Sylvia Cecil (c. 1898  – c. 1983) was an English singer and actress. She began her career in the Gilbert and Sullivan operas with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with whom she performed, off and on, from 1918 until 1937.  She also performed in musical theatre, concerts, music hall and variety from 1921, and broadcast on radio. In the 1940s and 1950s she starred in several musicals by Ivor Novello and Noël Coward.

Biography
Cecil was born in London.  She was educated at St Clement Danes Grammar School, Holborn, and then studied for the stage with Clive Currie and at the Guildhall School of Music. She made her stage debut in 1914 playing Titania in a youth production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. During the following year she played Silvius in As You Like It and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Early career

In 1918, Cecil was engaged by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company to play the leading role of the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury, as well as the smaller roles of the Lady Ella in Patience, Peep-Bo in The Mikado and Fiametta in The Gondoliers. In 1919 she added the principal soprano roles of Patience in Patience, the title role in Princess Ida (recreating that role for the company's first London revival of the opera in 1919), Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard and Casilda in The Gondoliers. In 1920, she added to her repertory the role of Rose Maybud in Ruddigore, recreating the role when the opera was revived for the first time in Glasgow and then in London. Critics from The Observer praised Cecil for her performances as Patience, Princess Ida and Elsie, but Neville Cardus in The Manchester Guardian thought her Yum-Yum, "not quite in the right key....  She sang rather finely but her song at the beginning of Act II does not ask for a full-blown concert method." Another critic of the same paper thought her voice "a little light" for Patience, but added that "she has gaiety and charm, and that is much."

Cecil left the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in 1921 and began to perform in musical comedy.  In 1922 she played Paula in Angel Face by Victor Herbert. Cardus said of her performance in Katja the Dancer, that the piece "will not lose friends in Manchester with Miss Sylvia Cecil in the cast; it will be considered a virtue in her manner that at times it is not unlike the manner of Miss José Collins." In 1928, she played Flora Campbell in Blue Eyes at the then-new Piccadilly Theatre.  She rejoined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for the first half of 1930, playing the roles of Josephine in H.M.S. Pinafore, Mabel in The Pirates of Penzance, Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Rose Maybud in Ruddigore and Gianetta in The Gondoliers.

Cecil performed with The Co-Optimists troupe in 1931. She also performed in music hall and variety in the early 1930s. In 1935, she starred in Shout for Joy at the Blackpool Opera House. She also began singing on the radio in the 1930s.

Cecil rejoined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company again in 1936. During D'Oyly Carte's 36-week American tour, she played Josephine, Patience, Ida, Yum-Yum, Elsie and Gianetta. During that tour she and Derek Oldham were released by the company for one night to sing a programme of classical and popular favourites, including "Prithee, pretty maiden" from Patience, the evening before President Roosevelt's 2nd inauguration, at a party at the White House. She continued with the company until mid-1937, playing the same roles as she had played on the American tour.

Later years
Cecil continued to act both in London and on provincial tours for many years and appeared regularly in concerts. She performed in Les Folies des Paris et Londres at the Prince of Wales's Theatre in 1937. In 1941, she appeared in the film Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It (released in the US as Mail Train). In the same year she played Phyllis in a BBC broadcast of Iolanthe, with Bobbie Comber as the Lord Chancellor and Derek Oldham as Tolloller. In 1942, she starred in the title role of a revival of The Maid of the Mountains at the London Coliseum. Together with Martyn Green, she toured Variety Halls during the early years of World War II.  They called their act Words with Music, featuring songs from Gilbert and Sullivan.

In the 1940s, Cecil continued to sing regularly on the radio with a variety of orchestras. On the BBC Light Programme she starred in a series called Songs by Sylvia, featuring ballads and songs from musical comedy and opera, and on the Home Service she took part in a six-part series about Gilbert and Sullivan, written by Leslie Baily, and a series featuring the music of Ivor Novello, appearing alongside Olive Gilbert and Novello. In 1945 she appeared in Novello's Perchance to Dream. She next starred as Rosa Cariatanza in Pacific 1860 by Noël Coward opposite Mary Martin in 1946.  Theatre World wrote of her performance, "it stirs the audience to a semblance of life". In 1948–49 she toured in a long-running revival of Novello's Glamorous Night.

Cecil starred as Rita in Coward's Ace of Clubs with Pat Kirkwood and Graham Payn in 1950. Theatre.com said of the cast album, "All three stars shine in this smart, sophisticated and amusing score." In 1953 she appeared in Novello's King's Rhapsody. The Manchester Guardian said, "The production ... is worth seeing for the performance of Sylvia Cecil.  While all the rest of the cast are straining every sinew to put their parts over (and showing it), Miss Cecil gives the impression of playing with no effort at all.  She makes no attempt to take the limelight, but succeeds in being more convincing than all the rest put together.  It is a brilliant performance." In 1955, Cecil sang in a revival of Novello's The Dancing Years staged on ice with a cast of 80 skaters.

Cecil appeared at the Savoy Theatre in 1975 with other former members of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the chorus of Trial by Jury at the last night Centenary production of that opera.  After the performance, she spoke before the curtain thanking the audience on behalf of the "old favourites" for their warm reception.

Notes, references and sources

Notes

References

Sources

External links
Photos of Sylvia Cecil
Postcards, including one of Cecil as Marta in Catherine
Photos, including two of Cecil
Photo of Cecil as "The Plaintiff"
Photo of Cecil as Princess Ida
Photo of Cecil as Patience
Autographed photo of Cecil
Royal Doulton figurine of Elsie Maynard by CJ Noke, first issued in 1924, series HN 639, based on Cecil.

1890s births
1983 deaths
20th-century English women singers
20th-century English singers
Alumni of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama
English operatic sopranos
English musical theatre actresses
Singers from London


Eximious is an album by jazz guitarist Joe Pass and double bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen that was released in 1982.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Scott Yanow wrote of the album "Pass swings hard throughout, is consistently inventive within the bebop tradition, and indulges in close interplay with Pedersen. Together, these musicians make the wondrous seem effortless."

Track listing
"A Foxy Chick and a Cool Cat" (Joe Pass) – 5:29
"Robbins Nest" (Illinois Jacquet, Sir Charles Thompson) – 4:07
"Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) – 2:47
"Serenata" (Leroy Anderson, Mitchell Parish) – 3:24
"Love for Sale" (Cole Porter) – 7:29
"Night and Day" (Porter) – 5:34
"We'll Be Together Again" (Carl Fishcer, Frankie Laine) – 5:32
"Ev'rything I Love" (Porter) – 5:01
"Ev'rything I've Got" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:01
"Speak Low" (Ogden Nash, Kurt Weill) – 5:08

Personnel
 Joe Pass - guitar
 Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen – double bass
 Martin Drew – drums

References

Joe Pass live albums
Albums produced by Norman Granz
1982 live albums
Pablo Records live albums


Santianes de Molenes is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 154 (INE 2007).

Villages and hamlets include:  Bárzana, La Formiguera, Fuécara, Llamas, El Llanón, Momalo, San Miguel, Santianes de Molenes, Tejedo (Teixéu en asturiano), Vega de Villaldín, and Villaldín.

References

Parishes in Grado


Santo Adriano del Monte is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

Villages and hamlets
La Condesa
El Hortigal (L'Ortigal)
Santo Adriano del Monte (San Adrianu)

References

Parishes in Grado


Railway stations in Tajikistan include:

The railroad system totals only 480 kilometers of track, all of it broad gauge. The system connects the main urban centers of western Tajikistan with points in neighboring Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. In 2000 a new line connected the southern cities of Bokhtar and Kulob. Passenger transit through Tajikistan has been hindered by periodic failures of Tajik Railways to pay transit tariffs and by safety issues. Plans exist to link Tajikistan with Iran, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan and China with the Five Nations Railway Corridor.

Stations served

There is no direct connection between the northern and southern networks.

North Network
 Kokand (Uzbekistan)
 border UZ/TJ
 Konibodom
 Khujand (formerly Leninabad)
 border TJ/UZ
 Bekabad, Uzbekistan

South Network

Dushanbe - Iski-Guzar

 Dushanbe
 Vahdat (formerly Ordzhonikidzeabad)
 Iski-Guzar

Dushanbe - Denov

 Dushanbe
 Hisor
 Tursunzoda
 border TJ/UZ
 Denov, Uzbekistan

Dushanbe - Bokhtar - Kulob

 Dushanbe
 Obikiik
 Kuybyshevsk
 Bokhtar
 Sarband (formerly Kalininabad)
 Kulob

Bokhtar - Termez

 Bokhtar
 Kolkhozobod
 Shaartuz
 border TJ/UZ
 Termez, Uzbekistan

Bokhtar - Yovon

 Bokhtar
 Yovon

Proposed

A railway link from Tajikistan through Afghanistan to Iran has been proposed, and construction of part of the new connection is underway.

 Dushanbe
 Vahdat
 Yovon
 Bokhtar
 Shaartuz
 Aivadj
 border TJ/AF Pyanj River
 Mazar-i-Sharif

See also

 Transport in Tajikistan
 Tajik Railway, operator of the rail network in Tajikistan https://www.railway.tj

References

External links

Railway stations
Railway stations
Tajikistan


Sorribas is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 38 (INE 2007).

Villages and hamlets
 Las Corujas
 Sorribas

References

Parishes in Grado


Eva Johansson (25 February 1958) is a Danish operatic soprano.

Born in Copenhagen and educated at Ingrid Jespersens School, Johansson studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and then the Copenhagen Opera Academy as well as privately with Oren Brown (New York City) and Susanna Eken (Copenhagen).

She made her debut at the Danish Royal Theater in 1982 as the Countess in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, subsequently singing Elektra, Salome and Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni.

In 1988, Götz Friedrich invited her to perform at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and she has been closely identified with that company ever since. During the period 1988–1993, she sang at the Bayreuth Festival: Elsa in Lohengrin and Freia in Das Rheingold, returning in 2004 to sing Sieglinde in Die Walküre. She made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1998 as Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In 2000, she appeared at the Los Angeles Opera as Sieglinde. Other engagements have been in Israel, Spain, France, Austria, England, and Japan, working with conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Daniel Barenboim, Christian Thielemann, Valery Gergiyev, Simon Rattle and Christoph von Dohnanyi.

As a dramatic soprano, Johansson has concentrated on the operas of Wagner and Strauss, notably Senta in The Flying Dutchman, Elisabeth in Tannhäuser, Isolde in Tristan und Isolde, Brünhilde in both Die Walküre and Götterdämmerung, the Empress in Die Frau ohne Schatten and the title roles of Elektra, Salome and Ariadne auf Naxos.

In 2001, she was made a Berlin Kammersängerin. She has been married to Herwig Oswalder, a viola player with the Deutsche Oper Berlin, since 1994.

Recordings

Audio
 Gade: Elverskud, Echoes of Ossian Overture / Kitajenko
 Heise: Drot og Marsk with Poul Elming, Bent Norup, Aage Haugland, Danish National Radio Choir and Royal Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Michael Schønwaldt (Chandos)
 Wagner: Das Rheingold / Bernard Haitink
 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / Deutsche Oper Berlin 1995

Video
 Strauss: Elektra / Christoph von Dohnányi (DVD)
 Wagner: Das Rheingold / Daniel Barenboim, Bayreuth Festival (DVD)
 Wagner: Die Walküre / Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic (DVD)
 Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nuernberg / Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Deutsche Oper Berlin (DVD)

References
Royal Danish Opera biography

External links
 Evajohansson.dk Official homepage
Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon
Review of Elektra DVD

1958 births
Living people
Danish operatic sopranos
Royal Danish Academy of Music alumni


St. Joseph's Episcopal Church may refer to:

in the United States
(by state)
 Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1883 (Detroit, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Michigan
 Saint Joseph's Episcopal Church, 1926 (Detroit, Michigan), listed on the NRHP in Michigan
 St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (Durham, North Carolina)
St. Joseph's African Methodist Episcopal Church, Durham, North Carolina, listed on the NRHP in Durham County, North Carolina
 St. Joseph's Episcopal Church (Fayetteville, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in Cumberland County, North Carolina


Tolinas is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 13 (INE 2007).

References

Parishes in Grado


Vigaña is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 28 (INE 2007).

References

Parishes in Grado


Westlawn may refer to:

 Westlawn (Fayetteville, North Carolina), listed on the NRHP in North Carolina
 Westlawn (Wallingford, Pennsylvania), listed on the NRHP in Pennsylvania


Villamarín is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 29 (INE 2007).

References

Parishes in Grado


This list includes properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Click the "Map of all coordinates" link to the right to view a Google map of all properties and districts with latitude and longitude coordinates in the table below.

Current listings

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See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in North Carolina
List of National Historic Landmarks in North Carolina

References

Cumberland County, North Carolina
Cumberland County


Jacqueline "Jacqui" Michot Ceballos (born September 8, 1925) is an American feminist and activist. Ceballos is the former president of New York Chapter of the National Organization for Women and founder of the Veteran Feminists of America organization which documents the history of Second wave feminism and pioneer feminists. Ceballos' 1971 debate on sexual politics with Norman Mailer and Germaine Greer is recorded in the 1979 film Town Bloody Hall. Ceballos is also featured in the feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.

Early life
Ceballos was born Jacqueline Michot in Mamou, Louisiana on September 8, 1925. The daughter of Louis Michot and Adele Domas, Ceballos was the middle child of seven children. She attended public school in Lafayette and studied music at Southwestern Louisiana Institute. After majoring in voice, Ceballos moved to New York City to pursue a career in opera.

In 1951 Ceballos married Colombian businessman Alvaro Ceballos with whom she had four children. After the family moved to Bogota, Colombia in 1958, Ceballos founded the city's first opera company, El Teatro Experimental de la Opera. During the break-up of her marriage, Ceballos was given Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique to read, which she later said inspired her toward activism in the feminist movement. Her husband helped her open an export-import clothing business in New York.

Activism
In 1967, Ceballos moved back to New York City with her four children where she attended her first National Organization for Women (NOW) meeting. She served on the boards of NOW at the national and local levels from 1967–1973 and formed a public relations committee and speakers bureau. She co-founded the New Feminist Theater.

In 1971, Ceballos served as president of New York NOW. She appeared in the April 30, 1971 town hall debate entitled, A Dialogue on Women's Liberation with Norman Mailer, Germaine Greer, Diana Trilling, Jacqueline Ceballos, Jill Johnston. The debate was recorded and released as D. A. Pennebaker's 1979 documentary film Town Bloody Hall. During the debate, Ceballos made a case that women had the right and duty "to have a voice in changing the world that is changing them." Angry about the image of women in media, Ceballos described the advertiser's portrayal as "She gets an orgasm when she gets the shiny floor!"

Ceballos became NOW's Eastern Regional Director in 1971 and served as its representative at the 1972 Democratic National Convention. She co-founded the Women's Forum in 1974 and served as the organization's first executive director. She later worked as a representative at the United Nations International Women's Conference. Along with dozens of other prominent feminists, Ceballos helped found the National Women's Political Caucus. In 1972, she joined the Ms. campaign, “We Have Had Abortions” which called for an end to "archaic laws" limiting reproductive freedom, they encouraged women to share their stories and take action.

In 1970, she helped Betty Friedan organize the Women's Strike for Equality. She assisted Friedan in organizing demonstrations speaking out against the all-male staff at The New York Times.

Ceballos became an associate of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) in 1977. WIFP is an American nonprofit publishing organization. The organization works to increase communication between women and connect the public with forms of women-based media.

In 2014, Ceballos was featured in the film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.

Veteran Feminists of America
In 1975 Ceballos retired from general activism to start a company. Ceballos opened a public relations firm to advertise feminist education courses and she began the New Feminist Talent speaker's bureau. After the rise of anti-feminism during the 1980s, Ceballos with Dorothy Senerchia, Barbara Seaman, and other feminist pioneers founded the Veteran Feminists of America (VFA). The founding principle of the organization was to preserve the history of second-wave feminism as well as to honor the women and men who pioneered the movement.

Personal life
As of 2012, Ceballos lives in Phoenix, Arizona where her daughter, Michele, founded a non-profit dance and education group. Her husband, Alvaro, died from Alzheimers at the age of 92 in Cucuta, Colombia.

See also
List of women's rights activists

References

External links
 VFA bio

1925 births
Living people
People from Mamou, Louisiana
American feminists
American women's rights activists
Smith College alumni
University of Louisiana at Lafayette alumni
National Organization for Women people


I.Sat (contraction of the Spanish phrase Imagen Satelital, which means "Satellite image") is an Argentine cable television channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery International. It airs movies, series, music, and shows. It is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It is broadcast on the satellite Intelsat 21 and is carried by most cable television companies in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Recent history
Until 2007, the channel was owned by "Claxson Interactive Group Latin America & Iberia" (which was a subsidiary of the Venezuelan-based Grupo Cisneros) but that year the channel, along with Retro and Space, is bought by Turner Broadcasting System. It aired different programming on different blocks, such as "Primer Plano I.Sat" (foreign movies), "Cine Argentino Independiente" (independent Argentine films), "Asian Connection" (Asian films), and "Cortos I-Sat" (short films).

In 2007 it changed its programming from being a 24-hour movie channel to having movies, series, shows, documentary series, music, and some others. Some current programming includes Little Britain, Raising Hope, Misfits, and others.

Adult Swim, which previously aired on Cartoon Network, aired every night with adult animation series since 2007 after its cancellation from Cartoon Network; however, the Adult Swim block was cancelled from I.Sat on 2010 due to low ratings. Adult Swim, however, returned to I.Sat on April 3, 2015 until April 16, 2020.

Logos

Programming

Current programming blocks
Cine Argentino Independiente: Argentine independent films.
Cortos I.Sat: Short films.
Cuentos de terror. Horror stories narrated by Alberto Laiseca.
I.Films: Featured movies with monthly premieres.
I.Series: Series, shows, and reality series.
Primer Plano I-Sat: International Independent films.

Former programming blocks
Adult Swim: Previously aired on Cartoon Network.  It aired cartoons and anime series for adults since 2007. Discontinued in 2010. Returned in April 2015 until April 2020.
Asian Connection: Asian films.
BritTV: British shows and series from BBC and Channel 4.
Comedy Central. Programming block with series from the TV channel Comedy Central. Discontinued in 2004.
Cine Zeta. Films with poor ratings or reviews. Discontinued in 2005.
Furia Oriental: Anime series and Asian films.
Sexorama. Softcore films. Discontinued in 2008.
I-Toons. Airs cartoons. Discontinued in 2010.

Foreign programming
Adventure Time (Lasted only two hours in the special "Happy birthday Cartoon Network" on April 21, 2013)
Alice
Angel
Arrested Development
As If
Bewitched
Black Mirror
The Brady Bunch
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Californication
Carnivàle
Cha Cha Cha
Come Fly with Me
Cock'd Gunns
Dharma and Greg
Diff'rent Strokes
Episodes
Extras
The Facts of Life
Gimme a Break!
Happy Days
I Dream of Jeannie
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Little Britain
Loaded
Laverne & Shirley
MADtv
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Peep Show
Pippalotta's Home
Raising Hope
Regular Show (I.Sat aired the episode "The Graveyard" uncensored on November 22, 2013, in its special "Ani-Mes" in "Cortos I.Sat")
Rosie
Rubicon
Running Wilde
Secret Diary of a Call Girl
Shameless
Shameless (U.S. version)
Six Feet Under
Sound
Sugar Rush
The Basement Sessions
The Borgias
The IT Crowd
The Mighty Boosh
The Mind of the Married Man
The Office
The Whitest Kids U' Know
Trigger Happy TV
Trust Me
Veronica Mars

External links
Official YouTube Channel

References

Latin American cable television networks
Portuguese-language television stations in Brazil
Spanish-language television stations
Television channels and stations established in 1993
Television in Argentina
Television stations in Argentina
Warner Bros. Discovery Americas
Warner Bros. Discovery networks


Mount Joan is a mountain located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.  It is the highest of the peaks in the Beaufort Range that runs between Courtenay and Port Alberni in British Columbia.  The Beaufort Range is one of the Vancouver Island Ranges

References

External links

One-thousanders of British Columbia
Vancouver Island Ranges
Newcastle Land District


Villapañada is one of 28 parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grado, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 204 (INE 2007).

Villages and hamlets include:  Acebedo, La Barraca, La Linar, La Llamiella, Rozadas and San Juan.

References

Parishes in Grado


Kanwaljit Singh may refer to:
 Kanwaljit Singh (politician), Indian politician
 Kanwaljit Singh (actor), Indian actor
 Kanwaljit Singh (cricketer), Indian former first-class cricketer
 Prince Kanwaljit Singh,  Indian Punjabi film actor

See also
 Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, New Zealand politician


Guantanamo's Child is a 2015 Canadian documentary film. Directed by Patrick Reed and Michelle Shephard based on Shephard's 2009 book Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr, the film profiles Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen whose conviction on disputed war crimes charges and incarceration at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp has been a prominent political issue in Canada.

Synopsis

The documentary features the story of Omar Khadr, in which he was captured in 2002 by Americans in Afghanistan and was charged with war crimes. The film takes an in-depth look at how Khadr at 15 years old became the center of one of the first American war crimes trial since the 1940s through Khadr's own perspective. Omar Khadr for the first time was given the opportunity to speak for himself on camera. Khadr pleaded guilty to five war crimes in October 2010 for a plea deal which gave him a chance to possibly return to Canada and an eight-year sentence. Omar Khadr spent a decade at Guantanamo,"Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr features unprecedented access and exclusive interviews with Khadr during his first few days of freedom in Edmonton, where he was released on bail on May 7, 2015". The film is in part based on Michelle Shepard’s book Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr; the documentary follows through the timeline between Khadr's childhood and his time at Guantanamo till his current life of freedom.

Production

The film was produced by White Pine Pictures, in association with Al Jazeera and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. This documentary is an expanded version of a television program that aired on CBC in May 2015 called Omar Khadr: Out of the Shadows. A version of the film aired on Al Jazeera English in June 2015. It had its world premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.  At the 2015 Calgary International Film Festival, the film won the Audience Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature. In December, the film was announced as part of TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten screening series of the so-called ten best Canadian feature films of the year.

Reception

Guantanamo’s Child: Omar Khadr was nominated for an Emmy  at the 37th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. The film was nominated in the Outstanding Coverage of Current News Story—Long Form category, along with PBS Frontline projects, Secrets, Politics and Torture and Inside Assad’s Syria.   The documentary has also received the  Best Direction in a Documentary Program award at the Academy of Canadian Cinema.

References

External links

 Interview with Michelle Shephard and Patrick Reed (Vice.com)
 Guantanamo's Child at Al Jazeera English

2015 films
2015 documentary films
2010s Canadian films
2010s English-language films
Canadian documentary television films
CBC Television original films
Documentary films about child soldiers
Documentary films about lawyers
Documentary films about the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Donald Brittain Award winning shows

English-language Canadian films
Films scored by Mark Korven
Guantanamo Bay detention camp


Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (Cl-PAHs) are a group of compounds comprising polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with two or more aromatic rings and one or more chlorine atoms attached to the ring system. Cl-PAHs can be divided into two groups: chloro-substituted PAHs, which have one or more hydrogen atoms substituted by a chlorine atom, and chloro-added Cl-PAHs, which have two or more chlorine atoms added to the molecule. They are products of incomplete combustion of organic materials. They have many congeners, and the occurrences and toxicities of the congeners differ. Cl-PAHs are hydrophobic compounds and their persistence within ecosystems is due to their low water solubility. They are structurally similar to other halogenated hydrocarbons such as polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Cl-PAHs in the environment are strongly susceptible to the effects of gas/particle partitioning, seasonal sources, and climatic conditions.

Sources

Chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are generated by combustion of organic compounds. Cl-PAHs enter the environment from a multiplicity of sources and tend to persist in soil and in particulate matter in air. Environmental data and emission sources analysis for Cl-PAHs reveal that the dominant process of generation is by reaction of PAHs with chlorine in pyrosynthesis. Cl-PAHs have commonly been detected in tap water, fly ash from an incineration plant for radioactive waste, emissions from coal combustion and municipal waste incineration, automobile exhaust, snow, and urban air. They have also been detected in electronic wastes, workshop-floor dust, vegetation, and surface soil collected from the vicinity of an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling facility and in surface soil from a chemical industrial complex (comprising a coke-oven plant, a coal-fired power plant, and a chlor-alkali plant), and agricultural areas in central and eastern China. In addition, the combustion of polyvinylchloride and plastic wrap made from polyvinylidene chloride result in the production of Cl-PAHs, suggesting that combustion of organic materials including chlorine is a possible source of environmental pollution.

A specific class of Cl-PAHs, polychlorinated naphthalenes (PCNs), are persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic contaminants that have been reported to occur in a wide variety of environmental and biological matrixes. Cl-PAHs with three to five rings have been reported to occur in air from road tunnels, sediment, snow, and kraft pulp mills.

Recently, the occurrence of particulate Cl-PAHs has been investigated. Results have shown that most particulate Cl-PAH concentration detected in urban air tended to be high in colder seasons and low in warmer seasons. This study also determined through compositional analysis that relatively low molecular weight Cl-PAHs dominated in warmer seasons and high molecular weight Cl-PAHs dominated in colder seasons.

Toxicity

Some Cl-PAHs have structural similarities to dioxins, they are suspected of having similar toxicities. These types of compounds are known to be carcinogenic, mutagenic, and teratogenic. Toxicological studies have shown that some Cl-PAHs possess greater mutagenicity, aryl-hydorcarbon receptor activity, and dioxin-like toxicity than the corresponding parent PAHs.

The relative potency of three ring Cl-PAHs was found to increase with increasing degree of chlorination as well as with increasing degree of chlorination. However, the relative potencies of the most toxic Cl-PAHs assessed up to now have been found to be 100,000-fold lower than the relative potency of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). Even though Cl-PAHs aren’t as toxic as TCDD, it has been determined using recombinant bacterial cells that the toxicities of exposure to Cl-PAHs based on AhR activity were approximately 30-50 times higher than that of dioxins. Cl-PAHs demonstrate a high enough toxicity to be a potential health risk to human populations that come into contact with them.

DNA interaction

One of the well-established mechanisms by which chlorinated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons can exert their toxic effects is via the function of the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). The AhR-mediated activities of Cl-PAHs have been determined by using yeast assay systems. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) is a cytosolic, ligand-activated transcription receptor. Cl-PAHs have the ability to bind to and activate the AhR. The biological pathway involves translocation of the activated AhR to the nucleus. In the nucleus, the AhR binds with the AhR nuclear translator protein to form a heterodimer. This process leads to transcriptional modulation of genes, causing adverse changes in cellular processes and function.

Several Cl-PAHs have been determined to be AhR-active. One such Cl-PAH, 6-chlorochrysene, has been shown to have a high affinity for the Ah receptor and to be a potent AHH inducer. Therefore, Cl-PAHs may be toxic to humans, and it is important to better understand their behavior in the environment.

Several Cl-PAHs have also been found to exhibit mutagenic activity toward Salmonella typhimurium in the Ames assay.

References

Chloroarenes
Incineration


Chengxi District () is one of four districts of the prefecture-level city of Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, Northwest China.

It covers the western part of Xining's built-up conurbation. It has over 200 000 residents (2004). Ethnically, most are Han; there are also Hui, Tibetan, Tujia, etc. - 26 in all.

Administrative divisions
Chengxi District is divided into 7 subdistricts and 1 town:

 Xiguan Avenue Subdistrict (西关大街街道)
 Guchengtai Subdistrict (古城台街道)
 Hutai Subdistrict (虎台街道)
 Shengli Road Subdistrict (胜利路街道)
 Xinghai Road Subdistrict (兴海路街道)
 Wenhui Road Subdistrict (文汇路街道)
 Tonghai Road Subdistrict (通海路街道)
 Pengjiazhai Town (彭家寨镇)

District executive, legislature and judiciary are in the Xiguan Avenue Subdistrict, together with the CPC and PSB branches. (Executive or People's Government is addressed : May Fourth Avenue, 810001).

See also

 List of administrative divisions of Qinghai

Notes and references

County-level divisions of Qinghai
Xining


Gold Creek rises in Brisbane Forest Park in the suburb of Upper Brookfield, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; is dammed by Gold Creek Dam and on leaving the Forest Park runs alongside Gold Creek Road until it joins Gap Creek at Brookfield.

References

External links

Geography of Brisbane
Rivers of Brisbane


The Shenzhen Broadcasting Center Building () is a 790-foot-tall (241 m) skyscraper in the city of Shenzhen, China. It has 48 floors and was completed in 2001.

See also
List of skyscrapers
List of buildings

Buildings and structures in Shenzhen


I Like It Like That is an album by Motown group the Miracles, compiled for the UK market and released on the UK Tamla-Motown label as one of its initial group of six albums in March 1965. There was no equivalent album to this in the USA. It is known as the Miracles' "forgotten album".

This album featured a combination of several new songs along with previously issued material from the group's album from the year before, The Miracles Doin' Mickey's Monkey. New songs included "I Like It Like That" (the Top 30 song, not the better-known Chris Kenner song of the same name), the Bobby Rogers-led flip side "You're So Fine and Sweet", "That's What Love Is Made Of" (another 1964 hit that the group performed on the American International Pictures release, the T.A.M.I. Show that year), and "Would I Love You", a song that became a popular regional hit tune for the group in Pennsylvania and The Midwest. The album also featured a Claudette Robinson-led cover version of the Orlons' number 2 Pop smash, "The Wah-Watusi" and the group's 1963 Top 40 Hit, "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying". Several of the group's other 1964 songs, including the chart hits "(You Can't Let the Boy Overpower) The Man in You", "Come On Do the Jerk", and its B-side, "Baby Don't You Go", were not included.

The 1964 recordings "I Like It Like That", "Would I Love You" and "That's What Love Is Made Of" were also included on the Miracles' 1965 album release, The Miracles Greatest Hits From The Beginning, which was the first double album released by Motown Records.

Track listing

Side one

All lead vocals by Smokey Robinson, except where noted.

 "I Like It Like That" (Smokey Robinson, Marv Tarplin)
 "Dance What You Wanna (Sam Cooke, James Alexander, Clifton White)
 "The Wah-Watusi" (Kal Mann, Dave Appell) (lead vocals: Claudette Robinson)
 "Such Is Love, Such Is Life" (Robinson)
 "The Groovy Thing" (Robinson)
 "I Gotta Dance to Keep From Crying" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland)

Side two
 "That's What Love Is Made Of" (Robinson, Bobby Rogers, Pete Moore)
 "The Monkey Time" (Curtis Mayfield)
 "You're So Fine and Sweet" (Robinson, Rogers, Moore, Ronnie White, Tarplin, Don Whited) (lead vocals: Bobby Rogers)
 "Would I Love You" (Robinson)
 "Dancin' Holiday" (Diane Rogers, Fred Smith, Zelda Samuels)
 "Twist and Shout" (Bert Berns, Phil Medley)

Personnel

The Miracles
Smokey Robinson –  lead and background vocals
Claudette Robinson –  lead and background vocals
Marv Tarplin –  guitar
Pete Moore –  background vocals
Bobby Rogers –  lead and background vocals
Ronnie White –  background vocals

Additional personnel
The Funk Brothers - instrumentation

External links
 [ The Miracles - I Like It Like That (album info) All Music Guide]
 I Like It Like That- by ''The Miracles (Title song-1964)
 Tamla Album Discography
 The Miracles: Bio and Discography,including Tamla T249 info

The Miracles albums
1964 albums
Tamla Records albums
Albums produced by Lamont Dozier
Albums produced by Brian Holland
Albums produced by Smokey Robinson
Albums recorded at Hitsville U.S.A.


Telefol is a language spoken by the Telefol people in Papua New Guinea, notable for possessing a base-27 numeral system.

History
The Iligimin people also spoke Telefol, but they were defeated by the Telefol proper.

Orthography

Single  and  represent both their single and long vowels, since they rarely contrast.

 is written  pre-consonantally and word-finally.

Single  is written  intervocalically, and  is written  intervocalically.

 and  are written  and  (since they're pronounced  and  respectively).

Initial  is also written with  in loan words, e.g. Got 'God'.

Phonology

Consonants

 and  only appear in a few particles and some exclamations.  and  only appear in a few loans.

Vowels

There are two contrastive phonemic tones in Telefol, high and low. For example, ùlín 'club' vs. úlìn 'planted'.

 and ,  and , are nearly in complementary distribution. Also, single /e/ and /o/ don't occur in one-syllable words or in terminal syllables.

Vowel length only contrasts in initial syllables. However, in initial syllables single  and , and  and , don't contrast.

Phonotactics
Syllable structure is .

 does not occur word-initially.

 is allowed in medial, but not word-initial, onsets.

Grammar
Telefol is a subject–object–verb language.

Verbal aspect
Telefol has a rich aspectual system. Telefol verbs have "punctiliar" (momentary/completed) and "continuative" stems.

Counting system
Telefol uses a base-27 counting system. This is mapped onto the body by counting each of the following: the left pinky to the left thumb (1-5); the wrist, lower arm, elbow, upper arm, and shoulder (6-10); the side of the neck, ear, and left eye (11-13); the nose (14); and similarly on the right side in reverse order, from the right eye to the right pinky (15-27).

Kinship
Telefol has dyadic kinship terms (terms referring to the relationship two or more people have to each other), which are uncommon in the world's languages and not prevalent in Papua New Guinea. However, they are a salient feature of the Ok languages. Related terms are found in Oksapmin, Mian, and Tifal.

Evolution

Below are some reflexes of proto-Trans-New Guinea proposed by Pawley (2012):

See also
Ok languages

References

Bibliography
 Telefol Organised Phonology Data. [Manuscript] http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=333
 Healey, Alan. 1964. Telefol phonology. Linguistic Circle of Canberra Publications B, 3. Canberra: Australian National University. 53
 Healey, Alan. 1974. "A problem of Telefol verb classification." In Richard Loving (ed.), Studies in languages of the Ok family, 167–75. Workpapers in Papua New Guinea Languages, 7. Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics. * Telefol Organised Phonology Data. [Manuscript] http://www.sil.org/pacific/png/abstract.asp?id=333

External links
Telefol on globalrecordings.net
WALS - Telefol
PNG Language Resources: Telefol information
Paradisec has a number of collections that include Telefol language materials.

Languages of Sandaun Province
Languages of Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
Ok languages


Grandas de Salime is the capital city, and one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grandas de Salime, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 889 (INE 2006).

Villages and hamlets
 A Farrapa
 A Reigada
 Busmayor
 Carballo del Cuito
 Carballofalso
 Castiadelo
 Castro
 Cerexeira
 El Fabal
 El Salto
 Escanlares
 Grandas de Salime
 Llandecarballo
 Malneira
 Nogueiróu
 Padraira
 Paradela
 Pedre
 Robledo
 Salime
 Samayor
 San Julián
 Santa María
 Tresmonte da Buliqueira
 Valdedo
 Vilabolle
 Vilarello
 Villarmayor

References

Parishes in Grandas de Salime


The NEO-China Top City Main Tower is a 795 ft (242 m) tall skyscraper in the Jiulongpo District within the city of Chongqing, China.

The tower has 54 floors and is the 165th tallest building in the world. It was started in 2005 and completed in 2009.

See also
List of skyscrapers
List of tallest buildings in Chongqing

References

2009 establishments in China
Office buildings completed in 2009
Skyscraper office buildings in Chongqing
Skyscraper hotels in Chongqing
Retail buildings in China
Skyscrapers in Chongqing


A Mesa is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grandas de Salime, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 32 (INE 2006).

Villages and hamlets
 A Mesa
 Buspol
 El Toucedo
 Valiamayor
 El Vilar de Buspol

References

Parishes in Grandas de Salime


Adam Daniel Kinzinger (; born February 27, 1978) is an American former politician and senior political commentator for CNN. He served as a United States representative from Illinois from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger originally represented  and later . He is a lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard.

Kinzinger was first elected to Congress in 2010 from the 11th district. His district was largely merged with the 16th after the 2010 census, and Kinzinger transferred to the 16th after defeating its incumbent, Don Manzullo, in the Republican primary. After President Donald Trump was defeated in the 2020 presidential election, Kinzinger became known for his vocal opposition to Trump's claims of voter fraud and attempts to overturn the results. Kinzinger is considered a moderate Republican, as he was one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump for incitement of insurrection in his second impeachment, and one of only two Republicans to vote to create a select committee to investigate the 2021 United States Capitol attack, to which he was subsequently appointed.

Kinzinger did not seek reelection to Congress in 2022. After leaving office, Kinzinger joined CNN as a senior political commentator.

Early life, education, and early political career
Kinzinger was born on February 27, 1978, in Kankakee, Illinois, the son of Betty Jo, an elementary school teacher, and Rus Kinzinger, a CEO of faith-based organizations. After spending part of his youth in Jacksonville, Florida, he was primarily raised in Bloomington, Illinois. He graduated from Normal Community West High School in 1996 and earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Illinois State University in 2000.

In 1998, while a student at Illinois State, Kinzinger ran for election as a county board member in McLean County. He won, defeating an incumbent, and at age 20 was one of the youngest county board members in McLean County history, Kinzinger remained on the board until resigning in 2003.

Kinzinger worked as an intern for former U.S. Senator Peter Fitzgerald shortly after his graduation from Illinois State, as part of a program offered there.

Military service

Kinzinger resigned from the McLean County Board in 2003 to join the United States Air Force. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in November 2003 and later awarded his pilot wings. Kinzinger was initially a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot and flew missions in South America, Guam, Iraq and Afghanistan. He later switched to flying the RC-26 surveillance aircraft and was stationed in Iraq twice.

Kinzinger has served in the Air Force Special Operations Command, Air Combat Command, Air Mobility Command, and Wisconsin Air National Guard and was progressively promoted to his current rank of lieutenant colonel. As part of his continued service with the Air National Guard, Kinzinger was deployed to the Mexico–United States border in February 2019 as part of efforts to maintain border security.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

2010

Kinzinger met Republican U.S. Representatives Mike Pence, Mark Kirk, and Peter Roskam in January 2009 to discuss a possible run for Congress. He decided to run in Illinois's 11th congressional district, held by Debbie Halvorson. He started campaigning full-time in May 2009, when he returned home from his 3rd tour in Iraq. He was endorsed by former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Kinzinger won the five-candidate Republican primary on February 2, 2010, with 64% of the vote.

He was endorsed by the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times in the general election. Kinzinger defeated Halvorson 57–43% on November 2, 2010.

2012

During his first term, Kinzinger represented a district that stretched from the outer southern suburbs of Chicago to Bloomington/Normal.

After redistricting, Kinzinger's district was eliminated. Much of its eastern portion, including Kinzinger's home in Channahon, near Joliet, was merged with the Rockford-based 16th District, represented by fellow Republican Don Manzullo, a 67-year-old politician first elected in 1992. Before redistricting, Kinzinger had represented 31% of the newly apportioned district, while Manzullo had represented at least 44% of it. In the March Republican primary, Kinzinger defeated Manzullo, 56–44%. In the general election, Kinzinger defeated Democrat Wanda Rohl, 62–38%.

Eric Cantor helped Kinzinger, who was a rising Republican star, topple Manzullo in the Illinois primary.

2014

Kinzinger was targeted by the Club for Growth in 2014. In the Republican primary, he faced David Hale, a nurse and founder of the Rockford Tea Party. Kinzinger won with 78% of the vote.

In the general election, Kinzinger defeated Democratic nominee Randall Olsen with 71% of the vote.

2016

Kinzinger won the March 2016 Republican primary with 100% of the vote. No candidates filed for the Democratic primary for his seat and no Democrat ran in the election; Kinzinger won the election with 99.9% of the vote.

Kinzinger announced publicly that he would not support GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump on August 3, 2016. "I'm an American before I'm a Republican," he told CNN's Wolf Blitzer, adding, "I'm a Republican because I believe that Republicanism is the best way to defend the United States of America... [Trump] throws all of these Republican principles on their head." Kinzinger noted, however, that he also would not support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, and was mulling other options.Kinzinger introduced the U.S. House version of the bipartisan bill Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act. The United States Senate version was written in March 2016 by Senators Chris Murphy and Rob Portman. After the 2016 U.S. presidential election, worries grew that Russian propaganda spread and organized by the Russian government swayed the outcome of the election, and members of Congress took action to safeguard the national security of the United States by advancing legislation to monitor incoming propaganda from external threats. On November 30, 2016, legislators approved a measure within the National Defense Authorization Act to ask the U.S. State Department to take action against foreign propaganda through an interagency panel. The legislation authorized funding of $160 million over a two-year period. The initiative was developed through the Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act.

2018

Kinzinger defeated Democratic challenger Sara Dady with 59.1% of the vote. After the 2018 midterm elections, which saw all the Republican congressmen representing the Chicago area defeated, he was left as the only Republican representing a significant part of northern Illinois in Congress.

2020

Kinzinger defeated Democrat Dani Brzozowski in the 2020 election with 65% of the vote.

Tenure

In 2010 Kinzinger signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any global warming legislation that would raise taxes.

Kinzinger sponsored the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013. The legislation, which would make it easier for veterans with emergency medical technician training in the military to get civilian licenses to perform the same job outside of the military, passed the House of Representatives by a voice vote but was not voted upon by the Senate.

On June 5, 2014, Kinzinger introduced a bill (H.R. 4801; 113th Congress) which would require the United States Secretary of Energy to prepare a report on the effects that thermal insulation has on both energy consumption and systems for providing potable water in federal buildings. Kinzinger argued that "with the federal government being the single largest consumer of energy in the country, doing our best to maximize the potential savings from improved insulation systems is a commonsense step I think everybody can agree on."

Kinzinger is a member of both the Republican Study Committee and the Republican Main Street Partnership.

Kinzinger was ranked as the 40th most bipartisan member of the House during the 114th United States Congress (and the third most bipartisan member of the House from Illinois) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy, which ranks members of Congress by their degree of bipartisanship (by measuring how often each member's bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party and each member co-sponsors bills by members of the opposite party).

Kinzinger voted for the 2017 Republican health care legislation, which would have repealed major parts of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Kinzinger voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Kinzinger faced criticism from some Asian American leaders for blaming China for the pandemic at a time that anti-Asian hate crimes and coronavirus-related discrimination were rising. Kinzinger authored and retweeted many tweets singling out China for blame. One such tweet was "Daily reminder: You are in your homes because #Chinahidthevirus."

According to Jeremy W. Peters, Kinzinger had an uneasy feeling on the day of the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and asked his wife not to attend the joint session to officially certify the election. He also told his office staff not to come to work that day and took his .380 caliber Ruger LCP to the Capitol and to the Rayburn House Office Building. Just after 2:18 p.m., Kinzinger received an email from the Capitol Police telling him to stay away from windows, close and lock doors, remain quiet, and silence all electronics. At this point Kinzinger barricaded the doors of his office and took out his gun.

On February 4, 2021, Kinzinger joined 10 other Republican House members voting with all voting Democrats to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her House Education and Labor Committee and House Budget Committee assignments in response to controversial political statements she had made.

In March 2021, Kinzinger was one of eight Republicans to join the House majority in passing the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021.

On April 9, 2021, Kinzinger called for Matt Gaetz to resign while he was being investigated on sex trafficking charges.

On May 19, 2021, Kinzinger and 34 other Republican House members in the 117th Congress voted to create a National Commission to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, intended to probe the U.S. Capitol attack. They joined all 217 Democrats present to vote to establish such a body. After the Senate failed to support the national bipartisan commission due to a Republican filibuster, Kinzinger remained committed to the concept.

On July 1, 2021, Kinzinger voiced disdain about sanctions threatened by Republican leadership against Republican lawmakers who would participate in a House committee to investigate the Capitol attack. On July 25, he accepted Speaker Pelosi's appointment of him to the House Committee on the Jan. 6 Attack.

During a September 5, 2021, interview on CNN's State of the Union, Kinzinger said his party "desperately needs to tell the truth", that if the party pushes lies and conspiracy theories, it does not deserve to win Congressional majorities in the 2022 elections, that if they were "going to be in charge and pushing conspiracy, pushing division, and pushing lies, then the Republican Party should not have the majority", and that it "is a pretty scary place to go in this world if we start using our power as a way to get the outcome that we want" in elections.

On October 29, 2021, Kinzinger announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress in 2022, after redistricting placed him and another Republican incumbent in the same district.

On November 5, 2021, Kinzinger was one of 13 House Republicans to break with their party and vote with a majority of Democrats for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

After leaving Congress, Kinzinger joined CNN as a senior political commentator on January 4, 2023.

Investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol

On July 1, 2021, Kinzinger voiced disdain about sanctions threatened by Republican leadership against Republican lawmakers who would participate in a House committee to investigate the Capitol attack. After McCarthy rescinded his recommendations, Pelosi announced on July 25 that she had appointed Kinzinger to the committee. Kinzinger was one of the ten House Republicans who voted for Trump's second impeachment. As a member of the committee investigating the January 6 attack and related issues, Kinzinger oversaw its fifth public hearing on June 23, 2022, serving as the lead questioner of witnesses. The hearing featured testimony from former Department of Justice officials describing how Trump tried to enlist them in his fight to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Kinzinger also co-led the eighth hearing with Representative Elaine Luria.

Censure by Republican National Committee
On February 4, 2022, the Republican National Committee called the events of January 6, 2021, a "legitimate political discourse" and overwhelmingly voted by voice vote to censure Kinzinger, along with Representative Liz Cheney, for taking part in the House investigation of the Capitol assault.

Farewell address
In his farewell address to Congress on December 15, 2022, Kinzinger warned his colleagues of the influence of conspiracy theories and falsehoods on politics, as well as threats to democracy in America and rising authoritarianism and factionalism. He criticized the Republican Party, saying:

Where Republicans once believed that limited government meant lower taxes and more autonomy, today limited government means inciting violence against government officials.

Following the tragic Oklahoma City bombing, former President George H. W. Bush publicly refuted those who used fear to gain support. In stark contrast, our leaders today belittle, and in some cases justify, attacks on the U.S. Capitol as "legitimate political discourse". The once great party of Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan has turned its back on the ideals of liberty and self-governance. Instead, it has embraced lies and deceit.

The Republican Party used to believe in a big tent, which welcomed the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Now we shelter the ignorant, the racists, who only stoke anger and hatred to those that are different than us.

Our constituents voted us in based on our beliefs, but we cannot use our faith as a sword and a shield while ignoring the fact we are all children of God, that we are all Americans.

Kinzinger also criticized Democrats:

To my Democratic colleagues, you too must bear the burden of our failures. Many of you have asked me, "Where are all the good Republicans?" Over the past two years, Democratic leadership had the opportunity to stand above the fray. Instead, they poured millions of dollars into the campaigns of MAGA Republicans, the same candidates President Biden called a national security threat, to ensure these good Republicans do not make it out of their respective primaries. This is no longer politics as usual; this is not a game. If you keep stoking the fire, you can't point the fingers when our great experiment goes up in flames.

Committee assignments
 Committee on Energy and Commerce
 Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
 Subcommittee on Energy
 Committee on Foreign Affairs
 Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism
 Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment (Ranking Member)
 United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack

Caucus memberships
 Congressional Cement Caucus
 Friends of a Free Syria Caucus
 House Baltic Caucus
 Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus
 United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus
 Climate Solutions Caucus
 Republican Governance Group
 Republican Main Street Partnership

Political positions

Domestic issues

Gun law

Kinzinger is in favor of allowing concealed carry of firearms across state lines where concealed carry is legal.

On March 11, 2021, Kinzinger was one of eight Republican representatives who voted to pass the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021.

On May 29, 2022, Kinzinger announced that he was "open to" an assault weapons ban following the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting that killed 22 people.

Health care

In 2017, Kinzinger voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Economic issues
Kinzinger opposes the Dodd–Frank Act.

Kinzinger has a 94% lifetime rating from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a business-oriented group, and a 49% lifetime rating from the Club for Growth, a conservative group, which advocates for tax cuts, lower spending, deregulation, and free trade.

Although many House Republicans previously supported elements of the America COMPETES Act of 2022, Kinzinger was the only minority member to vote for the bill, after their House leadership urged a "No" vote, holding that the bill was too weak on China.

International issues

Immigration
Kinzinger supports penalizing sanctuary cities.

Kinzinger supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).

Kinzinger voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.

Kinzinger voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 1158), which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).

Iran
On Twitter, Kinzinger praised Donald Trump's decision to kill Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani, Commander of the Quds Force, the third most powerful person in Iran. Reacting to news of the assassination, Kinzinger tweeted, "Mess with the bull, get the horns. If true, nice call, @realdonaldtrump." He continued tweeting, writing, "killed a man responsible for thousands of deaths in #Syria and elsewhere, including Americans. Let's see how long the #blameAmerica left takes to make him a poor victim."

Russia and Ukraine
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Kinzinger has supported providing aid to Ukraine. Until the end of his tenure, he was among the most vocal members of Congress on the topic on social media. He considers himself a member of NAFO, an online pro-Ukrainian movement dedicated to countering propaganda and disinformation. His support stood in contrast to some Republicans who opposed the aid; when House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy declared the party would not "write a blank check" to Ukraine should they retake the House, Kinzinger accused him of "giving aid and comfort to the enemy, intentionally or unintentionally."

As the Russian invasion proved less successful than had generally been expected, Kinzinger argued additional U.S. support had become a more practical investment. He also rebutted claims that supplying aid would escalate the conflict, comparing that argument to "a husband saying, 'If you leave me, I'll hit you harder and so you can't go.' We should stop self-deterring like this because all the evidence points to the Russians not being able to do much about anything."

Kinzinger consistently voted in favor of support to Ukraine, including the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022, H.R. 956 (supporting the people of Ukraine), H.R. 7108 (suspending trade relations with Russia and Belarus), and H.R. 7691 (renewing Ukrainian aid following the fiscal year). In May, he introduced an Authorization for Use of Military Force resolution to allow the United States Armed Forces to respond if Russia deploys biological, chemical, or nuclear weapons against Ukraine. A month later, he sponsored a House bill to give training to Ukrainian Air Force pilots on the F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon.

Social issues

Abortion
Kinzinger opposes late-term abortion and the use of federal funds for abortion or health coverage that funds abortion.

Kinzinger was one of three Republicans to vote for H.R. 8297: Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022.

Kinzinger voted for H.R. 8373: The Right to Contraception Act. This bill was designed to protect access to contraceptives and health care providers' ability to provide contraceptives and information related to contraception. The bill would also fund Planned Parenthood.

Cannabis
Kinzinger has a "C−" rating from NORML for his voting history regarding cannabis-related causes. He supported veterans having access to medical marijuana if recommended by their Veterans Health Administration doctor if medical marijuana is legal in their states of residence. He opposed a bill to remove marijuana from the list of scheduled substances under the Controlled Substances Act.

Support for LGBTQ rights
As of 2022, Kinzinger has a 59% rating from the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ rights advocacy group.

In 2015, Kinzinger was one of 60 Republicans voting to uphold President Barack Obama's 2014 executive order banning federal contractors from making hiring decisions that discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

In 2016, Kinzinger was one of 43 Republicans to vote for the Maloney Amendment to H.R. 5055, which would prohibit the use of funds for government contractors who discriminate against LGBT employees.

In 2019 and 2021, Kinzinger voted against the Equality Act. Nonetheless, he affirmed his support for the LGBT community and commitment to finding a suitable compromise that also protects religious liberty after his 2021 "no" vote.

On February 24, 2021, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene hung a sign outside of her office reading "There are TWO genders: MALE & FEMALE 'Trust The Science!'" in response to Representative Marie Newman, whose office is directly across from hers and who put a transgender flag outside her office in support of the Equality Act. Kinzinger quote-tweeted Greene and said, "This is sad and I'm sorry this happened. Rep. Newmans [sic] daughter is transgender, and this video and tweet represents the hate and fame driven politics of self-promotion at all evil costs. This garbage must end, in order to #RestoreOurGOP". In an interview with Rolling Stone later that year, Kinzinger lambasted Tucker Carlson for mocking Pete Buttigieg's homosexuality after he took paternity leave, affirming that Buttigieg remained more competent than necessary as the Secretary of Transportation and calling Carlson's remark a "cheap shot" designed to keep his audience interested.

In 2021, Kinzinger was one of 21 House Republicans to sponsor the Fairness for All Act, the Republican alternative to the Equality Act. The bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and protect the free exercise of religion.

In 2022, Kinzinger was one of six Republicans to vote in favor of the Global Respect Act, which imposes sanctions on foreign persons responsible for violations of internationally recognized human rights against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals, and for other purposes.

On July 19, 2022, Kinzinger and 46 other Republican representatives voted for the Respect for Marriage Act, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law. Kinzinger was absent from the vote on its final passage on December 8, 2022 but reportedly still intended to vote yes.

Criticism of Donald Trump
Kinzinger voted in line with President Donald Trump about 90% of the time and voted against Trump's first impeachment, but he subsequently became one of Trump's biggest critics and made headlines as a rare Republican officeholder willing to criticize him. In summer 2020, Kinzinger denounced QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories that gained currency among Republican voters. After the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden, Kinzinger denounced Trump's claims that the election was stolen and criticized Trump's attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. In December 2020, after Trump repeated his claims of fraud on Twitter, Kinzinger tweeted that it was time for Trump to delete his Twitter account. He also criticized the Texas Republican Party and called for the firing of its chairman, Allen West, when the party floated the idea of secession, after the Supreme Court rejected Texas v. Pennsylvania, a bid by the state of Texas to overturn the presidential election outcome.

On January 7, 2021, the day after the storming of the U.S. Capitol by a violent pro-Trump mob, Kinzinger became the first Republican member of the House to call for Trump's removal from office via the 25th Amendment. In a video message, he said that Trump had "abdicated his duty to protect the American people and the people's house" and that Trump's behavior made clear that he had become "unmoored" from both his duties as president and "reality itself". Kinzinger urged Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, saying that Trump was "unfit" and "unwell". Five days later, he announced that he would vote in favor of Trump's second impeachment, saying there was "no doubt" that Trump "broke his oath of office and incited this insurrection." Kinzinger also accused Trump of using the power of his office to launch a direct attack on Congress. He asked, "If these actions–the Article II branch inciting a deadly insurrection against the Article I branch–are not worthy of impeachment, then what is an impeachable offense?" On January 13, he joined nine other Republicans in voting for impeachment. In response, some Republicans vowed to support a primary challenge to Kinzinger. Kinzinger received a letter from 11 members of his family asserting he had joined "the devil's army" for publicly turning against Trump. Kinzinger said the family members suffer from "brainwashing" from conservative churches that led them astray.

On May 19, 2021, Kinzinger was one of 35 Republicans to join all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the formation of a January 6 commission to investigate the storming of the U.S. Capitol. He was also one of two Republicans to join all Democrats in voting for a January 6 House select committee, along with Liz Cheney. Kinzinger's involvement with the January 6 proceedings resulted in his staff receiving threats against his family and colleagues.

In a November 14, 2021, interview with Rolling Stone, Kinzinger said he regretted voting against Trump's first impeachment: "If I went back in time, I would vote for the first impeachment." In the interview, he also called Tucker Carlson a "manipulative son of a bitch".

Kinzinger and Elaine Luria were selected to lead the questioning in the eighth televised hearing of the January 6 Committee, on July 21, 2022.

On August 16, 2022, during an interview on MSNBC, Kinzinger claimed that some people have equated Trump with Jesus Christ, saying, "And you have people today that, literally, I think in their heart—they may not say it, but they equate Donald Trump with the person of Jesus Christ." He added, "And to them, if you even come out against this 'amazing man Donald Trump,' which, obviously quite flawed, you are coming out against Jesus, against their Christian values".

In February 2023, it was announced that Kinzinger was scheduled to release a book for Penguin Random House called Renegade: My Life in Faith, the Military, and Defending America from Trump's Attack on Democracy in October 2023.

Country First movement
In early 2021, a few weeks after the January 6 Capitol attack, Kinzinger launched the Country First PAC, as a means to reform the Republican Party and distance itself from far-right conspiracies, including QAnon. In the first quarter of 2021, the PAC raised over $1.1 million (~$ in ) to fight Donald Trump's growing influence over the Republican Party.

In the 2022 midterm elections, Country First supported candidates running against 2020 election deniers. The PAC put a special focus on pro-democracy candidates running in secretary of state races, as who ever won these elections would have oversight of 2024 presidential election administration. Through Country First, Kinzinger endorsed Democrats, Republicans, and independents. The endorsements included Evan McMullin, Brad Raffensperger, Katie Hobbs, Josh Shapiro, and Lisa Murkowski.

In the 2023 special election to fill a vacancy in the Wisconsin Senate, Country First ran negative advertisements to prevent the victory of Trumpist Janel Brandtjen in the Republican primary, which she ultimately did not win.

In March 2023, individuals wearing straightjackets were seen walking through the United States Capitol building. They were part of Country First's campaign against political extremism, entitled "Break Free".

Prior the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries, Country First sent out an email asking donors to give to Chris Christie's presidential campaign to ensure the candidate's appearance on the primary debate stage. Country First itself also donated to Christie's campaign.

Steve Bannon
On October 21, 2021, Kinzinger was one of nine House Republicans to vote to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress.

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Personal life
The Wisconsin Red Cross named Kinzinger its 2006 "Hero of the Year" for wrestling a knife-wielding man to the ground and disarming him. The man had cut the throat of a woman on a street in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Recalling the event in an interview, Kinzinger said, "The whole time it was, to me, kind of a done deal that I was going to get stabbed in the process, but I knew that this wasn't something I could wake up to ... every day with that memory that I watched her die." The woman survived. For this act Kinzinger also received the United States Air Force Airman's Medal and the National Guard's Valley Forge Cross for Heroism.

Kinzinger was ranked 5th on The Hills 2011 annual "50 Most Beautiful People" list, which ranks anyone who regularly works on Capitol Hill.

Kinzinger was engaged to Air Force Captain Riki Meyers, a fellow pilot, in 2011; they broke their engagement in 2012. Kinzinger became engaged to Sofia Boza-Holman, a former aide to John Boehner and aide to Vice President Mike Pence, in June 2019. They married on February 16, 2020. Their son, Christian Adam Kinzinger, was born in January 2022.

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The Port of Tripoli is the principal seaport in Tripoli, the capital of Libya, and one of the oldest ports in the Mediterranean.
The port serves general cargo, bulk cargo & passengers.

History

Since Roman Libya the port of Tripoli (then called Oea) was one of the main in coastal Mediterranean Africa. In the Middle Ages the port fell into disuse, but under Ottoman rule started to grow in importance. In the late 1920s, the Italian colonial authorities created the port that exists today. Other important infrastructures added in the 1930s were the enlargement of the port of Tripoli with the addition of a seaplane facility. The port was severely damaged during WWII.

Features
In the 1970s the port was greatly improved: now the port of Tripoli contains many cargo terminals, and is capable of servicing many ships at once. The port also features a yacht club, and a fishing wharf.

The "Socialist Ports Company" is the port authority responsible for managing and operating the Port of Tripoli, which handled general and bulk cargoes and passengers.

Protected by two breakwaters of 2000 and 700 meters, the harbor covers about 300 hectares. About 600 huge vessels visited the Port of Tripoli each year until the end of Gaddafi regime. The port can accommodate vessels up to 190 meters long with a maximum draft of 10.7 meters.

See also
 Tripoli
 Port of Benghazi
 Tripolitania

References

External links

Tripoli Port site (in arab)

Neighborhoods of Tripoli, Libya
Tripoli


Negueira is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grandas de Salime, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 35 (INE 2006).

Villages and hamlets
Airela
Armilda
Pelóu (Pilóu)
Villadefondo (Viladofondo)

References

Parishes in Grandas de Salime


Greatest Hits, Volume One is the first of two greatest hits albums released on the same day in 1992 by country music artist Randy Travis. Two new songs were recorded for this album and released as singles. "If I Didn't Have You" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart while "An Old Pair of Shoes" reached #21. Although it was never released as a single, also included is "Reasons I Cheat" from Travis' 1986 debut album Storms of Life. This album has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

Track listing

Chart performance

Albums produced by Kyle Lehning
1992 greatest hits albums
Warner Records compilation albums
Randy Travis compilation albums


Penafonte is one of seven parishes (administrative divisions) in the municipality of Grandas de Salime, within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain.

The population is 90 (INE 2006).

Villages and hamlets
 A Brañota
 A Lleira
 A Pontiga
 A Viñola
 Bustelo del Camín
 Penafonte
 Penafurada
 Silvañá
 Soane
 Teixeira
 Valabilleiro
 Veigadecima
 Xestoselo
 Xestoso

References

Parishes in Grandas de Salime