title: Sceloporus oberon

abstract: Sceloporus oberon, the oberon spiny lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

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# Sceloporus oberon

***Sceloporus oberon***, the **oberon spiny lizard**, is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. It is endemic to Mexico.

## InfoBox

| *Sceloporus oberon* | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | *Sceloporus* |
| Species: | ***S. oberon*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Sceloporus oberon***
H.M. Smith & B.C. Brown, 1941 | |
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title: CDS ISIS

abstract: CDS/ISIS is a software package for generalised Information Storage and Retrieval systems developed, maintained and disseminated by UNESCO. It was first released in 1985 and since then over 20,000 licences have been issued by UNESCO and a worldwide network of distributors. It is particularly suited to bibliographical applications and is used for the catalogues of many small and medium-sized libraries. Versions have been produced in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish amongst other languages. UNESCO makes the software available free for non-commercial purposes, though distributors are allowed to charge for their expenses. CDS/ISIS is an acronym which stands for Computerised Documentation Service / Integrated Set of Information Systems. In 2003 it was stated that "This package is accepted by libraries in the developing countries as a standard software for information system development". The original CDS/ISIS ran on an IBM mainframe and was designed in the mid-1970s under Mr Giampaolo Del Bigio for UNESCO's Computerized Documentation System (CDS). It was based on the internal ISIS at the International Labour Organization in Geneva. In 1985 a version was produced for mini- and microcomputers programmed in Pascal. It ran on an IBM PC under MS-DOS. Winisis, the Windows version, first demonstrated in 1995, may run on a single computer or in a local area network. A JavaISIS client/server component was designed in 2000, allowing remote database management over the Internet from Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers. Furthermore, GenISIS allows the user to produce HTML Web forms for CDS/ISIS database searching. The ISIS_DLL provides an API for developing CDS/ISIS based applications. The OpenIsis library, developed independently from 2002 to 2004, provided another API for developing CDS/ISIS-like applications. The most recent effort towards a completely renewed FOSS, Unicode implementation of CDS/ISIS is the J-Isis project, developed by UNESCO since 2005 and currently maintained by Mr Jean Claude Dauphin.

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# CDS ISIS

**CDS/ISIS** is a software package for generalised *Information Storage and Retrieval systems* developed, maintained and disseminated by UNESCO. It was first released in 1985 and since then over 20,000 licences have been issued by UNESCO and a worldwide network of distributors. It is particularly suited to bibliographical applications and is used for the catalogues of many small and medium-sized libraries. Versions have been produced in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish amongst other languages. UNESCO makes the software available free for non-commercial purposes, though distributors are allowed to charge for their expenses.

CDS/ISIS is an acronym which stands for Computerised Documentation Service / Integrated Set of Information Systems. In 2003 it was stated that "This package is accepted by libraries in the developing countries as a standard software for information system development".

The original CDS/ISIS ran on an IBM mainframe and was designed in the mid-1970s under Mr Giampaolo Del Bigio for UNESCO's Computerized Documentation System (CDS). It was based on the internal ISIS (Integrated Set of Information Systems) at the International Labour Organization in Geneva.

In 1985 a version was produced for mini- and microcomputers programmed in Pascal. It ran on an IBM PC under MS-DOS. *Winisis*, the Windows version, first demonstrated in 1995, may run on a single computer or in a local area network. A *JavaISIS* client/server component was designed in 2000, allowing remote database management over the Internet from Windows, Linux and Macintosh computers. Furthermore, *GenISIS* allows the user to produce HTML Web forms for CDS/ISIS database searching. The *ISIS\_DLL* provides an API for developing CDS/ISIS based applications. The OpenIsis library, developed independently from 2002 to 2004, provided another API for developing CDS/ISIS-like applications.

The most recent effort towards a completely renewed FOSS, Unicode implementation of CDS/ISIS is the J-Isis project, developed by UNESCO since 2005 and currently maintained by Mr Jean Claude Dauphin.

* IDIS is a tool for direct data exchange between CDS/ISIS and IDAMS.


title: Stidia

abstract: Stidia is a small town and commune in Hassi Mamèche District, Mostaganem Province, Algeria. In 1998 the commune had a total population of 10,688.

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# Stidia

**Stidia** is a small town and commune in Hassi Mamèche District, Mostaganem Province, Algeria. In 1998 the commune had a total population of 10,688.

## Situation

**Stidia** is located 15 km (9.3 mi) from Mostaganem, the wilaya (province) capital, and 65 km (40 mi) from Oran, the country's second largest city. A four-lane highway links both cities, via Stidia. The city is located on the Greenwich meridian.

## Name

The name of Stidia derives from an old fountain named *Aïn Stidia*. The town was first named *La Stidia*, before being renamed *Georges Clémenceau* by the French, after World War I.

According to Salim Ammar who was born in the territory of Stidia, this town was named in the 15th century by the Moors Istija (إستجة) in honor of their lost city in Andalucia, the current Écija. The German settlers later in the 19th century mispronounced the Arabic name and it became Stidia or Stidya.

## History

Before the foundation of the European settlement down the hill, the Moors who were expelled from Spain after 1492, founded the original Stidia on the hill and it is called now "Douar" Stidia to differentiate it from " Village" Stidia which is the part built during the French occupation. The moorish influence is obvious in the territory of Stidia and Fornaka. The ethnic groups living in the territory keep the remembrance of the epic History of the fighting against the Spanish crusades.

Although the fountain *Aïn Stidia* existed for some time, the town was founded in 1846, by German settlers who tried to emigrate to South America, but were directed to Algeria, after being abandoned in Dunkerque, France by a dishonest conveyor. The settlement was first helped by French soldiers who left in 1948. Although Algeria was a French colony at the time, the inhabitants continued to speak German until about the first World War. At the independence of Algeria (1962), the town was renamed *Stidia* (from *Georges Clémenceau*).

## Demographics

* 1866 : 486
* 1958 : 1.301
* 2002 : 11.500

## Attractions

### Beaches

The beaches in the Stidia region attract many tourists (mainly Algerians from Mostaganem and surroundings) during the summer. Although not the best ones of the western Algerian coast, they still offer good recreation opportunities. There is often a guarded parking (for a small fee) in front of the beach. The nearest accommodation is in Mostaganem (15 km), or, to a greater extent, in Oran (65 km). There are no hotels in Stidia.

### Greenwich meridian

A plate indicates the crossing of the Greenwich meridian, on the Mostaganem-Oran highway.

## InfoBox

| Stidia | |
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| Commune and town | |
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|  | |
| Stidia | |
| Coordinates: 35°50′N 0°18′W / 35.833°N 0.300°W / 35.833; -0.300 | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province | Mostaganem Province |
| District | Hassi Mamèche District |
| Government | |
| Maire | Si-Djillali Hamou |
| Area | |
| Total | 21 sq mi (55 km2) |
| Population (2008) | |
| Total | 11,965 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |


title: Euphiuche apoblepta

abstract: Euphiuche apoblepta is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Turner in 1908. It is known from the Australian state of Queensland.

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# Euphiuche apoblepta

***Euphiuche apoblepta*** is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Turner in 1908. It is known from the Australian state of Queensland.

## InfoBox

| *Euphiuche apoblepta* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Genus: | *Euphiuche* |
| Species: | ***E. apoblepta*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Euphiuche apoblepta***<br>(Turner, 1908) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Catada apoblepta*  Turner, 1908 | |


title: Faber-Castell family

abstract: The House of Faber-Castell, originating from Stein near Nuremberg, Germany, is the name of an entrepreneurial noble family, morganatic branch of the House of Castell-Rüdenhausen, which founded the Faber-Castell AG in 1761 and the Nürnberger Versicherung in 1884. A.W. Faber, the original name of the company, is the oldest company brand in the USA.

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# Faber-Castell family

The **House of Faber-Castell**, originating from Stein near Nuremberg, Germany, is the name of an entrepreneurial noble family, morganatic branch of the House of Castell-Rüdenhausen, which founded the Faber-Castell AG in 1761 and the Nürnberger Versicherung in 1884. A.W. Faber, the original name of the company, is the oldest company brand in the USA.

## History

Founded in 1761 by Kasper Faber, AW Faber Bleystiftwerke made pencils. One of his successors was Johann Lothar, Freiherr von Faber; his granddaughter Baroness Ottilie married Alexander Graf von Castell-Rüdenhausen in 1898. From them originates the new company name Faber-Castell (Count Alexander changed his name to Alexander von Faber-Castell). In 1905, Alexander von Faber-Castell introduced the pencil mark "Castell" for particularly high quality pencils.

Roland von Faber-Castell (1905–1978) was the last sole heir to the Faber-Castell fortune. The Count successfully merged the companies Faber-Castell and Johann Faber. Roland was CEO of Faber-Castell for 50 years. Count Roland's first wife, Alix-May (1907–1979) was born into the Cologne-based banking dynasty Oppenheim. The marriage was disrupted through antisemitic attacks, because her grandfather, prominent banker Eduard von Oppenheim was a born Jew. Eduard married Amalie Heuser, from a Protestant family and converted to Lutheranism. Yet, Roland and Alix-May were victims of constant attacks. In 1935 Graf Roland and Alix-May divorced after the magazine Der Stürmer criticized her luxurious lifestyle and the words 'Die Oppenheim, das Judenschwein, muss raus aus Stein' (Oppenheim, the Jew-pig, has to leave Stein) were written on the family's castle, Faberschloss.

Furthermore, Anton-Wolfgang Graf von Faber-Castell (1941–2016), son from Roland's second marriage with Katharina Sprecher von Bernegg, was CEO and the owning family's representative for nearly 40 years in the eighth generation. In that context, Graf Anton-Wolfgang bought out many of his siblings and their children to gain decisive power. He worked for a long time with his younger brother, Andreas Graf von Faber-Castell, for the family business. Andreas acted from Australia and dealt largely with the Asian market. A son from the first marriage of Roland von Faber-Castell and his wife Alix-May, was Hubertus von Faber-Castell. Hubertus was a pioneer in Chinese commercial television and has been awarded, as the only European in history, the honorary citizenship of China's capital city Beijing. The mother of Hubertus was, among other things, co-owner of Europe's biggest private bank, Sal. Oppenheim Jr & Cie. His son, Patrick Graf von Faber-Castell, married the German actress Mariella Ahrens under a large media presence at Faber-Castell castle, in 2007.

Swiss billionaire Paul Sacher (1906–1999), majority shareholder of the pharmaceuticals company Hoffmann-La Roche, was father to Katharina and Cornelia von Faber-Castell.

Patrick von Faber-Castell and his siblings, Floria-Franziska of Hesse and Caroline Gotzens, own one of the most important collections of silver and jewellery in Germany. Most of the pieces are available to the public in various German museums. The majority of the private collection has been recorded by the Kunstmuseum Köln and published under the name "A Rhenish Silver Treasure - Jewelry and Equipment from Private Ownership".

## Family members

* Alexander Friedrich Lothar von Faber-Castell (*Sole owner Faber-Castell*) (but retains the original title for himself, his second wife and son); Born July 6, 1866, in Rüdenhausen; † April 11, 1928, in Oberstdorf; ∞ I. (February 28, 1898, in Stein, 0 | 0 1918) Ottilie von Faber, born September 6, 1877, in Stein; † September 28, 1944, in Nuremberg; II. (July 15, 1920, in Stein) Countess Margaretha Zedtwitz of Moravan and Duppau, born September 30, 1886, in Duppau; † October 25, 1973, in Castle Schwanberg, Schwanberg
    + Elisabeth Bertha Emma Ottilie Johanna Sophie Marie Luitgard von Faber-Castell (born Stein, January 15, 1899; † Gmunden, February 11, 1986); ∞ I. Munich, December 21, 1920 0 | 0 1930 Hubert Frommel (born Munich, October 25, 1899; † Munich, February 24, 1970); ∞ II. Stein, January 31, 1933, Nikolaus Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen (born Königsberg, May 26, 1896; † Berlin, June 20, 1940); ∞ III. Viechtwang, July 15, 1947, Max Buchegger (born Viechtwang, February 23, 1919; † May 30, 1968)
    + Mariella Gräfin von Faber-Castell (born Stein, August 31, 1900; † Schloss Appelhof, November 26, 1985); ∞ I. Stein, May 17, 1920 0 | 0 1931) Max Hugo Prinz zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen (born Berlin, March 25, 1893; † Schrozberg, October 17, 1951); ∞ II. Berlin, April 24, 1935, Lüder Lahmann (born Dresden-Weisser Hirsch, December 31, 1914; † Frankfurt, July 18, 1959)
    + Irmengard Luise Bertha Clementine von Faber-Castell (born Schwarzenbruck, January 11, 1904; † Salou, Spain, October 14, 1972); ∞ I. Würzburg, May 27, 1926 0 | 0 1939) Friedrich Wilhelm Hornstein (born Munich, July 29, 1895; † Konstanz, October 9, 1965); ∞ II. Hadamar, August 31, 1958, Karl-Heinz Licht (born Berlin, February 1, 1920; † Salou, Spain, January 6, 1968)
    + (I.) Roland von Faber-Castell (*Sole owner Faber-Castell*) * April 21, 1905, in Schwarzenbruck; † February 2, 1978, in Ansbach; ∞ I. (January 23, 1928, in London, 0 | 0 1935) Alix-May of Frankenberg and Ludwigsdorf, born September 20, 1907, in Munich; † December 19, 1979, in Polop, Spain; ∞ II. (December 8, 1938, in Stein, 0 | 0 1969) Katharina Sprecher of Bernegg, * June 24, 1917, in Zurich; † April 22, 1994, in Küsnacht; ∞ III. (14 August 1969 in Stein) Ursula Boden, born October 4, 1924, in Wurzen; † November 8, 2003, in Vienna
        - Felicitas Ottilie Viktoria-Luise Marie Antoinette Berta von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell*) * July 10, 1929, in Stein; ∞ (July 20, 1966, in Munich) Tschammer Wagner, born April 11, 1928, in Neisse
        - Erika-Elisabeth Wilhelmine Margarete von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell*) (born 2 September 1930 in Dürrenhembach); ∞ (Stein, November 16, 1953) Baron Edzard von Wedel-Jarlsberg, born February 15, 1924, in Göttingen; † June 12, 1969, in Zurich
        - Alexander-Roland Wulf-Diether Konrad Alfred Lothar von Faber-Castell (born Stein, April 27, 1932; † Haibach, Upper Austria, September 22, 2004); ∞ Appelhof bei Nürnberg, July 29, 1958 0 | 0 1962) Alke Lahmann (born Berlin-Wilmersdorf, October 25, 1936)
            * Constantin Alexander Christian von Faber-Castell (born Herrsching am Ammersee, November 5, 1958); ∞ Erfurt, June 26, 1992, Christin Gloczinski (born Erfurt, June 9, 1966)
                + Camilla Marie Marielle Alke Sigrid von Faber-Castell (born Erfurt, October 8, 1992)
            * Lothar Alexander Carl-Otto Lüder von Faber-Castell (born Nürnberg, March 29, 1960); ∞ Nürnberg, November 20, 1992, Petra Götz (born Nürnberg, December 8, 1965)
            * Andrea Margarita Alke Sophie Maria Gabriela Ellen Julia von Faber-Castell (born Nürnberg, September 16, 1961); ∞ Thalmässig, August 27, 1999, Alexander Beckstein (born Nürnberg, May 18, 1970)
        - Hubertus Alexander Wolfgang Rüdiger Emanuel Wilhelm von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell & Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim*) * April 8, 1934, in Munich; † January 29, 2007; ∞ I. (May 20, 1960, in Frankfurt am Main, 0 | 0 1967) Liselotte Baecker, born August 20, 1939, in Frankfurt am Main; ∞ II. (March 15, 1970, in Meerbusch (civ.), March 21, 1970, in Meerbusch (rel.), 0 | 0 1982) Adelheid von der Leyen zu Bloemersheim, born November 6, 1945, in Homberg; † May 23, 2010, in Wiesbaden
            * Caroline Elisabeth Renate Ottilie von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell & Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim*) * August 20, 1961, in Düsseldorf; ∞ (September 22, 1989, in Düsseldorf (civ.), July 29, 1990, in Castle Stein, Stein, (rel.)) Michael Gotzens, born March 3, 1958, in Düsseldorf
                + Antonia-Sophie Gotzens
                + Alessandra-Louisa Gotzens
                + Nicholas Gotzens
            * Patrick Alexander Hubertus von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell & Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim*) * June 4, 1965, in Düsseldorf; ∞ (December 12, 2006, in New York City (civ.), July 7, 2007, in Castle Stein, Stein, 0 | 0 2015) Mariella Ahrens, born April 2, 1969, in Leningrad, Soviet Union
                + Lucia Marie Christina of Faber-Castell
            * Floria-Franziska Marie-Luise Erika von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell & Bankhaus Sal. Oppenheim*) * 14 October 1974, in Düsseldorf; ∞ (25 April 2003, in Wiesbaden (civ.); 17 May 2003, in Kronberg (rel.)) Heinrich Donatus of Hesse, born 17 October 1966, in Kiel
                + Paulina Prinzessin von Hessen
                + Moritz Prinz von Hessen
                + August Prinz von Hessen
        - Angela Katharina Edith Alexandra von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell*) * 4 July 1939 in Nuremberg; † August 29, 1991, in Munich; ∞ (August 29, 1959, in Chêne-Bougeries, Switzerland (civ.), October 17, 1959, in Stein (rel.), 0 | 0 1986) Heinrich von Kölichen, born August 18, 1926, in Kittletztreben; † June 6, 1991, in Munich
        - Anton-Wolfgang "Toni" Lothar Andreas von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell, as well as Chairman of the Board*) * June 7, 1941, in Bamberg; † January 21, 2016, in Houston, Texas; ∞ I. (June 16, 1986, in Las Vegas, 0 | 0 1986) Carla Mathilde Lamesch, born July 15, 1942, in Luxembourg; † May 18, 2010, in Little Rock; ∞ II. (December 12, 1987, in Stein) Mary Elizabeth Hogan, born November 25, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri
            * Married, Charles Alexander von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell*) (born 1980 in Zurich); ∞ (September 30, 2011, in Stein (civ.), May 26, 2012, in Stein (rel.)) Melissa Eliyesil, (born 1984 in Istanbul)
                + Leonhard von Faber-Castell
                + Carla von Faber-Castell
            * Katharina von Faber-Castell
            * Victoria von Faber-Castell
            * Sarah von Faber-Castell
        - Andreas Wilhelm Christian Eberhard von Faber-Castell (*Owner Faber-Castell*) * June 1, 1946, in Dürrenhembach; ∞ (January 6, 1973, in Princeton, New Jersey) Virginia Ruth Porter, born January 31, 1947, in Trenton, New Jersey
            * Natalie Grace Anna Katharina von Faber-Castell (born 1976 in Sydney); ∞ (October 8, 2005, in Stein) Salvatore Lacaria, born December 16, 1968
            * Alea Virginia Andrea Christina of Faber-Castell (born 1978 in Sydney); ∞ (January 8, 2006, in Sydney) Brian Martin McGabhan
            * Anton Andreas Wilhelm Christian Alexander von Faber-Castell (born 1983 in Sydney); ∞ (May 16, 2014 (civ.), May 17, 2014 (rel.)) Kate Stahl
        - Christian Albrecht Bernhard Konstantin von Faber-Castell (born May 17, 1950, in Constance); ∞ (11 October 1987 in Küsnacht) Barbla Mani, born November 4, 1951, in Thusis, Switzerland
            * Alexandra von Faber-Castell
        - Katharina Lucia Ricarda Emilie von Faber-Castell (born Zurich, August 12, 1952); ∞ Zurich, August 25, 1989, Bruno Guglielmetti (born Zurich, February 12, 1951)
        - Cornelia von Faber-Castell (born Zurich, August 27, 1961); ∞ I. Küsnacht, August 30, 1991 0 | 0 2006) Serge Perriard (born Zurich, July 11, 1961); ∞ II. Küssnacht, September 2, 2011, Claudio Maira (born Wadenswil, November 7, 1974)


title: Ding Dong, Texas

abstract: Ding Dong is an unincorporated community in Central Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, it had a population of 22 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen–Temple metropolitan area.

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# Ding Dong, Texas

**Ding Dong** is an unincorporated community in Central Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, it had a population of 22 in 2000. It is located within the Killeen–Temple metropolitan area.

## History

In the early 1930s, a man named Zulis Bell and his nephew Bert Bell operated a country store along the Lampasas River in central Texas in an area that was known as McBryde Crossing. They hired the artist C.C. Hoover to make a sign for it. The finished sign had two bells on it with the name Zulis in one and Bert in the other. The bells were reported to have been requested by Dallas newspaper columnist Frank X. Tolbert. The bells, weighing 200 lbs., were brought to the community via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1962. and were given to the "mayor" of the community, Charlie Hold, by two of the railroad's vice presidents. Hold took over the Bells' store in 1950. In addition to the bells, Hoover lettered the words, Ding Dong. As the community grew around the country store, it took on the name 'Ding Dong'.

It is said that the community first came to the country's attention from Ripley's Believe It or Not! when travel writer Bill Bryson mentioned it in his book, *Made in America* and Gary Gladstone mentioned it in *Passing Gas: And Other Towns Along The American Highway* with a photograph of carpet salesman and fire chief Harold Rowe posing in front of his fire truck. This community has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.

The Killeen Lions Club International tried to secure Ding Dong as the site of the district convention in 1964.

The community had a church and several scattered homes in 1979 and 22 residents from 1990 through 2000.

## Geography

Ding Dong is situated on Texas State Highway 195 along the Lampasas River, 8 mi (13 km) south of Killeen in southwestern Bell County. It is also located 20 mi (32 km) west of Salado via Farm to Market Road 2484, as well as 58 mi (93 km) north of Austin, the state capital.

## Education

Ding Dong is served by the Killeen Independent School District.

## Notable person

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| Ding Dong, Texas | |
| --- | --- |
| Unincorporated community | |
| Entrance to Ding Dong Dell in the community of Ding Dong | |
| Ding DongDing Dong | |
| Coordinates: 30°58′55″N 97°46′16″W / 30.98194°N 97.77111°W / 30.98194; -97.77111 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Texas |
| County | Bell |
| Founded | 1930s |
| Elevation | 833 ft (254 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 2034698 |


title: Dancing in Circles

abstract: "Dancin' in Circles" is a song recorded by American country music group Love and Theft. Co-written by band member Stephen Barker Liles with Robert Ellis Orrall and Roger Springer, it was released in December 2009 as the second single from the band's debut album World Wide Open. The song is the final single to include founding member Brian Bandas, who left the band in January 2011.

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# Dancing in Circles

**"Dancin' in Circles"** is a song recorded by American country music group Love and Theft. Co-written by band member Stephen Barker Liles with Robert Ellis Orrall and Roger Springer, it was released in December 2009 as the second single from the band's debut album *World Wide Open*. The song is the final single to include founding member Brian Bandas, who left the band in January 2011.

## Content

"Dancing in Circles" is a mid-tempo song mostly accompanied by mandolin, with fiddle fills. It is written in the Key of E Major. Featuring Stephen Barker Liles on lead vocals, the song's narrator wants people to get along, and "share this world together" as sisters and brothers, instead of "dancing in circles" (i.e. fighting and war).

## Critical reception

Dan Milliken of Country Universe gave the song a B− rating. He called the song "a Contemporary Christian-styled waltz with a few nice thoughts for humankind." "Dancing in Circles" was also described favorably by Roughstock critic Matt Bjorke, who said that "the song fits in well for both the softer fall/winter vibe at country radio while also featuring a message that is universal and questions why humanity does the things that we do to each other."

## Chart performance

"Dancing in Circles" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. *Billboard* Hot Country Songs chart dated December 12, 2009, and reached a peak of number 25 in March 2010.

| Chart (2009–2010) | Peak
position |
| --- | --- |
| US Hot Country Songs (*Billboard*) | 25 |

## InfoBox

| "Dancin' in Circles" | |
| --- | --- |
| Single by Love and Theft | |
| from the album  *World Wide Open* | |
| Released | November 30, 2009 |
| Genre | Country pop |
| Length | 3:07 |
| Label | Lyric Street |
| Songwriter(s) |  |
| Producer(s) | * Jeff Coplan * Robert Ellis Orrall |
| Love and Theft singles chronology | |
| "Runaway"
(2009) "**Dancin' in Circles**"
(2009) "Angel Eyes"
(2011) | |


title: Queen's University Belfast Boat Club

abstract: Queen's University Belfast Boat Club (QUBBC) is the boat club of Queen's University Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is based on the River Lagan in the Stranmillis area of the city, about 10 minutes' walk from the university.

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# Queen's University Belfast Boat Club

**Queen's University Belfast Boat Club** (**QUBBC**) is the boat club of Queen's University Belfast in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is based on the River Lagan in the Stranmillis area of the city, about 10 minutes' walk from the university.

## History

### 1931–1951

The Queen's University of Belfast Boat Club was founded in 1931, due to the work of four founding members: J.W. Rigby, D.B. McNeill, F. Maunsell and J.F. Doggart. Towards the end of January 1932 the newly formed club signed an agreement with Belfast Commercial Boat Club for accommodation that was its home until 1951. Membership rose from a dozen or so in 1932 to a maximum of 65 by 1937.

The club competed regularly in regattas in Ireland and Scotland. Rowing was maintained at a low level throughout the war years; however, after the war the club really started making an impact, and under the vigorous captaincy of F.J. Boyle (1944/45), it won the Wylie Cup (Irish University Championships) for the first time. Success continued under H.F. Jackson in 1945/46 when the club retained the Wylie Cup, and next year went to Henley Royal Regatta for the first time. In 1947 a Queen's four won the Metropolitan Challenge Cup (the 'Blue Riband' of Irish Four rowing) and many other trophies.

In 1951 the university provided a "temporary wooden structure" on the site of the present clubhouse, which was officially opened during the captaincy of John Gorman, when the club went to the Putney Head of the River and came 13th.

### 1952–1967

From their newly established clubhouse, Queen's came to be a dominant force in Irish rowing and a major club in the university. Under John Alexander's captaincy, Queen's won the Wylie Cup and the Irish Senior Championship (the 'Big Pot') in 1952. The club won the 'Big Pot' five more times, in 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959 and 1962. The victory in 1957 was remarkable because it was won by a 'second' Queen's crew, as the Championships were held during Henley Royal Regatta.

In 1958 the Queen's Senior Crew represented Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Games Regatta instead of attending the National Championships. That crew reached the third round of the Thames Cup at Henley, as did the crew in 1959. Other divisions of the club did well, as the splendid record of the Wylie Cup shows: the only years Queen's failed to win the cup were 1958, 1959, 1961 and 1966. Queen's Junior (now Intermediate) crews won the National Championships in 1958, 1960, and 1962 and the Maiden (Novice) crews in 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1967 and 1969.

Club membership was usually about 100 at the beginning of each year, and frequently 4 or 5 'eights' rowed right through the season from October to July. The social side of life was not neglected, and the Boat Club Dinner and Formal Dance were among the highlights of the Queen's year. In 1967 Queen's held a regatta on the Lagan; this became an annual event and eventually transferred to its present venue at Castlewellan Lake.

### 1968–1983

Despite the success which Queen's had enjoyed for the previous fifteen years, there were developments in Irish rowing which left these years rather bereft of trophies for the club. Yet there were still great efforts made at Queen's, such as in 1976 when the Senior crew reached the final of the Ladies' Challenge Plate at Henley.

Also in 1976, the "temporary wooden structure" was at last replaced with a proper clubhouse. J.W.F. Boyd was captain when the club's new home was opened, and three 'eights' made up of past captains and members rowed a short race to celebrate the occasion.

After graduating, many members rowed for Lady Victoria Boat Club or the newly founded Belfast Rowing Club. John Armstrong, Captain 1982-83, won both the Open and Lightweight Championships in 1983.

## Recent years

Queen's have achieved much success in recent years. In 1996 they won both the Wylie Cup and the Intermediate 8 Championship. In 2001 a Queen's coxless pair of James Cleland and Jonny Hill won the Irish championships and followed it up the next season by representing Ireland in the Home internationals and Northern Ireland in the Commonwealth Rowing Championships. In 2003 Queen's raced in the Head of the Charles in Boston for the first time, entering the championship and college 8's races. In 2005 Queen's, under the captaincy of Chris Wylie, won the Intermediate 8's championship of Ireland ahead of Neptune R.C, and also won the University 8's event at Amsterdam International Regatta beating Orca R.C into second place.

In the 2008/2009 season QUBBC appointed its first professional coach who delivered immediate success with Queen's winning the Novice and Intermediate Championships of Ireland as well as narrowly missing out on the Senior Championship. They also won the Wylie Cup for the first time in 13 years and produced a strong showing at Henley Royal Regatta, equalling the course record to the barrier as they competed in the Temple Challenge Cup. 2010 saw Queen's win the Senior VIII and Senior 4X in the BUCS Regatta and again fall to a narrow defeat in the Senior Championship of Ireland.

## Boat race

2004 saw the first running of the Irish Universities Boat Race, held on the Lagan between Queen's University Belfast and Trinity College, Dublin. The race is made to mirror the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race which is held annually on the River Thames.

In 2004 the race was held over 3,800 metres, in 2005 it was shortened to 2,700 metres, and in 2006 it was shortened again to 2,000 metres. Dr Robert Gamble of Queen's University Belfast in 2006 remarked, "this year’s race will be over the shorter distance of 1 mile and 550 yards, and is the same distance as the most prestigious rowing event in the calendar, Henley Royal Regatta."

The inaugural race was won by Trinity, beating Queen's by four lengths. The 2005 race was a thrilling contest, with the Queen's crew holding off Trinity in the final stages to win by a length. Trinity took the 2006, 2007 and 2008 races. The 2009 race was won easily by QUBBC, with Queen's crossing the finish line as Trinity passed under Governor's Bridge. In 2010 Queen's Senior VIII again were victorious, beating Trinity by an even greater margin than in 2009. The series then stood at 4-3 in favour of Trinity.

In 2011 Trinity declined the challenge to race, due to the fact that in did not want to show their hand in advance of the upcoming Irish championships, where Queen's were one of their main rivals. With Trinity failing to send a team UUC Cork accepted the challenge to race on the 4 June 2011. Queen's were again successful, bringing their total wins to 4 out of 9 races. Subsequently, Queen's went on to beat Trinity at the 2011 Irish championships, winning the men’s Inter VIII.

In 2013, again UCC Cork came up to challenge for the boat race. The Queen's Senior 8 went on to win.

## Notable members

* Ian Kennedy \- Olympic games 1976
* John Armstrong – 1997 World Rowing Championships, Bronze medal lightweight quad
* Richard Archibald – member of the Irish Lightweight Coxless 4 in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games
* Phil Doyle- Irish 2X 2019. Tokyo Olympics 2020, (also renowned for ability to levitate)
* Miles Taylor - Irish U23 worlds silver medallist, lightweight 4X
* Sam McKeown - British, European, and World university champion in 1X
* Mick Desmond- Former esteemed rowing coach
* Ciaran Purdy - U23 European and World Rowing Champion
* Konan Pazzaia - U23 World Rowing Champion
* Ross Corrigan \- U23 World Rowing Champion, Paris 2024 Olympics M2-
* Nathan Timoney \- U23 World Rowing Champion, Paris 2024 Olympics M2-

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Queen's University Belfast Boat Club
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| Location | Stranmillis, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Home water | River Lagan |
| Founded | 1931 (1931) |
| Key people | John Harte (Captain) |
| Affiliations | Rowing Ireland
boat code
ZQU (men) ZQL (women) |
| Website | Queens University Boat Club |
| Events | |
| Queen's Regatta, Irish Universities Boat Race | |
| Notable members | |
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title: Quercus lobbii

abstract: Quercus lobbii is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in northeastern India and southwestern China. It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis. Quercus lobbii is a tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 7 cm long.

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# Quercus lobbii

***Quercus lobbii*** is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in northeastern India and southwestern China (Yunnan Province). It is placed in subgenus *Cerris*, section *Cyclobalanopsis*.

*Quercus lobbii* is a tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 7 cm long.

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| *Quercus lobbii* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| *Clade*: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | *Quercus* |
| Subgenus: | *Quercus subg. Cerris* |
| Section: | *Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis* |
| Species: | ***Q. lobbii*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Quercus lobbii***<br>Ettingsh. 1883 | |
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| * *Cyclobalanopsis lineata* var. *lobbii* (Hook. f. & Thomson ex Wenz.) Schottky * *Cyclobalanopsis lobbii* (Ettingsh.) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen * *Quercus lineata* var. *lobbii* (Ettingsh.) Hook. f. & Thomson ex Wenz. 1886 * *Quercus lobbii* (Hook.f. & Thomson ex Wenz.) A.Camus 1931, illegitimate name not Ettingsh. 1883 | |


title: Emil J. Husak

abstract: Emil Joseph Husak was an American politician in the state of Iowa. Husak was born in Toledo, Iowa. He was a farmer and former school bus driver. Husak served as a Democrat in the Iowa House from 1971 to 1981, and in the State Senate from 1981 to 1997.

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# Emil J. Husak

**Emil Joseph Husak** (September 18, 1930  July 30, 1997) was an American politician in the state of Iowa.

Husak was born in Toledo, Iowa. He was a farmer and former school bus driver. Husak served as a Democrat in the Iowa House from 1971 to 1981, and in the State Senate from 1981 to 1997.

## InfoBox

| Emil Husak | |
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| Member of the Iowa House of Representatives | |
| **In office**
1971–1981 | |
| Member of the Iowa State Senate | |
| **In office**
1981–1997 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | (1930-09-18)September 18, 1930
Toledo, Iowa, United States |
| Died | July 30, 1997(1997-07-30) (aged 66) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Dorothy Uhlenberg (m. 1955) |
| Children | 5 |
| Occupation | Farmer |
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title: Emil J. Oberhoffer House

abstract: The Emil J. Oberhoffer House is a historic house in Lakeville, Minnesota, United States, overlooking Orchard Lake. Emil Oberhoffer was the founder and first conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The home was designed by Paul Haugen, who worked for Purcell and Elmslie, an architectural firm known for its renditions of Prairie School architecture. Later the home belonged to the parents of golfer Patty Berg. Architect Paul Haugen began his architectural career as an apprentice in Fargo, North Dakota. After moving to Minneapolis, he was influenced by the Prairie School style of architecture and ornamentation. This home was designed while he was on his own for a brief period of time around 1913. During that time he designed several residences and a school in Burnsville.

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# Emil J. Oberhoffer House

The **Emil J. Oberhoffer House** is a historic house in Lakeville, Minnesota, United States, overlooking Orchard Lake. Emil Oberhoffer was the founder and first conductor of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. The home was designed by Paul Haugen, who worked for Purcell and Elmslie, an architectural firm known for its renditions of Prairie School architecture. Later the home belonged to the parents of golfer Patty Berg.

Architect Paul Haugen began his architectural career as an apprentice in Fargo, North Dakota. After moving to Minneapolis, he was influenced by the Prairie School style of architecture and ornamentation. This home was designed while he was on his own for a brief period of time around 1913. During that time he designed several residences and a school in Burnsville.

## InfoBox

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| Emil J. Oberhoffer House | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| The Emil J. Oberhoffer House viewed from the northwest | |
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| Location | 17020 Judicial Road West, Lakeville, Minnesota |
| Coordinates | 44°42′10″N 93°19′1″W / 44.70278°N 93.31694°W / 44.70278; -93.31694 |
| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Paul Haugen & Newstrom |
| Architectural style | Prairie School |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001232 |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1979 |


title: Quadrula

abstract: Quadrula is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae native to rivers of the American Midwest and mid-south. All have thick nacreous shells with well-developed hinge teeth, many also with external shell sculpturing of nodules or lumps.

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# Quadrula

***Quadrula*** is a genus of freshwater mussels, aquatic bivalve mollusks in the family Unionidae native to rivers of the American Midwest and mid-south. All have thick nacreous shells with well-developed hinge teeth, many also with external shell sculpturing of nodules or lumps.

## Species within the genus *Quadrula*

In 2012, many species classified as *Quadrula* were moved to *Rotundaria* and *Theliderma* based on genetic and morphological evidence. Species currently in *Quadrula* now consist of:

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| *Quadrula* | |
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| *Quadrula fragosa* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Quadrulini |
| Genus: | *Quadrula*<br>Rafinesque, 1820 |
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title: Quadrumana

abstract: Quadrumana is an outdated taxonomic division within the primates. The division of "Quadrumana" from "Bimana" was an attempt at distinguishing Homo sapiens from the rest of the great apes. For a century, modern science has considered humans as part of the great apes. Quadrumana is Latin for "four-handed ones", which was a term used for Lemurs, monkeys and apes since their feet are prehensile and similar to hands. It was not clear at the time that Tarsiers belonged as well in this group, as sister of the monkeys. A similar term, quadrumanous, is used to describe locomotion involving both using feet and using hands to grasp at branches. Bimana is Latin for "two-handed ones". The division was proposed by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in the first edition of his Manual of Natural History (1779) and taken up by other naturalists, most notably Georges Cuvier. Some elevated the distinction to the level of an order. However, the many affinities between humans and other primates – and especially the great apes – made it clear that the distinction made no scientific sense. In 1863, however, Thomas Henry Huxley in his Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature demonstrated that the higher apes might fairly be included in Bimana. Charles Darwin wrote, in The Descent of Man (1871): The greater number of naturalists who have taken into consideration the whole structure of man, including his mental faculties, have followed Blumenbach and Cuvier, and have placed man in a separate Order, under the title of the Bimana, and therefore on an equality with the orders of the Quadrumana, Carnivora, etc. Recently many of our best naturalists have recurred to the view first propounded by Linnaeus, so remarkable for his sagacity, and have placed man in the same Order with the Quadrumana, under the title of the Primates. The justice of this conclusion will be admitted: for in the first place, we must bear in mind the comparative insignificance for classification of the great development of the brain in man, and that the strongly marked differences between the skulls of man and the Quadrumana apparently follow from their differently developed brains. In the second place, we must remember that nearly all the other and more important differences between man and the Quadrumana are manifestly adaptive in their nature, and relate chiefly to the erect position of man; such as the structure of his hand, foot, and pelvis, the curvature of his spine, and the position of his head.

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# Quadrumana

**Quadrumana** is an outdated taxonomic division within the primates. The division of "Quadrumana" from "Bimana" was an attempt at distinguishing *Homo sapiens* from the rest of the great apes. For a century, modern science has considered humans as part of the great apes.

*Quadrumana* is Latin for "four-handed ones", which was a term used for Lemurs, monkeys and apes since their feet are prehensile and similar to hands. It was not clear at the time that Tarsiers belonged as well in this group, as sister of the monkeys (incl. apes). A similar term, **quadrumanous**, is used to describe locomotion involving both using feet and using hands to grasp at branches. *Bimana* is Latin for "two-handed ones".

The division was proposed by Johann Friedrich Blumenbach in the first edition of his *Manual of Natural History* (1779) and taken up by other naturalists, most notably Georges Cuvier. Some elevated the distinction to the level of an order.

However, the many affinities between humans and other primates – and especially the great apes – made it clear that the distinction made no scientific sense. In 1863, however, Thomas Henry Huxley in his *Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature* demonstrated that the higher apes might fairly be included in Bimana. Charles Darwin wrote, in *The Descent of Man* (1871):

> The greater number of naturalists who have taken into consideration the whole structure of man, including his mental faculties, have followed Blumenbach and Cuvier, and have placed man in a separate Order, under the title of the Bimana, and therefore on an equality with the orders of the Quadrumana, Carnivora, etc. Recently many of our best naturalists have recurred to the view first propounded by Linnaeus, so remarkable for his sagacity, and have placed man in the same Order with the Quadrumana, under the title of the Primates. The justice of this conclusion will be admitted: for in the first place, we must bear in mind the comparative insignificance for classification of the great development of the brain in man, and that the strongly marked differences between the skulls of man and the Quadrumana (lately insisted upon by Bischoff, Aeby, and others) apparently follow from their differently developed brains. In the second place, we must remember that nearly all the other and more important differences between man and the Quadrumana are manifestly adaptive in their nature, and relate chiefly to the erect position of man; such as the structure of his hand, foot, and pelvis, the curvature of his spine, and the position of his head.

* Excerpts from the Royal Society Yearbook, 1861, give the context of urgent discussions of features distinguishing humans from "Quadrumana", in the wake of Darwin's *On the Origin of Species*
* Carter Blake, in *Edinburgh Review* (April 1863): Use of "Quadrumana" in an essay beginning "The disputes with regard to the precise affinity and relations of man to the lower animals have now excited so much acrimony, and have assumed such proportions, that we feel at length compelled to offer an opinion upon this controversy."


title: Em Rossi

abstract: Emily Cecilia Brockman is an American singer-songwriter, known by her stage name Em Rossi. She began professionally recording at the age of 14.

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# Em Rossi

**Emily Cecilia Brockman** (born June 26, 1998) is an American singer-songwriter, known by her stage name Em Rossi. She began professionally recording at the age of 14.

## Biography

Rossi was born in Petaluma, California to Robert Brockman and Karen Rossi. Her father was an architect. At 8 years old, Rossi started taking private vocal lessons, focused on both classical as well as Broadway. Rossi cites Adele and Sara Bareilles as inspirations. At age 14, Rossi began recording songs. In 2014, her father died from a congenital heart defect. She joined producer Jim McGorman toward making a self-titled album. While attending Petaluma High School in her junior and senior years, she and her mother continued to make regular drives between Petaluma and Los Angeles to work on her singing career.

Rossi's first single was "Madness", released in the summer of 2015. She opened for The Tenors at the Willow Grove Inn in Virginia. and recorded a special called *The Sessions at Willow Grove*, which was broadcast on Comcast's Xfinity on Demand platform. "Madness" was also featured on in-flight programming for United Airlines and American Airlines.

In February 2016, she released the music video for her song "Earthquake," which she describes as a "slow, emotional ballad". A few days later, a house remix version of the song was created by musician Samy Zenati from Algeria. She released a music video for her song "Young Hearts" in May.

After graduating from Petaluma High School in 2016, Rossi moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career full-time.

Rossi was named one of the "30 inspiring individuals under 30 from Sonoma County 2018."

On December 6, 2019, Rossi announced that she had signed her first major record deal with Sony Music.

## Personal life

Em's mother Karen is her manager. She also has an older brother named Daniel.

## Discography

**Singles**

* "Madness" (2015)
* "Earthquake" (2016)
* "Young Hearts" (2016)
* "Empty Space" (2016)
* "No Easy Way" (2017)
* "No Longer the Same" (2018)
* "In the Middle" (2018)

## Filmography

* *The Sessions at Willow Grove* – Comcast Xfinity on Demand platform

## InfoBox

| Em Rossi | |
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| Em Rossi in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Emily Cecilia Brockman |
| Born | (1998-06-26) June 26, 1998<br>Petaluma, California, US |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Sony Music |
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| Website | emrossi.com |


title: Emil Wilbekin

abstract: Emil Wilbekin is an American journalist, media executive, stylist, content creator, culture critic, and human rights activist. He is the former editor-in-chief of Vibe and Giant, editor-at-large at Essence and managing editor of its associated website Essence.com, and chief content officer of Afropunk. He is the founder of Native Son Now, an organization dedicated to empowering and lifting up Black gay men through positive representation and business opportunities.

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# Emil Wilbekin

**Emil Wilbekin** (born September 16, 1967, in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American journalist, media executive, stylist, content creator, culture critic, and human rights activist. He is the former editor-in-chief of *Vibe* and *Giant*, editor-at-large at *Essence* and managing editor of its associated website Essence.com, and chief content officer of Afropunk. He is the founder of Native Son Now, an organization dedicated to empowering and lifting up Black gay men through positive representation and business opportunities.

## Early life and education

Wilbekin was adopted into a Black family of legal professionals in Cincinnati as a baby. His father, Harvey Earl Wilbekin, became an attorney after working as a structural engineer, while his mother, Dr. Cleota P. Wilbekin, went from working as a sociologist and an attorney to becoming a law judge for the State of Ohio Department of Human Services. Along with his older brother Erik, the family lived a comfortable life.

Wilbekin attended college at Hampton University where he served as editor-in-chief of *Hampton Script*, the school's newspaper. After graduating in 1989 with a B.S. in mass media arts, Wilbekin attended Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism where he attained an M.S. in journalism in 1990.

## Career

Wilbekin spent his first two years out of grad school as a freelance journalist writing for *New York Times*, *Chicago Tribune*, *Metropolitan Home*, *Los Angeles Times*, and Associated Press. In 1992, while vacationing with four friends in the Hamptons—Jonathan Van Meter, Diane Cardwell, Ricky Lee, and Gilbert Rogin—Wilbekin participated in developing ideas for a magazine dedicated to covering hip-hop music and Black culture. After acquiring Quincy Jones' backing, that idea was brought to life as *Vibe* magazine with Wilbekin serving as one of the publication's first editors.

Wilbekin began his tenure at *Vibe* working on its "Next" section, focusing primarily on music, with his first cover story featuring Mary J. Blige. He was promoted to style editor in 1995 and made the magazine's fashion editorial director in 1997. In July 1999, he became the fashion editorial director of *Vibe*'s two sister publications, *Spin* and *Blaze*, as well. The next month, Danyel Smith departed to join *Time* magazine, and Wilbekin was promoted to editor-in-chief of *Vibe*. Throughout the year 2000, he oversaw expansion of readership and the creation of the magazine's supplemental focused solely on women called *HomeGirls*. That year, he was noted for bridging the gap between hip-hop and its previously ignored gay fan base by including stories about the community within the magazine. Wilbekin also confronted homophobia in the art form by making sure that Dr. Dre and Eminem addressed their homophobic lyrics when they appeared on the September 2000 cover of *Vibe*. In a 2001 interview with *New York* magazine, Wilbekin emphasized that his job was not to police rappers over their comments about the gay community but "to make sure that homosexuality is dealt with as fairly as anything else."

Under his direction, *Vibe* was nominated for the 2001 National Magazine Award (AKA "The Ellie") for best photography. The following year, *Vibe* won "The Ellie" for general excellence of magazines circulating between 500,000 and one million readers, beating out competition from *The New Yorker*, *Wired*, *Gourmet*, and *Jane* for the top prize. The win led to his being named to *Out* magazine's *Out* 100 list and being profiled by *The New York Times*, where he addressed his facing no problems as an openly gay man in the hip-hop industry. He produced the 2003 Vibe Awards, which led to his being promoted to editorial director of Vibe Media's overall operations that September. After 12 years of service, he departed *Vibe* in July 2004 to join Marc Ecko's brand as vice president of development and to serve on *Complex* magazine's editorial board.

Wilbekin joined *Giant* magazine as editor-in-chief in 2008, then jumped to Essence.com as managing editor in 2009, becoming editor-at-large of *Essence* magazine in 2012. Part of his contributions to the publication included a column focused on cultural events and interviews with celebrities such as Viola Davis, Angela Bassett, Puff Daddy, Yolanda Adams, and Anita Baker. He also expanded the publication's purview to cover same-gender-loving relationships within the Black community. This included the magazine's first profile of a lesbian couple in its 40-year history for its "Bridal Bliss" section. The coverage resulted in the publication winning a 2011 GLAAD Award for outstanding digital journalism. He left the publication in 2014 to focus on promoting LGBTQ+ representation across media platforms by starting his consultancy and branding agency, World of Wilbekin. Concurrent with this work, he served as Afropunk's chief content officer from 2018 until 2020. His time at Afropunk was dedicated to turning the organization into a safe place for Black queer people. He departed Afropunk to work exclusively on empowering the Black gay community in 2020.

Throughout his career, Wilbekin has worked as a cultural critic and commentator, speaking about fashion, music, LGBTQ+ people, Black lives, HIV, activism, racism, and celebrities with a wide range of publications including *New York Times*, *Los Angeles Times*, *Washington Post*, *New York*, Associated Press, MTV, PBS, ABC News, CNN, *The Guardian*, *Village Voice*, *New York Observer*, *Women's Wear Daily*, *Politico*, *Variety*, *Billboard*, *Chicago Tribune*, *McCall's*, BET, Reuters, *Quartz*, *Wall Street Journal*, *Forbes*, and *E! Online*. Due to his standing within the music industry, he has been called upon to speak about the passing of notable artists. On August 21, 2001, he spoke with CNN about passing of Aaliyah. He live-blogged Michael Jackson's memorial service on July 7, 2009, for *Entertainment Weekly*. On August 31, 2018, he provided commentary for BET's broadcast of Aretha Franklin's funeral service. He spoke with WNYC about the passing of Andre Harrell on May 13, 2020.

He also weighed in on Kanye West's interruption of Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for the Best Video Award at the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards, saying that it was not West's place to speak for Beyoncé; participated in VH1's *Love & Hip Hop*: "Out in Hip-Hop" round table discussion on homophobia in the hip-hop community; and chastised the *New York Post*'s comparison of President Barack Obama with a chimpanzee.

## Native Son Now

In 2015, while he was on vacation in India, Wilbekin began to have thoughts about transforming World of Wilbekin from a branding agency into a movement. During the trip, he realized that Black gay men lacked unity around fellowship, networking, and celebrating one another. Upon returning to New York, he was inspired to redress this issue while re-reading James Baldwin's *Notes of a Native Son*. After writing an essay about feeling unsafe and demonized as a Black gay man in response to the Orlando nightclub shooting, he began to transform World of Wilbekin into a full-fledged advocacy organization dedicated to supporting Black queer men of all backgrounds. He named the organization Native Son Now in honor of Baldwin's book.

Native Son Now was officially launched with an awards ceremony that celebrated the achievements of Black gay men in 2016. Its honorees included Don Lemon, George C. Wolfe, and DeRay McKesson. At that inaugural celebration, Wilbekin revealed his HIV status publicly for the first time because he did not feel that it was right to hide while asking others to reveal themselves. In an effort to destigmatize HIV within the Black community, he partnered with ViiV Healthcare on producing an immersive theatre piece that raised awareness about the virus. The piece, *As Much As I Can*, debuted in 2017. Wilbekin continued his focus on promoting the Black queer community by partnering with Google to create an event focused on Black gay men in the tech industry;. partnering with Bloomingdale's to create Native Son Now inspired gay pride merchandise; collaborating with Scotch Porter's "Embracing Masculinity: #DareToCare" campaign, which focused on challenging toxic masculinity. and producing encore performances of "As Much As I Can" with a constant push on eliminating HIV stigma.

In 2020, Native Son Now joined forces with Human Rights Campaign and Color Of Change to push for the release of data on COVID-19 in order to address the disproportionate effect that the virus was having on Black communities across the United States. Responding to the pandemic's effect on same-gender-loving Black men in particular, Wilbekin launched The Black Gay Leadership Forum—the world's first virtual gathering of its kind—which featured 100 Black gay thought leaders, activists, media personalities, business executives, and academics in conversation about staying connected during the period of forced isolation. This focus on promoting Black gay men as a community during the 2020 pandemic expanded to include Black gay innovation in fashion, Wilbekin's serving as creative consultant on and helping to produce Darnell L. Moore's *Being Seen* podcast—which also focused on elevating the achievements of Black gay men—participating in the Academy Award's *Academy Dialogues; Native Son*, the 2020 Native Son Awards which honored Edward Eninful, Lee Daniels, André De Shields, Rashad Robinson, and Billy Porter, and culminated with the release of the Native Son 101, the world's first list of over 101 successful Black gay men from numerous industries.

## Awards and honors

Since launching Native Son Now, Wilbekin has been hailed as a 2016 Black Enterprise Modern Man, given the 2017 "Master of Style" award by *Out* magazine and Cadillac, honored by the Boy Scouts of America with the 2017 Harlem Good Scout Award, awarded GLAAD's 2018 Ric Weiland Award, named one of Fast Company's Most Creative People of 2019, awarded ADColor's 2019 Advocate Award, declared HIV Plus' 2019 #1 most amazing person living with HIV, named a Renaissance Man by TheBody.com, and honored at Cincinnati's 2020 Black gay Pride.

## Personal life

Wilbekin is openly gay and living with HIV. He has stated that coming out to his family was difficult, but that they were able to move past the shock with help from his older brother, Erik. Wilbekin is a Christian and a Universal Life minister.

## InfoBox

| Emil Wilbekin | |
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| Born | September 16, 1967<br>Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | journalist, media executive, stylist, content creator, culture critic, human rights activist |
| Years active | 1990-present |
| Known for | Former editor-in-chief of Vibe and Giant, editor-at-large at Essence |


title: Emily Morgan (nurse)

abstract: Emily Morgan was a nurse known as the "Angel of the Yukon". She was born in Kansas, and would travel to Nome, Alaska, by dog sled in 1925 to administered serum in Nome, Alaska, which was on the verge of a diphtheria epidemic.

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# Emily Morgan (nurse)

**Emily Morgan** (March 7, 1878 – May 9, 1960) was a nurse known as the "Angel of the Yukon". She was born in Kansas, and would travel to Nome, Alaska, by dog sled in 1925 to administered serum in Nome, Alaska, which was on the verge of a diphtheria epidemic.

## Biography

She was born on March 7, 1878, in Leon. She graduated from Leon High School in 1897 and received her nursing degree from the Missouri Methodist Hospital in 1905. A registered nurse trained by the American Red Cross in Wichita, Kansas, she had been sent to Alaska by the Red Cross in 1923. Previously, Morgan served as a missionary in Panama and India, as well as serving as a nurse during World Was I, in France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, England and Australia.

When she returned to Wichita, she became the first school nurse. As she was in charge of Maynard Columbus Hospital in Nome, Morgan was the nurse responsible for administering the serum in Nome, Alaska. For this, she was called the "Angel of the Yukon".

She was in charge of Barrow Hospital when Wiley Post and Will Rogers' bodies were brought in.

During World War II, Morgan was a nurse in New Zealand. She died on May 9, 1960, at the age of 82.

* "Emily Morgan played crucial role during Alaska diphtheria epidemic". *The Wichita Eagle*. Retrieved 2017-11-19.
* "Women's Hall of Fame Emily Morgan » » Alumnae". *Alaska Women's Hall of Fame*. Retrieved 2017-11-19.

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| Emily Morgan | |
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| Born | March 7, 1878<br>Leon, Kansas |
| Died | May 9, 1960 |
| Education | Leon High School (1897), Nursing degree from Missouri Methodist Hospital (1905) |
| Occupation | Nurse |
| Known for | "Angel of the Yukon" |
| Notable work | Administered serum during Nome, Alaska diphtheria epidemic |


title: Queen Lucia

abstract: Queen Lucia is a 1920 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the first of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. This book introduces Emmeline Lucas, known as Lucia to her friends, the social queen of the fictional Elizabethan village of Riseholme, as well as her husband Philip ("Peppino") Lucas, her best friend Georgie Pillson and her friendly rival, Daisy Quantock. The book was a success for Benson, his greatest since writing Dodo in 1893. Benson biographer Brian Masters writes, "The Athenaeum cleverly pointed out that Mr. Benson's humour had gone, not to the dogs, but to the cats." Geoffrey Palmer and Lloyd Noel write, "With Queen Lucia, Fred [Benson] successfully entered into a new realm of social satire mixed with comedy and tinged with farce... With penetrating ruthlessness, he speared his characters' pretensions and held them up for ridicule, though he always tempered his attack with affectionate understanding."

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# Queen Lucia

***Queen Lucia*** is a 1920 comic novel written by E. F. Benson. It is the first of six novels in the popular Mapp and Lucia series, about idle women in the 1920s and their struggle for social dominance over their small communities. This book introduces Emmeline Lucas, known as *Lucia* to her friends, the social queen of the fictional Elizabethan village of Riseholme, as well as her husband Philip ("Peppino") Lucas, her best friend Georgie Pillson and her friendly rival, Daisy Quantock.

The book was a success for Benson, his greatest since writing *Dodo* in 1893. Benson biographer Brian Masters writes, "*The Athenaeum* cleverly pointed out that Mr. Benson's humour had gone, not to the dogs, but to the cats." Geoffrey Palmer and Lloyd Noel write, "With *Queen Lucia*, Fred \[Benson\] successfully entered into a new realm of social satire mixed with comedy and tinged with farce... With penetrating ruthlessness, he speared his characters' pretensions and held them up for ridicule, though he always tempered his attack with affectionate understanding."

## Plot

Emmeline Lucas is the social queen of Riseholme, presiding over her community and directing their interests in art and culture. A pretentious show-off, *La Lucia* drops random Italian phrases into her speech, gives concerts to her friends of the first movement of Beethoven's *Moonlight Sonata*, dabbles in art, and plants Shakespeare-themed flower arrangements in her garden. Her neighbor, devoted faddist Daisy Quantock, has given up her uric-acid-free diet and Christian Science to focus on Indian mysticism, thanks to a mysterious guru who shows up at her door and offers to show her the Way. Lucia must decide how to annex the guru, and turn this into a social success for herself. Daisy then brings in a Russian medium, Princess Popoffski. Lucia has a harder time when opera diva Olga Bracely arrives in Riseholme for a visit, luring away Lucia's devoted friend Georgie Pillson.

## Writing

Benson based the character of Lucia on his sometime-friend Marie Corelli, a best-selling novelist. Corelli pretended to speak Italian, talked baby-talk with men, held piano concerts, and upheld the values and reputation of Shakespeare. Masters writes, "Marie Corelli was a monster of pretension who would have ruled the lives and manners of Stratford people given half a chance, and Fred \[Benson\] pounced upon her every weakness with victorious glee, distilling them all into the awesome Lucia."

Benson's 1916 book of short stories, *The Freaks of Mayfair*, informed his characters in *Queen Lucia*. "These include the effeminate bachelor, Aunt Georgie, who, with his music, embroidery, and hair dye, is clearly the ancestor of the much more sympathetically rendered Georgie Pillson, and Mrs. Weston, whose dabblings in yoga, Christian Science, spiritualism, and health food anticipate Daisy Quantock's obsession with fads."

## Reception

A contemporary review in *The Bookman* says, "This is decidedly one of the most amazing and clever stories that Mr. Benson has written. It is a kind of cleverness which is familiar in fiction as well as in social intercourse, an unfeeling smartness which is satirical and sarcastic. Modern society, especially in the case of idle rich people, must be a constant temptation to the clever novelist, and Mr. Benson has alreaady shot his arrows at the crazes of society women in particular. But in this novel he is genial and delightful. There is no acid touch of superiority."

Another contemporary review in *The Literary Digest* says, "The book is lacking in what we are constantly told is necessary for a good novel. There is not much plot; there is no love interest; there is no climax — the book just stops (much to our regret) after chronicling one more Riseholme failure in the line of spirit manifestation. But it is long since once has seen such a masterly bit of satire, such a piece of character-study as Lucia."

Robert Kiernan writes that the Lucia novels "constitute a high point of camp... *Queen Lucia* is a comedy of village manners, with a line clearly drawn between insiders and outsiders. References to Bolshevism and revolutionary outrages may seem to suggest that Riseholme is something more than a village — a microcosm, even, of beleaguered monarchies the world over — but one is never permitted to take that seriously that analogy. Indeed, Riseholme is a stage set, not a sociopolitical entity."

## Sequels

Benson wrote another book about a socially-striving heroine, *Miss Mapp*, in 1922. His second Lucia novel, *Lucia in London*, was published in 1927. He combined the two characters in *Mapp and Lucia* (1931), as Lucia and Georgie leave Riseholme to take up lodgings in Mapp's fictional seaside town, Tilling. She remains there for another two books, *Lucia's Progress* (1935, published in the US as *The Worshipful Lucia*), and *Trouble for Lucia* (1939).

## Adaptations

The *Mapp and Lucia* series has been adapted for television twice, in a 1985 series originally aired on Channel 4, and a 2014 series on BBC One. While both adaptations begin with Lucia visiting Tilling (the beginning of the fourth book), the 2014 series adapted the Indian guru sequence from *Queen Lucia*, transposing the guru's host from Daisy Quantock to Diva Plaistow.

1. Kiernan, Robert F. (1990). *Frivolity Unbound: Six Masters of the Camp Novel*. Continuum Publishing. pp. 67–69. ISBN 978-0826404657. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
2. Thesing, William B. (1993). *British short-fiction writers, 1880-1914: The Realist Tradition*. Gale Research. pp. 32–33. ISBN 978-0810353947. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
3. Masters, Brian (1991). *The Life of E.F. Benson*. Chatto & Windus. pp. 237–240. ISBN 978-0701135669. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
4. Palmer, Geoffrey; Lloyd, Noel (1988). *E.F. Benson, As He Was*. Lennard Publishing. p. 124. ISBN 978-1852910600. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
5. Moffatt, James (September 1920). "New Books: Queen Lucia". *The Bookman*: 207. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
6. "A Fearful Spectacle". *The Literary Digest*. **LXVI** (12): 102. 18 September 1920. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

## InfoBox

Queen Lucia
| Author | E. F. Benson |
| --- | --- |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comic novel |
| Publisher | Hutchinson |
| Publication date | July 1920 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Followed by | *Miss Mapp* |


title: Empogona acidophylla

abstract: Empogona acidophylla is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.

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# Empogona acidophylla

***Empogona acidophylla*** is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Tanzania.

## InfoBox

| *Empogona acidophylla* | |
| --- | --- |
| Conservation status | |
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Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Eudicots |
| *Clade*: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | *Empogona* |
| Species: | ***E. acidophylla*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Empogona acidophylla***
(Robbrecht) Tosh & Robbr. | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Tricalysia acidophylla* | |


title: Queer & Trans Alliance

abstract: The Queer & Trans Alliance, formerly known as the Ten Percent Society, is the name of the first gay rights organization in North Dakota created by students and faculty at the University of North Dakota in 1982. The organization gained its original name from a widely held belief that scientist Alfred Kinsey's research in the 1940s and 1950s had stated that ten percent of the population was gay. While the organization had little early success, it started to foster an increased tolerance for gay people and a more active LGBT rights movement in North Dakota.

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# Queer & Trans Alliance

The **Queer & Trans Alliance**, formerly known as the **Ten Percent Society**, is the name of the first gay rights organization in North Dakota created by students and faculty at the University of North Dakota in 1982. The organization gained its original name from a widely held (but false) belief that scientist Alfred Kinsey's research in the 1940s and 1950s had stated that ten percent of the population was gay. While the organization had little early success, it started to foster an increased tolerance for gay people and a more active LGBT rights movement in North Dakota.

## LGBT rights in North Dakota

In 1975, the North Dakota State legislature legalized private, adult, consensual and noncommercial homosexuality as part of a larger revision of the criminal code. It was during this decade, that an LGBT community was slowly becoming more visible in Fargo, North Dakota, as well as Grand Forks, North Dakota.

In 1982, University of North Dakota students, faculty and staff formed the "Ten Percent Society" to provide a social network for LGBT people and campaign for LGBT rights. A similar group was formed at North Dakota State University in Fargo.

Today, the Ten Percent Society is still a recognized student organization at the University of North Dakota under the name Queer & Trans Alliance.


title: Emmanuel Dzotsi

abstract: Emmanuel Dzotsi is an English American radio journalist. He was a co-host of the podcasts Serial and Reply All.

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# Emmanuel Dzotsi

**Emmanuel Dzotsi** (born in 1993) is an English American radio journalist. He was a co-host of the podcasts *Serial* and *Reply All*.

## Early life and education

Dzotsi was born in Streatham, London. His parents' families immigrated to the United Kingdom from Dominica and Ghana. His family moved several times because of his father's work, and he lived in Shropshire and Belgium before emigrating to the United States, where they settled in Toledo, Ohio in 2005.

He attended The Ohio State University, where he studied political science and strategic communications. In college, Dzotsi produced a feature-length film, played mellophone in the Ohio State University Marching Band and delivered a TEDx Talk about storytelling. He graduated in 2015.

## Career

Dzotsi moved to Chicago after graduating from Ohio State, interning for WBEZ before becoming a fellow at *This American Life*.

In 2018, he hosted the third season of *Serial* alongside Sarah Koenig. Unlike previous seasons, which focused on single cases, it told multiple people's stories as told from the Justice Center in Cleveland, where Dzotsi lived for eight months to report the series.

In October 2020, Dzotsi became a co-host of *Reply All* alongside Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt. The show went on hiatus in February 2021 after controversy erupted over "The Test Kitchen," a limited series about the workplace culture at *Bon Appétit*, as well as wider issues around Gimlet Media's acquisition by Spotify. Vogt resigned shortly afterward. In a June 2021 episode relaunching *Reply All*, Dzotsi commented that "we don't know if it's going to work."

In June 2022, Dzotsi and Goldman left *Reply All*, coinciding with the end of the show. Dzotsi has continued to contribute to *This American Life.*


title: Emmanuel Dungia

abstract: Emmanuel Dungia was a diplomat of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and author of the political book: Mobutu and the money of Zaïre: the revelations of a diplomat, former Secret Services agent. The latter includes the report prepared for the International Monetary Fund by Erwin Blumenthal, former Director of Foreign Affairs of the Bundesbank. Dungia was also imprisoned but was eventually acquitted by the Congolese government for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow Laurent Kabila who was assassinated 16 January 2001.

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# Emmanuel Dungia

**Emmanuel Dungia** (20 April 1948 – 1 February 2006) was a diplomat of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and author of the political book: *Mobutu and the money of Zaïre: the revelations of a diplomat, former Secret Services agent* (*Mobutu et l’argent du Zaïre: les révélations d'un diplomate, ex-agent des Services secrets*). The latter includes the report prepared for the International Monetary Fund by Erwin Blumenthal, former Director of Foreign Affairs of the Bundesbank. Dungia was also imprisoned but was eventually acquitted by the Congolese government for his alleged involvement in a plot to overthrow Laurent Kabila who was assassinated 16 January 2001.

## Early life and education

Emmanuel Dungia was the son of François Zoambe Kuku Dungia, a male nurse and Wivine Yumbe Mbisala, a housewife who had given birth to him in Bondaki, an area around Gemena in the region of Sud-Ubangi District in the province of the Équateur in the Belgian Congo (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo).

### Education

In 1952, he started primary school at the Catholic Mission of Bosobolo (*Mission catholique de Bosobolo*).

As a young adult Dungia worked for a short while before continuing his studies. He then gets hired by the Advance for Home Funds (*Maisons des Fonds d’avance*) service. Unhappy with the job, Dungia returns to studying, enrolling at Lovanium University (*université Lovanium*), where he is admitted in the Trade section of the Economics Faculty.

Dungia then became professor of mathematics at the Lumumba Athenaeum (*Athénée Lumumba*) in the municipality of Limete in Kinshasa. Shortly after resuming studies in his second year at university, he obtained a scholarship from the European Common Market to study commercial engineering. In the fall of 1969–70, Dungia was admitted at the University of Louvain (UCLouvain).

In 1977, he graduated from commercial and financial sciences at the Saint-Louis Higher Institute of Commerce (*Institut supérieur de Commerce Saint-Louis*) in Brussels.

## Career under Mobutu Sese Seko

### Intelligence services

In February 1978, Emmanuel Dungia left Belgium to return permanently to Zaïre where shortly after his return he was hired in the Finance administration department as an Inspector of Finance.

Dungia obtained his position in the intelligence services through acquaintances at the University of Leuven, who introduced him to Seti Yale, at the time the chief of the Zairian security service. Dungia reported that later that he realized that Seti's action might have been dictated by the need to collect some information on his rival in leadership around Mobutu, Honoré Ngbanda.

After training in the Zairian intelligence services for a month, Dungia was first assigned as assistant, then as the head of security at the Ndjili International Airport. In 1979, he was transferred to the central management research department (*service d’études à la direction centrale*).

### Diplomatic assignments in Europe

Dungia was sent on diplomatic missions to Paris (1980–81), Brussels (1981–86) and the Vatican (1986–89). In 1989, he returned to Kinshasa working as a liaison security agent under the official title of diplomatic adviser to Foreign Minister Nguza Karl-I-Bond. However, since 1986 Dungia had grown uncomfortable with Mobutu's management system that he referred to as "criminal".

In April 1990, Mobutu's political regime evolved into a multi-party system. After the formation of the first transitional government, the Minister's Office of Nguza gives way to that of Mushobekwa Kalimba Wa Katana. However, Dungia refused to reinstate the security service as a result of the latter cabinet restructuring.

### First exile and publications

After having completed the manuscript of his book *Mobutu et l’argent du Zaïre*, which went on sale on 28 January 1992, he prepated himself for exile in Belgium. The book becomes an international success, but Dungia accused the director of l’Harmattan, the published, of systematically deceiving authors (especially Africans) on the number of works printed and sold. The book had been used by participants of the Conference on National Sovereignty (*Conférence nationale souveraine*).

In 1995, Dungia lived under police protection in Belgium with his children. In September of that year he accepted a job at a non-profit organization dealing with people with psychological problems, prisoners and aliens seeking a positive resolution of their immigration status in Belgium.

He also published *The tropical octopus. The instruments of Mobutu* (*La pieuvre tropicale. Les tentacules de Mobutu*), a lesser success than his first book.

## Career under Laurent-Desire Kabila

At the end of September 1996, Mobutu's political regime faced an insurrection in Kivu Province. Rebel troops supported by Rwanda and Uganda marched on Kinshasa. After the fall of Kisangani on 15 March 1997, businessman Jeannot Bemba Saolona and Ambassador Pelendo charge Dungia with the mission to deliver in Goma a message from the Ngbaka people to the leader of the rebellion Laurent Kabila, speaking on the behalf of the Ngbaka community.

In April 1997, Dungia was tentatively assigned as a diplomatic adviser to the Cabinet of Dr. Bizima Karaha who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs. With the overthrow of the Mobutu government on 17 May 1997, the new president Laurent Kabila appoints Dungia Goodwill Ambassador. He subsequently goes on mission to South Africa to meet with President Nelson Mandela. Upon his return, Dungia was appointed Chief of the diplomatic mission in Pretoria, following the arrest of its former head shortly before the trip to South Africa.

Dungia was appointed ambassador to Bangui in July 1998, with jurisdiction over the Republic of Congo and Chad. According to his own reports, he was deeply mistrusted by the DRC government and faced harassment. Citing a lack of accreditation document as Ambassador of the DRC, Dungia returns to Kinshasa after two days in Chad as the Central African authorities refuse to receive him.

In 1999, Laurent Kabila decided that Dungia should return to South Africa, but the South African authorities did not respond to DRC's request for the accreditation of its Ambassador.

In May 2000, Kabila appointed him as his Special Adviser to Georges Leta, the deputy assistant chief of the National Intelligence Agency. However, after Nelly Ntwite, the President's private secretary, fed false information that Dungia was supposedly an agent of Ngbaka rebel Jean-Pierre Bemba, Dungia was placed under surveillance by Kabila until his assassination on 16 January 2001.

### Arrest and 2nd exile

On 19 February 2001, Dungia was arrested by the security department of the Presidential Guard on allegations of being involved in a plot to overthrow the new president Joseph Kabila. Eleven officers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was transferred to Makala Central Prison. On 13 September 2001, Dungia is "acquitted" by the Military Court due to international pressure.

With the assistance of the Voice of the voiceless (*Voix des sans-voix*), one of the non-governmental organizations that had supported the cause of the prisoners unjustly accused in the trial, Dungia attempted to make the ireegularities in the trial public, but the event was prohibited under threat by the Military Court. Dungia instead published the text of his statement in the paper *La Tempête des Tropiques* on 28 September 2001. The Congolese government tried to abduct him one night in the Protestant Center where he had settled with his wife upon his release from prison. In April 2002, he fled with his wife to Brazzaville.

## Career under Joseph Kabila

On 21 July 2003, Dungia returned to DRC at the invitation of Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa, president of the former rebel movement, the Congolese Rally for Democracy (*Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie*). Dungia subsequently joined Azarias Ruberwa’ Cabinet in 2004.

In 2005, Emmanuel Dungia was appointed Ambassador to the European Union but died of cancer in a hospital in Brussels before he taking office. He was replaced by Corneille Yambu-a-Ngoyi in August 2006.

## Personal life

### Family background

Emmanuel Dungia was born Emmanuel *Dedetemo*. *De de te mo* translates literally into Ngbaka by *doing to yourself*. Figuratively, one interpretation would be: *Take care of yourself without letting anyone influence you*.

The name *DUNGIA* comes from *NDUNGIA*, from which the "N" letter was removed in 1957 when changes to make Congolese surnames uniform and legal were implemented by the colonial authority. *Ndungia* exists in the Ngbaka tribe, but is not commonly used and its significance is unknown. The Belgian colonial authority procedures were overturned by colonel Mobutu in 1967 when he introduced the concept of *authentic Congolese nationalism* or *authentic Zairian revolution* whose sole purpose was to erase the colonial history of the country.

Emmanuel Dungia was the father of 4 children.

In 1998 Dungia married for the second time but his wife would be fatally struck by sudden illness in November 2004, a few months after their return from Brazzaville.

### Health and death

During his stay in South Africa between 1997 and 1998 Dungia was diagnosed with cancer that might have developed as early as 1995. It was thought to be a benign cancer that could be treated successfully. Without treatment he was expected to live only another 5 years.

Dungia had aversion, if not an extreme fright of hospitals and especially surgical rooms, and could not stand the sight of blood. As a consequence, he failed to follow his treatment as advised until 2005 when he was forced to return to Brussels for medical care that ultimately proved unsuccessful.

He died on 1 February 2006.

## Notes and references

1. "Life and Death in The Congo", Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas M. Callaghy, Council on Foreign Relations
2. « Congo Les procès de Likasi Sept condamnés à mort », Colette Braeckman, 19 septembre 2001
3. "Mobutu's men live the high life in SA", Sunday Times
4. "Zaire: IRIN Briefing Part III, 02/27/97", United Nations, Department of Humanitarian Affairs
5. ""Mushobekwa Kalimba Wa Katana"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
6. « Publications by Emmanuel Dungia », WorldCat library catalog
7. "DRC: Rebels formally announce new movement, leadership e: bulk", University of Pennsylvania - African Studies Center, 17 August 1998
8. "Torture continues in Congo's prisons", BBC News, 19 September 2001
9. "Credentials - Congo, The Democratic Republic of the"

Media related to Emmanuel Dungia at Wikimedia Commons

## InfoBox

| Emmanuel Dungia | |
| --- | --- |
| Brussels, Belgium, 1993 | |
| Born | (1948-04-20)20 April 1948
Bondaki, Sud-Ubangi, Belgian Congo |
| Died | 1 February 2006(2006-02-01) (aged 57)
Brussels, Belgium |
| Nationality | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) |
| Other names | Emmanuel Dungia Mosi Nagifi
Emmanuel Dedetemo |
| Alma mater | UCLouvain |
| Known for | * *Mobutu et l’argent du Zaïre: les révélations d'un diplomate, ex-agent des Services secrets*, Paris, L'Harmattan, 1992, ISBN 2-7384-1133-9, ISBN 978-2-7384-1133-4. * Likasi 2001 trial. |


title: Queen of the Boulevards

abstract: Queen of the Boulevards is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Paul Wegener, Andrée Lafayette and Werner Fuetterer. It is based on the novel Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes by Honoré de Balzac. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, and distributed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film. Art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

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# Queen of the Boulevards

***Queen of the Boulevards*** (German: ***Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen***) is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Manfred Noa and starring Paul Wegener, Andrée Lafayette and Werner Fuetterer. It is based on the novel *Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes* by Honoré de Balzac. It was shot at the Staaken Studios in Berlin, and distributed by the Munich-based Bavaria Film. Art direction was by Otto Erdmann and Hans Sohnle.

## Cast

## Bibliography

* Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. *The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema*. Berghahn Books, 2009.

## InfoBox

| Queen of the Boulevards | |
| --- | --- |
| Werner Fuetterer and Helen von Münchhofen | |
| Directed by | Manfred Noa |
| Written by |  |
| Starring |  |
| Cinematography | Franz Planer |
| Music by | Giuseppe Becce |
| Production
company | Noa-Film |
| Distributed by | Bavaria Film |
| Release date | * 7 July 1927 (1927-07-07) |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Languages | Silent
German intertitles |


title: Queen of the Channel

abstract: The Queen of the Channel is a title bestowed on the woman who has completed more successful swims of the English Channel than any other. It is held by Chloë McCardel with a total of 44 swims.

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# Queen of the Channel

The **Queen of the Channel** is a title bestowed on the woman who has completed more successful swims of the English Channel than any other. It is held by Chloë McCardel with a total of 44 swims.

## List of Queen of the Channel

| Swimmer | Number of crossings | Years title held |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gertrude Ederle | 1 | 1926-1953 |
| Florence Chadwick | 2-3 | 1953-1964 |
| Greta Andersen | 4-5 | 1964-1978 |
| Cynthia Nicholas | 6-19 | 1978-1992 |
| Alison Streeter | 20-43 | 1992-2021 |
| Chloë McCardel | 43-44 | 2021- |


title: Encaumaptera stigmata

abstract: Encaumaptera stigmata is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus Encaumaptera. It is found in India.

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# Encaumaptera stigmata

***Encaumaptera stigmata*** is a moth in the family Cossidae, and the only species in the genus ***Encaumaptera***. It is found in India.

## InfoBox

| *Encaumaptera stigmata* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cossidae |
| Genus: | ***Encaumaptera***
Hampson, 1892 |
| Species: | ***E. stigmata*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Encaumaptera stigmata***
Hampson, 1893 | |
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title: Emurena tripunctata

abstract: Emurena tripunctata is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Panama.

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# Emurena tripunctata

***Emurena tripunctata*** is a moth of the family Erebidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1884. It is found in Panama.

## InfoBox

| *Emurena tripunctata* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | *Emurena* |
| Species: | ***E. tripunctata*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Emurena tripunctata***<br>(H. Druce, 1884) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Sutonocrea tripunctata* H. Druce, 1884 * *Automolis tripunctata* | |