography of fly fishing

Notes

Further reading

External links
 Online version at the Internet Archive

1895 non-fiction books
Angling literature
Fly fishing literature
British non-fiction books
Recreational fishing in the United Kingdom


Marquis de Sade: Justine (a.k.a. Deadly Sanctuary) () is a 1969 film directed by Jesús Franco. The film is based on the 1791 novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade. The film is set in 1700s France where Justine (Romina Power) and her sister Juliette (Maria Rohm) are orphans in Paris. Juliette becomes a prostitute and marries a rich noble. Justine is falsely arrested and sentenced to death, then escapes from prison to become a fugitive.

The film had Franco's largest budget to date, of just under a million dollars. Franco originally wanted to cast Rosemary Dexter as Justine, but was forced to cast Romina Power in the role, which led to Franco changing the story to suit her.

Plot
Justine lives with her sister Juliette in a convent. When they learn of their father's death, they are ordered out of the convent with their father's remaining gold. Juliette takes Justine to a friend, Madame de Buission, a brothel owner who requires the girls to work as prostitutes in return for accommodation. Justine refuses and leaves the brothel with her gold while Juliette stays. Juliette and a fellow prostitute named Claudine kill Madame de Buisson and one of her clients, stealing her gold and making their escape.

A man named Du Harpin agrees to let Justine stay for free if she serves as his maid. Du Harpin's master forces himself on Justine. She escapes but is instructed by Du Harpin to steal the man's gold amulet. Justine refuses.  While she is asleep, Du Harpin places the amulet in Justine's belongings to frame her, out of spite for her having refused to steal it for him. The next day, police find the amulet in Justine's belongings. Justine is taken to prison where she meets Madame Dubois, a virago sentenced for execution. Madame Dubois, impressed by Justine's innocent looks, includes her in an escape plan. The next day, Madame Dubois and Justine escape the prison safely.

While hiding out in a forest, Madame Dubois accepts Justine as part of her group. The male members of the group attempt to rape Justine. She escapes and faints near the house of a painter named Raymond, who makes her his model. They fall in love and live happily until the police arrive at Raymond's home, searching for Justine, and she must escape again.

Justine becomes a personal attendant to the Marquise de Bressac, whose husband asks Justine to kill his wife or be framed for a crime. The Marquise attempts to poison her husband, but he tricks her into drinking his wine, killing her. To punish Justine, the Marquis brands the letter 'M' for 'Murderess' on Justine's breast.

Justine arrives at a chateau where four ascetics are living a life of meditation and study. Justine asks for sanctuary there and is accepted by the Order. She learns, however, that the four men are sexual deviants whose four other female servants are, in fact, sex slaves. Justine ends up chained and tortured in the dungeon. Father Antonin suggests that Justine's sense of pleasure is enduring her suffering, to which Justine agrees. Pleased at having learnt their philosophy so swiftly, Antonin plans to "release" her by killing her in torture during a ritual. The ceremony goes awry and Justine escapes in the commotion.

Raymond finds Justine unconscious on the road and takes her to a nearby city. Madame Dubois spies Justine and takes her away to work as a nude show performer. During the show, Justine's brand causes an uproar in the venue. As she is being taken away by the police, she is spotted by Juliette, now a mistress of a Minister of the King. Juliette describes her wicked life as empty and says that Justine will earn her reward for a virtuous life despite her sufferings.

Juliette takes Justine away to live with her in her palace and finally, Justine and Raymond are seen walking away peacefully.

Cast

 Klaus Kinski as the Marquis de Sade
 Romina Power as Justine
 Maria Rohm as Juliette
 Harald Leipnitz as Raymond
 Jack Palance as Father Antonin
 Rosemary Dexter as Claudine
 Akim Tamiroff as du Harpin
 Horst Frank as Marquis de Bressac
 Sylva Koscina as Marquise de Bressac
 Mercedes McCambridge as Madame Dubois
 Carmen de Lirio as Madame de Buisson
 José Manuel Martín as Victor
 Rosalba Neri as Florette
 Claudia Gravy as Olivia

Production
After working on the film The Blood of Fu Manchu, producer Harry Alan Towers and director Jesús Franco wanted to make a film more aimed at an adult audience. Following Franco's desire to make an erotic film, Towers began writing a script based on Justine ou les malheurs de la vertu. The film had a budget that was less than one million dollars but was still Franco's highest budget film at the time.

Rosemary Dexter was originally intended to portray Justine, but only appears briefly in the role of Claudine. Romina Power's role in the film was forced on Franco by a Hollywood financer, which angered Franco as he felt that Power lacked the acting experience and sensuality that the role required. Franco altered the story to fit her, which diluted the essence of de Sade's original story.

Release
Marquis de Sade: Justine was released in Italy on 3 April 1969 and in West Germany on 13 June 1969. The film was heavily censored on its release with running times ranging from 120, 105, 93 and 90 minutes.

The film was released on DVD by Blue Underground on 27 January 2004. The DVD includes an interview with Jess Franco and Harry Alan Towers. It was released on a Region 2 DVD on 27 January 2003 by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Reception

Robert Firsching for Allmovie gave the film two stars, referring to it as an "uneven adaptation of the Marquis de Sade's notorious Justine".

"... a lavishly appointed costume drama leavened with lashings of kinky sex, tantamount to Tony Richardson’s Tom Jones with full frontal nudity."

"more parable in here than perversion"

See also
 Cruel Passion, another film adaptation of the same novel
 Klaus Kinski filmography
 Marquis de Sade in popular culture
 List of German films of the 1960s
 List of Italian films of 1969

Notes

References
 Shipka, Danny. Perverse Titillation: The Exploitation Cinema of Italy, Spain and France, 1960–1980. McFarland, 2011. .

External links
 Marquis de Sade: Justine (1969) - Trailer

1969 films
West German films
Italian historical drama films
Films based on works by the Marquis de Sade
Films about the Marquis de Sade
Films directed by Jesús Franco
Films scored by Bruno Nicolai
Films set in the 18th century
Films set in France
Films based on French novels
BDSM in films
1960s Italian films


Christopher Fletcher (born 10 December 1957) was an English cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Sussex. He was born in Harrogate.

Despite having a four-year-long career with the Second XI, from 1978, Fletcher appeared in just a single first-class match, against Oxford University. As a tailender, Fletcher did not bat during the match, but bowled 19 overs, taking one wicket.

External links
Christopher Fletcher at Cricket Archive

1957 births
English cricketers
Living people
Sussex cricketers
Cricketers from Harrogate


Tatiana Ogryzko (born 28 May 1976 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian former individual rhythmic gymnast.

Biography

In 1992, Ogrizko was involved in a car accident which left her in a coma for six months. She had to learn to walk again. One year later, she participated at the World Championships in Alicante in 1993, sharing the gold medal in the ribbon competition with Maria Petrova of Bulgaria.

She participated at the 1996 Olympic Games, and ranked 6th in the AA semi-finals and 8th in the AA finals.

She retired at age 21 in 1997.

Ogrizko is currently a coach and judge for the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation. She and her former teammate, Larissa Loukianenko, are currently coaching Melitina Staniouta.

References

External links

1976 births
Living people
Belarusian rhythmic gymnasts
Gymnasts from Minsk
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Belarus
Universiade silver medalists for Belarus
Universiade bronze medalists for Belarus
Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade


Recio, Recio Mis Creadorez (Eng.: Hurry, Hurry My Creators) is the title of a studio album released by Chicago-based ensemble Los Creadorez del Pasito Duranguense de Alfredo Ramírez. This album became their first number-one set on the Billboard Top Latin Albums, and was released in a standard CD presentation and as a CD/DVD combo.

Track listing
The track listing from Billboard and Allmusic.

Collector's Edition

Personnel
This information from Allmusic.
Alfredo Ramírez Corral — Clarinet, guitar, arranger, keyboards, engineer, executive producer, digital mastering, mixing
Jesús Ortiz — Engineer, mixing
Armando Aguirre Ramírez — Percussion, tambora

Chart performance

Year-End Charts

Sales and certifications

References

2007 debut albums
Los Creadorez del Pasito Duranguense de Alfredo Ramírez albums
Disa Records albums


The Story of Will Rogers (titled onscreen as The Story of Will Rogers as told by His Wife)is a 1952 American Comedy Western film biography of humorist and movie star Will Rogers, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Will Rogers Jr. as his father. The supporting cast features and Jane Wyman. The film's screenplay was based on the true short story "Uncle Clem's Boy" by Rogers' widow Betty Blake, which was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1940.

Bing Crosby secretly made a screen test for the lead role in 1943 (available for viewing at the Paley Center for Media in New York City and Los Angeles), but Warner Bros owned the rights to the Will Rogers story while Crosby was under contract to Paramount and, in 1941, he had given up the clause that had allowed him to make one independent movie per year. Because of these contractual complications, Crosby could not be cast.

Plot
In the early 1900s, Will Rogers returns to his hometown in Oklahoma after two years of drifting. He meets and falls in love with Betty Blake, a friend of his sister's, but is unwilling to settle down on the ranch because he is happier meeting people and performing rope tricks. This easygoing attitude puts him at odds with his disappointed father, Senator Clement V. Rogers.

Will joins a Wild West show and tours the world, then meets up with Betty at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and proposes to her. After they are married, they combine their honeymoon with one of Will's rodeo tours, which ends in New York's Madison Square Garden. There he becomes a hero by lassoing a dangerous bull that gets loose during a performance. The newspaper coverage draws the attention of Bert Lynn, who runs a talent agency. He talks the reluctant Rogers into performing in vaudeville, but his rodeo act does not interest the audience. After six months of unemployment and with a baby due soon, Will goes on stage as a last-minute replacement and is forced to do his act alone, without his horse. After some rope tricks flop, he resorts to talking to the audience; his down-home comedy chatter is a big hit. This wins him a place in the Ziegfeld Follies; he becomes one of its star attractions. He adds political commentary to his act and becomes famous as a "cowboy philosopher" known for witty remarks about politicians and issues of the day.

Later, Will goes to Hollywood to work in films, meets and befriends aviator and fellow Oklahoman Wiley Post. He becomes a strong proponent of aviation. He goes on a European tour, meeting and amusing heads of state.

After the Great Depression strikes, Will works long hours flying around the country to perform benefit shows lifting the spirits of the American people and raising funds for the poor. At the 1932 Democratic National Convention, Will is nominated as a presidential candidate as a "favorite son."

Later, Will takes off with Wiley to Alaska. Will has the plane circle back over the airfield to wave goodbye to Betty one last time. (Both men were killed in an airplane crash in Alaska.)

Cast
 Will Rogers Jr. as Will Rogers
 Jane Wyman as Betty Rogers
 Carl Benton Reid as Sen. Clem Rogers
 Eve Miller as Cora Marshall
 James Gleason as Bert Lynn
 Slim Pickens as Dusty Donovan
 Noah Beery Jr. as Wiley Post
 Mary Wickes as Mrs. Foster
 Steve Brodie as Dave Marshall
 Pinky Tomlin as Orville James
 Margaret Field as Sally Rogers
 Eddie Cantor as himself

Inaccuracies
The film depicts Rogers' father, Clem Rogers, as being part of the Oklahoma delegation at the 1932 Democratic National Convention, despite the fact that Clem Rogers had died in 1911.

Reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wrote that there was "not much action," but that Will Rogers Jr. was "vastly natural" in the part, and while "not an important film" it "gives a tender reflection of a character many people loved." Variety called the script "a sketchy affair," but thought that Curtiz' direction "does a good job in presenting nostalgia, drama and humor, with only occasional slopping over into sentimentality." Harrison's Reports thought that the film "captures much of the charm, wit and human warmth" of Rogers but that it still was "by no means an outstanding entertainment, for its sketchy presentation of the events connected with Rogers' personal life and his rise to fame lacks forceful dramatic impact and does not delve deeply into his character." John McCarten of The New Yorker called it "a bland account" of Rogers' life, "quite without strain or stress or surprises." The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Rogers was in turn performer in wild west shows, successful Ziegfeld star, dabbler in popular politics, aviation enthusiast, great movie box-office attraction and 'favourite son' nominee for the American presidency, but Will Rogers Jr. impersonates his father with an indolent lack of charm that fails entirely to create a character interesting enough to hold these straggling episodes together."

References

External links

1952 films
1950s biographical films
American biographical films
American Western (genre) films
1952 Western (genre) films
1950s English-language films
Films scored by Victor Young
Warner Bros. films
Films directed by Michael Curtiz
Cultural depictions of Will Rogers
Cultural depictions of Woodrow Wilson
1950s American films


Soviet troops may refer to:

 Red Army, of the Russian SFSR then the Soviet Union from 1918 to 1946
 Soviet Army, of the Soviet Union from 1946 to 1991 (then the Commonwealth of Independent States until 1992)


Nenu Meeku Telusa? () is a 2008 Indian Telugu-language psychological thriller film directed by Ajay Sastry and produced by Lakshmi Manchu. The film stars Manoj Manchu, Sneha Ullal and Riya Sen while Nassar and Brahmanandam play supporting roles  The film's songs are composed by Achu and Dharan with score by Santhosh Narayanan and Shakti.

Dubbed in Tamil as Ennai Theriyuma? in 2009, the film is inspired from 1994 Hollywood movie Clean Slate.

Plot
Aditya (Manchu Manoj) is a short-term memory loss patient. He suffers a brain-damaging accident in which his father (P. Vasu) dies. In order to continue with his day-to-day activities, he depends on an audio cassette timed every morning by himself the previous night. His uncle (Nassar) and his doctor are the only people who know about his medical condition. Aditya has a girlfriend named Madhumitha (Riya Sen). He has two important rules in his everyday regimen. The first rule is to not to get drunk outside, and the second rule is that no matter where he goes, he has to ensure that he sleeps only in his home. He has to listen the tape in the next morning or else he will not remember anything.

One day, all of Aditya's friends in the office call him to a party and force him to drink. Aditya gets fully drunk and wakes up in his bedroom the next morning, but the tape he uses everyday to refresh his memory is erased, and he has no clue who did it. He starts to reconstruct his memories by whatever is available in his sight. As he starts to leave his flat, the police comes and interrogates him and asks him that he has complained about a missing car. As Aditya does not remember, he denies giving a complaint; however, the police finds the car in the basement parking. They open the car and find Aditya's uncle's dead body in the car's trunk. Aditya gets arrested. The police initially thinks that he is lying, but eventually when he is submitted to court, the judge submits him for medical examination, and they come to understand that he is a short-term memory loss patient. As the case is still not solved, police officer Anjali (Sneha Ullal) takes up the case by specially requesting the DGP.

The story now goes into a flashback where Aditya and Anjali are college sweethearts who break up because of a minor misunderstanding, after which Aditya reconciles and tries to reach her back, but then he meets with an accident and forgets his past. The story then returns to present, where Anjali gets involved with the investigation, but meets with a dead end at every corner. Finally, Aditya decides that he himself can solve the case, and the only problem is if he sleeps, he will forget. Hence, he decides not to sleep until the case is solved. Aditya tries to dig into his past and see if he can find any clues, and he finds out that Anjali was actually his girlfriend.

Finally, he calls up Madhumitha, and Anjali tells them that he has solved the case and asks them to come at 7:00 the next morning, when he will reveal the murderer. Aditya believes that Anjali might be the killer and waits for dawn. He controls himself the whole night, but just as it was about it be 7:00, his eyes finally give out, and he falls asleep. By the time he wakes up, he sees Anjali and Madhumitha holding guns against each other, and both ask him to help. Finally, Aditya shoots Madhumitha out of instinct, and she instantly dies.

Madhumitha's brother (Uttej) comes out and reveals the entire crime to Anjali. He confesses that his sister wanted to become the managing director of the company, but as Aditya is the legal heir, he will precede his uncle to that post. Hence she plans and becomes Aditya's girlfriend with an intent to steal the entire property, but his uncle came to know about that fact. Madhumitha and her brother then killed him and kept the dead body in Aditya's car so that the police may suspect him. The movie ends with Aditya marrying Anjali, who later on reminds him every morning about his past without him referring to a tape.

Cast

 Manoj Manchu as Adithya
 Sneha Ullal as Anjali
 Riya Sen as Madhumitha
 P. Vasu as Adithya's father
 Nassar as Adithya's uncle
 Brahmanandam as Barmani
 Sunil as Kishore
 Uttej as Madhumitha's brother
 Mallikarjuna Rao
 Noel Sean
 Surekha Vani
 Kausha Rach (special appearance in song)

Soundtrack
The soundtrack has music composed by Achu. The music was released on 29 August 2008. The background score was composed by Dharan, Santhosh Narayanan and Shakti. The Telugu album features a remix of the song "Mabbe Masakesindile" from Vayasu Pilichindi. The Tamil album features a remix of the song "Yennai Theriyuma" from Kudiyirundha Koyil, and "Thanni Karuthiruchu" from Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu.

Reception
A critic from 123telugu wrote that "Manchu Manoj Babu's 'Nenu Meeku Telusaa' is a classic case of style over substance. Good cinematography and good editing can only take you so far". Jeevi of Idlebrain.com wrote that "the team of NMT must be appreciated for breaking the shackles of doing routine and formulaic films in order to do a different film".

References

External links

2000s psychological thriller films
2000s Telugu-language films
2008 directorial debut films
2008 films
Films scored by Achu Rajamani
Films scored by Dharan Kumar
Indian psychological thriller films
Indian remakes of American films


Roosevelt Hall is a community auditorium and gymnasium building in Barrett, Minnesota, in Grant County.  The building was built by the Civil Works Administration, a predecessor of the Works Progress Administration, in 1934.  It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 for being one of the few buildings built by the CWA in Minnesota.  The CWA made it possible for small communities such as Barrett to build architecturally sophisticated buildings at a low cost.  The building has also served as a social, cultural, and educational center for the community.

The building is built of wood-frame construction and measures  wide by  long.  It is faced with western red cedar clapboard siding, and topped with a gabled roof with wood shingles.  The interior originally had a wooden gymnasium floor, a  by  stage, and a  by  balcony.

The gymnasium was once used by the local public school, but after they built their own gymnasium in the early 1950s, the hall's use began to decline.  The original stage was removed in 1957, and the building housed a bowling alley for 14 years.  It then housed a youth center in 1973–1974, and it was used as an insulation manufacturing plant from 1977 through 1979.  The building is now used by the Prairie Wind Players, a community theater group.  The theater group built a proscenium stage in the early 1980s.  In 2004, the lobby was gutted and remodeled, with new restrooms and new ticket booths.

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Cultural infrastructure completed in 1933
Buildings and structures in Grant County, Minnesota
Event venues on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
New Deal in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Grant County, Minnesota
1933 establishments in Minnesota
Civil Works Administration
Theatres in Minnesota
Gyms in the United States


Stephen Leigh Halfpenny (born 22 December 1988) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays as a fullback or wing for the Scarlets. Halfpenny is the third highest points scorer for Wales after Neil Jenkins and Stephen Jones.

Early life
Halfpenny is from Gorseinon, in Swansea.  He attended Pontybrenin Primary School and Penyrheol Comprehensive School.

Early career
A winger or fullback, Halfpenny was signed as a youth by the Ospreys and played the 2005–06 season with the Ospreys U18s. Halfpenny then trained with Neath RFC during the 2006–07 season, before signing for the Cardiff Blues and spending the whole 2007–08 season playing for feeder club Cardiff RFC, before making his regional debut against Ulster at the Ravenhill Stadium in May 2008, scoring three conversions in the 17–26 victory.

Club career
On 18 April 2009, Halfpenny scored two tries for the Cardiff Blues in the final of the EDF Energy Cup, a 50–12 win over Gloucester at Twickenham. In January 2014 Halfpenny announced that he would be leaving the Blues at the end of the 2013–14 season after signing a two-year deal with French giants Toulon.

Halfpenny did not complete the 2013–14 season due to receiving a dislocated shoulder in the RBS Six Nations match against England. Thus his final match with the Blues was against Exeter Chiefs on 18 January, where the Blues lost 13–19. Halfpenny contributed a conversion and two penalties to the game.

On 16 September 2014, Toulon president Mourad Boudjellal said that he may terminate Halfpenny's contract due to reoccurring injury problems, though this was later resolved. Halfpenny finally made his Toulon debut on 12 October 2014, two months after the start of the Top 14 season.

On 2 May 2015, Halfpenny scored 14 points in the 2015 European Rugby Champions Cup Final as Toulon beat Clermont to claim record third successive European title.

On 3 August 2017, Halfpenny returned home to Wales to sign for regional team Scarlets on a three-year contract, which is a National Dual Contract with the Welsh Rugby Union, from the 2017–18 season.

International career

Wales

2008–11
As a former Wales Under-20 international, Halfpenny received his first call-up for the Wales senior national team in October 2008 ahead of the 2008 Autumn internationals. He made his debut in the first game of the autumn series against world champions South Africa on 8 November 2008, at the age of 19. He scored his first points from a penalty kick in the 20–15 loss. He went on to score his first two tries on his second cap against Canada a week later.

Halfpenny was selected on the right wing for Wales' 2009 Six Nations game against Scotland, on 8 February, and again on 14 February, against rivals England. He scored a try in each match and kicked a penalty against England to add to that. His points proved to be the difference between the two teams. He then played against France in a match that Wales lost 21–16 in Saint-Denis. Warren Gatland then dropped Halfpenny for the 20–15 win over Italy, as Warren Gatland experimented with winger Mark Jones.

Halfpenny was a key part of the Wales squad for the following two campaigns but he was constantly plagued by injury.  Coach Warren Gatland had faith in Halfpenny, and the Blues winger did enough to force his way into the squad for the 2011 World Cup. During the World Cup, Halfpenny impressed in many positions, particularly at fullback. It was also in this game that Halfpenny became first choice kicker, ahead of fly-halves Rhys Priestland and James Hook. In the semi-final against France, Halfpenny attempted a 47-yard penalty that would have taken Wales to the final. However, the kick fell just short.

2012–present
During the 2012 Six Nations, Halfpenny cemented his place at fullback and became one of the standout players of the tournament, finishing as top point scorer of the tournament. Some of his points came at crucial points within the tournament. Down 21–20 to Ireland in the 80th minutes, Halfpenny sent a penalty over to give Wales a 23–21 win over the hosts, and subsequently completed another four penalties and a conversion as Wales toppled England. Then, in the final match against France, Wales got a 16–9 win, with Halfpenny converting three further penalties and a conversion.
In the final match of the 2012 Winter Test series against Australia, Halfpenny suffered a neck injury while attempting to stop the winning try. He was taken to hospital but was discharged the next day without any serious damage. Halfpenny was named man of the match.

In the first match of the 2013 Six Nations Championship, Halfpenny scored the 2nd try for Wales in their 30–22 loss to Ireland at the Millennium Stadium. The following week he earned the man of the match award when Wales beat France 16–6 in Paris. Again two weeks later in Rome when Wales beat Italy 26–9, he was made Man of the Match by the Italian broadcaster. With over 80,000 people voting between 15 shortlisted 2013 Six Nations players, Halfpenny was also named player of the tournament, securing 40% of the overall vote.
In November 2013 Halfpenny was named in a shortlist of five players for the IRB Player of the Year. In December 2013 Halfpenny was selected as BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year and was runner-up for BBC Sports Personality of the Year to Andy Murray.

In March 2014, Halfpenny was ruled out for the rest of the season after he dislocated his right shoulder in the 29–18 defeat to England in the 2014 Six Nations Championship.
In October 2014, Halfpenny was included in the 34-man squad for the 2014 Autumn internationals against Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa. He scored 27 points during the Autumn series including all 12 of Wales's points in a famous win over South Africa, only the second in their history.

In September 2015 Halfpenny was ruled out of the Rugby World Cup after rupturing an anterior cruciate knee ligament during Wales' 23–19 warm up win over Italy at the Millennium Stadium.

In 2021, in a Wales match against Canada, he earned his 96th cap for Wales and, with four Lions caps, his 100th international cap, but a knee injury in the first minute put him out of the game.

Lions
Halfpenny was included in the British & Irish Lions squad for their 2009 tour to South Africa.
He missed the start of the Lions tour due to a thigh injury requiring treatment, but once fit he rejoined Ian McGeechan's Lions squad in South Africa on 2 June. He played in the tour match against Free State Cheetahs on 6 June. However, Halfpenny then withdrew from the Lions squad due to a recurrence of the thigh injury.

Halfpenny was selected for the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia as one of three fullbacks touring along with Stuart Hogg and Rob Kearney. Halfpenny played all three tests, winning player of the series, and breaking the Lions points record held by Neil Jenkins. He also broke the Lions record for most points in one test.

International tries

Professional points record

References

External links

Scarlets Profile
WRU Profile
Lions Profile

1988 births
Living people
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Cardiff Rugby players
People educated at Penyrheol Comprehensive School
RC Toulon players
Rugby union fullbacks
Rugby union players from Gorseinon
Rugby union wings
Wales international rugby union players
Scarlets players
Welsh rugby union players
2011 Rugby World Cup players
2019 Rugby World Cup players
2023 Rugby World Cup players


Albert Hadley Cantril, Jr. (16 June 1906 – 28 May 1969) was an American psychologist from the Princeton University, who expanded the scope of the field.

Cantril made "major contributions in psychology of propaganda; public opinion research; applications of psychology and psychological research to national policy, international understanding, and communication; developmental psychology; psychology of social movements; measurement and scaling; humanistic psychology; the psychology of perception; and, basic to all of them, the analysis of human behavior from the transactional point of view." His influence is felt in education, law, philosophy, politics and psychiatry.

"Hadley Cantril, Princeton psychologist, is representative of most quantitative scholars of social influence who, while holding their political commitments close to the vest, nevertheless saw themselves clearly in the ranks of reformers loosely attached to the progressive movement…. Focus on social process and a psychological view of people put the academic scientists of society in a frame of mind to assume the polis languished chiefly because of inaction on the part of enlightened administrators."

Biography
Cantril was born in Hyrum, Utah in 1906 and first studied at Dartmouth College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1928. He did graduate study in Munich and Berlin, then studied at Harvard graduating with Doctor of Philosophy in psychology in 1931. He was hired as an instructor by Dartmouth and joined the Princeton University faculty in 1936. The next year he became president of the Institute for Propaganda Analysis and one of the founding editors of Public Opinion Quarterly. Later he became chairman of the Princeton University Department of Psychology.

Cantril was a member of the Princeton Radio Research Project. The Project looked at the reaction to Orson Welles' radio drama The War of the Worlds and published a study accenting the public's disturbance.

In 1940 he served as a consultant to the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs.

Cantril's later psychological work included collaboration with Adelbert Ames, Jr. developing a transactional method for studying human perception, as well as other research in humanistic psychology.

Public opinion research
Though trained as a psychologist, Cantril's most important work concerned the then-new topic of public opinion research. Influenced initially  by the success of George Gallup and Elmo Roper during the 1936 presidential election, Cantril sought to apply their systematic polling technique to academic social psychology. While Cantril was department chairman he became a presidential advisor:Cantril's small-scale program at Princeton became more extensive in September 1940 when Nelson Rockefeller, FDR's Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, asked the Princeton psychologist to "set up mechanisms which would gauge public opinion in Latin America." In cooperation with Gallup, and with funds from the Office of Emergency Management, Cantril established an ostensibly independent research organization, American Social Surveys. He recruited his friend Leonard Doob, and another researcher Lloyd Free, to analyse Nazi propaganda coming into Latin America. Through Rockefeller's office, the results of Cantril's program were brought to the attention of FDR. The president asked Cantril to monitor public sentiment on avoiding war versus aiding Britain. Cantril duly kept tabs on views about aiding England and on the public's willingness to change U.S. neutrality laws in favor of Britain.In 1942 Cantril conducted a small-sample survey of Vichy officials in Morocco, prior to Operation Torch, that revealed the intensity of the anti-British sentiment of the French forces there. This information influenced the disposition of forces during the operation, with American troops landing near Casablanca and mixed forces at Oran and Algiers. According to George Gallup, "On the basis of his opinion studies, [Cantril] advised Presidents Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Kennnedy at critical points in history. Judged by subsequent events his advice was exceptionally sound."

In 1955 he and Lloyd Free founded the Institute for International Social Research (IISR). The IISR was often asked by United States government agencies to conduct small-sample public opinion polls in foreign countries. Notably, Cantril and Free conducted a poll of Cuba during 1960 demonstrating great support for Fidel Castro, which was overlooked during the presidential transition between Eisenhower and Kennedy and read only after the Bay of Pigs Invasion fiasco.

Cantril's most-cited work is The Pattern of Human Concerns, notable for the development of the self-anchoring scale (also known as "Cantril's Ladder"). Cantril and Free also first discovered the paradox that American voters tend to oppose "big government" in general while supporting many specific liberal social programs.

During the late 1950s, Cantril served on the International Objectives and Strategies panel of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund's Special Studies Project.

Works
 1934: Social Psychology of Everyday Life
 1935:(with Gordon Allport) Psychology of Radio from Internet Archive
 1939: Industrial Conflict: a Psychological Interpretation,
 1940: The Invasion from Mars, a Study in the Psychology of Panic
 1940: America Faces the War, a Study in Public Opinion
 1941: Psychology of Social Movements from HathiTrust
 1944: Gauging Public Opinion, Princeton University Press, via Internet Archive
 1947: (with Muzafer Sherif) Psychology of ego-involvements : social attitudes & identifications via HathiTrust
 1950: The "Why" of Man's Experience
 1950: Tensions that cause wars (a report for UNESCO)
 1951: (with Mildred Strunk) Public Opinion, 1935–1946, polls from the USA, Europe and Canada, via Internet Archive
 1953: (with William Buchanan) How Nations See Each Other, a study in public opinion
 1954: (with William H. Ittelson) Perception: a Transactional Approach
 1956: On Understanding the French Left
 1958: Faith, Hope, and Heresy: the Psychology of the Protest Voter via HathiTrust
 1958: Politics of Despair via HathiTrust
 1960: Reflections on the Human Venture
 1960: Soviet Leaders and Mastery over Man
 1961: Human Nature and Political Systems
 1965: Pattern of Human Concerns
 1967: (with L. A. Free) Political beliefs of Americans; a study of public opinion
 1967: The Human Dimension: Experiences in Policy Research
 1988: (Albert H. Cantril, editor) Psychology, Humanism, and Scientific Inquiry: the Selected Essays of Hadley Cantril

References

 Hadley Cantril from Roper Center for Public Opinion Research

1906 births
1969 deaths
Dartmouth College alumni
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni
Princeton University faculty
Humanistic psychologists
Pollsters
People from Hyrum, Utah


Ann Gale (born 1966) is an American figurative painter based in Seattle, Washington. She is known

for her portrait paintings, which consist of an accumulation of small color patches expressing the changing light and the shifting position of her models over time. Some of her main influences are Lucian Freud, Alberto Giacometti, and Antonio López García.

Gale works from live models and her process is lengthy. Once she begins to paint, she works for three-hour sessions, and takes from four months to two years to complete a painting. Her pieces possess a strong psychological component due to the amount of time she spends with her models. Gale's portraits are not always entirely accurate to the subject they are based upon, rather, according to Gale herself, are based upon Gale's current perception of the subject. The picture she paints may change midway through the painting process if Gale notices a change in the subject's posing.Gale received her BFA from the Rhode Island College in 1988 and her MFA from Yale University in 1991. She has been the recipient of several awards including: Western States Art Federation/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1996), Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (1997), Trust Grant/GAP Award (2003) and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2007). The artist's work has been shown in galleries and museums across the United States including solo exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon (2007) and the Weatherspoon Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2008). Gale is a professor of painting at the University of Washington School of Art. She is married to the classical guitarist and composer Michael Nicolella.

Notes

External links
 Ann Gale in The Stranger
 Review in Art Slant
 Dolby Chadwick Gallery, SF

1966 births
Living people
Rhode Island College alumni
Yale School of Art alumni
American women painters
Painters from Washington (state)
21st-century American women artists


Daniel Biggar (born 16 October 1989) is a Welsh professional rugby union player currently playing for French Top 14 side Toulon as a fly-half. A Wales international, Biggar has also twice been selected to tour with the British and Irish Lions.

Early life and youth rugby
Born in Morriston, Swansea, Biggar came through the Ospreys development pathway, having attended Gowerton Comprehensive School in Swansea. He played his club rugby at Gorseinon RFC. He featured in the Premiership in the white of Swansea RFC. He made his Ospreys debut as an 18-year old at the Millennium Stadium, coming off the bench late on in an EDF Energy Cup semi-final win over Saracens. On 12 September 2008, Biggar made his first Ospreys start in a Magners League game against Glasgow Warriors. Biggar kicked 9 points including a long range drop-goal as the Ospreys ran out 18-21 winners at Firhill.

Biggar finished the 2010–11 Celtic League as top points scorer, ending the season with 248 points. He would follow this up the following season, again finishing top scorer on 257 points as Ospreys ran out PRO12 Champions. This season concluded with Biggar sinking the title-winning touchline conversion in the Grand Final win over Leinster.

In September 2017 it was announced Biggar would join English Premiership side Northampton ahead of the 2018/19 season. Following his exit from the Ospreys, Biggar held multiple records at the region. In 2012 he became the youngest player to reach 100 Ospreys appearances at just 22 and became the youngest to make 200 aged just 27 in 2007. He also became Ospreys and the Pro 14's record points scorer with 2203 points to his name.

Biggar made his Northampton debut against the Ospreys in a pre-season friendly ahead of the 2018/2019 season. That season saw Saints lift the Premiership Rugby Cup and reach the knock-out stages of the Premiership for the first time in four years.

On 27 October 2022, he left Northampton to join top French side Toulon in the Top 14 competition with immediate effect.

International

Wales
A Wales age grades international, Biggar was selected for the Wales national rugby union team for the 2008 Autumn Internationals series, making his debut at the age of 19 against Canada on 18 November.

On 18 January 2010, Biggar was named in the 35-man Wales national squad for the 2010 Six Nations tournament.

After 18 months in the wilderness, including missing the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Biggar was recalled for the 2012 Welsh squad after a run of good form with the Ospreys. This form was topped off by the match-winning conversion from the touchline in the 2012 Pro12 Grand Final, as well as a number of man-of-the-match performances in the run-in at the end of the season. Biggar finally got his chance in the Welsh number 10 shirt in the victorious 2013 Six Nations Championship campaign, starting all five games at fly half, thanks to a Rhys Priestland injury. Biggar capped off the tournament with a drop goal, conversion and penalty in the Championship decider against England.

Biggar continued his good run of form into the 2013–14 season, his performances for the Ospreys earning him a call-up for the 2013 Autumn Internationals, in which he started against Australia and Argentina, scoring a try against the former. He played three games during the 2014 Six Nations, coming on as a substitute for Rhys Priestland against France and England and starting against Scotland. In June 2014 Biggar started two tests against South Africa, including in the narrow 31–30 second test defeat, despite being yellow-carded. Biggar cemented his place as the Wales starting fly-half during the 2014 Autumn Internationals, starting three out of the four tests. He received many plaudits for his world-class performances, as well as receiving the man-of-the-match award against South Africa in a 12–6 victory.

Biggar starred in all of Wales' 2015 Six Nations Championship matches, and scored his first Welsh try vs France.

In the 2015 Rugby World Cup, Biggar took over the kicking duties after Halfpenny was ruled out of the whole tournament. Biggar kicked 56 points during the tournament including 23 points in Wales' 28–25 win over England, and claimed the Man of the Match accolade. In the quarter-final, he converted Gareth Davies' try against South Africa. Despite this, Wales would go on to lose 23–19.

On 12 November 2016, Biggar won his 50th Wales cap in an Autumn International against Argentina as Wales ran out 24-20 winners.

Biggar was selected as part of the Wales squad for 2019 Rugby World Cup. Biggar entered the tournament as first choice fly-half and played a pivotal role as Wales reached the semi-finals. In the second pool game against Australia, Biggar kicked the fastest drop-goal in Rugby World Cup history with the referee signalling the score after 36 seconds. Biggar missed the final Pool game against Uruguay due to a second head injury of the tournament but returned for the quarter-final against France. In this game, Biggar kicked a 75th minute conversion and the final score of the game to help Wales progress with a tight 20-19 win. Biggar would play the final two games of the tournament; the semi-final defeat to South Africa and Bronze Final defeat against New Zealand.

With Alun Wyn Jones out injured,  Biggar was the captain for the 2022 Six Nations campaign. On 12 February 2022, in the match against Scotland, he earned his 100th international cap.

Biggar has his own routine before kicking goals, which fans now call "The Biggarena" after Los Del Rio's 1995 hit, Macarena.

British & Irish Lions
In April 2017, Biggar was selected for the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand as one of three Fly-half options. Biggar made his first start of the tour in the provincial game against the Blues on 7 June 2017, but was withdrawn after a 35 minutes and failed to reappear following a HIA. Biggar would next appear in the fourth tour game against the Highlanders, assisting the opening try for Jonathan Joseph and kicking his first points as the Lions narrowly lost 33–32, despite being up when Biggar left the field. Biggar's stand out performance came against the Chiefs, kicking 100% in a comfortable win.  Despite his impressive form in the provincial games, Biggar would not make a test appearance against the All Blacks. Biggar ended the tour with 35 points from 5 appearances.

Biggar was selected for his second British and Irish Lions tour in May 2021 against reigning World Champions South Africa. Biggar started in the pre-tour match against Japan at Murrayfield. Biggar kicked 4 conversions and assisted Tadhg Beirne's try, being named Player of the Match. Biggar's first appearance in South Africa was against the Sharks on 10 July 2021, kicking 16 points in a 71–31 win. Biggar was selected to start the first test 24 July 2021, making his test debut, as the Lions took a 1–0 series lead. Biggar kicked 5/6 for a total of 14 points before leaving the field with a head injury. Biggar would start the following two tests, contributing 9 more points as the Lions lost the series 2–1. Biggar suffered a shin injury after 10 minutes of the third test which led to his early withdrawal from the game. Biggar's tour ended with 47 points from 5 appearances.

International tries

Personal life

On 7 December 2015, Biggar won the BBC Cymru Sports Personality of the Year Award.

References

External links

Wales Profile
Ospreys Profile

1989 births
Living people
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales
Northampton Saints players
Ospreys (rugby union) players
People educated at Gowerton Comprehensive School
Rugby union players from Morriston
Swansea RFC players
Wales international rugby union players
Welsh rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
2015 Rugby World Cup players
2019 Rugby World Cup players
2023 Rugby World Cup players


The 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series was the fifteenth season of the Camping World Truck Series, the third highest stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR in the United States. It was contested over twenty-five races, beginning with the NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway and ending with the Ford 200 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season was the first under the Camping World sponsorship banner. Camping World, announced on October 23, 2008, that they would sponsor the series for the next seven seasons. Ron Hornaday Jr. won and clinched the championship for Kevin Harvick, Inc. at Phoenix, one race early.

2009 teams and drivers

Complete schedule

Part-time schedule

Schedule

 *This race was delayed from its scheduled start on Fox on Saturday due to heavy rain.

Races

NextEra Energy Resources 250
The NextEra Energy Resources 250 was held on February 13 at Daytona International Speedway. Colin Braun won the pole for the event but Todd Bodine won the race.

Failed to qualify: Andy Lally (#28), Norm Benning (#57), Marc Mitchell (#89).

NOTE: Ron Hornaday Jr. suffered a 25-point penalty for rule infractions found in his truck during post-race inspection.

San Bernardino County 200
The San Bernardino County 200 was held on February 21 at Auto Club Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole.

Failed to qualify: Mike Harmon (#89).

American Commercial Lines 200
The American Commercial Lines 200 was held on March 7 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch won his second consecutive pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 36 entries

Kroger 250
The Kroger 250 was held on March 30 at Martinsville Speedway. Rick Crawford won the pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 36 entries

O'Reilly Auto Parts 250
The O'Reilly Auto Parts 250 was held on April 25 and 27 at Kansas Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 35 entries

North Carolina Education Lottery 200
The North Carolina Education Lottery 200 was held on May 15 at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Kyle Busch won the pole based on owners' points.

Failed to qualify: Wayne Edwards (#28), John Wes Townley (#09), Andy Ponstein (#02)

Mike Skinner had flipped after a hard hit from T. J. Bell

AAA Insurance 200
The AAA Insurance 200 was held May 29 at Dover International Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 36 entries

WinStar World Casino 400
The WinStar World Casino 400 was held on June 5 at Texas Motor Speedway. Johnny Sauter won his first career pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 33 entries

Michigan 200
The Michigan 200 was held on June 13 at Michigan International Speedway. Brian Ickler won his first career pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 36 entries

Copart 200
The Copart 200 was held on June 20 at Milwaukee Mile. Brian Ickler won the pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 33 entries

MemphisTravel.com 200
The MemphisTravel.com 200 was held on June 27 at Memphis Motorsports Park. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Andy Ponstein (#02), Paul Bamburak (#34)

Built Ford Tough 225
The Built Ford Tough 225 was held on July 18 at Kentucky Speedway. Ron Hornaday Jr. won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Ryan Mathews (#41), Jack Smith (#36), Dillon Oliver (#02)

AAA Insurance 200
The AAA Insurance 200 was held on July 24 at O'Reilly Raceway Park. Colin Braun won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 35 entries

Toyota Tundra 200
The Toyota Tundra 200 was held on August 1 at Nashville Superspeedway. Timothy Peters won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 34 entries

O' Reilly 200
The O'Reilly 200 was held on August 19 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Ryan Newman won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Tim Bainey Jr. (#00), Brandon Duchscherer (#83), Duane Bischoff (#27)

EnjoyIllinois.com 225
The EnjoyIllinois.com 225 was held on August 28 at Chicagoland Speedway. Matt Crafton won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Michelle Theriault (#72), John Jackson (#92), Ryan Hackett (#76)

Lucas Oil 200
The Lucas Oil 200 was held on September 5 at Iowa Speedway. Mike Skinner won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Dillon Oliver (#01)

Copart 200
The Copart 200 was held on September 12 at Gateway International Raceway. Colin Braun won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Dillon Oliver (#02), Jack Smith (#36), Ben Stancill (#63)

Heluva Good! 200
The Heluva Good! 200 was held on September 19 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Mike Skinner won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 36 entries

Las Vegas 350
The Las Vegas 350 was held on September 26 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Todd Bodine won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 35 entries

Kroger 200
The Kroger 200 was held on October 24 at Martinsville Speedway. Mike Skinner won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Tim Bainey Jr. (#00), Chris Lafferty (#89), Dan Brode (#01)

Mountain Dew 250
The Mountain Dew 250 was held on October 31 at Talladega Superspeedway. Colin Braun won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Mike Harmon (#42), Austin Dillon (#3)

WinStar World Casino 350
The WinStar World Casino 350K was held on November 6 at Texas Motor Speedway. Matt Crafton won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Lance Hooper (#65), Andy Ponstein (#02), John Jackson (#92)

Lucas Oil 150
The Lucas Oil 150 was held on November 13 at Phoenix International Raceway. Johnny Sauter won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: None, only 36 entries

Ford 200
The Ford 200 was held on November 20 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Colin Braun won the Pole.

Failed to qualify: Mike Harmon (#05), Derek White (#92)

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

See also
2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series
2009 NASCAR Camping World East Series
2009 NASCAR Camping World West Series
2009 NASCAR Canadian Tire Series
2009 NASCAR Corona Series
2009 NASCAR Mini Stock Series
2009 in sports

External links
 NASCAR Official Website
 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Home Page
Truck Series Standings and Statistics for 2009

NASCAR Truck Series seasons


Edward Norman Jackson (June 28, 1885 – November 11, 1967) was an American photographer and photojournalist for the New York Daily News. Jackson was President Woodrow Wilson's European photographer during the close of World War I and photographed The Big Four world leaders at the Paris Peace Conference.

Early life
The youngest of four siblings of an Irish immigrant family, Jackson was born in Philadelphia on June 28, 1885. His impoverished family would often go to the local soup house to obtain a ticket for a loaf of bread and another ticket for a can of bean soup, his personal journal states. Jackson sold newspapers (Philadelphia Bulletin) on street corners to help his family, where he met a studio photographer who offered him a job after school and Saturdays. He was paid $1.50 a week. The studio specialized in tintype portraitures in 1901. In 1903 the studio moved to Atlantic City and Jackson went with them. Jackson moved to New York City and worked for the American Press Association in the photo engraving department in 1912 where he also became a freelance news photographer.

News photography
Jackson's career as a news photographer began on the streets of New York City where he would provide photographs to many news agencies and magazines throughout the country. Working as a paparazzo, Jackson would stalk his newsworthy subjects throughout the city. The burgeoning use of photography for newspaper stories launched him into this vocation. From his personal journal:
A new field of photography was emerging in 1910; newspapers wanted photographs to replace sketches and drawings for the news events they were going to print. The era of news photography was just beginning and I wanted to become one in the worst way. I never doubted my decision.

"A Good Photograph Is Worth Ten Columns Of Copy." -Edward Jackson - 1961

In 1913 Jackson accepted his first foreign freelance assignment and steamed to Panama aboard the Prince August William to photograph the Panama Canal before its official opening in 1914. In 1915 Jackson was invited by his friend Thomas Alva Edison, newly appointed as President of the Naval Reserve Board, to document the inspection of a highly secret United States submarine "E-2" in the Brooklyn Navy yard. The United States had not entered World War I and did not want the warring nations to know about the development of submarine capability. Two weeks later the submarine mysteriously exploded, killing several personnel. Jackson's forbidden photograph of the damaged submarine appeared in all of the New York papers.

World War I
Many years past the draft age, Jackson joined the Army Signal Corps (reserves) at the age of 32 and reported for training at Camp Alfred Vail in Little Silver, New Jersey on October 22, 1917. Due to his extensive photographic experience he was promoted to 1st Lieutenant and was assigned the title of Official War Photographer. Several months later he was selected to be President Woodrow Wilson's official photographer.

Jackson spent nearly a year on the battlefront in France and received several military commendations. He was given a battlefield promotion to Captain of the twenty-seventh division of the Army Signal Corps, and assigned directly to President Wilson's European peace entourage. His photograph of "The Big Four" taken in Paris on May 27, 1919, showed the leaders of the free world: British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Italian Premier Vittorio Orlando, French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau, and US President Woodrow Wilson.

Post-war years
Returning from France a seasoned, recognized professional news photographer, Jackson was offered many employment offers. He decided to work with Joseph Mendill Patterson and his cousin Robert R. McCormick, who were co-publishers of the Chicago Tribune and wanted to start a New York tabloid newspaper, The New York Daily News. Launched on June 26, 1919, with Edward N. Jackson as their lead photographer, the publishers wanted large and prominent photographs of city news, entertainment and sports events and local city coverage, all of which was assigned to Jackson. The New York Daily News is today the sixth largest newspaper in the country and has won ten Pulitzer prizes.

In 1927 William Randolph Hearst wanted to promote his newspaper the New York Daily Mirror by sponsoring a non-stop historic flight from New York to Rome following Charles Lindbergh's successful flight from New York to Paris (May 20–21, 1927). The aircraft—Old Glory—a German Fokker F.VII, was to be manned by pilots Lloyd W. Bertaud and James DeWitt Hill and the Daily Mirror managing editor Phillip A. Payne, a close friend of Jackson's, flying with them for one-on-one news coverage. The historic flight left Old Orchard Beach, Maine on the morning of September 6, 1927. Sixteen hours into the flight a SOS was received and the aircraft was never heard from again. Jackson reportedly took the last known photograph of Old Glory on August 26, 1927, for his friend. It was never published.

Another historic flight that Jackson covered was the flight of the Bremen, a German Junkers W-33 aircraft crewed by Baron Gunther von Hünefeld, Hermann Köhl and James C. Fitzmaurice in April, 1928. The planned east to west Atlantic Ocean crossing took flight on Thursday, April 12, 1928, from Baldonnel, Ireland, with a destination at Mitchel Field, New York, where Jackson waited for their arrival. Thirty-six hours after Bremen left Ireland, it was forced to crash-land on Greenly Island in Canada. Jackson immediately left for Canada and hired a single-engine aircraft to fly him and other news reporters to Greenly Island to cover the story. While none of the flight crew were injured as a result of the accident, famed aviator Floyd Bennett became ill and died while attempting to salvage the Bremen from Greenly Island.

The Great Depression
Edward Jackson personally covered "Black Thursday," October 24, 1929 when Wall Street experienced the beginnings of the famed stock market crash leading to the infamous "Black Tuesday" on October 29, 1929 – the beginnings of the Great Depression. Jackson's camera captured much of this tragedy over the next ten years. The worst and longest economic collapse in history, the depression spread to most of the world's industrialized countries like a firestorm. Businesses and banks closed their doors. Millions of jobs were lost, leaving many without homes, savings or even food. Jackson documented on film, this national tragedy.

Later life
Edward Jackson remained with The New York Daily News until his retirement in 1958 at 73. His only child, Edith May Jackson, gave Eddie three grandchildren; Noreen, John and Barry Fitzgerald who often visited him at his home in Wilton, Connecticut. Jackson died from natural causes at 82.

References

 Irish Connections Volume 2 #4, pages: 38 to 47
 News Pix Vol.45 No. 11 11/67 page: 11
 Telephone Review March, 1931 pages: 2,3,4, 38
 Collier's April 4, 1925 pages:18, 19, 36
 New York Daily News photo archives
 The New Yorker, December 1, 1934, page 28
 "20s & 30s". Tabloid Journalism - Mankind's Obsession for Sensationalism. Southern Nazarene University. 1997
 Eddie Jackson, World War I
Kings, Queens, Hero's and Rouges

External links

Official web site

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1967 deaths
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Photographers from Philadelphia


A process design kit (PDK) is a set of files used within the semiconductor industry to model a fabrication process for the design tools used to design an integrated circuit. The PDK is created by the foundry defining a certain technology variation for their processes. It is then passed to their customers to use in the design process. The customers may enhance the PDK, tailoring it to their specific design styles and markets. The designers use the PDK to design, simulate, draw and verify the design before handing the design back to the foundry to produce chips. The data in the PDK is specific to the foundry's process variation and is chosen early in the design process, influenced by the market requirements for the chip. An accurate PDK will increase the chances of first-pass successful silicon.

Description
Different tools in the design flow have different input formats for the PDK data. The PDK engineers have to decide which tools they will support in the design flows and create the libraries and rule sets which support those flows.

A typical PDK contains:

 A primitive device library
 Symbols
 Device parameters
 PCells
 Verification checks
 Design Rule Checking
 Layout Versus Schematic
 Antenna and Electrical rule check
 Physical Extraction
 Technology data
 Layers, layer names, layer/purpose pairs
 Colors, fills and display attributes
 Process constraints
 Electrical rules
 Rule files
 LEF
 Tool dependent rule formats
 Simulation models of primitive devices (SPICE or SPICE derivatives)
 Transistors (typically SPICE)
 Capacitors
 Resistors
 Inductors
 Design Rule Manual
 A user friendly representation of the process requirements
A PDK may also include standard cell libraries from the foundry, a library vendor or developed internally
 LEF format of abstracted layout data
 Symbols
 Library (.lib) files
 GDSII layout data

References

Further reading
 Yu Cao, "Predictive process design kits", ch. 8 in, Predictive Technology Model for Robust Nanoelectronic Design, Springer Science & Business Media, 2011 .
 Lukas Chrostowski, Michael Hochberg, "Process design kit (PDK)", section 10.1 in, Silicon Photonics Design, Cambridge University Press, 2015 .
 Michael Liehr et al., "Silicon photonics integrated circuit process design kit", section 4.8 in, Alan Willner (ed), Optical Fiber Telecommunications, vol. 11, Elsevier, 2019 .
 Ian Robertson, Nutapong Somjit, Mitchai Chongcheawchamnan, "Process design kits for RFIC and MMIC design", section 17.8.1 in, Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Design for Wireless Communications, John Wiley & Sons, 2016 .

Semiconductor device fabrication


José Bartolomeu Barrocal Rita dos Mártires  (2 April 1932 – deceased), commonly known as Zé Rita, was a Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Honours
Benfica
 Intercontinental Cup runner-up: 1962

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A metatrochophore (;) is a type of larva developed from the trochophore larva of a polychaete annelid.

Metatrochophores have a number of features trochophores lack, including eyespots and segments.

References

Larvae
Annelids


Championship Pony is a virtual life video game by British studio Attractive Games released for Nintendo DS in North America on March 20, 2008. The game allows players to experience equestrianism competition. Competition consists of Cross Country, Show Jumping, and Dressage events.

External links
 GameSpot Summary

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William Allen Johnson (October 27, 1816 – January 20, 1901) of Westfield, Massachusetts, US, was a builder of pipe organs during the later half of the nineteenth century. (See Johnson Organs). Previously, Johnson had operated a successful construction company in Westfield, where some of his buildings may still be seen.

Early life
William was born in Nassau (village), New York on October 27, 1816, to William R. and Eliza Allen Johnson, the first of eight children. In 1819, the Johnson family moved to Hawley, Franklin County, Massachusetts, then shortly afterward to Westfield, Massachusetts, following William's father's trade as a millwright

Young Johnson first attended a private school, then the public school. His formal education ended at the age of thirteen when he began to earn his own living. After working on a farm for two years, he worked in a glue factory, then at a whip factory in Westfield which is still known as "Whip City".  In September 1834 Johnson apprenticed himself to a mason for a term of three years and three months. During this period, he worked in a cotton mill in Chicopee, Massachusetts during wintertimes. At the end of his apprenticeship, Johnson formed his own construction business, doing considerable work in the Westfield area.

In November 1839, William A Johnson married Mary Ann Douglas. Mary Johnson went on to become well known as a talented artist. Some of her paintings of the Westfield River Valley and the surrounding hills can be seen at the Westfield Athenaeum.

The William A. Johnson / Johnson and Son Organ Co.
In 1843, Johnson's construction firm was chosen to build a new building for his own church, the Westfield Methodist Church. As the building was being completed, an organ builder arrived to install a pipe organ. When asked about the availability of a worker to help set up the organ, Mr. Johnson readily applied for the job. During the installation of this organ, William became interested in the art of organ building.

During a slack period of construction work in the winter of 1843–1844, Mr. Johnson decided to build a small parlor organ. It was of just one rank or set of pipes, had one keyboard, and no pedalboard. By successfully completing this project, he proved to himself that he had the skills necessary for the building of pipe organs. Continuing this practice, Johnson built six parlor organs of increased size during the next three winters. In 1847, he decided to accept only construction contracts that could be finished by the fall so that he could close his construction business and devote all of his time to the building of pipe organs.

Johnson soon assembled a team of skilled craftsmen to augment his own considerable skills. The Johnson Organ Company became one of the most respected organ firms of the country. In 1871, following a disastrous fire and the inclusion of Johnson's son William H. Johnson into the firm, the company became known as "Johnson and Son". The firm built a total of 860 tracker action pipe organs throughout the United States and in Canada and Bermuda before it ceased operations in 1898

William A. Johnson died on January 20, 1901, at the age of 84.

References / Citations
all information in this article comes from this book:
 Elsworth, John Van Varick. The Johnson Organs, 1984, published by The Boston Organ Club of the Organ Historical Society.

American pipe organ builders
1816 births
1901 deaths


Dorothy Marie Miner (August 14, 1936 – October 21, 2008) was an American attorney. Miner was known for work as chief counsel for the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Career
Born in Manhattan, Miner earned a Bachelor of Arts in History from Smith College in 1958. Her honors thesis was on the Tudor period and was titled "The Demands of the Tudor Rebels." She then continued on to receive a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School in 1961, and a Master of Science in Urban Planning from Columbia, as well, in 1972.

A year later, Miner was named as counsel to the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. Her work there helped to create a legal process for landmark designations in the city, as part of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Miner played a major role in presenting the case in Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City of 1978, in which the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the ability of the city to restrict development of Grand Central Terminal based on its landmark designation. The Penn Central company had argued that the development restrictions were unconstitutional and in conflict in terms of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and eminent domain. Miner left the commission in 1994, after her resignation was requested by Jennifer Raab.

Upon leaving the Commission, Miner accepted teaching positions at Columbia and at the Pace University School of Law.

Personal life
Miner was born to Marie and Dwight C. Miner, the noted professor of history at Columbia University. Her aunt of the same name, Dorothy Miner, was an art historian and first Keeper of Manuscripts of the Walters Art Museum. The Miner side of the family was of both British and Irish descent.

On June 25, 1970, Miner married James Edward O'Driscoll. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1993. Miner died in 2008 from complications of lung disease.

See also
List of Americans of Irish descent
List of Columbia University people in politics, military and law
List of Smith College people

References

External links
New York Times obituary

1936 births
2008 deaths
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Deaths from lung disease


Ulrich K. Goldsmith (1910–2000) was an American scholar of literature and emeritus professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Biography
Ulrich K. Goldsmith was born in 1910 in Freiburg (Black Forest) and had to leave Germany in 1932-1933 because of his Jewish origins and Nazi persecution. He came to the United States via England and Canada and earned his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1950, with a dissertation on Stefan George. He was appointed professor of Germanic languages and literatures at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1957 where he died emeritus in 2000. He chaired there the department of Germanic languages and literatures and later co-founded and chaired the program in comparative literature. He was a well-known scholar on Stefan George and Rainer Maria Rilke.

References

Bibliography
 Barnes, Hazel E., Calder, Wiliam M. & Hugo Schmidt, eds (1989). Ulrich Goldsmith: Studies in Comparison. New York: Lang (Utah Studies in Literature and Linguistics 28). Bibliography of works by Ulrich K. Goldsmith: p. 483-493.
 Calder, William M., Goldsmith. Ulrich & Phyllis B. Kenevan, eds (1985). Hypatia: Essays in classics, comparative literature, and philosophy presented to Hazel E. Barnes on her Seventieth Birthday. Boulder: Colorado Associated University Press.
 Goldsmith, Ulrich (1951). Stefan George and the theatre. New York: The Modern Language Association (PLMA Publications LXVI:2).
 Goldsmith, Ulrich (1959). Stefan George: A study of his early work. Boulder: University of Colorado Press (University of Colorado Studies Series in Language and Literature 7).
 Goldsmith, Ulrich (1970). Stefan George. New York: Columbia University Press (Essays on Modern Writers).
 Goldsmith, Ulrich (1974). Shakespeare and Stefan George: The sonnets. Berne: Franke.
 Goldsmith, Ulrich, ed. (1980). Rainer Maria Rilke, a verse concordance to his complete lyrical poetry. Leeds: W.S. Maney.
Goldsmith, Ulrich. ed. (1982). Critical probings: Essays in European literature: From Wolfram von Eschenbach to Thomas Mann. New York: Lang.

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University of Colorado faculty
1910 births
2000 deaths
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Joaquín Costa (September 14, 1846, Monzón, Huesca Province – February 8, 1911) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and historian.

The son of an Aragonese farmer and his first wife, Costa was self-educated and campaigned to end what he considered to be Spanish backwardness. He desired to start a movement that would force politicians to embark on a program of educational, social, and economic reform.

According to Raymond Carr his ideas, known as 'Regenerationism' (scientific study of Spain's decline as a nation), rose to greater prominence in the aftermath of Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War.

External links

 Digitalized works by Joaquín Costa @ the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

1846 births
1911 deaths
People from Cinca Medio
Spanish political writers


Prof. P. Venkat Rangan is an Indian computer scientist. He is the current vice chancellor of  Amrita University.  A pioneer of research in Multimedia Systems, he was the founder and director of the Multimedia Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego, where he served as a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering.  By the age of 33 he was one of the youngest full professors at University of California, San Diego.     Dr. Rangan also founded Yodlee Inc. and served as its CEO, for which in 2000, he was selected as one of the 25 best entrepreneurs by the President of the United States of America and featured on the July 2000 cover of Internet World Magazine.

Venkat Rangan has been the recipient of President of India's gold medal from Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1984. As a Ph.D. student in Computer Science he spent a year at Cornell University, before moving to University of California, Berkeley.  At  Berkeley he secured the top-most rank in the qualifying exams for graduate studies.  In 1988, his Ph.D. thesis at University of California, Berkeley was judged as the outstanding Ph.D of the year by IBM.

Venkat Rangan has been identified by the ACM as a pioneer of research in Multimedia Systems, and for "founding one of the foremost centers for research in multimedia, in which area he is an inventor of fundamental techniques with global impact". With over 100 research papers and 30 patents to his credit, Venkat Rangan has been the driving force behind the setting up of a large number of inter-disciplinary research centers within Amrita University. He has extensively collaborated with international and Indian Govt partners on research projects.

Awards
In his career, Dr. Rangan has won several prestigious awards.  Some of them are:
 Fellow of Association for Computing Machinery (1998)
 NSF National Young Investigator Award (1993)
 The NCR Corporation Research Innovation Award (1991)
 The President of India Gold Medal (1984)

References

External links
 Profile
 Bio

Indian computer scientists
Indian academic administrators
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Cornell University alumni
University of California, San Diego alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
University of California, San Diego faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)


Ivo Pukanić (21 January 1961 – 23 October 2008) was a Croatian journalist. He was best known as editor-in-chief of the once influential Croatian political weekly Nacional. In 2008, Pukanić was assassinated by members of Croatian and Serbian organized crime groups.

Life and career

Pukanić was born in Zagreb. He graduated from the Faculty of Political Science at the University of Zagreb in 1983, after which he started working for Vjesnik publishing house as a photographer for two of their weekly magazines, Start and Studio.

In 1992 he started his career as a journalist and editor at the popular weekly Globus published by Europapress Holding. He left Globus only three years later in 1995 to start his own weekly publication, Nacional, where he held the post of editor-in-chief until 2000. That same year Pukanić received an award from Croatian Journalists' Association. He also later received an award for a 2003 interview with army general Ante Gotovina, who was at the time on the run due to accusations of war crimes by the ICTY.

Assassination

Pukanić was assassinated on October 23, 2008, at 6.10 p.m. local time by a bomb planted on a motorcycle parked next to his Lexus LS600hL in the center of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia. He was killed alongside Niko Franjić, the Nacional marketing manager. The incident happened in Stara Vlaška Street, only two street blocks east of Ban Jelačić Square, the central square of Zagreb. It was caught on CCTV, with the footage showing the explosion moments before Pukanić and Franjić were about to enter the vehicle.

Nacional reporter Plamenko Cvitić was the first news reporter on the scene. The police immediately blocked the traffic around the site of assassination, causing immense traffic jams all over the city center. Prime Minister Ivo Sanader declined a proposal for entering a state of emergency.

Eight people, suspected of having connections to organised crime groups, were indicted. Six were later convicted over Pukanić's murder with prison terms ranging from 15 to 40 years.

Pukanić was survived by his wife, Mirjana, and daughter, Sara (born c. 1991).

References

External links
 Killing the Journalist or: Sreten Jocic alias Joca Amsterdam – The bloody journey of a Mafia boss across Europe

1961 births
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Rezat may refer to:

Fränkische Rezat, a river in Bavaria, Germany
Schwäbische Rezat, a river in Bavaria, Germany


Michael Gorlovsky (, born 24 January 1963) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 2003 and 2006. During his term he was involved in what became known as the "double votes scam".

Biography
Born in Dzerzhinsk in the Soviet Union, Gorlovsky made aliyah to Israel in 1988.

In 1996 he was photographed removing Labor Party posters during the election campaign. He worked as a chauffeur and operations man for Avigdor Lieberman.

For the 2003 elections he was placed 27th on the Likud list, and entered the Knesset when the party won 38 seats. Whilst an MK, he served on several Knesset committees, including the House Committee, the Finance Committee, the Internal Affairs and Environment Committee, the Committee on Foreign Workers and the Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs.

In 2003 he voted twice during a Knesset ballot (placing a vote on behalf of Gilad Erdan), a move he blamed on being "tired" and "confused". Attorney General Menachem Mazuz requested that the Knesset lift his parliamentary immunity, but the request was rejected by the House Committee. The Movement for Quality Government filed a petition with the High Court to protest the committee's decision, resulting in a decision that the committee had overstepped its authority in not revoking Gorlovsky's immunity. However, the committee ignored the verdict, resulting in a second petition from the movement. In November 2005 Mazuz announced that he would be charging Gorlovsky with fraud, deception and breach of trust.

He lost his seat in the March 2006 elections, and in September 2006 the Jerusalem prosecutor's office informed the court that it had struck a plea bargain with Gorlovsky in which he would be charged with breach of trust rather than fraud. In February 2007 he received a suspended sentence and community service.

See also
List of Israeli public officials convicted of crimes or misdemeanors

References

External links

1963 births
Living people
Israeli people of Russian-Jewish descent
Jewish Israeli politicians
Likud politicians
Members of the 16th Knesset (2003–2006)
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Clorinde was a 40-gun  of the French Navy, designed by Sané. The British Royal Navy captured her in 1814 and renamed her HMS Aurora. After 19 years as a coal hulk she was broken up in 1851.

French frigate
From June 1809, she was stationed with the 16-gun  and the 38-gun . In September, she sailed with Renommée, Loire, and Seine to Guadeloupe.

On 13 December, she and Renommée captured .

On 15 December 1809, Clorinde ran aground, and freed herself by dropping guns and ammunition overboard.

She took part in the action of 20 May 1811, fought off Madagascar, and returned to Brest. Captain Jacques Saint-Cricq was found guilty of failing to properly support his commodore. Saint-Cricq was demoted of rank, expelled from the Legion of Honour, and sentenced to three years in prison.

On 6 December 1813, Clorinde captured the British merchant vessel  in the Atlantic Ocean (). Lusitania, Johnston, master, had been sailing from London to Suriname. Clorinde then put the crews of four other vessels that she had captured aboard Lusitania and sent her into Plymouth. The other four were:
 , of 473 tons (bm), Barr, master, which had been sailing from London to Bermuda;
 , of 426 tons (bm), P. Inglis, master, which had been sailing from London to Martinique;
 Aurora, Scheidt, master, which had been sailing to Amelia Island; and,
 Superb, R. Roberts, of 130 tons (bm), which had been sailing from Gibraltar to England.
Clorinde abandoned Blenden Hall at sea, where the Falmouth packet Eliza, homeward bound from Malta, found her floating.  brought Blenden Hall into Plymouth. They arrived on 19 December, on the same day as Lusitania.

On 18 February 1814 Clorinde captured the Post Office Packet Service packet , Captain James Cock, at . Although Captain Denis Lagarde, flew Portuguese colours in an attempt to trick Cock, Cock surmised that the frigate was French, not Portuguese, and threw his mails overboard before the Frenchmen boarded Townshend. Clorinde sank Townshend.

On 25 February 1814, at , the 38-gun  chased Clorinde. A violent fight ensued for two hours and 20 minutes that left both ships dismasted, Eurotas suffering 20 killed and 30 wounded (including Captain John Phillimore), and Clorinde, 40 killed and 80 wounded. During the night, the ships built jury rigs and resumed the pursuit the next day, when  and  intervened. The helpless Clorinde struck after the first cannon shot from Dryad, which towed Clorinde into Portsmouth.

British frigate
Clorinde was brought into British service as HMS Aurora. She served off South America during the years 1821–25, and in the Caribbean, 1826–28.

Fate
From January 1832, she was used as a coal hulk in Falmouth. She was eventually broken up in May 1851.

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Age of Sail frigates of France
Pallas-class frigates (1808)
Ships built in France
1808 ships
Coal hulks