title: Meri Andraković

abstract: Meri Andraković is a Croatian singer. She rose to fame after participating in season one of RTL Televizija's Zvjezdice. In 2020 Andraković released her debut album Voli through Croatia Records. In 2023, she joined the band ET as lead singer.

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# Meri Andraković

**Meri Andraković** (born 28 June 2000) is a Croatian singer. She rose to fame after participating in season one of RTL Televizija's *Zvjezdice*. In 2020 Andraković released her debut album *Voli* through Croatia Records. In 2023, she joined the band ET as lead singer.

## Life and career

Meri Andraković was born on 28 June 2000 in Osijek, Croatia and grew up in the nearby town of Belišće. She has been engaged in amateur singing since childhood.

In early 2015 she was announced as one of the participants in season one of RTL Televizija's *Zvjezdice*. She reached the top six before leaving the contest. Andraković's first single "Sve sam tebi oprostila ja" was released in 2016. In early 2018 she signed a record deal with Croatia Records. Since 2018 she has been collaborating with music producer Boris Đurđević. Andraković's debut album *Voli* was released on 3 December 2020.

On 9 December 2022, Andraković was announced as one of the 18 participants in Dora 2023, the national contest in Croatia to select the country's Eurovision Song Contest 2023 entry, with the song "Bye Bye Blonde".

## Discography

### Albums

| Title | Details | Peak chart positions |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | CRO
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| *Voli* |  | 15 |
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### Singles

| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | CRO
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| "Sve sam tebi oprostila ja | 2016 |  | non-album
singles |
| "Nije kriva muzika" | 2018 |  | *Voli* |
| "To je ta ljubav" | 2019 | |  |
| | "Za malo ljubavi" | |  |
| | "Nisi fer" | |  |
| "Zaboravi me" | 2020 | |  |
| | "Dodiri" | |  |
| | "Sretan Božić" | | 17 |
| "Bilo je dobro" | 2021 |  | non-album
singles |
| "Do zadnjeg udaha" | 2022 | |  |
| | "Briga me za sve" | |  |
| "Bye Bye Blonde" | 2023 | | 2 |
| | "Briga me za sve" | | 23 |
|

## InfoBox

| Meri Andraković | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (2000-06-28) 28 June 2000
Osijek, Croatia |
| Origin | Belišće, Croatia |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Years active | 2015–present |
| Labels | Croatia Records |


title: Toby Robertson

abstract: Sholto David Maurice Robertson, known as Toby Robertson, was the artistic director of the Prospect Theatre Company from 1964 to 1978. He was recognised as having "re-established the good name and reputation of touring theatre in the UK after it had become a byword for second-rate tattiness in the 1950s".

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# Toby Robertson

**Sholto David Maurice Robertson** OBE (29 November 1928 – 4 July 2012), known as **Toby Robertson**, was the artistic director of the Prospect Theatre Company from 1964 to 1978. He was recognised as having "re-established the good name and reputation of touring theatre in the UK after it had become a byword for second-rate tattiness in the 1950s".

## Early life

The son of David Lambert Robertson, a naval officer, and his wife, Felicity Douglas, a playwright, Robertson was educated at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Christened Sholto, he became known as "Toby" (he claimed, as a result of reciting "To be, or not to be" from an early age). He did his national service with the East African Rifles.

He appeared in a Marlowe Society production of *Romeo and Juliet* at the Phoenix Theatre in London, in 1952, and with the Elizabethan Players in a *Richard II* in Kidderminster in 1954. He appeared at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1957 in Peter Brook's production of *The Tempest* with John Gielgud (whom he also understudied). The following year he made his professional London debut in Eugene O'Neill's *The Iceman Cometh*, directed by Peter Wood, at the Arts theatre.

## Television and film

Robertson worked in television between 1959 and 1963, directing more than 25 new plays, several for ITV's *Armchair Theatre* and the BBC's *The Wednesday Play*. He also assisted Brook on his 1963 film *Lord of the Flies*. In 1962, Robertson directed Maxim Gorky's *The Lower Depths* for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

## Prospect Theatre Company

Robertson became involved as a director with the Prospect Theatre Company, which was launched at the Oxford Playhouse in 1961. When in 1964 the company found a permanent base at the Arts Theatre, Cambridge, Robertson became its artistic director, and annually staged three to four classical plays.

Prospect pioneered a type of theatre production in which emphasis was placed on quality acting and strikingly designed costumes, while its minimal stage designs enabled the company to easily tour regional theatres. It was with Prospect that Ian McKellen made his breakthrough performances with the company of Richard II (directed by Cottrell) and Marlowe's Edward II (directed by Robertson) at the Edinburgh festival in 1969, the latter causing a storm of protest over the enactment of the homosexual Edward's lurid death. Both those productions subsequently toured Britain and Europe before being staged at the Mermaid Theatre in London and breaking box-office records at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Derek Jacobi first played Hamlet for Prospect in 1977, a production which when revived in 1979 toured Denmark, Australia and the first-ever Western theatrical tour of China. Other actors whose careers were effectively launched or enhanced by Prospect included Prunella Scales, Dorothy Tutin and Timothy West, and the company mounted critically acclaimed productions of plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Dryden, Gogol and John Vanbrugh, as well as Cottrell's adaptation of E.M. Forster's *A Room with a View*.

However, when Prospect attempted to make the Old Vic its home from 1977, there were questions whether this contravened the terms of their touring subsidy. Matters of repertoire also became controversial, when a proposed season for late 1979 - which included the double bill of *The Padlock* and *Miss in Her Teens*, to mark the bicentenary of David Garrick's death, and a revival of *What the Butler Saw* \- were vetoed by the Arts Council as unsuitable for touring repertory. An internal report by Prospect then questioned "whether Prospect can any longer satisfy the triple task of filling the Vic, of satisfying the \[Arts Council\] Director of Touring's requirements for product of a certain familiar sort, and of realising the vision of Toby Robertson". As a result, Robertson was in effect fired from the post of artistic director in 1980 while he was abroad with the company in China. His friendship with Timothy West, his successor as artistic director at the Old Vic, was irreparably soured.

## Theatr Clwyd

Robertson subsequently ran Theatr Clwyd in north Wales between 1985 and 1992. He persuaded several leading actors, including Vanessa Redgrave, Sir Michael Hordern and Timothy Dalton, to perform at the theatre.

## Opera direction

Robertson directed several opera productions. For Scottish Opera he directed *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* (1972), the 1975 world premiere of Robin Orr’s *Hermiston*, and *Marriage of Figaro* (1977).

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title: United Soccer League of Pennsylvania

abstract: The United Soccer League of Pennsylvania is an amateur soccer league that operates in Eastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the greater Philadelphia area. The USL of PA is the premier amateur soccer league in the Philadelphia region and southeastern Pennsylvania.

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# United Soccer League of Pennsylvania

The **United Soccer League of Pennsylvania** is an amateur soccer league that operates in Eastern Pennsylvania, primarily in the greater Philadelphia area. The USL of PA is the premier amateur soccer league in the Philadelphia region and southeastern Pennsylvania.

## Overview

The league currently has 30 teams, spanning four divisions: The Major Division, The Major II Division, the Over 30 Division, and the Women's Major division. The Major II Division is composed mainly of reserve squads of the Major Division Teams.

## History

The United Soccer League of PA, originated from "United Soccer", an organization founded in the mid-1950s to sponsor international soccer games in our area. Eventually a few men from the organization came up with the idea to form a "German League". These men had pledged support from the Philadelphia United German-Hungarians, Phoenix SC, and the Vereinigung Erzgebirge. After a few weeks these men had their first open meeting and the preliminary work was done to form the league. A call went out to several other organizations such as Norristown, Allentown, Easton, Bethlehem, Camden, and Reading. In 1959, the idea of a "German League" was dropped and the UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE OF PENNSYLVANIA was founded.

### Founders

* Frank Follmer - United German Hungarians
* John Piatka - United German Hungarians
* Carl Schmollinger - Phoenix SC
* Werner Kraheck - Reading Americans
* John Benkert - Schwarzwald Kickers
* John Weber - United German Hungarians
* Gustav Ingold - Vereinigung Erzgebirge
* Werner Fricker \- United German Hungarians
* Carl Locher - Phoenix SC
* Hans Kompauer - Schwarzwald Kickers
* Erwin Green - Kolping SC
* Stephen Augenbaugh - Phoenix SC
* Alfred Hahn - Vereinigung Erzgebirge
* Karl Zaute - Vereinigung Erzgebirge
* William Robatzek - Phoenix SC
* Herman Trautz - Vereinigung Erzgebirge
* George Heinzelmann, Jr. - Vereingung Erzgebirge

### Seasons

Over 200 organizations have played soccer in the USLofPA in several divisions.

#### 1959-1960 season

| Reading Americans | Phoenix SC | Philadelphia United German-Hungarians |
| --- | --- | --- |
| V. Erzgebirge | Allentown | Schwarzwald Kickers |
|  | Jangar |  |

#### 1962-1963 season

| German Hungarians | Phoenix | Germ. Camden |
| --- | --- | --- |
| V.Erzgebirge | Reading | Polish Eagles |
| Dalarda | Seabrook | Donauschwaben |
|

**Current Men's Major Clubs**

1. "United Soccer League | Wufoo". *unitedsl.wufoo.com*. Archived from the original on 2018-07-27.

## InfoBox

United Soccer League of Pennsylvania
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Founded | 1959 |
| First season | 1959-1960 season |
| Country | United States |
| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Divisions | 4 |
| Number of teams | 26 |
| Domestic cup(s) | U.S. National Amateur Cup, USASA Open Cup, U.S. Open Cup |
| Current champions | West Chester United <br>(2017-2018) |
| Most championships | Philadelphia United German-Hungarians, (16 USL titles) |
| Website | unitedsoccerleague.us |
| *Current: 2018-2019* | |


title: Shirley Sagawa

abstract: Shirley Sachi Sagawa is an American public servant. An architect of AmeriCorps, Sagawa served in the White House of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. In 2021, President Biden nominated Sagawa to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 2022.

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# Shirley Sagawa

**Shirley Sachi Sagawa** (born August 25, 1961) is an American public servant. An architect of AmeriCorps, Sagawa served in the White House of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In 2021, President Biden nominated Sagawa to serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. She was confirmed by the Senate on August 5, 2022.

## Professional career

From 1987 to 1991, Sagawa served as Chief Council for Youth Policy for Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee Chairman Edward M. Kennedy.

In 1991, Sagawa joined the staff of the National Women's Law Center as senior counsel, focusing on Title IX, child care, and women in the military.

### White House

Sagawa served as a Senate-confirmed appointee in both the George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. George H.W. Bush nominated her to serve a two-year term from 1991 to 1993 as a founding member of the Board of Directors of Commission on National and Community Service, authorized by the National and Community Service Act of 1990.

In 1993, Sagawa served in The Clinton White House as Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the First Lady and Domestic Policy Council, advising the President and First Lady on education and children's policy. During the year, she assisted the Office of National Service by participating in the drafting and negotiation of President Clinton's national service legislation for AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

In November 1993, President Clinton nominated Sagawa to serve as the first managing director of the Corporation for National and Community Service. In this position, she was responsible for overseeing all of the agency's programs, including standing up the new AmeriCorps program. The first AmeriCorps members were sworn in by President Clinton September 12, 1994. Sagawa became known as the “founding Mother of the Modern Service Movement."

### Subsequent career

On January 7, 2001, Sagawa was featured in *Newsweek* on the magazine's "Watch Out" List. She was recognized for her tenure as Deputy Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Deputy Chief of Staff for First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

In February 2009 in *The Chronicle of Philanthropy*, Sagawa was cited discussing the number of participants involved in AmeriCorps rather than the quality of candidates involved. Focusing on the publication of her book, Sagawa was featured in Youth Today discussing the current state of community service in 2011.

In the Fall of 2011, Sagawa was also featured in Smith College's Alumnae Quarterly Magazine. In the article, Sagawa's time at Smith and explores her work in public service focusing on "how to help people find service opportunities in their communities".

### Service Year Alliance

In 2016, Sagawa became the founding chief executive officer of the Service Year Alliance, chaired by Gen. Stanley McChrystal (ret.).

### Biden administration

On April 20, 2021, President Biden nominated Sagawa to the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service. She was confirmed by the Senate for a term ending October 6, 2024, on August 5, 2022.

## Publications

### Books

* Sagawa, Shirley; Segal, Eli (January 2000). "Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value through Business and Social Sector Partnerships". *California Management Review*. **42** (2): 105–122. doi:10.1177/000812560004200201.
* Sagawa, Shirley; Jospin, Deborah (2008-12-03). *The Charismatic Organization: Eight Ways to Grow a Nonprofit that Builds Buzz, Delights Donors, and Energizes Employees*. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-44934-9.
* Sagawa, Shirley (2010-04-09). *The American Way to Change: How National Service and Volunteers Are Transforming America*. John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-61865-3.

### Articles

"A Half-Million Strong: AmeriCorps Volunteers Make a Difference". *Center for American Progress*. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 2023-02-03.

## Personal life

Sagawa married Gregory Baer in 1989 and is mother to three boys.


title: The Child of Destiny

abstract: The Child of Destiny is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by William Nigh and starring Irene Fenwick. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.

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# The Child of Destiny

***The Child of Destiny*** is a lost 1916 silent film drama directed by William Nigh and starring Irene Fenwick. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures.

## Cast

## InfoBox

| The Child of Destiny | |
| --- | --- |
| Advertisement | |
| Directed by | William Nigh
David Thompson(assistant) |
| Written by | William Nigh
Harry O. Hoyt |
| Starring | Irene Fenwick |
| Cinematography | Arthur A. Cadwell |
| Production
company | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
| Distributed by | Metro Pictures |
| Release date | * July 24, 1916 (1916-07-24) |
| Running time | 50 minutes; 5 reels |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent ..English titles |


title: Tanjung Ringgit

abstract: Tanjung Ringgit is a cape located on the eastern coast line of Lombok Island, Indonesia. The area is surrounded by conserved forest owned by the Ministry of Forestry. Its inhabitants are mainly farmers.

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# Tanjung Ringgit

8°51′30″S 116°33′11″E / 8.85833°S 116.55306°E / -8.85833; 116.55306

**Tanjung Ringgit** is a cape located on the eastern coast line of Lombok Island, Indonesia.

The area is surrounded by conserved forest owned by the Ministry of Forestry. Its inhabitants are mainly farmers.

## Tourism

Tanjung Ringgit has white sand beaches and a long white rock cliff where one can find old cave used by Japanese soldiers during World War II.

Tanjung Ringgit is a 212 hour drive from Mataram, Lombok's main city.

1. Lai, Ariella (2021-05-24). "Tanjung Ringgit". *Dolanesia*. Retrieved 2024-02-09.


title: Marymount School of New York

abstract: Marymount School of New York is an American college preparatory, independent, Catholic day school for girls located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. It was founded by Mother Marie Joseph Butler in 1926 as part of a network of schools directed by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. The school enrolls students in nursery through class XII.

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# Marymount School of New York

**Marymount School of New York** is an American college preparatory, independent, Catholic day school for girls located on the Upper East Side of the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.

It was founded by Mother Marie Joseph Butler in 1926 as part of a network of schools directed by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. The school enrolls students in nursery through class XII.

## History

Founded by Mother Marie Joseph Butler in 1926, Marymount School is part of a network of schools directed by the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary (RSHM).

The RSHM was established in 1849 in Béziers, France, by Père Gailhac and Mère St. Jean. They expanded their ministry to the United States in 1877.

Mother Butler purchased the Florence Vanderbilt estate at 1028 Fifth Avenue in 1926 and founded Marymount School of New York. The adjoining Pratt mansion at 1027 Fifth Avenue was acquired in 1936, and the school expanded to the Dunlevy Milbank property at 1026 in 1950. The three turn-of-the-century Beaux-Arts buildings at Houses at 1026–1028 Fifth Avenue occupy approximately half the block between 83rd and 84th Streets on Fifth Avenue.

## Facilities

The Lower and Upper Schools are housed at 1026–1028 Fifth Avenue at 84th Street. These buildings were built in 1901 by architect C. P. H. Gilbert and the architectural firm Van Vleck & Goldsmith. The buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 as the Houses at 1026–1028 Fifth Avenue; the listing included three contributing buildings. 1026 and 1027 were designed by Van Vleck & Goldsmith; 1028 was designed by Gilbert. Joseph Van Vleck (1876–1942) and Goldwin Goldsmith were architectural partners.

## Notable alumnae

## Notable faculty

## InfoBox

| Marymount School of New York | |
| --- | --- |
| Fifth Avenue and East 84th Street | |
| Address | |
|  | |
| 1026 Fifth Avenue
(Upper East Side, Manhattan)
New York City, New York 10028
United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′47.5″N 73°57′40.5″W / 40.779861°N 73.961250°W / 40.779861; -73.961250 |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, college-preparatory, day |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1926 (1926) |
| School code | 333800 |
| Headmistress | Concepcion R. Alvar |
| Grades | Nursery12 |
| Gender | Girls |
| Enrollment | 700+ |
| Student to teacher ratio | 6:1 |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and white |
| Song | "Let Us Raise High the Banners" |
| Athletics conference | Athletic Association of Independent Schools |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Team name | Lions |
| Rival | Convent of the Sacred Heart |
| Newspaper | *The Joritan* |
| Yearbook | *The Marifia* |
| Affiliation | New York State Association of Independent Schools |
| Admissions Director | Carolyn Booth |
| Website | marymountnyc.org |
|  | |
|  | |
| Houses at 1026–1028 Fifth Avenue | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic district | |
|  | |
| Built | 1901 (1901) |
| Architect | Charles P. H. Gilbert; Van Vleck & Goldsmith |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| NRHP reference No. | 99000197 |
|  | |


title: The Beautiful Briny

abstract: "The Beautiful Briny" is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman, originally for the Walt Disney film Mary Poppins, but eventually used instead in the 1971 musical film production Bedknobs and Broomsticks. David Tomlinson and Angela Lansbury perform the song as a duet under the water, in the lagoon of the Island of Naboombu.

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# The Beautiful Briny

**"The Beautiful Briny"** is a song written by Robert and Richard Sherman, originally for the Walt Disney film *Mary Poppins*, but eventually used instead in the 1971 musical film production *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*. David Tomlinson (Mr. Emelius Browne) and Angela Lansbury (Miss Eglantine Price) perform the song as a duet under the water, in the lagoon of the Island of Naboombu.

## Thematic placement

With a moment to garner perspective "far from the frenzy of the frantic world above", Browne and Price dance to the music of a 1940s night club orchestra. The orchestra is made up of sea creatures. At one point in the song, possible romance is alluded to, but it is not specified as in addition to Miss Price and Mr. Browne, pairs of male and female animated sea creatures such as electric eels and lobsters are shown dancing in the song.

> Two beneath the blue
> Could even fall in love...

## Other film connections

"Under the Sea" from the 1989 musical film *The Little Mermaid* (which won the Oscar for "Best Original Song" that year) was thematically inspired by "Beautiful Briny" as both songs are, more or less, about the same thing. In *Mary Poppins Returns*, the scene where Mary Poppins had the children bathe is a nod to this song and had characters from *Bedknobs and Broomsticks*. The song was written for the original 1964 *Mary Poppins*.

## Literary sources


title: Tom Allon

abstract: Tom F. Allon is an American newspaper/magazine and digital media and events entrepreneur. He is publisher and former co-owner of City & State NY. Previously he was president and co-owner of Manhattan Media. He was for eighteen months a candidate for mayor in the 2013 election, but subsequently dropped out of the race. He was endorsed by the Liberal Party in New York. Allon is also a columnist and pundit whose opinion articles have appeared in the New York Daily News, New York Post, City & State, and HuffPost. He is a serial media entrepreneur, who helped build one public media company and two private media companies in the three decades between 1990-2020. He has bought and sold many publications and is considered an expert in launching and growing digital and events-driven local media outlets. Allon started his career as an educator, teaching English and Journalism at his alma mater, Stuyvesant High School. He has also taught opinion writing in the journalism department at Hunter College in New York City.

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# Tom Allon

**Tom F. Allon** is an American newspaper/magazine and digital media and events entrepreneur. He is publisher and former co-owner of *City & State NY*. Previously he was president and co-owner of Manhattan Media.

He was for eighteen months a candidate for mayor in the 2013 election, but subsequently dropped out of the race. He was endorsed by the Liberal Party in New York. Allon is also a columnist and pundit whose opinion articles have appeared in the *New York Daily News*, *New York Post*, *City & State*, and HuffPost. He is a serial media entrepreneur, who helped build one public media company and two private media companies in the three decades between 1990-2020. He has bought and sold many publications and is considered an expert in launching and growing digital and events-driven local media outlets. Allon started his career as an educator, teaching English and Journalism at his alma mater, Stuyvesant High School. He has also taught opinion writing in the journalism department at Hunter College in New York City.

## Early life and education

Allon was born in New York City, on May 21, 1962, and raised in a Jewish family on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Allon attended Stuyvesant High School. He attended Cornell University, where he worked for *The Cornell Daily Sun* and was its sports editor and a columnist. He graduated with a BA degree in history from Cornell in 1984. He then received an MS degree in Journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in 1985. After graduating from Columbia, Allon taught English at his alma mater, Stuyvesant High School.

## Career

From 1986 to 1991, Allon was editor of *The West Side Spirit*, a community newspaper he later owned. In 1992, he became publisher of West Side Spirit and its sister paper on the East Side, Our Town. In 1993, he was promoted to executive vice president of News Communications, Inc., a public company which owned 23 publications in the NY metropolitan area and Washington, D.C. In 1994, he helped in the creation of a new publication covering Congress and politics in DC, The Hill. In 2001, Allon spearheaded a management buyout of four weekly newspapers in Manhattan and created Manhattan Media, where he was CEO for more than a decade. Along with the *West Side Spirit*, Manhattan Media also published the community newspapers *Our Town*, *The Westsider*, the *Chelsea Clinton News*, the political newspapers *City Hall* and *The Capitol*, and the magazines *Avenue* and *New York Family*. In 2013, Allon once again led a management buyout of City & State, NY from Manhattan Media and along with partner Steve Farbman, built that into the must-read in local and state government. City & State publishes a weekly magazine, five daily emails and produces 50 events a year, including "power lists" which rank the powerful in New York State by geography, demography, and industry. In 2020, Allon sold City & State to Government Executive, a media, data and insights company based in Washington, D.C. He stayed on as publisher of City & State, NY and is leading City & State’s expansion to other states, including Pennsylvania in April 2021 and Florida in May 2022. Allon is also a frequent pundit and columnist, whose work has appeared in the NY Daily News, The NY Post, the Huffington Post as well as City & State. In early 2022, Allon co-founded a new non-profit Think Tank, The 5Boro Institute. After raising more than $700,000 from prominent New York City philanthropists, real estate firms and tech companies, Allon hired former NY1 journalist Grace Rauh to be executive director of 5Boro. Allon’s co-founder, long-time esteemed civic leader Dick Ravitch, passed away in June 2023. 5Boro’s first Special Report on the staffing crisis in City government was widely praised in government and the local media and a number of its recommendations were adopted by the Adams mayoral administration.

## Mayoral candidacy

On July 12, 2011, Allon announced that he would run for mayor of the City of New York. He stated that New Yorkers need a leader "like me who thinks like an Israeli: tough and always ready to defend his people." On January 10, 2012, the Liberal Party of New York selected Allon as its mayoral candidate. While Allon "made a strong impression at a series of candidate forums," his candidacy failed to gain traction, and "his polling numbers mired in the low single digits." Allon raised more than $300,000 for his campaign but against more experienced candidates he had difficulty attracting major campaign donors, reporting just $17,335 in contributions in the two months before he dropped out of the race. Allon withdrew from the race on March 17, his campaign more than $4,000 in debt. The Liberal Party subsequently endorsed Catsimatidis. At the same time, Allon acquired the news organization *City & State* from Manhattan Media. Allon later became a frequent pundit and columnist in local media on important public policy matters. Candidates for public office often sought his counsel and advice and in 2019-2020 he helped organize weekly "mayor classes" for Brooklyn Borough President and mayoral candidates Eric Adams, who later went on to win the election and become Mayor of New York City in 2022.

## Personal life

In 1993, Allon married Janet Wickenhaver, then a freelance crime reporter, in a Jewish ceremony in Soho. They divorced in 2015. Allon married Rebecca Cohen in 2020 in a Zoom wedding ceremony at their second home on Long Island, in the midst of the covid pandemic.

## Outside activities and memberships

Allon helped create two public high schools, Eleanor Roosevelt High School on the Upper East Side and Frank McCourt High School on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. He also served on the advisory board of the West Side Crime Prevention Program, the board of arts institution Symphony Space, and the board of the Speyer Legacy School. He was the president of the New York Press Association in 2008. He was appointed to the Brooklyn Bridge Park board by then Governor Andrew Cuomo in 2019. He was appointed to the board of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce in 2021. In March 2022, Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor David Banks appointed Allon to the public education policy panel (PEP).

## InfoBox

| Tom Allon | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | Tom F. Allon
(1962-05-21) May 21, 1962
New York City, U.S. |
| Education | Stuyvesant High School, Cornell University, A.B. Columbia Journalism School M.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Newspaper publisher, media entrepreneur, journalist, public affairs columnist |
| Spouse | Rebecca Cohen |


title: Orchestina simoni

abstract: Orchestina simoni is a spider species found in France, Italy and Greece.

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# Orchestina simoni

***Orchestina simoni*** is a spider species found in France, Italy and Greece.

## InfoBox

| *Orchestina simoni* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oonopidae |
| Genus: | *Orchestina* |
| Species: | ***O. simoni*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Orchestina simoni***<br>Dalmas, 1916 | |
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title: Washaway

abstract: A washaway is a particular kind of landslide that can affect man-made structures such as cuttings, embankments and bridges. They are thus a hazard to railways and road traffic. The biggest danger with washaways is that they may be difficult to spot in time to stop short of the point where one falls over the edge and/or into the water where one may drown.

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# Washaway

A **washaway** is a particular kind of landslide that can affect man-made structures such as cuttings, embankments and bridges. They are thus a hazard to railways and road traffic.

The biggest danger with washaways is that they may be difficult to spot in time to stop short of the point where one falls over the edge and/or into the water where one may drown.

## Repairs

An embankment that is washed away can be repaired or restored by replacing the washed away earth, which is necessarily large because embankments have a gentle slope.

A quicker method is to replace the washed out earth with a criss-cross structure of timber steepers called a pigsty which is only slightly wider than the track itself. The pigsty has alternating layers of transverse and longitudinal layers of these sleepers, which contains a lot of air which saves weight. Steel and concrete sleepers are not necessarily suitable for this purpose as they are either not square or fragile.

The sleepers in the pigsty can be reused when the washaway is fully repaired. Rails can substitute for the sleepers. The hollow space inside the pigsty should be able to act as a culvert.

## Warning devices

A mechanical railway signal that is normally "green" can be put to "red" if a link in the pulling wire is disengaged by a slump of the earth beneath.

An electrical railway signal that is normally green can be put to red if a contact is opened circuited by a slump of the earth beneath. One side of contact might be attached to the sleepers, while the other side is buried in the ballast beneath. To protect against a false feed keeping the warning signal green, the circuit should be double cut so that false feeds will connect positive to negative and blow a fuse, forcing the warning signal to red. A similar setup might be used to protect bridges likely to be hit by ship collisions, as with the 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck.

## Accidents

Railway accidents involving bridge washaways include:

### Cause unclear


title: The Child of Nature

abstract: The Child of Nature is a 1788 comedy play by the English writer Elizabeth Inchbald, adapted from a French work by the Countess de Genlis. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 28 November 1788. The original cast included Thomas Ryder as Duke Murcia, William Farren as Marquis Almanza, William Thomas Lewis as Count Valantia, James Fearon as Seville, William Macready the Elder as Granada, Francis Aickin as Peasant, Isabella Mattocks as Marchioness Mérida and Ann Brunton Merry as Amanthis. The Dublin premiere took place at the Crow Street Theatre on 13 February 1789.

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# The Child of Nature

***The Child of Nature*** is a 1788 comedy play by the English writer Elizabeth Inchbald, adapted from a French work by the Countess de Genlis. It premiered at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden in London on 28 November 1788. The original cast included Thomas Ryder as Duke Murcia, William Farren as Marquis Almanza, William Thomas Lewis as Count Valantia, James Fearon as Seville, William Macready the Elder as Granada, Francis Aickin as Peasant, Isabella Mattocks as Marchioness Mérida and Ann Brunton Merry as Amanthis. The Dublin premiere took place at the Crow Street Theatre on 13 February 1789.

## Bibliography

* Greene, John C. *Theatre in Dublin, 1745-1820: A Calendar of Performances, Volume 6*. Lexington Books, 2011.
* Nicoll, Allardyce. *A History of English Drama 1660–1900: Volume III*. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
* Hogan, C.B (ed.) *The London Stage, 1660–1800: Volume V*. Southern Illinois University Press, 1968.
* Robertson, Ben P. *Elizabeth Inchbald's Reputation: A Publishing and Reception History*. Routledge, 2015.

## InfoBox

| The Child of Nature | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Written by | Elizabeth Inchbald |
| Date premiered | 28 November 1788 |
| Place premiered | Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Setting | Spain |


title: Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver

abstract: Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver is an album by organist Shirley Scott featuring compositions by Horace Silver which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.

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# Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  |

***Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver*** is an album by organist Shirley Scott featuring compositions by Horace Silver which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.

## Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Just what it says. The queen of the Hammond organ plays compositions by the funk-master himself".

## Track listing

All compositions by Horace Silver

1. "Señor Blues" – 4:02
2. "Moonray" – 5:41
3. "Sister Sadie" – 7:24
4. "Doodlin'" – 5:20
5. "The Preacher" – 5:17
6. "Strollin'" – 6:22

## Personnel

## InfoBox

| Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Studio album by Shirley Scott | |
| Released | 1962 |
| Recorded | November 17, 1961 |
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 34:06 |
| Label | Prestige
PR 7240 |
| Producer | Esmond Edwards |
| Shirley Scott chronology | |
| *Hip Twist*
(1961) ***Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver***
(1962) *Happy Talk*
(1962) | |


abstract: University College (UC) is a college at the University of Tasmania which offers programs that provide both single year diplomas, and two-year associate degrees. These programs are offered as both stand-alone degrees, but can also be used to provide credit towards further study at the university. The college was launched in 2016 by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as part of the Universities transformation plan and seeks to provider a greater link between industry and education experts. The college is based in Launceston, but operates throughout Tasmania at both the Hobart and Burnie campuses of the university.

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# University College (University of Tasmania)

**University College** (**UC**) is a college at the University of Tasmania which offers programs that provide both single year diplomas, and two-year associate degrees. These programs are offered as both stand-alone degrees, but can also be used to provide credit towards further study at the university.

The college was launched in 2016 by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as part of the Universities transformation plan and seeks to provider a greater link between industry and education experts. The college is based in Launceston, but operates throughout Tasmania at both the Hobart and Burnie campuses of the university.

## Programs

### Diplomas

The college offers single-year diploma qualifications in Applied Business, Applied Health and Community Support, Applied Science, Applied Technologies, Agribusiness, Sustainable Living and Construction Management. Graduates can utilise the diploma in further studies at the university within an associate degree or a bachelor's degree.

### Associate Degrees

Two year associate degree studies are available by the college within the Business, Health, Science, Technology, Agribusiness and Design fields. Upon the competition of one year of the associate degree program, students can elect to receive a diploma.

### Pathways

In addition to the provision of credit towards a bachelor's degree, the college also offers direct pathway programs into further study. These programs include the University Preparation Program (UPP) and the Diploma of University Studies. The college also offers a direct pathway option for the Bachelor of Pharmacy degree through the associate degree in Pharmacy Studies.

## InfoBox

University College
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| Motto | Live. Learn. Do. |
| Established | 2016 (2016) |
| Parent institution | University of Tasmania |
| Vice-Chancellor | Rufus Black |
| Principal | Andrea Carr |
| Location | Hobart, Launceston and Burnie, Tasmania, Australia |
| Website | www.utas.edu.au/college |


title: Tanjung Rambutan

abstract: Tanjung Rambutan is a small town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. It is on the Ipoh to Butterworth railway line, at the now-defunct Tanjung Rambutan railway station. It is located approximately 12 kilometers from the city of Ipoh and is known for its mental hospital, the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta.

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# Tanjung Rambutan

**Tanjung Rambutan** (Jawi: تنجوڠ رمبوتن; Chinese: 丹绒红毛丹) is a small town in Kinta District, Perak, Malaysia. It is on the Ipoh to Butterworth railway line, at the now-defunct Tanjung Rambutan railway station. It is located approximately 12 kilometers from the city of Ipoh and is known for its mental hospital, the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta.

## History

Tanjung Rambutan was named after a fruit that grew abundantly in the area. The town was established in the early 19th century by the British colonial government as a settlement for the Malay population. The town later became a hub for rubber and tin mining.

## Geography

Tanjung Rambutan is located at an elevation of 60 meters above sea level. The town is situated on the banks of the Kinta River and is surrounded by hills and forests. The town is known for its tropical climate, with temperatures ranging from 22 °C to 32 °C throughout the year.

## Economy

The economy of Tanjung Rambutan is primarily based on agriculture, with rubber and palm oil being the main crops grown in the area. The town is also home to several small businesses, including shops and restaurants.

## Culture

Tanjung Rambutan is known for its traditional Malay architecture, with many of the buildings in the town featuring intricate wood carvings and other decorative elements. The town also hosts several cultural festivals throughout the year, including the annual Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.

## Education

Tanjung Rambutan is home to several primary and secondary schools, including the Sekolah Kebangsaan Tanjung Rambutan and the Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanjung Rambutan.

## Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta

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4°40′13″N 101°09′56″E / 4.6703°N 101.1655°E / 4.6703; 101.1655

The Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, commonly known as the Tanjung Rambutan Asylum, is a psychiatric hospital located in Tanjung Rambutan. The hospital was established in 1919 by the British colonial government as the Federal Lunatic Asylum, and was later renamed to Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta by Mahadevan Mahalingam, the first director of the hospital, in 1965.

The hospital is known for its history of treating patients with mental illness, and is one of the largest psychiatric hospitals in Malaysia. It is situated on a sprawling 161-hectare campus and houses over 1,000 patients. The hospital provides a range of psychiatric services, including counseling, medication, and psychotherapy.

## InfoBox

| Tanjung Rambutan | |
| --- | --- |
| Town | |
| Tanjung RambutanLocation in PerakTanjung RambutanLocation in Malaysia | |
| Coordinates: 4°42′35″N 101°08′00″E / 4.70972°N 101.13333°E / 4.70972; 101.13333 | |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Perak |
| Government | |
| Type | Council government |
| Yang berhormat | Muhammad arafat (Pakatan harapan) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (MST) |


title: VicTrack

abstract:
VicTrack, trading as the Victorian Rail Track Corporation, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway. VicTrack leases railway and tram land used for public transport to Public Transport Victoria which then sub-leases the assets and infrastructure to rail and tram operators, currently Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line and Yarra Trams. VicTrack retains responsibility for the freight lines around the Dynon Intermodal Freight Terminal, South Dynon Locomotive Depot and in North Melbourne. VicTrack also carries out a range of commercial activities on railway land, including:
  - property leasing and licensing of surplus railway land
  - providing telecommunications services using surplus railway network capacity
  - outdoor advertising
  - commercial property development
  - environmental programs on railway lands such as remediation of contaminated land.

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# VicTrack

**VicTrack**, trading as the **Victorian Rail Track Corporation**, is a Victorian Government state-owned enterprise which owns all railway and tram lines, associated rail lands and other rail-related infrastructure in the state of Victoria, Australia, with the exception of the Emerald Tourist Railway Board's heritage Puffing Billy Railway.

VicTrack leases railway and tram land used for public transport to Public Transport Victoria which then sub-leases the assets and infrastructure to rail and tram operators, currently Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC), Metro Trains Melbourne, V/Line and Yarra Trams. VicTrack retains responsibility for the freight lines around the Dynon Intermodal Freight Terminal, South Dynon Locomotive Depot and in North Melbourne.

VicTrack also carries out a range of commercial activities on railway land, including:

* property leasing and licensing of surplus railway land
* providing telecommunications services using surplus railway network capacity
* outdoor advertising
* commercial property development
* environmental programs on railway lands such as remediation of contaminated land.

## Objective

The *Transport Integration Act 2010* provides that VicTrack's primary object is "to act as the custodial owner of the State's transport-related land, infrastructure and assets" consistent with the vision statement in the Act and objectives which emphasise transport integration and sustainability. The Act also states that VicTrack's activities should be primarily directed at supporting the transport system and other purposes which support Government policy.

## History

Victorian Rail Track was established on 1 July 1997 by the *Rail Corporations Act 1996* to hold, manage and maintain railway land and infrastructure in Victoria for the Victorian Government.

In 1999, the standard gauge tracks from Melbourne to Serviceton (near the South Australian border) and to Albury (on the New South Wales border) were leased for five years to the newly formed Australian Rail Track Corporation. This was later extended for another 10 years and in May 2008, for another 45 years.

As part of the extension, the rundown and underutilised broad gauge line from Seymour to Albury that paralleled the Melbourne to Sydney line, was converted to standard gauge. Included was construction of a five kilometre Wodonga Rail Bypass to eliminate 11 level crossings.

In May 1999, a 45-year lease on the regional network was sold to Freight Victoria. The lease was included in the sale of the business to Pacific National in August 2004, before being bought back by the State Government in 2007.

In July 2008, the line from Maroona to Portland was leased to the ARTC for 50 years with $15 million to be invested in the line. The line was handed over in March 2009.

## Director of Public Transport

In August 1999, the office of Director of Public Transport was created in the Department of Transport to manage, coordinate and regulate public transport in Victoria. The responsibilities of the Director included the entering into and management of franchising contracts with train, tram and bus companies to provide public transport services in Melbourne and Victoria. To further these goals, the Director leased the metropolitan and intrastate train and tram infrastructure and assets from VicTrack through the Metropolitan Infrastructure Head Lease, and would sub-lease various assets to the various franchisees through Infrastructure Leases. On 2 April 2012, these functions of the Director were transferred to the newly created Public Transport Victoria, as were the leases.

The Victorian Rail Track Corporation (VicTrack) was re-established with a new corporate charter from 1 July 2010 by the *Transport Integration Act 2010*. The 2010 Act also changed the name of the *Rail Corporations Act 1996* to the *Rail Management Act 1996*.

## Relationship with Public Transport Victoria

VicTrack is the custodian of all rail infrastructure and assets in Victoria. VicTrack leases the metropolitan and intrastate train and tram infrastructure and assets to Public Transport Victoria (PTV), which then sub-leases the infrastructure and assets to the metropolitan train and tram operators and V/Line. PTV manages the rights and obligations contained in the sub-leases on behalf of the State.

Metro Trains Melbourne operates Melbourne's railway network of 998 km (620 mi) of track and is responsible for 215 railway stations. V/Line operates to 91 railway stations and is track manager of the Victorian intrastate rail network outside of the ARTC and Metro Trains Melbourne sub-leases. Yarra Trams operates the 250 km (160 mi) Melbourne tram network. ARTC sub-leases from PTV the interstate standard gauge railway tracks from Melbourne to Serviceton and Melbourne to Albury.

## InfoBox

Victorian Rail Track (VicTrack)
|  | |
| --- | --- |
| <br>VicTrack assets at Roxburgh Park: V/Line operated Sprinter train on Metro Trains Melbourne leased Craigieburn line to the left, and Australian Rail Track Corporation leased North East line on the right | |
| Corporation overview | |
| Formed | 1 July 1997 |
| Preceding corporation |  |
| Type | Statutory corporation |
| Jurisdiction | Victoria |
| Headquarters | Docklands |
| Employees | 387 (June 2018) |
| Ministers responsible |  |
| Corporation executive | * Chris Olds, Acting Chief Executive |
| Parent department | Department of Transport and Planning |
| Key documents |  |
| Website | www.victrack.com.au |
| Agency ID | PROV VA 4616 |


title: The Athenaeum Hotel

abstract: The Athenaeum is a family-owned five-star hotel overlooking Green Park in Piccadilly, London.

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# The Athenaeum Hotel

**The Athenaeum** is a family-owned five-star hotel overlooking Green Park in Piccadilly, London.

## History

### The site

Hope House was built at 116 Piccadilly in 1849–1850 by Henry Pelham-Clinton, the 6th Duke of Newcastle. The name Athenaeum first appears around 1864 when the house was bought by the Junior Athenaeum Club.

### Current building

The site was redeveloped in 1937, with the construction of an art deco apartment block, the Athenaeum Court.

### Hotel conversion

In 1971, The Rank Organisation purchased the Athenaeum Court, gutting and rebuilding it and reopening it as The Athenaeum Hotel in 1973. Through Rank's direct links to Hollywood the hotel attracted guests including Steven Spielberg, Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford, Lauren Bacall, Liza Minnelli and Warren Beatty. Rank encouraged the stars of its films (including Elizabeth Taylor) to take up residence at the hotel whilst working on projects in England. *The Hollywood Reporter* observed that there were more movie stars to be seen in London's Athenaeum than in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel.

For over twenty years Sally Bulloch was the Executive Manager.

The current General Manager Joanne Taylor Stagg took over in 2019

In 1992, the Athenaeum was purchased by Ralph Trustees Limited, a family-run business who also own The Grove in Hertfordshire and the Runnymede Hotel & Spa near Windsor.

## Location

The Athenaeum's postcode is W1J 7BJ, in Mayfair. The nearest tube station is Green Park.

## Kid's Concierge

The Hotel has a dedicated Kid's Concierge service which takes care of children's needs and helps families to plan itineraries. The Athenaeum also provides age-appropriate toys to children upon arrival.

## Awards

The hotel has 5 red stars and 2 red rosettes from the AA.

The website travelandleisure.com put the Athenaeum in its list of the 500 best hotels in the world in 2008.

Afternoon Tea at the Athenaeum has received an Award of Excellence from the UK Tea Guild for Top London Afternoon Tea 2008.

**Footnotes**

**Citations**

1. "Sir Richard Sutton Estates acquires the Athenaeum Hotel, Mayfair". 7 September 2015.
2. "History page of hotel website". Athenaeum Hotel. Retrieved 18 June 2009.
3. "Sally Bulloch's obituary". London: Telegraph. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
4. "Joanne Taylor-Stagg to join the Athenaeum". 13 December 2018.
5. "Hotel location". Athenaeum Hotel's website. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
6. Murphy, Jennifer. "Family-Friendly Luxury Hotels". *Forbes*.
7. "Profile Page on AA website". AA. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
8. "T+L 500 Winner 2008". travelandleisure.com. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 18 December 2008.
9. "Top London Afternoon Tea 2008". UK Tea Guild. Retrieved 18 December 2008.

## InfoBox

| The Athenaeum | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Location within Central London | |
| General information | |
| Location | 116 Piccadilly
London, England
W1J 7BJ |
| Coordinates | 51°30′17″N 0°8′51″W / 51.50472°N 0.14750°W / 51.50472; -0.14750 |
| Opening | 1973 |
| Owner | Sir Richard Sutton Estates |
| Management | Ralph Trustees Limited |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Rank Organisation |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 162 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Parking | none |
| Website | |
| Athenaeumhotel.com | |


title: Mesenochroa rogersi

abstract: Mesenochroa rogersi is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Costa Rica.

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# Mesenochroa rogersi

***Mesenochroa rogersi*** is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1885. It is found in Costa Rica.

## InfoBox

| *Mesenochroa rogersi* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | *Mesenochroa* |
| Species: | ***M. rogersi*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Mesenochroa rogersi***<br>H. Druce, 1885 | |
|


title: Tom Amandes

abstract: Thomas Amandes is an American actor. His best-known role to date is that of Eliot Ness in the 1990s television series The Untouchables; he also played Geena Davis' boyfriend in The Long Kiss Goodnight, and Abraham Lincoln in the 2013 film Saving Lincoln. He later had a costarring role as Dr. Harold Abbott on The WB’s Everwood.

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# Tom Amandes

**Thomas Amandes** (born March 9, 1959) is an American actor. His best-known role to date is that of Eliot Ness in the 1990s television series *The Untouchables*; he also played Geena Davis' boyfriend in *The Long Kiss Goodnight*, and Abraham Lincoln in the 2013 film *Saving Lincoln*. He later had a costarring role as Dr. Harold Abbott on The WB’s *Everwood.*

## Career

Amandes was born the sixth of 11 children in Richmond, Illinois. Amandes began acting at an early age, performing at home with his siblings and starring in school productions. He graduated in 1977 from Crystal Lake Central High School. In 1981, after graduating from the Goodman School of Drama at DePaul University, Amandes set out to apprentice on the Chicago stage.

A turning point in Amandes' career was being cast as Eliot Ness in the television series *The Untouchables*. He went on to star in *The Pursuit of Happiness* with Brad Garrett and Larry Miller. Amandes co-starred in the TV drama *Everwood* from 2002 to 2006. Other television credits include recurring roles on *The Guardian*, *JAG*, *Spin City*, *Sisters* and *From the Earth to the Moon*, in which Amandes portrayed Astronaut Harrison 'Jack' Schmitt. Amandes has guest-starred on *Roseanne*, *The Practice*, *The King of Queens*, *Just Shoot Me!*, *ER*, *Seven Days*, *The Larry Sanders Show*, *Greek*, *Chicago Fire*, *The Good Guys*, *NUMB3RS*, "Perry Mason", and *Private Practice*.

During his summer hiatus, Amandes wrapped production on the comedy *Dirty Deeds*. He has appeared in the films *Brokedown Palace*, *Second Chances*, *Straight Talk*, and *Billboard Dad*. Amandes appeared in the HBO film *Live From Baghdad*.

Amandes appeared in the fourth season of *Arrow* as cyber-criminal Noah Kuttler/the Calculator.

## Filmography

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1996 | *The Long Kiss Goodnight* | Hal |  |
| 1998 | *Second Chances* | Ben Taylor |  |
| 1998 | *Billboard Dad* | Maxwell Tyler | Video |
| 1999 | *Brokedown Palace* | Doug Davis |  |
| 2005 | *Dirty Deeds* | Lester Fuchs |  |
| 2006 | *Bonneville* | Bill Packard |  |
| 2011 | *Lucky* | Jonathan |  |
| 2013 | *Saving Lincoln* | Abraham Lincoln |  |
| 2013 | *Imagine* | Dr. Arlen | Short |
| 2017 | *The Bachelors* | David Wilkes |  |
| 2018 | *A Million Little Pieces* | Dr. Baker |  |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1992 | *Overexposed* | Asst. D.A. Mallery | TV film |
| 1993–94 | *The Untouchables* | Eliot Ness | Main role |
| 1994 | *Murphy Brown* | David Wofford | Episode: "Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?" |
| 1994 | *Because Mommy Works* | Eric Donovan | TV film |
| 1995 | *Sisters* | Martin | Episodes: "Sleeping with the Devil", "Word of Honor" |
| 1995 | *If Someone Had Known* | Paul Chambers | TV film |
| 1995 | *The Pursuit of Happiness* | Steve Rutledge | Main role |
| 1996–97 | *Promised Land* | Fred Mooster | Episodes: "The Hostage", "Mooster's Revenge" |
| 1998 | *The Larry Sanders Show* | Russ Schmitt | Episode: "Beverly's Secret" |
| 1998 | *From the Earth to the Moon* | Jack Schmitt | TV miniseries |
| 1998 | *Seven Days* | Gen. Wayne Starker | Episodes: "Doppleganger: Parts 1 & 2" |
| 1998 | *ER* | David Gardner | Episode: "The Miracle Worker" |
| 1999 | *Just Shoot Me!* | Matt Bentley | Episode: "Lies & Dolls" |
| 1999 | *Down Will Come Baby* | Marcus Garr | TV film |
| 1999 | *If You Believe* | Tom Weller | TV film |
| 1999–2002 | *JAG* | Cmdr. John Flagler | Episodes: "Silent Service", "The Iron Coffin", "Enemy Below" |
| 2000 | *The King of Queens* | Les Fisker | Episode: "Roast Chicken" |
| 2000 | *Family Law* | Lawrence Cameron | Episode: "One Mistake" |
| 2000 | *The Practice* | Robert Wakefield | Episode: "Appeal and Denial" |
| 2001 | *NYPD Blue* | David Jessup | Episode: "Writing Wrongs" |
| 2001 | *When Good Ghouls Go Bad* | James Walker | TV film |
| 2001 | *Spin City* | Julian Wheeler | Episodes: "A Tree Falls in Manhattan", "Yet Another Stakeout", "Fight Flub" |
| 2001–2002 | *The Guardian* | Dr. Thomas Reed | Episodes: "Pilot", "Reunion", "Home", "The Beginning" |
| 2002 | *Live from Baghdad* | Joe Erlichman | TV film |
| 2002–2006 | *Everwood* | Dr. Harold Abbott | Main role |
| 2006 | *Numb3rs* | Lawrence Dryden | Episode: "Brutus" |
| 2007 | *Curb Your Enthusiasm* | Bert | Episode: "The Lefty Call" |
| 2007 | *Women's Murder Club* | D.A. Pratt | Episode: "The Past Comes Back to Haunt You" |
| 2008 | *Private Practice* | Charlie Jensen | Episode: "Equal & Justice" |
| 2008 | *Boston Legal* | A.A.G. Jeremy Hollis | Episodes: "The Mighty Rogues", "Juiced" |
| 2008–2009 | *Eli Stone* | Martin Posner | Recurring role |
| 2009 | *Greek* | Jack Reed | Episode: "Our Fathers" |
| 2009 | *Grey's Anatomy* | Tom Waller | Episode: "Tainted Obligation" |
| 2009 | *Eastwick* | Pastor Dunn | Episodes: "Madams and Madames", "Bonfire and Betrayal" |
| 2009 | *This Might Hurt* | Dr. Mitch Malinow | TV film |
| 2010 | *The Deep End* | Don Branford | Episodes: "Pilot", "Where There's Smoke" |
| 2010 | *Big Love* | Roy Colburn | Episodes: "The Greater Good", "The Mighty and Strong", "Sins of the Father" |
| 2010 | *The Good Guys* | Dr. Kalfuss | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010 | *No Ordinary Family* | Dr. Allen | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2010–2014 | *Parenthood* | Dr. Pelikan | Recurring role (seasons 1 & 5), guest (season 2) |
| 2011 | *Leverage* | Livingston | Episode: "The Queen's Gambit Job" |
| 2012 | *Fairly Legal* | Mitch Rhinehart | Episode: "Shine a Light" |
| 2012–2014, 2018 | *Scandal* | Samuel Reston | Recurring role (seasons 2–3), guest (season 7) |
| 2013 | *Cult* | Gary Fisher | Episode: "You're Next" |
| 2013 | *1600 Penn* | Bernard | Episode: "Dinner, Bath, Puzzle" |
| 2013 | *Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23* | Mr. Harkin | Episodes: "Paris...", "Monday June..." |
| 2013 | *Castle* | Aaron Stokes | Episode: "Number One Fan" |
| 2015 | *Mom* | Richard | Episode: "Mashed Potatoes and a Little Nitrous" |
| 2015 | *Revenge* | Lawrence Stamberg | Episodes: "Plea", "Two Graves" |
| 2015 | *Chicago Fire* | Det. Ryan Wheeler | Episodes: "2112", "Sharp Elbows", "When Tortoises Fly", "Short and Fat" |
| 2016 | *The Detour* | Dr. Rob | Episodes: "The B&B", "The Wedding", "The Track" |
| 2016 | *Better Things* | Drexel | Episode: "Alarms" |
| 2016 | *Timeless* | Mark Felt | Episode: "The Watergate Tape" |
| 2016–2017 | *Arrow* | Noah Kuttler / The Calculator | Guest role (seasons 4 & 6) |
| 2016–2018 | *The Magicians* | Daniel Quinn | Episodes: "Homecoming", "The Cock Barrens", "The Losses of Magic" |
| 2017 | *A Neighbor's Deception* | Gerald Dixon | TV film |
| 2017 | *Good Behavior* | Asher | Episode: "Stay Beautiful" |
| 2017 | *ctrl alt delete* | Greg | Episode: "Philippa" |
| 2019 | *Unbelievable* | Bruce Bronstein | 1 episode |
| 2019 | *Perfect Harmony* | Luke | Episode: "Merry Jaxmas" |
| 2020 | *Criminal Minds* | Dr. Sebastian Hurst | Episode: "Under the Skin" |
| 2023 | *Perry Mason* | Judge Durkin | Recurring role (seasons 2) |

## InfoBox

| Tom Amandes | |
| --- | --- |
| Born | (1959-03-09) March 9, 1959<br>Richmond, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | DePaul University |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Spouse | Nancy Everhard (present) |
| Children | 3 |


title: Order of the Sinai Star

abstract: The Order of the Sinai Star is a two-degree military order in Egypt. It is Egypt's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity in direct combat with the enemy. The order is awarded to officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Egyptian Armed Forces. A total of 68 officers and soldiers have been awarded the order. It was created in 1972, and it consists of a ribbon and a medal. The ribbon of the first and second degree consists of three horizontal lines, red, white, black, and an extra golden eagle is placed on the ribbon for first degree recipients.

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# Order of the Sinai Star

**The Order of the Sinai Star** is a two-degree military order in Egypt. It is Egypt's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity in direct combat with the enemy. The order is awarded to officers, non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Egyptian Armed Forces. A total of 68 officers and soldiers have been awarded the order. It was created in 1972, and it consists of a ribbon and a medal. The ribbon of the first and second degree consists of three horizontal lines, red, white, black, and an extra golden eagle is placed on the ribbon for first degree recipients.

## Privileges and courtesies

The Order confers special privileges on its recipients, including:

* A monthly reward of £E20,000 for the first degree, and £E10,000 for the second degree. The recipient retains the monthly reward for the duration of his service, and keeps it if he is transferred to a civilian job and when he qualifies for a pension.
* The education of his children is free of charge in various stages of education in all state-owned schools, colleges and institutions, and are exempted from admission requirements with respect to age and total scores.
* Free travel by all means of state-owned land transportation within the Republic.
* Traveling on all state-owned sea and air transportation inside and outside the Republic with the exemption of half the ticket value and taxes incurred on the traveler.
* Free treatment in all state-owned medical units within the Republic, and access to all social services provided by the state and the armed forces.

## Recipients

## InfoBox

| Order of the Sinai Star | |
| --- | --- |
| The Order of the Sinai Star

First class ribbon
Second class ribbon | |
| Type | Military decoration |
| Awarded for | Performing acts of extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity in direct combat with the enemy in the theater of operations indicate valor rare and unique ability and dedication in redemption |
| Country | Egypt |
| Eligibility | Military personnel only |
| Status | Active |
| Established | 1972 |
| Total | 200 |
| Precedence | |
| Equivalent | The Order of Honor Star |


title: The Cross-Harbour (Holdings)

abstract: The Cross-Harbour (Holdings) Limited (CHHL) (SEHK: 32), formerly the Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company, is a Hong Kong investment holding company with emphasis on transport infrastructures.

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# The Cross-Harbour (Holdings)

| The Cross-Harbour | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Chinese | 港通控股有限公司 |
| Transcriptions  Yue: Cantonese  Jyutping Gong2 tung1 hung3 gu2 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1 | |
|  | |

**The Cross-Harbour (Holdings) Limited** (**CHHL**) (SEHK: 32), formerly the **Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company**, is a Hong Kong investment holding company with emphasis on transport infrastructures.

## History

The Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company Limited was incorporated with a nominal capital of HK$10 million in 1965. The company was backed by Wheelock Marden.

CHHL owned the franchise to build and operate the Cross-Harbour Tunnel up to 1999. Thereafter, CHHL, through an associated company, operated the Cross-Harbour Tunnel under a renewable management, operation and maintenance contract with the Government of Hong Kong until 31 October 2010. From 1 November 2010, the tunnel management passed to Serco Group.

The Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company also managed the Aberdeen Tunnel in the 1990s.

On 17 May 2000, the company's name was changed from Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company to Cross-Harbour (Holdings).

In 2001, Wharf Holdings sold its 26.7 per cent stake in the company to Prestige Properties Holdings Ltd. for HK$614.1 million.

## Investments

CHHL together with its wholly owned subsidiary hold a 50 per cent stake in Western Harbour Tunnel Company Limited (WHTCL). WHTCL owns the franchise to build and operate the Western Harbour Crossing from 1993 up to 2023.

In 2008, CHHL acquired a 39.5% effective interest in Tate's Cairn Tunnel Company Limited (TCTC). TCTC owned the franchise to build and operate the Tate's Cairn Tunnel from 1988 to 2018.

CHHL has a 70% stake in The Hong Kong School of Motoring (HKSM). HKSM operates three designated driving schools in Hong Kong. CHHL also has a 70% stake in a company which owns half of Autotoll Limited. Autotoll provides electronic toll clearing facilities in Hong Kong covering eleven different toll roads and tunnels.

On 5 June 2019, an Australian based fund manager, Lanyon Asset Management Pty Limited, made a cash offer to acquire the 50% interest in the WHTCL from CHHL.

On 11 June 2019, Lanyon’s offer was rejected by CHHL. Lanyon cited this was in the best interest of shareholders.

Subsequently, on 13 August 2019, Lanyon outlined a strategy for CHHL to liquidate their securities portfolio, sell the company yacht and return the surplus cash to CHHL shareholders as a special dividend. Lanyon suggested their initiatives would enable the payment of a special dividend of HK$16.80 per share (or 160% of the current share price).

## InfoBox

The Cross-Harbour (Holdings)
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| Formerly | The Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company, Limited |
| Traded as | SEHK: 32 |
| Industry | Investment |
| Founded | 26 April 1965 (1965-04-26) (The Cross-Harbour Tunnel Company, Limited) |
| Headquarters | Rooms 3301-07, China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong |
| Website | www.crossharbour.com.hk |


title: USS Waterman

abstract: USS Waterman (DE-740) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was sold to Peru in 1952, where she served as BAP Aguirre (D-2/DE-62) until being sunk as a target, in 1974.

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# USS Waterman

**USS *Waterman* (DE-740)** was a *Cannon*-class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was sold to Peru in 1952, where she served as BAP *Aguirre* (D-2/DE-62) until being sunk as a target, in 1974.

## Namesake

Andrew Kenneth Waterman was born on 20 December 1913 in Lewis County, Kentucky. He enlisted in the United States Navy on 21 November 1932 at Buffalo, New York. After instruction at the Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island, he served successive tours of sea duty on the USS *Nitro*, USS *New Mexico* and USS *Relief* before he underwent aviation training at the Fleet Air Base, Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone. After he attained the rate of aviation machinist's mate 3d class in December 1935 and extended his enlistment in November 1936, he served with Utility Squadron 1 into mid-1939. Transferred to Patrol Squadron 21 (VP-21) in August 1939, he joined that unit in time to make the transpacific flight from Hawaii to the Philippines of VP-21's PBY-4's to reinforce the Asiatic Fleet's patrols out of Cavite and Olongapo. For his role in that movement he received a commendation from Commander, Patrol Wing (PatWing) 2, Rear Admiral Arthur L. Bristol, Jr., on 2 October 1939. The Admiral praised Waterman's "through planning, attention to detail, and exceptional ability" that indicated a "high degree of efficiency" instrumental in the success of that important mission.

Transferred to VP-1 in September 1940, PatWing 10 flew reconnaissance and patrol missions from Cavite's Sangley Point seaplane base or from tender-supported Olongapo up to the outbreak of war with Japan on 8 December 1941. Before midnight on 26 December 1941, a six-plane attack group of PBY's from VP-101 (the redesignated VP-1) departed their advance base at Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, and set course for the Philippines. The PBYs were slated to hit Japanese shipping reportedly in Jolo harbor, in the Sulu Archipelago. Waterman by now an aviation machinist's mate 1st class, was flying as waist gunner and first mechanic in the PBY-4 flown by Ens. Elwyn L. Christman. Soon after the PBY's arrived over Jolo Harbor, antiaircraft fire from shore emplacements greeted them with gunfire assessed by Ens. Christman as "very accurate." Gunfire from the enemy ships below proved less troublesome, but soon the guns stopped firing when attacking Japanese fighter aircraft hove into view. Waterman and Aviation Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Joseph Bangust, the waist gunners, stood by their machine guns and downed the first attacker. While in a 60-degree dive aimed at a cruiser below, Christman released his bombs at 5,000 feet before heading the lumbering PBY westward to clear the area. One fighter, however, pursued doggedly. In the ensuing running fight the fighter's cannon shells tore into the plane's gasoline tank; and the volatile fuel spilled from the ruptured area. On another pass, the fighter's fire ignited the gasoline and set the Catalina ablaze. Christman headed for the water to land and abandon ship; two men, Radiomen 2 Class Landers and Bangust, bailed out at 300 feet (91 m) while Christman and his second and third pilots rode the plane down. Waterman had been mortally wounded, probably in the fighter's last pass. The burning PBY made a landing, and the remaining living crewman abandoned the aircraft and struck out for shore. There was no time to extricate Waterman's body from the blazing Catalina. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross.

## History

The ship was laid down on 24 February 1943 at San Pedro, Los Angeles, by the Western Pipe and Steel Company; launched on 20 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. June M. Waterman, the widow of Aviation Machinist's Mate 1st Class Waterman; and commissioned on 30 November 1943.

### 1944

After shakedown out of San Diego, California, and post-shakedown availability at her builder's yard, *Waterman* departed San Pedro, California, on 12 February 1944 and proceeded independently to Pearl Harbor, where she arrived six days later. Once in Hawaiian waters, the new escort vessel underwent further training in anti-submarine warfare and gunnery.

*Waterman* departed Pearl Harbor on 6 March and screened the escort carrier *Nassau* (CVE-16) as she ferried replacement aircraft, passengers, and cargo to Kwajalein, Majuro, Tarawa, and Makin in the Marshalls and Gilberts. The destroyer escort returned to Pearl Harbor on 24 March.

Continuing in her role as an escort vessel, *Waterman* sailed from Hawaiian waters on 9 April, bound again for the Marshalls in company with *Bowers* (DE-637) and escorting Convoy 4152-A which was made up of merchant tankers. *Waterman* arrived at Majuro one week later and then performed local escort missions out of that base through May.

On 1 June, *Waterman* joined Task Group (TG) 50.17, a fleet service group made up of vital support ships – particularly fleet oilers, tugs, ammunition ships, supply ships, and the like – that allowed the fast carrier task forces to remain at sea for prolonged periods of time. Those ships provided the carriers and their escorts with the vital necessities of life – food, fuel, ammunition, mail, etc. – anything the fleet needed to keep up the pressure on the Japanese.

*Waterman's* first assignment in that role was operating in support of the Marianas operation. She departed Majuro on 6 June and protected the task group for a fortnight before completing her mission at Eniwetok on the 20th. She then steamed to the Marianas and picked up an oiler at Saipan – while fighting was still in progress ashore – and screened her back to the Marshalls.

Underway again from Eniwetok on 26 July, *Waterman* rendezvoused with the fleet service group east of the Marianas and protected the oilers as they refueled the ships supporting the landings on Guam.

After returning to the Marshalls, the destroyer escort sailed from Eniwetok on 26 August, bound for the Admiralties, and arrived at Manus five days later. Soon thereafter, she returned to the open sea with a Service Force unit, TU 30.8.7, supporting the invasion of the Western Carolines. During that time, the destroyer escort operated west of the Philippine Islands, supporting carrier strikes. *Waterman* – operating out of Manus through September – weighed anchor on 4 October and stood out to sea, escorting the fleet service group to points east of the Philippines, where they replenished carriers launching air strikes smashing Japanese positions on the island of Leyte.

After escorting Service Force units which were supporting the Leyte landings, *Waterman* operated between 2 November and 23 December with TG 30.8 – the task group servicing carrier forces operating east of the Philippine Islands; planes from those fast carriers largely neutralized Japanese air and sea power in the Philippines and Formosa.

While operating with TG 30.8, *Waterman* encountered the worst weather of her career – the infamous Typhoon Cobra of 18 December 1944. For approximately 36 hours, the fierce storm battered Admiral Halsey's fleet – large and small ships alike. Winds of 120 knots (220 km/h; 140 mph) threw almost solid clouds of spume and spray and whipped up waves of about 80 feet in height, making life aboard *Waterman* decidedly "uncomfortable." Upon occasion, the ship rolled as much as 65 degrees. As her commanding officer recounted: "This day was a never to be forgotten one and was indelibly impressed in the minds of the crew."

Before the typhoon had spent itself, three ships – all lightly loaded destroyers, low on fuel – had been sunk and others damaged. On 23 December, two days before Christmas, *Waterman* steamed back to Ulithi "somewhat battered but in much better condition than a majority of the larger ships."

### 1945

One week later, the destroyer escort was at sea again, bound for Guam. From 4 January 1945 to 3 March, *Waterman* saw continuous service screening the fleet service group. She spent much of January supporting the occupation of Luzon from the fueling areas east of the Philippines and, in February, escorted the vital auxiliaries to a rendezvous with the fleet that soon commenced the pre-invasion bombardment of Iwo Jima.

While thus engaged, *Waterman* distinguished herself. On 17 February, an internal explosion ripped through the forward section of the oiler *Patuxent* (AO-44), leaving gaping holes in her bow and fires that raged over the forward part of the ship, endangering part of the cargo of volatile aviation gas. *Waterman* promptly left her screening station and was the first of two escorts to come alongside and lend a hand. She closed the endangered ship from one side while *Dewey* (DD-349) approached her from the other. The destroyer escort's repair parties, operating under extremely hazardous conditions, streamed thousands of gallons of water on *Patuxent*'s blaze and finally extinguished it. For his part in directing the destroyer escort's effort, Lt. Comdr. J. H. Stahle, USNR, the ship's commanding officer, received the Bronze Star Medal.

After upkeep and logistics back at Ulithi, *Waterman* departed the Carolines on 22 March for a fueling area east of Okinawa. During the first two weeks of April, *Waterman* escorted *Attu* (CVE-102) as she ferried replacement planes to the fast carrier task forces on two round trips between Okinawa and Guam.

For the remainder of the war in the Pacific, *Waterman* screened Fleet Service Force units steaming a few hundred miles off the Japanese homeland while the fleet's carriers, battleships, and cruisers carried out devastating attacks on the enemy's very doorstep.

On 21 August, less than a week after Japan capitulated, *Waterman* was assigned to TG 35.80, a special support group set up to enter Tokyo Bay as part of the initial occupation force. With their "battle colors" flying, she and *Kyne* (DE-744) – the first destroyer escorts to reach Sagami Wan – entered that body of water just southwest of the erstwhile enemy's capital city of Tokyo on 28 August and dropped anchor less than a mile off shore from the town of Katase. On 31 August, she moved into Tokyo Bay proper and, two days later, hauled down her "battle flag" as surrender terms were signed on board the battleship USS *Missouri*.

On 4 September, Waterman was assigned to TG 30.6, whose duty it was to evacuate Allied prisoners of war (POW's) from nearby prison camps. That afternoon, the destroyer escort entered the harbor at Yokohama and transported POW's to nearby hospital ships, receiving ships, and Kizarazu airfield. *Waterman* continued that work of mercy until 10 September, when she departed the Tokyo area with TU 30.6.3—four LSM's and sister ship *Weaver* (DE-741) – bound for Shiogama, on the eastern coast of Honshū, through which port the POW's from the Sendai camp were being evacuated.

The following morning, *Waterman* entered Shiogama harbor and joined other units of TG 30.6 who were already in the process of evacuating the Allied POW's there. On 14 September, the destroyer escort sailed for Kamaishi, arriving there the following morning for further evacuation of POW's.

Upon completion of that operation, TG 30.6 returned to Tokyo Bay where it was dissolved; *Waterman* was assigned to escort duties with TG 16.5 (of Service Squadron 6) for duty. In that role, the destroyer escort remained moored in Yokosuka harbor from 19 to 29 September.

On the afternoon of 29 September, *Waterman* received homeward-bound orders after 20 months of duty in the Pacific war zone; and she stood out of Tokyo Bay on 2 October.

After steaming via Pearl Harbor, she arrived at San Pedro, California, on 20 October and remained there until 6 November, when she got underway for the Panama Canal Zone and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arriving there on 22 November, the ship remained at Philadelphia until 10 December, undergoing availability. Soon thereafter, *Waterman* shifted to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she was laid-up in reserve at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet berthing area on 31 May 1946.

### Transfer to Peru

*Waterman* never again saw active service under the Stars and Stripes. She was transferred to the government of Peru on 21 February 1952 under the Mutual Defense Assistance Pact (MDAP) and was struck from the Navy List on 18 April of that same year.

Arriving in Peruvian waters on 24 May 1952, *Waterman* was renamed ***Aguirre*** and classified as a destroyer, D-2. Reclassified a destroyer escort, DE-2 in 1959 and DE-62 in 1960, *Aguirre* served the Peruvian Navy until she was disposed of in 1974 by being used as a target during an Exocet missile test.

## Awards

*Waterman* received eight battle stars for her World War II service.

* Photo gallery of USS *Waterman* (DE-740) at NavSource Naval History

## InfoBox

|  | |
| --- | --- |
| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | USS *Waterman* |
| Namesake | Andrew Kenneth Waterman |
| Builder | Western Pipe and Steel Company, Los Angeles, California |
| Laid down | 24 February 1943 |
| Launched | 20 June 1943 |
| Commissioned | 30 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 31 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 18 April 1952 |
| Honors and<br>awards | 8 battle stars (World War II) |
| Fate | Transferred to Peru, 21 February 1952 |
| Peru | |
| Name | BAP *Aguirre* (D-2) |
| Acquired | 21 February 1952 |
| Reclassified | * DE-2, 1959 * DE-62, 1960 |
| Fate | Sunk as target ship, 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | *Cannon*-class destroyer escort |
| Displacement | * 1,240 long tons (1,260 t) standard * 1,620 long tons (1,646 t) full |
| Length | * 306 ft (93 m) o/a * 300 ft (91 m) w/l |
| Beam | 36 ft 10 in (11.23 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6,000 shp (4,474 kW), 2 screws |
| Speed | 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) |
| Range | 10,800 nmi (20,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement | 15 officers and 201 enlisted |
| Armament |  |


title: Shintetsu 6000 series

abstract: Shintetsu 6000 series The Shintetsu 6000 series is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu) in Japan since 2008.

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# Shintetsu 6000 series

The **Shintetsu 6000 series** (神戸電鉄6000系, *Kōbe Dentetsu 6000-kei*) is an electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by the private railway operator Kobe Electric Railway (Shintetsu) in Japan since 2008.

## Design

It was the first new type ordered by the company in 14 years and also the first type with stainless steel bodies. The 18 m long cars have three pairs of doors per side and longitudinal bench seating throughout.

## Formation

As of 1 April 2014, the fleet consisted of two four-car sets formed as follows.

| Designation | Mc1 | M2 | M1 | Mc2 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Numbering | 6000 | 6100 | 6100 | 6000 |

The Mc1 and M1 cars each have one single-arm pantograph.

## Interior

## History

The first set, 6001, was delivered in 2008, and entered revenue-earning service on 4 June 2008.

## InfoBox

| Shintetsu 6000 series | |
| --- | --- |
| Shintetsu 6000 series, May 2009 | |
| In service | June 2008  present |
| Manufacturer | Kawasaki Heavy Industries |
| Replaced | 1000 series |
| Number built | 8 vehicles (2 sets) |
| Number in service | 8 vehicles (2 sets) |
| Formation | 4 cars per trainset |
| Fleet numbers | 6001–6003 |
| Capacity | 476 per 4-car set (152 seated) |
| Operators | Kobe Electric Railway |
| Specifications | |
| Car body construction | Stainless steel |
| Car length | 18,290 mm (60 ft 0 in) |
| Width | 2,700 mm (8 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 4,030 mm (13 ft 3 in) |
| Doors | 3 pairs per side |
| Maximum speed | 80 km/h (50 mph) (service)<br>100 km/h (62 mph) (design) |
| Traction system | Variable frequency (2-level IGBT) |
| Power output | 120 kW x 4 per car |
| Acceleration | 3.0 km/(h⋅s) (1.9 mph/s) |
| Deceleration | 3.3 km/(h⋅s) (2.1 mph/s) |
| Electric system(s) | 1,500 V DC |
| Current collector(s) | Overhead line |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |


title: Unstructured data

abstract: Unstructured data is information that either does not have a pre-defined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner. Unstructured information is typically text-heavy, but may contain data such as dates, numbers, and facts as well. This results in irregularities and ambiguities that make it difficult to understand using traditional programs as compared to data stored in fielded form in databases or annotated in documents. In 1998, Merrill Lynch said "unstructured data comprises the vast majority of data found in an organization, some estimates run as high as 80%." It's unclear what the source of this number is, but nonetheless it is accepted by some. Other sources have reported similar or higher percentages of unstructured data. As of 2012, IDC and Dell EMC project that data will grow to 40 zettabytes by 2020, resulting in a 50-fold growth from the beginning of 2010. More recently, IDC and Seagate predict that the global datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes by 2025 and majority of that will be unstructured. The Computer World magazine states that unstructured information might account for more than 70–80% of all data in organizations.

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# Unstructured data

**Unstructured data** (or **unstructured information**) is information that either does not have a pre-defined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner. Unstructured information is typically text-heavy, but may contain data such as dates, numbers, and facts as well. This results in irregularities and ambiguities that make it difficult to understand using traditional programs as compared to data stored in fielded form in databases or annotated (semantically tagged) in documents.

In 1998, Merrill Lynch said "unstructured data comprises the vast majority of data found in an organization, some estimates run as high as 80%." It's unclear what the source of this number is, but nonetheless it is accepted by some. Other sources have reported similar or higher percentages of unstructured data.

As of 2012, IDC and Dell EMC project that data will grow to 40 zettabytes by 2020, resulting in a 50-fold growth from the beginning of 2010. More recently, IDC and Seagate predict that the global datasphere will grow to 163 zettabytes by 2025 and majority of that will be unstructured. The Computer World magazine states that unstructured information might account for more than 70–80% of all data in organizations.

## Background

The earliest research into business intelligence focused in on unstructured textual data, rather than numerical data. As early as 1958, computer science researchers like H.P. Luhn were particularly concerned with the extraction and classification of unstructured text. However, only since the turn of the century has the technology caught up with the research interest. In 2004, the SAS Institute developed the SAS Text Miner, which uses Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) to reduce a hyper-dimensional textual space into smaller dimensions for significantly more efficient machine-analysis. The mathematical and technological advances sparked by machine textual analysis prompted a number of businesses to research applications, leading to the development of fields like sentiment analysis, voice of the customer mining, and call center optimization. The emergence of Big Data in the late 2000s led to a heightened interest in the applications of unstructured data analytics in contemporary fields such as predictive analytics and root cause analysis.

## Issues with terminology

The term is imprecise for several reasons:

1. Structure, while not formally defined, can still be implied.
2. Data with some form of structure may still be characterized as unstructured if its structure is not helpful for the processing task at hand.
3. Unstructured information might have some structure (semi-structured) or even be highly structured but in ways that are unanticipated or unannounced.

## Dealing with unstructured data

Techniques such as data mining, natural language processing (NLP), and text analytics provide different methods to find patterns in, or otherwise interpret, this information. Common techniques for structuring text usually involve manual tagging with metadata or part-of-speech tagging for further text mining-based structuring. The Unstructured Information Management Architecture (UIMA) standard provided a common framework for processing this information to extract meaning and create structured data about the information.

Software that creates machine-processable structure can utilize the linguistic, auditory, and visual structure that exist in all forms of human communication. Algorithms can infer this inherent structure from text, for instance, by examining word morphology, sentence syntax, and other small- and large-scale patterns. Unstructured information can then be enriched and tagged to address ambiguities and relevancy-based techniques then used to facilitate search and discovery. Examples of "unstructured data" may include books, journals, documents, metadata, health records, audio, video, analog data, images, files, and unstructured text such as the body of an e-mail message, Web page, or word-processor document. While the main content being conveyed does not have a defined structure, it generally comes packaged in objects (e.g. in files or documents, ...) that themselves have structure and are thus a mix of structured and unstructured data, but collectively this is still referred to as "unstructured data". For example, an HTML web page is tagged, but HTML mark-up typically serves solely for rendering. It does not capture the meaning or function of tagged elements in ways that support automated processing of the information content of the page. XHTML tagging does allow machine processing of elements, although it typically does not capture or convey the semantic meaning of tagged terms.

Since unstructured data commonly occurs in electronic documents, the use of a content or document management system which can categorize entire documents is often preferred over data transfer and manipulation from within the documents. Document management thus provides the means to convey structure onto document collections.

Search engines have become popular tools for indexing and searching through such data, especially text.

### Approaches in natural language processing

Specific computational workflows have been developed to impose structure upon the unstructured data contained within text documents. These workflows are generally designed to handle sets of thousands or even millions of documents, or far more than manual approaches to annotation may permit. Several of these approaches are based upon the concept of online analytical processing, or OLAP, and may be supported by data models such as text cubes. Once document metadata is available through a data model, generating summaries of subsets of documents (i.e., cells within a text cube) may be performed with phrase-based approaches.

### Approaches in medicine and biomedical research

Biomedical research generates one major source of unstructured data as researchers often publish their findings in scholarly journals. Though the language in these documents is challenging to derive structural elements from (e.g., due to the complicated technical vocabulary contained within and the domain knowledge required to fully contextualize observations), the results of these activities may yield links between technical and medical studies and clues regarding new disease therapies. Recent efforts to enforce structure upon biomedical documents include self-organizing map approaches for identifying topics among documents, general-purpose unsupervised algorithms, and an application of the CaseOLAP workflow to determine associations between protein names and cardiovascular disease topics in the literature. CaseOLAP defines phrase-category relationships in an accurate (identifies relationships), consistent (highly reproducible), and efficient manner. This platform offers enhanced accessibility and empowers the biomedical community with phrase-mining tools for widespread biomedical research applications.

## The use of "unstructured" in data privacy regulations

In Sweden (EU), pre 2018, some data privacy regulations did not apply if the data in question was confirmed as "unstructured". This terminology, unstructured data, is rarely used in the EU after GDPR came into force in 2018. GDPR does neither mention nor define "unstructured data". It does use the word "structured" as follows (without defining it);

* Parts of GDPR Recital 15, "The protection of natural persons should apply to the processing of personal data ... if ... contained in a filing system."
* GDPR Article 4, "‘filing system’ means any structured set of personal data which are accessible according to specific criteria ..."

GDPR Case-law on what defines a "filing system"; "the specific criterion and the specific form in which the set of personal data collected by each of the members who engage in preaching is actually structured is irrelevant, so long as that set of data makes it possible for the data relating to a specific person who has been contacted to be **easily retrieved**, which is however for the referring court to ascertain in the light of all the circumstances of the case in the main proceedings.” (CJEU, Todistajat v. Tietosuojavaltuutettu, Jehovan, Paragraph 61).

If personal data is easily retrieved - then it is a filing system and - then it is in scope for GDPR regardless of being "structured" or "unstructured". Most electronic systems today, subject to access and applied software, can allow for easy retrieval of data.

1. Today's Challenge in Government: What to do with Unstructured Information and Why Doing Nothing Isn't An Option, Noel Yuhanna, Principal Analyst, Forrester Research, Nov 2010


title: Tararn Wala

abstract: Tararn Wala is a large size village of Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. This village is on Gugera Branch Canal. Punjabi is the native spoken language, and Urdu is also widely used. Major castes in this village include the Gurjar, Arain, Rajput, and Tarar. Adjacent village is Chak 236 GB Kilanwala

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# Tararn Wala

**Tararn Wala (Chak 237 GB)** (in Urdu تارڑانوالہ ) is a large size village of Jaranwala Tehsil, Punjab, Pakistan. This village is on Gugera Branch Canal. Punjabi is the native spoken language, and Urdu is also widely used. Major castes in this village include the Gurjar, Arain, Rajput, and Tarar. Adjacent village is Chak 236 GB Kilanwala

## InfoBox

| Tararn Wala تارڑانوالہ | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Chak \# 237 GB | |
| Tararn Wala تارڑانوالہTararn Wala تارڑانوالہ | |
| Coordinates: 31°22′10″N 73°27′35″E / 31.36944°N 73.45972°E / 31.36944; 73.45972 | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| Division | Faisalabad |
| District | Faisalabad |
| Tehsil | Jaranwala |
| Town | Jaranwala |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal Code | 37250 |
| Calling Code | 041 |


title: The Best of The Call

abstract: The Best of The Call is a compilation album released by American rock band The Call. The album was released in the United States on July 8, 1997, by WEA, the music arm of Warner Bros. The album includes songs spanning the group's career, as well as two new tracks and solo tracks from Been.

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# The Best of The Call

**The Best of The Call** is a compilation album released by American rock band The Call. The album was released in the United States on July 8, 1997, by WEA (Now Warner Music Group), the music arm of Warner Bros. The album includes songs spanning the group's career, as well as two new tracks and solo tracks from Been.

## Track listing

| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. | "Let The Day Begin \[From "Let The Day Begin"\]" | Michael Been | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Everywhere I Go (with Peter Gabriel & Jim Kerr) \[From "Reconciled"\]" | Michael Been | 4:19 |
| 3. | "I Still Believe (Great Design) \[From "Reconciled"\]" | Michael Been, Jim Goodwin | 5:32 |
| 4. | "I Don’t Wanna \[From "Into The Woods"\]" | Michael Been | 5:06 |
| 5. | "Memory \[From "Into The Woods"\]" | Michael Been | 4:04 |
| 6. | "What’s Happened to You (with Bono) \[From "Red Moon"\]" | Michael Been | 4:11 |
| 7. | "You Were There \[From "Red Moon"\]" | Michael Been | 4:01 |
| 8. | "Become America \[Michael Been solo version\]" | Michael Been | 3:19 |
| 9. | "To Feel This Way \[new recording\]" | Michael Been | 5:59 |
| 10. | "Us \[new recording\]" | Michael Been | 3:45 |
| 11. | "All You Hold On To \[Michael Been solo version\]" | Michael Been, Peter Hayes | 3:19 |
| 12. | "We Know Too Much \[new recording\]" | Mark Heard | 5:49 |
| 13. | "The Walls Came Down \[From "Modern Romans"\]" | Michael Been | 3:40 |
| 14. | "Uncovered \[From "Let The Day Begin"\]" | Michael Been, Jim Goodwin | 2:22 |

## Personnel

### The Call

### Additional personnel

## Release history

| Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1997 | Warner Resound | CD, Compact Cassette | 46488 |
| 2005 | Warner Resound | CD | 46488 |

## Reception

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| *Allmusic* |  |

## InfoBox

| The Best of The Call | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Compilation album by The Call | |
| Released | July 8, 1997 |
| Genre | Alternative rock |
| Length | 59:17 |
| Label | WEA |
| Producer | Barry Landis (Executive Producer), Daniel Presley, Dan Russell and Don Smith |
| The Call chronology | |
| *Red Moon*
(1990) ***The Best of The Call***
(1997) *To Heaven and Back*
(1997) | |