title: Mercedes Paz

abstract: Mercedes María Paz is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 28 in April 1991. Her best Grand Slam result was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open and the 1990 French Open. Paz unexpectedly defeated defending champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the second round of the 1990 French Open. Later that year, at the Virginia Slims of Worcester, Paz also defeated Sánchez Vicario in the round of 16. Five years before, in the semifinals of the 1985 Brazil Open, she beat top-seeded Gabriela Sabatini en route to beating Peruvian Laura Arraya for the title. In so doing, Paz became the first Argentinian woman to capture a major WTA event. In addition to wins over Sánchez Vicario and Sabatini, she also defeated top-seeded Jana Novotná in three sets to reach the semifinals of the Belgian Ladies Open in Brussels in 1989. The previous year, at the 1988 Hilton Head tournament, Paz had defeated Novotná in the round of 32 for the first time.

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# Mercedes Paz

**Mercedes María Paz** (Spanish pronunciation: \[meɾˈseðes maˈɾi.a ˈpas\]; born 27 June 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. She won three singles titles on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 28 in April 1991. Her best Grand Slam result was the fourth round at the 1986 French Open and the 1990 French Open.

Paz unexpectedly defeated defending champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the second round of the 1990 French Open. Later that year, at the Virginia Slims of Worcester, Paz also defeated Sánchez Vicario in the round of 16. Five years before, in the semifinals of the 1985 Brazil Open, she beat top-seeded Gabriela Sabatini en route to beating Peruvian Laura Arraya for the title. In so doing, Paz became the first Argentinian woman to capture a major WTA event. In addition to wins over Sánchez Vicario and Sabatini, she also defeated top-seeded Jana Novotná in three sets to reach the semifinals of the Belgian Ladies Open in Brussels in 1989. The previous year, at the 1988 Hilton Head tournament, Paz had defeated Novotná in the round of 32 for the first time.

## WTA career finals

### Singles 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

| Legend |
| --- |
| Virginia Slims (1–1) |
| Tier I (0–0) |
| Tier II (0–0) |
| Tier III (0–0) |
| Tier IV & V (2–2) |

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Win | 1. | Mar 1985 | São Paulo Open, Brazil | Clay | Laura Arraya | 5–7, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1. | Oct 1986 | Singapore Open | Hard (i) | Gigi Fernández | 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | Oct 1988 | Puerto Rico Open | Hard | Anne Minter | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | Nov 1988 | Guarujá Cup, Brazil | Hard | Rene Simpson | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | Jul 1989 | Belgian Open | Clay | Radka Zrubáková | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | May 1990 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Ann Grossman | 6–2, 6–3 |

### Doubles 40 (22 titles, 18 runner-ups)

| Legend |
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| WTA Championships (0–1) |
| Virginia Slims (7–2) |
| Tier I (0–1) |
| Tier II (1–5) |
| Tier III (2–1) |
| Tier IV & V (12–8) |

| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Win | 1. | Oct 1984 | Japan Open | Hard | Ronni Reis | Emilse Raponi-Longo
Adriana Villagrán | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 2. | Mar 1985 | São Paulo Open, Brazil | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini | Csilla Bartos
Niege Dias | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 3. | Aug 1985 | VS New York, U.S. | Hard | Gabriela Sabatini | Kateřina Böhmová
Andrea Holíková | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | Nov 1986 | Puerto Rico Open | Hard | Lori McNeil | Gigi Fernández
Robin White | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 5. | Dec 1986 | Argentine Open | Clay | Lori McNeil | Manon Bollegraf
Nicole Muns-Jagerman | 6–1, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Loss | 1. | Mar 1987 | South Carolina Open, U.S. | Clay | Candy Reynolds | Laura Arraya
Tine Scheuer-Larsen | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6. | Apr 1987 | Family Circle Cup, U.S. | Clay | Eva Pfaff | Zina Garrison
Lori McNeil | 7–6(8–6), 7–5 |
| Win | 7. | Nov 1987 | Argentine Open | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini | Jill Hetherington
Christiane Jolissaint | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | Dec 1987 | Brasil Open | Hard | Jill Hetherington | Katrina Adams
Cheryl Jones | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | Jul 1988 | Swedish Open | Clay | Sandra Cecchini | Linda Ferrando
Silvia La Fratta | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 9. | Jul 1988 | Belgian Open | Clay | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Katerina Maleeva
Raffaella Reggi | 7–6(7–3), 6–1 |
| Win | 10. | Nov 1988 | Guarujá Cup, Brazil | Hard | Bettina Fulco | Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 11. | May 1989 | Ilva Trophy, Italy | Clay | Sabrina Goleš | Sophie Amiach
Emmanuelle Derly | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3. | May 1989 | Italian Open | Clay | Manon Bollegraf | Elizabeth Smylie
Janine Thompson | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 12. | May 1989 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Judith Wiesner | Lise Gregory
Gretchen Magers | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4. | Jul 1989 | Arcachon Cup, France | Clay | Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | Sandra Cecchini
Patricia Tarabini | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
| Winner | 13. | Jul 1989 | Belgian Open | Clay | Manon Bollegraf | Carin Bakkum
Simone Schilder | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 14. | Jul 1989 | Swedish Open | Clay | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Sabrina Goleš
Katerina Maleeva | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 15. | Dec 1989 | Guarujá Cup, Brazil | Hard | Patricia Tarabini | Cláudia Chabalgoity
Luciana Corsato | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | Apr 1990 | Family Circle Cup, U.S. | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Martina Navratilova
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 16. | Apr 1990 | Amelia Island Championships, U.S. | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Regina Kordová
Andrea Temesvári | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Win | 17. | Apr 1990 | Tampa Open, U.S. | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Laura Arraya
Sandra Cecchini | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Win | 18. | Apr 1990 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Sabrina Goleš
Patricia Tarabini | 6–7(7–9), 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 19. | Jul 1990 | Swedish Open | Clay | Tine Scheuer-Larsen | Carin Bakkum
Nicole Muns-Jagerman | 6–3, 6–7(10–12), 6–2 |
| Loss | 6. | Aug 1990 | LA Championships, U.S. | Hard | Gabriela Sabatini | Gigi Fernández
Jana Novotná | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | Oct 1990 | Filderstadt Grand Prix, West Germany | Hard (i) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Mary Joe Fernández
Zina Garrison | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 8. | Nov 1990 | WTA Championships, New York | Carpet (i) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Kathy Jordan
Elizabeth Smylie | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 9. | Apr 1991 | Amelia Island Championships, U.S. | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Helena Suková | 4–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 10. | May 1991 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Manon Bollegraf | Lori McNeil
Stephanie Rehe | 6–7(2–7), 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11. | Jul 1991 | Internazionali di Palermo, Italy | Clay | Laura Garrone | Petra Langrová
Mary Pierce | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 |
| Loss | 12. | Jul 1991 | San Marino Open | Clay | Laura Garrone | Kerry-Anne Guse
Akemi Nishiya | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Loss | 13. | Nov 1991 | VS Indianapolis, U.S. | Hard (i) | Katrina Adams | Patty Fendick
Gigi Fernández | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 20. | Dec 1991 | São Paulo Open, Brazil | Clay | Inés Gorrochategui | Renata Baranski
Laura Glitz | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 14. | May 1992 | Internationaux de Strasbourg, France | Clay | Lori McNeil | Patty Fendick
Andrea Strnadová | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 15. | Aug 1992 | San Diego Open, U.S. | Hard | Conchita Martínez | Jana Novotná
Larisa Neiland | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 16. | Apr 1993 | Ilva Trophy, Italy | Clay | Petra Langrová | Debbie Graham
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 17. | Jul 1993 | New Haven Open, U.S. | Hard | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere | Elizabeth Smylie
Helena Suková | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 21. | Jan 1994 | Auckland Open,
New Zealand | Hard | Patricia Hy | Jenny Byrne
Julie Richardson | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 22. | Apr 1995 | Bol Open, Croatia | Clay | Rene Simpson | Laura Golarsa
Irina Spîrlea | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 18. | Jul 1997 | Internazionali di Palermo, Italy | Clay | Florencia Labat | Silvia Farina Elia
Barbara Schett | 2–6, 6–1, 6–4 |

## ITF Circuit finals

| $75,000 tournaments |
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| $50,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $10,000 tournaments |

### Singles (2–3)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Runner-up | 1. | 11 June 1984 | ITF Lyon, France | Clay | Katerina Maleeva | 6–7, 6–3, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 25 February 1985 | ITF São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Helena Dahlström | 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 10 March 1985 | ITF Curitiba, Brazil | Clay | Renee Blount | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 1 April 1985 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Mariana Pérez Roldán | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 30 September 1996 | ITF Newport Beach, United States | Hard | Elena Brioukhovets | 2–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles (9–3)

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Runner-up | 1. | 29 January 1984 | ITF Miami, United States | Hard | Ronni Reis | Heather Crowe
Rene Mentz | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 11 June 1984 | Lyon, France | Clay | Ronni Reis | Isabelle Demongeot
Nathalie Tauziat | 1–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 15 November 1993 | La Plata, Argentina | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Cláudia Chabalgoity
Larissa Schaerer | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 November 1994 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Patrícia Marková
Yuka Tanaka | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 25 February 1996 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Christína Papadáki | Virág Csurgó
Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Winner | 5. | 30 September 1996 | Newport Beach, United States | Hard | Rene Simpson | Erika deLone
Nicole Pratt | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 20 October 1996 | Hayward, United States | Hard | Annabel Ellwood | Jill Hetherington
Kathy Rinaldi | 5–7, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 23 February 1997 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Seda Noorlander
Christína Papadáki | 6–7, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Winner | 6. | 27 July 1997 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard | Laura Golarsa | Sylvia Plischke
Marlene Weingärtner | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 5 October 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Celeste Contín
Romina Ottoboni | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 8. | 2 November 1997 | Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil | Clay | Laura Montalvo | Miriam D'Agostini
Vanessa Menga | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 9. | 27 September 1998 | ITF Tucumán, Argentina | Clay | Patricia Tarabini | Luciana Masante
Laura Montalvo | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6 |

## InfoBox

Mercedes Paz
| Paz at the 2021 Billie Jean King Cup play-offs | |
| --- | --- |
| Country (sports) | Argentina |
| Residence | Tucumán, Argentina |
| Born | (1966-06-27) 27 June 1966
Tucumán |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 1984 |
| Retired | 1998 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $1,154,319 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 280–279 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 28 (29 April 1991) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1991, 1992, 1995) |
| French Open | 4R (1986, 1990) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1994, 1996) |
| US Open | 2R (1985, 1987, 1988) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 385–245 |
| Career titles | 22 |
| Highest ranking | No. 12 (24 September 1990) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1991, 1992) |
| French Open | SF (1991) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1990) |
| US Open | SF (1991) |


title: Mohammad Asaduzzaman

abstract: Mohammad Asaduzzaman was a Bangladeshi educator. He was a professor in the Public Administration Department of Dhaka University and Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC). He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2006. Asaduzzaman died of cardiac arrest at Birdem Hospital in Dhaka on 28 March 2008.

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# Mohammad Asaduzzaman

**Mohammad Asaduzzaman** (c.1948 – 28 March 2008) was a Bangladeshi educator. He was a professor in the Public Administration Department of Dhaka University and Chairman of the University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC). He was awarded the Ekushey Padak in 2006.

Asaduzzaman died of cardiac arrest at Birdem Hospital in Dhaka on 28 March 2008.

## InfoBox

| Mohammad Asaduzzaman | |
| --- | --- |
| মোহাম্মদ আসাদুজ্জামান | |
| Died | (aged 60)<br>Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Resting place | Mirpur Martyred Intellectual Graveyard |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation(s) | university administrator, academic |
| Awards | Ekushey Padak (2006) |


title: Mercia Accident Rescue Service

abstract: Mercia Accident Rescue Service is a BASICS affiliated charity operation based on providing a fast-response, advanced medical team to back up the emergency services of the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The charity aims to provide an organisational framework within which practitioners can be properly trained and equipped to provide prehospital care, its work is supported by local fundraising. MARS is staffed by a team of 11 doctors and two advanced clinical practitioners. MARS responders assist at serious incidents such as road traffic collisions, industrial accidents, drownings, assaults, and critically unwell medical patients.

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# Mercia Accident Rescue Service

**Mercia Accident Rescue Service** (or MARS) is a BASICS affiliated charity operation based on providing a fast-response, advanced medical team to back up the emergency services of the English counties of Herefordshire and Worcestershire. The charity aims to provide an organisational framework within which practitioners can be properly trained and equipped to provide prehospital care, its work is supported by local fundraising. MARS is staffed by a team of 11 doctors and two advanced clinical practitioners.

MARS responders assist at serious incidents such as road traffic collisions, industrial accidents, drownings, assaults, and critically unwell medical patients.

## Equipment Carried

The typical equipment carried by a MARS responder includes:

## Notable Individuals

* Prof Gavin Perkins - Consultant in Critical Care Medicine / Clinical Academic
* Mr Richard Steyn - Past chairman of BASICS / Consultant Thoracic Surgeon / Honorary Associate Professor
* Dr Malcolm Russell MBE
* Mr Andrew Thurgood - First Consultant Nurse in prehospital emergency medicine in the UK

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Mercia Accident Rescue Service
| Abbreviation | MARS |
| --- | --- |
| Formation | 17 July 1984 |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | The provision of immediate medical treatment to any person in need of such care, when requested to do so by a member of the emergency services |
| Headquarters | Hereford |
| Location | * UK |
| Region served | Herefordshire and Worcestershire |
| Official language | English |
| Chair of Trustees | Mark Worthing |
| Affiliations | British Association of Immediate Care |
| Budget | £72,774 |
| Staff | 7 |
| Volunteers | 16 |
| Website | www.marsbasics.org.uk |


title: Panicum hallii

abstract: Panicum hallii, commonly known as Hall's panicgrass, is a perennial bunch grass in the genus Panicum which is native to the south/southwestern regions of the United States, and into southern Mexico.

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# Panicum hallii

***Panicum hallii***, commonly known as **Hall's panicgrass**, is a perennial bunch grass in the genus *Panicum* which is native to the south/southwestern regions of the United States, and into southern Mexico.

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| *Panicum hallii* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| *Clade*: | Tracheophytes |
| *Clade*: | Angiosperms |
| *Clade*: | Monocots |
| *Clade*: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | *Panicum* |
| Species: | ***P. hallii*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Panicum hallii***<br>Vasey | |
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title: Oswald Leslie De Kretser III

abstract: Oswald Leslie De Kretser III was a Ceylonese judge. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon. Born to Oswald Leslie De Kretser II a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon, he was educated at the Royal College, Colombo. There he won the Governors Prize for Latin Prose, Director's Prize for Classics, the Harward Prize for Ancient History and Cecil Perera Prize for History. Entering the University College, Colombo in 1928, he gained a BA from the University of London and became a proctor in 1937. Between 1940 and 1943, he served as a Crown Counsel and Assistant to the Legal Secretary of Ceylon and went on to join the Ceylon Judicial Service as an Acting Magistrate in Chilaw in 1943. There after he was appointed acting Additional Magistrate Colombo in 1944, acting Magistrate Jaffna in 1945, District Judge Tangalle in 1947, District Judge Balapitiya in 1949, District Judge Chilaw and Puttalam in 1950, District Judge Nuwara Eliya in 1952 and District Judge Panadura in 1953. In 1968 he was appointed to the Bench of the Supreme Court, holding the post until his retirement in 1972. He was the President of the Light Opera Society of Ceylon and had the honor of having a rare species of fish, Malpulutta kretseri, named after him. He was married to Sonia Jean Marshall, they had four children.

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# Oswald Leslie De Kretser III

**Oswald Leslie De Kretser III** was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) judge. He was a judge of the Supreme Court of Ceylon.

Born to Oswald Leslie De Kretser II a Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon, he was educated at the Royal College, Colombo. There he won the Governors Prize for Latin Prose, Director's Prize for Classics, the Harward Prize for Ancient History and Cecil Perera Prize for History. Entering the University College, Colombo in 1928, he gained a BA from the University of London and became a proctor in 1937.

Between 1940 and 1943, he served as a Crown Counsel and Assistant to the Legal Secretary of Ceylon and went on to join the Ceylon Judicial Service as an Acting Magistrate in Chilaw in 1943. There after he was appointed acting Additional Magistrate Colombo in 1944, acting Magistrate Jaffna in 1945, District Judge Tangalle in 1947, District Judge Balapitiya in 1949, District Judge Chilaw and Puttalam in 1950, District Judge Nuwara Eliya in 1952 and District Judge Panadura in 1953. In 1968 he was appointed to the Bench of the Supreme Court, holding the post until his retirement in 1972.

He was the President of the Light Opera Society of Ceylon and had the honor of having a rare species of fish, Malpulutta kretseri, named after him. He was married to Sonia Jean Marshall, they had four children.

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| Oswald Leslie De Kretser III | |
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| Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Ceylon | |
| **In office**
1968–1972 | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1910
Colombo, Ceylon |
| Nationality | Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) |
| Alma mater | Royal College Colombo,
University College, Colombo |
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title: Adrien de Rougé

abstract: Adrien Gabriel Victurnien de Rougé, was a French statesman, distinguished soldier, and Peer of France member of the House of Rougé. Adrien was a son of Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé and his wife Natalie Victurnienne. He served under the Comte d'Artois, later King Charles X, in the Army of the Princes, first as a second lieutenant in the Infantry, then in 1800 as a "chasseur noble" in the Mortemart regiment. He served then as an officer of the King's Mousquetaires in 1814. From 1815 to 1823, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the Departement of the Somme. In 1816, Charles X appointed him to the Peerage with the title of Comte. For a time he commanded one of the four subdivisions of the army stationed in Paris. He became the leader of the Knights of the Faith, a very powerful secret ultra conservative organisation. He refused his allegiance to the government of King Louis Philippe.

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# Adrien de Rougé

**Adrien Gabriel Victurnien de Rougé** (2 July 1782 in Everly  16 June 1838 in Guyencourt), was a French statesman, distinguished soldier, and Peer of France member of the House of Rougé.

Adrien was a son of Bonabes, Marquis de Rougé and his wife Natalie Victurnienne. He served under the Comte d'Artois, later King Charles X, in the Army of the Princes, first as a second lieutenant in the Infantry, then in 1800 as a "*chasseur noble*" in the Mortemart regiment. He served then as an officer of the King's Mousquetaires in 1814.

From 1815 to 1823, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing the *Departement* of the Somme. In 1816, Charles X appointed him to the Peerage with the title of Comte. For a time he commanded one of the four subdivisions of the army stationed in Paris. He became the leader of the Knights of the Faith, a very powerful secret ultra conservative organisation. He refused his allegiance to the government of King Louis Philippe.

## Family

By his wife, Caroline de Forbin d'Oppède (1789-1872), married on 18 September 1809, in Arnouville, they had four children:

* Félix, Comte de Rougé 1810–1893
* Armel, Comte de Rougé 1813–1898
* Marie de Rougé 1816–1860
* Delphine de Rougé 1820–1852.


title: Qing'an station

abstract: Qing'an Station is a metro station at Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It was opened on December 18, 2020 with the opening of Chengdu Metro Line 8.

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# Qing'an station

**Qing'an Station** is a metro station at Chengdu, Sichuan, China. It was opened on December 18, 2020 with the opening of Chengdu Metro Line 8.

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| Qing'an
庆安 | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Wuhou District, Chengdu, Sichuan
China |
| Coordinates | 30°36′03″N 104°01′54″E / 30.60077°N 104.03164°E / 30.60077; 104.03164 |
| Operated by | Chengdu Metro Limited |
| Line(s) | Line 8 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| Opened | 18 December 2020 |
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| Services | |
| Preceding station Chengdu Metro Following station  Yinjialintowards Shilidian  Line 8  Shiyangtowards Lianhua | |
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title: Renate Lenz-Fuchs

abstract: Renate Lenz-Fuchs was a German lawyer and honorary chairman of the German Lawyers' Association and founding member of the International Federation of Woman Lawyers (FIDA). Lenz-Fuchs was one of the first women to study law in Berlin, Königsberg and Bonn. During her work as a notary, she advocated equal rights for men and women, the revision of divorce law, guardianship and children's rights, and the reorganization of abortion.

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# Renate Lenz-Fuchs

**Renate Lenz-Fuchs** (born 19 April 1910 in Diez; died 23 June 2001 in Diez) was a German lawyer and honorary chairman of the German Lawyers' Association and founding member of the International Federation of Woman Lawyers (FIDA). Lenz-Fuchs was one of the first women to study law in Berlin, Königsberg and Bonn. During her work as a notary, she advocated equal rights for men and women, the revision of divorce law, guardianship and children's rights, and the reorganization of abortion.


title: Meridian (perimetry, visual field)

abstract: Meridian is used in perimetry and in specifying visual fields. According to IPS Perimetry Standards 1978 (2002): "Perimetry is the measurement of [an observer's] visual functions... at topographically defined loci in the visual field. The visual field is that portion of the external environment of the observer [in which when he or she is] steadily fixating...[he or she] can detect visual stimuli." In perimetry, the observer's eye is considered to be at the centre of an imaginary sphere. More precisely, the centre of the sphere is in the centre of the pupil of the observer's eye. The observer is looking at a point, the fixation point, on the interior of the sphere. The visual field can be considered to be all parts of the sphere for which the observer can see a particular test stimulus. If we consider this surface to be that on which an observer can see anything, then it is a section of the sphere somewhat larger than a hemisphere. In reality it is smaller than this, and irregular, because when the observer is looking straight ahead, his or her nose blocks vision of some possible parts of the surface. In perimetric testing, a section of the imaginary sphere is realized as a hemisphere in the centre of which is a fixation point. Test stimuli can be displayed on the hemisphere. To specify loci in the visual field, a polar coordinate system is used, all expressed from the observer's perspective. The origin corresponds to the point on which the observer is fixating. The polar angle is considered to be zero degrees when a locus is horizontally to the right of the fixation point and to increase to a maximum of 360 degrees going anticlockwise. Distance from the origin is given in degrees of visual angle; it's a measure of eccentricity. Each polar axis is a meridian of the visual field. For example, the horizontal meridian runs from the observer's left, through the fixation point, and to the observer's right. The vertical meridian runs from above the observer's line of sight, through the fixation point, and to below the observer's line of sight. Another way of thinking of the maximum visual field is to think of all of the retina that can be reached by light from the external environment. The visual field in this case is all of the external environment that can project light onto the retina. Meridians correspond to sections of great circles passing through the centre of the fovea. In an analogy to Meridian (geography), in which meridians are lines of longitude, the North Pole might correspond to the fovea, Greenwich would correspond to a retinal location about 39 degrees to the left of the fovea, and the South Pole would correspond to the centre of the pupil. The meridian of the visual field has been found to influence the folding of the cerebral cortex. In both the V1 and V2 areas of macaques and humans the vertical meridian of their visual field tends to be represented on the cerebral cortex's convex gyri folds whereas the horizontal meridian is tends to be represented in their concave sulci folds.

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# Meridian (perimetry, visual field)

**Meridian** (plural: "meridians") is used in **perimetry** and in specifying **visual fields**. According to IPS Perimetry Standards 1978 (2002): *"Perimetry is the measurement of \[an observer's\] visual functions ... at topographically defined loci in the visual field. The visual field is that portion of the external environment of the observer \[in which when he or she is\] steadily fixating ...\[he or she\] can detect visual stimuli."*

In perimetry, the observer's eye is considered to be at the centre of an imaginary sphere. More precisely, the centre of the sphere is in the centre of the pupil of the observer's eye. The observer is looking at a point, the fixation point, on the interior of the sphere. The visual field can be considered to be all parts of the sphere for which the observer can see a particular test stimulus. If we consider this surface to be that on which an observer can see anything, then it is a section of the sphere somewhat larger than a hemisphere. In reality it is smaller than this, and irregular, because when the observer is looking straight ahead, his or her nose blocks vision of some possible parts of the surface. In perimetric testing, a section of the imaginary sphere is realized as a hemisphere in the centre of which is a fixation point. Test stimuli can be displayed on the hemisphere.

To specify loci in the visual field, a polar coordinate system is used, all expressed from the observer's perspective. The origin corresponds to the point on which the observer is fixating. The polar angle is considered to be zero degrees when a locus is horizontally to the right of the fixation point and to increase to a maximum of 360 degrees going anticlockwise. Distance from the origin is given in degrees of visual angle; it's a measure of eccentricity. Each polar axis is a **meridian** of the visual field. For example, the horizontal meridian runs from the observer's left, through the fixation point, and to the observer's right. The vertical meridian runs from above the observer's line of sight, through the fixation point, and to below the observer's line of sight.

Another way of thinking of the maximum visual field is to think of all of the retina that can be reached by light from the external environment. The visual field in this case is all of the external environment that can project light onto the retina. Meridians correspond to sections of great circles passing through the centre of the fovea. In an analogy to Meridian (geography), in which meridians are lines of longitude, the North Pole might correspond to the fovea, Greenwich would correspond to a retinal location about 39 degrees to the left of the fovea (because the retinal image is inverted, this corresponds to a location in the visual field to the observer's right), and the South Pole would correspond to the centre of the pupil.

The meridian of the visual field has been found to influence the folding of the cerebral cortex. In both the V1 and V2 areas of macaques and humans the vertical meridian of their visual field tends to be represented on the cerebral cortex's convex gyri folds whereas the horizontal meridian is tends to be represented in their concave sulci folds.

IPS Perimetry Standards 1978. (2002). Author. Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, The University of Iowa. Retrieved March 4, 2005, from http://webeye.ophth.uiowa.edu/ips/GEN-INFO/standards/STANDARD.HTM


title: Moccasin, Montana

abstract: Moccasin is an unincorporated community in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. The community was named for the nearby Moccasin mountain range. Moccasin has a post office with the ZIP code 59462. Nearby Ackley Lake State Park is one of the few public lakes in Central Montana. It provides recreational activities, including fishing for several types of trout and kokanee salmon. The Judith Basin Press is the local newspaper. It is published weekly.

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# Moccasin, Montana

**Moccasin** is an unincorporated community in Judith Basin County, Montana, United States. The community was named for the nearby Moccasin mountain range. Moccasin has a post office with the ZIP code 59462.

Nearby Ackley Lake State Park is one of the few public lakes in Central Montana. It provides recreational activities, including fishing for several types of trout and kokanee salmon.

The *Judith Basin Press* is the local newspaper. It is published weekly.

## History

The name of the town is taken from a nearby mountain range called the Moccasin Mountain range. The name of the mountains come from the look with densely forested lodge pole pine trees; the Native Americans thought they looked like moccasins, thus giving the mountains and the town a name.

Moccasin has also been hit hard by devastating wildfires that struck the area in 1916, 1919, 1922, and 1955. The town never really recovered from the fires, which burned an entire block of buildings.

Moccasin began as a homestead community. A post office existed in the 1880s. D. O. Holt established a hotel and store here in 1905. In 1908 the Montana State legislature created the MSU Central Agricultural Research Center, three miles west of Moccasin. The purpose of the center was to teach dry land farming techniques to the newly arrived homesteaders. Even after the homesteaders bust, the center went on to develop machinery and new crops, improving the area's wheat yields.

## Climate

The Köppen Climate System classifies the weather as humid continental, abbreviated as *Dfb*.

| Climate data for Moccasin, Montana | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1
(33) | 2
(36) | 6
(42) | 12
(53) | 17
(62) | 21
(70) | 27
(80) | 27
(80) | 20
(68) | 14
(58) | 7
(44) | 2
(36) | 13
(55) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −12
(10) | −11
(13) | −7
(19) | −2
(29) | 3
(38) | 8
(46) | 11
(51) | 10
(50) | 5
(41) | 0
(32) | −6
(21) | −10
(14) | −1
(30) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 15
(0.6) | 10
(0.4) | 18
(0.7) | 30
(1.2) | 64
(2.5) | 79
(3.1) | 43
(1.7) | 41
(1.6) | 36
(1.4) | 23
(0.9) | 15
(0.6) | 13
(0.5) | 390
(15.3) |
| Source: Weatherbase | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## Demographics

Historical population
| Census | Pop. | Note |  |
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| 2020 | 23 |  |  |
| U.S. Decennial Census | | | |

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| Moccasin, Montana | |
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| Census-designated place | |
| Moccasin, Montana | |
| MoccasinMoccasin | |
| Coordinates: 47°03′12″N 109°54′38″W / 47.05333°N 109.91056°W / 47.05333; -109.91056 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Montana |
| County | Judith Basin |
| Area | |
| Total | 0.32 sq mi (0.82 km2) |
| Land | 0.32 sq mi (0.82 km2) |
| Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2) |
| Elevation | 4,183 ft (1,275 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| Total | 23 |
| Density | 72.56/sq mi (28.04/km2) |
| ISO 3166 code | US-MT |
| FIPS code | 30-50575 |


title: Merisi Mining District

abstract: The Merisi Mining District is situated in Adjara region in close vicinity to the Georgian-Turkish border. It is the part of Lesser Caucasus which occurs in the hinterland of the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone, in the broad Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. Area of the mining district is about 180 km⁲.

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# Merisi Mining District

The **Merisi Mining District** is situated in Adjara region in close vicinity to the Georgian-Turkish border. It is the part of Lesser Caucasus which occurs in the hinterland of the Arabia-Eurasia collision zone, in the broad Alpine-Himalayan orogenic belt. Area of the mining district is about 180 km2.

## Minerals

The district contains several copper-polymetallic, copper-porphyry and stratified sulphuric pyrite deposits and ore manifestations. Some of deposits of the Merisi mining district is represented mainly with chalcopyrite and with subordinate lead-zinc deposits with minor copper. The second order minerals are marcasite, hematite, malachite, azurite, native gold and silver. The modern exploration data demonstrate commercial gold presence in quartz-sericite-chlorite and quartz-alunite rocks in close vicinity to the hydrothermal polymetallic veins. The central part of the mining district is occupied by outcrops of the Merisi-Namonastrevi-Chalati subalkaline diorite-syenite-monzonite complex, which is surrounded by huge halos of gold-bearing hydrothermally altered rocks.


title: Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame

abstract: The Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame honors artists who recorded for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin with a 'piano key'. The first of a total of 44 'piano keys' is 2 feet (0.61 m) wide by 7 feet (2.1 m) long and made of black granite to resemble a keyboard. Annually, additional keys – placed by the Village of Grafton – will be inscribed with the names of artists who recorded for Paramount Records. Starting in 2006, the first inductees chosen by the Paramount GIG organization, in Grafton, were Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Skip James, Thomas Dorsey, and Henry Townsend.

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# Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame

The **Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame** honors artists who recorded for Paramount Records in Grafton, Wisconsin with a 'piano key'.

The first of a total of 44 'piano keys' is 2 feet (0.61 m) wide by 7 feet (2.1 m) long and made of black granite to resemble a keyboard. Annually, additional keys – placed by the Village of Grafton – will be inscribed with the names of artists who recorded for Paramount Records.

Starting in 2006, the first inductees chosen by the Paramount GIG ('Grooves In Grafton') organization, in Grafton, were Charley Patton, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Skip James, Thomas Dorsey, and Henry Townsend.

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Paramount Plaza Walk of Fame
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| Established | 2006 (2006) |
| Location | Wisconsin |
| Coordinates | 43°19′05″N 87°57′06″W / 43.318125°N 87.951665°W / 43.318125; -87.951665 |


title: Guo Pu

abstract: Guo Pu, courtesy name Jingchun, was a Chinese historian, poet, and writer during the Eastern Jin period, and is best known as one of China's foremost commentators on ancient texts. Guo was a Taoist mystic, geomancer, collector of strange tales, editor of old texts, and erudite commentator. He was the first commentator of the Shan Hai Jing and so probably, with the noted Han bibliographer Liu Xin, was instrumental in preserving this valuable mythological and religious text. Guo Pu was the well educated son of a governor. He was a natural historian and a prolific writer of the Jin dynasty. He is the author of The Book of Burial, the first-ever and the most authoritative source of feng shui doctrine and the first book to address the concept of feng shui in the history of China, making Guo Pu the first person historically to define feng shui, and therefore, Guo Pu is usually called the father of feng shui in China.

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# Guo Pu

**Guo Pu** (Chinese: 郭璞; AD 276–324), courtesy name Jingchun (Chinese: 景純; pinyin: *Jǐngchún*), was a Chinese historian, poet, and writer during the Eastern Jin period, and is best known as one of China's foremost commentators on ancient texts. Guo was a Taoist mystic, geomancer, collector of strange tales, editor of old texts, and erudite commentator. He was the first commentator of the *Shan Hai Jing* and so probably, with the noted Han bibliographer Liu Xin, was instrumental in preserving this valuable mythological and religious text. Guo Pu was the well educated son of a governor. He was a natural historian and a prolific writer of the Jin dynasty. He is the author of *The Book of Burial*, the first-ever and the most authoritative source of feng shui doctrine and the first book to address the concept of feng shui in the history of China, making Guo Pu the first person historically to define feng shui, and therefore, Guo Pu is usually called the father of feng shui in China.

## Life

A native of Wenxi County, in what is now southwest Shanxi Province, Guo studied Daoist occultism and prognostication in his youth, and mainly worked as a prognosticator for various local officials and leaders, interpreting omens and portents in order to predict the success or failure of various endeavors. In AD 307 a Xiongnu clan invaded the area and Guo's family relocated south of the Yangtze River, reaching Xuancheng and eventually settling in Jiankang (modern Nanjing). Guo served as an omen-interpreter to military leaders and Eastern Jin chancellor Wang Dao before being appointed to official court positions in 318 and 320. Guo's mother died in 322, which caused Guo to resign his position and spend a year in mourning. In 323 Guo joined the staff of warlord Wang Dun, who controlled much of the modern Hunan and Hubei areas, but was executed in 324 after he failed to produce a favorable omen toward Wang's planned usurpation of the Eastern Jin throne.

## Influence

Guo was likely the most learned person of his era, and is one of the foremost commentators on ancient Chinese works. He wrote commentaries to the *Chu Ci*, *Shan Hai Jing*, *Mu Tianzi Zhuan*, *Fangyan*, *Erya*, Sima Xiangru's "*Fu* on the Excursion Hunt of the Son of Heaven", and three ancient dictionaries: *Cang Jie*, *Yuanli*, and *Boxue*. Guo's commentaries, which identify and explain rare words and allusions, are often the only surviving sources of these glosses, and without which leave the original work mostly incomprehensible to modern readers. In particular, Guo's commentaries to the *Erya*, *Shan Hai Jing*, and *Fangyan* are considered sufficiently authoritative that they are included in all standard versions of those texts. Without his glosses and commentaries, large portions of these texts would be unintelligible today.

Guo was also an accomplished poet, and his 11 surviving *fu* poems display his extensive command of the ancient Chinese language. One of them, entitled "*Fu* on the Yangtze River" (*Jiang fu* 江賦), used the image of the Yangtze to praise the restoration of the Jin dynasty, and established his reputation as a leading literary figure. His best known poems are a series entitled "Wandering as an Immortal" (*youxian* 遊仙), of which 14 survive. The bibliography monograph of the Records of the Sui dynasty list Guo's works in 17 volumes; by the Tang dynasty only 10 volumes remained, and by the end of the Song dynasty all of Guo's writings not included in the *Wen Xuan* had been lost. All that remains today are his writings from the *Wen Xuan* and reconstructions from quotations in other surviving works.

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### Works cited

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| Guo Pu | |
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| Guo Pu | |
| Chinese | 郭璞 |
| Literal meaning | (personal name) |
| Transcriptions  Standard Mandarin  Hanyu Pinyin Guō Pú  Gwoyeu Romatzyh Guo Pwu  Wade–Giles Kuo1 P'u2  IPA \[kwó pʰǔ\]  Wu  Romanization Kueʔ Poʔ  Yue: Cantonese  Yale Romanization Gwok Puk  Jyutping Gwok3 Pok3  IPA \[kʷɔk̚˧ pʰɔk̚˧\]  Southern Min  Hokkien POJ Kueh Phok  Middle Chinese  Middle Chinese kwak pʰuwk | |
| Alternative Chinese name | |
| Traditional Chinese | 景純 |
| Simplified Chinese | 景纯 |
| Literal meaning | (courtesy name) |
| Transcriptions  Standard Mandarin  Hanyu Pinyin Jǐngchún  Gwoyeu Romatzyh Jiingchwen  Wade–Giles Ching3-ch'un2  Yue: Cantonese  Yale Romanization Gíng-sèuhn  Jyutping Ging2-seon4  Southern Min  Hokkien POJ Kíng-sûn  Middle Chinese  Middle Chinese kjǽng dʒwin | |
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title: Adrien van der Burch

abstract: Adrien van der Burch (1501–1557) was an office-holder in the Habsburg Netherlands.

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# Adrien van der Burch

**Adrien van der Burch** (1501–1557) was an office-holder in the Habsburg Netherlands.

## Life

Van der Burch was born in 1501 to a noble family in Flanders. From 1533 to 1540 he served as pensionary to the rural Liberty of Bruges. He was then in turn a member of the Council of Flanders, and a member and master of requests to the Great Council of Mechelen.

Alongside his work as a judge and councillor, Van der Burch was employed on diplomatic business in Flanders, Spain and England, including the negotiation of the marriage between Queen Mary and Charles's son, Philip in 1554.

On 26 August 1556, Charles V appointed Van der Burch president of the Court of Utrecht. On 9 November 1556 he was appointed Councillor of State and Keeper of the Seals. He died in London on 2 July 1557.

He was the father of Jan van der Burch, who became president of the Brussels Privy Council, the historian Lambert van der Burch, and the poet Adrianus van der Burch.


title: N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase

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N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase is an enzyme with systematic name ATP:N-acetyl-D-hexosamine 1-phosphotransferase. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
  - ATP + N-acetyl-D-hexosamine ⇌ ADP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-hexosamine 1-phosphate This enzyme is involved in the lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose degradation pathway in the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium longum.

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# N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase

**N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase** (EC 2.7.1.162, *NahK*, *LnpB*, *N-acetylgalactosamine/N-acetylglucosamine 1-kinase*) is an enzyme with systematic name *ATP:N-acetyl-D-hexosamine 1-phosphotransferase*. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction

ATP + N-acetyl-D-hexosamine $\rightleftharpoons $ ADP + N-acetyl-alpha-D-hexosamine 1-phosphate

This enzyme is involved in the lacto-N-biose I/galacto-N-biose degradation pathway in the probiotic bacterium Bifidobacterium longum.

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| N-acetylhexosamine 1-kinase | |
| --- | --- |
| Identifiers | |
| EC no. | 2.7.1.162 |
| Databases | |
| IntEnz | IntEnz view |
| BRENDA | BRENDA entry |
| ExPASy | NiceZyme view |
| KEGG | KEGG entry |
| MetaCyc | metabolic pathway |
| PRIAM | profile |
| PDB structures | RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum |
| Search  PMC articles  PubMed articles  NCBI proteins | |


title: Gürcü Mehmed Pasha

abstract: Gürcü Mehmed Pasha was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 27 September 1651 and 20 June 1652. He was the former slave of Koca Sinan Pasha, a previous, prominent grand vizier.

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# Gürcü Mehmed Pasha

**Gürcü Mehmed Pasha** (died 1665, Buda) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire between 27 September 1651 and 20 June 1652.

He was the former slave of Koca Sinan Pasha, a previous, prominent grand vizier.

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| Gürcü HadımMehmedPasha | |
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| Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire | |
| **In office**
27 September 1651  20 June 1652 | |
| Monarch | Mehmet IV |
| Preceded by | Abaza Siyavuş Pasha I |
| Succeeded by | Tarhoncu Ahmed Pasha |
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| Personal details | |
| Died | 1665
Buda, Ottoman Hungary |
| Nationality | Ottoman |
| Spouse | Atike Sultan (m. 1665) |
| Origins | Georgian |
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title: Melissa Nordell

abstract: Melissa Nordell was a Swedish fashion model, who was murdered when she was 22 years old. Her murder, by a disgruntled boyfriend, is said to have inspired Stieg Larsson to write the Millennium novels. During her post-mortem, signs were found she had been the target of violence on other occasions. Her ex-boyfriend confessed to the murder. He admitted buying a stun gun, and remembered using it on her, but claimed he did not remember strangling her. He admitted weighting her body, prior to throwing it off a bridge. Her ex-boyfriend's motive is routinely described as rage over her decision to leave him. A few months after Nordell's murder, a Muslim woman, living in Sweden, Fadime Sahindal, was murdered by her father. The two murders are regularly compared. Some commentators question why only Sahindal's murder should be characterized as an honour killing. In May 2015 Sweden's TV4 broadcast a documentary about Nordell's murder.

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# Melissa Nordell

**Melissa Nordell** was a Swedish fashion model, who was murdered when she was 22 years old. Her murder, by a disgruntled boyfriend, is said to have inspired Stieg Larsson to write the *Millennium* novels.

During her post-mortem, signs were found she had been the target of violence on other occasions. Her ex-boyfriend confessed to the murder. He admitted buying a stun gun, and remembered using it on her, but claimed he did not remember strangling her. He admitted weighting her body, prior to throwing it off a bridge. Her ex-boyfriend's motive is routinely described as rage over her decision to leave him.

A few months after Nordell's murder, a Muslim woman, living in Sweden, Fadime Sahindal, was murdered by her father. The two murders are regularly compared. Some commentators question why only Sahindal's murder should be characterized as an honour killing. In May 2015 Sweden's TV4 broadcast a documentary about Nordell's murder.

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| Melissa Nordell | |
| --- | --- |
| Died | 2001-11-11<br>Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation | model |
| Known for | her murder, by a boyfriend, was an inspiration for the *Millennium* novels |


title: Wilhelmine Eichler

abstract: Wilhelmine Eichler was a German politician. At the adoption by Germany of a democratic constitution in 1920, Eichler was one of the 37 female members of what became the national parliament (Reichstag). She became a member of the still overwhelmingly male Reichstag itself in September 1921.

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# Wilhelmine Eichler

**Wilhelmine Eichler** (5 April 1872 – 27 November 1937) was a German politician (SPD, KPD). At the adoption by Germany of a democratic constitution in 1920, Eichler was one of the 37 female members of what became the national parliament (*Reichstag*). She became a member of the still overwhelmingly male Reichstag itself in September 1921.

## Life

Wilhelmine Eichler was born in Queienfeld, a small village in the countryside to the southwest of Erfurt, then in central southern Germany. Her father was a linen weaver. Until her marriage in 1893 she worked in domestic service. Later also worked as an assistant at a brewery and with a book producer. As a young woman she began to engage with the Social Democratic Party (*Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands* / SPD), which at this stage was still considered by members of the establishment to be outside the political mainstream. In 1906 she joined the party executive of her local party branch. She also joined the local branch of the book workers' trades union (*"Buchbinderverband"*). In 1913 she attended a training at the Trades Union Academy in Berlin, in order to develop her political and organisational skills, and participated in various regional assemblies and congresses and national party conferences.

Between 1914 and 1918, during the First World War, Eichler undertook war welfare work. In 1917 she took part in the Berlin Women's Congress.

In January 1919 she was elected as a member of the Weimar National Assembly, the body convened to create a new constitution in the context of military defeat and the ensuing year of revolution. The assembly election for the first time in a German national election gave women the right to vote. With 37.9% of the popular vote, the largest party was Social Democratic Party, and Eichler's name was high enough up on the party list for her to be allocated one of the party's 163 seats. She represented Registration District 36 (Thuringia). The 1919 election was the first election in German history in which women were permitted to seek election, which meant that Eichler was one of the country's first female parliamentarians. In parallel with her national mandate, between 1919 and 1920 she also sat as a member of the short-lived Regional parliament for Saxe-Altenburg.

Following the June 1920 general election she was no longer a member for what now became Weimar Germany's first national parliamentary term. Although the Social Democrats remained the largest party, they had shed approximately a third of their seats, losing out to the more radical Independent Social Democratic Party (*Unabhängige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands* / USPD). Eichler's absence from the parliament was not permanent. In September 1920 Paul Reißhaus, an SPD Reichstag member representing what was now Electoral District 13 (Thuringia) died, and his seat was reallocated by the party to Wilhelmine Eichler. She now continued to sit in the Reichstag till the next general election, in May 1924.

1921 was a year of continued political realignment on the German left, and the breakaway USPD now itself split apart. Some of its members joined the SPD, while the larger faction became the core membership for the newly formed German Communist Party. A few years later, in February 1924, Eichler broke with the SPD, crossing over the Communist faction in the Reichstag. Her final four months in the chamber were therefore spent as a Communist member.

After May 1924 Wilhelmine appears to have been no longer politically active, and her footprints are for most purposes absent from the historical record. It is known that she died on 27 November 1937 in Leipzig.


title: Meridianimaribacter

abstract: Meridianimaribacter is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species.

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# Meridianimaribacter

***Meridianimaribacter*** is a Gram-negative and rod-shaped genus of bacteria from the family of Flavobacteriaceae with one known species (*Meridianimaribacter flavus*).

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| *Meridianimaribacter* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacteroidota |
| Class: | Flavobacteria |
| Order: | Flavobacteriales |
| Family: | Flavobacteriaceae |
| Genus: | ***Meridianimaribacter***
Wang et al. 2010 |
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| *Meridianimaribacter flavus*
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| *M. flavus* | |


title: Paolucci

abstract:
Paolucci, also spelled Paulucci, and historically scarcely as Paoluzzi, Pauluzzi and Paluzzi is an Italian surname deriving from the given name Paolo (Paulus). It may refer to:
  - Amilcare Paulucci (1773–1845), Italian admiral
  - Adriano Paolucci, Italian male volleyball player
  - Andrea Paolucci, Italian footballer.
  - Anne Paolucci (1926–2012), Italian-American writer, scholar, and educator
  - Antonio Palocci, Brazilian politician
  - Antonio Paolucci, Italian art historian and curator
  - Ben Paolucci, former American football defensive tackle
  - Cristian Paulucci, Argentine footballer
  - Fabrizio Paolucci (bishop), (1565–1625), Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Città della Pieve
  - Fabrizio Paolucci (1651–1726), Catholic cardinal
  - Fabrizio Paolucci (1726–1810)
  - Federico Paulucci, Argentine footballer
  - Gianfranco Paolucci, Italian fencer
  - Giuseppe Paolucci (1726–1776), Italian composer, conductor and organist of Baroque music
  - Gustavo Paolucci, Argentine field hockey player
  - Henry Paolucci (1921/1922–1999), American professor and politician
  - Jeno Paulucci (1918–2011), American businessman and entrepreneur
  - Lorenzo Paolucci, Italian football player
  - Loris Paoluzzi, Italian retired male hammer thrower
  - Luciana Paluzzi, Italian actress
  - Marianna Paulucci (1835–1919), Italian naturalist
  - Mario Paolucci (1941–2008), Argentine film actor
  - Michele Paolucci, Italian footballer
  - Pauluccio Paulucci-Alberoni, Catholic cardinal and coadjutor to Pope Clement X
  - Philip Osipovich Paulucci (1779–1849), Italian marquis, served in the Russian Army as adjutant general
  - Roland Paolucci, retired Swiss footballer

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# Paolucci

**Paolucci**, also spelled **Paulucci**, and historically scarcely as **Paoluzzi**, **Pauluzzi** and **Paluzzi** is an Italian surname deriving from the given name Paolo (*Paulus*). It may refer to:

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Paolucci / Paulucci / Paoluzzi / Pauluzzi / Paluzzi
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| Language(s) | Italian |
| Region of origin | Italy |
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title: Oswald Lohse

abstract: Wilhelm Oswald Lohse was a German astronomer. He first worked at the private Bothkamp Observatory, and starting in 1874 at the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory, being its Chief Astronomer at the time of his death. His main work involved the investigation of the surface features of Mars and Jupiter. After this he explored binary stars, and finally worked on the spectroscopy of stars, which included laboratory experiments regarding the spectra of metals. Craters on Mars and on the Moon were named in his honor.

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# Oswald Lohse

**Wilhelm Oswald Lohse** (13 February 1845  14 May 1915) was a German astronomer. He first worked at the private Bothkamp Observatory, and starting in 1874 at the Potsdam Astrophysical Observatory, being its Chief Astronomer at the time of his death.

His main work involved the investigation of the surface features of Mars and Jupiter. After this he explored binary stars, and finally worked on the spectroscopy of stars, which included laboratory experiments regarding the spectra of metals.

Craters on Mars and on the Moon were named in his honor.

### Obituaries


title: Guo Pei

abstract: Guo Pei is a Chinese fashion designer. She is best known for designing dresses for Chinese celebrities, and in America for Rihanna's trailing yellow gown at the 2015 Met Gala. Guo is the first born-and-raised Asian designer to be invited to become a guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. In 2016, Time listed her as one of the World's 100 Most Influential People.

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# Guo Pei

**Guo Pei** (Chinese: 郭培; pinyin: *Guō Péi*, Mandarin pronunciation: \[ku̯ó pʰěɪ̯\], born 1967) is a Chinese fashion designer. She is best known for designing dresses for Chinese celebrities, and in America for Rihanna's trailing yellow gown at the 2015 Met Gala. Guo is the first born-and-raised Asian designer to be invited to become a guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture. In 2016, *Time* listed her as one of the World's 100 Most Influential People.

## Early life and early start

Guo was born in Beijing in 1967. Guo was born to two members of China's Communist Party, her father being a former battalion leader of the People's Army and her mother being a kindergarten teacher. In an interview with *Forbes* magazine, she recalls her father having thrown away her sketches and paintings as a child. In the same interview Guo says she got her start in sewing at the age of 2 years old, helping her mother make clothes for the winter and developed her love for dressmaking. During her childhood, Mao suits were considered the only correct form of clothing and Guo Pei defied this with loose-fitting dresses.

Despite the otherwise oppressive fashion enforced, she still went to study and graduate from Beijing Second Light Industry School with a degree in fashion design in 1986. Guo Pei's graduation was also at a good time since post-Mao reforms were being implemented by Deng Xiaoping. Guo Pei found a job at one of China's first privately owned clothing brand manufacturers, Tianma. She states that there was a sudden demand for fashion that grew in China, with one of her most popular factory designs being a brightly colored winter coat with a hood. She left the company in 1997 to form her own fashion brand.

## Career

Guo Pei says that she strived for something more as the fashion demand grew in China as well. In the early 2000s Guo Pei's reputation began to grow, she received commissions to create styles for the 2008 Summer Olympics as well as the annual Spring Festival Galas put on by China Central Television (CCTV). She is responsible for Song Zuying's dress that she wore during her performance with Plácido Domingo at the 2008 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. The dress took two weeks overall to make and was covered with 200,000 Swarovski crystals.

Her "One Thousand and Two Nights" collection debuted in November 2009, during China Fashion Week. American model, Carmen Dell'Orefice appeared in the show wearing an elaborate white embroidered fur-lined gown, with an escort of four to help carry its train. Dell'Orefice later went on to compare Guo to Charles James. Guo was credited as a costume designer on the set of the 2014 film *The Monkey King*. The film's makeup and costume departments were nominated for a Hong Kong Film Award the following year but lost out to Man Lim Chung, in *The Golden Era*.

In 2008, Guo conceived a canary yellow floor-length dress with a large circular train, edged with yellow coloured fur and embroidered with silver floral patterns. It took approximately 50,000 hours in 20 months for her design team to create and weighed about 25 kg (55 lb) on completion. Barbadian singer Rihanna came across the piece on the internet while researching a design for the China-themed New York Met Gala in 2015. According to Guo, when first asked she agreed to the proposal but was wary about whether the singer would be able to withstand the weight. Rihanna appeared on the red carpet in the gown, followed by a three-person entourage to hold the large train. Early reactions to the dress design spawned viral memes on social media, with the eye catching yellow material and sizable train drawing comparisons to omelettes and pizzas. A photo of the design worn by the singer was featured on the front page of *Vogue*'s Met Gala edition. This media exposure made Guo more recognizable among Western audiences.

Guo Pei's works were also exhibited at the annual exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, titled "China: Through the Looking Glass". In 2016, Guo Pei became a guest member of the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture.

Her first collection to be showcased as a part of Paris Fashion Week was her Spring Summer 2016 collection. Inspired by spring flowers for femininity and the phoenix for peace and purity, the collection had traditional Chinese influences like gold tassels, intricate threadwork embroidery over silk, bibs and long trains.

Her Spring 2017 haute couture collection, presented at La Conciergerie and titled "Legend", was inspired by the murals of the St. Gallen Cathedral in Switzerland.

Most recently Guo Pei's haute couture Spring/Summer show was considered to embody life through her use of forestry and roots in her runway setups to the designs of her clothing themselves. There was a recurring theme of dark blue embroideries hinting at the idea of dawn or dusk, the French idea of *l'heure bleue*. While watching her show, you can see models wearing this blue shade in almost all of the designs that come onto the runway, whether they be the main focus of a garment, or in the smaller details, the idea of *l'heure bleue* is everywhere. Guo Pei described her work as representing a life force of roots and flowers, explaining, "Roots are the source of life and vitality ... Without roots, there's not life. This world is a very mysterious place, but it's linked intimately with our lives. That's why the tree is onstage, and you'll see a lot of flowers." One of the connecting pieces in Guo Pei's collections, however, is the use of gold in a lot of her shows. Guo Pei believes that not only does gold embody the top of terms of knowledge and wealth, but Guo Pei also believe that it is, "the color of our souls".

In 2022 Pei's work was featured at the San Francisco Legion of Honor and displayed several of her works from the past two decades of her career in the fashion style of couture fantasy from 16 April to 27 November. It became the most attended exhibition in 20 years at the museum.

Guo Pei designed the costumes of the character of Chang'e for the 2020 Netflix film *Over The Moon.*

## Personal life

Guo is married to Cao Bao Jie, also known as Jack Tsao, who is a textile dealer. She credits him with introducing her to European fabrics and embroideries, and empowering her to recognise herself as an haute couturière instead of just a tailor. Guo's husband oversees the branding and business side of Guo's label.

Guo Pei is a renowned Chinese fashion designer whose works have gained widespread acclaim and recognition. Guo Pei's most famous dress is Yellow Empress cape; the dress's remarkable design inspired parallels to omelets, and its creation took two years and over 50,000 hours. The annual exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art also featured pieces by Guo Pei. In 2016, she made history by being the first designer of Asian descent to be invited to join the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture as a guest member. Guo Pei uses intricate details, gold embroidery, and a recurring theme of l'heure bleue in her designs, signifying dawn or dusk. Her runway arrangement for her Spring/Summer 2021 haute couture presentation, which featured a forest and roots, was a demonstration of her ability to capture the essence of life in her creations.

## Rose Studio

Rose Studio is the name of Guo Pei's showroom in the Chaoyang district of Beijing, and is three stories in what would be considered a drab area near in an industrial park. On the outside, it can be mistaken for a normal factory, but on the inside gold-speckled mirrors line the walls and ceilings. Guo Pei's designs are housed in displays like a museum. On the top floor, dozens of tailors, pattern cutters, shoemakers, and needlewomen work on the orders, with painstaking measures taken to make sure everything works in harmony with one another. Guo Pei employs five hundred people at three locations outside of China's capital, most learning about their craft on the job, stating that Guo Pei is a good teacher. Guo Pei's clients are usually wealthy and well to do, but most of her older clients state that they are embracing a more Chinese style.

## Further reading

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| Guo Pei | |
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| Born | (1967-03-12) 12 March 1967<br>Haidian District, Beijing, China |
| Nationality | People's Republic of China |
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| Awards | ACM Best Design Exhibition 2019, International Fashion and Accessories Fair Gold Awards, Beijing Olympics costume design award, China International Fashion Week Best Dress Design Award |


title: Jennifer Sterling-Folker

abstract: Jennifer Sterling-Folker is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. She was the Alan R. Bennett Honors Professor of Political Science. She is a specialist in International Relations theory.

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# Jennifer Sterling-Folker

**Jennifer Sterling-Folker** (born December 21, 1960) is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut. She was the Alan R. Bennett Honors Professor of Political Science. She is a specialist in International Relations theory.

## Biography

She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago, and a B.A. in political science and art history from the University of New Hampshire.

Sterling-Folker served as co-editor, along with Mark A. Boyer, of *International Studies Review*, a journal of the International Studies Association, and, along with Kimberly Hutchings, George Lawson, and Mathias Albert, of *Review of International Studies*, a journal of the British International Studies Association.

In her own research, Sterling-Folker has explored the lines between different schools of international relations theory such as constructivism and neoliberalism in international relations, also called neoliberal institutionalism; and realism and constructivism. She also led efforts to apply international relations theory to the 1999 conflict in Kosovo and 2003 U.S. led invasion of Iraq.

## Selected publications

**Books**

* Editor, *Making Sense of International Relations Theory*, second edition (Lynne Reinner Press, 2013).
* *Theories of International Cooperation and the Primacy of Anarchy: Explaining U.S. International Monetary Policy-Making After Bretton Woods* (SUNY Series in Global Politics, 2002).

**Articles**

* “All Hail to the Chief: Liberal IR Theory in the New World Order.” (2015) *International Studies Perspective*, vol. 16, no. 1 (February): 40-49. Contribution to a special symposium on "Diversity in IR Theory."
* “A Disagreeable Dinner Guest? Waltz and the Study of Global Governance.” (2014) *Australian Journal of Political Science*, vol. 49, no. 3 (August): 530-534. Prepared for inclusion in a special issue, “Waltz Today: Reflections on the Legacy of Kenneth N. Waltz.”
* “The Emperor Wore Cowboy Boots.” (2008) *International Studies Perspective*, vol. 9, no. 3 (August): 319-330.
* “Lamarckian With a Vengeance: Human Nature and American International Relations Theory.” (2006) *Journal of International Relations and Development*, vol. 9, no. 3 (September): 227-246.
* “Discourses of Power: Traversing the Realist-Postmodern Divide.” Co-author with Rosemary E. Shinko. (2005) *Millennium: Journal of International Studies*, Special Issue, vol.33, no. 3, (March): 637-664. Reprinted in *Power in World Politics*, editors Felix Berenskoetter and M. J. Williams (Routledge, 2007).
* "Realism and the Constructivist Challenge: Rejecting, Reconstructing, or Rereading." (2002) *International Studies Review*, vol. 4, no. 1 (Spring): 73-97.
* "Competing Paradigms or Birds of a Feather? Constructivism and Neoliberal Institutionalism Compared." (2000) *International Studies Quarterly*, vol. 44, no. 1 (March): 97-119.
* "Realist Environment, Liberal Process, and Domestic-Level Variables." (1997) *International Studies Quarterly*, vol. 41, no. 1 (March): 1-25.

**Book chapters**

* “Be Careful What You Wish For: Positivism and the Desire for Relevance in the American Study of IR.” In *What’s the Point of International Relations?*, Rorden Wilkinson, Jan Selby, and Synne Dyvik, eds. (Routledge, 2017).
* “Disciplining Human Nature: The Evolution of American Social Scientific Theorizing.” Co-author with Jason Charrette. In *Man, Agency, and Beyond: The Evolution of Human Nature in International Relations*, Daniel Jacobi and Annette Freyberg-Inan, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
* “Realism.” Co-author with Jason Charrette. In *International Organization and Global Governance*, Thomas G. Weiss & Rorden Wilkinson, eds. (Routledge, 2013).
* “Constructivism.” Co-author with Dina Badie. In *The Routledge Handbook of American Foreign Policy*, Steven Hook and Christopher Jones, eds. (Routledge, 2011).
* “Neoliberalism.” In *International Relations Theory: Discipline and Diversity*, Tim Dunne, Milja Kurki, and Steve Smith, eds., (Oxford University Press, 2010).
* "Realist Theorizing as Tradition: Forward Is As Forward Does.” In *Rethinking Realism in International Relations: Between Tradition and Innovation*, Annette Freyberg-Inan, Patrick James, and Ewan Harrison, eds. (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009).
* “Neoclassical Realism and Identity: Peril Despite Profit Across the Taiwan Straits.” In *Neoclassical Realism, the State, and Foreign Policy*, Steven Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, and Jeffrey Taliaferro, eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
* "Realist Global Governance: Revisiting Cave! hic dragones and Beyond." In *World Orders and Rule Systems, Contending Perspectives on Global Governance*, Matthew Hoffmann and Alice Ba, eds. (Routledge, 2005).
* "Conflict and the Nation-State: Magical Mirrors of Muggles and Refracted Images." Co-authored with Brian Folker. In *Harry Potter in International Relations*, Daniel Nexon and Iver B. Neumman, eds. (Rowman and Littlefield, 2006).
* "Evolutionary Tendencies in Realist and Liberal Theory". In *Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics*, ed. William R. Thompson. (Routledge, 2001.)
* "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: ‘Assertive Multilateralism’ in Post-Cold War US Foreign Policy-Making." In *After the End: Making U.S. Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War World*, ed. James M. Scott. (Duke University Press, 1998).

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| Jennifer Sterling-Folker | |
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| Born | (1960-12-21) December 21, 1960 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago
University of New Hampshire |
| Children | Katherine Folker |
| **Scientific career** | |
| Fields | Political Science
International Relations |
| Institutions | University of Connecticut |
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| Website | Jennifer Sterling-Folker |


title: N. Samsudheen

abstract: N. Samsudheen is currently a member of 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represents Mannarkkad. He was member of 13th and 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly and represented Mannarkkad both times. He belongs to Indian Union Muslim League.

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# N. Samsudheen

**N. Samsudheen** is currently a member of 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He represents Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency). He was member of 13th and 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly and represented Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency) both times. He belongs to Indian Union Muslim League.

## Biography

N. Samsudheen was born in Paravanna, Tirur, Kerala, India on 31 May 1969 to Mohammed Kutty and Mariyakutty. He attended the Govt. High School Paravanna and holds B.Com. degree from Thunchan Memorial Government College, M.Com. degree from Pocker Sahib Memorial Orphanage College and LL.B. degree from Government Law College, Kozhikode. He was successively elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly from Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency) in 2011, 2016 and 2021 elections.

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
| Year | Constituency | Closest Rival | Majority (Votes) | Won/Lost |
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| 2011 | Mannarkkad | V. Chamunni (CPI) | 8270 | Won |
| 2016 | Mannarkkad | K.P. Suresh Raj (CPI) | 12325 | Won |
| 2021 | Mannarkkad | K.P. Suresh Raj (CPI) | 5870 | Won |

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| **Incumbent** | |
| **Assumed office**
2011 | |
| Preceded by | Jose Baby |
| Constituency | Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency) |
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| Born | (1969-05-31) 31 May 1969
Murivazhikkal, Paravanna, Tirur, Kerala, India |
| Political party | Indian Union Muslim League |
| Spouse | Rafitha K. P. |
| Children | Shaharzad |
| Residence | Murivazhikkal |
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title: Quindina albomarginis

abstract: Quindina albomarginis is a species of Neotropical harvestman in the order Opiliones. It is found in the tropical forests of Panama.

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# Quindina albomarginis

***Quindina albomarginis*** is a species of Neotropical harvestman in the order Opiliones. It is found in the tropical forests of Panama.

## Description

As with other harvestmen, *Quindina albomarginis* has a small body consisting of a cephalothorax fused with an abdomen, raised on four pairs of long legs. The second pair of legs functions as antennae. It has a pair of eyes on either side of the head. The mouthparts are known as stomotheca and can chew solid food in contrast to the spiders, order Araneae, which can only suck fluids from their prey.

## Reproduction

The male *Quindina albomarginis* adopts an unusual strategy at breeding time. He lives on the trunk of a tree where he builds a low-walled enclosure with a level floor about 3 centimetres (1.2 in) across out of mud and fragments of bark. He repairs the area if it gets damaged and prevents the hyphae of fungi from growing across it. When a female approaches and steps into the enclosure they begin a lengthy ritual of leg tapping. She first taps the floor at intervals with one leg and if he accepts her advances he taps her with his legs, otherwise he drives her away with a nip in a soft spot such as a joint in her leg. When accepted, he circles her, tapping her as he does so, and eventually they stand head to head. She grabs his cephalothorax and pulls him forward and he everts his penis and transfers a bundle of sperm into her genital pore. About twenty minutes later, she is ready to deposit her fertilised eggs. The male accompanies her around the enclosure indicating where he wants the eggs placed by further tapping her body and the floor. She bends her legs to partially lower her body and extends her ovipositor to the floor of the enclosure and places an egg there. She then "paddles" with her front feet near the egg which results in it becoming partially buried. She deposits one or two further eggs in the same way then leaves the enclosure.

The male stays on guard. Further females may stray his way and the ritual may be repeated a number of times. If a male approaches he will grapple with it and is usually successful in driving it away. Scouting ants are also repelled, being flicked away. He stays looking after his eggs till they hatch after which he plays no further part in their care.

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| *Quindina albomarginis* | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Nomoclastidae |
| Genus: | *Quindina* |
| Species: | ***Q. albomarginis*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Quindina albomarginis***<br>(Chamberlin, 1925) | |
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| Synonyms | |
| * *Zygopachylus albomarginis* Chamberlin, 1925 | |


title: Renegade of Kregen

abstract: Renegade of Kregen is a science fiction novel by British writer Kenneth Bulmer, written under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers; it is the thirteenth volume in his Dray Prescot series of sword and planet novels, set on the fictional world of Kregen, a planet of the Antares star system in the constellation of Scorpio. It was first published by DAW Books in 1976. The Dray Prescot series is made of several cycles of novels, each cycle essentially forming a series within the series. In addition to being the thirteenth volume in the series as a whole, Renegade of Kregen is also the second of three volumes in the Krozair Cycle. It is set in the fictional Eye of the World on the continent of Turismond. The 52 completed novels of the Dray Prescot series were written by Bulmer between 1972 and 1997, when a stroke stopped his writing, also the later Dray Prescot books, after 1988, were originally only published in German. The series is in the spirit of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars series.

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# Renegade of Kregen

***Renegade of Kregen*** is a science fiction novel by British writer Kenneth Bulmer, written under the pseudonym of Alan Burt Akers; it is the thirteenth volume in his Dray Prescot series of sword and planet novels, set on the fictional world of Kregen, a planet of the Antares star system in the constellation of Scorpio. It was first published by DAW Books in 1976.

The Dray Prescot series is made of several cycles of novels, each cycle essentially forming a series within the series. In addition to being the thirteenth volume in the series as a whole, *Renegade of Kregen* is also the second of three volumes in the Krozair Cycle. It is set in the fictional Eye of the World on the continent of Turismond .

The 52 completed novels of the Dray Prescot series were written by Bulmer between 1972 and 1997, when a stroke stopped his writing, also the later Dray Prescot books, after 1988, were originally only published in German. The series is in the spirit of Edgar Rice Burroughs John Carter of Mars series.

## Plot summary

The book continues on shortly after the events from The Tides of Kregen with Prescot and Duhrra arriving in Magdag to look for a ship to take them to Vallia and the two take passage on an argenter from Menaham. Attacked by pirates and rescued by a galley from Magdag, Prescot and the captain are taken before the ship's master, Gafard, a renegade from the south. He persuades Prescot, still traveling under the name of Dak, to join him.

Prescot joins Gafard, who is an admirer of Pur Dray but unawares that the former has been declared an Apushniad and that he is in his presence. Prescot is accepted in the ranks of the Grodnim as a renegade by King Genod, receiving the new name of Gadak. The latter also encounters Princess Susheeng in the process who does not recognise him. During the ceremony Prescot is visited by Zena Iztar again who questions his motives and once more tells him that, to be allowed to leave the Eye of the World he must become a Krozair of Zy again.

Prescot and Duhrra than ride north with Gafard and an army to fight a barbarian invasion. On the way Prescot saves Gafard's life and the life of his Lady when attacked by a predator. By saving the girl, revered to as the Lady of the Stars by Gafard, he sees her face, normally hidden, and for the first time in his life feels he has met a woman equal to Delia in beauty. Gafard keeps her a secret to protect her from King Genod's in saturable desire for women and Prescot is instructed never to mention the girls beauty.

After a successful campaign Gafard is called back urgently to Magdag with Prescot accompanying him. Prescot is now once more resolved to regain his status as Krozair. In Magdag they learn that Shazmoz has been relieved and that the Zairians are on the advance while the tidal wave created by Prescot has swept away the Grodnim supplies. Gafard, ordered south with a new army, makes Prescot the standard bearer for the Lady of the Stars who is to accompany them on their trip.

The Grodnim army lands behind the Zairian lines, east of Shazmoz and, when King Genod arrives with two air boats Prescot forms the plan to capture those and Genod as well as Gafard. He succeeds in taking the larger air boat but then unexpectedly encounters his old Hamalian friends Rees and Chido and realises that the two would recognise him, forcing him to hide. With the opportunity gone the army marches into battle the next day and Prescot decides to make a stand then and there but is prevented when news comes that the Lady of the Stars has been abducted.

Prescot, along with a handful of men loyal to Gafard head out to rescue her and succeed just in time. After the successful rescue and battle Gafard and his followers, with Prescot, return to Magdag. Attempts to abduct Gafard's Lady continue unsuccessful for the time. On a hunting trip the King's men finally succeed in taking the Lady of the Stars and Gafard's men, except Grogor, his second in command, refuse to go against the King. Prescot refuses, too until he finds out that the Lady of the Stars is in reality his daughter Velia which he had last seen when she was three years old.

Prescot and Grogor ride out to rescue Velia, arriving just in time to see the King escape with her on a saddle bird. Grogor wounds the bird with an arrow and the King drops Velia to escape. Prescot reveals to Velia that he is her father and she explains to him how she was captured by Gafard, that she loves him and that they have a daughter together. Velia dies in Prescot's arms and the latter is captured by the King's men.

## Publishing

The book was first published in English in December 1976. It was first published in German in 1979 as *Die Abtrünnigen von Kregen*. In 2007 the book was published as an E-book by Mushroom Books.

## Book covers

The cover of the original US and German edition was illustrated by Michael Whelan, the second German edition by Chris Achilleos.

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Renegade of Kregen
| First edition cover | |
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| Author | Kenneth Bulmer |
| Cover artist | Michael Whelan |
| Language | English |
| Series | Dray Prescot series |
| Genre | Sword and planet |
| Published | 1976 |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| ISBN | 0886770351 |
| Preceded by | *The Tides of Kregen* |
| Followed by | *Krozair of Kregen* |


title: Melissa Newman (actress)

abstract: Melissa Newman is an American actress who, as a teen, made her Hollywood film debut in The Undefeated (1969) starring John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lee Meriweather, and Merlin Olsen, among others.

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# Melissa Newman (actress)

**Melissa Newman** is an American actress who, as a teen, made her Hollywood film debut in *The Undefeated* (1969) starring John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lee Meriweather, and Merlin Olsen, among others.

## Career

Newman's career after her film debut consisted of appearances in television movies and series, such as *Bonanza*, *Gunsmoke*, *Lou Grant*, *Starsky & Hutch*, *Getting Away from It All*, *River of Gold*, and *Revenge of the Stepford Wives*.

She returned to the big screen in the 1983 film *One Dark Night*, after which, in 1985, she performed as a voice actress in the anime series *Robotech* and in the English dub version of the animated television movie, *Time Patrol*.

### Roles

In the 1971 *Bonanza* episode "A Time to Die" she plays the role of Lori who is engaged to be married, while her mother Mrs. April Christopher (played by Vera Miles) is succumbing to the effects of a bite from a rabid wolf.

In the made for TV comedy movie *Getting Away from It All* (1972), she portrays April Brodey, the bikini-clad daughter of the owner of the local store. She becomes enamored of Larry Hagman's character Fred Clark, and swims out to the island to give him and his wife Helen (Barbara Feldon) a tour of the property they have purchased.

Also in the 1972 *Gunsmoke* episode, "The Wedding" she portrays 20-year old Donna Clayton who wants to marry Corey Soames (played by Sam Elliott). Newman (as Karen Guilfoyle) would again appear with Sam Elliot (as Luther Wilkes) a year later in a 1973 episode of *Hawkins*, however not as a love-interest.

Also in 1973, she had a role in the premiere episode of *The New Perry Mason* as Nita More, secretary to Jules Barron (Paul Richards), in which she had three scenes; in an office setting, out and about with Mason's detective Paul, and on the stand testifying in a courtroom setting.

In 1976 she plays Amy, a cafe waitress, who tips off *Starsky & Hutch* that a regular patron who is a security guard on an armored truck is late, and that she is worried enough to call the police.

Newman plays Kim Ballard in the 1978 *Lou Grant* episode "Sect" as a woman who has come out of the Hare Krishna movement, while her brother remains with the sect.

Branching out into the mystery/thriller genre in *Revenge of the Stepford Wives* (1980), she portrayed Muffin Sheridan, who interviews for the job of assistant to investigative reporter Kaye Foster (Sharon Gless), and has various scenes throughout the movie.

In 1983 she returned to the big-screen in the horror film *One Dark Night* as Mrs. Olivia McKenna, wife of Allan McKenna (portrayed by Adam West), and daughter of the villain, Karl Raymarseivich Raymar.

Newman was the voice of Dana Sterling in 1985 for twenty-four episodes of *Robotech* Part 2: The Masters. In the same year, she voiced Ginny in *Time Patrol* in which she is credited as Lisa Mannon, instead of Melissa Newman.

## Filmography

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| Melissa Newman | |
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| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1968–1985 |


title: Will Stratton

abstract: Will Stratton is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He released his first album during the summer after graduating from high school and has gone on to release a total of seven albums.

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# Will Stratton

**Will Stratton** (born April 10, 1987) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He released his first album during the summer after graduating from high school and has gone on to release a total of seven albums.

## Early life

Stratton was born in Northern California, but raised primarily in New Jersey. He began taking piano lessons at the age of four. He spent one year at University of Puget Sound studying philosophy, before finishing college at Bennington College, where he switched his studies to music composition. While at Bennington, Stratton took classes from composer Allen Shawn, which led him to compose his first pieces for other ensembles than a standard string quartet. Stratton has incorporated projects from his course work at Bennington into his albums, including a set of ten piano preludes composed for a second course taught by Shawn. He lives in New York state.

## Musical career

His first album, *What the Night Said*, was recorded in 2005, the summer after he graduated from high school, and was subsequently released in 2007. It featured a guest appearance by Sufjan Stevens on oboe, and received wide critical praise.

His second album, *No Wonder*, featured the vocal work of Essie Jain, among others, and was released on November 3, 2009. The album was co-produced and mixed by Kieran Kelly at The Buddy Project Studio in Astoria, Queens NY. While the album never saw national distribution, *No Wonder*'s title track was the NPR Song of the Day on March 26, 2010.

He has also released two free download-only compilations of demos and instrumental works, as well as Vile Bodies, a free downloadable EP.

In March 2010, Stratton appeared on WNYC radio show Spinning on Air for an hour-long interview and performance with host David Garland. In a first for the show, Stratton and WNYC gave away the songs from the episode as a free EP.

In 2010 and 2012, his third and fourth albums were released, titled New Vanguard Blues and Post-Empire, respectively. He toured Europe for two months with fellow songwriter Paleo, aka David Strackany, in 2012. Post-Empire was named No. 31 on AOL Spinner's top 50 albums of 2012.

In 2012, Stratton was diagnosed with Stage 3 testicular cancer and underwent successful chemotherapy treatment and surgery.

In 2017, Bella Union announced that Stratton's sixth album, *Rosewood Almanac* was to be released on the label on May 12.

In 2021, Bella Union announced that Stratton's seventh album, *The Changing Wilderness* would be released on the label on May 7. The album was named one of The Guardian's best of 2021. On July 30, Stratton was a guest on Elton John's Apple Music Radio 1 show, Elton John's Rocket Hour.

## Influences

Stratton is a "self professed disciple of Nick Drake." He has also been described as functioning "under the wing of Sufjan Stevens." Some have gone as far as to say that the resemblance to Drake is "unmistakable" at points, while his similarity to Stevens is "so apparent." John Fahey and Leo Kottke are often mentioned as influences on his guitar style.

## Discography

### Demos

* For No One (2007)
* Instrumental Music, 2007–2009 (2009)

### Studio albums

### EPs

* *Vile Bodies* (2009)
* *Two Songs* (2015)

## InfoBox

| Will Stratton | |
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| Will Stratton playing in Antwerp, Belgium, 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | (1987-04-10) April 10, 1987<br>Yolo County, California, United States |
| Genres | Indie folk, folk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Voice, guitar, banjo, piano, harpsichord, Mellotron, bass |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Bella Union, Talitres, Tompkins Square Records |
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| Website | Willstratton.com |


title: Metepeira grandiosa

abstract: Metepeira grandiosa is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in North America.

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# Metepeira grandiosa

***Metepeira grandiosa*** is a species of orb weaver in the spider family Araneidae. It is found in North America.

## InfoBox

| *Metepeira grandiosa* | |
| --- | --- |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | *Metepeira* |
| Species: | ***M. grandiosa*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Metepeira grandiosa***<br>Chamberlin & Ivie, 1941 | |
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title: Out Front (Booker Little album)

abstract: Out Front is a 1961 album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded and released by the Candid label.

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# Out Front (Booker Little album)

***Out Front*** is a 1961 album by American jazz trumpeter Booker Little featuring performances recorded and released by the Candid label.

## Reception

Professional ratings
| Review scores | |
| --- | --- |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  |
| *The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide* |  |
| *The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings* |  |
| *Pitchfork* | 9.3/10 |

The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow stated "His seven now-obscure originals (several of which deserve to be revived) are challenging for the soloists and there are many strong moments during these consistently challenging and satisfying performances".

## Track listing

*All compositions by Booker Little*

1. "We Speak" – 6:47
2. "Strength and Sanity" – 6:18
3. "Quiet Please" – 8:11
4. "Moods in Free Time" – 5:45
5. "Man of Words" – 4:52
6. "Hazy Hues" – 6:42
7. "A New Day" – 5:31

*\*Recorded at Nola's Penthouse Sound Studios in New York City on March 17, 1961 (tracks 1, 3 and 7) and April 4, 1961 (tracks 2 & 4–6).*

## Personnel

## InfoBox

| Out Front | |
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| Studio album by Booker Little | |
| Released | October 1961 (1961-10) |
| Recorded | March 17 & April 4, 1961 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 43:33 |
| Label | Candid |
| Producer | Nat Hentoff |
| Booker Little chronology | |
| *Booker Little*
(1960) ***Out Front***
(1961) *Booker Little and Friend*
(1961) | |


title: Guo Peiyuan

abstract: Dr. Guo Peiyuan, who holds a Ph.D. in Management from Tsinghua University, is the general manager of SynTao and chairman of SynTao Green Finance. Dr. Guo Peiyuan continuously focuses on research and practices about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socially responsible investment (SRI), with abundant experience on research, training and consulting services.

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# Guo Peiyuan

Dr. **Guo Peiyuan**, who holds a Ph.D. in Management from Tsinghua University, is the general manager of SynTao and chairman of SynTao Green Finance. Dr. Guo Peiyuan continuously focuses on research and practices about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socially responsible investment (SRI), with abundant experience on research, training and consulting services.

## Career

Dr. Guo Peiyuan has served for over one hundred companies, governments, and social organizations home and abroad, including China Mobile, China Pacific Insurance, Amway China, Volkswagen, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), etc. He has served as a judge in multiple CSR awards. Now he also teaches MBA course Business Performance and Sustainability in School of Economics and Management , Tsinghua University, and teaches international student course Social Innovation and CSR in School of Social Development and Public Policy, Beijing Normal University.

## Organizations

He also serves as consultant, trainer or member in many organizations, including the following.

·Member of the stakeholder council of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

·Trainer of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)

·Member of Green Finance Committee of China Finance Society

·Project leader of financial sustainable development project in China Banking Association

·CSR instructor of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

·Adviser of China Charity Leader Training Plan

·Expert of China Corporate Citizenship Committee

·Member of Youth Think-Tank of China Woman Development Foundation

·Member of CSR Think-Tank of China Federation of Industrial Economics

·Member of sustainability reports advisory group in United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

·Member of South Korea CSR top 30 of East Asia Committee.


title: Jefry Marté

abstract: Jefry Leonal Marté Paulino is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman, third baseman and left fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

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# Jefry Marté

**Jefry Leonal Marté Paulino** (born June 21, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball first baseman, third baseman and left fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

## Career

### New York Mets

Marté signed as an international free agent with the New York Mets on July 2, 2007. He made his professional debut the following year, hitting .325 in 44 games for the rookie–level Gulf Coast League Mets. Marté spent the 2009 and 2010 seasons with the Single–A Savannah Sand Gnats, hitting .246/.301/.364 with 12 home runs and 85 RBI across 205 total appearances.

Marté played for the St. Lucie Mets of the High–A Florida State League in 2011, hitting .248/.313/.346 with seven home runs, 55 RBI, and 14 stolen bases across 131 games. He participated in the All-Star Futures Game during the 2011 season and the Arizona Fall League after the 2011 season. Marté played for the Binghamton Mets of the Double–A Eastern League in 2012, hitting .251/.322/.366 with nine home runs, 58 RBI, and 9 stolen bases.

### Oakland Athletics

The Mets traded Marté to the Oakland Athletics on December 18, 2012, in exchange for outfielder Collin Cowgill. He spent the 2013 campaign with the Double–A Midland RockHounds, also appearing in five games for the rookie–level Arizona League Athletics. In 66 games for Midland, he hit .278/.349/.380 with two home runs, 28 RBI, and 8 stolen bases.

Marté spent 2014 back with Midland, playing in 107 games and batting .259/.333/.375 with a career–high 10 home runs, 53 RBI, and 9 stolen bases. He elected free agency following the season on November 4, 2014.

### Detroit Tigers

On November 22, 2014, Marté signed a minor league contract with the Detroit Tigers. He began the 2015 season with the Triple–A Toledo Mud Hens, and was named the International League's player of the week for the first week of the season.

The Tigers promoted Marté to the major leagues on July 4, 2015, and made his major league debut the next day. In his first career major league start on July 8, he got his first major league hit, an RBI double in the second inning, and his first major league home run in the fourth inning.

Marté filled in for an injured Miguel Cabrera in July and August, batting .250 (13-for-52) with four doubles, three home runs and seven RBIs. He batted .275 with 25 doubles, 15 home runs and 65 RBIs for Toledo. He was a September call-up, returning to the Tigers on September 8, 2015.

### Los Angeles Angels

On January 27, 2016, Marté was traded to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for Kody Eaves. He began the 2016 season with the Salt Lake Bees of the Triple–A Pacific Coast League, and was promoted to the major leagues on May 13. In 88 games during his rookie campaign, Marté slashed .252/.310/.481 with 15 home runs and 44 RBI. Marté made 45 appearances for Los Angeles in 2017, hitting .173/.269/.307 with four home runs and 14 RBI.

Marté played in 90 games for the Angels in 2018, batting .216/.273/.371 with seven home runs and 22 RBI. On November 2, 2018, he was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to Salt Lake. He subsequently rejected the assignment in favor of free agency.

### Hanshin Tigers

On December 28, 2018, Marté signed with the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

On December 10, 2019, Marté signed a one-year extension to remain with the Tigers. He became a free agent after the 2022 season.

### Generales de Durango

On April 3, 2023, Marte signed with the Generales de Durango of the Mexican League. In 53 games for Durango, Marté hit .339/.454/.505 with six home runs and 32 RBI.

### Karachi Monarchs

On October 23, 2023, Marte was drafted in the third round by the Karachi Monarchs, with the 20th overall pick, of the 2023 Baseball United inaugural draft.

### Pericos de Puebla

On April 22, 2024, Marté signed with the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican League. In 12 games for the Pericos, he hit .195/.353/.439 with three home runs and seven RBI. On May 13, Marté was released by Puebla.

### Bravos de León

On June 15, 2024, Marté signed with the Bravos de León of the Mexican League. In 11 games, he batted .205/.354/.462 with three home runs and seven RBI. On July 1, Marté was released by León.

## InfoBox

| Jefry Marté | |
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| Marté with the Hanshin Tigers | |
| Free agent | |
| **First baseman / Third baseman / Left fielder** | |
| **Born:**  (1991-06-21) June 21, 1991
La Romana, La Romana, Dominican Republic | |
| **Bats:** Right**Throws:** Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| **MLB:** July 5, 2015, for the Detroit Tigers | |
| **NPB:** April 29, 2019, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| MLB statistics
(through 2018 season) | |
| Batting average | .222 |
| Home runs | 30 |
| Runs batted in | 91 |
| NPB statistics
(through 2022 season) | |
| Batting average | .266 |
| Home runs | 39 |
| Runs batted in | 145 |
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