The Arran Banner is a weekly local newspaper on the Isle of Arran in Scotland. It was established in 1974 and is published on a Saturday. The paper still attracts subscribers from around the world for its often unique and witty writing style. The newspaper is renowned for often controversial and heated discussion in its letter pages. Recently this has included debates on climate change, the state of Arran's roads and the proposed new ferry service to the island.

Circulation
The newspaper is also famous for a very high readership among the local population. In 1984 it received a Guinness World Record recognising this fact. The entry reads: "The Arran Banner, founded in 1974, has a readership of more than 97 per cent in Britain’s seventh largest off-shore island". Recently The Banner was named as one of only three newspapers in Scotland with a rise in circulation. In 2015, it had a circulation of just over 3,000 copies each week.

Sale to the Oban Times group
For many years it was under the ownership and editorship of John Millar. In 2003, the Arran Banner was purchased by the Oban Times Group, who continue to publish the newspaper today. Soon after its sale, the newspaper converted to a tabloid, colour format, from the previous A4 format. It is also now printed off the island, being printed on Thursday afternoons before arriving on the island each Friday morning. Former editor John Millar continued to write weekly Banner leader columns until 2008.

The leader column is now written by news editor Hugh Boag who joined the team in July 2013. Colin Smeeton is the other reporter working at the paper and he joined the two-man editorial team in 2015.

The newspaper's advertising department managed by Cecilia Paul.

The retail price of the newspaper increased to £1 on Friday 4 February 2022 (edition 2270) after being at 85p for the previous three years. Since 16th December 2022 the retail price has increased to £1.10.

As well as continuing to produce the weekly edition of the newspaper the company are also responsible for a popular hand-drawn tourist map of the island and the annual Holiday Arran magazine.

The Arran Banner also has a website where some news is displayed for free but there is also a paid for section (Paywall).

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Driller Park is a baseball park in Kilgore, Texas, USA, constructed in 1947 for the Kilgore Drillers and refurbished in 2008 for the East Texas Pump Jacks of the Texas Collegiate League. The park has also been used for East Texas college and high school baseball matches. The park has a capacity of 3,000.

Driller Park plaque
On April 24, 1947, the Drillers played their first game in front of a full house. A Texas Historical Commission plaque outside Driller Park states:

Kilgore Drillers
The Kilgore Drillers existed briefly for four seasons, playing the first two seasons in the Lone Star League and the last two in the East Texas League. The Drillers were successful in their years in the Lone Star League and the East Texas League.

The Kilgore Drillers folded after the 1950 season. They had played consistently winning baseball claiming two consecutive championships in the Lone Star League, were the runners-up in 1949, and had a respectable finish in 1950 before being disbanded. It was 58 years before Driller Park saw another team take residence.

1947 season
They finished the regular season at the top of the standings with a 78–60 record. In the playoffs, they swept the Tyler Trojans while the Marshall Comets beat the Longview Texans, 4–1. In the championship series, the Drillers defeated the Comets 4 games to 2 to become the 1947 Lone Star League champions.

1948 season
They finished the regular season at the top of the standings once again, with a 94–44 record. In the playoffs, they defeated the Henderson Oilers 4 games to 3 while the Longview Texans defeated the Tyler Trojans 4 games to 3 also. In the championship series, the Drillers beat the Texans to become Lone Star League champions again.

1949 season
In their first season in the East Texas League, the Drillers finished in 4th place with a record of 75–65. In the playoffs, they defeated the Longview Texans 4 games to 3; the Gladewater Bears defeated the Paris Panthers 4 games to 3 also. In the championship series, Kilgore finished as the runner-up to Gladewater being beaten in four games.

1950 season
The Drillers finished 3rd in 1950. In the playoffs, Kilgore was beaten by the Marshall Browns 4 games to one in the first round.

The return of summer collegiate baseball
In January 2008, it was announced that the Texas Collegiate League would add a team in Kilgore for the upcoming season. Fans were invited to make suggestions to the front office of the new club in the "Name Your Team" contest. In early April 2008, general manager Mike Lieberman announced the new team would be called the East Texas Pump Jacks, complete with dual logos representing East Texas' history in the oil industry. One logo is a donkey representing the pumping unit or horsehead pump, the over ground for a reciprocating piston installed in a borehole. It is used to mechanically lift liquid out of the well if there is not enough bottom hole pressure for the liquid to flow all the way to the surface. The other logo is a dinosaur, representing the fossil fuels used in oil drilling.

In their first season at Driller Park, the Pump Jacks finished third with a 22–26 record before being beaten by the Coppell Copperheads in the first round.

References

 Texas Collegiate League fan forum

Buildings and structures in Gregg County, Texas
Buildings and structures in Rusk County, Texas
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Baseball venues in Texas


Teqüe Rugby Club is an Argentine rugby union and field hockey club located in the city of  Maipú in Mendoza Province. The rugby team currently plays in the regionalised Torneo del Oeste.

History
Teqüe Rugby Club was founded by former players and managers of Club Obras Sanitarias, on December 16, 1973.

The word Teqüe means "young Guanaco" in Araucanian language. Besides, a guanaco is the emblem of the Unión de Rugby de Cuyo. When Teqûe was founded, a young guanaco was adopted due to the club was the youngest in the region by then.

The first years Teqüe played in the Club Chacras de Coria field. The club has played matches against some of the most notable teams of Buenos Aires, such as SIC, San Cirano, Los Matreros. Teqüe also disputed international games facing Bordeaux Etudiants, Vascos de Baigorri and Stade Français (France), Birkenhead Park FC, Dauntsey's School (England), Garda (Ireland), University of Edinburg (Scotland), Walcha (Australia), Universidad Católica, Universidad de Chile and Chile national team.

In 2022, Teqüe won their first Torneo del Oeste championship after defeating Marista 26–24 in the final.

Titles
 Torneo del Oeste (1): 2022

References

External links

 Official website (archived)

Rugby union teams in Argentina
Rugby clubs established in 1973
Sport in Mendoza, Argentina
1973 establishments in Argentina


The Twilight Reign is a five-book series written by Tom Lloyd. The five books in order are: The Stormcaller, The Twilight Herald, The Grave Thief, The Ragged Man, and The Dusk Watchman It follows the fight against the shadow Azaer.

The Land
The Land is the setting of The Twilight Reign. It is ruled by seven different tribes: The Farlan, The Menin, The Chetse, The Litse, The Yeetatchen, The Vukotics and The Fysthrall. Many diverse creatures roam its lands and it hosts many different environments.

Creatures
The Land is a home to a multitude of species. Whether remnant of the Great War or a subject of the Gods they all play an important part in The Land's history and future.

Humans
The majority of The Land's inhabitants are humans. The seven Tribes are made up of humans and most humans worship the Gods. Humans reside all over the Land and have founded many cities.

Elves
Little is known about the elves beside the fact that they reside in The Waste and were cursed by the gods for waging war against them. They have no king and are loyal to their House and the elven race. It is presumed that they dislike humans and that they do not worship the Gods. The last king of the elves was Aryn Bwr whose name was cursed and removed from history by the gods who were not content with his death. The elves due to the curse are now twisted shadows of themselves.

Vampires
Cursed by the Gods for siding with Aryn Bwr last king of the elves, the Vukotic siblings were cursed with vampirism and doomed to roam The Land consuming the life force of mortals to sustain themselves. They can pass on their curse through a bite, but they cannot remove it from themselves. The Vukotic siblings are the only vampires who cannot be killed by any means.

War Creatures
The Gods created many species to fight for them in the Great War. However, their abilities soon became surplus and the Gods abandoned, having no need for their talents. Instead of dying out, the creatures adapted and survived to reproduce and grow in number. There are still many of these creatures. Some of them are the trolls, the centaurs, the sibilis and the Estashanti warriors.

The Waste
A swath of land lying in the East, The Waste was ravaged by the Gods following The Great War. The vast amount of energies poured into the Earth by both the Gods and the Elves ruined the land and made it a place of strange creatures and desolation.

The Tribes

The Farlan
The most powerful of the tribes, the Farlan control a large nation in the North. They are led by the story's protagonist, Isak, following Lord Bahl's death, their former leader, at the hands of Kastan Styrax. The Farlan are tall with dark hair and dark eyes, they are considered to be arrogant and have tendencies to show off. The Farlan armies rely heavily on cavalry and pride themselves on their cavalry. The patron God of the Farlan is Nartis.

The Menin
A strong tribe from The Waste, they are led by Kastan Styrax, a main antagonist in the story. Styrax has dreams of building an empire, and will go very far to reach them. He led his army and conquered the Chetse tribe, the first to fall to him. The patron God of The Menin is Karkarn.

The Chetse
The Chetse are a desert tribe whose territory borders The Waste. They were conquered when a daemon summoned by Kastan Styrax possessed their Krann and drove off their Lord. Their soldiers are extremely obedient and fight in a phalanx. The Chetse are small but broad and are considered to be overly obedient and have a tendency to drink too much. The patron God of the Chetse is Tsatach.

The Litse
The Litse were almost wiped out by a Menin warlord and as a result are a broken tribe. The Litse white-eyes are different from normal white-eyes in the fact that they have wings and are weaker than normal white-eyes. The last Litse city is the circle city which lies south of the Farlan state. The Litse have blonde hair yellow eyes and are considered arrogant and overly ambitious by the other tribes. Their patron god is Ilit.

The Yeetatchen
The Tribe of Lord Isak's intended bride. The Yeetatchen's patron God is Amavoq.

Narkang
Not under control of any tribe, Narkang is a country of migrants and half-breeds who would have been scorned elsewhere. The country was founded by King Emin and is an ally of the Farlan.

The Harlequins
The Harlequins are the keepers of the Land's history. From a young age they are trained with the blade and to tell epic tales and stories to the Land's citizens. When they come of age, Harlequins are given a mask to cover their face and travel the Land telling stories to all who wish to hear. They have no history or stories of their own except one of a master of the blade who would become their king.

Azaer
A shadow who is neither god nor mortal.  He is the main enemy and runs schemes and plots that run over millennia and stretch all the way to the heavens.

The Gods
Alterr-Goddess of the Night Sky and the Greater Moon. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Amavoq-Goddess of the Forest, patron of the Yeetatchen. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Belarannar-God of the Earth. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Cerdin-God of Thieves
Death-Chief of the Gods and the Husband of Life. Head of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Fate-Goddess of Luck and Chance.
Ilit-God of the Wind, patron of the Litse. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Inoth-Goddess of the Western Sea's, daughter of Lliot.
Karkarn-God of War, patron of the Menin. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Kitar-Goddess of Harvest and Fertility. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Kassalain-Goddess of Murder.
Larat-God of Magic and Manipulation. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Leitah-Goddess of Wisdom and Learning. Killed during the Great War.
Life-Queen of the Gods and the Wife of Death. Killed during the Great War. Former member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Lliot-God of All Waters. Killed during the Great War. His domain was divided among his five children: Inoth, Turist, Shoso, Vasle and Asenn.
Nartis-God of Night, Storms, and Hunters, patron of the Farlan. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Nyphal-Goddess of Travelers.
Shotir-God of Healing and Forgiveness
Triena-Goddess of Romantic Love and Fidelity.
Tsatach-God of Fire and the Sun, patron of the Chetse. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.
Vasle-God of Rivers and Inland Seas.
Vellern-God of Birds.
Veren-first God of Beasts. Killed during the Great War.
Vrest-God of Beasts. Succeeded Veren. Member of the Upper Circle of the Pantheon.

Novel series


The Atlas of Creation (or, in Turkish, Yaratılış Atlası) is a series of creationist books written by Adnan Oktar under the pen name Harun  Yahya. Oktar published volume 1 of The Atlas of Creation  with Global Publishing, Istanbul, Turkey in October 2006, volumes 2 and 3 followed in 2007, and volume 4 in 2012. The first volume is over 800 pages long. The Turkish original was translated into English, German, Chinese, French, Dutch, Italian, Urdu, Hindi and Russian.

Thousands of copies of the first volume were mailed unsolicited to schools, prominent researchers and research institutes in the United States and Europe in 2007. The series has attracted widespread criticism for its inaccuracy, unauthorized use of copyrighted photographs, and intellectual dishonesty.

Contents

The books argues that different species of living things are exactly the same today as they were hundreds of millions of years ago, that having been created by God, life forms on Earth have never undergone even the slightest change/evolution.  (Unlike some fundamentalist Christians, Oktar does not argue for a "Young Earth creationism" -- that the universe is a few thousand years old -- but talks of species being "100 million years old"). The book shows pictures of million-year-old fossils and pictures of modern-day animals that are claimed to be their modern equivalent.

Distribution
In 2007 tens of thousands of copies of the book were given to schools, prominent researchers and research institutes throughout the United States and Europe, including to a large number of French, Belgian, Spanish and Swiss schools. Some of the schools that received copies were in France as well as prominent researchers at Utrecht University, University of Tilburg, University of California, Brown University, University of Colorado, University of Chicago, Brigham Young University, Stony Brook University, the University of Connecticut, the University of Georgia, Imperial College London, Abertay University, the University of Idaho, the University of Vermont, and several others. When the book was sent to French schools and universities, controversy resulted and the book sparked further concern about Islamic radicalism in France.

Reception
The arguments used by the book to undermine evolution have been criticized as illogical, while evolutionary biologist Kevin Padian has stated that people who had received copies were "just astounded at its size and production values and equally astonished at what a load of crap it is."
adding that "[Oktar] does not really have any sense of what we know about how things change through time." Biologist PZ Myers wrote: "The general pattern of the book is repetitious and predictable: the book shows a picture of a fossil and a photo of a living animal, and declares that they haven't changed a bit, therefore evolution is false. Over and over. It gets old fast, and it's usually wrong (they have changed!) and the photography, while lovely, is entirely stolen."

Richard Dawkins reviewed the book, noting that it contains a number of factual errors, such as the misidentification of a sea snake as an eel (one is a reptile, the other a fish) and in two places uses images of fishing-lures copied from the internet instead of actual species. A number of other modern species are mislabelled. He concludes: "I am at a loss to reconcile the expensive and glossy production values of this book with the breathtaking inanity of the content. Is it really inanity, or is it just plain laziness — or perhaps cynical awareness of the ignorance and stupidity of the target audience — mostly Muslim creationists. And where does the money come from?"

Geneticist and writer Adam Rutherford writes that the book claims to prove that no species alive on Earth today underwent mutagenesis, but points out that
"Page 244 has a picture of a caddis fly, with a legend that asserts - as virtually every page does - that the beast in question has always existed in its current form as demonstrated by a vaguely similar looking fossil, therefore evolution is bunk. Except it's not a caddis fly, it's a fishing lure, beautifully crafted by master tier Graham Owen, with the clearly visible hook piercing the man-made abdomen. Other exquisite examples of Owen's work also appear in the Atlas.

Council of Europe
The Committee on Science and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in its report, called The dangers of creationism in education, argued:

Finance
At least a couple of sources (Richard Dawkins, Kenneth R. Miller), have wondered where the money came from to pay for mailing tens of thousands of copies of a 800-page  book with very high production values around the world  to people and places unlikely to be very sympathetic to its message. (Adnan Oktar has also let readers download much of his work from his dozens of websites for free.) According to biologist Kenneth R. Miller, “if you went into a bookstore and saw a book like this, it would be at least $100. ... The production costs alone are astronomical. We are talking millions of dollars.”  According to Reuters news agency, recipients of the Atlases  have wondered whether "U.S. creationists or Saudi financiers" are helping fund Oktar. Oktar himself maintains the giveaways were "normal public relations", funded by profits from sales of his books. However, Taner Edis, a Turkish-American physicist finds all these explanations implausible -- “American creationists I talk to basically envy Harun Yahya’s financial resources"; Wahhabi Saudi donors would disapprove of the undoctrinaire mixture of Shi’ite, Sufi and Sunni elements in Oktar’s message; profits from sales of the book would  not seem to provide nearly enough given the cost of the giveaways and that sales of the book have been less than brisk.
Tom Heneghan of Reuters quotes an "Istanbul Islam expert" speculating that the most likely explanation is donations from "a small group of affluent young Turks" who make up Oktar's  "core group" of  supporters.

References

External links
 Book Review: Atlas of Creation (Harun Yahya) in The American Muslim, Oct 19, 2009, by Sheila Musaji

2006 non-fiction books
Book series introduced in 2006
21st-century Turkish books
Books about creationism
Creationist publications
Islamic creationism
Turkish non-fiction books
Works published under a pseudonym


Erin Alyse Osborne (born 27 June 1989) is an Australian former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator, who appeared in 2 Test matches, 60 One Day Internationals and 59 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 2009 and 2016. An all-rounder, she played as a right-arm off break bowler and right-handed batter. She coaches the ACT's female Meteors Development Squad, and is Cricket ACT’s Male Pathway Manager, the first woman to hold the role.

She made her international debut in early 2009 after topping the wicket-taking aggregates in her debut season for New South Wales in the WNCL. However, she found it difficult to maintain a regular position in the Australian team because of the presence of Shelley Nitschke and Lisa Sthalekar, two spin bowling all-rounders who were ranked in the top ten in the world for both bowling and all-round performance.

After scoring an unbeaten century for New South Wales at Under-19 level in 2007, Osborne made her WNCL during the 2008–09 season. After taking two wickets for 13 runs (2/13) from ten overs on debut, she took three wickets in each of the next two matches. She later took 4/18 against Victoria and ended with 15 wickets at 14.20 as New South Wales took out the WNCL. Osborne was rewarded with selection for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand, and took 3/32 in her third match, ending the series with five wickets. She was retained for the 2009 World Cup held in Australia, playing in six of the hosts' seven matches. She took nine wickets at 19.77.

Osborne was selected for the 2009 World Twenty20 in England but did not play in any of the matches. Australia stayed for a bilateral series against the hosts, and Osborne was dropped after going wicketless in the first two ODIs and being required to bowl less than half of her overs; she was also overlooked for the one-off Test. During the 2009–10 WNCL, Osborne took 15 wickets at 14.17, including a haul of 3/33 in the final against Victoria, helping to secure a 59-run win and a fifth consecutive WNCL title for New South Wales. She was named the player of the match for her contributions. In the T20 competition, she took eight wickets in seven matches. In a series for the Australian Under-21s against New Zealand Emerging Players, Osborne was dismissed once in scoring 129 runs and took six wickets at 15.50.

Osborne was selected for the Rose Bowl series at the end of the season but had limited opportunities because of the presence of Sthalekar and Nitschke. She played in six of the eight ODIs and bowled less than half of the possible number of overs, taking five wickets at 32.20. She played in only one of the five T20 internationals, taking 1/13 from two overs.

Youth career
In January 2007, aged 17 and a half, she played for New South Wales in the Under-19 interstate competition. In the match against Western Australia, she hammered an unbeaten 106 as New South Wales amassed 3/305 before dismissing their opponents for 35. She ended the tournament with 145 runs at 72.50 and took three wickets at 7.33.

Domestic debut
In October 2008, Osborne played her first match for the senior New South Wales team in a match against India. She took 1/24 from eight overs, took two wickets and scored 21 in a 48-run loss. A month later, she made her debut in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) in a double-header against Queensland. She took 2/13 from ten overs in the first match, helping to restrict Queensland to 9/108 before New South Wales completed an eight-wicket win.

The next day, Osborne batted for the first time and was unbeaten on 11 when New South Wales were out for 185. The runs she added at the end turned out to be crucial as New South Wales won by nine runs. Osborne took 3/28 from her ten overs. The following week, she took 3/20 in the first match against Western Australia. She was wicketless in the second match of the weekend, but New South Wales won both matches regardless, by seven and eight wickets respectively.

The WNCL was then adjourned and she then played six matches for the Second XI in the space of a week. New South Wales won all the fixtures except for one that was abandoned due to inclement weather. She scored 34 runs at 11.33 with a best of 30 against Tasmania, and took seven wickets at 3.28 and an economy rate of 2.00. This included a return of 3/11 from four overs against Western Australia and 3/8 from 5.3 overs against Victoria.

When the senior competition resumed, Osborne took one wicket in each of the two matches against South Australia before New South Wales faced Victoria in the last pair of round-robin matches. In the first, she took her career best figures of 4/18 with four maidens in her ten overs as Victoria were bowled out for 142. The hosts then proceeded to a nine-wicket victory.

The next day, Osborne took 0/27 from her ten overs in Victoria's 7/227. New South Wales chased down the target with three wickets in hand, with Osborne unbeaten on five. The following week, the two teams met again in the final of the competition and Osborne took 1/23 from eight overs. She was not required to bat as New South Wales passed the target of 118 with six wickets in hand. Osborne ended the WNCL season with 16 runs without being dismissed and took 15 wickets at 14.20 at an economy rate of 2.47 from eight matches.

Osborne also played in two Twenty20 matches for her state during the season, taking 0/17 from her four overs in both matches. She scored three not out and a duck in these matches. New South Wales defeated South Australia before losing to Victoria.

International debut

Osborne was rewarded with her first international call-up ahead of the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup after leading the wicket-taking in the WNCL. She made her debut on the Rose Bowl series in February 2009 played away against New Zealand. Osborne played in the first four ODIs, making her debut at Cobham Oval in Whangārei. Batting in the lower-order, she made four not out as Australia made 8/150. She then took 1/19 from her ten overs, with three maidens, as the hosts narrowly won by two wickets. In the next match she took 0/33 and ended on three not out in a four run loss when her partners were dismissed.

The series then moved to Seddon Park in Hamilton where she took 3/32 in a 104-run victory. Osborne took another wicket in the fourth match to help level the series; the final match was abandoned due to rain and she ended her debut series with five wickets at 26.00 at an economy rate of 3.33.

The teams then went to Australia for the World Cup, and played a T20 international at the Sydney Cricket Ground before the tournament, where Osborne made her debut for Australia in the shortest format. She took 0/13 from three overs and completed a catch and was not required to bat as the hosts won a rain-shortened match.

2009 World Cup and World Twenty20

In two warm-up matches ahead of the World Cup, Osborne made took 2/31 from nine overs and 1/0 from 2.3 overs against England and Sri Lanka respectively. She was included in the team for the opening match against New Zealand at North Sydney Oval, taking 2/37 from her ten overs as Australia conceded 205. She did not bat as they fell short of the target. She then claimed 1/35 from ten overs in Australia's must-win match against South Africa as the hosts avoided elimination with a 61-run victory. She then batted in the World Cup for the first time, in last group match, before taking 2/22 from ten overs as Australia defeated West Indies to reach the next round.

Osborne was left out of Australia's first match of the next phase against India, which they lost by 16 runs. She was recalled and took 1/22 against Pakistan and 1/41 against England, bowling ten overs in both games. Osborne was not required to bat as the Australians won both matches but it was not enough to place them in the top two nations and qualify for the final. They faced India in the third place playoff and Osborne fell for six. The hosts were all out for 142 and India reached the target with three wickets in hand despite Osborne's economical return of 2/21 from nine overs. Osborne ended the World Cup with nine wickets at 19.77 at an economy rate of 3.01; in all but one match, she was more economical than the Australian team as a whole. She also scored 10 runs at 10.00.

Osborne was selected for the 2009 World Twenty20 in England and Australia hosted New Zealand for three T20 matches in tropical Darwin during the southern hemisphere winter before the teams flew to the tournament. She took 1/21 from four overs in her only match, a 32-run Australian victory. Once the Australians were in England, Osborne took 1/14 from three overs against the hosts in the only pre-tournament practice match. Osborne did not play any of the three pool matches in the tournament or the semi-final where Australia were eliminated in the semi-final by England.

Australia stayed in England for a bilateral series against the hosts, who were the reigning world champions in both ODIs and T20s, after the end of the World Twenty20. Osborne was drought in and took 2/24 from four overs as Australia upset England in the only T20 by 34 runs after scoring 3/151. She was played in the first two ODIs held at Ford County Ground, Chelmsford, taking a total of 0/39 from eight overs and making 1 and 11 not out in comfortable English victories by nine wickets and 53 runs. She was left out of the remaining three matches; England won all the matches except the last, which was washed out. Osborne was left out of the team for the one-off Test.

2009–10 season

Osborne started the 2009–10 WNCL, took a wicket in each of the two matches against Queensland, and then took 2/34 from 10 overs in both matches against the Australian Capital Territory, although the last match ended in defeat. She then took 2/33 and 1/25 against Victoria as the matches were shared. Having taken 3/23 from ten overs to help bowl out Western Australia for 99 and set up a ten-wicket win, she then took 2/38 in a 76-run win over South Australia before New South Wales against met Victoria in the final. Osborne scored one as New South Wales reached 9/206. She then took 3/33 from nine overs to help dismiss Victoria for 147, sealing a fifth consecutive title and was named the player of the match for her contribution. She ended the season with 17 wickets at 14.17 at an economy rate of 2.77. She scored 41 runs at 6.83.

In the T20 competition, Osborne took eight wickets at 16.62 and an economy rate of 5.11 and scored 25 runs at 12.50 from seven matches. She ran into form in the lead-up to the final, taking 3/18 from three overs and 3/16 from four overs against Western Australia and south Australia respectively, helping to restrict both teams to sub-100 scores. In the final against Victoria, Osborne took 1/25 from overs. In pursuit of 128 for victory, she made 10 as New South Wales were bowled out for 75, sealing a 52-run win.

During an adjournment in the WNCL in November, Osborne played for New South Wales in the Second XI competition. In seven matches, all of which were won, she was used mostly as a batsman, often batting in the top-order and was largely rested from her bowling duties, delivering only nine overs in total. She scored 115 runs at 38.75 and took a total of 1/25.

In the middle of the season, she played for the Australian Under-21s against New Zealand Emerging Players in five matches, and allowed to bat higher up the order in the youth team, she made 129 runs at 129.00, scoring 48 not out and 60 in the last two games. She also took six wickets at 15.50 at an economy rate of 4.46 and took five catches. Her best performance in the field was her 3/25 and two catches in the fourth match, which in addition to her unbeaten 48 helped Australia to a series-sealing 122-run win. Australia won the series 4–1.

Osborne was selected in the Australian squad for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand, but was not fully utilised in the first two matches at the Adelaide Oval, as captain Alex Blackwell elected to use Sthalekar and Nitschke more often and earlier. After scoring two not out and taking 1/8 from only three overs in the closing stages of a 115-run win in the first match, Osborne took 0/23 from five overs in a win the next day. Australia decided to omit the under-used specialist bowler in place of batsman Leah Poulton, and Osborne did not return until the fifth ODI at the Junction Oval, where she was attacked in taking 1/33 from six overs in a 103-run win; Australia swept the series 5–0. Osborne ended with two wickets at 32.00 at an economy rate of 4.57.

In the five T20s that followed, three at Bellerive Oval in Hobart, and two in New Zealand, Osborne only played in the fifth match, taking 1/13 from two overs and scoring one as Australia were bowled out in a 17-run defeat and lost 5–0.

She then played in all three ODIs in New Zealand as Australia whitewashed their hosts. In the first match in Queenstown, she was attacked by the local batsmen and ended with 0/39 from five overs. In the run-chase she made 13 not out at the death as Australia reached the target with two wickets in hand from the final ball. She took 2/29 and 1/19, both from ten overs, in the last two matches at Invercargill. The tourists won both by six wickets to sweep the ODIs. Osborne ended with three wickets at 32.33 at and economy rate of 3.88.

2010 World Twenty 20

Osborne was part of the 2010 World Twenty20 winning team in the West Indies but played in only one of Australia's matches. She was omitted from both warm-up matches against New Zealand and Pakistan. Australia lost the first before winning the second.

Australia were grouped with defending champions England, South Africa and the West Indies. In the first match, Australia defeated England after the scores were tied, as well as the Super Over, because they had scored the only six of the match. In the following match, they defeated South Africa by 24 runs. Osborne played in neither matches, but she was called into the team for the West Indies match in place of Sarah Elliott. A leg spinning all rounder, Elliott failed to have an impact with either bat or ball, making only 4 from 15 balls, and 8 from 6 balls in the two matches, and had only bowled in the latter fixture, taking 0/22 from two overs. Osborne was brought in, giving Australia an extra frontline bowling option.

Osborne was not required to bat as Australia finished on 7/133, and was then expensive with the ball, taking 0/20 from two overs as Australia won by nine runs to finish the group stage unbeaten at the top of their quartet. She caught Pamela Lavine from the bowling of Perry. Australia went on to face India in the semi-final, and Elliott was brought back in place of Osborne. Elliott was required to neither bat nor bowl as the Indians ended with 3/119, which was chased down by the Australians with seven wickets and seven balls to spare, and was retained for the final, making 19 not out from 20 Australia won by three runs in a low-scoring match.

References

External links

Erin Osborne at Cricket Australia

1989 births
Living people
People from Taree
Cricketers from New South Wales
Australian women cricketers
Australia women Test cricketers
Australia women One Day International cricketers
Australia women Twenty20 International cricketers
ACT Meteors cricketers
Melbourne Stars (WBBL) cricketers
New South Wales Breakers cricketers
Sussex women cricketers
Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Sportswomen from New South Wales


Tân Tiến may refer to:

Tân Tiến, Bắc Giang, Vietnam
Tân Tiến, Bắc Kạn, Vietnam
Tân Tiến, Bình Phước, capital of Bù Đốp District
Tân Tiến, Cà Mau, Vietnam
Tân Tiến, Biên Hòa, a ward in Đồng Nai province


The Poudre River Public Library District was established in 2006 by citizen vote, with the established Fort Collins Public Library as its foundation. It serves more than 177,000 people across northern Larimer County, Colorado including Fort Collins and Timnath.

The district is governed by an all-volunteer board of trustees appointed by city and county officials. The current board, composed of seven experienced community leaders, began its work immediately after being appointed in March, 2007. The board is responsible for guiding the transition from a city library system to a broader library district; for overseeing library operations; and for developing a long-range vision for the district.

History

The Poudre River Public Library District was formerly known as both the Fort Collins Public Library and the Fort Collins Regional Library District. The library as an institution dates from the late 19th century when a collection was housed on South College Avenue in downtown. In 1903, the library acquired its first dedicated structure by a donation from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. It was the sixth public library in the state. The Carnegie Library building, located in Library Park (formerly Lincoln Park) was used to house the library collection until 1974, when the current Old Town Library (formerly Main Library) was constructed on the east side of Library Park. The former Carnegie Library now houses the Fort Collins Museum. In 1998 a second branch, Harmony Library, was constructed on Harmony Road in southwest Fort Collins. Harmony Library is a joint-use facility operated by Front Range Community College and the library district. In 2009 the district opened a third branch, Council Tree Library, in southeast Fort Collins at Front Range Village Shopping Center.

The district has an extensive collection on the history of Fort Collins and Larimer County. The library holds about 270,000 items; its special local history archive moved to the nearby Fort Collins Museum of Discovery on April 1, 2007.

Library use in Fort Collins climbed 30% between 2008 and 2013. In January, 2013, patrons of the district's libraries checked out 78,200 video and audio items. During 2013, 3.13 million items were checked out by the 140,912 cardholders, and foot traffic totaled 1.14 million across the three libraries. There were 15,328 new cardholders in 2013.

In 2014, The Poudre River Public Library District partnered with Colorado State University to allow faculty, staff, and students access to the District's libraries using CSU-issued ID cards. In 2020, the district stopped assessing fines on overdue materials.

Since 2016, the district has hosted the annual Fort Collins Book Fest with themes like Beer, Science, and Food.

Library branches and administrative buildings

 Old Town Library
 Harmony Library
 Council Tree Library
 Webster House Administrative Center

Awards and recognition
 Urban Libraries Council Top Innovators in 2013
Library Journal 3 Star Library 2020

References

External links
Poudre River Public Library District
Board of Trustees

Library buildings completed in 1903
Education in Fort Collins, Colorado
Public libraries in Colorado
Carnegie libraries in Colorado
Education in Larimer County, Colorado


A surgical light – also referred to as an operating light or surgical lightheadis a medical device intended to assist medical personnel during a surgical procedure by illuminating a local area or cavity of the patient. A combination of several surgical lights is often referred to as a “surgical light system”.

History

Technical development
In the mid-1850s, operating rooms were built towards the southeast with windows in the ceiling to benefit from natural sunlight as much as possible. The biggest problem was the dependence of lighting and whether a surgical procedure could be done on the time of day and weather conditions. Furthermore, a doctor, nurse or medical equipment easily blocked the light. The use of mirrors on the four corners of the ceiling to reflect sunlight towards the operating table only slightly alleviated these problems. Attempts were made to use an optical condenser in an indirect light to reduce the heating, but without success. The entrance of electric lights into the operating room in the 1880s was accompanied by problems. With early electrical technology control of the light emitted was poor. Electric light was still moving and diffuse, with great heat radiation. Light-emitting diodes as light sources remove the problem of heat radiation and reduce energy requirements.

Terminology and measurements

 Lux
 Unit for the amount of visible light measured by a luxmeter at a certain point.

 Central illuminance (Ec)
 Illuminance (measured in lux) at 1m distance from the light emitting surface in the light field centre.

 Light field centre
 Point in the light field (lighted area) where illuminance reaches maximum lux intensity. It is the reference point for most measurements.

 Depth of illumination
 The distance between the points of 20% illumination intensity above and below the center point. From the point of maximum illumination, which is the center of the light field 1 meter from the light-emitting surface, the photometer is moved toward the light until the light intensity measured falls to 20% of the maximum value. The distance between the center and this point is defined as L1. The similarly measured distance in the direction away from the light is L2. The depth of illumination without needing to refocus is the sum of the two distances L1 and L2. In the second edition of the IEC standard, published in 2009, the threshold value was revised from 20% to 60%.

 Shadow dilution
 The light's ability to minimize the effect of obstructions.

 Light field diameter (D10)
 Diameter of light field around the light field centre, ending where the illuminance reaches 10% of Ec. The value reported is the average of four different cross sections through the light field centre.

 D50
 Diameter of light field around the light field centre, ending where the illuminance reaches 50% of Ec. The value reported is the average of four different cross sections through the light field centre

Norms and requirements for surgical light
The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) created the document IEC 60601-2-41 – Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of surgical luminaires and luminaires for diagnosis, 2009  to establish norms and guidelines for the characteristics of a surgical and examination light to secure safety for the patient as well as lower the risk to a reasonable level when the light is used according to the user manual. Some of the standards for surgical lightheads are the following:

Homogeneous light: The light should offer good illumination on a flat, narrow or deep surface in a cavity, despite obstacles such as surgeons' heads or hands.
Lux: The central illuminance should be between 160,000 and 40,000 lux.
Light field diameter: The D50 diameter should be at least 50% of D10.
Colour rendition: For the purpose of distinguishing true tissue colour in a cavity, the colour rendering index (Ra) should be between 85 and 100.
Backup possibility: In case of interruption of the power supply, the light should be restored within 5 seconds with at least 50% of the previous lux intensity, but not less than 40,000 lux. Within 40 seconds the light should be completely restored to the original brightness.
Announcement: The IEC document also mentions what needs to be notified to the user. For example, the voltage and power consumption should be marked on or near the lampholder as well as on the lighthead. In the instructions for use the following should be announced.
 Cleaning and decontamination of the surgical light
 Safety aspects of the optical filter (purpose and warning to prevent removal)
 Central illuminance
 Light field diameter
 Depth of illumination
 Shadow dilution
 Correlated colour temperature and colour rendering index
 Total irradiance
 Cleaning and disinfecting
 Handling of the lighthead in case of failure
 How the user should respect the national rules for hygiene and disinfecting

References

 Extrait de la revue Techniques Hospitalières noo 400 Janvier/1979 "L’éclairage en salle d’opération" by M. Hainault p. 47
 IEC International, 60601-2-41 Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-41: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of surgical luminaires and luminaires for diagnosis

Medical equipment
Types of lamp
Light fixtures


Frederick James Goodwin (born 4 January 1944) is an English former footballer who scored 27 goals in 353 league games in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stockport County, Blackburn Rovers, Southport, and Port Vale in the 1960s and 1970s. He won the Fourth Division title with Stockport County in 1966–67, and played in all of the top four divisions of English football.

Career

Wolverhampton Wanderers
Goodwin turned professional at Wolverhampton Wanderers in January 1961, following two years on the ground staff. He had been scouted plays for Stockport Boys and Cheshire Boys. He was selected for an England youth international against West Germany, but was unable to attend as Wolves were playing in the FA Youth Cup. Wolves finished 18th in the First Division in 1961–62 under the stewardship of Stan Cullis. Wolves went on to finish fifth in 1962–63, and 16th in 1963–64, before suffering relegation in 1964–65 under new manager Andy Beattie. On 16 October 1965, he became the first substitute used by the club in a competitive fixture, after Ernie Hunt succumbed to injury during a 3–0 win over Middlesbrough. Goodwin played 45 league games during his time at Molineux.

Stockport County
Goodwin then dropped down two tiers to sign with Fourth Division side Stockport County, his hometown club, in January 1966. Eddie Quigley's "Hatters" finished 13th in 1965–66, before winning the league title in 1966–67 under the stewardship of Jimmy Meadows. County finished 13th in the Third Division in 1967–68, then ninth in 1968–69, before suffering relegation in last place in 1969–70 under Meadows's successor Walter Galbraith. Goodwin scored 20 goals in 176 league games in his time at Edgeley Park.

Later career
In March 1970, Goodwin joined Blackburn Rovers in a move which reunited him with former manager Eddie Quigley, though Rovers would themselves be relegated out of the Second Division in 1970–71 under new boss Johnny Carey. Goodwin played 64 league games in his time at Ewood Park. He ended the 1971–72 season in the Fourth Division with Southport, who were managed by former Stockport manager Jimmy Meadows, after being traded for Tony Field in October 1971. Goodwin played only 12 league games in a brief stay at Haig Avenue. He joined Gordon Lee's Port Vale in July 1972. He played 27 Third Division games in the 1972–73 season, but was given a free transfer away from Vale Park in May 1973. He moved on to Macclesfield Town, who would finish eighth in the Northern Premier League in 1973–74. He left Moss Rose and returned to the Football League with former club Stockport County, now managed by Jimmy Meadows, scoring one goal in 29 Fourth Division games in the 1974–75 season. He went on to play for Cheshire County League sides New Mills, Stalybridge Celtic and Ashton United, before moving to New Zealand and joining Lower Hutt side Stop Out. After retiring as a player, Goodwin became the assistant coach of New Zealand, then Papatoetoe, before becoming the coach of Hutt Valley United.

Style of play
Goodwin was a right-footed midfielder with good vision, passing and fitness.

Personal life
Goodwin emigrated to France after retiring from football. He married his second wife, Wendy, in 2011, with whom he owned a sports gear business.

Career statistics

Honours
Stockport County
Football League Fourth Division: 1966–67

References

1944 births
Living people
Footballers from Stockport
English men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. players
Stockport County F.C. players
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Southport F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
New Mills A.F.C. players
Ashton United F.C. players
Stalybridge Celtic F.C. players
Stop Out Sports Club players
English Football League players
Northern Premier League players
Association football coaches
English expatriate men's footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in New Zealand
Expatriate men's association footballers in New Zealand
English expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France


Caldwell County Courthouse may refer to:

Caldwell County Courthouse (Missouri), Kingston, Missouri
Caldwell County Courthouse (North Carolina), Lenoir, North Carolina
Caldwell County Courthouse (Texas), Lockhart, Texas
Caldwell County Courthouse Historic District


Michael Zansky (born 1947, in the Bronx, New York) is an American artist working in installation art, sculpture, painting and photography.

Early life
Michael Zansky was born in 1947 in the Tremont section the Bronx, into the family of Louis Zansky, a noted comic book illustrator. After graduating from New York City's High School of Music and Art, Zansky entered Boston University, Boston, MA, where he graduated in 1969. While attending Boston University, he heard lectures by Philip Guston. At Hunter College in New York, Zansky studied with Robert Morris and John McCracken.

Career

Fine artist
Zansky's cycle History as Ruin, which began in 1992 with an exhibition at Berry-Hill Galleries, Exit Art and the Aldrich Contemporary Museum of Art, consists largely of 200 individually carved and painted 4 X 8 foot wooden reliefs and freestanding sculptures. In a catalog essay by Donald Kuspit, he states: “There is nothing like Zansky’s work in modern art, certainly not in contemporary art. It holds its own with Goya’s “Quinta del Sordo” paintings, and extends their fantasy into more irrational terra incognita than Goya ever imagined in his worst dreams.”
In 1994, Zansky began a series of works collectively titled Traces. For the catalog essay on Zansky’s solo show at Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, Thomas McEvilley wrote: “Zansky’s work participates in a common thematics of the post-Modern moment – a reconsideration of the relationship between nature and culture. In the Modernist period these forces had been regarded as rigorously separate and indeed antithetical. The triumph of culture would consist precisely in its domination of nature: the triumph of nature in turn would be its erosion of culture back into the primeval swamp. Zansky’s work goes beyond this dichotomy in directions pointed in the art discourse by such seminal proto-post-Modernists as Robert Smithson and Joseph Beuys. For Zansky, as for both of these artists, it is the natural resolution of civilization that it should dissolve into the swamp again, and the natural expression of the swamp that it should contain a life force always ready to sprout anew.”

Optics became an important element in Zansky's art starting with a series titled Still in Motion (2003), which was a precursor for the series The American Panopticon. Bradley Rubenstein wrote in ARCO Madrid 2005 catalog when describing Zansky's lens installation The American Panopticon: “Astolphe de Custine, writing about the late 19th century Czarist Russia, said “we are all tormented with a desire to know a world which appears to us a dungeon. I feel as if I could not depart in peace out of this narrow sphere unless I endeavored to explore my prison. The more I examine it the more beautiful and extensive it becomes in my eyes.” Peering into the void, or examining things better left unexamined is the material of Zansky's work. One is reminded of Duchamp’s Precision Optic experiments… image making machines to demonstrate the idiocy of “retinal art.” Zansky takes it a step further by creating the device, and then focusing on objects reflective of life in the 21st century. Again Duchamp reminds; the only contributions America makes to culture are her bridges and plumbing.”

In his most recent series, The Western Lands, Zansky uses digital, color photography as an end product. In contextualizing this new series, Kathleen Goncharov wrote in her essay for a solo show at Nicholas Robinson Gallery, Michael Zansky: The Western Lands, "The title of this exhibition, The Western Lands, refers to the western banks of the Nile, which in the determinist belief system of ancient Egyptian religion is the netherworld, The Land of the Dead. It is also the title of a 1987 William Burroughs' novel that explores the theme of death through a fantastic narrative, referencing Egyptian mythology, science fiction, occultism, hallucinogenic drugs magic, dreams, magic, vampires, and figures from popular culture. The bizarre confluence of characters and the utter strangeness of the novel are echoed in Zansky’s installations and photographs. Burroughs’ book and this exhibition are both counterpoints to the eternal and unchanging cosmos of the ancient Egyptian worldview. Zansky's visual universe is as uncertain and weird as the literary one Burroughs inhabits." He made paintings and wood carvings with texts by the Puerto Rican poet Giannina Braschi.

Exhibitions
Zansky's work has been shown widely at galleries and museums around the world including Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY 1978, White Columns, New York, NY 1985, 86 & 90, Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY 1986, Drawing Center, New York, NY 1988 and 2002, Calvin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY 1989, 1993, 1996, 1998 and 1999, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, NY 1990, 1991, 1993 and 1996, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY 1994, 1996, 1998, 2003 and 2004, Detrusa Galerie, Madrid, Spain 1995, Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ 1996, Exit Art, New York, NY 1999, 2000 and 2005, Universal Concepts Unlimited 2000 and 2002, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL 2001, Slought Foundation, Philadelphia, PA 2003, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY 2003, 2006 and 2008, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY 2003, ARCO (Madrid's International Contemporary Art Fair), Madrid, Spain 2005, GAS (Gigantic Art Space), New York, NY 2005, Lab Gallery (for installation + performance art), New York, NY 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009, Edsvik Konsthalles, Stockholm, Sweden 2006, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum Ridgefield, CT 2006 and 2008, SICA (Shore Institute of Contemporary Art), Long Branch, NJ 2006, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Roslyn Harbor, NY 2007, Kasia Kay Art Projects, Chicago, IL 2007, MONA (Museum of New Art), Detroit, MI 2007, Fieldgate Gallery, London, England 2007, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO 2007 and 2008, Corn Exchange Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland 2008, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY 2009 and Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 2009. He is represented by Nicholas Robinson Gallery in New York, NY.

Awards
Zansky has been awarded a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award (1978), a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship in Peru (1978), a C.A.P.S. Fellowship/Painting (1980), and an Emily Hall Treamaine Foundation Award for the Intelligent Design Project (2006).

References

External links
Michael Zansky's official website

1947 births
Living people
20th-century American Jews
Ukrainian Jews
Postmodern artists
American contemporary painters
Sculptors from New York City
20th-century American sculptors
American installation artists
21st-century American Jews
21st-century American sculptors
Sculptors from New York (state)
Boston University alumni


So Big is a 1953 American Drama Western film directed by Robert Wise and starring Jane Wyman, Sterling Hayden and Nancy Olson.

The screenplay by John Twist was based on the 1924 novel by Edna Ferber. It was the third adaptation of the book, following a 1924 silent film with Colleen Moore and So Big! with Barbara Stanwyck, released in 1932.

Plot

In the late 1890s, boarding school student Selina Peake learns of the death of her father, who has left her penniless as the result of bad business transactions. August Hempel, the father of her best friend Julie, secures her a teaching position in New Holland, a small Dutch farming community outside Chicago. There she rents a room in the home of Klaas Pool, who lives with his unhappy wife Maartje and intelligent but troubled adolescent son Roelf.

After discovering the boy has an ear for music, Selina gives Roelf piano lessons and encourages his artistic talents, leading him away from juvenile delinquency. She meets Pervus DeJong and eventually accepts his proposal of marriage, settling into the daily routine of a farmer's wife. The two have a son they name Dirk, but as he grows older he is nicknamed So Big.

Dirk, like Roelf, exhibits signs of artistic abilities. His mother encourages him, despite her husband's disapproval. When the boy is eight years old, Pervus dies and Selina struggles to run the farm alone. She and Dirk travel to the Chicago Haymarket to sell their produce, but no one there will deal with a woman.

Facing financial difficulties, Selina reunites with Julie, now the divorced mother of two. Her father offers to invest in Selina's plan to grow exotic vegetables. Her asparagus is a huge success and she is able to send Dirk to college to study architecture. Following graduation, he finds employment as a draughtsman and continues his relationship with Julie's daughter Paula, a social climber who convinces him to forgo his career in favor of becoming a more immediate financial success. Dirk accepts a job in sales, disappointing his mother so much, she no longer calls him So Big.

Dirk falls in love with artist Dallas O'Mara and proposes marriage. Although she likes him, she declines his offer, telling him she wants a man whose hands have been roughened by physical labor. Roelf, now a famous composer, arrives in Chicago and reunites with Dallas, whom he had met in Paris. He, Dallas, and Dirk visit Selina, and the two women become friends.

Roelf and Dallas leave together, and Dirk bemoans the path his life has taken. His mother tells him it is not too late to pursue his creative dreams. Taking him in her arms, she calls him So Big once again.

Cast
 Jane Wyman as Selina De Jong
 Sterling Hayden as Pervus De Jong
 Nancy Olson as Dallas O'Mara
 Steve Forrest as Dirk De Jong
 Elisabeth Fraser as Julie Hempel
 Martha Hyer as Paula Hempel
 Walter Coy as Roelf Pool
 Richard Beymer as Roelf, Age 12-16
 Tommy Rettig as Dirk, Age 8
 Roland Winters as Klaas Pool
 Jacques Aubuchon as August Hempel
 Ruth Swanson as Maartje Pool
 Dorothy Christy as Widow Paarlenberg
 Oliver Blake as Adam Ooms
 Lillian Kemble-Cooper as Miss Fister (as Lily Kemble Cooper).

Marketing
Warner Bros. promoted So Big provocatively and scandalously in its advertising, even associating the title of the movie with Pervus's manhood through a picture of Sterling Hayden grasping Jane Wyman's shoulders as she looks up at him captioned "He stood there so big. Love had come, intense, unashamed. -- She was ready to forget she'd ever been a lady."

On October 31, 1953, Warner Bros. also put on a "carriage trade" premiere of So Big at the Hollywood Paramount Theatre. True to its name, at least 23 of the fanciest horse-drawn carriages on the West Coast transported the stars and actors to the theater along Hollywood Boulevard for publicity.

Warner Bros. also provided trade showings of So Big on Wednesday, September 30, 1953, around a month before it would be released. Some cities for the showings included Boston, Chicago, Des Moines, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Haven, Omaha, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, and Washington.

Critical reception
Bosley Crowther of The New York Times wroteDespite the fact that the story is "dated," that it offers a very familiar theme and that the present production is loaded with some typical "Hollywood" flaws, there is still a great deal of solid substance in this latest retelling of the tale ...For the better part of the picture, we are largely indebted to Jane Wyman...remarkably strong and effective in every forthright little bit she does. From her earliest appearance...to her ultimate poignant scene...she is humble, restrained and sure...Where the picture falls down is in those phases in which the grown-up son goes to Chicago and gets himself infected with false notions of a successful career. Here John Twist's adaptation and Mr. Wise's direction are unsure, and the acting by all and sundry has a specious and artificial quality...As a consequence of its downward tangent toward the end, the whole picture loses force. The poignance of the mother's disappointment in her dearly loved son goes awry. Even so, the performance of Miss Wyman holds up right through to the end, and the character she sets throughout the first part stands firm amid the flow of glycerin tears.

Radio Times rated the film three out of five stars and commented "The tale's a mite old-fashioned for today's tastes, but under skilled editor-turned-director Robert Wise the Warner Bros gloss is not too intrusive, and there are nicely honed performances from big Sterling Hayden and lovely Nancy Olsen in support."

TV Guide rated the film three out of four stars and added "A good production, but a bit inflated, So Big commits the same error as the 1932 picture in that it stuffs a quarter of a century and many characters into not enough time."

The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC) had a special preview in Washington of the highly influential group in 1953, and it was a big hit with the toppers. According to Mrs. Dean Gray Edwards, chairman of the m.p. division of the Federation, they were "enchanted with the splendid filming of the Edna Ferber novel. Several said they had never seen a finer picture and that this is the type of picture greatly needed today." The millions of women who create the Federation will receive that message, and the Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin claims that will assure a pre-sold audience. They also recommend a similar preview for all feminist types of movies to women's groups.

On October 3, 1953, Harrison's Reports wrote "Despite its length, this remake of Edna Ferber's prize-winning novel is only a fair drama...The trouble with this third version is that it lacks unity of plot -- it wanders all over the lot, and is packed with details which, for the most part, are tiresome. Another drawback is the fact that the spectator feels sympathy for the boy characters in the first half of the picture, but finds it difficult to transfer his affections to them in the second half, where they are shown as grown men. Still another weakness is the fact that the farm background in the first half of the picture is drab and dreary. No fault can be found with Jane Wyman's acting: she can always be depended on to do her part right. There is some human interest here and there, and some mild comedy, but with a better script  the picture might have been a powerful drama. The black-and-white photography is fair:--

On October 5, 1953, Independent Exhibitors Film Bulletin rated So Big as good, with three dollar signs out of four, four being "tops." The review headlines with "New version of Edna Ferber novel filmization well-fashioned tear-jerker. Wyman performance ranks with her "Johnny Belinda" role. Strong fem appeal. Fine family attraction. Will build on word-of-mouth." The review states "Success of previous two (1925, 1932) versions of Ferber novel, plus Jane Wyman name and formidable word-of-mouth makes "So Big" good b.o. bet, except, perhaps, in action houses. Wyman's superb performance, matches Blue Veil and Johnny Belinda portrayals, makes bid for Oscar nomination...Roles are excellently portrayed, interest held throughout, no mean feat in episodic tale of this sort, Plenty of sure-fire angles and incidents to wet eyes, and bring a warm glow. Family spots will thrive on it."

Release
There is no record that a VHS version of the film has been released; So Big was released on VHS then the copies mysteriously disappeared. In 2019, the film was released in Australia on Region-free DVD.

Awards and nominations
Steve Forrest was awarded the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor with Hugh O'Brian and Richard Egan.

Adaptations to other media
So Big was adapted as an hour-long radio play on Studio One's December 29, 1947 broadcast with Joan Blondell, and on Lux Radio Theatre's September 21, 1954 broadcast with Ida Lupino and Robert Stack.

References

External links

 Edna Ferber e gli ideali della borghesia media americana del Midwest negli anni ’20 e ’30 Tvcinemateatro-i protagonisti

1953 films
1953 drama films
American drama films
American Western (genre) films
1953 Western (genre) films
American black-and-white films
Films scored by Max Steiner
Films based on American novels
Films set in the 1890s
Films set in the 1900s
Films set in the 1910s
Films directed by Robert Wise
Warner Bros. films
Films produced by Henry Blanke
Films based on works by Edna Ferber
1950s English-language films
1950s American films


The Eakins Press Foundation is an American publishing house based in New York established by Leslie George Katz in 1966 and named after the painter Thomas Eakins. Since its founding in 1966, the Eakins Press Foundation has published some of the classic volumes on American art and photography, including Lee Friedlander’s The American Monument, Walker Evans’s Message from the Interior, and Lincoln Kirstein’s definitive monograph on Elie Nadelman.

The Eakins Press Foundation was recognized as a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation in 1974.

Details
Katz (1918–97), a former Black Mountain College student, established the press from the proceeds of a sale of his father's collection of Thomas Eakins paintings to Joseph Hirshhorn; to this day they comprise the nucleus of the Eakins Collection at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

The initial releases were a replica of the original 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, the collection of twelve poems written by Walt Whitman that he had published himself; and Message From the Interior a collection of photographs by Walker Evans, who was best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration that captured the effects of the Great Depression. Both published in 1966, they represented the beginning of the Eakins Press imprint. For the next three decades, until his death in 1997, Katz published 56 books that were described by The New York Times as being "notable for their meticulous, elegant design", including works of photography, poetry, sculpture and the New York City Ballet. It published Lee Friedlander’s The American Monument, and Lincoln Kirstein’s definitive monograph on Elie Nadelman.

A January 1993 show at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York City featured selections of 14 works published by the Eakins Press Foundation, along with samples of the art produced by the artists highlighted in the books.

Since Katz's death in 1997, the Eakins Press Foundation continues to produce its "invaluable explorations of the American imagination" with publications including Circus: The Photographs of Frederick W. Glasier in 2009; Jed Perl's collection of essays on art and culture, Magicians & Charlatans in 2013; and 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes (2015), a collection of fifty portraits taken by Carl Van Vechten of extraordinary individuals from the Harlem Renaissance. The current Director of the Eakins Press Foundation is Peter Kayafas.

References

External links
Eakins Press Foundation

Book publishing companies of the United States
Publishing companies established in 1966
1966 establishments in New York (state)


Eyvin Andersen (1914–1968) was a Danish organist, violinist, and composer. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

Male composers
Danish classical organists
Male classical organists
Danish classical violinists
Male classical violinists
1914 births
1968 deaths
Royal Danish Academy of Music alumni
20th-century classical violinists
20th-century Danish composers
20th-century organists
20th-century Danish male musicians


The 2009–10 Israeli Premier League was the 11th season since its introduction in 1999 and the 68th season of top-tier football in Israel. It began on 22 August 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010 with the last matches of the playoff round.

On 15 May 2010, Hapoel Tel Aviv won the title in the last play-off round after Maccabi Haifa failed to win against Bnei Yehuda and they won their game against Beitar Jerusalem in a late goal at the 90+2' minute of extra time.

Changes from 2008–09 season

Structural changes
The league size has been increased from twelve to sixteen teams. Further, the competition has been split into two stages, a conventional season and playoffs.

The participating clubs were first play a conventional round-robin schedule for a total of 30 matches.

The top six teams were first had to play in the Top playoff. Points earned during the regular season were halved with an odd number of points being rounded up. The round was played on a round-robin schedule. The winner after this round would win the Israeli championship and would participate in the second qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League. The runners-up would play in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League, and the third-placed team would play in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

If the Israel State Cup winner finishes in the top three places than the fourth-placed would play in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

In addition, clubs ranked seventh through tenth in the regular season would engage in a placement round, while the bottom six teams played out two relegation spots and one relegation play-off.

Team changes

Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona were directly relegated to the 2009–10 Liga Leumit after finishing the 2008–09 season in last place.

Due to the increase in the number of teams, five teams were directly promoted from the 2008–09 Liga Leumit. These were champions Hapoel Haifa, runners-up Hapoel Acre, third-placed Hapoel Be'er Sheva, fourth-placed Hapoel Ramat Gan and fifth-placed Hapoel Ra'anana.

Hakoah Amidar Ramat Gan as 11th-placed team of the Premier League and Maccabi Ahi Nazareth as sixth-placed team of Liga Leumit competed in a two-legged playoff for another spot. Maccabi Ahi Nazareth won both matches by an aggregated score of 4–2 and were promoted to the Premier League. In turn, Hakoah Ramat Gan were relegated to Liga Leumit.

Overview

Stadia and locations

 The club played their home games at a neutral venue because their own ground did not meet Premier League requirements.

Managerial changes

Regular season

Table

Results

Playoffs
Key numbers for pairing determination (number marks position after 30 games):

Top Playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Maccabi Haifa started with 39 points, Hapoel Tel Aviv with 36, Maccabi Tel Aviv with 26, Beitar Jerusalem with 23, Bnei Yehuda with 23 and F.C. Ashdod started with 22.

Table

Results

Middle Playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Bnei Sakhnin started with 21 points, Hapoel Be'er Sheva with 20, Maccabi Netanya with 18 and Maccabi Petah Tikva started with 18.

Table

Results

Bottom Playoff
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded up) before the start of the playoff. Thus, Hapoel Ramat Gan started with 17 points, Hapoel Haifa with 16, Hapoel Petah Tikva with 16, Hapoel Acre with 13, Maccabi Ahi Nazareth with 12 and Hapoel Ra'anana started with 10.

Table

Results

Relegation playoff
The 14th-placed team Hapoel Ramat Gan faced the 3rd-placed Liga Leumit team Hapoel Kfar Saba. The winner Hapoel Ramat Gan earned a spot in the 2010–11 Israeli Premier League. The match took place on 22 May 2010.

Season statistics

Scoring
First goal of the season: Shahar Balilti for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, 61st minute (22 August 2009)
Fastest goal in a match: 17 seconds – Maor Buzaglo for Maccabi Tel Aviv against Beitar Jerusalem (17 April 2010)
Widest winning margin: 7 goals – Maccabi Ahi Nazareth 0–7 Hapoel Ramat Gan (15 May 2010)
Most goals in a match: 8 goals –
Hapoel Tel Aviv 7–1 Hapoel Petah Tikva (21 November 2009)
Hapoel Tel Aviv 5–3 Hapoel Acre (27 March 2010)

Discipline
First yellow card of the season: Gal Cohen for Hapoel Petah Tikva against Maccabi Ahi Nazareth, 40th minute (22 August 2009)
First red card of the season: Ismail Abdul Razak for Hapoel Acre against Maccabi Haifa, 72nd minute (22 August 2009)

Top scorers

 The IFA also recognize Dimitar Makrievs goal in favour of F.C. Ashdod against Bnei Yehuda game which was later annulled because F.C. Ashdod fielded an ineligible player, for that F.C. Ashdod received a technical loss of 3–0. The original game finished in a 1–1 draw.

See also
 2009–10 Israel State Cup
 2009–10 Toto Cup Al
 List of 2009–10 Israeli football summer transfers
 List of 2009–10 Israeli football winter transfers

References

Israeli Premier League seasons
Israel
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Jens Hakon Johannes Andersen (26 October 1875 – 21 April 1959) was a Danish organist and composer.  He served as organist for a number of churches around Copenhagen throughout his career.

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Carpediemonas is genus of Metamonada, and belongs to the group Excavata. This organism is a unicellular flagellated eukaryote that was first discovered in substrate samples from the Great Barrier Reef. Carpediemonas can be found in anaerobic intertidal sediment, where it feeds on bacteria. A feature of this species is the presence of a feeding groove, a characteristic of the excavates. Like most other metamonads, Carpediemonas does not rely on an aerobic mitochondrion to produce energy. Instead, it contains hydrogenosomes that are used to produce ATP. This organism has two flagella: a posterior one used for feeding on the substrate, and an anterior one that moves in a slower sweeping motion. Carpediemonas is assigned to the fornicates, where similar Carpediemonas-like organisms are used in researching the evolution within excavates. Although Carpediemonas is a member of the metamonads, it is unusual in the sense that it is free-living and has three basal bodies.

Etymology
The name Carpediemonas originates from three Latin roots, with carpe meaning "seize", die meaning "the day", and the suffix of monas, indicating a unicellular organism. The organism was named after carpe diem, meaning "to seize the day", in honour of the wife of one of the authors, who had recently died.

History of study
Carpediemonas was first discovered by Larsen and Patterson (1990) who identified it as a previously unidentified Percolomonas and provided the name Percolomonas membranifera. Larsen and Patterson treated this organism as a heterolobosean, because it would occasionally have four flagella and contain a longitudinal groove. However, they did not have any evidence that the non-dividing organisms had more than two flagella. The species also contained a pouch with threads that may be difficult to discern from flagella. Ekebom et al. (1996) then renamed the organism as Carpediemonas when it was found from substrate samples in the Great Barrier Reef and classified it as a metamonad. Additionally, a metabolic relationship of Carpediemonas with prokaryotic communities was found in Carpediemonas frisia. C. frisia was found to release biomolecules that have been predigested. Prokaryotic communities would rely on C. frisia for incompletely digested organic material and the oxidation of various biomolecules. On the other hand, C. frisia relies on the prokaryotic organism, Deltaproteobacteria, for its hydrogen oxidizing activity.

Habitat and ecology
Carpediemonas can be found in anaerobic intertidal sediments, where it feeds on bacteria. It can be found co-existing with Cafeteria marsupialis in these anaerobic environments.

Description
Ekebom et al. (1996) describes Carpediemonas as organisms with a size of approximately 5 µm long (with a range of 4–7.5 µm). Carpediemonas has a longitudinal depression that spans almost the entire ventral side of the cell. It often has two unequal flagella inserting to the anterior side of the ventral groove, but may sometimes have three or four flagella. The acronematic posterior flagellum is used in feeding and to attach to substrate, while the anterior flagellum beats less rapidly and in a slow sweeping motion. Further studies by Simpson and Patterson (1999) go into greater detail about the flagella and describe the flagellar apparatus as having a third, barren basal body. Supporting the dorsal side of the cell is a microtubular fan with a microtubular root at the anterior end. On the ventral side, microtubules extending from different flagellar roots support the ventral groove. The anterior flagellum has a ‘9+2’ axoneme. Simpson and Patterson described that in addition to the ‘9+2’ axoneme, the posterior flagellum also has “three radiating lamellae of electron-dense material which form the central components of vanes”. The first lamella arises from after the flagellar insertion and is directed ventrally. The second lamella originates opposite from the first lamella. The third lamella supports the third vane, which is located more distally and lies perpendicular to the other two vanes or lamellae. All three lamella have striations when viewed in a longitudinal section and these striations are perpendicular to the ‘9+2’ axoneme. Carpediemonas contains a single ovate nucleus, located anteriorly in the cell. The nucleolus can also be found subcentrally within the nucleus. Carpediemonas also has no mitochondria, which is typical of metamonads. Instead, it has hydrogenosomes, likely derived from anaerobic mitochondria. It also contains a single Golgi dictyosome, located anteriorly, dorsally, and to the left of the flagellar apparatus. The endoplasmic reticulum in this genus is mainly found near the periphery of the cell. Around the cytoplasm, food vacuoles containing bacterial contents can be found. Also, three centrioles are present in Carpediemonas.

Taxonomy
Carpediemonas is classified as an excavate because it has the characteristic feeding groove of the group. Within the excavates, Carpediemonas is assigned to the fornicates. In the fornicates, Carpediemonas-like organisms (CLOs) have allowed for the better understanding of the evolution of anaerobic excavates by studying their cytoskeletal traits and modified mitochondria. An example of a Carpediemonas-like organism that was used to study the evolutionary history within excavates is Kipferlia bialata.
According to recent research  this organism is able to replicate without some key proteins for replicating DNA (see below).

DNA replication, chromosome segregation, and sex
A recent study using comparative genomics has revealed extensive loss of the DNA replication and segregation protein complements within Metamonada and has highlighted that the genomes of C. membranifera and C. frisia are even further reduced. These genomes lack the DNA replication proteins of the origin recognition complex (ORC), Cdc6, some components of the GINS complex and some subunits of polymerases delta and epsilon, as well as most structural kinetochore subunits, a microtubule plus-end tracking complex and all subunits of the Ndc80 complex involved in chromosome segregation. ORC and Cdc6 are proteins in charge of replication initiation and licensing in eukaryotes, and their absence appears to indicate the existence of a non-standard and as-yet undescribed mechanism to start replication. The absence of Ndc80 complex proteins also suggest that a non-standard mechanism could be in place for chromosome attachment to microtubules for chromosome segregation. Carpediemonas is the first known eukaryote to possess such drastically altered DNA replication and segregation machineries. Since Carpediemonas reproduces, it is obvious that they do replicate their DNA and researchers have proposed a hypothesis on how replication starts. This hypothesis uses elements of processes observed in other species but takes into account the specific protein complements found in Carpediemonas. In short: replication is proposed to proceed by a Dmc1-dependent homologous recombination mechanism that does not require origins of replication and that is mediated by RNA:DNA hybrids. This hypothesis still needs to be experimentally proven. Sexual or parasexual reproduction have not been directly observed in Metamonada. However, the study confirms the conservation of key meiotic proteins in the group with the bonus finding that Carpediemonas species have homologs from the tmcB family and sperm-specific channel subunits, the latter only reported previously only in Opisthokonta and three other protists. The presence of such proteins means that further investigations are required to understand if sex occurs, and if these proteins actually participate during sex and what their role could be. In short, Carpediemonas are intriguing microbial eukaryotes.

References

Metamonads
Excavata genera
Monotypic eukaryote genera


Unisławice may refer to the following places in Poland:

Unisławice, Lower Silesian Voivodeship (south-west Poland)
Unisławice, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (north-central Poland)


Johannes Andersen (1890–1980) was a Danish hornist and composer. He wrote a number of pieces for orchestra, as well as a handful of chamber works.

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Johannes Fritz Emanuel Andersen (1829–1910) was a Danish organist and composer.  He was the father of critic Sophus Andersen.

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Bình Trung  is a commune (xã) and village in Châu Đức District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, in Vietnam.

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Sophus Andersen (8 December 1859 – 19 September 1923) was a Danish composer and music critic.

Biography
Sophus Emil Andersen was born in Copenhagen.

He was the son of composer Fritz Andersen (1829–1910). He studied both piano and violin in his youth. He studied composition with composer Thorvald Hansen (1847–1915). In 1890 he graduated and worked for some years as a teacher. From 1892 he was a music critic at the Copenhagen newspaper København .

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Michael Curley (15 May 1912 – 1973) was an English footballer who played for Northwich Victoria, Manchester City, Port Vale, Colwyn Bay, and Macclesfield Town in the 1930s.

Career
Curley played for Northwich Victoria and Manchester City, before joining Port Vale in May 1935. He played 24 Second Division and three FA Cup games in the 1935–36 season, and scored one goal in a 2–1 victory over Charlton Athletic at The Old Recreation Ground on 16 September. The "Valiants" were relegated and Curley fell out of the first team picture, featuring in just three Third Division North games in the 1936–37 season. He transferred to Colwyn Bay in November 1936, and later moved on to Macclesfield Town but only featured in the opening two games of 1937–38 Cheshire County League season and after spending time in the reserves he returned to Northwich Victoria. Between 1937 and 1940 he played 64 games for Mossley.

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1912 births
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Lotte Anker (born 1958 Copenhagen) is a Danish jazz saxophonist, and composer. With pianist Marilyn Crispell, she serves as one of the co-leaders of the Copenhagen Art Ensemble.

Musical career
Anker studied music at the Copenhagen University from 1980 to 1984. In 1988, she formed a quartet with piano player Mette Petersen, (the Lotte Anker / Mette Petersen Quartet). In 1992, they added trumpeter Nils Petter Molvær. In 1995, she became a member of the free improvising trio Anker, Friis, Poulsen with Hasse Poulsen on guitar and Peter Friis Nielsen on bass.

Since 1996, Anker and Ture Larsen have been co-leaders of the 12-piece orchestra Copenhagen Art Ensemble. She recorded the albums Triptych, Live at the Loft and Floating Islands with pianist Craig Taborn, and drummer Gerald Cleaver.

Discography
 Beyond the Mist (Stunt, 1989)
 Being (Stunt, 1993)
 Infinite Blueness (Av-Art, 1996)
 Poetic Justice  (Dacapo, 2001)
 Six Row Barley (Utech, 2005)
 Triptych (Leo, 2005)
 Alien Huddle (Intakt, 2008)
 Live at the Loft (ILK, 2009)
 Floating Islands (ILK, 2009)
 Birthmark (Clean Feed, 2013)
 Squid Police (Konvoj, 2014) with Jakob Riis
 What River Is This (ILK, 2014)
 Edge of the Light (Intakt, 2014) with Fred Frith
 His Flight's at Ten (Iluso, 2018) with Pat Thomas, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Ståle Liavik Solberg

With Tim Berne
 Open, Coma (Screwgun, 2001)

With Fred Frith
 Storytelling (Intuition, 2017)

With Fred Frith Trio
 Road (Intakt, 2021)

References

External links

Artist's website

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1958 births
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Erik Bach (born 5 January 1946) is a Danish composer and writer on music. Born in the small rural town of Mariager, Bach took his diploma in music theory and music history from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. As a composer, he claims the influence of Peter Maxwell Davies and other postmodernists.

From 1992 to 2001, he served as the principal of the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. In 2002-03 he took a degree in music technology at Aalborg University.

References

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Mere tid til at komponere, tak! (Basunen)
Erik Bach (Den Store Danske)

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1946 births
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Benjamin Nathaniel Shaw (June 18, 1893 - March 16, 1959) was an American professional baseball and football player. Shaw played in the National League with the Pittsburgh Pirates from  to . He also played with the Canton Bulldogs of the National Football League (NFL) in 1923 as an offensive guard, helping the team to the NFL championship. After that season, he joined the Gilberton Cadamounts in the Anthracite League, after Canton failed to issue him a contract for 1924.

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Tomás Helmut Straka Medina (born October 25, 1972), is a Venezuelan author and professor of history at the Andrés Bello Catholic University,

Career
Straka is the author of La Voz de los Vencidos (2000), Hechos y gente, Historia contemporánea de Venezuela (2001), Un Reino para este mundo (2006), La épica del desencanto (2009), La república fragmentada. Claves para entender a Venezuela (2015), among other works and essays.

Outside of his work at  Andrés Bello Catholic University in Venezuela, Straka has been a visiting scholar at the University of Chicago, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Pomona College. Since 2016, he has been a member of the National Academy of History (Venezuela).

Personal life and education
Straka is the son of Austrian anthropologist Hellmuth Straka (1922–1987) and brother of human rights activist Ursula Straka.

He holds a PhD in History (Doctor en Historia) from Andrés Bello Catholic University. Additionally, he holds degrees from Instituto Pedagógico de Caracas and Universidad Central de Venezuela.

Bibliography
 La voz de los vencidos, ideas del partido realista de Caracas (1810–1821), 2000.
 Hechos y gente, Historia contemporánea de Venezuela (Textbook about Venezuelan contemporary history), 2001.
 La alas de Ícaro, indagación sobre ética y ciudadanía en Venezuela (1800–1830)", 2005.
 Un reino para este mundo, Catolicismo y republicanismo en Venezuela, 2006.
 La Tradición de lo moderno, Venezuela en diez enfoques (Editor) 2006.
 Biographies of Julián Castro and Juan Crisóstomo Falcón for the "Biblioteca Biográfica Venezolana" of El Nacional, 2006–2007.
 Contra Bolívar (Compilation and comments about a series of articles of royalist journalist José Domingo Díaz against Simón Bolívar), 2009.
 La épica del desencanto (Analysis of Simón Bolívar as cult figure in Venezuelan politics, society and history), 2009.
 Instauración de la República Liberal Autocrática: claves para su interpretación 1830–1899 (Venezuela's panorama during the second half of 19th century), 2010.
 Historia de la Iglesia Católica en Venezuela. Documentos para su estudio. Along with historian Manuel Donís (Compilation of important documents of Venezuelan Catholic Church), 2010.
 Las Independencias de Iberoamérica (Editor with Agustín Sánchez Andrés and Michael Zeuske), 2011.
 Venezuela 1861–1936. La era de los gendarmes. Caudillismo y liberalismo autocrático, 2013.
 La república fragmentada. Claves para entender a Venezuela, 2015.
 Historical Dictionary of Venezuela (with Guillermo Guzmán Mirabal and Alejandro Cáceres), 2018.he just djmbn
 La economía venezolana en el siglo XX.  Perspectiva sectorial (Editor with Fernando Spiritto), 2018

References
https://nuso.org/autor/tomas-straka/
https://tinker.org/tomas-straka/
https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/tomas-straka
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom%C3%A1s-straka-36573a90/

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Psyb0t or Network Bluepill is a computer worm discovered in January 2009. It is thought to be unique in that it can infect routers and high-speed modems.

Progress
Psyb0t was first detected in January 2009 by Australian security researcher Terry Baume in a Netcomm NB5 ADSL router/modem. Then, in early March, it ran a DDoS attack against DroneBL (an IP blacklisting service). From this attack, DroneBL estimated that it had infected about 100,000 devices. This attack brought some public attention to it in later March which probably caused its operator to shut it down. Also DroneBL successfully attempted to bring its command-and-control and its DNS servers down.

Description
Psyb0t targets modems and routers with little-endian MIPS processor running on Mipsel Linux firmware. It is a part of botnet operated by IRC command-and-control servers. After infecting, psyb0t blocks access to the router TCP ports 22, 23, 80.

Psyb0t contains many attack tools. It is known that it is able to perform network scan for vulnerable routers/modems, check for MySQL and phpMyAdmin vulnerabilities or perform website DoS attack.

There are two versions known. The first version 2.5L was affecting Netcomm NB5 ADSL router/modem. Newer version 2.9L now affects over 50 models by Linksys, Netgear and other vendors, including those running DD-WRT or OpenWrt firmware.

Attack vectors and countermeasures
The primary attack vector is SSH or telnet access. Using brute-forcing, it tries to gain access from over 6000 usernames and 13000 passwords. However, 90% of infections are caused by insecure configuration, mostly no or default administration password and allowed remote administration. Recommended countermeasures are to change default access credentials to more secure ones and to update router/modem firmware. In case of infection suspicion, it is advised to perform hard reset of the router, and to not restore the router configuration from a backup.

References

External links
 Psyb0t description
 DroneBL blog about Psyb0t
 New worm can infect home modem/routers

Computer worms


Harald Balslev cand.theol. (1867–1952) was a Danish writer and composer. Much of his musical output is liturgical in nature.

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