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Cumbria Constabulary

Cumbria Constabulary is the territorial police force in England covering the unitary authority areas of Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness in the ceremonial county of Cumbria. As of September 2017, the force had 1,108 police officers, 535 police staff, 93 police community support officers, and 86 special constables.

The force serves a population of 500,000 across an area of 2634 sqmi. There are significant areas of isolated and rural community, and the area has one of the smallest visible minority ethnic populations in the country at under 3.0%. Each year, the force's area, which incorporates the Lake District National Park, attracts over 23million visitors from all over the world (46 times the local population). The area has 67 mi of motorway and some 700 mi of trunk and primary roads.

The chief constable is Rob Carden. The headquarters of the force are at Carleton Hall, Penrith.

History
Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary was formed in 1856. In 1947 this force absorbed Kendal Borough Police. Less than 20 years later this amalgamated force absorbed Carlisle City Police to form a force broadly the same as today's force called the Cumberland, Westmorland and Carlisle Constabulary. In 1965, it had an establishment of 652 and an actual strength of 617. In 1967 the force name was changed to Cumbria Constabulary.

In 1974 the force's boundaries were expanded to include the new non-metropolitan county of Cumbria, in particular Furness and Sedbergh Rural District.

The Home Secretary proposed on 6 February 2006 to merge it with Lancashire Constabulary. These proposals were accepted by both forces on 25 February and the merger would have taken place on 1 April 2007. However, in July 2006, the Cumbria and Lancashire forces decided not to proceed with the merger because the Government could not remedy issues with the differing council tax precepts.

Chief constables

 * Cumbria Constabulary (1967)
 * 1968–1980 : William Cavey
 * 1980–1987 : Barry David Keith Price
 * 1988–1991 : Sir Leslie Sharp
 * 1991–1997 : Alan Elliott
 * 1997–2001 : Colin Phillips
 * 2001–2007 : Michael Baxter
 * 2007–2012 : Craig Thomas Mackey
 * 2012–2013 : Stuart Hyde
 * 2014–2018 : Jerry Graham
 * 2018–2023 : Michelle Skeer
 * 2023–Present : Rob Carden

Officers killed in the line of duty
The Police Roll of Honour Trust and Police Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty. Since its establishment in 1984, the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers.

 * Thomas Jardine was unlawfully killed during election riots near the Market Cross in Carlisle. On the night of 29 June 1841, he was struck with a sailor's 'Life Preserver', a lead weighted whalebone, and died the next morning, 30 June. Two men stood trial for murder, one was convicted of manslaughter and the other acquitted. His assailant was transported to Van Diemen's Land for life. Jardine was buried in Christ Church on Botchergate in the city and lies in an unmarked grave.
 * Constable James Armstrong died on 30 September 1847 making his way back at night from Pooley Bridge to his town of Keswick. He fell over a crag having got disorientated in the dark after losing his way.
 * Cumbria police van.JPG 29 October 1885 Pc Byrnes, an officer with the then Cumberland and Westmorland Constabulary, was hunting three men wanted for burglary at nearby Netherby Hall. Despite knowing they were armed, he challenged Anthony Rudge, John Martin and James Baker, who had already shot and injured Police Sergeant William Roche. Pc Byrnes was blasted in the head, thrown over a wall and left to die. He was located a short time later and carried to a local inn, where he died on the morning of October 30, 1885. The three suspects were caught, convicted of murder at the Court of Assize in Carlisle, and hanged in Carlisle jail on February 8 1886.
 * On 3 July 1915, Reserve Police Constable Andrew Johnstone was on duty near Carlisle railway station when he reported to his sergeant that he was feeling ill. He was told to make his way home, but he never arrived and was found drowned in a dammed river in Denton Holme.
 * The force's first, and to date only, murder of an officer occurred on 10 February 1965. Constable George William Russell, aged 36, was fatally shot when, unarmed and knowing that colleagues had already been fired on, he confronted an armed suspect and called upon him to surrender at the railway station in Kendal. Russell was posthumously awarded the Queen's Police Medal for gallantry and a memorial plaque has been unveiled on a wall at Carlisle Cathedral.
 * PC Keith Easterbrook (died 3 June 1993, aged 36) was fatally injured in a road traffic accident, while assisting in a vehicle pursuit, when a van he was overtaking pulled out and collided with his police motorcycle, on the A595 near Workington.
 * PC William "Bill" Barker was killed whilst on duty on 20 November 2009. At night during severe weather and flooding across the county, the officer was directing motorists to safety off Northside Bridge, Workington, which was in a dangerous condition, when the bridge was destroyed by the flood and he was swept away and killed, his body was found on a beach at Allonby that afternoon. Barker had completed 25 years police service and was a traffic officer attached to the Roads Policing Unit based at Workington; he had won a number of awards during his service.
 * England - Cumbria Constabulary (oblong) (6421763633).jpg Nick Dumphreys was killed on duty on 26 January 2020, when his vehicle crashed whilst responding to an emergency call in the Carlisle area. PC Dumphreys was part of Cumbria Constabulary's roads policing unit. An investigation into his death is ongoing.

Organisation
In terms of operational policing, the force is divided into two commands – the Territorial Policing Command and the Crime Command, each headed by a Chief Superintendent.

Territorial Policing Command
This command is further divided into three geographic Territorial Policing Areas (TPAs) to cover the county, an operational support section and a command and control section. Each TPA is led by a Superintendent and is further divided into districts and then teams for the purposes of neighbourhood policing. The major elements of the Territorial Policing Command are as follows:

North Territorial Policing Area
Responsible for neighbourhood and response policing across the following geographic areas:
 * Carlisle District
 * Eden District

South Territorial Policing Area
Responsible for neighbourhood and response policing across the following geographic areas:
 * Barrow Borough District
 * South Lakeland District

West Territorial Policing Area
Responsible for neighbourhood and response policing across the following geographic areas
 * Allerdale District
 * Copeland District

Operational Support
Within this section are force wide units which support the TPAs or units from the Crime Command, or provide a specialist service:
 * Roads Policing
 * Firearms
 * Dog section
 * Proactive Support Group
 * Civil Contingencies
 * Collision Investigation
 * Firearms Licensing
 * Safety Camera/Central Ticket Office

Command and Control
Within this section is the Command and Control Room (dispatch), including the Force Incident Manager (FIM) and the call taking centre.

Crime Command
This command is responsible for significant investigations and is predominantly staffed by detectives. The command is divided as follows:

 * Intelligence
 * Force Intelligence Bureau
 * Intelligence Analysis
 * Area Intelligence Units
 * Operations
 * Public Protection Units
 * CID Volume Crimes
 * Force Major Investigations
 * Safeguarding Hub
 * Forensics

Collaborations
Cumbria Constabulary is a partner in the following collaboration:
 * North West Police Underwater Search & Marine Unit

PEEL inspection 2022
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) conducts a periodic police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspection of each police service's performance. In its latest PEEL inspection, Cumbria Constabulary was rated as follows:

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List of political parties in French Guiana

French Guiana is not a separate territory but a region of France. France has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

For further details see the article: Politics of France.

The parties
Most of the French political parties are active in French Guiana.

In addition to these there are a number of regional parties:

Since the December 2015 territorial elections, all the regional parties and the branches of the metropolitan parties hitherto represented in the former regional and general councils have been eliminated from the new Guianese Assembly. Only two lists, both labeled "miscellaneous left" (LDVG) by the Interior Ministry, concurred for the second round, none of them from a party or coalition of parties, both of them including unaffiliated candidates from left and right. Many local officeholders are also "miscellaneous left" or "miscellaneous right".

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Illinois Route 89

Illinois Route 89 (IL 89) is a 55.48 mi rural, north–south state highway in central Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 34 (US 34) in La Moille southward to IL 116 in Metamora. IL 26 and IL 89 are the main north–south roads between Interstate 39 (I-39)/US 51 and IL 29.

Route description
Starting at La Moille, IL 89 travels south and passes through the small towns of Arlington, Cherry, and Ladd, where it crosses I-80. After passing Spring Valley and crossing the Illinois River, IL 89 crosses IL 71 near Granville, then passes through McNabb. After crossing IL 18 in Magnolia and IL 17 at Varna, it then passes through LaRose and Washburn as only state highway in those two towns. It becomes North Niles Street in Metamora and ends at Mount Vernon Street, IL 116.

History
SBI Route 89 originally ran from Dixon to Metamora along Illinois Route 26 and Illinois 71. It was truncated north at Granville in 1938 and rerouted to La Moille.

The highway's crossing of the Illinois River in Spring Valley was replaced with a new bridge that opened on June 18, 2018. The former bridge was imploded.

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List of political parties in French Polynesia

This article lists political parties in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia has a multi-party system, where multiple parties can achieve electoral success.

Former parties

 * A Tia Porinetia (2013 - 2016)
 * Aia Api (New Land) (1982 - 2015)
 * Fetia Api (New Star) (1996 - 2016) - Autonomist
 * No Oe E Te Nunaa (This Country Is Yours)
 * Porinetia Ora (2004 - 2015) - Autonomist
 * Tapura Amui No Raromatai
 * Tapura Amui no Tuhaa Pae (Austral Archipelago Union List) (2001 - 2018) - Pro-independence
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William Richard Cotter

William Richard Cotter VC (March 1882 – 14 March 1916) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Cotter was born in Folkestone, Kent in 1882 the son of Richard and Amy Cotter, his father who had been born in Ireland was described in the 1891 census of Elham as a plasterer's labourer.

He was 33 years old, and an Acting Corporal in the 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. On 6 March 1916 near Hohenzollern Redoubt, France, Corporal Cotter's leg was blown off at the knee and he was also wounded in both arms. He nevertheless made his way unaided for 50 yards to a crater, steadied the men who were holding it, controlled their fire, issued orders and altered their dispositions to meet a fresh counter-attack. For two hours he held his position and only allowed his wounds to be roughly dressed when the attack had quietened down. He could not be moved back for 14 hours and during all this time he had a cheery word for everyone.

He was buried at Lillers Communal Cemetery, France which is 7 mi north west of Bethune. Plot IV. Row E. Grave 45.

His Victoria Cross was on display at The Buffs Regimental Museum, Canterbury, England. With the rest of that museum's collections, it has now been transferred to the National Army Museum, where it is now displayed.

The Amazing Brewery Co. based at the Ship Inn in Sandgate, Folkestone, brews a classic bitter – Amazing Cotter VC – in his honour.

Publications

 * Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
 * The Register of the Victoria Cross (This England, 1997)

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List of political parties in Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe is not a separate territory but an overseas region of France. France has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

The parties
Most of the French political parties are active in Guadeloupe.

In addition there are a number of regional parties:

 * Guadeloupe Communist Party (Parti Communiste Guadeloupéen, PCG)
 * Progressive Democratic Party of Guadeloupe
 * People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe (Union Populaire pour la Libération de la Guadeloupe, UPLG)
 * Guadeloupean Objective (Objectif Guadeloupéen)
 * Pluralist Left (Gauche Pluriel)
 * United Guadaloupe, Socialism and Realities

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Armed Love
TINC have released an album called Armed Love. Since there is also a band of the same name, predating the album, I have taken the liberty of moving the page for the album, and edited the discography so the links point to the correct page. Optrirominiluikus 10:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

communist?
is there a reference for them being communist? for a communist band they sure reference a lot of anarchists.--24.141.78.110 (talk) 22:38, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

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Fred Potts

Frederick William Owen Potts, VC, (18 December 1892 – 2 November 1943), more commonly known as Trooper Fred Potts, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Life
Potts was born and raised on Edgehill Street in the Katesgrove area of Reading. He first came to public notice in 1913, when he saved five-year-old boy, Charles Rex, from drowning in the River Thames (Rex lived to the age of 87.)

In 1915, Potts was 22 years old, and a private in the 1/1st Berkshire Yeomanry of the British Army. During the Gallipoli Campaign of the First World War, he performed the following deed, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross.

On 21 August 1915 in the attack on Hill 70, Potts (although wounded in the thigh) remained for over 48 hours under the Turkish trenches with Arthur Andrews, another private from his regiment who was severely wounded and unable to move. (Andrews also came from Reading.) Potts finally fixed a shovel to the equipment of his wounded comrade and, using this as a sledge, dragged the man back over 600 yd to safety, being under fire all the way. He became known as "the hero with the shovel". He was feted on his return from Gallipoli.

After the war, during which he eventually achieved the rank of lance-corporal, he kept a tailor's shop in his home town. He was a Mason and in 1934 was Master of the Aldermaston Lodge.

Potts died on 2 November 1943 at the age of 50. His grave is at Reading Crematorium, whilst his medals are held by the Imperial War Museum.

Andrews lived until 1980, when he died at the age of 89. In 2009, as the result of the production of a BBC Radio Berkshire documentary on Potts, a reunion occurred between the relatives of the two men at the Imperial War Museum.

In 1967 The Victor children's magazine told the story very graphically on the front and back covers; it used to feature a story of bravery every week. This article has been used by the Memorial Trust to explain the story at local schools as a graphical presentation; being very much "of its time" appealed to children.

Memorial in Reading
During Prime Minister's Questions on 20 January 2010, Martin Salter, Member of Parliament for Reading West, indicated that there were plans to provide a permanent memorial to Trooper Potts. It was announced in May 2014 that the memorial would be sited just outside Forbury Gardens, on the open paved area opposite the Crown Court / The Forbury Hotel.

The Trooper Potts VC Memorial Trust was established to raise the necessary funds to build the memorial in 2010, gaining charitable status in 2012. The trust raised the £150,000 required.

Liverpool sculptor Tom Murphy designed the memorial. The life-sized, cast-bronze sculpture was installed on 2 October 2015.

A roll of honour lists the names of 426 men of The Berkshire Yeomanry who gave their lives in the wars of the twentieth century. They are listed by war, by rank and then alphabetically and at the centre is a quote from John F Kennedy.

Other honours
Potts was commemorated in September 2013 in the name of a new road, Trooper Potts Way, created during construction of the Reading Station north entrance. It was unveiled on 5 April 2014.

The Government's Commemorative VC Paving Stone was set in the eastern corner of the 1920s War Memorial. It was unveiled in a small ceremony by Trooper Potts' granddaughter, Anne Ames, at 17:00 on 21 August 2015, the exact centenary of the Berkshire Yeomanry's attack on Scimitar Hill.

On 21 March 2016, Greene King opened a new pub/restaurant along Basingstoke Road, to the south of Reading called The Trooper Potts. It featured two very large displays which tell the story of the rescue and Fred and Arthur's lives. In 2019 the company changed the name to The Victoria Cross in a "rebrand" in an attempt to distance it with some unfortunate behaviour by users, the décor now features information about the VC winners from across Berkshire.

Educational outreach
In 2011 the trust started to work with the history department of Reading College. Their students have helped the trust by fundraising, joining the committee and teaching to local primary schools about the First World War, Gallipoli and this local story. In 2013 the Trooper Potts prize for History was introduced at the college, it was awarded for 3 years.

Starting in 2013 the Trust has delivered presentations about this Reading story to local groups including; Business groups lunches, pensioner groups, U3A, WEA, WI, Rotary, Round Table, History of Reading Society, Visits Reading and it continues to do so with a booking in 2021.

The trust delivered Trooper Potts mornings at Katesgrove Primary School, Fred Potts' old school, Southcote Primary School and St Edwards School. The curators of the Berkshire Yeomanry Museum brought along kit of the period for the children to see / try on. Shorter events were run at other schools. In 2018 it delivered sessions to Cub and Brownie groups in Ascot and Staines. The outreach work to schools has continued each year at Katesgrove and Southcote Schools with the occasional new school being added.

The Victoria Cross
The trust commissioned a film of David Callaghan, a former director of Hancocks & Co, the London jewellers which has supplied the VC since it was instituted on 29 January 1856, explaining the history of the Victoria Cross. This is being used in its educational work.

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List of political parties in Jordan

This article lists political parties in Jordan. Jordan has 31 officially registered political parties, but few play a real role because of lack of organization and clear political platforms.

The role of parties is significantly limited by institutional factors as well. The king is vested with somewhat broader executive power than is usually the case for a constitutional monarch, making it difficult for a party to win control of the government solely at the ballot box. Additionally, the electoral system is significantly malapportioned in favor of rural areas.

There is no clear picture on several political parties in Jordan, but sources mention the following parties.

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Eddie Jones (basketball)

Edward Charles Jones (born October 20, 1971) is an American former professional basketball player who played for five teams in his 14-year National Basketball Association (NBA) career. Jones played college basketball at Temple University and was the 1993–94 Atlantic 10 Player of the Year. He led the Owls to the Elite 8 in the NCAA tournament. The three-time NBA All-Star was selected 10th overall in the 1994 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.

College career
Jones played college basketball for Temple from 1991 to 1994. In his junior season, he led them to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament, and in his final season with the Owls he averaged 19.2 points. In 1994, he was named Atlantic 10 Player of the Year.

Los Angeles Lakers (1994–1999)
The Los Angeles Lakers selected Jones with the 10th overall selection in the 1994 NBA draft. Lakers general manager Jerry West stated, "We wanted the best pure athlete available, and Eddie was too good to pass up".

In his rookie season Jones averaged 14.0 points per game and 2.05 steals per game as he played in 64 games, 58 of which he started. He also led the NBA in steal/turnover ratio (1.75), placed 4th in the NBA Rookie of the Year ballot, and was on the 1994–95 NBA All-Rookie First Team. In the 94–95 All-Star weekend Rookie Challenge he won the MVP, posting a game-high 25 points, 6 steals, and 4 rebounds. With his combination of size, athleticism, and defense, Jones began to draw favorable comparisons to another former Lakers great, Michael Cooper. (Cooper himself said that looking at Jones on the court was like "looking in a mirror." ) Jones would become an integral part of the Lakers squad, along with Nick Van Exel and Cedric Ceballos as the Lakers made the playoffs and upset the Seattle SuperSonics in the first round 3–1 before facing the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs led by league MVP David Robinson. The younger Lakers managed to push the Spurs to six games before losing the series, with Jones averaging 8.7 points off the bench in his first playoff run.

The following year featured Jones solidifying his position as the team's starting shooting guard, as Jones started 66 of 70 games and averaged 12.8 points a game for the season. The Lakers improved their total record to 53 wins, bolstered by the midseason return of franchise legend Magic Johnson out of retirement. The Lakers made the playoffs again, but could not defeat the defending NBA champion Houston Rockets, who defeated the Lakers 3–1 in the first round. Jones averaged 17.3 points in the series.

After his second season, Jones switched from number 25 to 6, as the Lakers had retired 25 for Gail Goodrich. He selected 6 as growing up he was a fan of Julius Erving. In the off-season, the team acquired superstar center Shaquille O'Neal, and traded Vlade Divac to the Hornets for rookie guard Kobe Bryant. Jones played and started in 80 games, placing second in the team in scoring with 17.2 points and fourth in the league in steals with 2.4 a game. He also played in his first NBA All-Star Game, scoring 10 points in 17 minutes in the 1997 NBA All-Star Game. Led by O'Neal, the Lakers won 56 games before defeating the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the playoffs, but fell to the top-seeded Utah Jazz in five games in the conference semifinals. Jones struggled in the playoffs, as his scoring average fell to 11.2 in the postseason.

In the 1997–98 season, Jones averaged 16.9 points with 2 steals a game, and scored 15 points with 11 rebounds in the 1998 NBA All-Star Game. His pesky defense also earned him a selection to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team. The Lakers won 61 games and defeated Portland and Seattle in the first and second round of the playoffs. The team failed to win a game in the conference finals against the Jazz, however, as the veteran team swept the Lakers. Jones averaged 17 points with 2 steals in 13 playoff games.

Charlotte Hornets (1999–2000)
The following season would be shortened to 50 games due to a league lockout, with Jones starting the first 20 games of the season before he and Elden Campbell were traded to the Charlotte Hornets for Glen Rice, J. R. Reid, and B. J. Armstrong on March 10, 1999. Jones started in 30 games for the remainder of the season with the Hornets, who did not make the playoffs, but Jones placed second in the league in steals with 2.5 a game and made the All-Defensive team for the second straight year.

Jones's following campaign with the Hornets, the 1999–2000 season, was his finest statistically, as he averaged 20.1 points, led the league in total steals (192) and steals per game (2.7) along with 4.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game. Jones was also voted to start at guard for the Eastern Conference in the 2000 NBA All-Star Game and scored 10 points in 21 minutes. The Hornets won 49 games and made the playoffs, losing in the first round to the Philadelphia 76ers in four games. At the end of the season, Jones was named to the All-NBA Third Team for the first time and was named to his third straight All-Defensive second team.

Jones became a free agent after the 2000 season, and talked with the Chicago Bulls and Orlando Magic, but wanted to play for his hometown of Miami.

Miami Heat (2000–2005)
After re-signing with the Hornets, Jones was traded with Anthony Mason, Ricky Davis and Dale Ellis to the Miami Heat for Otis Thorpe, Rodney Buford, Jamal Mashburn, Tim James and P. J. Brown. Jones' rerouting was a sign-and-trade. The acquisition of Jones was an attempt by Heat coach Pat Riley to improve his team into a title contender. Before the start of the 2000–01 season however, the team's star center Alonzo Mourning was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, meaning Jones would have to carry the team's offensive load even more than originally intended. He would go on to play consistently at both ends of the floor, however, averaging 17.4 points a game and leading the team in scoring despite only playing in 63 games for the season. Jones and Mason led the team to 50 wins, and Mourning returned in late March, but the Heat were swept in the first round of the playoffs to the sixth-seeded Hornets, despite Jones averaging 19 points in the three game series.

Mourning returned to full action in the 2001–02 season, and Jones started 81 games for the team and led in scoring again with 18.3 points a game. The Heat failed to make the playoffs however, and with Mourning's disease returning he would be left out of the entire 2002–03 season, forcing Miami to enter a rebuilding phase. Jones only played in 47 contests in the 2003 season due to his own injuries, but once again led the team in scoring with 18.5 points a game. In the off-season, Riley revamped the roster, as Mourning left to join the New Jersey Nets while Miami drafted Dwyane Wade and acquired Lamar Odom from the Los Angeles Clippers to join Jones and second year player Caron Butler. Riley also stepped down as coach just before the season started, with longtime assistant Stan Van Gundy taking the helm.

Despite starting the season 0–7, the 2003–04 season proved to be a success for Miami, with Jones sharing a balanced offensive attack with Wade, Butler and Odom but still leading the team in overall scoring with 17.3 points a game. Jones finished 3rd in the league in total three point field goals, and Miami finished the season with a 42–40 record to make the playoffs with the fourth seed in the East. The Heat would go on to defeat the New Orleans Hornets in a difficult 7 game series in the first round in which the home team won each game, before losing in six games to the top-seeded Indiana Pacers in the conference semifinals. Jones averaged 13.2 in the postseason.

In the off-season prior to the 2004–05 season, Miami made major roster changes, trading Odom and Butler along with center Brian Grant for Shaquille O'Neal, Jones's old Lakers teammate. Although Jones started the season at the shooting guard position, he would move to the small forward position with Wade taking over as the team's starting shooting guard. The result was a blossoming season for Wade combined with the dominating presence of O'Neal. Jones saw his scoring output dip to 12.7 points a game, but he remained a crucial 3 point shooting option for Miami as the team won 59 games and the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Near the end of the season the Heat also brought back Alonzo Mourning, and the team would sweep New Jersey and the Washington Wizards in the playoffs before facing the defending NBA champion Detroit Pistons. The Heat took a 3–2 series lead after five games, but faced difficulties with an injury to Wade, and the Pistons rallied to win game 6 in Detroit and game 7 in Miami. Jones averaged 13.7 points throughout the playoffs.

Memphis Grizzlies (2005–2007)
Miami was disappointed to have just missed a chance to make the NBA Finals, and Riley decided to part ways with Jones after five seasons as he was dealt to the Memphis Grizzlies for James Posey and Jason Williams on August 2, 2005 in a record five-team, thirteen-player trade. On November 4, 2005, Jones scored a game-leading 25 points as the Grizzlies beat the Orlando Magic 94–85. His first season in Memphis, Jones started in 75 games in total, averaging 11.8 points with 1.7 steals a game as the Grizzlies made the playoffs but were swept in the first round by the Dallas Mavericks. Jones started in 14 of 29 games the following year for the Grizzlies, before getting waived by the team on January 30, 2007.

Return to Miami (2007)
On February 1, 2007, Jones signed a minimum contract for his second stint with the Miami Heat, playing increasing minutes after Wade's shoulder injury. The Heat had won the NBA title the previous year, but struggled throughout the season with injuries to Wade, as Miami fell in a four-game sweep to the Chicago Bulls in the first round.

Dallas Mavericks (2007–2008)
After the 2006–07 season ended, Jones became an unrestricted free agent. On August 3, 2007, Jones agreed to a two-year deal with the Dallas Mavericks.

On October 10, 2008, Jones was traded to the Indiana Pacers. After being traded to the Pacers, Jones had his contract renegotiated which enabled him to pursue playing for another team or retire. On October 16, 2008, he was released from the Pacers in order for them to free up cap room.

Media and endorsements
Jones appeared in a comical Taco Bell commercial that features several people who were related to the Lakers organization at the time. The commercial focuses on Shaquille O'Neal suffering from Taco Neck Syndrome. Along with Michael Finley, Jones appeared in a commercial for the Air Jordan XVI.

Jones was the cover athlete for the 989 Sports basketball game NBA ShootOut '97. He was also one of the original players chosen to endorse Air Jordan, and wear the "Jordan XI". Jones appeared on the sitcom In the House.

On June 8, 2009, Jones was featured in the Spike TV show called Pros vs. Joes. As one of the pros, he was teamed with his former Miami Heat teammates Alonzo Mourning and Antoine Walker.

Personal life
Jones and his wife Trina have three children together. Jones is the cousin of Jalen Suggs of the Orlando Magic and Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers.

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List of political parties in Kosovo

This article lists political parties in Kosovo. Kosovo has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

Major parties
Having seats in Parliament of Kosovo as a result of 2021 general election and subsequent shifts:

Minor parties

 * Democratic Alternative of Kosovo (Alternativa Demokratike e Kosovës)
 * Albanian Christian Democratic Party of Kosovo (Partia Shqiptare Demokristiane e Kosovës)
 * Green Party of Kosovo (Partia e të Gjelbërve të Kosovës)
 * Liberal Party of Kosovo (Partia Liberale e Kosovës)
 * Coalition Party (Kosovo)
 * Social Democratic Initiative (Kosovo)
 * Social Democratic Party of Kosovo
 * The Word (Fjala)

Minority parties

 * Turkish Justice Party of Kosovo (Kosova Türk Adalet Partisi)
 * Ashkali Party for Integration (Partia e Ashkalinjëve për Integrim)
 * Bosniak Party of Democratic Action of Kosovo (Bošnjačka Stranka Demokratske Akcije Kosova)
 * Bosnian League of Kosovo
 * Civic Initiative of Gora (Građanska Inicijativa Gore)
 * Civic Initiative National Wing (Gradjanska Inicijativa Krilo Naroda)
 * Vakat Coalition (Koalicija Vakat)
 * Democratic Ashkali Party of Kosovo (Partia Demokratike e Ashkanlive të Kosovës)
 * Kosovo Turkish Union (Kosova Türk Birliǧi)
 * League of Egyptians of Kosovo (Lidhja e Egjiptianëve të Kosovës)
 * Montenegrin Democratic Party (Crnogorska Demokratska Stranka)
 * New Democratic Initiative of Kosovo (Iniciativa e re Demokratike e Kosovës)
 * New Democratic Party (Nova Demokratska Stranka)
 * Party of Democratic Action (Stranka Demokratske Akcije)
 * Social Democratic Party of Gora (Socijaldemokratska Stranka Gore)
 * Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (Kosova Demokratik Türk Partisi)
 * United Roma Party of Kosovo (Partia Rome e Bashkuar e Kosovës)
 * Serb List
 * Serb Civic Initiative (Građanska Inicijativa Srbija)
 * Independent Liberal Party (Samostalna Liberalna Stranka)
 * New Democracy (Nova Demokratija)
 * Serb Democratic Party of Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Demokratska Stranka Kosova i Metohije)
 * Serb Kosovo-Metohija Party (Srpska Kosovsko-Metohijska Stranka)
 * Serbian List for Kosovo and Metohija (Srpska Lista za Kosovo i Metohiju)
 * Serb People's Party (Srpska Narodna Stranka)
 * Serbian Social Democratic Party (Srpska Socijaldemokratska Stranka)
 * Union of Independent Social Democrats of Kosovo and Metohija (Savez Nezavisnih Socijaldemokrata Kosova i Metohije)
 * United Serbian List (Jedinstvena Srpska Lista) (all-Serb list, lists 56 candidates of both the ruling and the opposition parties based in Belgrade)
 * Unique Gorani Party (Jedinstvena Goranska Partija)
 * Social Democratic Union (Socijaldemokratska Unija)
 * Progressive Movement of Kosovar Roma (Kosovaki Romengi Anglipaski Phiravlin)

Former parties

 * New Spirit Party (Partia Fryma e Re)
 * Reformist Party ORA (Partia Reformiste ORA)
 * People's Movement of Kosovo (Lëvizja Popullore e Kosovës)
 * Socialist Party of Kosovo (Partia Socialiste e Kosovës)
 * National Movement for the Liberation of Kosovo (Lëvizja Kombëtare për Çlirimin e Kosovës)
 * Movement for Integration and Unification (Lëvizja për Integrim dhe Bashkim)
 * Democratic League of Dardania (Lidhja Demokratike e Dardanisë)
 * Partia e Fortë (Strong Party)

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List of political parties in Macau

Macau does not have formal political parties. However, some civic groups representing the interests of business, labor, and social welfare put forward lists at the elections. The following is a listing of associations that participated in the most recent legislative elections:

 * Union for Development
 * United Citizens Association of Macau
 * Union for Promoting Progress
 * Macau-Guangdong Union
 * Por Macau
 * Alliance for Change
 * New Union for Macau's Development
 * Macau Business Interest Union(OMKC, also known as Macau union of employer's interests)
 * Employees Association Joint Candidature Commission(CCCAE)
 * Macau professional Interest Union(OMCY)
 * Association for Promotion of Social Services and Education
 * Excellent Culture and Sports Union Association
 * New Macau Association
 * New Democratic Macau Association
 * Prosperous Democratic Macau Association
 * New Macau Liberals
 * New Hope
 * Civil Watch(Civico)
 * Association for Together Efforts to Improve the Community(MAC)
 * Activism for Democracy Association
 * Democratic Society Alliance
 * Association for Promotion of Civic Rights(APDC)
 * Macau Ideals
 * Innovative Action
 * Supervision by the Lower Class
 * Workers' Movement Front(MO)

Defunct associations

 * Plural Voices – Peoples of Macau
 * Association for Democracy and Social Well-Being of Macau
 * Vision Macau
 * Convergence for Development
 * New Youth of Macau
 * General Union for the Good of Macau
 * Association for Promoting the Economy of Macau
 * Employees and Wage-Earners Association
 * General Union for Development of Macau

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List of political parties in Martinique

Martinique is not a separate territory but a region of France. France has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

For further details see the article: Politics of France.

The parties
Most of the French political parties are active in Martinique.

In addition there are a number of regional parties:

 * Martinican Independence Movement (Mouvement Indépendantiste Martiniquais, MIM)
 * Martinican Progressive Party (Parti Progressiste Martiniquais, PPM)
 * Build the Martinique Country (Batir le Pays Martinique)
 * Martinican Communist Party (Parti Communiste Martiniquais, PCM) close to PCF
 * Péyi-A, affiliated with NUPES

Local factions of French parties

 * Socialist Federation of Martinique (Fédération socialiste de Martinique, FSM) close to PS
 * Worker's Combat (Combat Ouvrier, CO) close to Workers' Struggle

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List of political parties in Mayotte

Mayotte has a Socialist Party and the Citizen and Republican Movement. Mayotte parties that took part in the elections for the General Council are:

 * Mahoré Departementalist Movement (Mouvement Départementaliste Mahorais)
 * Force of the Rally and the Alliance for Democracy (Force de Rassemblement et d'Alliance pour le Progrès)
 * Mahoré People's Movement (Mouvement populaire mahorais)

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Frank Adams

John Frank Adams (5 November 1930 – 7 January 1989) was a British mathematician, one of the major contributors to homotopy theory.

Life
He was born in Woolwich, a suburb in south-east London, and attended Bedford School. He began his academic career at Trinity College, Cambridge, as a student of Abram Besicovitch, but soon switched to algebraic topology. He received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1956. His thesis, written under the direction of Shaun Wylie, was titled On spectral sequences and self-obstruction invariants. He held the Fielden Chair at the University of Manchester (1964–1970), and became Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge (1970–1989). He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1964.

His interests included mountaineering—he would demonstrate how to climb right round a table at parties (a Whitney traverse)—and the game of Go.

He died in a car crash in Brampton. There is a memorial plaque for him in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge.

Work
In the 1950s, homotopy theory was at an early stage of development, and unsolved problems abounded. Adams made a number of important theoretical advances in algebraic topology, but his innovations were always motivated by specific problems. Influenced by the French school of Henri Cartan and Jean-Pierre Serre, he reformulated and strengthened their method of killing homotopy groups in spectral sequence terms, creating the basic tool of stable homotopy theory now known as the Adams spectral sequence. This begins with Ext groups calculated over the ring of cohomology operations, which is the Steenrod algebra in the classical case. He used this spectral sequence to attack the celebrated Hopf invariant one problem, which he completely solved in a 1960 paper by making a deep analysis of secondary cohomology operations. The Adams–Novikov spectral sequence is an analogue of the Adams spectral sequence using an extraordinary cohomology theory in place of classical cohomology: it is a computational tool of great potential scope.

Adams was also a pioneer in the application of K-theory. He invented the Adams operations in K-theory, which are derived from the exterior powers; they are now also widely used in purely algebraic contexts. Adams introduced them in a 1962 paper to solve the famous vector fields on spheres problem. Subsequently he used them to investigate the Adams conjecture, which is concerned (in one instance) with the image of the J-homomorphism in the stable homotopy groups of spheres. A later paper of Adams and Michael F. Atiyah uses the Adams operations to give an extremely elegant and much faster version of the above-mentioned Hopf invariant one result.

In 1974 Adams became the first recipient of the Senior Whitehead Prize, awarded by the London Mathematical Society. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1957–58.

Adams had many talented students, and was highly influential in the development of algebraic topology in Britain and worldwide. His University of Chicago lectures were published in a 1996 series titled "Chicago Lectures in Mathematics Series", such as Lectures on Exceptional Lie Groups and Stable Homotopy and Generalised Homology ISBN 0-226-00524-0.

Recognition
The main mathematics research seminar room in the Alan Turing Building at the University of Manchester is named in his honour.

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Jesu (band)

Jesu (pronounced "yay-zoo") are a British experimental metal band formed in 2003 by Justin Broadrick following the breakup of his band Godflesh. It shares its name with the last song on Hymns, the final album of Godflesh's initial run. Jesu's sound is heavily layered and textured, incorporating a diverse mix of influences. Broadrick himself has stated that "...it's very loosely speaking pop/rock/metal/electronica ... I'm intentionally writing what I consider to be coherent 'pop' songs".

2004–2008
Jesu's first release, the Heart Ache EP, was released in 2004 and featured Broadrick performing all of the instruments and vocals alone. It was followed four months later by the full-length Jesu LP, which featured the addition of bassist Diarmuid Dalton and drummer Ted Parsons, although not every song features both members. A tour of Europe, in support of the album, featured Roderic Mounir of Knut filling in for Ted Parsons on drums. Commenting on the sonic influences of the band, Broadrick said: "I really wanted to take that rhythm and weld it to the Godflesh sensibilities of abstract, surreal, mutated metal."

With their third release, 2006's four song Silver EP, Jesu took a more melodic and layered approach, gaining comparison to shoegazing band My Bloody Valentine. The majority of this release features Broadrick and Dalton, with Parsons joining them for the title track.

The full lineup recorded the second full-length album, Conqueror, which was released in February 2007. Broadrick and Dalton recorded the Sun Down/Sun Rise EP without Parsons for a 23 April release. This EP had already seen release in Japan where it had been packaged as a bonus CD for the Conqueror album. Jesu returned as a solo act with the release of a split 12" album with Eluvium, released on 5 July 2007.

October 2007 saw the release of Pale Sketches, a collection of previously unreleased Jesu songs, performed entirely by Broadrick and recorded between 2000 and 2007. The album was released on Broadrick's own label, Avalanche. That same month, a four-song EP titled Lifeline, once again featuring Broadrick as the sole member, was released by Hydra Head in the United States and Daymare in Japan. The band made their United States live debut in March 2007 as an opening act for Isis, although work permit problems caused them to miss the first three weeks of the tour. Neither Parsons nor Dalton were able to participate in the tour and were temporarily replaced by Danny Walker (of Intronaut) and long-time Broadrick collaborator Dave Cochrane (Head of David, God, Ice), respectively. During this tour, Jesu also made their South by Southwest debut as part of a Hydra Head Records showcase.

In late 2007 the band embarked on headlining tours of the United Kingdom, Japan, Europe and the United States. During this tour, Phil Petrocelli of Seattle band, Black Noise Cannon, took over as the band's touring drummer. Jesu released their second split release, this time with Japanese post-rock band, Envy, exclusively in Japan through Daymare Records on 11 July 2008. On 12 August 2008, a third split 12", this time with Battle of Mice, was engineered by Joel Hamilton and released by Robotic Empire. The album had originally been announced in 2006 but was delayed while awaiting cover art.

On 9 September 2008 Hydra Head released Why Are We Not Perfect, a CDEP featuring the three Jesu songs previously only available on the Eluvium split vinyl album, as well as two new remixes. Daymare released the album, in Japan, with an additional third remix not available on the American release. On 23 September 2008 Dwell Records released Like Black Holes in The Sky: The Tribute to Syd Barrett which features Jesu covering Pink Floyd's "Chapter 24." Jesu also contributed a cover version of The Cure's "The Funeral Party" to Manimal Vinyl's Perfect As Cats: A Tribute to The Cure. The album was released digitally through iTunes on 28 October 2008. The CD edition of the album was released in stores on 25 November 2008, in a limited edition of 2,000 copies.

In March 2009 Broadrick announced a new one-song LP, titled Infinity, scheduled for release through his own Avalanche Recordings label in June 2009, although he later announced it was certain to be released in July. Infinity was made available to purchase through Broadrick's Avalanche Recording webstore on 23 July. On 29 July Broadrick made the album available via digital download. The album consists of one track, lasting approximately 50 minutes, performed entirely by Broadrick. On 19 August 2009 Daymare released the Infinity album as a two-disc set featuring an extra track as well as a re-release of Pale Sketches, containing a second disc featuring three new remixes.

2009–present
Broadrick also announced that a new EP, titled Opiate Sun, would be released in July 2009. The EP had originally been mentioned in 2008 but a title and official release date had yet to be announced. Opiate Sun was later rescheduled for 27 October 2009, and was released on Mark Kozelek's record label Caldo Verde. The Daymare edition of the album was released on 6 November 2009 in Japan and includes a "demo" version of one of the four songs as a bonus track. Initially, the EP was intended to be the first studio recording to include the lineup of Justin Broadrick, Dave Cochrane and Phil Petrocelli. This lineup was to be featured on two of the four tracks, with the classic lineup of Broadrick, Parsons and Dalton performing the other two tracks. The released version of the album features Broadick performing solo on all four tracks.

In June 2009 Hydra Head re-released the Jesu/Envy split 12" on CD. The label also released a double 10" vinyl edition in September 2009. On 16 November 2010 Hydra Head released Heart Ache/Dethroned, which featured a reissue of the Heart Ache EP, packaged with Dethroned, a previously unreleased Jesu EP from 2003.

In March 2010 Broadrick stated that he felt that Jesu had strayed further away from the guitar driven music that he intended it to be and more into electronica. Broadrick further stated that while Jesu would continue to contain electronic elements, it would return to a guitar driven sound and a new project, named Pale Sketcher, would allow Broadrick to continue exploring the electronica oriented sound without interfering with Jesu. Jesu released two albums after 2010, Ascension (2011), Everyday I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came (2013).

In January 2016, Broadrick, as Jesu, collaborated with Mark Kozelek's folk rock project, Sun Kil Moon to record an album titled Jesu/Sun Kil Moon and the collaborative act toured in support of the album. Jesu and Sun Kil Moon collaborated once again to record a cover of "Condor Ave" for an Elliott Smith tribute album titled Say Yes!, released in October 2016. A second album by Jesu and Sun Kil Moon, titled 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth, was released in May 2017.

On July 3, 2020, Jesu released the five-track Never EP digitally through Bandcamp. A new full-length, titled Terminus, was released through the same outlet on November 13, 2020.

Broadrick works from a studio in Abergele, Wales.

Remixes
Using the Jesu name, Broadrick has also contributed remixed versions of songs by such bands as Mogwai, N.I.C., Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Explosions in the Sky, Interpol, Isis, Pelican, Earth, Cult of Luna, Fog, Maninkari, Pyramids, Yakuza, Genghis Tron, Jack Colwell, Challenger, Constants and Isaurian.

Members

 * Current members
 * Justin Broadrick – guitar, vocals, programming, bass, drums

 * Former members
 * Diarmuid Dalton – bass (2004–2007)
 * Ted Parsons – drums, percussion (2004–2007)

 * Touring musicians
 * Danny Walker – drums
 * Dave Cochrane – bass
 * Phil Petrocelli – drums
 * Roderic Mounir – drums

 * Session musicians
 * Paul Neville – additional guitar ("Man/Woman" from Jesu)
 * Jarboe – vocals ("Storm Comin' On" from Lifeline)

Discography

 * Jesu (2004)
 * Conqueror (2007)
 * Ascension (2011)
 * Everyday I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came (2013)
 * Terminus (2020)

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Derbyshire Constabulary

Derbyshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Derbyshire, England. The force covers an area of over 1000 sqmi with a population of just under one million.

Organisation and structure
To police the county the force is divided into two territorial divisions, based respectively in the towns of Buxton and Chesterfield (North Division – covering High Peak and Derbyshire Dales District Council areas, Chesterfield, NE Derbyshire, Amber Valley and Bolsover and the villages of South Normanton and Pinxton which lie within the boundaries of Bolsover District Council), and Derby ( South Division – policing the city of Derby and the districts of Erewash, Long Eaton and South Derbyshire). The Force Headquarters, near Ripley and close to the A38 road, is Butterley Hall, former residence of Benjamin Outram and once owned by the Butterley Company.

The Old Hall and later additional buildings in the large grounds house much of the force's central administrative services. The Ops Divisions HQ at Wyatts Way Ripley (adjacent to force Headquarters) is now the home of Operational Support Division which encompasses the Road Policing Unit (with bases at Cotton Lane in Derby, Beetwell Street in Chesterfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith), ARU (Armed Response Unit), Dog Section, Uniform Task Force and Road Policing Support (Collision Investigators).

The Constabulary is led by the chief constable assisted by a Deputy and two assistant chief constables. Each division is headed by a chief superintendent – the divisional commander – and each division is divided into Sections, which are led by an inspector. The force has an authorised establishment of 1,827 police officers, 350 special constables and 104 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs)

The chief officers of the force formerly worked in partnership with the 17 publicly elected representatives on the Derbyshire Police Authority, which shared responsibility for budgets and policy, and was intended to ensure that the public of Derbyshire had a voice in the policing of their county. Since the introduction of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 the Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is now responsible for tasks that were once completed by the Police Authority. In November 2012, Alan Charles was elected as PCC for a four-year term. Charles previously served as Vice Chair of the Derbyshire Police Authority.

PEEL inspection
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) conducts a periodic police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) inspection of each police service's performance. In its latest PEEL inspection, Derbyshire Constabulary was rated as follows:

Geography and demographics
Derbyshire Constabulary polices an area which ranges from remote rural locations to busy city-centre and suburban environments. The more urbanised east and south of the county, including the market town of Chesterfield and the city of Derby, generally require more officers to respond to the needs of the large resident population, while the more rural north and west require the smaller number of officers to be more mobile. Calls for service in the rural areas usually increase during summer as the population is boosted by approximately twenty million visitors each year to the Peak District and its surrounds. Winter weather on the unforgiving high ground around Glossop and Kinder Scout can also cause problems for traffic and residents.

Regionalisation
Proposals were made by the Home Secretary on 20 March 2006 to integrate groups of police forces in England and Wales into 'strategic' forces, which he saw as being more 'fit for purpose' in terms of combating terrorism and organised crime. Under these proposals Derbyshire would have merged with nearby forces to create an 'East Midlands Police'. However, these proposals were unpopular and were later cancelled.

History
In 1965, the force had an establishment of 852 and an actual strength of 775.

Chief Constables
1898–unknown: Capt. Henry Mansfield Haywood
 * 1873–unknown: Francis Joseph Parry
 * 1876–1898: Lieutenant-Colonel William Addis Delacombe
 * 1918–c. 1927: Major Philip Francis Ross Anley
 * 1954–1967: William Ewart Pitts
 * 1967–1979: Sir Walter Stansfield (knighted 1979 New Year Honours)
 * 1979–1981: James Fryer
 * 1981–1985: Alfred Parrish
 * 1985–1990: Alan Smith
 * 1990–2000: John Newing
 * 2001–2007: David Coleman
 * 2007–2017: Mick Creedon
 * 2017–2020: Peter Goodman
 * 2020–present: Rachel Swann

Officers killed in the line of duty
The Police Roll of Honour Trust and Police Memorial Trust list and commemorate all British police officers killed in the line of duty. Since its establishment in 1984, the Police Memorial Trust has erected 50 memorials nationally to some of those officers.

Since 1828 the following officers of Derbyshire Constabulary were killed while attempting to prevent or stop a crime in progress:
 * Parish constable William Taylor, 1828 (fatally injured arresting two men)
 * Police constable Joseph Moss, 1879 (shot whilst dealing with a prisoner)
 * Police constable Stevenson, 2013 (collapsed and died while on duty)

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List of political parties in the Northern Mariana Islands

This article lists political parties in the Northern Mariana Islands. The Northern Marianas has a multi-party system, with two or three strong parties and a third party that is electorally successful. As of 28 April, 2024, The Democratic Party and the Republican Party are the only two parties represented in elected and appointed offices, though the independents are a majority in the house and make up one-third of the senate.

The Covenant Party was a political party advocating governmental and financial reform. It was named after the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, Act of Mar. 24, 1976, Pub. L. 94-241, 90 Stat. 263, codified as amended at 48 U.S.C. § 1801 note. The Covenant Party is considered de facto dissolved when Governor Eloy Inos departed the party and rejoined the GOP in 2013. Many left the party soon after, most moving to the Republic Party, making it a de facto GOP absorption of the Covenant Party.

The Reform Party was a political party that was not an affiliate of the Reform Party USA but rather the American Reform Party, a splinter group of that party. The party was founded in 1999 by former Governor Froilan C. Tenorio, who claimed to be disgruntled and tired of the disunity showed by his former political affiliation, the Democrats. In 2002, the party merged back into the Democratic Party.


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List of political parties in Palau

Palau currently has no political parties. It is a de facto non-partisan democracy since no law prevents the formation of political parties.

The Palau Nationalist Party, which functioned mainly as an electoral vehicle as opposed to an ideological movement, was founded for the 1996 elections. It is believed to no longer exist.

The Ta Belau Party was formed in 1987, and likewise is not currently active. It supported the presidency of Lazarus Salii, who committed suicide while in office in 1988.

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Hollenberg

Hollenberg is a name that refers to:

Locations

 * Hollenberg, Kansas, a city in the U.S.
 * Hollenberg, a hamlet in the Netherlands

People

 * George Jacob Hollenberg (1897–1988), phycologist with the standard author abbreviation Hollenb.
 * Yael Hollenberg (born 1969), French author

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Patrick Anthony Porteous

Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC (1 January 1918 – 9 October 2000) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Second World War
Porteous was commissioned in the Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1937. On 26 August 1940 he was promoted to lieutenant. On 19 August 1942, he was 24 years old and a temporary major attached to No. 4 Commando when he did the deed for which he was awarded the VC, during the Dieppe Raid. The citation was published in a supplement to The London Gazette of 2 October 1942 and read:

"War Office, 2nd October 1942.

The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of The VICTORIA CROSS to: —

Captain (temporary Major) Patrick Anthony Porteous (73033), Royal Regiment of Artillery (Fleet, Hants.).

At Dieppe on the 19th August 1942, Major Porteous was detailed to act as Liaison Officer between the two detachments whose task was to assault the heavy coast defence guns.

In the initial assault Major Porteous, working with the smaller of the two detachments, was shot at close range through the hand, the bullet passing through his palm and entering his upper arm. Undaunted, Major Porteous closed with his assailant, succeeded in disarming him and killed him with his own bayonet thereby saving the life of a British Sergeant on whom the German had turned his aim.

In the meantime the larger detachment was held up, and the officer leading this detachment was killed and the Troop Sergeant-Major fell seriously wounded. Almost immediately afterwards the only other officer of the detachment was also killed.

Major Porteous, without hesitation and in the face of a withering fire, dashed across the open ground to take over the command of this detachment. Rallying them, he led them in a charge which carried the German position at the point of the bayonet, and was severely wounded for the second time. Though shot through the thigh he continued to the final objective where he eventually collapsed from loss of blood after the last of the guns had been destroyed.

Major Porteous's most gallant conduct, his brilliant leadership and tenacious devotion to a duty which was supplementary to the role originally assigned to him, was an inspiration to the whole detachment."

Later career
In spite of severe wounds, Porteous went on to make a full recovery and had a distinguished military career in Palestine, Germany and Singapore. Following the war he was confirmed in the rank of captain, promoted to major in 1950, lieutenant colonel on 1 May 1959, and rose to the rank of colonel before he retired in 1970. He had the honour of being in the leading car at the late Queen Mother's 100th Birthday Parade, before his death in October 2000, aged 82.

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List of political parties in the State of Palestine

The following political parties, listed in alphabetic order, have taken part in recent elections for the Palestinian National Authority in the Palestinian territories:

Brief history and overview
In 1994, The Palestinian Authority was formed, the governing body for the interim period pending final status negotiations. The President of the State of Palestine is the highest-ranking political position, the equivalent to head of state, in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The President is elected by popular elections. The Palestinian Legislative Council is the legislature of the Palestinian Authority. It is not to be confused with the Palestinian National Council, which remains the national legislature of the Palestinian people as a whole. The PLC passed a new law in June 2005 increasing the number of MPs from 88 to 132, stipulating that half be elected under a system of proportional representation and half by traditional constituencies.


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Sonni Ali

Sunni Ali, also known as Si Ali, Sunni Ali Ber (Ber meaning "the Great"), reigned from about 1464 to 1492 as the 15th ruler of the Sunni dynasty of the Songhai Empire. He transformed the relatively small state into an empire by conquering Timbuktu, Massina, the Inner Niger Delta, and Djenne.

Early life
Sunni Ali was born the son of Sonni Muhammad Da'o, who appears in the kinglists of the Tarikh al-Sudan and Tarikh al-Fattash as the 10th Sonni ruler. His mother was from Fara, an area that was still heavily pagan, and Ali was raised in this milieu. As a Sonni, he also received an Islamic education, but practiced a syncretic, unorthodox faith.

Reign
Upon Sunni Ali's accession, the Songhay already controlled the Niger river basin from Dendi to Mema. His first major conquest was the ancient city of Timbuktu. Controlled by the Tuaregs since the Malian retreat a few decades earlier, in 1469 the Timbuktu-koi 'Umar asked for Songhai protection. He conducted a repressive policy against the scholars of Timbuktu who he saw as associated with the Tuareg.

Sunni Ali organized a powerful fleet on the Niger river, and in 1473 used it to lay siege to Djenne, which surrendered only after being reduced to starvation. In order to bring his fleet to bear in an attempt to conquer Walata, he tried to dig a canal hundreds of kilometers to the town from Ras el Ma. In 1483 he had to abandon this project, however, to defeat an invasion by the Mossi people.

Domestic policies
In addition to external enemies, Sunni Ali fought campaigns against the Fulani of Massina and other nomadic peoples raiding within his borders. His main capital was Gao, but he was also based at Kukiya, Kabara, and Tindirma at different times depending on where he was campaigning. Sunni Ali ruled over both urban Muslims and rural non-Muslims at a time when the traditional co-existence of different beliefs was being challenged. His adherence to African animism while also professing Islam leads some writers to describe him as outwardly or nominally Muslim. Funeal stelae from Kukiya, however, cast some doubt on the chroniclers criticism of Sunni Ali, as they were writing on behalf of the Askias who had overthrown the Sunni dynasty.

Death and succession
His death, on November 6, 1492, is a matter of conjecture. According to the Tarikh al-Sudan, Ali drowned while crossing the Niger River. Oral tradition believes he was killed by his sister's son, Askia Muhammad Ture. Sonni Ali's son, Sunni Baru, was immediately proclaimed king of Songhay by the army commanders, but he was challenged by Askia because Baru was not seen as a faithful Muslim. Askia eventually defeated Sunni Baru and took power.

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Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin (February 14, 1903 – December 21, 1967) was an American actor of stage, film, and television.

Early years
Erwin was born in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California. He attended Porterville High School and the University of California.

Career
Erwin began acting in college in the 1920s, having first appeared on stage. From there, he acted in stock theater in Los Angeles.

Film career

He broke into films in 1928 in Mother Knows Best. In 1934, he was cast as Joe Palooka in the film Palooka. In 1932, he co-starred with Bing Crosby in the comedy The Big Broadcast, where he played Texas oil tycoon Leslie McWhinney.

In 1936, he was cast in Pigskin Parade, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1940, he played Howie Newsome, the dairy delivery vendor, in the film adaptation of Our Town, based on the Thornton Wilder play.

In Walt Disney's Bambi, Erwin performed the voice of a tree squirrel. Later, Erwin appeared in the Disney films Son of Flubber and The Misadventures of Merlin Jones.

Radio career
In 1946, Erwin starred in Phone Again Finnegan on CBS. He played an apartment house manager in the comedy-drama.

He also played various roles on Theater Guild on the Air, Lux Radio Theatre, The Old Gold Radio Theatre and Cavalcade of America.

Television career
In 1950, Erwin made the transition to television, in which he starred in Trouble with Father, which was retitled The Stu Erwin Show, with his co-star and real-life wife June Collyer. In 1963–1964, he played Otto King on The Greatest Show on Earth.

Erwin guest-starred on Crossroads, Angel, Bonanza, The Donna Reed Show, Straightaway, Gunsmoke and Our Man Higgins.

Erwin made four guest appearances on Perry Mason, including the role of Clem P. "Sandy" Sandover in the 1962 episode "The Case of the Double-Entry Mind" and Everett Stanton in the 1964 episode "The Case of the Scandalous Sculptor".

Erwin guest-starred on Father Knows Best in the episode titled "Family Contest" in the role of Mr. Hensley and on The Andy Griffith Show, season 1, episode 8, portraying Tom Silby who was presumed dead, but returned to town after a two-year absence.

Personal life
Erwin married actress June Collyer on July 22, 1931, in Yuma, Arizona.

Death
Erwin died of a heart attack on December 21, 1967, in Beverly Hills, California, at age 64. He was interred at the Chapel of the Pines Crematory in Los Angeles.

Recognition
Erwin has a star at 6270 Hollywood Boulevard in the Television section of the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It was dedicated February 8, 1960.

Partial filmography

 * Mother Knows Best (1928) as Ben
 * New Year's Eve (1929) as Landlady's Son
 * Speakeasy (1929) as Cy Williams
 * Thru Different Eyes (1929) as Reporter
 * The Exalted Flapper (1929) as Bimbo Mehaffey
 * Dangerous Curves (1929) as Rotarian
 * The Sophomore (1929) as Radio Broadcast Technician (uncredited)
 * Happy Days (1929) as Jig
 * The Cock-Eyed World (1929) as Buckley
 * Sweetie (1929) as Axel Bronstrup
 * The Trespasser (1929) as Reporter (uncredited)
 * This Thing Called Love (1929) as Fred
 * Men Without Women (1930) as Radioman Jenkins
 * Young Eagles (1930) as Pudge Higgins
 * Paramount on Parade (1930) as Marine (The Montmartre Girl)
 * Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930) as Eustace Macy
 * Love Among the Millionaires (1930) as Clicker Watson
 * Playboy of Paris (1930) as Paul Michel
 * Only Saps Work (1930) as Oscar
 * Along Came Youth (1930) as Ambrose
 * No Limit (1931) as Ole Olson
 * Dude Ranch (1931) as Chester Carr
 * Up Pops the Devil (1931) as Stranger
 * The Magnificent Lie (1931) as Elmer Graham
 * Working Girls (1931) as Pat Kelly
 * Two Kinds of Women (1932) as Hauser
 * Strangers in Love (1932) as Stan Kenney
 * Misleading Lady (1932) as Boney
 * Make Me a Star (1932) as Merton Gill
 * The Big Broadcast (1932) as Leslie McWhinney
 * Face in the Sky (1933) as Lucky
 * The Crime of the Century (1933) as Dan McKee
 * He Learned About Women (1933) as Peter Potter Kendall II
 * Under the Tonto Rim (1933) as 'Tonto' Daily
 * International House (1933) as Tommy Nash
 * Hold Your Man (1933) as Al Simpson
 * The Stranger's Return (1933) as Simon Bates
 * Before Dawn (1933) as Dwight Wilson
 * Day of Reckoning (1933) as Jerry
 * Going Hollywood (1933) as Ernest P. Baker
 * Palooka (1934) as Joe Palooka
 * Viva Villa! (1934) as Jonny Sykes
 * Bachelor Bait (1934) as Mr. William Watts
 * The Party's Over (1934)
 * Chained (1934) as John L. 'Johnnie' Smith
 * Have a Heart (1934) as Gus Anderson
 * The Band Plays On (1934) as Stuffy Wilson
 * After Office Hours (1935) as Hank Parr
 * Ceiling Zero (1936) as Texas Clarke
 * Exclusive Story (1936) as Timothy Aloysius Higgins
 * Absolute Quiet (1936) as 'Chubby' Rudd
 * Women Are Trouble (1936) as Matt Casey
 * All American Chump (1936) as Elmer Lamb
 * Pigskin Parade (1936) as Amos Dodd
 * Slim (1937) as Stumpy
 * Dance Charlie Dance (1937) as Andrew 'Andy' Tucker
 * Small Town Boy (1937) as Henry Armstrong
 * Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
 * Second Honeymoon (1937) as Leo MacTavish
 * I'll Take Romance (1937) as 'Pancho' Brown
 * Checkers (1937) as Edgar Connell
 * Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938) as Oliver Boggs
 * Three Blind Mice (1938) as Mike Brophy
 * Passport Husband (1938) as Henry Cabot
 * Back Door to Heaven (1939) as Jud Mason
 * It Could Happen to You (1939) as Mackinley Winslow
 * Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) as Pete Tinney
 * The Honeymoon's Over (1939) as Donald Todd
 * Our Town (1940) as Howie Newsome
 * When the Daltons Rode (1940) as Ben Dalton
 * A Little Bit of Heaven (1940) as Cotton
 * Sandy Gets Her Man (1940) as Bill Kerry
 * Cracked Nuts (1941) as Lawrence Trent
 * The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) as Tommy Keenan
 * The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) as Joe Dawson
 * Drums of the Congo (1942) as Congo Jack
 * Blondie for Victory (1942) as Pvt. Herschel Smith
 * He Hired the Boss (1943) as Hubert Wilkins
 * The Great Mike (1944) as Jay Spencer
 * Pillow to Post (1945) as Captain Jack Ross
 * Killer Dill (1947) as Johnny 'Killer' Dill
 * Heaven Only Knows (1947) as Sheriff Matt Bodine
 * Heading for Heaven (1947) as Henry Elkins
 * Doctor Jim (1947) as Dr. James (Jim) Gateson
 * Strike It Rich (1948) as Delbart Lane
 * Father Is a Bachelor (1950) as Constable Pudge Barnham
 * Main Street to Broadway (1953) as Stuart Erwin, First Nighter (uncredited)
 * For the Love of Mike (1960) as Dr. Mills
 * Son of Flubber (1963) as Coach Wilson
 * The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964) as Police Captain Loomis

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Marvel Comics 2

Marvel Comics 2 was an imprint from Marvel Comics whose comic books depict an alternative future timeline for the Marvel Universe. The imprint was spun off from the events of What If? #105 (February 1998), which was the first appearance of the character Spider-Girl, Spider-Man's daughter from an alternative future. This Earth has been designated as Earth-982.

Publication history
The MC2 Universe was conceived by writer/editor Tom DeFalco as a possible alternate future for the Marvel Universe, set in the present day, with the first appearances of most Marvel heroes having taken place fifteen years earlier than in main continuity. The goal of the line was to produce comic books that were more accessible to a wider audience than Marvel's main line of books and weren't entrenched in years of continuity, which was later repeated with the Ultimate Marvel imprint.

Three MC2 titles were launched in October 1998 as twelve-issue maxiseries:
 * Spider-Girl, starring the daughter of Spider-Man.
 * A-Next, featuring a new team of Avengers who come together after the original Avengers disbanded.
 * J2, starring the Juggernaut's son, a heroic teenager.

A-Next and J2 ended after twelve issues and were replaced by:
 * Fantastic Five, featuring the expanded Fantastic Four.
 * Wild Thing, starring Wolverine and Elektra's daughter.

Spider-Girl meanwhile continued publication. However, with the collapse of a deal to sell the comics in Kmart and Target both Fantastic Five and Wild Thing were canceled after five issues, leaving Spider-Girl as the only title in the MC2 Universe still published. A few spin-off limited series were launched during the time Spider-Girl was published, such as Darkdevil and Spider-Girl Presents The Buzz.

The Spider-Girl title was nearly canceled several times due to low sales. Each time, campaigns by Tom DeFalco and fans of the title prevented cancelation. Fans created a webpage, savespidergirl.com, to help drum up support for the book. In an effort to boost sales on the title, Marvel reprinted Spider-Girl in small "Digest-sized" trade paperbacks.

A five-issue limited series set in the MC2 Universe titled Last Hero Standing was printed. In 2006, Marvel released another limited series set in the MC2 Universe titled Last Planet Standing. The series was intended to wrap up all the loose ends in the MC2 Universe and destroy it at the series' conclusion. As a result, Spider-Girl was slated to be canceled at issue 100, where the character would die. Due to backlash from DeFalco and fans, Marvel quashed the move and announced the relaunching of Spider-Girl under the title of Amazing Spider-Girl. The "Amazing" title lasted until early 2009, when the book was again canceled due to low sales. A third title, The Spectacular Spider-Girl, was then launched. Initially a digital exclusive, the Spectacular book was incorporated into the Amazing Spider-Man Family anthology magazine. After Amazing Spider-Man Family and its successor, Web of Spider-Man, folded, a final four-issue Spectacular Spider-Girl mini-series was produced, allowing many of the long-running plot threads from the book to be tied up. The final MC2-oriented story to date, a one-shot called Spider-Girl: The End, was published in 2010, which gave the title character a happy ending while leaving the door open for further adventures.

In 2008, a prequel strip, Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man, was launched in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man Family. DeFalco confirmed on the official Spider-Girl boards that this strip would serve as the definitive continuity of the MC2 Spider-Man timeline. However, the Mr. and Mrs. Spider-Man strips were quickly ended so the Spider-Man Family title could make room for the relaunched Spider-Girl book.

American Dream has appeared in both her own 2008 limited series and the 2011 five-issue limited series Captain America Corps, marking the first time an MC2 character has met or teamed up with characters from the mainstream Marvel universe.

Spider-Girl returned in the Spider-Verse storyline in 2014. During the story, it was revealed that when she traveled back in time to meet Spider-Man in his youth in her original series, she had entered Earth-616, the mainstream Marvel universe, before the point which it branched out into the MC2 universe. Her father, however, unfortunately died protecting May and Benjy from Daemos. As Daemos drained Peter's life force, May fled with Ben in her arms. Upon May's return home, Mary Jane passes Peter's former costume down to her, though Mayday eventually begins wearing a new outfit and eventually returns to her old one. Following Spider-Geddon it is revealed that the Multiversal entity known as The Other has chosen and sought Peter as its host, thus resurrecting him.

The MC2 Universe also appears in the Secret Wars event in the Spider-Island tie-in backup.

Comments on style
DeFalco explained in an interview his views on the MC2 imprint:

"The Pulse: 'A lot of people characterize the MC2 universe as having an 'old school' feel. Why do you think 'modern' comic readers want to read something that feels like the best of the Silver Age?' DeFalco: 'We are 'old school' because A) our heroes act like heroes…B) we don’t believe in decompression…C) we tell single-issue stories with subplots that build from issue to issue… and D) there’s a lot of action and angst in every issue.'"

Titles

 * What If (volume 2) #105 (Marvel Comics, February 1998)
 * Spider-Girl #0–100, (Marvel Comics, October 1998 – July 2006)
 * Spider-Girl #½ (Marvel Comics/Wizard Entertainment, 1999)
 * Spider-Girl Annual 1999 (Marvel Comics, 1999)
 * A-Next #1–12 (Marvel Comics, October 1998 – September 1999)
 * J2 #1–12 (Marvel Comics, October 1998 – September 1999)
 * Fantastic Five (volume 1) #1–5 (Marvel Comics, October 1999 – February 2000)
 * Wild Thing #1–5 (Marvel Comics, October 1999 – February 2000)
 * Wild Thing #0 (Marvel Comics/Wizard Entertainment, 1999)
 * Spider-Girl presents The Buzz #1–3 (Marvel Comics, July 2000 – September 2000)
 * DarkDevil #1–3 (Marvel Comics, November 2000 – January 2001)
 * Last Hero Standing #1–5 (Marvel Comics, June 2005)
 * Last Planet Standing #1–5 (Marvel Comics, July 2006)
 * Amazing Spider-Girl #0–30 (Marvel Comics, October 2006 – March 2009)
 * Amazing Spider-Man Magazine "#0" (prose story, Marvel Comics, April 2007)
 * Avengers Next #1–5 (Marvel Comics, November 2006 – January 2007)
 * Fantastic Five (volume 2) #1–5 (Marvel Comics, July 2007 – September 2007)
 * American Dream #1–5 (Marvel Comics, May 2008 – July 2008)
 * Amazing Spider-Man Family #1-8 (Marvel Comics, October 2008 - September 2009)
 * Web of Spider-Man (volume 2) #1-7 (Marvel Comics, December 2009 - June 2010)
 * Spectacular Spider-Girl #1–4 (Marvel Comics, May 2010 – August 2010)
 * Spider-Girl: The End One shot (Marvel Comics, September 2010)
 * Captain America Corps #1-5 (Marvel Comics, June 2011)

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Category:Indology

The study of the Indian subcontinent.

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List of political parties in Réunion

Réunion is not a separate territory but a region of France. France has a multi-party system, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments.

For further details see the article: Politics of France.

The parties
Most of the French political parties are active in Réunion.

In addition there are the following regional parties:

 * Communist Party of Réunion (Parti communiste réunionnais, or PCR)
 * For Réunion (Pour La Réunion)
 * Le Progrès

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User:Gsd97jks

My name is Jessica. I am an architect living in Iceland.

My interests include:
 * Art, Architecture & Design
 * New York City
 * South America
 * Peru and the History of Peru

Contributions
Articles I've created: Aguaruna, Marcel Breuer, Chachapoyas culture, Chan Chan, Chavin, Chavin de Huantar, Cumbe Mayo, East River Park, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Gran Pajáten, Huaca del Sol, Manco Inca Yupanqui, Manu National Park, Rio Abiseo National Park, Walter Kerr.

Some of the articles I've contributed to: Aalto Vase, Atahualpa, Cajamarca, Delancey Street, Diego de Almagro, Huemul, Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Kjölur, Larchmont (emblem image and historical info), Mamaroneck, Nanay, Tahuantinsuyu, Inca road system (info and graphic), Iquitos, Manco Capac, Ollantaytambo, Second Avenue, Spanish conquest of Peru, Stykkishólmur, Trujillo, Vassar College (architecture), Peter Zumthor.

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Frederick Thornton Peters

Captain Frederick Thornton "Fritz" Peters, & Bar (17 September 1889 – 13 November 1942) was a Canadian-born sailor in the Royal Navy and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for valour in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Early life and career
Fritz Peters' parents were Frederick Peters (Premier of Prince Edward Island, 1891–1897) and Roberta Hamilton Susan Gray (daughter of John Hamilton Gray, who was Premier of Prince Edward Island at the time of the Charlottetown Conference of 1864). He was educated at St. Peter's School on Prince Edward Island, at school in British Columbia and at Naval College in England. Two of Peters' brothers died in action on the Western Front during the First World War—John Francklyn Peters in April 1915 and Gerald Hamilton Peters in June 1916.

Peters entered the Royal Navy as midshipman in 1905 and began the First World War as a lieutenant. He retired in 1919 at the age of thirty as a commander, having won the Distinguished Service Order and the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) during the war. Peters then split his time between Britain, Canada and the Gold Coast.

Second World War
In October 1939 Peters re-volunteered for Royal Navy service. He was made the commander of an anti-submarine flotilla. In 1940 he was awarded a Bar to his DSC and was later appointed acting captain for special services.

Peters was 53 years old, and a captain in the Royal Navy during the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC:

Operation Reservist (part of Operation Torch, the Allied landings in French North Africa) was an attempt to capture Oran Harbour, Algeria and prevent it from being sabotaged by its French garrison. The two sloops HMS Walney (Y04) and HMS Hartland (Y00) were packed with British Commandos, soldiers of the 6th United States Armored Infantry Regiment and a small detachment of United States Marines.

On 8 November 1942 Captain Peters, commanding in Walney, led his force through the boom towards the jetty in the face of point-blank fire from shore batteries, the sloop FRENCH SLOOP La Surprise, and the destroyer FRENCH DESTROYER Epervier. Blinded in one eye, he alone of 11 officers and men on the bridge survived. Besides him, 13 ratings survived Walney sinking. The destroyer reached the jetty disabled and ablaze and went down with her colours flying. Captain Peters and a handful of men managed to reach the shore, where they were taken prisoner. Hartland came under fire from the FRENCH DESTROYER Typhon and blew up with the loss of half her crew. The survivors, like those of Walney, were taken prisoner as they reached shore.

Captain Peters was also awarded the United States Army's Distinguished Service Cross for the same actions. The citation, issued in Allied Force Headquarters General Orders No. 19 23 November 1942, stated that: "Captain Peters distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism against an armed enemy during the attack on that post. He remained on the bridge in command of his ship in spite of the fact that the protective armor thereon had been blown away by enemy shell fire and was thereby exposed personally to the withering cross fire from shore defenses. He accomplished the berthing of his ship, then went to the forward deck and assisted by one officer secured the forward mooring lines. He then with utter disregard of his own personal safety went to the quarter-deck and assisted in securing the aft mooring lines so that the troops on board could disembark. At that time the engine room was in flames and very shortly thereafter exploded and the ship turned on its side and sank."

The survivors were released on 10 November 1942 when the French garrison surrendered. In the meantime, the French systematically destroyed the harbour facilities at Oran: Operation Reservist was thus a complete failure.

In addition to his service with the Royal Navy, Fritz worked with British Naval Intelligence and advised Prime Minister Winston Churchill. British double agent Kim Philby noted his admiration for Secret Intelligence Service instruction leader "Commander Peters" in his book My Silent War.

Death
Captain Peters was killed in an air crash three days after his release, on 13 November 1942. He was coming back to Britain in a Sunderland flying boat, which crash-landed in Plymouth Sound in thick fog, at the entrance to the Royal Navy's Devonport Dockyard, near Plymouth, Devon. In spite of efforts by the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Wynton Thorpe, RAAF, who held on to him for ninety minutes in the water, he was dead when the rescue launch reached them. He has no known grave and is remembered on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial, (Panel 61. Column 3) Hampshire, England.

Mount Peters near Nelson, British Columbia, where his mother lived in her last years with the family of her daughter Helen Dewdney and her husband E.E.L. Dewdney, was named in his honour in 1946. A display of photos and panels on his life is on the main floor of the Daniel J. MacDonald Building in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His name, along with the names of his three brothers who served in the First World War, is on memorial plaques in the St. Peter's Anglican Church in Charlottetown.

In 2012, a biography by Peters' great-nephew Sam McBride, based on family letters and titled The Bravest Canadian – Fritz Peters VC: The Making of a Hero of Two World Wars, was published by Granville Island Publishing. The book earned a Heritage Award from the PEI Heritage Foundation and first place in the B.C. Genealogical Society's 2012 family history book awards.

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List of political parties in Saint Pierre and Miquelon

This article lists political parties in Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Saint Pierre and Miquelon has a multi-party system, in which some of the French political parties are active. They participate in the elections through either Saint Pierre or Miquelon lists. At the last elections the following lists took part:
 * Saint Pierre and Miquelon 2000 (Saint Pierre et Miquelon 2000, related to the Socialist Party)
 * Future Miquelon (Miquelon Avenir, related to the Socialist Party)
 * Road to the Future (Cap sur l'Avenir, related to the Radical Party of the Left)
 * Archipelago Tomorrow (Archipel Demain, related to the Union for a Popular Movement)
 * Miquelon Objectives (Objectifs Miquelonnais, related to the Union for a Popular Movement)