title: Jivdaya Charitable Trust

abstract: The Jivdaya Charitable Trust (JCT), headquartered at Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat, is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation which provides free medical care to unowned domestic animals and also runs a rehabilitation centre for wild birds and small mammals. Its main objective is to nurture injured animals back to health. It is located in the city centre. The trust receives a wide variety of birds and animals at its rehabilitation centre. It also has a mobile treatment van in which animals which do not require hospitalisation can be treated on the spot. Jivdaya veterinarians have been awarded first and second place in the National Surgery Conference. The facility has also been approved by the Forest Department to treat scheduled animals and birds.

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# Jivdaya Charitable Trust

The **Jivdaya Charitable Trust** (**JCT**), headquartered at Ahmedabad in the Indian state of Gujarat, is a not for profit, non-governmental organisation which provides free medical care to unowned domestic animals and also runs a rehabilitation centre for wild birds and small mammals. Its main objective is to nurture injured animals back to health. It is located in the city centre.

The trust receives a wide variety of birds and animals at its rehabilitation centre. It also has a mobile treatment van in which animals which do not require hospitalisation can be treated on the spot.

Jivdaya veterinarians have been awarded first and second place in the National Surgery Conference. The facility has also been approved by the Forest Department to treat scheduled animals and birds.

## History

JCT was founded as a non-governmental organisation in 2007 by Giraben Shah with her father Hasmukh Patel, two trustees, and four employees, and its first facility was built in 2008. It provides medical care to stray domestic animals and runs a rehabilitation centre for wild birds and small mammals. Facilities and equipment include an avian surgery theatre, van, X-ray machine, air purifier, autoclave, and three kennels and cages. It is registered under the Bombay Charity Act is also recognised by the Animal Welfare Board of India. It has an 80-G Tax Exemption Certificate and also has a Foreign Currency Registration Account to allow people living abroad to donate.

The organisation works to create public awareness, especially among young people. It provides medical treatment, shelters sick and injured animals, and promotes vegetarianism. It runs an animal ambulance and helpline number in Ahmedabad in association with the Emergency Management and Research Institute.

In 2017, the organisation launched a campaign to eradicate rabies from street dogs in Ahmedabad. It vaccinated dogs and raised public awareness. An estimated 200 volunteers and 50 members of JCT participated in the drive, which served areas of the city including Bopal, Motera, Naranpura, Nehrunagar, Relief Road and Nava Vadaj.

The COVID-19 lockdown of 2020 and related economic disruptions presented a crisis for stray dogs, as many of them relied on scraps from food sources such as eateries that closed and office workers who were no longer coming to work. JCT volunteers carried porridge, bread, milk and paneer to affected districts. Initially they started by feeding 350 to 400 roadside dogs each day, but later they also started feeding other animals, like cows and camels.

## Functions, campaigns and aid provided

### Save The Birds campaign

JCT started this campaign because it noted many fatalities of birds during the Makar Sankranti festival as a result of collisions with kite strings. Ahmedabad is the heartland of this traditional kite flying festival. (The festival is locally called Uttarayana, although Uttarayana also has a slightly different meaning - the six month period between the winter and summer solstices). The organisation suggests that people fly their kites later in the day, rather than early in the morning when birds are flying out in search of food.

Jivdaya invites a force of 50 veterinarians every year during the festival of Uttarayan, from across India and other countries. Among the species rescued in recent years have been various endangered and migratory birds.

JCT spends around 8 to 9 lakhs (US$12,000) on this campaign every year. This money goes to housing for visiting veterinarians, medical equipment and medicine.

During 2017 Jivdaya attended to more than 2,390 birds in Ahmedabad, approximately 490 of which died. In January 2019, JCT recorded 100 bird fatalities before Uttarayan even started. It treated around 945 birds during 14 and 15 January 2019 alone. The effort involved around 300 volunteers.

Vultures, which are already endangered because of the veterinary drug diclofenac, are of particular concern. The eggs of the critically endangered white-rumped vulture hatch in January, so during the kite-flying season the birds are scouting for food for their fledglings at least three times a day.

Birds whose feathers are damaged or clipped, for reasons including but not limited to collisions with kite strings, can now be treated with feather implants. JCT pioneered the technique in 2018. It is performed under anaesthesia.

### Blood donation by dogs

Whenever a dog is need of blood, JCT uses another dog with the same blood group as a blood donor. JCT was the first non-governmental organisation to successfully implement this technique in Ahmedabad. The initial use of the technique was sparked by necessity when a dog that had been in an accident and lost a lot of blood was brought in.

## Awards and internship programs

Jivdaya provides various internship programs to students from UK and US every year. The students come to the hospital to get training. It also has specialists from India and abroad come to its hospital year-round to help in the treatment of animals and also to take various workshop and sessions with the existing faculty and staff. Among awards won by JCT was the One Show Award in New York in May 2016.


title: Philippe Liébert

abstract: Philippe Liébert was a French Canadian soldier who fought on the U.S. side of the American Revolutionary War, serving in Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army. Philippe Liébert was born in Nemours, France, in the old-regime province of Île-de-France. He was a soldier of Montcalm in the Berry regiment. He served with Clément Gosselin in Quebec for 23 years, from 1754 until 1777. Before and after the war, he was a talented sculptor in Quebec, known in particular for the decoration of the Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie, the oldest extant church in Montreal. A road is named after him in the eastern part of Montreal.

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# Philippe Liébert

**Philippe Liébert** (August 9, 1733 – September 23, 1804) was a French Canadian soldier who fought on the U.S. side of the American Revolutionary War, serving in Moses Hazen's 2nd Canadian Regiment of the Continental Army.

Philippe Liébert was born in Nemours, France, in the old-regime province of Île-de-France. He was a soldier of Montcalm in the Berry regiment.

He served with Clément Gosselin in Quebec for 23 years, from 1754 until 1777.

Before and after the war, he was a talented sculptor in Quebec, known in particular for the decoration of the Church of La Visitation-de-la-Bienheureuse-Vierge-Marie, the oldest extant church in Montreal. A road is named after him in the eastern part of Montreal.

## InfoBox

| Philippe Liébert | |
| --- | --- |
| Congress Own Regiment | |
| Born | August 9, 1733
Nemours, Île-de-France |
| Died | September 23, 1804
Montréal, Canada |
| Service/branch | Army |
| Years of service | Continental Army: 1775–1783 |
| Rank | Captain; Major for pension |
| Unit | Congress Own Regiment |
| Battles/wars | Seven Years' War: American Revolutionary War: |


title: Philippa Cross

abstract: Philippa Cross is a British rower. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Cross also represented Durham University Women's Boat Club.

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# Philippa Cross

**Philippa Cross** (born 7 July 1966) is a British rower. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Cross also represented Durham University Women's Boat Club.

## InfoBox

Philippa Cross
| Personal information | |
| --- | --- |
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1966-07-07) 7 July 1966<br>Banbury, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |


title: Philippa Dickinson

abstract: Philippa Dickinson is a former editor for Puffin Books, and chair of Random House Children's Publishing. During her time at Puffin, she was the editor of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and also acted for a time as the desk editor of Warlock magazine.

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# Philippa Dickinson

**Philippa Dickinson** is a former editor for Puffin Books, and chair of Random House Children's Publishing. During her time at Puffin, she was the editor of *The Warlock of Firetop Mountain*, and also acted for a time as the desk editor of *Warlock* magazine.

## Early life

Philippa Dickinson was born in 1955. Her father was the novelist Peter Dickinson, and her mother was Mary Rose Barnard. She was educated at the then grammar school (now a private school) Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith in London. She has two brothers, of whom one is the children's writer John Dickinson, and one sister.

## Career

### Puffin and Fighting Fantasy

In 1974 Dickinson joined Puffin Books, working for Kaye Webb in the Puffin Club. She started there as a teenager and was persuaded to stay on rather than going to university. She spent five years at the Puffin Club before moving to the editorial department.

At Puffin in 1981/1982 Dickinson was asked to edit a book called *The Warlock of Firetop Mountain*. Having received the first completed manuscript, it was Dickinson who "diplomatically highlighted various inconsistencies" to its two authors Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson. She noted that the two halves of the book were inconsistent (a product of having been written separately by Jackson and Livingstone) and that this included apparent differences in the rules. For example, the attributes for fighting ability, constitution and fitness, and luck were labeled by Jackson "Skill", "Stamina" and "Luck", and by Livingstone, "Combat Factor", "Strength Factor" and "Luck Factor". Also there were differences in how these were determined. Dickinson made observations on the text, such as pointing out that the way in which choices were presented was inconsistent, and noting that the use of the terms *Werewolf* and *Wolfman* were inconsistent. She pushed for the writing style to be aligned; it was obvious that there had been a change in writer half way through, and so at her prompting one of the writers rewrote the other's half.

Dickinson was the commissioning editor for the next two *Fighting Fantasy* books.

For the first five issues of *Warlock Magazine*, she also acted as desk editor, until Games Workshop took over the magazine from Penguin Books.

She eventually became deputy head of publishing at Puffin Books and left in 1986.

### Transworld to Random House

In 1986 she joined Transworld and became the editorial director of Corgi Children's list. In March 1998, the media giant Bertelsmann, who were the owners of Transworld, acquired Random House. This led to the children's lists of Transworld and Random House being merged. At that time Dickinson was publisher of Transworld Children's Books and chair of the Publishers Association Children's Book Group. Debbie Sandford, the managing director of Random House Children's Publishing, resigned and Dickinson was made chairman of Random House Children's Publishing.

The new role of chairman of Random House Children's Publishing meant she would not become involved with day-to-day business at Random House, but as chairman, she had responsibility for both Random House Children's Books and Transworld Children's Books. She made it clear that the two companies would continue to operate separately.

In 2014, Dickinson was Consultant Children's Publisher at Penguin Random House.

In 2006, Dickinson was asked to be the vice-chairman of World Book Day.

## Books

* *Micro Games* (1983), Puffin Books, with Patrick Bossert

1. Grove, Valerie (2010). *So Much To Tell*. Penguin Books Limited. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-670-91908-6. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
2. Eccleshare, Julia (17 December 2015). "Peter Dickinson obituary". *The Guardian*. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
3. Philippa Dickinson CV
4. Green, J. (2014). *You Are The Hero*. Snowbooks Fantasy Histories Series. Snowbooks Limited. ISBN 978-1-909679-40-5. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
5. Derrick, S.L. (2018). *The Fame of C. S. Lewis: A Controversialist's Reception in Britain and America*. OUP Oxford. p. 142. ISBN 978-0-19-255151-1. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
6. Ropert, Pierre (10 August 2022). "15. La série Défis fantastiques". radiofrance. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
7. Jackson, S. (2019). *SORCERY! Die Shamutanti-Hügel: Ein Fighting-Fantasy Spielbuch von Steve Jackson* (in German). Mantikore-Verlag. p. 8. ISBN 978-3-945493-20-5. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
8. 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, page 201
9. Livingstone, I.; Jackson, S. (2022). *Dice Men: The Origin Story of Games Workshop*. Unbound. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-80018-053-6. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
10. 25th Anniversary Edition of The Warlock of Firetop Mountain, page 203
11. New structure for Random House children's lists
12. Dickinson steps up as WBD vice-chair

## InfoBox

| Philippa Dickinson | |
| --- | --- |
| Occupation | editor |
| Relatives | Peter Dickinson<br>John Dickinson |


title: Jiří Wolf

abstract: Jiří Wolf is a signatory of Charter 77, former political prisoner, anticommunist, author of storybooks, and radical opponent and critic of the "nobility of the Charter", which, in his opinion, includes Václav Havel and several other persons close to the former Czech president. Wolf was for the first time arrested on 16 February 1978 after the police found "subversive, anti-Party, and anti-socialist documents" during a house search. As result, he was sentenced to three years in prison for subversion. After Wolf claimed that his confession had been forced by physical and psychological pressure, he was prosecuted for false accusation and his punishment was increased by another six months in prison. Wolf then spent more than half a year in isolation or in a special ward in the prison in Minkovice, during which period he lost about twenty kilograms in weight. Due to his failure to meet working standards, Wolf also spent part of the sentence in the prison in Valdice under the strictest supervision. According to the testimony of Wolf's former inmate in Minkovice, he manifested himself as a passionate supporter of the freedom of thought and protection of human rights immediately after he had entered the prison. After he rejected any cooperation, the prison management assigned him to the hardest workplace in the prison. Wolf was unable to meet the required working standards there and also suffered several attacks by violent recidivists. Further escalation of disciplinary sanctions resulted in the transfer to a special ward with the harshest conditions. Wolf was held there for three months. Despite all, Wolf remained a fanatical debater defending his truth. The following stream of disciplinary punishments for "refusing to work", often for trumped-up reasons, resulted in him becoming rather withdrawn toward the end of his sentence. Wolf was arrested for the second time on 17 May 1983 for passing information about conditions in Czech prisons to the Austrian Embassy in Prague. He was sentenced for another six years in prison for subversion in cooperation with foreign agents, which was followed by three years of protective supervision. He was again placed in Valdice, where his health worsened considerably; he suffered from chest pain and deterioration of vision. Appeals by international organizations eventually led to small improvements in his treatment. In 1984, Amnesty International declared him a Prisoner of Conscience. AIUSA campus groups on the San Francisco peninsula took up his case and, with Congressman Tom Lantos and his wife Annette, campaigned for his release, winning extensive news coverage and high level support. Jiri was released at the end of his prison term. On the same day, dissident Václav Havel was also released from jail. In 1990, Wolf was invited to the United States, where he presented his case as an example of efficient work by the Amnesty International. He spoke at AIUSA's annual general meeting, held that year in Boston. He also toured the Nashua Street Jail, newly opened after courts deemed the Charles Street Jail unfit, to view prison conditions in America. After his release from prison, Wolf was treated both by Czech and American doctors. However, Wolf still suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome. He still calls for support of political prisoners in undemocratic regimes.

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# Jiří Wolf

**Jiří Wolf** (5 January 1952, Jindřichův Hradec, Czechoslovakia) is a signatory of Charter 77, former political prisoner, anticommunist, author of storybooks, and radical opponent and critic of the "nobility of the Charter", which, in his opinion, includes Václav Havel and several other persons close to the former Czech president.

Wolf was for the first time arrested on 16 February 1978 after the police found "subversive, anti-Party, and anti-socialist documents" during a house search. As result, he was sentenced to three years in prison for subversion. After Wolf claimed that his confession had been forced by physical and psychological pressure, he was prosecuted for false accusation and his punishment was increased by another six months in prison. Wolf then spent more than half a year in isolation or in a special ward in the prison in Minkovice, during which period he lost about twenty kilograms in weight. Due to his failure to meet working standards, Wolf also spent part of the sentence in the prison in Valdice under the strictest supervision.

According to the testimony of Wolf's former inmate in Minkovice, he manifested himself as a passionate supporter of the freedom of thought and protection of human rights immediately after he had entered the prison. After he rejected any cooperation, the prison management assigned him to the hardest workplace in the prison. Wolf was unable to meet the required working standards there and also suffered several attacks by violent recidivists. Further escalation of disciplinary sanctions resulted in the transfer to a special ward with the harshest conditions. Wolf was held there for three months. Despite all, Wolf remained a fanatical debater defending his truth. The following stream of disciplinary punishments for "refusing to work", often for trumped-up reasons, resulted in him becoming rather withdrawn toward the end of his sentence.

Wolf was arrested for the second time on 17 May 1983 for passing information about conditions in Czech prisons to the Austrian Embassy in Prague. He was sentenced for another six years in prison for subversion in cooperation with foreign agents, which was followed by three years of protective supervision. He was again placed in Valdice, where his health worsened considerably; he suffered from chest pain and deterioration of vision. Appeals by international organizations eventually led to small improvements in his treatment.

In 1984, Amnesty International declared him a Prisoner of Conscience. AIUSA campus groups on the San Francisco peninsula took up his case and, with Congressman Tom Lantos and his wife Annette, campaigned for his release, winning extensive news coverage and high level support. Jiri was released at the end of his prison term. On the same day, dissident Václav Havel was also released from jail.

In 1990, Wolf was invited to the United States, where he presented his case as an example of efficient work by the Amnesty International. He spoke at AIUSA's annual general meeting, held that year in Boston. He also toured the Nashua Street Jail, newly opened after courts deemed the Charles Street Jail unfit, to view prison conditions in America.

After his release from prison, Wolf was treated both by Czech and American doctors. However, Wolf still suffers from chronic fatigue syndrome.

He still calls for support of political prisoners in undemocratic regimes.

## Literature

* Jiří Wolf, Stuart Rawlings: *Good soldier Wolf: one man's struggle for freedom in Czechoslovakia*, Lanham; New York; London: University Press of America, 1994, ISBN 0-8191-9388-7


title: Phil Stevens (footballer)

abstract: Phil Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Arriving from South Warrnambool, Stevens was just 17 when he first appeared for Geelong. Worked as a primary school student teacher Although he started out as a half forward flanker, Stevens would however develop into a half back flanker, which was from where he played most of his games. He represented the VFL on one occasion. He was captain-coach of Sandringham in the 1982 VFA season. Stevens was the general manager of the Victorian Amateur Football Association from 1989 to 2004 and is currently Operations Manager at VRA.

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# Phil Stevens (footballer)

**Phil Stevens** (born 14 September 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Arriving from South Warrnambool, Stevens was just 17 when he first appeared for Geelong. Worked as a primary school student teacher Although he started out as a half forward flanker, Stevens would however develop into a half back flanker, which was from where he played most of his games. He represented the VFL on one occasion.

He was captain-coach of Sandringham in the 1982 VFA season.

Stevens was the general manager of the Victorian Amateur Football Association from 1989 to 2004 and is currently Operations Manager at VRA.

## InfoBox

| Phil Stevens | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Personal information | | | |
| Full name | Philip B. Stevens | | |
| Date of birth | (1950-09-14) 14 September 1950 | | |
| Original team(s) | South Warrnambool | | |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | | |
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | | |
| Playing career1 | | | |
| Years | **Club** | **Games (Goals)** |
| 1968–1975 | Geelong | 120 (32) |
| 1976–1979 | St Kilda | 41 (3) |
| Total |  | **161 (35)** |
| 1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1979. | | | |
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | | | |


title: Phil Stevens (ice hockey)

abstract: Philip Collins Stevens was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played hockey from 1911 until 1932.

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# Phil Stevens (ice hockey)

**Philip Collins Stevens** (February 15, 1893 – April 8, 1968) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played hockey from 1911 until 1932.

## Biography

Starting as an amateur, he turned professional in 1914 when he joined the Montreal Wanderers of the National Hockey Association (NHA), playing three seasons in the NHA and following the Wanderers to the National Hockey League (NHL), where he played four games before the team folded. He returned to the NHL for one season in 1921 with the Montreal Canadiens before moving to the Saskatoon Sheiks of the Western Canada Hockey League for three seasons. He played his final NHL season in 1925–26 with the Boston Bruins, and finished his career with stints in the minor Canadian–American Hockey League, Prairie Hockey League, and California Hockey League before retiring.

## Career statistics

### Regular season and playoffs

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| Season | Team | League | | GP |  |  | Pts | PIM | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1911–12 | Montreal AAA | IPAHU | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1911–12 | Montreal St-Jacques | MCHL | |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1912–13 | Grand-Mère HC | IPAHU | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1912–13 | Grand-Mère HC | Al-Cup | |  |  |  |  |  | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913–14 | Grand-Mère HC | IPAHU | |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1914–15 | Montreal Wanderers | NHA | | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
| 1915–16 | Montreal Wanderers | NHA | | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 33 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1916–17 | Montreal Wanderers | NHA | | 15 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 38 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1917–18 | Montreal Wanderers | NHL | | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1921–22 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1962–63 | Saskatoon Sheiks | WCHL | | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1923–24 | Saskatoon Crescents | WCHL | | 26 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 14 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1924–25 | Saskatoon Crescents | WCHL | | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 30 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925–26 | Boston Bruins | NHL | | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1926–27 | Springfield Indians | CAHL | | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1926–27 | Saskatoon Sheiks | PrHL | | 23 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 11 | | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1927–28 | Saskatoon Sheiks | PrHL | | 28 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1928–29 | Oakland Sheiks | Cal-Pro | |  | 6 | 2 | 8 |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1929–30 | Oakland Sheiks | Cal-Pro | |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1930–31 | Oakland Sheiks | Cal-Pro | |  | 12 | 4 | 16 |  | | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |  |
| 1931–32 | Oakland Sheiks | Cal-Pro | |  | 1 | 0 | 1 |  | |  |  |  |  |  |
| NHA totals | | | | 52 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 77 | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
| NHL totals | | | | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |  |  |  |  |  |

## InfoBox

| Phil Stevens | | | |
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|  | | | |
| Born | (1893-02-15)February 15, 1893
Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada | | |
| Died | April 8, 1968(1968-04-08) (aged 75)
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada | | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | | |
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | | |
| Position | Centre | | |
| Shot | Right | | |
| Played for | Montreal Wanderers
Montreal Canadiens
Saskatoon Crescents
Boston Bruins
Springfield Indians
Saskatoon Sheiks
Oakland Sheiks | | |
| Playing career | 19111932 | | |


title: Phil Stone

abstract: Philip Avery Stone also known as Phil Stone, was an attorney from Oxford, Mississippi, and mentor to William Faulkner. Educated at the University of Mississippi and Yale, Stone had a law office in Oxford, Mississippi and provided the services of his secretary to type and submit Faulkner's early literary works to magazines. Although Stone nurtured Faulkner's early literary efforts, he did not entirely appreciate Faulkner's more mature works. As Faulkner's eminence as a writer grew, Stone became increasingly embittered. Some of Phil Stone's papers are housed in the Special Collections Department of the University of Memphis Library.

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# Phil Stone

**Philip Avery Stone** (23 February 1893  20 February 1967) also known as **Phil Stone**, was an attorney from Oxford, Mississippi, and mentor to William Faulkner. Educated at the University of Mississippi and Yale, Stone had a law office in Oxford, Mississippi and provided the services of his secretary to type and submit Faulkner's early literary works to magazines.

Although Stone nurtured Faulkner's early literary efforts, he did not entirely appreciate Faulkner's more mature works. As Faulkner's eminence as a writer grew, Stone became increasingly embittered.

Some of Phil Stone's papers are housed in the Special Collections Department of the University of Memphis Library.

* Snell, Susan (2008). *Phil Stone of Oxford: A Vicarious Life*. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820333663.


title: Joe Federspiel

abstract: Joseph Michael Federspiel is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Federspiel played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats. Federspiel played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints (1972–1980) and Baltimore Colts in 1981. Federspiel also played for the Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League in 1983. After retiring as a player, Federspiel officiated Southeastern Conference (SEC) football games as an umpire. He was not allowed to work Kentucky games, as SEC rules prohibit officials from calling games involving their alma mater.

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# Joe Federspiel

**Joseph Michael Federspiel** (born May 6, 1950) is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 10 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). Federspiel played college football for the Kentucky Wildcats.

Federspiel played in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints (1972–1980) and Baltimore Colts in 1981. Federspiel also played for the Chicago Blitz of the United States Football League in 1983.

After retiring as a player, Federspiel officiated Southeastern Conference (SEC) football games as an umpire. He was not allowed to work Kentucky games, as SEC rules prohibit officials from calling games involving their alma mater.

## InfoBox

Joe Federspiel
| Federspiel playing for the Saints in 1977 | |
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| No. 58, 50 | |
| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (1950-05-06) May 6, 1950<br>Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Height: | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school: | DeSales (KY) |
| College: | Kentucky |
| NFL draft: | 1972 / round: 4 / pick: 99 |
| Career history | |
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| Career NFL statistics | |
| Sacks: 7.5  Fumble recoveries: 10  Interceptions: 5 | |
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title: Phone Story

abstract: Phone Story is a satirical mobile video game conceived by Yes Lab activist Michael Pineschi and designed by Paolo Pedercini for Molleindustria with the stated aim of demonstrating what the developers refer to as "the dark side of your favorite smart phone." The game consists of four minigames which require the player to complete activities such as forcing children in the Third World to mine coltan and preventing suicides at a Foxconn factory. The creators of the game stated the main purpose was to elicit a response from people who "fail to realize how their fashionable consumption can have negative effects on people in the globalized world.

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# Phone Story

***Phone Story*** is a satirical mobile video game conceived by Yes Lab activist Michael Pineschi and designed by Paolo Pedercini for Molleindustria with the stated aim of demonstrating what the developers refer to as "the dark side of your favorite smart phone." The game consists of four minigames which require the player to complete activities such as forcing children in the Third World to mine coltan and preventing suicides at a Foxconn factory.

The creators of the game stated the main purpose was to elicit a response from people who "fail to realize how their fashionable consumption can have negative effects on people in the globalized world.

## Release

*Phone Story* was released on the iOS platform on September 9, 2011, though it was banned by Apple after only four days. Apple cited violations of their developer guidelines as the reason for removing the game, though an article published in *The Guardian* questioned the validity of their concerns. Following the removal of the game, it was released for Android phones, and a free playable Adobe Flash version was made available on the developer's website.

The *Phone Story* website contains extensive information about the topics touched on by the game, and all profits from the sale of the app go to charities which work in the areas described, including a donation of over $6000 to a girl injured in a suicide attempt at a Foxconn factory.

The game is offered as freeware under a Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-SA.

## Gameplay

*Phone Story* consists of four self-contained minigames, each featuring narration by a voice which represents the user's phone, detailing the real world conditions which the minigames represent. The first game deals with the mining of coltan in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and has the player controlling guards to ensure that labourers are not allowed to rest. The second takes place at a factory, in which the player must move a net back and forth in order to catch workers who are attempting suicide. The third is set in a phone store, in which the player must slingshot phones into the hands of consumers. The final minigame concerns the recycling of discarded phones in Ghana, tasking the player with dividing components from the phone among workers that are salvaging the parts in unsafe ways. Each minigame requires the player to complete the relevant action successfully a certain number of times before a timer runs out; if they do not, the narrator admonishes them, saying "do not pretend that you are not complicit."

## Reception

*Phone Story* has received mixed reviews. *Android Rundown* said that it was "not that entertaining or enlightening", criticising the game's short length and repetitive gameplay and awarding it 5 points out of 10. *Pocket Gamer* were more positive in reference to the game's educational content, stating that it encouraged them to read up on the issues raised, but were similarly critical with the game's simplistic gameplay and short length.

## InfoBox

| Phone Story | |
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| Developer(s) | Molleindustria |
| Publisher(s) | Molleindustria |
| Platform(s) | iOS (iPhone), Android, Adobe Flash |
| Release | September 9, 2011 (iOS) - no longer available<br>September 14, 2012 (Android) |
| Genre(s) | Satire, minigames |


title: Joan Marie Engel

abstract: Rear Admiral Joan Marie Engel held the position as the 18th Director of the Navy Nurse Corps from September 1994 to August 1998. She concurrently served as deputy commander for personnel management in the Health Sciences, Education and Training Command, and later as assistant chief for Education, Training and Personnel.

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# Joan Marie Engel

Rear Admiral **Joan Marie Engel** (born December 9, 1940) held the position as the 18th Director of the Navy Nurse Corps from September 1994 to August 1998. She concurrently served as deputy commander for personnel management in the Health Sciences, Education and Training Command, and later as assistant chief for Education, Training and Personnel.

## Early life

Rear Adm. Engel was born in St. Marys, Pennsylvania in 1940. She was the first school nurse at Elk County Christian High School.

Engel entered the Navy Nurse Corps in 1969 as a lieutenant. She served in various stateside and overseas naval hospitals, progressing in rank with jobs of increasing responsibility. She became deputy director of the Nurse Corps, serving under the RADM Mariann Stratton, the 17th Navy Nurse Corps director.

Clinical nursing assignments included assignments at the Naval Hospital, Millington, TN; Branch Medical Clinic, Iwakuni, Japan; Branch Medical Clinic, LaMaddalena, Sardinia; and Naval Hospitals in Charleston, SC, Jacksonville, FL, Newport, RI, and Pensacola, FL.

Engel's administrative assignments included being the first junior Nurse Detailer, BUMED; the first Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics, Naval Medical Command, Northeast Region, Great Lakes, IL; Naval Inspector General staff, Washington, D.C., and Naval Medical Inspector General staff, BUMED; and deputy director, Navy Nurse Corps, BUMED.

She served as the 18th Director, Navy Nurse Corps from October 1994 until August 1998.

Rear Admiral Engel retired in January 2000 as the Assistant Chief, Operational Medicine and Fleet Support, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC, a position she held since August 1996.

## Education

RADM Engel received her nursing diploma from the Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Buffalo, New York in 1961. She earned a bachelor's degree in public school nursing from Clarion University in Pennsylvania in 1969. In 1980, she earned a Master of Science in nursing from the University of Alabama School of Nursing. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a Wharton Fellow and holds an honorary fellowship in the American Academy of Medical Administrators.

## Awards

Engel has earned the Legion of Merit (two awards), the Meritorious Service Medal (four awards), the Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), and the National Defense Medal with bronze star. In 1998, the Clarion University Alumni Association presented her with the Distinguished Alumni Award.

1. Godson, Susan H. (2001). *Serving Proudly: A history of Women in the U.S. Navy*. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-317-6.
2. "REAR ADMIRAL SPEAKS AT CLARION UNIVERSITY". Clarion University NEWSwire. 1999-05-04. Archived from the original on September 9, 2006. Retrieved 2008-04-01.

## Further reading

## InfoBox

| Joan Marie Engel | |
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| Rear Admiral Engel in 1997 | |
| Born | (1940-12-09) December 9, 1940
St. Marys, Pennsylvania, United States |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 19692000 |
| Rank | Rear Admiral |
| Commands | 18th Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps |
| Awards | Legion of Merit (2)
Meritorious Service Medal (4)
Navy Commendation Medal (2) |


title: Joan Maria da Bressa

abstract: Joan Maria da Bressa was a Brescian lyre maker active in Venice in the first decades of the 16th century. One of the best lyres in the world made by him, with a very fine decorated and gilt head (palette) dated around 1525 by David Boyden, but more probably of the middle of the century, is now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Some scholars claim that he was the father of Giovan Giacomo Dalla Corna. A Zuanmaria de Antonio Bressan dai violini is found in some venetian documents dating from 1562 to 1601 testifying his work also like a maker of violini, lire e lironi. Another man with similar name is Joan Maria Dalla Corna, father of Jo Jacobo Dalla Corna, a brescian maker born around 1484.

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# Joan Maria da Bressa

**Joan Maria da Bressa** was a Brescian lyre maker active in Venice in the first decades of the 16th century. One of the best lyres in the world made by him, with a very fine decorated and gilt head (palette) dated around 1525 by David Boyden, but more probably of the middle of the century, is now in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Some scholars claim that he was the father of Giovan Giacomo Dalla Corna. A *Zuanmaria de Antonio Bressan dai violini* is found in some venetian documents dating from 1562 to 1601 testifying his work also like a maker of *violini, lire e lironi*. Another man with similar name is Joan Maria Dalla Corna, father of Jo Jacobo Dalla Corna, a brescian maker born around 1484.

* Dassenno, Flavio *Per gli occhi e 'l core. Strumenti musicali nell'arte*. Cortefranca, 2004.
* AA. VV. *Gasparo architetto del suono": a cura di Dassenno Flavio, Città di Salò*, 2009.
* Stefano Toffolo *Viol and lute makers of Venice 1490 - 1630*, Venice Research, Venice, 2011


title: Jody Lawrance

abstract: Jody Lawrance (born Nona Josephine Goddard; October 19, 1930 – July 10, 1986) was an American actress who starred in many Hollywood films during the 1950s through the early 1960s.

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# Jody Lawrance

**Jody Lawrance** (born **Nona Josephine Goddard**; October 19, 1930  July 10, 1986) was an American actress who starred in many Hollywood films during the 1950s through the early 1960s.

## Biography

Lawrance was born on October 19, 1930 as Nona Josephine Goddard or Josephine Lawrence Goddard (sources disagree) in Fort Worth, Texas to Ervin Silliman "Doc" and Eleanor Roeck Goddard. Her parents divorced when she was very young, and she lived in a series of foster homes as a child.

When Lawrance came to live with her father and his new wife at the age of 11, a young Marilyn Monroe, then known by her real name of Norma Jean Baker, also lived at the home. The girls spent a great deal of time together.

Lawrance attended Beverly Hills High School and Hollywood Professional School, training as an actress with Bento Schneider. In 1946, Lawrance performed as a swimmer in the Larry Crosby Water Show.

In 1949, she adopted the screen name Jody (short for Josephine) Lawrance (her maternal grandmother's maiden name) for her first role as Mary on *The Silver Theatre* television show.

Her first big break came in 1949 when she was signed to a seven-year contract with Columbia Pictures, earning $250 per week. In 1951, Lawrance made her screen debut in *Mask of the Avenger*, starring John Derek. *The Family Secret* was her second film, again starring Derek along with Lee J. Cobb, followed by *Ten Tall Men* starring Burt Lancaster, which premiered in October 1951.

In 1952, she won the lead role in *The Son of Dr. Jekyll* with Louis Hayward and *The Brigand* starring Anthony Dexter. In 1953, Columbia asked Lawrance to appear in the musical *All Ashore* with Mickey Rooney. Unsure of her singing ability, Lawrance asked to be replaced by another actress who would be better suited for the role. Columbia refused and Lawrance reluctantly made the film, but the studio branded her as a troublemaker, and in 1953 she was released from her contract.

Lawrance took the role of Pocahontas in the controversial independent film *Captain John Smith and Pocahontas*. For the role, she dyed her hair black and suffered a severe allergic reaction. She is billed with the last name of Lawrence for the film, but it is unknown whether this was because of contractual obligations or simply a spelling mistake. In 1954, needing money, Lawrance took a job as a waitress at Robb's Restaurant in the Westwood district of Los Angeles and Blum's Ice Cream and Candy Shop in Beverly Hills. When asked in an interview why her career failed, she explaineds, "I see now that I was temperamental. I didn't cooperate with publicity. I didn't want to do cheesecake, not because my legs are bad, because they aren't. My entire training has been as an actress, I didn't want to submit to the usual starlet routine. .... If I had to do it over again, I would do it differently. I realize now that cheesecake and publicity are an important part of the movie business."

After recognizing Lawrance at the restaurant, former costar Burt Lancaster introduced her to director Michael Curtiz, who offered her a screen test and cast her in the 1956 film *The Scarlet Hour*. Lawrance's career was reignited and Paramount Pictures signed her to a contract at $300 a week. In October, Lawrance was named as one of the "Deb Stars of '55" along with Anita Ekberg and Kathryn Grant, and 1956 brought the release of *The Leather Saint*, reuniting her with John Derek and starring Cesar Romero.

However, in 1957, Paramount suddenly released Lawrance from her contract after studio executives learned that she had secretly married and was pregnant. Her daughter Victoria was born on October 6, 1957. The marriage ended in 1958.

Lawrance landed a minor role opposite Shirley MacLaine in *The Hot Spell* and a leading role in an episode of the *Perry Mason* television series titled "Case of the Perjured Parrot." In 1959, she found another minor role in the mobster film *The Purple Gang* starring Barry Sullivan and Robert Blake. She appeared in episodes of television programs such as *The Loretta Young Show*, *The Red Skelton Hour* and *The Rebel*. Her last film, *Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock* starring Martin Landau, was released in 1962.

Lawrance married Robert Wolf Herre on November 1, 1962, in Las Vegas. Lawrance had two children with Herre. She died at age 55 at the Ventura County Medical Center in Ventura, California on July 10, 1986. Her body was cremated.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1949 | *The Silver Theater* | Mary | Episode: "The Guiding Star" |
| 1951 | *Mask of the Avenger* | Maria d'Orsini |  |
| 1951 | *The Family Secret* | Lee Pearson |  |
| 1951 | *Ten Tall Men* | Mahla |  |
| 1951 | *The Son of Dr. Jekyll* | Lynn Utterson |  |
| 1952 | *The Brigand* | Princess Teresa |  |
| 1953 | *All Ashore* | Nancy Flynn |  |
| 1953 | *Captain John Smith and Pocahontas* | Pocahontas | (as Jody Lawrence) |
| 1953-1955 | *Fireside Theater* | Adelina / Artist | Episodes: "The Critic" (1953) and "Bitter Grapes" (1955) |
| 1956 | *The Scarlet Hour* | Kathy Stevens |  |
| 1956 | *The Leather Saint* | Pearl Gorman |  |
| 1957 | *The Millionaire* | Peggy | Episode: "The Jim Driskill Story" |
| 1958 | *Hot Spell* | Dora May |  |
| 1958 | *Perry Mason* | Ellen Monteith | Episode: "The Case of the Perjured Parrot" |
| 1959 | *State Trooper* | Patty Roberts | Episode: "Let 'Em Eat Smoke" |
| 1959 | *M Squad* | Rebecca Traxler | Episode: "Murder in C-Sharp Minor" |
| 1959 | *The Purple Gang* | Joan MacNamara |  |
| 1960 | *Letter to Loretta* | Miss Vivan | Episode: "Mrs. Minton" |
| 1959-1960 | *The Rebel* | Lorena / Kate | Episodes: "The Scavengers" (1959) and "The Earl of Durango" (1960) |
| 1962 | *Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock* | Dr. Ann Thompson |  |

## InfoBox

| Jody Lawrance | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Born | Nona Josephine Goddard
(1930-10-19)October 19, 1930
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | July 10, 1986(1986-07-10) (aged 55)
Ventura, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Ashes sprinkled within Ojai Valley in California |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 19491962 |
| Spouses | *   Bruce Michael Tilton  (m. 1957; div. 1958) *   Robert Wolf Herre (m. 1962) |
| Children | 3 |


title: Philia culture

abstract: The Philia culture existed on the island of Cyprus at the start of the Early Bronze Age between 2450 and 2200 BC. It derives its name from a location in Morphou, Cyprus.

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# Philia culture

The **Philia culture** (or Philia group) existed on the island of Cyprus at the start of the Early Bronze Age between 2450 and 2200 BC. It derives its name from a location in Morphou, Cyprus.

## Characteristics

Philia culture marks the transition from the Chalcolithic to the Bronze Age in mid-third millennium Cyprus. It is associated with an initial intrusion into Cyprus of autonomous groups from Anatolia, which later developed a distinct, identifiable Philia cultural system.

In the 1990s, pottery and other finds from the excavations at Marki-Alonia provided new evidence for the subsequent evolution of the widespread culture of the Early Cypriot Bronze Age. It has been clarified that, at Marki-Alonia, the Philia phase preceded the Early Cypriote I and II materials.

Philia phase sites are primarily found in the western, southwestern and central part of Cyprus.

## Discovery

The culture was first identified by Porphyrios Dikaios in 1942 at Philia (Laksia tou Kasinou) in the Ovgos valley of Cyprus. Dikaios discovered pottery, known as "Red Polished Ware", from the start of the Bronze Age in Cyprus which was also found in Anatolia from the Early Bronze Age II period.

## Pottery

The Red Polished Ware pottery was a significant change in the lineage of ceramic ware on the island; mainly in decoration rather than morphology. The pottery was always handmade. The completed pot was coated with a mixture of liquid clay and this was then polished to give the work its important smooth finish. The quantity of iron oxide in the clay combined with later incised decorations allowed for a variety of decorations to be applied.

### Geographic distribution of finds

Further discoveries showed that this type of ceramic ware was not limited to the Ugarit area as further examples were later found over most of the island. The finds were concentrated in the middle section of the island running from north to south. Excavations on Kissonerga in south west Cyprus have uncovered over 300 shards of Red Polished Ware including a small jar with lime-filled incisions.

The type which has attracted most interest in archaeology is a globular jug which has a vertical cut-away spout and is usually traced to Cilicia.

Finds of this type of pottery have also been found in other areas of the middle east including at Tarsus, Troy (Hisarlik) and others in western Anatolia.

### Displays

There are examples of this pottery in Vienna and in the Getty collection. The British Museum has a bowl found in a tomb on the slopes of Vounous in Cyprus. This particular bowl however is thought to have originally been used for storing dried seeds.

In Cyprus displays are at Larnaca District Archaeological Museum, Cyprus Museum and Pierides Museum (Larnaca).

1. Philia phase - 2,500 - 2,350 BC www.brynmawr.edu
2. Stewart, J.R., Dikaios, P. (1972). "Part 1A". *The Swedish Cyprus Expedition:The Stone Age and The Early Bronze Age in Cyprus*. Vol. IV. Lund. p. 202.`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. "Red Polished War Bowl". *Highlights*. British Museum. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
4. Goldman, Hetty (1956). "From the Neolithic Period through the Bronze Age". *Excavations at Gözlü Kule, Tarsus*. Vol. 2. Princeton. pp. plate 263.

## Further reading


abstract: Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé was baron d'Ambrières and a French army commander, fighting in the Williamite War in Ireland. Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay was the younger brother of René de Froulay, count of Tessé. He fought in the Franco-Dutch War on several fronts. In 1684, during the War of the Reunions, he served in Flanders. At the outbreak of the Nine Years' War he was sent to fight with his brother in Germany, where he took part in the devastation of the Palatinate. At the end of 1689, he was moved to Flanders. Made a brigadier of the Dragoons on 10 March 1690, he was promoted to Lieutenant General on 30 January 1691, and sent to Ireland to support King James II in the Williamite War in Ireland. He was second in command of the Franco-Irish army at the Battle of Aughrim under the Marquis de St Ruth. When Saint-Ruth was killed during the battle, the chevalier de Tessé could not prevent the collapse of his army. He became commander of the French troops during the Siege of Limerick (1691), and signed the Treaty of Limerick for France. After his return in France he fought many more battles, but died as Maréchal de camp from dysentery near Cremona on 20 August 1701.

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# Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé

**Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay, chevalier de Tessé** (1651 – Cremona, 20 August 1701) was baron d'Ambrières and a French army commander, fighting in the Williamite War in Ireland.

Philibert-Emmanuel de Froulay was the younger brother of René de Froulay, count of Tessé.

He fought in the Franco-Dutch War on several fronts. In 1684, during the War of the Reunions, he served in Flanders. At the outbreak of the Nine Years' War he was sent to fight with his brother in Germany, where he took part in the devastation of the Palatinate. At the end of 1689, he was moved to Flanders.

Made a brigadier of the Dragoons on 10 March 1690, he was promoted to Lieutenant General on 30 January 1691, and sent to Ireland to support King James II in the Williamite War in Ireland.

He was second in command of the Franco-Irish army at the Battle of Aughrim under the Marquis de St Ruth. When Saint-Ruth was killed during the battle, the chevalier de Tessé could not prevent the collapse of his army. He became commander of the French troops during the Siege of Limerick (1691), and signed the Treaty of Limerick for France.

After his return in France he fought many more battles, but died as Maréchal de camp from dysentery near Cremona on 20 August 1701.

## Sources

Mémoires et lettres du maréchal de Tessé


title: Philibert-Joseph Le Roux

abstract: Philibert-Joseph Le Roux was an 18th-century French lexicographer. Le Roux is remembered for his Dictionaire comique, satyrique, critique, burlesque, libre & proverbial published in 1718. Le Roux was forced to leave France in 1693 after he published a pamphlet against François de la Chaise. He fled to Brussels where he died before 1735 while serving Marie-Elisabeth of Austria.

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# Philibert-Joseph Le Roux

**Philibert-Joseph Le Roux** (? – before 1735 Brussels) was an 18th-century French lexicographer.

Le Roux is remembered for his *Dictionaire comique, satyrique, critique, burlesque, libre & proverbial* published in 1718. Le Roux was forced to leave France in 1693 after he published a pamphlet against François de la Chaise. He fled to Brussels where he died before 1735 while serving Marie-Elisabeth of Austria.

## Works

## Bibliography

* Franz Josef Hausmann, 120. *Das Wörterbuch der Sprechsprache, des Argot und des Slang*, in: *Wörterbücher. Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. Ein internationales Handbuch zur Lexikographie. Zweiter Teilband*, hrsg. von Franz Josef Hausmann, Oskar Reichmann, Herbert Ernst Wiegand und Ladislav Zgusta, Berlin. New York 1990, (p. 1184–1190)
* Laurent Bray, *Essai de filiation d’un dictionnaire de français non conventionnel du 18e siècle: Le Roux (1718, 1735)*, in: Grammaire *des fautes et français non conventionnels*, Paris 1992, (p. 185–196)

## Notes and references


title: Johan Wilhelm Eide

abstract: Johan Wilhelm Eide was a Norwegian printer, book publisher and newspaper publisher.

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# Johan Wilhelm Eide

**Johan Wilhelm Eide** (13 October 1832 – 2 November 1896) was a Norwegian printer, book publisher and newspaper publisher.

## Biography

Eide was born at Stryn in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. He was the son of Ole Olsen Ytre-Eide (1798-1869) and Anna Vebjørnsdatter (1803-1893). He was trained as an apprentice in Bergen at the printing plant of F. Beyer bokhandel. In 1857, he applied for a public grant to study book printing and font casts art abroad. He trained in Germany, Switzerland, France and Britain. In 1864, he returned to Bergen where he built up a printing and publishing business. In 1867, he established the printing company J.W. Eides Boktrykkeri. He founded the newspaper *Bergens Tidende* in 1868, and was a central contributor to this newspaper. In 1880 he founded the publishing house Eide Vorlag.

## Personal life

Eide was married twice. In 1864, he married Andrea Josephine Thunold (1833-1866), daughter of Ole Olsen Thunold and Karen Oline Olsdatter. In 1869, he married Anne Marie Small (1849-1923), daughter of Anders Olsen Lie (1801-1859) and Malene Rasmusdatter Hille (1812-1886). Eide was the father of architect Arne Bjornson Eide (1881-1957).

## InfoBox

| Johan Wilhelm Eide | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1832-10-13)13 October 1832<br>Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway |
| Died | 12 November 1896(1896-11-12) (aged 64) |
| Occupation(s) | Printer, book publisher, newspaper publisher |
| Known for | Founding Bergens Tidende and Eide Vorlag |
| Spouses | *   Andrea Josephine Thunold  (m. 1864; died 1866) *   Anne Marie Small (m. 1869) |
| Children | 1 |


title: Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt

abstract: Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.

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# Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt

**Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt** (20 May 1785 – 23 December 1874) was a Swedish naturalist who worked mainly on Diptera and Hymenoptera.

## Biography

Zetterstedt studied at the University of Lund, where he was a pupil of Anders Jahan Retzius. He received the title of professor in 1822 and succeeded Carl Adolph Agardh as professor of botany and practical economy in 1836, retiring as emeritus in 1853. In 1861, he edited and distributed the exsiccata *Grimmiae et Andreaeae exsiccatae*. In 1831, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

He is best known as an entomologist. His collections of Scandinavian, Lapland and world Diptera and Orthoptera are in the Zoological Museum of the University of Lund. His students include Anders Gustaf Dahlbom.

## Selected works

* 1810–1812 *Dissertatio de Fæcundatione Plantarum*
* 1821 *Orthoptera Sueciae disposita et descripta*. Lundae (Lund),132 pp.
* 1828 *Fauna Insectorum Lapponica*
* 1835 *Monographia Scatophagarum Scandinaviæ*
* 1837 Conspectus familiarum, generum et specierum Dipterorum, in Fauna insectorum Lapponica descriptorum. *Isis* (Oken's)
* 1838 *Conspectus plantarum in horto botanico et plantatione Universitatis* Typis excudit Carolus Fr. Berling
* 1838–1840 *Insecta Lapponica*. L. Voss, Lipsiae (Leipzig),1139 pp.
* 1842–1854. *Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta*. Lundbergiana, Lundae (Lund),6 volumes.
* 1855. *Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta*. Tomus duodecimus seu supplementum tertium, continens addenda, corrigenda & emendanda tomis undecim prioribus. Officina Lundbergiana, Lundae (Lund)

The standard author abbreviation J.W.Zetterst. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.  * Alexander Henry Haliday, Recent works on the Diptera of Northern Europe. Supplementary Notie. Zetterstedt, Diptera Scandinaviae. TomXII 8 vo. Lundae 1855. Stenhammar, Copromyzinae Scandinaviae 8 vo. Ppp. 184 Holmiae 1855. *Nat. Hist. Rev*. (Proc) 3: 32, 33. Significant critical review of Zetterstedt's work on Diptera. See Talk:Francis Walker (entomologist)
* Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Zetterstedt, Johan Vilhelm". *New International Encyclopedia* (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.


title: Joe Crede

abstract: Joseph Taylor Crede is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (2000–2008) and the Minnesota Twins (2009). Crede was drafted by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 1996 MLB draft and made his debut with the team in 2000. Crede was a member of the White Sox when they won the World Series in 2005, marking their first championship in 88 years.

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# Joe Crede

**Joseph Taylor Crede** (pronounced CREE-dee, born April 26, 1978) is an American former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox (2000–2008) and the Minnesota Twins (2009). Crede was drafted by the White Sox in the fifth round of the 1996 MLB draft and made his debut with the team in 2000.

Crede was a member of the White Sox when they won the World Series in 2005, marking their first championship in 88 years.

## Professional career

### Chicago White Sox

Crede made his major league debut on September 12, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers, entering as a defensive replacement at third base and flying out in his first at-bat. He split 2001 and 2002 between the majors and minors before playing in his first full season in 2003. In 2005, Crede batted .252 with 22 home runs and 62 RBI in 132 games. He also was a clutch performer in the playoffs, hitting several game winning hits during the White Sox World Series run. In 2006, he broke out with a career-high 30 home runs, 92 RBI and a .283 average in 150 games, winning the Silver Slugger Award for third base. In 2007, Crede was limited to 47 games due to injury, and finished the season batting just .216 with four home runs and 22 RBI.

On January 18, 2008, Crede agreed to a one-year, $5.1 million contract with the White Sox, avoiding arbitration. In 2008, Crede hit a grand slam on Opening Day against the Twins. After starting the season batting .256 with 16 home runs and 49 RBI, Crede made the 2008 MLB All-Star Game as a reserve. However, he was injured for most of the second half, and finished the season hitting .248 with 17 home runs and 55 RBI in 97 games. Both his 2007 and 2008 seasons had been cut short by back injuries. On October 30, 2008, Crede elected free agency.

### Minnesota Twins

On February 21, 2009, Crede signed a one-year, $2.5 million contract with the Minnesota Twins that included incentives that could make the deal up to $7 million. In his one season with the Twins, Crede had a .225 batting average and recorded 15 home runs and 48 RBI in 90 games. On September 20, Crede announced he would undergo a third season-ending back surgery.

### Colorado Rockies

Crede signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Colorado Rockies after a one-year absence from baseball. He became a free agent on February 17, 2011, when he decided not to show up for spring training. Crede then retired.

## Personal life

On October 22, 2005, the same day as the due date of his second daughter, Lucy, Crede hit his first World Series home run. On November 6, 2005, Crede was honored by his hometown of Westphalia, Missouri, with "Joe Crede Day," where he was presented the key to the city. In February 2006, Crede's high school, Fatima High School in Westphalia, Missouri, retired his jersey. Joe's older brother, Brad, won a high school baseball state championship with Fatima High School in '92, and an NCAA Division II National Championship with CMSU in '94.

He was drafted by the Orioles after high school in the 44th round (1,220th overall) of the 1992 MLB draft, but chose to play in college first. He was drafted again after college by the Phillies in the 19th round (556th overall) of the 1996 MLB draft, the same day Joe was drafted.

Crede and his wife Lisa have two daughters, Anna and Lucy, and one son, Jace. He lives in mid-Missouri, and is a season-ticket holder for Missouri Tigers basketball.

Teammate Aaron Rowand praised Crede's ability to deliver in big moments. “There’s nobody better than that guy in the clutch,” Rowand told reporters. “He’s done it over and over and over again. It’s not the first time, and it definitely won’t be the last time.”

## InfoBox

| Joe Crede | |
| --- | --- |
| Crede with the Minnesota Twins | |
| **Third baseman** | |
| **Born:**  (1978-04-26) April 26, 1978<br>Jefferson City, Missouri, U.S. | |
| **Batted:** Right**Threw:** Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| September 12, 2000, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 13, 2009, for the Minnesota Twins | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .254 |
| Home runs | 140 |
| Runs batted in | 470 |
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title: Joe Tierney

abstract: Joseph Paul Tierney was an American sprinter. Representing the United States, he ran the 400 metres in the 1928 Olympics. Tierney won his heat in 49.8, but finished fourth in his quarter-final and was eliminated. Running for Holy Cross, Tierney won the 1925 IC4A 440-yard title in 47.9y; the time was his lifetime best and the best in the world that year. Tierney survived until age 101, one of the few Olympic centenarians.

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# Joe Tierney

**Joseph Paul Tierney** (February 8, 1903, in New Haven, Connecticut – April 8, 2004, in Hamden, Connecticut) was an American sprinter. Representing the United States, he ran the 400 metres in the 1928 Olympics. Tierney won his heat in 49.8, but finished fourth in his quarter-final (won in 49.2 by Canadian Phil Edwards, who would become a five time Olympic bronze medalist) and was eliminated.

Running for Holy Cross, Tierney won the 1925 IC4A 440-yard title in 47.9; the time was his lifetime best and the best in the world that year.

Tierney survived until age 101, one of the few Olympic centenarians.


title: Phostria varialis

abstract: Phostria varialis is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil and Costa Rica.

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# Phostria varialis

***Phostria varialis*** is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is found in Brazil (Amazon region) and Costa Rica.

## InfoBox

| *Phostria varialis* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | *Phostria* |
| Species: | ***P. varialis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Phostria varialis***<br>(Walker, 1862) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Salbia varialis* Walker, 1862 | |


title: Joel Sirkis

abstract: Joel ben Samuel Sirkis also known as the Bach, was a prominent Ashkenazi posek and halakhist, who lived in Central Europe and held rabbinical positions in Belz, Brest-Litovsk and Kraków, and is considered to be one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of Poland. He is known for his liberal rulings in his responsum in which he challenges the rabbinic status quo.

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# Joel Sirkis

**Joel ben Samuel Sirkis** (Hebrew: רבי יואל בן שמואל סירקיש; born 1561 - March 14, 1640) also known as the **Bach** (an abbreviation of his magnum opus **BA**yit **CH**adash), was a prominent Ashkenazi posek and halakhist, who lived in Central Europe and held rabbinical positions in Belz, Brest-Litovsk and Kraków, and is considered to be one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of Poland. He is known for his liberal rulings in his responsum in which he challenges the rabbinic status quo.

## Biography

Born in Lublin, Poland in 1561, his father Samuel Sirkis was a rabbi in Lublin and his mother Sarah Jaffe was a member of the Jaffe family, through her father Moses Jaffe of Kraków, making Mordecai Jaffe, the Bach's second cousin. At age fourteen he went to the yeshiva of Naftali Zvi Hirsch Schor, a leading student of Moses Isserles. After remaining there for some time he went to Brest-Litovsk, where he attended the yeshiva of Rabbi Phoebus. While still in his youth, he was invited to the rabbinate of Pruzhany. He later occupied the rabbinates of Lukow, Lublin, Medzyboz, Belz, Szydlowka, and Brest-Litovsk, finally settling in Kraków in 1619, where he married Bella, the daughter of Abraham of Lwow and was appointed Av Bet Din of Kraków and head of the yeshivah. Many of his students became leading rabbis in Poland, the most famous being his son-in-law, David ben Samuel ha-Levi, as well as Gershon Ashkenazi and Menachem Mendel Krochmal. In 1631 he wrote his magnum opus, *Bayit Ḥadash* (lit "new house"), a critical and comprehensive commentary on the *Arba'ah Turim* of Jacob ben Asher, in which he traced each law to its Talmudic source and followed its subsequent development through successive generations of interpretation. His work received the approval of the greatest rabbinic scholars of his time, even those outside of Poland. The Bach was also an adherent of Kabbalah, yet he rejected kabbalistic practices that were contrary to the halakhah. He was also critical of those who relied solely on the *Shulchan Aruch* for halachic decisions, rather than on the Talmud and the Geonim.

The Bach's responsum provides a concise overview of the social and economic conditions of Polish Jewry, as well as the relationship between Jews and non-Jews in early 17th century Poland. One of his responsa, in particular, was censored by the Christian authorities because the work addresses the case of a Jew who was martyred for allegedly stealing a small statue of Jesus. The Polish authorities also demanded the surrender of another Jew accused of receiving the stolen item from the martyr, and threatened to exterminate all the Jews of Kalisz if they refused to surrender the individual. To this, the Bach suggests that the community was permitted to surrender the individual if he was proven to have taken the stolen statue from the martyr. The Bach also discusses cases of apostasy from Judaism, in which he states: “*It is common knowledge at present that the majority of apostates have converted solely out of their lust for robbery, promiscuity, and consuming forbidden foods in public.*” Both his responsum and the *Bayit Ḥadash* display the Bach's liberal attitude towards Judaism and his deprecation of undue religious stringency, one stating: “*He who wishes to be stringent, let him be stringent for himself only*.”

The Bach allowed the acceptance of emoluments and special privileges by rabbis in return for their services. He extended the permission to sell leavened food to a non-Jew before Passover to include the sale of the room in which such food was found. He permitted the reading of secular, non-Hebrew books on the Sabbath and liberalized certain laws to allow for the greater enjoyment of the festivals. He allowed Jewish physicians to violate the Sabbath when treating non-Jewish patients. He permitted church melodies in the synagogue if they were universal in appeal. He excused people sensitive to colds or those lacking warm clothing from the obligation to dwell in booths during Sukkot and permitted women to dress in men's clothing during extreme weather conditions when this type of attire was more comfortable. The descendants of the Bach served prominent and important rabbinic positions all over Poland and Ukraine. His son-in-law was David HaLevi Segal, and among the Bach's descendants is the prominent Ukrainian rabbi Betzalel HaLevi of Zhovkva (1710–1802), who was the maternal grandfather of the Hasidic master, Simcha Bunim of Peshischa (1765–1827).

## Works

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| Joel Sirkis | |
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| Grave of Joel Sirkis | |
| Title | HaBach (הב׳׳ח) |
| Personal | |
| Born | Joel Sirkes
c. 1561
Lublin, Poland |
| Died | March 14, 1640
Kraków, Poland |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Spouse | Baila |
| Children | Esther Sirkis, Samuel Tzvi Hersch Sirkis, Rivka Sirkis, Judab Leib Sirkis, Menachem Sirkis, Kalisch Sirkis, Abraham Sirkis |
| Parents | * Samuel Sirkis (father) * Sarah Jaffe (mother) |
|  | |
| Main work | Bayit Chadash, Teshuvot ha-Bach |
| Buried | Remah Cemetery |
| Dynasty | Jaffe |
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title: Philippine Business Bank

abstract: Philippine Business Bank is a Filipino savings bank which focuses on corporate and small and medium enterprises markets. It provides banking services and products including cash management, retail and corporate lending, deposit products, international trade finance, treasury and trust products. Its head office is located in Caloocan and has a total of 159 branches as of December 2019; the bank has a network of 71 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), of which 23 are located in Metro Manila and the remaining 14 are in various provinces. The bank is the second largest savings bank in the Philippines as of December 31, 2022.

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# Philippine Business Bank

**Philippine Business Bank** (**PBB**, also known in Hokkien Chinese: 菲律賓商業銀行 / 菲商業銀行; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: *Hui-li̍p-pin Siong-gia̍p Gûn-hâng*; & Mandarin simplified Chinese: 菲律宾商业银行 / 菲商业银行; traditional Chinese: 菲律賓商業銀行 / 菲商業銀行; pinyin: *Fēilǜbīn Shāngyè Yínháng*) is a Filipino savings bank which focuses on corporate and small and medium enterprises markets. It provides banking services and products including cash management, retail and corporate lending, deposit products, international trade finance, treasury and trust products.

Its head office is located in Caloocan and has a total of 159 branches as of December 2019; the bank has a network of 71 Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), of which 23 are located in Metro Manila and the remaining 14 are in various provinces. The bank is the second largest savings bank in the Philippines as of December 31, 2022.

## History

Philippine Business Bank started operations on February 12, 1997, as Total Savings Bank. Before the year ended, it obtained approval from the Philippines Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to change its corporate name to the current one. To keep itself close to the small and medium scale businesses which includes both small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large companies which it seeks to serve, PBB operates from its head office in Caloocan unlike other banking institutions in the Philippines which hold office in the plush Makati or Ortigas business centers as favored by other banks.

Although considered a newcomer in the banking community, PBB established 10 branches in its first year. By the end of its second year, it had 15 branches in Metro Manila and neighboring business centers. The bank aims to branch out into the country's other business hubs. In January 2013, PBB announced plans to expand its nationwide network of 78 branches to 100 by year-end. The first phase of expansion will focus on Luzon, especially the Metro Manila area, and additional branches will be used to reach out to the Philippines’ growing SME industry, which accounts for 63 per cent of PBB's total loan portfolio.

In early 2013, PBB has announced an initial public offering (IPO) at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Manila to fund its nationwide expansion to 100 branches by the end of 2013. The IPO raised $98.8 million.

As of end of December 2013, PBB had a total of 100 branches across the country and received regulatory approval to open up 26 new branches in 2014 in various locations in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao as part of its purposes of expanding its network more closer to the SME market.

In 2013 former ambassador Alfredo Yao, the major shareholder of the bank, was awarded the Grand MVP Bossing title (an annual nationwide search for top Filipino entrepreneurs organized by Manuel V. Pangilinan’s Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company and Go Negosyo).

As of December 31, 2021; PBB had a total of 165 branches across the country with opening of branches like Candon in Ilocos Sur, La Trinidad in Benguet and Calasiao in Pangasinan. PBB as of December 31, 2022, is the Philippines' second largest savings bank with a Total Assets of 155,001.64 billion

## Parent company

Philippine Business Bank is a part of the AMY Group, a conglomerate of companies owned by Alfredo Yao which is also the majority owner of Zest-O Corporation, a beverage company best known for its namesake juice products; PSEi listed companies under AMY Group includes PBB and Macay Holdings.

## InfoBox

Philippine Business Bank
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| Company type | Public |
| Traded as | PSE:PBB |
| Industry | Banking<br>Finance |
| Founded | Manila, Philippines (1997 (1997)) |
| Headquarters | Caloocan, Philippines |
| Key people | * Alfredo Yao, (Chairman Emeritus) * Jeffrey S. Yao, (Chairman) * Rolando R. Avante, (President and CEO) |
| Products | Banking |
| Net income | PHP938.88 million (2020) |
| Owner | Alfredo Yao (majority owner through AMY Group) |
| Number of employees | 1,511 (as of Dec 2018) |
| Website | www.pbb.com.ph |


title: Philippine Basketball League

abstract: The Philippine Basketball League (PBL) was a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league was composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.

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# Philippine Basketball League

The **Philippine Basketball League** (PBL) was a commercial semi-professional basketball league in the Philippines. The league was composed of several commercial teams with several collegiate and provincial stars.

## History

The PBL was formed on May 6, 1983, a brainchild of San Miguel Corporation chairman Danding Cojuangco, under its original name the **Philippine Amateur Basketball League** (PABL). It was the successor of the defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), which folded during the early-1980s. During the inaugural PABL tournament, 37 teams divided into four divisions from collegiate and commercial ranks participated in the tournament that was played in the historic Rizal Memorial Coliseum. De La Salle University emerged champion in the league's dry-run.

Towards the end of 1983, 16 teams founded the PABL and the league held its first official tourney, the Founder's Cup. Arellano University was the champion of the tournament. During their second year in 1984, three PABL tournaments were held: the Ambassador's Cup won by Development Bank of Rizal, the President's Cup and the Invitationals, the two latter won by ESQ Marketing.

In 1985, the PABL scored a big breakthrough. Faced with an economic crisis, the league was able to get the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation. Eighteen teams joined the 1st SMC-sponsored Invitationals with ESQ Marketing winning its third straight title against a strong Lagerlite crew. With the tremendous success of the tournament, San Miguel again agreed to be the sole sponsor of the second PABL conference that year, won by Army Jungle Fighters, dubbed as the "Challenge to Champions", Sixteen teams saw action. The cast included 12 commercial teams and 4 collegiate squads especially the NCAA and UAAP champions, San Sebastian College and University of the East.

In the 1990s, the league was renamed as the Philippine Basketball League under Andy Jao, who would later return to the broadcasting panel of the PBA coverage on Vintage Sports. Jao's replacement, Charlie Favis later adopted a new theme, calling the PBL as the "faster league". Yeng Guiao replaced Favis, when Guiao left the coaching ranks. The league gained early success with the dominance of the Tanduay Rhum Masters, the arrival of Eric Menk and Asi Taulava, and the holding PBL games at the air-conditioned Makati Coliseum.

In 2000, former Vintage Sports commentator Chino Trinidad replaced Guiao, when the commissioner resigned to coach Red Bull in the Philippine Basketball Association, the country's premier professional basketball league. The PBL's popularity grew, inviting commercial teams bannered by single collegiate teams, and the league also gained a stable broadcast partner in Studio 23 (now S+A). In 2007, PBL broke away from Studio 23 and signed an agreement with cable channel Basketball TV to broadcast the games. Chino Trinidad announced in March 2010 that he would be retiring as commissioner of the PBL and said he would be focusing his career as correspondent of GMA Network. Eventually, Trinidad left GMA in 2023.

Through an agreement between the PBL and the Liga Pilipinas, a joint tournament was held in June 2010. The agreement was made as dry-run of a proposed "Developmental League", which was initiated by the Philippine Basketball Association, just like NBA's D-League. The tournament was to be named "Tournament of the Philippines". Tournament of the Philippines started June 9, 2010, and used the Liga Pilipinas' home-and-away leg format with 9 teams involved, 3 from the PBL and 6 from Liga Pilipinas. M.Lhuillier Kwarta Padala-Cebu Ninos became the 1st (and last) TOP champions by defeating Misamis Oriental Meteors, 3–2. After the tournament, merger talks between the 2 leagues went sour and were put off for good. The Philippine Basketball Association then announced that they would organize instead the "PBA Developmental League", or the PBA D-League, on their own after merger talks between PBL and Liga Pilipinas failed.

In 2011, the PBL's board of governors named Nolan Bernardino, son of former PBA commissioner Emilio "Jun" Bernardino, as the new PBL commissioner, while Sports Vision, the company behind the success of Shakey's V-League, was named as the group that would handle PBL's day-to-day operations. However, the league experienced great difficulty finding six teams for the 2011 opening tournament when four of the teams that had earlier confirmed their participation jumped ship to the PBA D-League, namely Pharex, Agri Nurture-FCA, Cafe France and Cobra Energy Drink. PBL Commissioner Nolan Bernardino said he had already been informed of the matter and that he respected the transferring teams' decisions. This resulted in the PBL being disbanded.

## PABL teams in the 1980s

### Notable Guest Teams

## PBL teams in the 1990s

### Notable Guest Teams

* Atlanta PVC Pipes - Fil-Am Selection
(1992 Invitational Cup)
* Cebuana Lhuillier - Fil-Am California
(1994 International Invitational Cup)
* Yakult - China
(1994 International Invitational Cup)
* Boysen Paints - Industrial Bank of Korea
(1995 International Invitational Cup)
* Budweiser Kings (Guam)
(1995 International Invitational Cup)
* Hapee Toothpaste - Ozeta Club (Slovakia)
(1995 International Invitational Cup)

## PBL teams in the 2000s

## PABL / PBL Champions

## Media

Beginning the 2007 season, the PBL games were seen on Basketball TV (a channel of the Solar family of cable networks) after several years of being shown on UHF television station Studio 23. Games were televised every Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 5-9 pm Philippine time plus rebroadcasts on BTV in the wee hours of the morning. RPN also had a delayed telecast of Tuesday's second game, but this was moved to IBC-13 on Saturdays, until the season-ending 2008 Lipovitan Amino Sports Cup. The coverage eventually returned to RPN named as C/S 9. The telecast of the games were live but the other games were delayed subject to prior coverage of the games until 2010.

Prior to BTV, previous broadcasters included ABS-CBN, People's Television Network, Silverstar Sports, Solar Sports and Vintage Television, as the games were usually put on airtime slots. With ABS-CBN, the league initially forged a deal in 2003 as a blocktimer, then in 2004 renewed ties to make ABS-CBN Sports its official TV producer/coverer and Studio 23 its official carrying station of the games.

DZSR Sports Radio 918 kHz, a government station, had been airing the PBL games on radio since the start of the PABL back in the mid-1980s.

In 2002, the league opened its official website, myPBL.com, powered by E-Highway. In 2007, the website transferred to a new address at PhilippineBasketballLeague.org with the alternate address, PBL.org.ph. These sites are now defunct.

## Broadcast Partners of the PBL

## The PBL and the Philippine Basketball Association

The Philippine Basketball Association, the premier basketball league in the country, has a special relationship with the PBL; several teams in the PBL are owned by companies also having PBA teams (such as San Miguel Corporation's PBL team is San Mig Coffee, with SMC also owning 3 PBA teams). The PBL is also one of the leagues where the PBA gets their players. Even quite a few successful PBL teams transferred to the PBA (although a system of promotion and relegation is not practiced in the Philippines), such as Purefoods, Sta. Lucia, Red Bull, and Welcoat.

## Commissioners

## InfoBox

Philippine Basketball League
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| --- | --- |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | May 6, 1983 |
| Ceased | 2011 |
| Motto | The Future Is Now
The Faster League
Where The Future Begins
Ito Ang Tunay na Ligang Bayan |
| Country | Philippines |


abstract: The Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation, Inc. (PCKDF) is the national governing body for the sports of Canoe, Kayak and Dragon boat in the Philippines. It is accredited by the International Canoe Federation which is the governing body for the sport of Canoe in the world and by the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine Sports Commission. Len Escollante is the current president of the PCKDF, and also serves as the head coach of the Philippines national dragon boat team.

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# Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation

The **Philippine Canoe Kayak Dragonboat Federation, Inc. (PCKDF)** is the national governing body for the sports of Canoe, Kayak and Dragon boat in the Philippines.

It is accredited by the International Canoe Federation which is the governing body for the sport of Canoe in the world and by the Philippine Olympic Committee and the Philippine Sports Commission. Len Escollante is the current president of the PCKDF, and also serves as the head coach of the Philippines national dragon boat team.


title: Phycoerythrobilin synthase

abstract:
Phycoerythrobilin synthase is an enzyme with systematic name (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
  - (3Z)-phycoerythrobilin + 2 oxidized ferredoxin ⇌ biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin This enzyme, from a cyanophage infecting oceanic cyanobacteria of the Prochlorococcus genus.

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# Phycoerythrobilin synthase

**Phycoerythrobilin synthase** (EC 1.3.7.6, *PebS*) is an enzyme with systematic name *(3Z)-phycoerythrobilin:ferredoxin oxidoreductase (from biliverdin IX alpha)*. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

(3Z)-phycoerythrobilin \+ 2 oxidized ferredoxin $\rightleftharpoons $ biliverdin IX alpha + 2 reduced ferredoxin

This enzyme, from a cyanophage infecting oceanic cyanobacteria of the Prochlorococcus genus.

## InfoBox

| Phycoerythrobilin synthase | |
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| Identifiers | |
| EC no. | 1.3.7.6 |
| Databases | |
| IntEnz | IntEnz view |
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry |
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view |
| KEGG | KEGG entry |
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway |
| PRIAM | profile |
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum |
| Search  PMC articles  PubMed articles  NCBI proteins | |


title: John Adair (author)

abstract: John Eric Adair is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books on business, military and other leadership.

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# John Adair (author)

**John Eric Adair** (born 18 May 1934) is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books (translated into eighteen languages) on business, military and other leadership.

## Life

Adair was born in Luton and educated at St Paul's School before undertaking his national service as a second lieutenant in the Scots Guards from 1953 to 1955. Unusually, he served as adjutant of a Bedouin regiment in the Arab Legion and was briefly in command of the garrison of Jerusalem in the front line. He also studied at Hull Nautical College (where he qualified as an Arctic trawler deckhand in 1955) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, obtaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1959. He later obtained a doctorate from King's College London in 1966 and a BLitt degree from Jesus College, Oxford in 1971. He became a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 1966. After working as a senior lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst from 1961 to 1967, he later worked for the Industrial Society before becoming professor of leadership studies at the University of Surrey in 1979, a post he held until 1984. He was a visiting professor at the University of Exeter from 1990 to 2000. He is currently an emeritus fellow of the Windsor Leadership Trust, where he regularly speaks on leadership development programmes. Since 2006, he has been honorary professor of leadership at the China Executive Leadership Academy in Pudong. In 2009 he was appointed chair of leadership studies, United Nations System Staff College in Turin. He is president of Adair International.

## Bibliography

* *Roundhead General: The Campaigns of Sir William Waller* (2nd ed.). 1997 \[1962\]. ISBN 978-0-7509-1312-6.
* *Effective Teambuilding: How to Make a Winning Team* (Revised ed.). Pan. 1987 \[1968\]. ISBN 0-330-29809-7.
* *Effective Leadership* (New ed.). Pan. 1988 \[1983\]. ISBN 0-330-30230-2.
* *Effective Motivation*. Pan. 1996. ISBN 0-330-34476-5.
* *How to Grow Leaders: The Seven Key Principles of Effective Leadership Development*. Kogan Page Ltd. 2006 \[1996\]. ISBN 0-7494-4839-3.
* *Effective Communication*. Pan. 1997. ISBN 0-330-34786-1.
* *John Adair's 100 Greatest Ideas for Effective Leadership and Management (100 Greatest Ideas)*. Capstone Publishing Ltd. 2002 \[2001\]. ISBN 1-84112-140-1.
* *Effective Strategic Leadership: An Essential Path to Success Guided by the World's Great Leaders* (New ed.). Pan. 2003 \[2002\]. ISBN 0-330-48787-6.
* *The Inspirational Leader: How to Motivate, Encourage and Achieve Success* (New ed.). Kogan Page Ltd. 2005 \[2003\]. ISBN 0-7494-4456-8.
* *The John Adair Handbook of Management and Leadership* (New ed.). Thorogood. 2004. ISBN 1-85418-204-8.
* *Effective Leadership Development*. Adair J. CIPD. 2005. ISBN 1-84398-133-5.
* *Adairs Leadership Development Activities Tool kit*. Adair J CIPD. 2006. ISBN 1-84398-131-9.
* *Leadership and Motivation: The Fifty-fifty Rule and the Eight Key Principles of Motivating Others*. Kogan Page Ltd. 2007 \[2006\]. ISBN 978-0-7494-4798-4.
* *The Leadership of Muhammad*. Kogan Page. 2010. ISBN 978-0-7494-6076-1.


title: The Real Me (Bea Alonzo album)

abstract: The Real Me is the debut album by the Filipino actress Bea Alonzo. It was released on 2008 by Star Records.

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# The Real Me (Bea Alonzo album)

**The Real Me** is the debut album by the Filipino actress Bea Alonzo. It was released on 2008 by Star Records.

## Release

The album was launched on June 18 in the daily talk show Boy & Kris. In the show, Bea Alonzo sang two tracks from her album.

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I'm Missing You" (originally performed by Meja) | Meja, D Carr, T. Ekman, P. Adebratt | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Crazy About You" | Alexie Corvilla | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Close To You" | D. Riva, A. Pignagnoli, A. Gordon | 3:27 |
| 4. | "You" (originally performed by Jim Brickman) | Jim Brickman, Dave Deviller, Sean Hosein | 3:51 |
| 5. | "I'll Always Love You" (originally performed by Taylor Dayne, 1988) | Eric Kaz, Tom Snow | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Kagandahan (Betty La Fea Theme)" | Roque "rox" Santos / Jonathan Manalo | 4:06 |

## Awards

* 2009 Waki OPM Music Awards as Breakout Star of 2008 (I'm Missing You)
* 2009 Waki OPM Music Awards as Listener's Choice Award (Female)

## InfoBox

| The Real Me | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Bea Alonzo | |
| Released | 2008 |
| Recorded | Mixsonic |
| Genre | Pop |
| Language | English
Filipino |
| Label | Star Records |
| Producer | Malou N. Santos
Annabelle Regalado-Borja
Jonathan Manalo
Roque \\"rox\\" B. Santos |
| Bea Alonzo chronology | |
| ***The Real Me***
(2008) ***Bea Alonzo***
(2010) | |


title: Yauyos

abstract: Yauyos is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Yauyos in the region Lima. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos.

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# Yauyos

**Yauyos** is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Yauyos in the region Lima. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos.

12°27′34″S 75°54′26″W / 12.4594°S 75.9072°W / -12.4594; -75.9072

## InfoBox

| Yauyos | |
| --- | --- |
| Town | |
| Yauyos in 2021 | |
| Yauyos | |
| Coordinates: 12°27′34″S 75°54′26″W / 12.4594°S 75.9072°W / -12.4594; -75.9072 | |
| Country | Peru |
| Region | Lima |
| Province | Yauyos |
| District | Yauyos |
| Government | |
| Mayor | Elva Filomena Dionisio Inga<br>(2019-2022) |
| Elevation | 2,874 m (9,429 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |


title: Triepeolus lunatus

abstract: Triepeolus lunatus is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America from Canada to northern Mexico. Triepeolus lunatus tends to live in forest edges and meadows.

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# Triepeolus lunatus

***Triepeolus lunatus*** is a species of cuckoo bee in the family Apidae. It is found in North America from Canada to northern Mexico. *Triepeolus lunatus* tends to live in forest edges and meadows.

## Further reading

## InfoBox

| *Triepeolus lunatus* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Genus: | *Triepeolus* |
| Species: | ***T. lunatus*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Triepeolus lunatus***<br>(Say, 1824) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Triepeolus lunatus concolor*  (Robertson, 1898) * *Triepeolus nautlanus*  Cockerell, 1904 | |


title: Microcholus striatus

abstract: Microcholus striatus is a species of flower weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.

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# Microcholus striatus

***Microcholus striatus*** is a species of flower weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.

## Further reading

* Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 7: Curculionoidea I*. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26093-1.
* Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 8: Curculionoidea II*. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-25916-4.

## InfoBox

| *Microcholus striatus* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Curculionidae |
| Genus: | *Microcholus* |
| Species: | ***M. striatus*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Microcholus striatus***<br>LeConte, 1876 | |
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title: Gogyōshi

abstract: Gogyoshi (五行詩) is a style of Japanese poem that consists of a title and five lines. Japanese poet Tekkan Yosano published the original form of gogyoshi with specific syllable counts for each line in 1910, but few poets wrote in the style. In the 2000s, some Japanese poets began writing modern gogyoshi without syllabic restrictions, and modern gogyoshi have since been defined only by having five lines. Therefore, gogyoshi is considered the freest of Japanese poetic forms, as the poems do not have syllabic restrictions, specific line breaks, or a rhyme scheme. However, the style differs from other five-line forms, such as tanka and gogyohka, by the titling of its poems. Mariko Sumikura used gogyoshi as an English word for the first time in 2009. In 2018, Tarō Aizu proposed World Gogyoshi, which is written in two languages, English and each mother tongue, and he has been publishing the anthology of World Gogyoshi every year.

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# Gogyōshi

**Gogyoshi** (五行詩) is a style of Japanese poem that consists of a title and five lines. Japanese poet Tekkan Yosano published the original form of gogyoshi with specific syllable counts for each line in 1910, but few poets wrote in the style. In the 2000s, some Japanese poets began writing modern gogyoshi without syllabic restrictions, and modern gogyoshi have since been defined only by having five lines. Therefore, *gogyoshi* is considered the freest of Japanese poetic forms, as the poems do not have syllabic restrictions, specific line breaks, or a rhyme scheme. However, the style differs from other five-line forms, such as tanka and gogyohka, by the titling of its poems. Mariko Sumikura used gogyoshi as an English word for the first time in 2009. In 2018, Tarō Aizu proposed World Gogyoshi, which is written in two languages, English and each mother tongue, and he has been publishing the anthology of World Gogyoshi every year.

## World Gogyoshi

World Gogyoshi has seven rules by Taro Aizu.(December 25, 2019)

* 1. World Gogyoshi is based on Japanese Gogyoshi and English Pentastich.
* 2. World Gogyoshi has a title and the title is written in all capital letters.
* 3. World Gogyoshi is written in only five lines.
* 4. Each line of World Gogyoshi is written as brief as possible.
* 5. World Gogyoshi is written in both English and mother tongue.
* 6. The first letter of each line is written in a capital letter.
* 7. The purpose of World Gogyoshi is World Friendship.

## Sources

* Mariko Sumikura, Yume tsumugu hito, Chikurinkan (2009), ISBN 978-4-86000-169-8 C0092
* Mariko Sumikura, Ai matou hito, Chikurinkan (2010), ISBN 978-4-86000-195-7 C0092
* Mariko Sumikura Hikari Oru Hito, Chikurinkan (2010), ISBN 978-4-86000-188-9 C0092
* Mariko Sumikura, Tsuchi daku masurao, Chikurinkan (2011), ISBN 978-4860002114
* Kaoru Tanaka, Fragrant Winds, Kunpuan(2009)
* Taro Aizu, The Lovely Earth, Lulu Press(2011), ISBN 978-1-257-83916-2
* Taro Aizu, La Terre Précieuse, Lulu Press(2011), ISBN 978-1-257-90090-9
* Taro Aizu,わが福島 My Fukushima Mon Fukushima, Fueisya (2014), ISBN 978-4434191862
* Steve Wilkinson, Ripples on the Pond: a tanshi collection, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform(2015), ISBN 978-1515183013
* Steve Wilkinson, The Bamboo Hut Autumn 2015: A journal of tanshi, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2015), ISBN 978-1517236106
* Atunis Galaxy Anthology – 2018
* Taro Aizu, Sigma Sathish, Niladri Mahajan, The First Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2019, Independently published (April, 2019)ISBN 978-1092712026
* Taro Aizu, The Second Anthology Of World Gogyoshi 2020, Independently published (December, 2019)ISBN 978-1678301132
* Taro Aizu, The Third Anthology Of World Gogyoshi 2021, Independently published (December, 2020)ISBN 979-8587268999
* Taro Aizu, The Fourth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2022, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(January,2022)ISBN 978-6214701681
* Taro Aizu, 世界五行詩集 いとしい地球よ3 World Gogyoshi The Lovely Earth 3 Yubunsya, 2022 ISBN 978-4910433318
* Taro Aizu, The Fifth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2023, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(December,2022)ISBN 978-6214704248
* Taro Aizu, What's World Gogyoshi?The Guideline for World Gogyoshi, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(September,2023)ISBN 978-6214707072
* Taro Aizu, The Sixth Anthology of World Gogyoshi 2024, Poetry Planet Book Publishing House(July 2024)ISBN 978-6214951369


title: Turbonilla vancouverensis

abstract: Turbonilla vancouverensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

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# Turbonilla vancouverensis

***Turbonilla vancouverensis*** is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies.

## InfoBox

| *Turbonilla vancouverensis* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Family: | Pyramidellidae |
| Genus: | *Turbonilla* |
| Species: | ***T. vancouverensis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Turbonilla vancouverensis***<br>(Baird, 1863) | |
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title: Western nicator

abstract: The western nicator is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae.

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# Western nicator

The **western nicator** (***Nicator chloris***) is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae.

## Description

It is very similar to the eastern nicator, but the sides of the face and crown are olive green. It is best identified by its range and some of its vocalizations.

## Range

It is mainly native to the African tropical rainforest.

## Habitat

It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical swamps. It prefers well-established secondary growth forest from 700 to 1,850 metres.

Media related to *Nicator chloris* at Wikimedia Commons

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| Western nicator | |
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| Juvenile in Kibale Forest, Uganda | |
| Conservation status | |
|
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Nicatoridae |
| Genus: | *Nicator* |
| Species: | ***N. chloris*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Nicator chloris***
(Valenciennes, 1826) | |
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